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Marc shared his perspective on my Beyond Tellerrand performance, and Marc recounts the original discussion in the early hours in Antwerp 2024.
(Marc always seems to be the last man standing at a conference after party, and I’ve always been impressed by how he seems to have no problem putting in intensive work days before and after!)
Marc discusses the importance of trust when putting on a conference of this calibre:
That’s what I did. And that is part of me running the event. I trusted Tobi in 2013 with his idea of “Audio-Sketchnotes”. I always trust the artists I ask for t-shirt designs, event designs, opening titles (like Gavin with his live titles) and anything else. I guess part of the “beyond tellerrand” idea is exactly this. To be open for new and other things, not giving a briefing, but trusting the creating person.
Beyond Tellerrand is an extraordinary event, and so much of has to do with Marc’s ability to curate people, places, and things and then trust people to do their thing. It’s that trust that unlocks so much of the magic of the event.
The reaction to Brad’s and Ian’s performance onsite was split. I guess some people might have expected a little more practical output from the Brad Frost.
Ha! I had plenty of people (nearly everyone, really) say “I wasn’t expecting that!”, and I can certainly appreciate some people not digging it. But I can’t say I didn’t warn them! Here was my talk description:
Title: we are here.
If you have any expectations about what this talk will be, please set them aside and keep your mind open. In this deeply personal, “and now for something completely different” talk, I will explore themes and share lessons about life, love, work, and existence. We are here. We are alive.
So, yep!
Some people in the audience have been totally in tears
Which matches what Andy observed:
never seen so many audience members in tears at a conference in my life
While I couldn’t really see the audience when we were on stage (plus I pretty much black out while in the zone), I had a whole bunch of people yell at me afterwards for making them cry. Even got a few punches! I take it as a good sign that the message was received by at least a few audience members, and that’s all I could hope for.
Back to Marc:
In times of shitty AI slop flooding most of the internet it means even more, if someone creates something like this. With his hands. With passion. With soul. Something that wasn’t perfect, but which shouldn’t be. Something that means so much to someone, which it did to Brad.
He gets it. Whether it’s AI, macro-level issues, or just the increasingly-noisy nature of modern existence, it’s easy to forget our humanity. I wanted our performance to remind people of the absolute miracle that is our existence. To celebrate our humanity. To celebrate The Good.
This content originally appeared on Brad Frost and was authored by Brad Frost
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