Operation Ivy League at the Barbican

This Sunday the Space Hijackers will be presenting Operation Ivy League at the Barbican

Back in 2007 Agent Ladybird (http://www.storiesfromspace.co.uk) came to us with a plan, to sneak into the city, find hidden corners and plant Ivy all over the square mile.  The hope being that the ivy would take, gradually grow up the walls, then before long pull down the buildings of the city.  Our first crop planting session went well, so well infact that we're off to do it again

Meet either at 12 midday in the church yard of Shoreditch Church St Leonard, on the corner of Hackney Rd and Shoreditch High St, for a spot of supply gathering at Columbia Rd Flower Market, or meet at 2pm outside the front doors of the Barbican Art Gallery.

here's what we did last time:
http://www.spacehijackers.org/html/projects/ivyleague/ivyleague.html

Bleeding edge environmentally friendly sound systems.

Sam Valiant from the Boxing Club is busy designing a fleet of self contained sound systems for the Burning Man festival. The units are designed to work as part of a wireless "smart sound web" with auto self aligning, phasing, and time delay functions meaning that wherever you are in relation to to the portable systems, the sound will always be in sync. The ultra high efficiency Class H+ amplifers are powered by high capacity 12v batteries augmented with focussed poly-crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels which convert sunlight into 300w of power.

The Erotic Book Club

Held on the Last Thursday of the month, the Erotic Book Club is a small gathering to devour and discuss the naughty masterpieces of literature.  We shall be savouring both modern and classic filth, erotic fiction and personal memoirs by both male and female authors.

At the next meeting of the Erotic Book Club we shall be discussing 
The Marquis De Sade's
"Justine".
Meet 8pm
Thursday 30th July
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'Justine' was the Marquis de Sade's first novella, written in 1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for blasphemy and obscenity (without trial) for the authorship of 'Justine' at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte. Who suffers in the pursuit of desire? Set in a period before the French Revolution, Justine shows the battle of virtue versus vice, where earning your keep takes on fresh connotations, and a titled lady holds a lifetime of illicit secrets. 
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available at Donlon books now priced £6.99

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Previous books we've read are:

Wetlands - Charlotte Roche
Delta Of Venus - Anais Nin
Venus In Furs - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Beware the Dragon!

Loolie recently unveiled her newest work, created in conjunction with students at the Alderman Blaxill school in Colchester.

School of Everything in the Europas

Greenman, one of the Boxing Club members, is also a co-founder of School of Everything, and internet startup out to re-invent education. His company is up for an award in the Europas, as one of Europe's top social innovation start-ups.

Much of the energy behind The School of Everything was inspired by another Boxing Club project, The University of Openness (UO). The UO ran for many years, but has now become an archive site. The project still has many fans, who long for it's return.

Update: School of Everything was the "Honorable Mention" . Close, but no cigar.

Dorkbot #62

The Boxing Club hosted Dorkbot #62 on June 23. The usual host of Strange things with electricity came out of the closet - as did a BBC technology camera crew. The idea of filming things "live" gets stretched a little, and we did have to do a few re-takes, but the eventual story works pretty well.

Here is greenman explaining what Dorkbot is ...