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Lunchtime Talk: The Curzon Project by Charlotte Crofts

Fri 25 Mar 2011 13:00-14:00

Charlotte Crofts is a Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC) member and UWE senior lecturer in film studies and video production. She is working with the Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon to explore how location-based media can be used to enhance their new exhibition The Curzon Collection and the…

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Lunchtime Talks: Ways of Hearing (by Max Dixon, Sue Ball, John Kieffer)

Fri 11 Mar 2011 13:00-14:00

During 5 millions of years of human evolution, the world spoke to us in countless diverse voices rich with meaning. Our ever-open auditory channel was vital to survival and on stand-by for fight or flight. Now most of us live within a global mega-machine that hums in meaningless flat-line drones.

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Artists Talk: Duncan Speakman and Émilie Grenier

Wed 23 Feb 2011 14:00-16:00

‘We Are Forests’ is a new sonic artwork by Duncan Speakman and Émilie Grenier that will use mobile technologies to connect strangers in a fascinating experience. For this talk, Speakman and Grenier will discuss the work at the end of its first stage of development. Throughout February, the…

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Media Sandbox Showcase 2010

Fri 18 Feb 2011 14:00-16:00

From a digital route planner that avoids hills and rough surfaces, to a sculpture made entirely of scent and games that give players' superpowers as their heart rate start pumping, this year's Media Sandbox projects give a new meaning to the phrase 'pushing the boundaries.' Join us to celebrate the…

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Lunchtime Talk: Soft circuitry storytelling by Emilie Grenier

Fri 18 Feb 2011 13:00-14:00

Émilie Grenier is a Canadian artist working with wearable open source technologies. Exploring concepts of broken narrative and storytelling, her work seeks to provoke users and challenge their assumptions about their surrounding environment.In her Lunchtime Talk, Emilie will explore soft circuitry…

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Lunchtime Talk: 3D Past, Present and Future by Mark Jacobs

Fri 28 Jan 2011 13:00-14:00

Mark Jacobs developed some of the first 3D documentary trials for the BBC and currently works for the BBC Academy producing 3D courses for the industry and innovation labs that bridge the editorial and technical divide. He has a background in both traditional and pervasive media and is a member of…