Having just read http://alistapart.com/articles/mappingmemory I felt inspired to post a link to it after having read the first article in a long time which resonates with how I work, and what I do.

I have a lot to add to it, but as ever it's not something I can ever seem to easily put into words. It's inspired a lot of memories of why I do what I do, and the parts I'm very interested in. It reminded me of many projects I've worked on over the years, not just the mapping projects but also developing intranets, managing large swathes of dense information, creating extendable publishing structures, managing multi-media information sets and more. And it more reminded me of things I have thought of but have not done and should.

Though for the meantime its on with today's work, rather than distracting myself from it. Still it is these forms of inspiration that drive us to produce anew, so I shouldn't berate myself too much.

Tags : architecture building, cartography, mapping, memory, psychogeography, structures, webdesign, work,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 12:04 GMT

Congratultations to Nina and Karen of somewhere for winning the Northern Art Prize... and obviously I'm basking somewhat vicariously in this 'cos I work with them on a few projects.

Posted by Dorian Moore on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 10:58 GMT

And today could well be it's 100th Birthday: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2007/12/100-years-of--1.html.

Let's hear it for atonality, let's hear it for Schoenberg

Tags : atonality experimental, music, Schoenberg,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Monday, December 17, 2007 at 09:18 GMT

Some live footage of Voice Of The Seven Woods them at The Local in Crouch End last month.

Tags : music video, voice of the seven woods,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 15:51 GMT

Posted by Dorian Moore on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 22:08 GMT

When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed

Posted by Dorian Moore on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 13:19 GMT

It's that boy Corsano again...

http://www.myspace.com/dimensionxxx

Tags : chris corsano dimension x, drum, music, scf-fi,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 11:14 GMT

Owen Forrest Moore

Owen

Owen Moore

Tags : birth family, owen forrest moore,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Friday, February 2, 2007 at 10:43 GMT

Last night I saw Chris Corsano perform once again, at The Pool bar in Shoreditch, at the 'Fear Of Jazz' night. Once again he was amazing. Each time I see him he seems to have developed a little bit more in his style and what he's playing. His ability to generate a rhythm and then make it flow and develop in ever more complex ways, bouncing off the drums and modifying them to make the subtlest changes in sound, evolving it and driving it on. See for yourself in the clips below.

He's not always on top form, and if you were unfortunate enough to attend the previous nights performance when he played with Noah Howard, Evan Parker and John Edwards can attest to. I held such high hopes for this, having seen Corsano and Edwards do a blinding performance at the LMC Festival in December, it was horrible to see the restraint from Corsano as every time he and Edwards broke out they were interrupted by Howard bringing it back to New Orleans. I'd really liked to have seen if Parker, Howard and Corsano were left to their own devices that night.

I might start to get perceived as a Corsano stalker at this rate, as I've now seen him perform 9 or 10 times in the last year. Next time is The Flower-Corsano Duo next month. But hey, when you get the chance to see an amazing performer do loads of events in your neighbourhood (well, London) you have to, in the words of Noah Howard: 'support your local geniuses!'

Tags : chris corsano drums, experimental, free-jazz, improvisation, music, video,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 09:36 GMT

Alice Coltrane, astral jazz composer, dies at 69
Alice Coltrane, the jazz performer, composer and widow of saxophonist John Coltrane, has died at 69 of respiratory failure. For nearly 40 years Coltrane had been the keeper of her husband's musical legacy following his death from liver disease in 1967. A pianist and organist, Alice Coltrane was noted for her astral compositions and for bringing the harp on to the jazz bandstand. She died in hospital in California on Friday. Her albums included Ptah the El Daoud and A Monastic Trio. She played her last gigs in the autumn with her son, Ravi.Associated Press in Los Angeles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Coltrane

www.alicecoltrane.org

Tags : jazz music,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 11:05 GMT