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Slim pickings of late, but the spring is coming.
Over the last weeks, a growing sense of place here in Hackney as I dig into local history, discovering brilliant things, people and organisations - brilliant in that they really shine.
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Resembling an early 2000s mobile phone, black and small-screened, I bought an understated voice recorder which can sit on a table almost unnoticed. It was chosen because it seems unintimidating for the quasi-interviews that are lined up over the next few weeks with Matchbox factory workers and management. It's not been noticed so far in my 'test recordings' anyhow, my hi-def family and friends completely unaware that their lunchtime chat and incidental scraping and clinking are being analysed for echos, interference and vocal range. That sounds creepier than it is.
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Embodying the spirit of recent web-trawls, a little gem from The Building Exploratory based in East London. In The Adventurous Manifesto, through excellent leafy animated portraits kids give some equally excellent springtime advice like:
"Make your own tools."
"Experiment and debate the use and meaning of things."
"Make harmless mischief."
"Be daring, playful, thoughtful"
*Still from The Adventurous Manifesto by The Building Exploratory, 2010.
