Shared Creation Magazine

Which is a new exhibition of photographs from Wendy McMurdo and a film by Wendy McMurdo and Paul Holmes.

The opening is on Friday 16th January at 6.30pm at the Turner House gallery in Penarth. As is usual for Turner House announcements the exhibition is being run by Ffotogallery.

Unfortunately as I write this there seems to be a problem with the Ffotogallery web site. However please click here for information regarding both Ffotogallery and ‘The Skater’ exhibition on remotegoat.

Here is the final iteration of the new Shared Creation that’s been floating around for a couple of months now.

I’m quite please with this. It has the right kind of energy about it. It is of course only a minor refinement on the logo used for current page design but sometimes a small change can make quite a big difference.

For the last month we’ve been hit with a slow news period and other distractions from a updates going on to Shared Creation. Now that we are into a New Year I am hoping that this can be put aside. A fresh start if you will.

For the moment though - Happy New Year

Its nearly time for the Newport Film Festival - scheduled to take place on Sunday 7th December in the Meze Lounger - Newport.

For those of you with a recently finished film you may be interested to know that entries are still being accepted in the categories of:

• Audience Award - Best Film
• Welsh Dragon Award - Best Achievement in Film
• Best Feature Film
• Best Short Film
• Best Music Video
• Best Student Film
• Best Up & Coming Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Cinematography
• Best Script

Although you will have to hurry up as the closing date is 31st November.

For a submission form, contact details and a list of last years winners visit:

http://www.filmfestivalguild.com/

I’d like to give a quick mention to this months Ffotogallery Forum. Forum is a series of monthly meetings hosted by the Ffotogallery with the aim of developing a core group of new artist practitioners in South Wales who exchange ideas between each other.

This is a very literal application of a forum and to me it makes a lot of sense.

The next Forum meeting is on the 4th of December at 6.30pm. It will be held in the Turner House gallery in Penarth.

More information can be found at http://www.ffotogallery.org

I’d like to introduce you to Planet Rock. Its billed as the UKs only pure digital music magazine. My instincts tell me that there may be someone out there ready to debate that - if it were all about writing via the Internet. Its not quite that simple. Planet Rock is a magazine. Its medium is digital not paper. It is not a blog. It is a downloadable magazine. An e-magazine if you like. Ideal for those you who like portable devices to store reading materials on.

It’s also a magazine backed by a digital radio station - also called conveniently - Planet Rock.

Here are some links to help to learn about this venture in publication:

Click here for information about the Planet Rock magazine.

Click here for information about the Planet Rock Radio Station

Click here for Burn Magazine (free with Planet Rock)

The nice thing about e-Magazine is the low price (in this £1). Much cheaper than a paper equivalent and if created and used well perhaps more eco-friendly. It’s also a medium that can be searched and indexed. Useful indeed.

There are a lot good things about this idea. Let us hope it works out.