So that’s a first

Spiridon Giannakis
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read
Firestarter #4 cover, by Finnian Mac Manus

I am about to start a very long trip to Trojan Horse was a Unicorn. A festival for creatives happening in Malta and offering designers and artists a great deal of insight into the industry. Now after this is over I won’t just return home. No Sir. I will fly to Poland where Promised Land Art Festival is happening and where I was invited to speak in front of the audience and join a panel with other creatives. To me this is a big deal since it will be the first time that I am invited to give a lecture. But well, after that I still won’t be home. I will fly to Eindhoven to visit Playgrounds The Art Department, an event that is very dear to me because of its supportive nature for newcomers.

I am very much looking forward to meet all these people and make new friends. It is also the reason why I decided to start writing a blog about my experience at these events and about the topics that occur and come together when you work on a publication that has so many people involved. It will be a good exercise for myself too, to have a place where I can look back on what happened and how things have been before. I find social media to be problematic in this regard since you hardly have a chance to scroll back on a place that is full of memes that you shared before. This will be much easier!

So in the next weeks, there is more to come. I might have an advice or two in the future and who knows, you might even enjoy reading these lines as much as I enjoy writing them.

Spiridon Giannakis
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