Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:00am

News | Summer News

It's been a hot summer so far in the Cuttlefish office - although I've managed to miss most of it with my first two-week holiday in five years! I spent one week spent in rural Bulgaria reading and watching DVDs and another relaxing and sightseeing.

My favourite book of the break was most definitely "The Tree of Knowledge" by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela. Their radical approach to cognition from a systems perspective is quite amazing.

The best DVD I watched was "How Art Made The World" from the BBC. This series presents a fascinating perspective on why humans make art and how art makes us human. I also started re-watching Jacob Bronowski's classic BBC2 series "The Ascent of Man".

Just before I went away I had some good news relating to my creative work. From October I will be studying part-time towards a MA in Digital Arts at Camberwell College. This is a two-year practice-based course that I plan to use to help me move creative work forwards and to give me a good foundation for a follow-up PhD. I'll be posting more about this in the near future.

A few other things are worth reporting on. Pineapster 2.0 is nearing its beta release. Summer Sundae is less than two weeks away. My studio's almost back together following the Moving Science project. Finally, thinking back to my holiday, fresh sheep's milk tastes pretty good in tea!

Author: Sean Clark