creative alchemy mega party, westbourne studios, weds 14 nov, free!

This is a party for all creative professionals, organised by Claudie Plen.
You can check out the Facebook group here too.


Me and the HungaMunga arts and crafts gang will be doing our thing there, as well as other fun stuff. I have no idea what kind of people will be there, but Westbourne Studios is a nice space, and it's free, so you might as well.

The Creative Industries party of the year, celebrating Enterprise Week 2007.
Creative Alchemy Ltd, London Westside, Paddington Development Trust, Westbourne Studios, and Make Your Mark.

Join us in our giant interactive networking space, Hungamunga playspace, film, art installations from Artspace, Talkaoke mobile chat show, live painting, and dj's and performances all night...there will also be a couple of free drinks for the early birds, courtesy of London Westside and the Paddington Development Trust!

To book you place or download your invite, go here!

rav 4 jousting

I have been researching a lot about modern jousting e.g. on bicycles, unicycles, etc., along with other forms of dueling recently. It's part of this thing I'm working on relating to chivalry, ethics, and other stuff. So, anyway, completely by chance, I found this clip on youtube:



I know it's old news, but anyhow, for the 3 seconds before I realised it was a spot, I was totally stoked. I had been thinking about all the different modern platforms possible for jousting, and hadn't thought about standing on top of cars.

My 2 complaints:

1. It's not real (neither is the rav4 bowling spot). The whole thing would have been made really engaging and interesting if they had actually tried to do it (e.g. like Jackass style) - outtakes, injuries, etc.

2. How did they possibly get approved? Both spots are based on real life ASBO behaviour, and I, for one am definitely going to try to imitate the SUV jousting one, which will almost certainly result in me being injured.

By the way, if anyone would like to joust on bicycles, or other forms of steed this summer in East London, please let me know. Here's an example of 2 kids in the US bike jousting. Ours is going to be faster, more realistic and higher impact. We're currently researching technologies, and would love any help.