Leeds Street Style: 30/08/11

BEAUTIFUL with capital letters.Lisbeth Salander on the left?British boys.Collar of the day.Trainers in the office? Yes!

Barca Crew Meet Up

A couple of weeks ago we had night out with some of the people involved in the recent Leeds in Barcelona project. It seems everyone has been crazy busy since we got back doing really cool stuff, so it was great to get us all back together for one night!

We were missing a couple of the gang but a fun night was had by all. We caught up over a nice meal at the Mint Hotel with Marketing Leeds then headed off into the city, checking in at Azucar to see Howard Marks and the awesome Louise Rennison then we headed... actually things became a little fuzzy after that point but it was a great night! 

The night started out with a nice mealCatching up about what has happened sinceShang Ting & Stacey from Hebe!
James Steward, one of the designers who featured in BarcelonaGraham from ICSGiuseppe from ICS & Howard MarksIain from ICSICS & Howard MarksJosh from ICSLee from HebeJulia from Marketing LeedsRachel from Marketing LeedsStacey & GiuseppeNate Dogg & ZizouAfter hitting this the photos dried up ;)

Hebe Week(s) In Pics

Stacey interviewed Mick McCann for LOL! Leeds Online"I am easily the best looking writer in Leeds!"As with most of our interviews, we hit MOJO in Leeds, still our favourite bar in the world ;)We had a new delivery of of Lee's research reading...
Showcase is so old that it is starting to have that nice retro feel about it nowWe got these awesome bar stools a couple of weeks agoThe legend is now in his frame and takes pride of place in Hebe landWe said we would not give into Krispy Kreme, we failedWe hit Leeds Pride last week. Was packed despite the rain!Easily one of the best events the city hasWe hit Hyper Island in Manchester and as expected, magic is happening in there right now

Whitechapel Residency update

The information as material residency at the Whitechapel Gallery is now well underway, with a number of events completed and two free-to-take poster poems by emerging poets and writers now out in the world (you can pick yours up from from the Gallery if you are in London - we're looking for somewhere in Leeds too).

The last event, The Summer School for Literary Perverts, took place at the end of July with a group of around 25 people participating in a programme of activity led by artists, Simon Morris and Nick Thurston, over the course of three days. Guests at the School included Paris-based writer and translator Kate Briggs and Canadian poet Christian Bok. The programme led up to a public event on the last night, with a crow packed into the Gallery to explore the "immersive textual environment" created by participants, and to hear Bok talk about his Xenotext Experiment, through which he is attempting to genetically engineer a living poem.

Upcoming events include:

• a Big Ideas discussion with poet / writer and UbuWeb founder Kenneth Goldsmith (you can see his recent performance at the White House here) and writer / critic Craig Dworkin, about their recently published anthology of conceptual writing, Against Expression.
• a series of events and publication launches as part of the London Book Art Bookfair. iam's founding  editor, Simon Morris, has written an extraordinary forward to the fair's catalogue, entitled Do or DIY, and Nick Thurston has designed a limited edition bag.

Planning for the Autumnal School for Digital Perverts is underway, and will be led by Christine Morris and I. We'll be exploring how the Internet and digital and social media are challenging and opening up the possibilities for writing and publishing. Watch this space for more information.