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Creaturemag at Shambala Festival 2010 – The 10 Picture Challenge

Shambala festival is a teeming tented circus town, a brew of sensory stimulation that is just right and ready. It’s all about the participation, there is an emphasis on open expression, friendliness and a staunch resistance against commercialisation and consumerism. It’s a truly eclectic gathering of characters, creative explorers and hedonistic experimenters stirring up a very special atmosphere and one that is very unique to Shambala. Our challenge was to sum all this up in 10 photos.

Arriving at 4pm on Friday, equipped with the necessities and armed with 10 photographs yet to be taken, we embarked on a 48 hour exploration of this new found land. Soaking up the splendid array of music the fields awash with art, costume and splendidly happy people all willing to make, do and see whatever they want. This is a creative enthusiasts dream and a field full of inspiration ready to be harvested.

The following photos form Creatures visual diary, 10 photos and some commentary that we feel sums up our Shambala festival 2010.

1 – Welcome to Shambala

Overlooked by a mansion house sat beside a lake on the edge of the woods lies a creative wonderland. Shambala is brimming with well considered art installations that make this festival an utterly extravagant garden for the senses. The sculpture above sat in the lake, you could walk to it over the water on a bridge just below the surface. (more…)

Title: EXTRA ORDINARY
By: Supermundane
Website: http://presentjoys.com

Creature was recently sent this little book of words from the publishing house “Present Joys”. A thoroughly enjoyable little read that we felt compelled to bring to light on the Creature blog…
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On 13th February Alternative Press Fair celebrated it’s 1st Birthday party with a wonderful zine show in Euston London. It was jammed packed full with entertainment for all! http://www.alternativepress.org.uk/

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Lancashire Artists Book, zine and multiples fair – Review – www.zinefair.com

By: Kate Eggleston-Wirtz

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Review – Look both ways, free art, music, poetry night with… Buffy C Noble, Ross Sutherland, Yo Zushi and lots more.

Hello Creatures.

Sorry for the lack of blog posts of late, we can assure you that there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes in preparation for the start of the 9th online edition of Creaturemag. In the meantime, here are a couple of interesting little goodies to keep your eyes and ears occupied.

Creature went along to a great little night a couple of weeks ago at the Old Queens Head on Essex road.

Look both ways is a free night of arts held sporadically in nice, intimate venues around London. Showcasing an eclectic array of creative souls, performing their poetry, songs, video art and beyond this is a night that is sure to inspire.

Not really knowing what to expect, Creature went along to find a lovely open room with high ceilings and a chandelier packed to the point of bursting with friendly, interesting looking people all starring intently as more friendly, interesting looking people presented their creative wares on stage.

Highlights for Creature included Buffy C Noble (myspace page) performing some of her dreamy poetry accompanied by her boyfriend making some beautifully strange sounds on acoustic guitar, Ross Sutherland (myspace page), literally spitting his brilliantly constructed and performed poems at an attentive gathering of appreciators. Thirdly, we really enjoyed the work of Nikolas (myspace page), a video artist who showed his music video “include me out” which you can see here: Include me out.

To top off an evening of brilliant entertainment was an intimate performance by Yo Zushi, a folk artist from Japan (myspace page) performing his intriguing and melancholic songs whilst camped out cross-legged, surrounded by his lyric sheets. If your into storytelling folk-new-wave-psych-freak-folky-dolky-whatever the hell we are calling it nowadays, then a Yo Zushi gig is well worth a visit. Please see below for further Yo Zushi dates, including a tape album launch at Cafe Oto on 15th March.

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