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DIGITAL DESIGN WEEKEND V&A Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 September 2012 10.30–17.00 Most events are free and drop-in, but places for some are limited. Most events are suitable for all ages unless stated otherwise. Use Twitter hashtag #ldf12 to tweet about events. Diamandini, Mari Velonaki Room 50a Interact with Diamandini, the life-size robotic artwork that responds to the audience with choreographed movements. Supported by the Australia Research Council, Centre for Social Robotics / Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney and National Institute of Experimental Arts, College of Fine Arts University of New South Wales. SOLAR WORK #2, Mike Blow John Madejski Garden Explore this audiovisual, interactive work that responds to the environment along with new solar-powered pieces. Supported by the Arts Council England Musical Table, Kouichi Okamoto Sackler Centre Reception Hear the random sound effects produced by of a multitude of musical boxes wired up to a table that responds to the movements of visitors. Courtesy of ICN Gallery in collaboration with POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC., CCC the centre for creative communications. Lighting Chair, Kouichi Okamoto Sackler Centre Entrance Interact with the Lighting Chair, 40 light bulbs connected to switches on a chair which produce soft lights when touched. Courtesy of ICN Gallery in collaboration with POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC., CCC the centre for creative communications. Shaping Form 14/5/2007, Ernest Edmonds New Acquisitions Gallery, Room 20A Move around this interactive artwork to determine how images are constructed, shape their pattern, colours and timing. Process 18 (Software 3), Casey Reas Sackler Centre Lobby Watch this installation which explores the relationship between synthetic and naturally evolved systems. Reas invented the popular open-source programming language ‘Processing’ with Ben Fry. Digital Design Challenge winning entries Digital Studio screen, Sackler Centre See winning entries from our Alan Turing-inspired digital art competition around the theme of ‘Artificial Intelligence’. Enter the Competition - http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1871/digital-design-weekend-3047/ Tracking You, Tine Bech Seminar Room 1, Sackler Centre 10.30 – 16.30 Wear a cape augmented with RFID tags and take part in a playful interactive installation using people’s movements to generate sound. Programmed by Tom Mitchell. Supported by Ubisense real time technology and Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE. Intuition & Ingenuity: celebrating the life of Alan Turing Digital & Design Studios, Sackler Centre Explore projects investigating Alan Turing’s enduring influence on art and contemporary culture. Featuring work by Anna Dumitriu, Paul Brown, Greg Garvey, boredomresearch, Alex May and Patrick Tresset. Supported by the Arts Council England, the Computer Arts Society and the University of Hertfordshire. Wearable Futures, Julie Legault Digital Studio, Sackler Centre or Reception Find out about Julie Legault's research which addresses the hybridisation of man and machine. Legault explores the futures of accessories through technology, function, and fantasy, creating wearable wonders. My Robot Companion, Anna Dumitriu & Alex May Digital Studio, Sackler Centre Investigate social robotics and explore the idea of robots as humans’ companions. Supported by the Arts Council England and the University of Hertfordshire. Corporate Satire, Lawrence Epps Digital Studio, Sackler Centre Meet the artist Lawrence Epps and find out more about his use of extrusion to make ceramic sculpture which takes a humorous and satirical swipe at corporate culture. This year he made 8,000 ceramic commuters which took over the streets of Manchester. NULL OBJECT, London Fieldworks Design Studio, Sackler Centre Participate in this digital EEG clinic and contribute your brainwave recording to the project database, which will be used to robotically manufacture a sculpture. Participants must be 18+ with the ability to perceive stereograms. Supported by the Arts Council England Mogees, Bruno Zamborlin John Madejski Garden Try your hand at Mogees, a system that transforms any object around us into a musical instrument. Supported by the Arts Council England Structure 001, Clare Cullen Design Studio, Sackler Centre Generate algorithmic composition and light patterns with this interactive, touch-sensitive light sculpture. Polymetros, Ben Bengler Digital Studio, Sackler Centre An interactive, collaborative music system that enables people to play, improvise and compose music together on the fly. STOOD STILL, Mark Tintner Sackler Centre Lobby Watch a soothing exploration of movement in this 3D film. Prima Ballerina Michela Meazza's solo performance is enhanced through slow motion. CoBot, Riccie Janus Lunchroom 1, Sackler Centre Discover how CoBot teaches children basic programming through creative play. Combining online, interactive tutorials and a toy character, CoBot encourages children to explore the real rather than the virtual world. Audiovisual Hallucinations & Daphne Oram Browser, Parag K Mital Sackler Centre Reception Enter Parag’s Augmented Reality goggles transforming everything you hear and see in real-time. Explore the work of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram through a multi-touch table. ACTIVITIES MzTEK workshops: Soft Circuits & Introduction to Arduino Art Studio, Sackler Centre Saturday 22 September 10.30 – 13.30 or 14.30 – 17.30 Celebrate the Alan Turing Year by creating your own cute soft-circuit chatbot with light-up eyes! Learn how to make crochet chains and buttons with conductive materials. Sunday 23 September 11.00 – 13.00 or 14.30 – 16.30 Learn the basics of interaction design with Arduino, how to use it, applications for creating interactive objects or environments and how to use a simple sensor for basic interaction. Electric badges, Bare Conductive Lunchroom 1, Sackler Centre Drop into this workshop and demo of unique electrically conductive paints with cool screen printed badges. Paint your own circuitry and build a blinking or colour-changing badge to take home. The Great Badge Giveaway, sketchPatch Main Entrance Get a free badge with amazing designs created with sketchPatch, the online programming playground and live coding lab. Discover the British Galleries British Galleries, Level 2 10.30 – 16.00 Borrow an iPad from Lunchroom 1 and go on a trail around the British Galleries, to unravel a puzzle of hidden objects. Programmed by FarhadAgzamov with the support of Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, School of Electronics and Computer Science. TALKS & PERFORMANCES The Algae Opera, Michael Burton & Michiko Nitta with Gameshow Outpatient John Madejski Garden Performances, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00, 16.00 Mezzo-Soprano Louise Ashroft is transformed with biotechnology to grow algae with her breath so the audience can taste her song. Supported by the Arts Council England. Jason Singh John Madejski Garden 13.30 & 15.30 Listen to Beatboxer and sound artist Jason Singh’s respose to Alan Turing. This experimental vocal performance includes beatboxing, vocal sculpting and spoken word, sampled and reworked live. Supported by the Arts Council England Intuition and Ingenuity talks Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre Anna Dumitriu, Paul Brown, Greg Garvey Saturday 22 September, 15.00- 15.45 boredomresearch, Alex May, Patrick Tresset Sunday 23 September, 15.00- 15.45 Learn about Alan Turing’s influence on art and contemporary culture and find out more about the practices of our ‘Intuition & Ingenuity’ artists. Computer Art from the V&A Collection Prints & Drawings Study Room Saturday 22 September ONLY, 13.00–14.00 Join Curators Doug Dodds and Melanie Lenz to hear about the V&A’s collection of innovative computer generated art by digital pioneers and contemporary artists and learn about their experimental practices and creative processes. Musical Table performance, Kouichi Okamoto Sackler Centre Reception 16.00 See acclaimed Japanese designer Kouichi Okamoto perform with the Musical Table installation. Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary 31 May – 30 September 2012 at V&A South Kensington Sponsored by Ernst & Young Book now on www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/heatherwick-studio/ See the exhibition for free if you join as a V&A Member www.vam.ac.uk/members Beautiful Games 31 March - 9 September 2012 at V&A Museum of Childhood Admission free ==== Paul Brown - based in the UK May to November 2012 http://www.paul-brown.com == http://www.brown-and-son.com UK Mobile +44 (0)794 104 8228 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900 Skype paul-g-brown ==== Synapse Artist-in-Residence - Deakin University http://www.deakin.edu.au/itri/cisr/projects/hear.php Honorary Visiting Professor - Sussex University http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html ====