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Christian Fauré: Ars Industrialis and Relational Technologies

Wed 18 Apr 2012 13:00-14:00

Christian will give a brief overview of Ars Industrialis, the French association of researchers, practitioners and interested parties dedicated to promoting a properly public critical debate about digital media and contemporary culture politics and society. Christian is involved in several Ars…

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Lunchtime Talk: Ritual Perspectives on Pervasive Gaming

Fri 13 Apr 2012 14:00-15:00

Pervasive games play with the virtual and the real, the imaginary and the physical, mixing and hybridising experienced realities. In many ways, such as symbolism and process, they operate in the same manner as pre-industrial rituals. It seems that artists and designers working with urban and…

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Bank holiday: no lunchtime talk

Fri 6 Apr 2012 14:00-15:00

Due to the Good Friday bank holiday there will be no lunchtime talk today. Our normal programme will resume next week. Happy Easter everyone!

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Lunchtime Talk: Beyond Dance Dance Revolution

Fri 30 Mar 2012 14:00-15:00

Fresh from a hosting a panel at SXSW, Laura Kriefman from the Guerilla Dance Project will be joining us in the Studio to explore what happens at the intersection of dance and games.

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Lunchtime Talk: The Most Dangerous Game: Exposing Sixth Formers to Power Tools

Fri 23 Mar 2012 13:00-14:00

Take yourself back to the time when you were a sixth former; think about all the times when university students came into your school, put power tools in your hands and invited you to build robots. Sound familiar? No? Sam Phippen helps to run a robotics competition for Sixth Formers that takes place…

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Lunchtime Talk: The Quantum Workshop: why isn't the world more weird?

Fri 16 Mar 2012 13:00-14:00

The microscopic world of atoms is a strange place. Things can be in several places at once, teleportation is a reality, and objects far apart can communicate instantaneously. This weird behaviour is called quantum mechanics. The question is, why isn't the world more weird? The Quantum Workshop aims…

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Lunchtime Talk: A Social TV platform

Fri 2 Mar 2012 13:00-14:00

Andy Littledale and Lee Carrotte from SecondSync Limited will introduce their second screen platform. The platform allows developers to create synchronised companion apps for TV. It also measures social media engagement, providing insights into the emerging phenomenon of social TV.The talk will…

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Lunchtime Talk: The Playable City Sprint

Fri 24 Feb 2012 13:00-14:00

This February, the British Council and iShed will bring together artists, producers and technologists from across East Asia and the UK, to develop playful ideas at the intersection art, technology, society and culture. This talk will introduce the practitioners, their experience of collaboratively…

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Talk: United Visual Artists

Tue 21 Feb 2012 18:10-19:30

We are delighted to present a talk with world-renowned, multi-artform digital practitioners United Visual Artists. United Visual Artists are an art and design practice creating work at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, live performance, moving image and digital installation. Pushing the…