RANDOM STRING SYMPOSIUM
Friday June 10th 2016
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry UK.
A one-day event for artists, arts professionals, researchers and practitioners exploring the use of interactive and networked technologies in the creative process. A three platform day of postdigital discussion, inspiration and
hands-on workshops.
Contributors include:
Phoenix Perry - Artist, games designer and activist (Goldsmiths)
Sarah Ellis - Head of Digital Development (RSC)
Leila Johnston - Writer, artist and Ringmaster (Hack Circus)
Melissa Mean - Arts Programme Manager (KWMC, Bristol)
Debbie Cooper - Artist & Programming Team (Quad, Derby)
Dan Hett - a BBC R&D Technologist with a crippling addiction to side projects
Matt Johnson - CEO of Bare Conductive
Peta Murphy Burke - Relationship Manager for Creative Media (ACE)
There’ll also be project talks and discussion from practitioners including
Nikki Pugh, Antonio Roberts, Juneau Projects, Pete Ashton, Julia O'Connell, Ryan
Hughes
This year we are examining three key themes across the programme;
Relationships
How can introducing interactive and networked technologies throughout the creative process enable a more meaningful relationship with audiences? How can technology foster interaction between people, rather than just interaction with the artwork itself?
Ownership
What do networked and interactive technologies mean for the ownership of artworks and performances? Who is the author when co-creating, sharing and making work interactively? Do technologies enable new kinds of audience agency? How does the use of creative
technologies redefine the notion of participatory arts practice?
Power
Can technologies be a democratising force in the arts world? Can technology redefine the arts establishment, challenge our models of power and distribution, build new audience and enable new ways of working?
Tickets just £13.50 (£6.50 concs) with free tea and coffee all day
Random String is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and by the Coventry City Council Project Development Grant programme, building capacity for Coventry’s bid for City of Culture 2021.
Dom Breadmore
Lecturer in Media Arts
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
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