Creative Futures...Finally!

Monday Morning 5th of March 2012.

These start off like previous years this is with an opening address this time by Dr Stuart Cunningham. Speaking to all of creative media he basically explains what we should expect from the week and what we should take from it. being our third time we knew and judging by the timetable there were some interesting people to come.

Next up was supposed to be a lecture from Maurice Cockrill RCA. But unfortunately due to illness he could not make the address, So to step in last minute was the universities own Vice Chancellor Michael Scott.  A well respected tutor and master of pretty much everything Shakespeare.  Unfortunately he talked quite a lot about Shakespeare, to be honest I know he's all respected and everything and I don't doubt that he's a key figure in English history as are his plays, but it takes me back to being really bored in English and I just shut down. The thing that made it better was the kind of twist that he put on Shakespeare.  He was just entrepreneur that catered for his crowd to make money.

He even upped and moved his entire stage and building to a different part of London to earn more cash. essentially I think that this is the point that he eventually tried to bring across. Artists are entrepreneurs and masters of their own destinies. (Go where the money is.)
 
... Also there was a guy called John Marston who much to most peoples dismay was not from the Red Dead game, shame. 

After a short break. Was a talk from the Key speaker Angus Montgomery - Editor of Design Week.
http://www.designweek.co.uk/

being a journalist for the site, (he knew his stuff.) he talked about what the industry that he knows is crying out for, Which seemed to be new talent all the time. collaborated efforts to show fresh innovative ideas. the ideas for these seemed to make him quite envious that he didn't have the skill in artwork to do them himself.
Eventually he started showing us images from past projects that he's been involved with. A good talk overall which made me take a look at how I want to present myself professionally. Also the possibilities for ideas later on down the line.