As with my first visit to the college last year, it was a very enlightening experience. The lectures - with Fritjof talking about the science of Leonard Da Vinci, and Peter talking about his own creative practice - presented a view on the processes and practice of creativity and its connection to the living Earth. Both lecturers offered views which helped me think out my own creative work and it's wider contextualisation. Plus, talking to other members of the Faculty has given me a number of ideas for new artworks.

Schumacher is a truly special place. As well as the unique courses it offers, you also get to spend time enjoying the surroundings, cooking tasty food, talking with other course members and generally helping out around the college. For me it's a real creative treat and, despite having a stinking cold for much of my visit, is somewhere I get to recharge and reflect.

P.S. I took the picture just after a rainstorm. It's amazing how something as fragile as a dandelion can survive such a downpour!

(Pictured above, Weave Mirror by Daniel Rozin)

Today's filming took place in an old Bulgarian theatre in Dobrich. Maybe a 200 capacity place with velvet seats and classic wooden stage.

Apparently the next location lined up is a gypsy barbershop in General Toshevo. Should be an interesting place to shoot to say the least!

This year I worked again with Modulate doing laser projections in the woodlands area. Modulate produced an amazing lighting installation using 40 light-fulled water containers and a multi-speaker sound system. My lasers slotted in nicely at the back to add some height to the lighting.

An added bonus was getting to catch-up with Zion Train who were playing on the main stage on Saturday. I hadn't seen them properly since around 2002/3 when I finished doing shows with them as their projection guy. It was a great opportunity for a bit of a reunion.

See my pictures from the event on my Flickr page.

The growth of the event is down to a number of things. Firstly, the enthusiasm of commitment of the organising team - in particular Andy Black and Steve Jones from the Pineapster community, and Vicky Watts who came to Cuttlefish for a one-month placement and carried on helping with the festival even after she had finished! Secondly, the involvement of the vibrant Leicester music scene - the artists, promotors, venues, the fans and, of course, Pineapster. And finally, the support of the main Summer Sundae Festival, who have encouraged the development of the fringe since Andy Black first came up with the idea of doing the warm-up party in 2005.

Now we have established the format of the event, I think we can pretty much guarantee that we'll be doing one in 2010. I'll be the firth, which should be worthy of a celebration in its own right. Check out pictures and video from the event on the fringe web site.

'Stenchival' took place on 7th and 8th August. The first night was curated by Bathysphere and the second by PVC. Audience sizes were small but reasonable and all of those involved gave good feedback.

Both events were broadcast live on the Internet via Ustream and have been well-documented on Flickr and YouTube. See the past events page on the Stench website for details.

The next is Stenchival - a mini festival in a festival before a festival. From the people behind the stench.org.uk community, Stenchival runs over two nights at the Great Central Galleries in Leicester on the 7th and 8th August.

See the Summer Sundae Fringe and Stench web sites for more information.

Arbor Low was as magnificant as ever and I'm pleased to say that Nine Ladies was looking good too. At times I've found Nine Ladies looking quite shabby, with rubbish scattered nearby and signs of fires having been lit in the circle itself. After 4,000 years I think it deserves a bit more respect than that!

See some pics here.