Interesting Vancouver 2010

Friday, October 8 was Vancouver’s 3rd Interesting event.

Interesting was founded in London, UK by Russell Davies and now has chapters around the world. Friend and former Vancouverite Brett Macfarlane founded the Vancouver chapter and kicked off the event this year in a pre-recorded statement from Uraguay. If that wasn’t interesting enough, the evening progressed through a series of 5- and 10-minute presentations on the jazz scene in Vancouver, yarn bombing, the coincidence problem, how to take (and throw) your first punch to the face, biodynamic farming, transgender identity, the sex trade in Vancouver, food sourcing, the beauty in the data of 50K camera-phone photos taken by one guy, third spaces such as the Museum of Vancouver, and the notes of spaces in music.

Interesting, unexpected, ordinary and extraordinary.

Jer Thorp was one of my favourite speakers from Interesting Vancouver 2009.

IV 09 - Jer Thorp from Brett Macfarlane on Vimeo.

I also had the pleasure of speaking at last year’s event. Here’s part of my presentation on natural perfume, the brain and how our sense of scent works.

IV 09 - Monique Trottier from Brett Macfarlane on Vimeo.