Fiona Konca
@fiona-konca.bsky.social
Photographer, visual artist & writer based in Stoke-on-Trent. Visit my website/stay updated/contact me @ FionaKonca.wordpress.com
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ABOUT
About me: I’m Fiona Konca – a sometime actor/dancer and former construction safety inspector, who moved into business technology (after qualifying as a hacker) before leaving full-time …
fionakonca.wordpress.com
A little bit about me, my website, and my inspiration. (And nothing at all about losing my head)
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/
#arthistory #builtenvironment #community #humans #music #nature #photography #poetry #socialdocumentary #Stoke-on-Trent #technology #travel #virtuality #visualart
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/
#arthistory #builtenvironment #community #humans #music #nature #photography #poetry #socialdocumentary #Stoke-on-Trent #technology #travel #virtuality #visualart
Reposted by Fiona Konca
"Humanity needs to wake up."
Anthropic CEO Warns That the AI Tech He's Creating Could Ravage Human Civilization
Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei is back with a 19,000-word essay posted to his blog, warning that "humanity needs to wake up."
trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"Humanity needs to wake up."
A Tale of the Unexpected
Links to (and screenshots of) my music videography work so far and the story behind my unexpected entry into this “arena” last year
youtube.com/@andygower-s...
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#AndyGower #musicvideography #musicvideos #Stoke-on-Trent #videography
Links to (and screenshots of) my music videography work so far and the story behind my unexpected entry into this “arena” last year
youtube.com/@andygower-s...
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/a...
#AndyGower #musicvideography #musicvideos #Stoke-on-Trent #videography
January 29, 2026 at 11:27 AM
A Tale of the Unexpected
Links to (and screenshots of) my music videography work so far and the story behind my unexpected entry into this “arena” last year
youtube.com/@andygower-s...
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/a...
#AndyGower #musicvideography #musicvideos #Stoke-on-Trent #videography
Links to (and screenshots of) my music videography work so far and the story behind my unexpected entry into this “arena” last year
youtube.com/@andygower-s...
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/a...
#AndyGower #musicvideography #musicvideos #Stoke-on-Trent #videography
A highlight of the pre-CGI era
How Blade Runner (1982) was made - links to a behind the scenes documentary, and American Cinematographer’s 1982 article detailing some of the special photographic effects used:
youtu.be/9AoiqICo6ZI?...
theasc.com/articles/bla...
#analog #analogue #sciencefiction
How Blade Runner (1982) was made - links to a behind the scenes documentary, and American Cinematographer’s 1982 article detailing some of the special photographic effects used:
youtu.be/9AoiqICo6ZI?...
theasc.com/articles/bla...
#analog #analogue #sciencefiction
January 29, 2026 at 10:48 AM
A highlight of the pre-CGI era
How Blade Runner (1982) was made - links to a behind the scenes documentary, and American Cinematographer’s 1982 article detailing some of the special photographic effects used:
youtu.be/9AoiqICo6ZI?...
theasc.com/articles/bla...
#analog #analogue #sciencefiction
How Blade Runner (1982) was made - links to a behind the scenes documentary, and American Cinematographer’s 1982 article detailing some of the special photographic effects used:
youtu.be/9AoiqICo6ZI?...
theasc.com/articles/bla...
#analog #analogue #sciencefiction
More on the actor/dancer “thing” (because people often ask).
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/#actor...
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/#actor...
ABOUT
Connect with me on Bluesky (@fiona-konca.bsky.social) and X (@Fiona_Konca) I don’t use Facebook or Instagram anymore but my posts are still available and include content not on here yet that you ma…
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:22 PM
More on the actor/dancer “thing” (because people often ask).
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/#actor...
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/#actor...
On-set/still photography for Doctor Who spin-off sci-fi movie ‘Exit to Exxilon’ (available on YouTube)
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/t...
#DoctorWho #independentfilm #Independentmovie #indiefilm #indiemovie #sciencefiction #scifi
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#DoctorWho #independentfilm #Independentmovie #indiefilm #indiemovie #sciencefiction #scifi
The World Premiere of ‘Exit to Exxilon’
What on Planet Earth is going on here? Could this low-budget Doctor Who spin-off become a sci-fi cult classic? Filmed by the Kidsgrove and District Amateur Cinema Company, Exit to Exxilon premieres…
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
On-set/still photography for Doctor Who spin-off sci-fi movie ‘Exit to Exxilon’ (available on YouTube)
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/t...
#DoctorWho #independentfilm #Independentmovie #indiefilm #indiemovie #sciencefiction #scifi
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/t...
#DoctorWho #independentfilm #Independentmovie #indiefilm #indiemovie #sciencefiction #scifi
One of my brief appearances in Doctor Who spin-off sci-fi movie Exit to Exxilon - available on YouTube (youtu.be/6cHlPqRqiFA?...)
I only turned up to do the photography - I was lucky to get out alive.
I only turned up to do the photography - I was lucky to get out alive.
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
One of my brief appearances in Doctor Who spin-off sci-fi movie Exit to Exxilon - available on YouTube (youtu.be/6cHlPqRqiFA?...)
I only turned up to do the photography - I was lucky to get out alive.
I only turned up to do the photography - I was lucky to get out alive.
After discovering that I’m descended (on my mother’s side) from a prominent Irish Celtic clan who ruled modern-day Counties Cork and Kerry for nearly 500 years, I embarked on a solo driving tour of the Wild Atlantic Way … and fell in love
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#ancestry #Ireland
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/w...
#ancestry #Ireland
Who Do I Think I Am?
I can’t delve into Celtic history (see recent posts and my PERPETUUM page) without mentioning my ancestry, and related travels. Photo from findagrave.com Michael McCarthy, the grandfather of my mot…
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:55 AM
After discovering that I’m descended (on my mother’s side) from a prominent Irish Celtic clan who ruled modern-day Counties Cork and Kerry for nearly 500 years, I embarked on a solo driving tour of the Wild Atlantic Way … and fell in love
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/w...
#ancestry #Ireland
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/w...
#ancestry #Ireland
Photos and narrative snippets from my travels beyond Stoke-on-Trent
Recently updated with trips to Ireland, Spain and Wales - walking in the footsteps of my Celtic ancestors, and exploring Islamic art, Celtic art/history and the Roman influences on both.
fionakonca.wordpress.com/the-universe/
Recently updated with trips to Ireland, Spain and Wales - walking in the footsteps of my Celtic ancestors, and exploring Islamic art, Celtic art/history and the Roman influences on both.
fionakonca.wordpress.com/the-universe/
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Photos and narrative snippets from my travels beyond Stoke-on-Trent
Recently updated with trips to Ireland, Spain and Wales - walking in the footsteps of my Celtic ancestors, and exploring Islamic art, Celtic art/history and the Roman influences on both.
fionakonca.wordpress.com/the-universe/
Recently updated with trips to Ireland, Spain and Wales - walking in the footsteps of my Celtic ancestors, and exploring Islamic art, Celtic art/history and the Roman influences on both.
fionakonca.wordpress.com/the-universe/
“Silence and Cry review – deeply strange 1960s erotic ballet meditating on Hungary’s history and politics”
On Klassiki from 29 January
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
#Ballet #EasternEuropeancinema #Psychodrama
On Klassiki from 29 January
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
#Ballet #EasternEuropeancinema #Psychodrama
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
“Silence and Cry review – deeply strange 1960s erotic ballet meditating on Hungary’s history and politics”
On Klassiki from 29 January
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
#Ballet #EasternEuropeancinema #Psychodrama
On Klassiki from 29 January
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
#Ballet #EasternEuropeancinema #Psychodrama
If you feel as though you’ve lost your way, try connecting with the past. It can inspire the present and empower the future - yours and other people’s.
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#art #history #society
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#art #history #society
150 years ago, Stoke-on-Trent’s pottery industry was drawing inspiration from Islamic art. More recently, it played a significant part in the discovery of a geometric pattern on the surface of Mars.
Here’s my exploration of this fascinating connection:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/g...
Here’s my exploration of this fascinating connection:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/g...
G O D S O F W A R
(Felt tip pen & acrylic/tempera paint on mixed media paper) One of the greatest (if not THE greatest) geometers (and military engineers) of all time, Leonardo da Vinci, once said that everythin…
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:13 AM
If you feel as though you’ve lost your way, try connecting with the past. It can inspire the present and empower the future - yours and other people’s.
bsky.app/profile/fion...
#art #history #society
bsky.app/profile/fion...
#art #history #society
150 years ago, Stoke-on-Trent’s pottery industry was drawing inspiration from Islamic art. More recently, it played a significant part in the discovery of a geometric pattern on the surface of Mars.
Here’s my exploration of this fascinating connection:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/g...
Here’s my exploration of this fascinating connection:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/g...
G O D S O F W A R
(Felt tip pen & acrylic/tempera paint on mixed media paper) One of the greatest (if not THE greatest) geometers (and military engineers) of all time, Leonardo da Vinci, once said that everythin…
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:07 AM
150 years ago, Stoke-on-Trent’s pottery industry was drawing inspiration from Islamic art. More recently, it played a significant part in the discovery of a geometric pattern on the surface of Mars.
Here’s my exploration of this fascinating connection:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/g...
Here’s my exploration of this fascinating connection:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/g...
“The Collapse Is Coming”
But there are also cat videos to be watched on TikTok.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-collapse...
But there are also cat videos to be watched on TikTok.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-collapse...
The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?
An evolutionary biologist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar... and mull over survival.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
January 26, 2026 at 12:58 AM
“The Collapse Is Coming”
But there are also cat videos to be watched on TikTok.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-collapse...
But there are also cat videos to be watched on TikTok.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-collapse...
And yet, at 57, I downshifted from f/t business technology sales to p/t cargo operations (male dominated and physically demanding), with no experience.
I now have a work-life balance and improved mental and physical health.
Be the exception to the rule.
www.totaljobs.com/media-centre...
#ageism
I now have a work-life balance and improved mental and physical health.
Be the exception to the rule.
www.totaljobs.com/media-centre...
#ageism
www.totaljobs.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
And yet, at 57, I downshifted from f/t business technology sales to p/t cargo operations (male dominated and physically demanding), with no experience.
I now have a work-life balance and improved mental and physical health.
Be the exception to the rule.
www.totaljobs.com/media-centre...
#ageism
I now have a work-life balance and improved mental and physical health.
Be the exception to the rule.
www.totaljobs.com/media-centre...
#ageism
What better way to round off #IndependentVenueWeek than an evening with Tom Hingley (ex Inspiral Carpets) and Andy Gower (open.spotify.com/artist/37i7Q...) at Stoke-on-Trent’s Artisan Tap?
www.seetickets.com/event/tom-hi...
#independentmusicvenue #independentmusicvenues
#Stoke-on-Trent
www.seetickets.com/event/tom-hi...
#independentmusicvenue #independentmusicvenues
#Stoke-on-Trent
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
What better way to round off #IndependentVenueWeek than an evening with Tom Hingley (ex Inspiral Carpets) and Andy Gower (open.spotify.com/artist/37i7Q...) at Stoke-on-Trent’s Artisan Tap?
www.seetickets.com/event/tom-hi...
#independentmusicvenue #independentmusicvenues
#Stoke-on-Trent
www.seetickets.com/event/tom-hi...
#independentmusicvenue #independentmusicvenues
#Stoke-on-Trent
And I can’t mention digital ID U-turns without adding good friend (and creative collaborator) Andy Gower’s two pennyworth to the mix (listen out for his brilliant new album, coming soon):
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#digitalID #newmusic
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#digitalID #newmusic
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January 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
And I can’t mention digital ID U-turns without adding good friend (and creative collaborator) Andy Gower’s two pennyworth to the mix (listen out for his brilliant new album, coming soon):
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
#digitalID #newmusic
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#digitalID #newmusic
After announcing digital ID roll-out plans in the same week (last autumn) that cyber attacks were dominating the news headlines, 3,000,000 petition signatures and a government U-turn is hardly surprising.
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/a...
#cybersecurity #digitalID
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#cybersecurity #digitalID
“Amateurs hack systems; professionals hack people.” — Bruce Schneier
I’ve dusted off this 600 page bad boy, because I’m interested in cybersecurity and I find the current news headlines about digital ID and hackers deeply worrying. (Yes, I passed the exam – fi…
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
After announcing digital ID roll-out plans in the same week (last autumn) that cyber attacks were dominating the news headlines, 3,000,000 petition signatures and a government U-turn is hardly surprising.
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/a...
#cybersecurity #digitalID
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/a...
#cybersecurity #digitalID
If you’d like to try or be reacquainted with ballet, Patricia Zhou’s free online ‘Beginner Ballet Series’ is excellent.
As well as improving strength, balance, flexibility and spatial awareness, ballet’s rich mind-body connection also leads to better mental health.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
As well as improving strength, balance, flexibility and spatial awareness, ballet’s rich mind-body connection also leads to better mental health.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Beginner Ballet Series - YouTube
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January 24, 2026 at 1:01 PM
If you’d like to try or be reacquainted with ballet, Patricia Zhou’s free online ‘Beginner Ballet Series’ is excellent.
As well as improving strength, balance, flexibility and spatial awareness, ballet’s rich mind-body connection also leads to better mental health.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
As well as improving strength, balance, flexibility and spatial awareness, ballet’s rich mind-body connection also leads to better mental health.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A little bit about me, my website, and my inspiration. (And nothing at all about losing my head)
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/
#arthistory #builtenvironment #community #humans #music #nature #photography #poetry #socialdocumentary #Stoke-on-Trent #technology #travel #virtuality #visualart
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/
#arthistory #builtenvironment #community #humans #music #nature #photography #poetry #socialdocumentary #Stoke-on-Trent #technology #travel #virtuality #visualart
ABOUT
About me: I’m Fiona Konca – a sometime actor/dancer and former construction safety inspector, who moved into business technology (after qualifying as a hacker) before leaving full-time …
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 AM
A little bit about me, my website, and my inspiration. (And nothing at all about losing my head)
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/
#arthistory #builtenvironment #community #humans #music #nature #photography #poetry #socialdocumentary #Stoke-on-Trent #technology #travel #virtuality #visualart
fionakonca.wordpress.com/about/
#arthistory #builtenvironment #community #humans #music #nature #photography #poetry #socialdocumentary #Stoke-on-Trent #technology #travel #virtuality #visualart
Reposted by Fiona Konca
“Don’t be discouraged when you find that the process of self-discovery takes a long, long time,” she said. “Don’t even be surprised if at 50 you are still wondering what you are going to be when you grow up.” 🗃️
RIP Barbara Aronstein Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
RIP Barbara Aronstein Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Barbara Aronstein Black, a First as a Law School Dean, Dies at 92
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:36 AM
“Don’t be discouraged when you find that the process of self-discovery takes a long, long time,” she said. “Don’t even be surprised if at 50 you are still wondering what you are going to be when you grow up.” 🗃️
RIP Barbara Aronstein Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
RIP Barbara Aronstein Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
#BackwardIsTheNewForward
Unedited extracts from an article I wrote in 2014, highlighting the early stages of my love-hate relationship with technology:
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#ai #aiapocalypse #digitaldystopia #singularity #technologicalsingularity #techsingularity
Unedited extracts from an article I wrote in 2014, highlighting the early stages of my love-hate relationship with technology:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/b...
#ai #aiapocalypse #digitaldystopia #singularity #technologicalsingularity #techsingularity
#BackwardIsTheNewForward
Unedited extracts from an article I wrote in November 2014 (originally posted on my old blog mentalenviron | A great WordPress.com site), highlighting the early stages of my love-hate relationship …
fionakonca.wordpress.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:48 PM
#BackwardIsTheNewForward
Unedited extracts from an article I wrote in 2014, highlighting the early stages of my love-hate relationship with technology:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/b...
#ai #aiapocalypse #digitaldystopia #singularity #technologicalsingularity #techsingularity
Unedited extracts from an article I wrote in 2014, highlighting the early stages of my love-hate relationship with technology:
fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/b...
#ai #aiapocalypse #digitaldystopia #singularity #technologicalsingularity #techsingularity