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WE LOVE TECHNOLOGY + DIGITAL RESEARCH UNIT WORKSHOPS
We Love Technology, a showcase event dedicated to the creative use and (mis)use of technology kicks off with a series of pre-event workshops in Huddersfield next month.
With a packed programme led by audio, interactive architecture and games pioneers, WLT07 offers an antidote to the conventional conference format. Guest speakers include Sky Ear designer Usman Haque, urban screens expert Mirjam Struppek, Digital WellBeing Labs' Alex Grunsteidl, who will be reviewing technology for the ideal home, and Bitfall designer Julius Popp who creates displays from droplets of water. The evening session includes performances by Tom Betts and his Gameboy set, Coep's astounding percussion supremo Jaxson Payne, plus DJ sets from V3ector and Huddersfield's own, Player Please.
WLT is an annual creative technology showcase programmed by Blink, compered by Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor, Education New Media at Channel 4, hosted by The Media Centre, and supported by University of Huddersfield and Screen Yorkshire. WLT07 is held on the 12 July 2007 and Early Bird rates end 31 May. It is important to note that WLT07 is an intimate affair so places are very limited. Registration forms available to download on www.welovetechnology.org.
CREATIVELABS
DIGITAL RESEARCH UNIT WORKSHOPS
Leading up to WLT07 members of the Digital Research Unit will run a series of three-day hands-on technology workshops designed to suit people of all ages and abilities.
So if you've always tempted to 'void the warrantee', why not let Tile Toy creators Tuomo Tammenpää and Daniel Blackburn show you how to build your own electronic instruments; Artist-in-Residence Andy Gracie walk you through environmental microbiology and digital networks; goto10 help you use sensors, knobs and switches to generate sound; and gamers Alison Mealey and Tom Betts teach you how to modifying computer games software. And much more besides. Sign up today to get skilled up and ready to take on the world.
DRU Workshops 2+3+4 / 9+10+11 + 12 July the Media Centre and Bates Mill.
Please note most of the DRU Workshops are free but some need a contribution to cover materials. Workshops are limited to 10 participants.
Contact Lisa Roberts for more information and booking [log in to unmask] and check the web site for updates on all schedules www.welovetechnology.org.
Blink, The Old Caretakers House, J L Brierley Mills, Quay Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 6QT www.blinkmedia.org
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DIGITAL UNIT RESEARCH presents
@MEDIA Centre Huddersfield
BIORAMA
Friday July 13th
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A one-day event serving to contextualise, examine and expand upon the work
and theory produced while Andy Gracie is Artist in Residence at the DRU.
The research undertaken during the residency weaves together the
microbiology of the Pennines around Marsden Moor, traditional and digital
networking systems, perceptions of landscape and the history and possible
future of interstellar communication.
Biorama Hike
_starting at 10 a.m.
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A 5 mile guided walking lecture and environmental study with Andy Gracie and
Brandon Ballangee on Marsden Moor lasting around 3 hours. The walk will
cover some of the physical territory featured in Andy's research, the talk
will cover the parallel conceptual territories and simple scientific
experiments will be carried out at various points on the way.
Each participant will receive the Biorama Hiking kit with which to enhance
their experience of the event. Particpants should book in advance as places
are limited and should bring sturdy walking footwear and sun block.
Biorama Sessions
_starting at 3 p.m.
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The Biorama Sessions will introduce a number of artists whose work explores
the natural environment, artificial landscapes and interactions with real or
imagined lifeforms.
Participants:
Agnes Meyer-Brandis
Andy Gracie
Brandon Ballengee
C-Lab
etoy
France Cadet
London Fieldworks
Special guests in the evening
designed and presented by Mónica Bello (CAPSULA) for the Digital Research
Unit
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