Just realised that I haven’t had a big list of links on my homepage for a really long time. Going to use the coronavirus lockdown to update my website and get an old-school style directory of friend’s websites. Can recommend making yourself a coffee and spending some time looking through them all! May get around to organising them into categories at some point too. Please send me a link to your site if I haven’t already included you!

Friends doing interesting things:

music // sounds

• Leon Trimble (Chromatouch) – VJ, live coding, algoraves, modular synthesis, owner of the Chromatouch dome (the one in the woods if you’ve been to Shambala festival)
• Fabian Huss – musician, session and touring drummer, drum lessons and choir leader.
• Chris Menes – theatre sound design, composition and modular synthesis.
• Sophia Kinston (Tailor Birds) – Electronic violin, live looping, future folk.
• Ross Labiak – Logarithmic Rhinoceros, angular electronic metal.
• Karl Sadler (Bloop) – Totterdown based plastic-free cleaning products and sound design.
• Ryan Walker – guitar tuition in Bristol and guitarist in the Rin Tins and Ruby Two Shoes.
• Rikard Lindell – composer of electroacoustic music, experience designer, code artisan, and associate professor in computer science focusing on interaction design.
• Andreas Bergsland – Music, music-technology, live electronics, composition and sound design.
• MDM Charlotte (DESOLATE) – live music and events specialising in analogue electronic acts.
• Ada Hoel – Norwegian noise performer and producer.
• Polly Gannaway (Basement Orchestra) – orchestral music in unexpected places.

technology // art // research // games

• Robin Price – artist and Musician focussing on “interactivity and technological interventions”.
• Becca Rose – art, technology, lecturing, electronics, e-textiles.
• Coco Sato – giant origami, creative technology, workshops, art.
• Jens Ewald – code, hardware, exploring how the Internet of Things can become healthier and more trusted.
• Yiota Demetriou – UX research and product design. Novel storytelling devices made with heat sensitive materials.
• Jamie Cox – coder, web developer, tutor, code clubber, expert player of games and organiser of psychedelic rock.
• Christian Schratt – Art, media, video production, part of the Schmiede crew.
• Peter Ayres (Beep Studio) – Architecture, design, public art, education.
• Seb Madgwick (x-io technologies) – embedded sensing solutions including the excellent x-OSC wireless IMU.
• Diana Lindbjerg – art, sculpture, thoughts of/on/off.
• Sayer Hilton (Yamamoto Studios) – Software engineering, systems architecture and security and keen netrunner.
• Stefan Goodchild (Triple Geek) – Creative coding, motion graphics, interaction design, VJ, musician and Vectrex wizard.
• Tijs Ham – audio visual musician and instrument designer.
• Charlie Brassley (Two Beard Games) – Games designer, tabletop gamer, creator of “Ministry of Extramundane Affairs” (and brother in law!)
• May Abdalla & Amy Rose (Anagram) – immersive digital experiences, theatre and storytelling.
• Simon Alexander-Adams – multimedia art and design, generative art, interactive installations, audiovisual performance.
• Rachel Freire – art, design – fashion, costume and garment technology.
• Jonathan Chomko – art, choreographed performance, colour – working with and against technology.
• Luke Woodbury – creative technologist, installations, Pi based Smart Speaker Networks and electronic birdsong.
• Robbie Thomson – Visual art, music and theatre. Tesla coils, silicon prosthetics and soft robotic sculptures.

visual // illustration // graphics // painting // photography

• Antony Valenti – graphic design across digital, experiential, print, brand and moving image.
• Phil Wrigglesworth – illustration, lecturing and unconventional cinematic adventures.
• Luke Oram – artist and Illustrator. Epic sci-fi, fantasy, album art. Demon Go player. Hit him up for a game!
• Serena Curmi – artist, painting and illustration. Portraits and imagined landscapes “marked and mottled with memories and histories”.
• Tina Altwegg (Winged Fox) – Illustration, animation and design and excellent swing dancer!
• Liam Cullen – lead and environmental artist in the games industry.
• Rhyannan Hall (Oxidate Design) – Textiles, art, Japanese shibori dyeing, workshops.
• Katarzyna Deptuła (Lundi Creative Studio) – Photographer and videographer in Iceland.
• Simona De Leo – art and illustration, including “of animals and musical instruments” picture book and swing dance calendar.
• Phoebe Holman – filmmaker, producer and editor of independent documentary films.
• Dave Bain – illustration, art, graphic design and DJ’ing.
• Ant Jolliffe – photographer specialising in weddings (he did ours last year!) and D&D enthusiast.
• Marie Atina-Goldet – Bordeaux based illustration, art, graphics and engraving.
• Amani Omejer – words, stories, illustrations, zines.
• Alec Stevens – art, sculpture, research.
• Manon Pichon – cinematography, image, dance, music.
• Eylul Dogruel – art, photography, digital media, illustration, graphics.
• Fiona Rourke – materials exploration and experimental production processes.
• Holly Hewitt – designer, maker, multidisciplinary artist, design for navigating emotions.
• Davy & Kristin McGuire – multimedia art, projection mapped installations and miniature scenes.

creativity // words // coaching

• Kate Maxwell – Bristol based creative coach for writers, directors and performers (and also my cousin!).
• Ben Maiden (The Maiden Standard) – Bristol based copywriting and also a keen netrunner.

yoga // meditation // movement // sport

• Carrie Brassley – yoga, vinyasa flow … and my wife 🙂
• Michelle Toll (Flow with Shell) – Bristol based yoga, acroyoga and amazing food.
• Hannah Buddle – Swansea based personal training, sports massage therapy and acroyoga.
• Jan Tabaka – Bristol based personal training, acro-yoga and bachata dance.
• Yoshi Ono – basketball shooting coach.
• Neil Morbey (Positively Mindful) – meditation and mindfulness classes, courses and workshops.

miscellaneous // other

• Bethan John (British Blanket Company) – rugs, throws and blankets.
• Mercedes J Hanratty (Breastival) – Normalising, celebrating & supporting Breastfeeding in Northern Ireland.
• Amanda Challans – record breaking ocean rower, adventurer – workshops and consultancy.
• Sally Reichardt – acting, voice-over, motion-capture, breakdancing.

Groups I’m involved in:

• Control Shift  – A group of creative coders in Bristol and the surrounding area. We ran Processing Community Day Bristol last year.
• Creative Coding Club – First and third Mondays – we’ll be moving online for a while. Link to follow!
• Bristol Patching Circle – Meeting up second Monday of the month at Elevator Sound (online for the foreseeable future though!).