As I see it, two different blog activities are happening on this website – blogging and micro-blogging.  I appreciate the stream of consciousness benefits of micro-blogging. I’m concerned that when the two are mixed together, users needs to do a lot of scrolling and clicking through, information overload. Thoughts?

From the two tables I attended yesterday I was enthused by the range and depth of the discussions. Events such as these are often challenging as there is a great deal to fit in during a short time frame. That said, it was a real education for me into the kinds of research topics that are undertaken in relation to practice, studio models and exhibitions as a representation in time and space of the latent and sometimes reflective existence of the artist.

In a test blog on this site, Pat Naldi wrote that "Quiet calm deliberation disentangles every knot!" .  This reminded me of an radio program I heard recently which talked about an amazing fusion between fashion and maths. Scientists have discovered that crochet can be used to model chaos.

The outcome, known as the Lorenz manifold, is one of the funkiest hat ideas I have seen in a while.

Just getting sorted out at the start of the symposium. Great group of people, good venue, ready to get started!

The Temporary Host website is conceived as a research experiment.  We invite you to read, participate, share and feedback to us about your experiences.  In creating an interactive site we are paralleling the functionality of many of the popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Youtube and Flickr.  The community and exchange aspects of these sites is powerful and effective and works well for the intended users.&nb

We will be setting up a table of artists’ books, catalogues, leaflets and other ephemera for the general interest of delegates attending Temporary Host. This display would be for browsing only; any sale of publications would have to be transacted independently of ICFAR, however the display will be appropriately presented, and there will be opportunities to browse at intervals during both days.

If you, or your organisation, wish to contribute to this table presentation please either bring material along on the19th or mail, care of myself, to:

ICFAR

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If I put a blog entry here - where does it come out on the website?  Its a test really.

Here I am looking miserable. next photo I may well be able to smile.

ICFAR is one of eight research centres at the University of the Arts London, and the only centre specifically focused on fine art practice based research. While research at UAL is principally conducted through colleges, and doctoral students are admitted through colleges, ICFAR’s role is to work across the University, as an active hub for collaborative research and the generation of new kinds of connectivity.