Murdofleur is an ongoing experiment in collaboration, with the focus on young voices. The website’s name is derived from a misnoma about sea flowers – often assumed to be plants, they are in fact living creatures. Murdofleur feels the same way. In response to a regularly changing rostrum of issues, Murdofleur takes breath through conversations in words, sounds and images, all saved in our online archive.

Potted history

In the Spring of 2009 Amy Mcleod had an epiphany about Coblogeration™ with the aim of harnessing the web’s potential for uniting individuals. True to its status as a living organism, from an initial forum of committed conversationalists and through a series of ‘trans-global mini love-ins’, after six months of trial and feedback Murdofleur underwent a second stage of genesis. Now under the guidance of its online curators Rob Gallagher and Dorothy Feaver, their concept for each section is derived from a variety of non-digital ephemera, harbouring distinctly nostalgic and evocative association. Murdofleur’s mantelpiece is the holding place for all sorts of cultural connections.

People

Dorothy Feaver (curator, postcards) is a freelance writer and editor from Stockwell, London; she read English at Oxford, followed by an MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute. She doesn’t confine cards to Occasions nor postcards to Destinations…

Rob Gallagher (curator, casettes) is from Staines, London; having completed a Masters in English at Oxford he is now de-specializing by working on a PhD at the London Consortium. He lists a key turn-off as people calling stuff ‘interesting’ then not elaborating…

Amy Mcleod (founder) is a journalist working between London and Birmingham. Having garnished her PPE degree with film-making, since leaving Oxford she has backed her work in broadcasting by specialising in insightful quotes…

Oliver Smith (web developer) is a photographer and web designer, living and working in London. He studied Fine Art at the Ruskin and is currently doing an MFA in Printmaking at the Royal College…