Today's filming took place in an old Bulgarian theatre in Dobrich. Maybe a 200 capacity place with velvet seats and classic wooden stage.

Apparently the next location lined up is a gypsy barbershop in General Toshevo. Should be an interesting place to shoot to say the least!

This year I worked again with Modulate doing laser projections in the woodlands area. Modulate produced an amazing lighting installation using 40 light-fulled water containers and a multi-speaker sound system. My lasers slotted in nicely at the back to add some height to the lighting.

An added bonus was getting to catch-up with Zion Train who were playing on the main stage on Saturday. I hadn't seen them properly since around 2002/3 when I finished doing shows with them as their projection guy. It was a great opportunity for a bit of a reunion.

See my pictures from the event on my Flickr page.

'Stenchival' took place on 7th and 8th August. The first night was curated by Bathysphere and the second by PVC. Audience sizes were small but reasonable and all of those involved gave good feedback.

Both events were broadcast live on the Internet via Ustream and have been well-documented on Flickr and YouTube. See the past events page on the Stench website for details.

The growth of the event is down to a number of things. Firstly, the enthusiasm of commitment of the organising team - in particular Andy Black and Steve Jones from the Pineapster community, and Vicky Watts who came to Cuttlefish for a one-month placement and carried on helping with the festival even after she had finished! Secondly, the involvement of the vibrant Leicester music scene - the artists, promotors, venues, the fans and, of course, Pineapster. And finally, the support of the main Summer Sundae Festival, who have encouraged the development of the fringe since Andy Black first came up with the idea of doing the warm-up party in 2005.

Now we have established the format of the event, I think we can pretty much guarantee that we'll be doing one in 2010. I'll be the firth, which should be worthy of a celebration in its own right. Check out pictures and video from the event on the fringe web site.

The next is Stenchival - a mini festival in a festival before a festival. From the people behind the stench.org.uk community, Stenchival runs over two nights at the Great Central Galleries in Leicester on the 7th and 8th August.

See the Summer Sundae Fringe and Stench web sites for more information.

Arbor Low was as magnificant as ever and I'm pleased to say that Nine Ladies was looking good too. At times I've found Nine Ladies looking quite shabby, with rubbish scattered nearby and signs of fires having been lit in the circle itself. After 4,000 years I think it deserves a bit more respect than that!

See some pics here.

A (intentionally) slightly less packed programme than last time started with turntablist James Kelly and myself (as Cuttlefish) on projections (pictured). This was followed by an eye and ear stomping performance by Mick Greirson and then a fantastic audiovisual performance by Modulate. Upstairs Burntprogress payed music contributed by local musicians and downstairs we ran ArtScanner.

We had a moderate sized crowd - especially given that the student term has finished and it was pouring with rain! The next planned show will be in the autumn, although we are looking to run a "Stenchival" in the summer. Stay tuned for more information...

See more pictures, and (soon) video at http://stench.org.uk/events/2009/06/05/stench_iv

As part of the show I will be doing a new visual set with circuit bending maestro ASMO. This will be based around my spinning lights visuals and a new visual instrument I have been working on in Max/MSP/Jitter.

The event is free and all are welcome!

Recently started to get in to them again and have been scouring eBay for the the newer LED-based toys. These typically use the POV effect by spinning the LEDs to create interesting displays.

I plan to use the toys in my live work by creating live video loops of them that I will synchronise with music. The first outing of this new set will hopefully be with Stu Smith's ASMO in early May.