Alpha-ville is the London International Festival of Post-digital Culture. The festival presents a unique combination of advanced music, films, design, digital and new media art exhibitions, community events, urban interventions, workshops, labs and a Symposium on Post-digital Culture.
The 4th edition will take place in London from 3-7 October 2012.
2012 THEME: ‘Unfinity’
We live in a unique moment in history, between two rapidly changing worlds. One is the world of decaying political and economic structures and the other is the world of an infinite explosion in technology and information. There are conflicting mindsets in every part of our culture: the contradiction between ubiquitous virtual presence and physical presence creating an identity crisis; the non-hierarchical, organic web structure clashing with hierarchical, non-organic real-world structures; the myth of the individual as a genius vs the power of the crowd and the collaborative practice; the passive and observant attitude set against active participation and co-creation. These opposing forces are placing us in a paradoxical state that we have named Unfinity. Deadline: Sunday 15th, July, 2012
Watershed is pleased to announce an open call for Studio Residencies 2012.
We’re offering two artists an opportunity to spend supported time at Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol (pmstudio.co.uk), to research new projects at the intersection of art, technology and culture. This is a unique opportunity to explore process and practice within a collaborative environment.
There are two residencies available, both open to UK-based artists (artists can apply as individuals or groups) from varied disciplines who are looking for the time and space to research innovative ideas, develop experimental works and make new connections. The residencies will support early stage projects that require critical, and technical, investigation and discussion.
Each artist will receive research, development and production support and the residency will last for two months, beginning on 1 Oct 2012, culminating in a showcase event in early December.
Deadline for applications: 9am, 11th June 2012
For more information about the programme and how to apply, please visit: http://www.watershed.co.uk/ished/news/open-call-for-studio-residencies-2012/
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: victoria@watershed.co.uk
Deadline: Monday 11th, June, 2012
Developing Apps for iPhone and iPad using openFrameworks
This course will help you develop for the iPhone using the openFrameworks coding toolkit, learning about the different sensors the iPhone has and how to utilize them for interaction design. We will explore audiovisual instruments, or how to create sound and video using interaction from the user and the sensors the iPhone provides. This will be an intuitive way to understand the basics of iPhone programming with openFrameworks, while also learning about audiovisual processing and synthesis for developing creative, interactive applications.
Led by Parag K Mital. http://pkmital.com
Suitable for beginner-level and intermediate programmers who have some familiarity with environments such as
Processing and/or MaxMSP. Course attendees must bring their own device to use in class.
Tuesdays, 31 January – 27 March (excluding 14 February)
Continue reading Developing Apps for iPhone and iPad – V&A
13-14 January – M4 User Convention brings together MAX software users at Leicester’s
Phoenix Square
For the first time in the UK, Phoenix Square in Leicester will be hosting an international
conference for artists, musicians, students and teachers to explore software which enables the
development of unique sounds, stunning visuals and engaging interactive media.
Running from the 13-14th January from 10am – 6.30pm, the M4 Users Convention will bring
together users of the popular programming software MAX, and its related programmes MSP,
Jitter and Max for Live. The conference will be the first convention of its type held outside
the US and will feature a keynote address by David Zicarelli, founder of Cycling ’74, the
Californian company behind the software, as well as presentations and workshops from a
range of international speakers. There will also be exhibitions and performances open to the
public. Full details of the event are at http://maxuk.wordpress.com/
Continue reading International convention explores software for artists andmusicians
- 13-14 January 2012
View the Exhibtions Page for more details on the Unleashed Workshops at Apiary Studios.
  
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“ZEITGEIST, FROM DIGITAL TO POST DIGITAL”
We are all digital
The digital revolution has changed culture, society and business models, driving a fundamental shift in how humans live, communicate and interact. Today digital is everywhere, it means everything. Digital is not new anymore, it has become part of our everyday life without many of us even noticing it. Our culture has fully integrated digital and the internet to the extent that the majority of the rich (or maybe not so rich) countries have access to smartphones and fast broadband connections.
Entering the post-digital age
With this year’s theme, Alpha-ville wants to address the transition from a digital to a post-digital culture, that looks beneath technology at how human behaviours such as collaboration, participation and interaction have redefined the creative practice and society itself, and at how the physical boundaries between reality and online are being blurred. Alpha-ville joins the discourse about post-digital initiated in 1998 by visionary, thinker and founder of the MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte who pushed the edges of information to predict the future of our culture.
http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk/
Continue reading Alpha-ville Festival 2011 – 22nd-25th September
TINT is excited to announce a new endeavour in collaborative co-exploration of media arts. Unleashed a weekend of workshops and artistic projects in progress that invite others to join. The event is kindly hosted by the Apiary Studios (458 Hackney Road, E2 9EG London) and will take place on the 25th and 26th of June.
To get involved and join one of the projects send an e-mail stating your name and the project to info@tintarts.org. All projects are free to participate although places are limited!
Please note the events Bodies in Communication and Optical Sound are nearly booked. We’ll however set up a waiting list. Continue reading Unleashed: Event Information
We would like to invite artists, researchers, geeks, and such like to take part in a weekend of collaborative co-exploration of long known or newly to be discovered aspects of media art. Unleashed will take over Apiary Studios in East London and create the opportunity to host or participate on a artistic research projects. In the spirit of D.I.Y, free, and local community we want to help to kick start new or refine existing projects, meet other interested parties, and engage in valuable exchange of knowledge, critique, and experiences.
Continue reading CALL to participate at Unleashed
To members of the international digital arts and culture community:
Please consider adding your support and signing this open letter to the Arts Council England regarding their future policies of funding the digital arts and culture. The letter begins:
“This letter, jointly drafted by a constituency of organisations, artists and practitioners who have been engaged in digital arts development in England, concerns digital culture and its importance to the wider UK arts ecology and economy. We the undersigned believe that clear national policies need to be developed to ensure that the UK can remain at the forefront of digital culture, globally, and that these must take account of the key role creative practices play in driving digital innovation.
Whilst we appreciate that digital technologies have created exciting opportunities to engage with audiences, and to disseminate and distribute arts programmes in new ways, it is critical that funders and policy-makers understand that this is not the extent of digital culture. If we are to make the most of the digital opportunity, it needs to be recognised at a national policy level that digital culture is about more than extending the reach of existing arts practices. It is about entirely new forms of production, expression, practice and critical reflection that digital technologies have made possible.”
To read the whole letter and sign please go to: http://www.coda2coda.net
Digital Stages // Exploring Technology in Performing Arts
22-27 April 2011 // East London
    
Digital Stages is a new festival of digital technology and performing arts. Taking place from 22 to 27 of April 2011 at five East London venues, the festival brings together exciting dance, theatre and live art projects from US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Russia and the UK. The programme also features talks, panel discussions and practical workshops.
You can help support Digital Stages Festival at: http://digitalstagesfestival.co.uk/support-the-festival/
Visit the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Stages/176776712337059
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