Jarvis Cocker WARNING: liveblogged – left in first person This is about the Extraordinary Artists are storytellers, they tell us different versions of the story about what it means to be a human being. Lots of people want to be an artist, but everyone of you is an artist, but perhaps you have not realised it yet maybe you have been looking for information on how to be an artist in the wrong place. You are trying to be unique, like everyone else. But you unique and maybe you are overlooking at in your quest to be unique. I’m going…

Zoe Whitley (Tate Modern) She wants to talk about the “never meet your heroes” statement…because she’s never met hers. It’s about expectations. When you meet people that are larger than your life, you don’t want to meet any who may show something that does not meet that, that shows their imperfections. She wants to talk about artists as people. She can’t assume that anyone has seen the exhibition she curated, so how does she talk about the exhibition if you have not seen it. So, she’s going to talk about the artists. On Monday the Obama portraits were unveiled. Her…

WARNING: Liveblogged. Edited for clarity Camilla Wright is the founder of Popbitch You think you know what the story of our time…but often what you see is what one paper wants you see, or an advertiser wants, or a couple of people made up. So what we see becomes narrow. Popbitch can be broader. Founded over 20 years ago, every week they send out about 500k emails, covering the news of the week. In 1998, (the time of Britney Spears, One More Time) pop culture was not the daily currency it is now. Pop for 1998 was just for kids,…

WARNING: Liveblogged, only minor edits Elijah (and on twitter) talked about his history with Grime music and culture from London pirate radio in early 2000s. Jamaican parents, born in Hackney, lived there all life. Got involved in music in late teens, eg in Notting hill carnival 1994. The sound developed, reggae, jungle, garage through to grime He listened to pirate radio, and did not realise that not everyone had the same experience; he thought the radio was the radio, music is music, grew up listening too all types of local music. It was something he wanted to do that..but was…

WARNING: Liveblogged. Only minor edits/amends About 25 years ago, she found herself watching a tape that had arrived in the post. There were shots of mirrors around the house. Then colonel Gordon Henshaw started talking..about how mentally you don’t feel older, the mirrors show you the reality of time He would have been the last person you would go to…and wouldn’t necessary ask the question. but in his home with his own camera, he was great. This was the first of Video Nation. 2 min stories at 10:29, just before Newsnight. Before youtube, something not seen much before. Gordon was…

Note: this was liveblogged at The Story 2018. Minor amends and edits only Will be talking about ‘Who am i’ It should be a simple as ‘I’m Tanya‘. But is there anyone in the room who hasn’t asked further. To explore that, will be telling the story of how she was born Wed 22nd Dec, her mother was due to have a caesarean the following morning. Her mother knew the family would become three in the morning. It did, and after a few weeks they went home. That was the nice story. The real story? It was the coldest winter…

Note: this was liveblogged at the time. Minor amends and edits only Lisa-Maria Neudert works at the Oxford Internet Institute, researching how algorithms are being used to manipulate public opinion. about how we as a society are having public conversations and how we are participating in public life So this is about conversational propaganda. Starts with where are you in moments..eg Brexit and Trump They are investigating whether what had influence on these, eg Russian propaganda. Not sure yet, but there is definitely an impact from online life. It is global, high impact and very real time..through the web, with…