'Flow' was and installation by Geoff Groadway and Sean Clark which took place at the Q Gallery in Derby in 2000. It explored elements of personal change and transformation through a continued interest in the creative possibilities of the oral-history document and experimental moving image and sound techniques. A record of the installation is now available.

Cuttlefish has been involved in two shows at the National Space Centre in Leicester (UK) this year.

The first was the SofaLofa show in the 360 degree 'Space Theatre' in March, and the second was the Moving Science project which culminated in a live show at various locations around the Centre in May.

In both cases the Space Centre was excellent and the support we had from staff was first rate. If you are interested in knowing more about the venue then visit their Web site at www.spacecentre.co.uk.

Readers of my blog may know that I've developed a bit of a liking for the Balkans. In fact, I've just come back from my latest trip to north-west Bulgaria (up near the Romanian border).

During my travels I took this picture of some local transport. Despite on-going 'modernisation' and being on the verge of EU membership, donkeys and carts are a common site on roads outside of (and sometimes in) Bulgarian and Romanian cities.

Amongst the highlights of this latest journey was a visit to the Danube town of Sillistra - very unspoilt by tourisim, yet friendly to visitors.

I'm already looking forward to my next trip.

I've uploaded an archive of pictures taken at the Solar Eclipse festival near Lusaka in Zambia in 2001. I took them while touring with Zion Train.

Due to the large number of 'spam' comments (74 on one recent post!) I'm switching off the comments feature on the Cuttlefish Blog. Thanks to all those who have posted genuine messages in the past, but until I find a technical way of preventing spammers posting their obscenities I'm afraid my blog will only be 'one way'.

I went to see Calexico and Iron and Wine at the Manchester Academy last night.

For the uninitiated, Calexico have an eclectic sound that spans Ennio Morricone-esc soundscapes and cowboy ballads, through jazzy Mexicana and Californian post-rockness. Iron and Wine are focussed around the massively-bearded Samuel Beam and are more rooted in the lo-fi sound.

The night started with Iron and Wine setting the atmosphere in style. They were then joined on stage by Calexico and the two bands played numbers from their recent collaborative EP 'In the Reins'. Then both bands left the stage and after a short, 5 minute, break Calexico returned for a full set of their own.

Starting with some great Mexican-style tunes, with lots of brass and guitars, they went through a good mix of songs from their back-catalogue as well as from their new album 'Garden Ruin'. Finally, for the encore, they were joined by Iron and Wine again for a bit of a jam.

It was a great night and I can't wait to see one or both bands again. Coincidently, Calexico are playing at this year's Summer Sundae in Leicester, so it looks like I won't have to wait too long.

I've found a copy of the Web site that I did to support the 'Birmingham Frequencies' CD-ROM that came with the Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere album of the same name. To quote the introduction text:

"Birmingham frequencies is a record of an event which took place in Oct '97, within the sublime circular rhythms of Birmingham's modern architectural classic - The Rotunda. the second best loved structure in Birmingham after King Kong."

It was a great event to be involved in and I still think the music and multimedia work stands up to this day.

One more piece of work from the dusty hard-drive of my old iMac. 'Persistence of Vision' was an exhibition I did about Victorian optical toys. On the Web site there is an interactive version of a Phenakistiscope.

While scanning through my old iMac I came across loads of pictures from some of my previous creative activities.

I'm going to progressively upload them to my Flickr account, starting with this set of Hawkwind pictures taken at a show Zion Train did in support of them at the Sanctuary in Birmingham in 2002. I was supplying visuals for ZT on the night. So, if you fancy a ride on the 'Silver Machine' then visit this gallery...

My overriding memory of the band was how 'Spinal Tap' they were back-stage. Arguments, groupies, drink etc. True rock-and-roll stars.

A great discovery on my old iMac, I took this bunch of pictures at a show The Shamen did on the opening night of The End nightclub in London in 1996.

I'm trying to think, but this may have been The Shamen's last live set - it was certainly near the end of their career.

The music on the night was taken from the album 'Hempton Manor'. I remember we recorded it and put some or all of it on the Web site, or maybe we did a live Webcast. It was a long time ago :-) I took the pictures on my old Apple 'QuickTake 100' digital camera - hence the low quality.