toby*spark
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masha rozhnova
the talk that blew me away i did not see coming. its blurb launches with with “instrument”, in my experience a signifier not of expressivity, but of how far we are from it. but! masha had a beautifull...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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amongst other things, another syphon pint tobyz.net/diary/2025/0...
touch designer london
in past times, i’d made pilgrimages to check out the state of the art and be inspired by people pushing at it. time to do so again; i have questions about what makes sense for “visual systems” in 2025...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
amongst other things, another syphon pint tobyz.net/diary/2025/0...
Having been holed up writing an academic chapter on live visuals (and interaction), getting out and reconnecting with nature, visuals and the night was most welcome… tobyz.net/diary/2025/0...
insieme / whitewashed cube
my interest was piqued when i found out a neighbour runs a micro-festival. i was sold when i saw a photo of the late-night barn: thick sound-absorbing stone walls, whitewashed and begging for visuals ...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Having been holed up writing an academic chapter on live visuals (and interaction), getting out and reconnecting with nature, visuals and the night was most welcome… tobyz.net/diary/2025/0...
Cinema screening of the stage adaptation of my favourite film. #mediatisation, but I’m here for it, figuratively and literally.
April 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Cinema screening of the stage adaptation of my favourite film. #mediatisation, but I’m here for it, figuratively and literally.
massive attack and uva – still unique, hell of a show. tobyz.net/diary/2024/0...
massive attack
one-off, climate-change framed home-town gig for massive attack.
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August 26, 2024 at 1:42 PM
massive attack and uva – still unique, hell of a show. tobyz.net/diary/2024/0...
More gigs like this please: me and laptop vs. immersive space.
April 28, 2024 at 11:57 AM
More gigs like this please: me and laptop vs. immersive space.
diary post – crux » fuel / three-d
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crux » fuel / three-d
again thanks to mike for the photo. this is from later on, a story-telling part where the ability to be in a 3D engine and build-up abstracted but understandable scenes comes into its own.
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April 18, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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diary post – crux » fuel / two-d
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crux » fuel / two-d
finish talk, straight into performance. quite the shift, happily it was a smooth transition.
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April 18, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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diary post – crux » four good ideas and an iffy one
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crux » four good ideas and an iffy one
i’d imagined the 45 minutes as a masterclass, but at some point realised the greater good would be promoting some of the ideas volta is built upon. so i made a deck full of videos showing volta in act...
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April 18, 2024 at 12:38 PM
diary post – crux » four good ideas and an iffy one
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to crux festival, a two-day event that has come out of an ongoing series of audio-visual-ish nights in london – “a meeting space to experiment, collaborate and be entertained”.
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April 18, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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London talk + gig alert: four good ideas and one iffy one for live performers and their tools. Featuring a demo of Volta, a performance of my Fuel Records piece. My favourite slide –
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April 12, 2024 at 1:03 PM
London talk + gig alert: four good ideas and one iffy one for live performers and their tools. Featuring a demo of Volta, a performance of my Fuel Records piece. My favourite slide –
festival.crux-events.org/programme-20...
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Bristol gig alert: a test performance of my Fuel piece at We All Play Synth. Thursday 22nd, Dareshack. aka tomorrow! www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/dar...
We All Play Synth - Electronic Music Open Mic at Dareshack
We All Play Synth™ is back in 2024 at the wonderful Dareshack!
Drag yourself out of the bedroom studio and into the warm, friendly atmosphere (and INCREDIBLE SOUND SYSTEM!) of Dareshack, for another i...
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February 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Bristol gig alert: a test performance of my Fuel piece at We All Play Synth. Thursday 22nd, Dareshack. aka tomorrow! www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/dar...
Idiocy to imagine this might be any different? Federated discussions aside, being able to use my domain as my handle augurs well, at least.
February 21, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Idiocy to imagine this might be any different? Federated discussions aside, being able to use my domain as my handle augurs well, at least.