2morro’s posterous

Hey guys,
 
So I've been chatting to a few of you and collecting awesome stuff about what's going on!
 
On the terrace right now we've got James Mummery who is working and chatting with lots of people making newspaper art! Looks wicked! They are getting creative making things like super hero costumes and dresses.

Also, we've got the play rethink challenge... here are some of their pics which are stuck on the board outside on the terrace!

Come also check out the VBUS DV shootcuts, which will be going on today! It's outside the front where you all came in to register :)

More music stuff! The RGBs, powerpop/indie/live electronics band are coming to play at the festival! Join them (and us obviously) at 6pm on Saturday on the Terrace to hear an amazing performance!

This amazing band is made up of four; SaintSaviour, Harriet, Claire and Robin! And they have played gigs everywhere including Glastonbury, Creamfields, Wireless and Lovebox (these are just a few... it would be too long to list them all) They have even recorded tracks with the producers who brought us Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson and The Verve and the lead singer/songwriter, Saintsaviour, has been co-writing a few songs for Groove Armada! WOW!

For more info about the band check out their myspace page, website www.thergbs.com where you can listen to some of their music and videos!

Looking forward to having them at 2morro... it's here, people!

Hey Guys and Gals,

Let me introduce to you the recycled art stall at 2morro where you become the recycled artist: Collect.Create.Capture. You have the opportunity to put your creative skills to the test, and dig out that childhood knowledge of origami swans, to make the best possible creation from recycled newspapers. Collect your paper from one of the beaming, helpful assistants at the stand; create your sculpture and then have your creation captured on film by our team to be uploaded on to our online gallery. The best creation will win a prize as well as being safe in the knowledge that they conquered 2morro.     

This stand has come about as a result of the campaign Free Newspapers Cost the Earth, a campaign which is tackling the waste created by free newspapers in London by promoting consumer and industry recycling. The campaign is completely youth led, and was the invention of James Mummery, an Envision student (check out their other fantastic stalls at 2morro!), who was also involved in the Channel 4 multimedia project Battlefront - 20 young campaign gurus who will be running a campaign workshop at the event too.
 
Free Newspapers have a huge environmental impact and it is vital that we all recycle our free newspapers. In one day in London, over 1.7 million free newspapers are distributed daily - enough to make a single stack almost 14 times higher than the Canary Wharf Tower. By leaving your paper on the train, tube, bus or pretty much anywhere other than a recycling bin - you can not guarantee that your paper is being recycled. Big deal? you may think; but when paper goes into landfill, it decomposes releasing methane gas which is 20 times more harmful to the environment than CO2.  If we recycled every free newspaper in London we could save around 80 tonnes of CO2 emissions daily and make a big impact in the battle against climate change.
 
So have some fun with the recycled art at Collect.Create.Capture - because you can have a laugh whilst being green; and enter our competition by having a photo taken of your creation.
 
Smiles x 

SENSE media are dropping in with a post today, courtesy of Duane Melius, the guy behind the SENSE machine! They're an incredible organisation and we can't wait to have them at the event!
 
2morro will soon be today and when it is SENSE Media will be there, in the thick of the action, coming at it from simultaneous directions.
 
Lovely. Let me just admire that sentence. Every word is true.
 
Moving on, we are really looking forward to 2morro. We’ve got some exciting stuff planned. Check out our photo exhibition by talented young photographer Alicia Little. Or take part in the interactive photo exhibition. No effort required. Just look out for our photographer on the day. What’s the one piece of tech you just can’t live without? We want to know so we can share it with the world. Think of it as a real-life tag cloud.
 
And then there’s the moving image. Our talented young team will be there to capture the day in it’s full and dizzying glory. Plus we will be putting the active into interactive with our DV Shootouts. 45 young people will have the chance to take part in creating the film of the day. The best footage will be used in the final film, along with crediting your name and winning a fantastic prize (NB, expect it to be something pretty awesome).
 
Put all of that together with the fantastic 2morro pie and I think you will agree we are talking about a feast. To say the least we are really excited. I dare you to look at the schedule, and what the organisers have lined up and not feel the same. The south bank will not know what has hit it!
 
Until the day, I hope you are getting ready. See the schedule, or ask a member of staff on the day if you would like to get involved in any of our activities. All are welcome! You don’t need any previous experience and the fantastic Krishna Maroo from SENSE will be on hand to sharpen your skills before you are sent out into 2morroland.
 
Thanks to all the other partners and groups that will be there on the day and thanks to you. It’s time to make 2morro. How do you want it?
 
www.wemakesense.org

Hello, we're Hide & Seek! At 2morro, we'll be running three rounds of our Playmakers camera game.  Working with our community of players and designers, we've been trying to come up with a game involving teamwork and video cameras. If you join us for our camera game (running 3 times in the day at 2morro), you'll work in teams to race around the Southbank in a clue-hunt - you'll be given video cameras and yep you've guessed it, the challenge will involve filming....

In the last couple of months, we've run six or seven playtests - each with a slightly different arrangement of theme, rules, and targets.  From a first-person shooter with film instead of bullets to secret spies hunting street names in Soho, we've tried a bunch of different ways to improve on the basic game.

But although we'll be bringing our most recent version of the game to 2morro, the rapid rate of change means that – with a couple of weeks still to go – that ruleset could look like pretty much anything.

In the meantime, if you're interested in finding out more about Hide&Seek or the Playmakers project, have a look at our website. And check out this short vid from a recent playtest of Soho Spy Squad to see what we do!

Hi Everyone, 

Here's a guest post from one of the team at Spinebreakers, Samara. We can't wait for their session at 2morro! If you haven't seen Spinebreakers yet, it's an amazing community of book reviewers, editors and writers run by Penguin, and all for young people.

Hello, my names Samara and I’m getting involved in the 2morro event by being a member of Spinebreakers. We’re showcasing our website and leading a Question and Answer session with author Kevin Brooks about his new book – check out my book review on Spinebreakers.

I look forward to debating with you guys, maybe we can tackle some problems we may have, like, when see each other on street and avoid saying Hi! I’m looking forward to the workshop about a construction of a magazine and maybe I could talk to those who fund events incase I should chose to set up my own one day. (I know, high ambitions.) I am looking forward to the music aspect –I love music! Any music and guys know, there’s not just one genre for e.g. rock, hip –hop, funky house. Music is universal. 

To end I’m going to say that you guys need to read ‘A Fraction of the Whole’ by Steve Toltz. He writes it like you would talk it, it’s an everyone’s novel meaning you will be interested once you’ve started and also ‘Then’ by Morris Gleitzman - even though it may look patronizing it’s not, I swear, it’s the only novel that made me cry and besides, Gleitzman did that on purpose to tell the experience of Nazi’s through a child’s eyes. It’s an arts thing when authors do that. Trust me! To end I’m going to say peace and I hope you enjoy the event!