And now we’re here the final week before Fun Palace, the stress has began but the adrenal is about to kick in!

Me, Jas and Fred have spent the evening playing with balloons, Arduino, LED’s and other materials to decorate the Mothershed for it’s sci-fi themed evening. With only a few days left to build and make I know a lot of long evenings are ahead. Making, testing and building is the most exciting and crucial part of organizing an event like this. Planning and discussing ideas was great, but here we begin to see the event come to life as it leaps off the paper.

Having spent my evenings at the Pervasive Studio it’s been incredible seeing various items (including robots) arrive for the weekend

I have no idea what to expect from the event, it’s difficult to imagine as it’s the first of it’s kind, but meeting the contributors and seeing what they have built has given me a good insight. Hopefully the audience will be as intrigued as I am.

I’ve been talking about it a lot and placing leaflets around the university I attend. I’m hoping it will be a success and will form the building blocks of future celebrations of opening spaces, making art and science more accessible for all.
I feel so lucky to have had this opportunity to programme an event of this nature and I’ve already learned a hell of a lot from just the organising alone.