For those of you not at Rewire, who have been meaning to make a trip
to Bletchley Park for ages -
Saturday 8th October is the time to make a day trip.
I'm screening this film at the National Museum of Computing at
Bletchley - so do come and say hello if you make it.
We'll be in Block H.
Cheers,
Ele
'To Dream Tomorrow: Ada Byron Lovelace'
Film Screening
National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
Saturday 8th October 2.30pm
To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2011 the National Museum of Computing is
proud to present Flare Productions film about Ada Lovelace, followed
by a discussion with the Directors John Fuegi and Jo Francis.
‘To Dream Tomorrow’ is the story of Ada Byron Lovelace (1815-1852) and
her contribution to computing, a hundred years before the start of the
computer age. Daughter of a mathematically gifted mother and the 'mad,
bad, and dangerous to know' poet Lord Byron, Ada was 17 when she began
studying a prototype mechanical calculator designed by mathematician
Charles Babbage. By the time she was 27, she had moved beyond her
famous contemporaries and predecessors such as Leibniz & Pascal, to
describe universal computing much as we understand it today. Alan
Turing, who also worked at Bletchley Park, was familiar with
Lovelace’s work.
The screening is kindly made possible by a grant from the School of
Humanities, Kingston University, London.
Curated by Ele Carpenter, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
The National Museum of Computing
Block H
Bletchley Park
Milton Keynes
MK3 6EB
On Saturday 8th October the Museum will be open 1-5pm.
Entrance £5 / £2.50 concessions.
The National Museum of Computing http://www.tnmoc.org
Flare Productions http://mith.umd.edu/flare/lovelace/
Ada Lovelace Day http://findingada.com/
To Dream Tomorrow: Ada Byron Lovelace, Color, 52 minutes.
Directed and Produced by John Füegi and Jo Francis, 2003.
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Ele Carpenter
Curator
Lecturer, MFA Curating, Dept of Art, Goldsmiths College, Uni of London.
m: +44 (0)7989 502 191
www.elecarpenter.org.uk
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