Half Term Teen Workshop: Scanner Tag
This February half-term, we're excited to invite young people aged 11-16 and their guardians to a special workshop with Alistair Aitcheson. Alistair makes playable stage shows, interactive livestreams and alternative controllers. In this workshop you'll get to zap each other with barcode scanners in a fast-and-furious game of barcode tag. Then learn to use barcode scanners to make your own games that mix computer code with everyday objects.
About Alistair
Alistair is a Pervasive Media Studio Resident and video game developer. His shows allow everyone in the audience to join in - whether they be taking part in games that get them running all over the auditorium, or sending secret messages from their phones to direct the action on stage.
He also works with custom-made hardware, with projects like The Book Ritual - a game played using a real-world paper shredder modified with Arduino, to help players navigate their feelings around grief. On his Twitch channel he runs interactive livestreams where audiences direct him to paint, dance and write poetry.