TV & Radio Work
From Pat: "It's interesting that I've been asked to be a 'curator' in recent years. It feels like a combination of many of my career pursuits - commissioning like an editor, creating like an artist, project-managing like an entrepreneur, envisioning like a futurist.
"In a world where content, perspectives and activities are increasing exponentially, I can understand why clients want events and platforms that can sift through, harness and make sense of this unstoppable flow. That's what I feel curation is about. It's both fun and important."
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Opening FutureFest 1, Shoreditch Town Hall, London 2013
FutureFest
In 2012, Pat was invited by Nesta's CEO Geoff Mulgan to devise an event which was explicitly intended to dispel the recessionary blues, celebrating possible new worlds amidst the post-Crash environment. Thus came FutureFest - a "Glastonbury of the Future", in Pat's words, which is now heading for its fourth event since 2013 (due 6/7 July, 2018, at London's Tobacco Docks).
Under his curation, FutureFest has featured speakers like Edward Snowden, Brian Eno, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Mason, Jon Ronson, Lily Cole, the makers of Google's Deep Mind, among many others. FutureFest has also hosted some "world-firsts" - the first ever neuro-driven thrill-ride, Neurosis, and the first ever Cybathlon (the "Bionic Olympics" event).
With 3000 purchasing tickets for each weekend, hundreds of press attending and millions of social media impressions, FutureFest has made a huge impact in London's event calendar.
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One of the display at e-Luminate, Cambridge's light festival
Play of Light
e-Luminate, Cambridge's light festival, asked Pat to curate a day and evening event for February 2018, titled "Play of Light". He brought together an amazing collection of writers, performers, artists, academics, gamers and scientists.
In the day session, speakers included Microsoft’s Helene Steiner, reporting from the boundary between technology and nature; artist Tine Bech showing the profound and playful way she uses light in her practice; and Cambridge educationalists Pam Burnard and David Whitebread, laying out their latest findings on the essential power of play.
The evening session had author Nick Hornby, writer of Fever Pitch and About A Boy, talking about his playfully creative processes; conceptual magician Stuart Nolan; and science-comedian Robin Ince (who explored, at great length, all versions and variables of the light-bulb joke!)
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