We See Fireworks at PS122

Helen Cole’s We See Fireworks which enjoyed a fantastic run at the Barbican as part of Spill Festival earlier in the year is on it’s way to PS122 in the heart of the famous city, and are lucky enough to be joined by our good friends Action Hero who will be performing Watch Me Fall.

We’ve been raving about We See Fireworks throughout the past year, but for those of you who haven’t heard the name then here’s the info:

With support from the British Council, Performance Space 122 brings 3 companies, Inbetween Time Productions, Action Hero and curious, across the pond for a taste of the UK's hottest contemporary performance experiences. 

Part installation, part performance archive of audience voices, We See Fireworks is a curated collection of memories of past performances or performative moments whispered softly into the darkness. They talk of religious ceremonies, accidents, lovers' meetings, loss, homesickness, adolescence, fairgrounds, car parks, fetish clubs and school halls. Articulated by strangers, these words are viral, searing into the consciousness, until the deepest memories become yours.

'Quite how vivid performance can be is demonstrated exquisitely in We See Fireworks’  Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

The installation is open at PS122 in New York from Saturday, June 4 - Saturday, June 11 from the hours of 2 - 6:30pm / 7 - 9pm daily.
The installation is closed on Monday, June 6.

If you would like to add your voice to this growing collection, opportunities for individual recordings are available June 4, 5, 7, 8 between 4:30 - 6:30pm & 7 - 9pm.

A nod to the 70's

Topshop Jacket, Primark top, Hollister jeans, Asos Danny stacked sandals. Dear Shay Turquoise bracelet. 

Spotted the similarities yet? Yup in both of these locations, bedroom and conservatory there is DIY! There is not a room in the house right now that is still in one piece! Which makes for some interesting outfit shot locations!

On a more important note I got these new Asos bad boys in the post yesterday and have not taken them off since! I am in love! They make me taller than the tallest people I know (Mainly Jack and his Dad!) Haha so there is no messing with me now!! 

Where are your favourite shots? Are you an insider or outsider?

Have a great weekend!!

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Some Friday Inspiration for you! Here are all the looks I am lusting over right now. Mainly Hippie and Cowgirl all rolled into one! 

1) Flared jeans stacked heels and floppy hats (Yes i never take mine off!)

2) Sheer fabric, it is so effortlessly chic and perfect for warm spring days! Oh and we can't forget our favourite coke! 

3) Emilio Pucci has got to be one of my favourite designers for summer 11! I love the fringing, flares, burnt colours and of course that lace up top! 

4) Crochet. Currently preparing for my beach body (so many workouts) and want a white bikini with a crochet sarong! 

5) Cowgirl, I have recently bought myself a new pair of boots, all that is needed now is more shorts! 

6) Hats, you can never have enough hats! They can transform an outfit!

7) Tie dye, I want to tie dye everything at the moment! Especially for festivals! 

8) All white, perfect for the beach, I am so in love with this bikini top! Any idea where I can get one?

9) Maxi skirts and dresses, perfect worn with bikini's or with a jumper thrown over! 

10) Skin, it is so important to look after your skin! I am always covered in sun tan lotion if i am in the sun to stop me burning and peeling! 

I am also starting to love head bands, I want to get a chain one. 

Credits: Emilio Pucci, Fashion Gone Rogue, Tumblr, FGR.

If one of these images is yours then please contact me so that I can properly credit you! 

What are your favourite trends right now? 

Flared Leather Pants

Blue Gas flared leather jeans, Thrifted jacket and scarf, white tee-shirt bought in Spain.

I was so over the moon to get these Blue Gas flared leather trousers for £2, another of my bootfiar bargains! Oh and the fringe jacket which I absolutely love was another bargain! I also mustn't forget to mention my new Ray Bans, can't believe I went all this time without some! They are so comfortable and just make any old outfit look more stylish!

 I was doing so well at not spending too much money on clothes until I decided to pop over to Asos. Ooops! Im so excited to get my parcels and show them to you! Still planning my summer wardrobe, and holiday wardrobe!

Anyone going anywhere nice on holiday? Share your summer plans! :D

Oh and you can now like Sparks and Fireworks on FB, CLICK CLICK CLICK!

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Three Essential Elements: Why I’m Going to and Blogging about NLO

Three elements underlie why I’m heading to the conference.

Element 1: Networking
One morning my officemate asked me: “Do you know the nonlinear optics conference is in Hawaii?” Me: “No.” I must say Hawaii is good place for a conference.

So I looked up the committee chairs and invited speakers and wished to go. Steve Harris—my dissertation advisor’s dissertation advisor will be there. Steve Cundiff, who edited the book "femtosecond optical frequency comb technology" and recently published “Optical arbitrary waveform generation” (which is closely related to what I am working on) in Nature Photonics, is one of the program chairs. Also the conference will have a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the nonlinear optics.

Element 2: The negotiation workshop given by APS
At the 2011 APS meeting in Dallas, APS gave a FREE (Yes, free, everything paid) professional skill development workshop. One presentation is about negotiation skills. Two key things I learned: a) you don’t get it if you don’t ask; b) negotiation is not selfish and it is for the benefits of both sides, at least as far as a faculty position is concerned. Both you and the school want you to settle down well and succeed. Negotiation lays the terms necessary to do so.

By the end we had one assignment: Ask for something you want but do not need.

Going to Hawaii is a lot of money. 11 hours of flight time. Hotels, registration fee. But I thought, this could be a good exercise.

I gathered courage and sent my advisor an email in which I proposed I pay part of the fees.

Several days later, he came in and told me. Go ahead and submit an abstract. Money is tight but should not be a big problem.

That leads to the 3rd element.

Element 3: Nice experimental results!
I have been working on this project--Pulse-shaper-assisted phase control of a broadband coherent Raman spectral comb--for one and a half years. Finally in March we obtained some beautiful results. Therefore I do have some nice figures to put in the abstract. I am writing a paper anyway so I prepared an abstract and submitted.

Now, Bingo! I am going the Hawaii’s fourth largest island. I have been to the first 3 islands so this would be a totally different experience.

When Nicolas from FastLite in France asked me whether I am going to any conferences in European countries, I said no but I am going to Hawaii. Here is his response:

NLO in Hawaii... wow... seems much better than Europe :-D !

I am getting excited.

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