SPITBALL
The blog where we ponder on the state of the industry, chat with pros, and muse over trends
Game changers: Pablo Picasso
There was barely an art movement in the 20th century that Picasso didn’t inspire, create or contribute to.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Paul Swann
Adopt the mantra that ‘every day you learn something new is a good day’ and you won’t go too far wrong.
Game changers: Henrik Ibsen
On return to his native Norway, Ibsen began writing and producing plays that challenged the norm of how plays were written, the themes and subject matter explored, and how social issues could be addressed in theatre productions.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Corinne Podger
The more I travel, and the more journalists I work with, the more I believe we’re a single ‘tribe’. We are motivated by the same things: great stories, told well, for a clear target audience, which adhere to specific values on ethics, accuracy and trust.
Game changers: Edith Head
It was her style that inspired the fictional character ‘Edna Mode’ in the animated movie, The Incredibles (2004).
On The Leaders' Lounge with Fintan Lalor
Since I was very young, my father has always encouraged me to try and experience everything that I could. The more I exposed myself to different things over the years, the quicker I discovered what I liked and what I was good at doing.
UNESCO acknowledges Bhutan institute with grant
Bhutan Media and Communications Institute receives UNESCO grant.
Game changers: The Everly Brothers
According to Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers ‘started it all’.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Carl Moggridge
I’m genuinely interested in what I do, and I’ve taken ownership of my career outside of my day job. Increasingly, I’m not sure I see the same curiosity and commitment to learn.
Experiencing Bhutan: Mrs Catherine Harris AO, PSM, FAICD
Taking a trip to Bhutan makes you realise how beautiful life can be when one focuses on the important things in life, not the material things.
Game changers: Yayoi Kusama
Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environment.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Vitoria Triboni
There are a lot of rumours in the industry that a cold and “cool” attitude is the way to behave. Trust me when I see that it is not!
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Game changers: Louise Bourgeois
I need to make things. The physical interaction with the medium has a curative effect. I need the physical acting out. I need to have these objects exist in relation to my body.
Teach journalism in Bhutan
Take a step up in your career and help improve the quality of journalism in Bhutan.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Pauline Linton
As important as it is to look forward and keep a pulse on the ever-evolving arts and media landscape, it’s also as critical, if not more, to have sound knowledge of relevant theory in the space.
Game changers: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Do you know that I don't have any artworks that exist? They all go away when they're finished.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Ian Hopkinson
I've always been inherently creative and flowing with ideas, the big challenge has been to find focus and be consistent. It's taken me most of my life to develop the ability to hyper focus and see an idea through or to discard it if it lacks viability.
Game changers: Kwame Brathwaite
A New York City based photographer, Kwame Brathwaite is best known for capturing the early stages of, and helping cement, the development of the ‘black is beautiful’ movement, in the 1960s in the USA. He was born in Brooklyn in 1938.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Paul McGilvery
I think the term ‘media’ is most often used to refer to mass communications or journalism…but anything can be media if we want it to be.