Fred Deakin

Theatre & Tech award nomination

fd_admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:30:45 +0000

Thirteen Cycles was a huge job to produce and everyone put a lot of effort into it. So it was a lovely thing to be nominated for a Theatre & Tech award for Creative Innovation in Video & Projection. It’s not often that these kind of projects get acknowledged so thank you very much T&T!

Post-Digital Art School report

fd_admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:27:48 +0000

I’ve just published a report, written with my UAL colleague Charlotte Webb. It’s about the collaborative digital workshops I’ve been running during my time as Professor: it was a lot of work but it came out pretty well, IMHO. Many thanks to Peggy Wang and Ben McKean who designed it brilliantly: also to Bel Aguas, Daniel Charny, Sam Dunne, Malcolm Garrett, Will Hudson, Nat Hunter and Ben Terrett who all contributed. This is the download link: have a look and let me know what you think!

Viv Albertine

fd_admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:28:28 +0000

In January 2015 I interviewed Viv Albertine at Central Saint Martins and it was a real pleasure. I saw the Slits several times as a teenager and have always been a massive fan, and now she’s written this incredible book. There’s a brief excerpt from the talk on YouTube and I’ve also got a recording of the whole two hour conversation somewhere if you’re interested.

Internet DJing

fd_admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:13:38 +0000

I was DJing on Tony Slackshot’s internet radio show in February 2016 and lots of fun it was too. His show is called Get On It / Jackin’ so I played mostly bangers with the odd curveball. You can download my set from this very website here or if for some reason you’d rather just stream it from Mixcloud then be my guest.

Forbes Interview

fd_admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:52:08 +0000

I was interviewed by Heather Lacey from Forbes magazine about my “portfolio career.” It’s a nice piece and full of useful tips! Funny how the internet needs lists to make sense of anything.

Sample quote: “I suggested to him that he was a modern-day Renaissance Man and he laughed and said thanks, but no, he really wasn’t. I still think it’s a fair description.” Thanks Heather! But I’m not. No really. Well, maybe, perhaps you have a point there but no, actually, no – definitely not! Oh, all right then, I am. Now, more about me.

Rough Trade book

fd_admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:41:10 +0000

Rough Trade is 40 years old: they’ve put a book out to celebrate this fact. I’ve got a piece in it where I talk about going to see the Raincoats as a thirteen year old (supported by Swell Maps and Kleenex – wottagig!) and lo and behold at the launch party the other day if it wasn’t the Raincoats on stage, talking about Rough Trade. How the years fly by, etc etc.

Stereohype badge set

fd_admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:58:04 +0000

Stereohype asked me to do a badge set for them and I said yes of course. Pretty, aren’t they? I love badges me – I used to cover my school blazer’s lapels with them. I also made lots of them myself for clubs over the years – see My Story for more details.

Modual Workshop Documentary

fd_admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:42:08 +0000

In May 2014 I ran a two week creative workshop with twenty UAL students: we created a “pop-up design studio” inside the advertising agency Mother where they collaborated across their disciplines to generate a series of powerful projects from scratch focusing on innovation and positive change.

It was pretty amazing and the fantastic Paul Wyatt was there to document the process: he has made a great film that really shows the journey that we all went on. It’s thirty minutes long so sit back, relax and enjoy a taste of what we got up to.

Connect10

fd_admin — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:49:27 +0000

So I’ve been chosen as one of ten artists to put on an event for the 2014 Connect10 competition. Basically a range of museums will compete to host my event which I am describing as a “day-glo game show party.” Quite what that means I don’t know but it should be fun! You can find out more on the Culture 24 / Museums At Night website and at some point vote for me to work with your local museum, should you so wish. Hoorah!

DJing at Dommune in Tokyo

fd_admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:34:33 +0000

I had a ball DJing at Tokyo’s Dommune club – here’s a pic courtesy of my main man Youki Mikami. Great fun being webcast – I might have to do some more of it soon…