London Trip March 8, 2010
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Exhibitions , comments closedThere will be a London Trip to the Decode and Digital Pioneers Exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Friday 12th March 2010. A coach will leave the University Bus Stop at 8.30 sharp and we will return by 8.00pm approx.
The Decode exhibition is a really excellent opportunity to see a memorable collection of interactive and digital media installations and is essential for all Digital Media Students to attend. We only have a 50 seater coach so the first 50 there get the seats.
Click on the image below for more info:
Steina and Woody Vasulka Presentation February 22, 2010
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Interactivity , comments closedBournemouth University and SCAN Models of Practice Series
Steina and Woody Vasulka Presentation
Shelley Lecture Theatre
Poole House
Bournemouth University
24th February, 1.15 – 2.45pm
All welcome. FREE
Please arrive early to ensure that you get a seat
Presenting only at two venues in UK in February 2010, Bournemouth University and SCAN (Models of Practice Series) are pleased to host major figures in the history of video art and electronic media, Steina and Woody Vasulka. They will show their work from the 1970s through to their recent interventions in the online platform Second Life. The two artists, who have worked together since the 1960s, have contributed enormously to the development of digital arts through a prolific body of work exploring the manipulation of electronic energy and the interrelation of sound and image.
In 1971, they co-founded The Kitchen, New York with Andreas Mannik and in the same year established the first annual video festival there. Concurrently they were leaders in the development of a video art programme at the Whitney Museum.
Their early collaborative efforts, produced from 1970 – 74, were primarily focussed on explorations that deconstructed the materiality of video and audio signals. In the mid 70s they collaborated with Geoffry Schier to build the first real-time, computer-controlled video processor. Since then, their work has expanded to include video installations with robotic sculptural elements and live interactive performance.
Since 1980, the Vasulkas have lived and worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA), where Steina has continued her work in video, media performance, and video installation, and Woody has continued to produce work in video, three-dimensional computer graphics, and media constructions. In 1992, the Vasulkas organized Eigenwelt der Apparate-Welt: Pioneers of Electronic Art, an exhibition of early electronic tools for Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, with a laserdisc interactive catalogue. The Vasulkas have been artist-in-residence at the National Center for Experiments in television (NCET), at KQED in San Francisco, and at WNET/Thirteen in New York.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot February 9, 2010
Posted by admin in : Exhibitions, Installation, Performance , comments closedI love this performance piece, it’s one of those pieces that is so blindingly simple that you wish you’d thought of it yourself.
French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.
For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.
27 February 2010 – 23 May 2010
The Curve, Barbican, London
http://www.barbican.org.uk/thecurve/blog/index.html
Touchable Holography February 2, 2010
Posted by admin in : Augmented Reality, Gadgets , comments closedTouchable Holography: New projector lets you “touch” 3D objects with your hands (video)
Thanks to Phil Andrews for finding this:
“As if looking at floating images in free space produced by mid-air displays isn’t cool enough, a research team from the University of Tokyo now makes it possible to even touch (kind of) those images with a newly developed projector system.”
Tutorials with Phil Friday January 20, 2010
Posted by admin in : Announcements , comments closedI need to see the following people without fail please:
Friday 22nd January – my office
11.15 Rhett Edwards
11.40 Ben Giles
12.00 Rob MaClaren
1.30 Chris Dew
1.50 Shin Su
2.10 Dan Day
2.30 James Crawford
3.00 Stuart Livesey
3.20 Sam Harman
3.40 Craig Collins
I will do my best to stick to times but please be in before your time, times are approximate
Thanks
Phil
The World’s Most Useless Machine….Very apt! January 13, 2010
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http://www.switched.com/2010/01/06/worlds-most-useless-machine-does-nothing-but-creep-you-out/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl7%7Clink6%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.switched.com%2F2010%2F01%2F06%2Fworlds-most-useless-machine-does-nothing-but-creep-you-out%2F
The Postgraduate Experience January 12, 2010
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Postgraduate study provides an opportunity to engage with subject disciplines in greater depth and can enhance your potential for career progression or professional practice. The AUCB offers an innovative and collaborative programme of postgraduate study on a part time or full time basis.
We are holding an Open Day on Friday 5th February where you will be able to learn more about Postgraduate study, meet course staff, see work from current and past students and take part in a live project. For more details please see attached poster and click on the link below to book your place online.
For more details please click on this link: http://evision.aucb.ac.uk/live/sits.urd/run/siw_lgn to access the eVision website. You can also access eVision via a link (eVision) located at the very bottom of the Arts University College website www.aucb.ac.uk ;
Log in to eVision using your AUCB network login, which is your student number and the password you have chosen. If you have any problems logging in to eVision with your username and password please contact helpdesk@aucb.ac.uk
Once you have logged in you will have access to the following Open Days options:
1. Add/change Internal Open Day booking
2. View your Internal Open Day booking
If you do not have access to these options, or have any technical problems booking on to an Open Day please contact mishelpdesk@aucb.ac.uk
For any questions regarding the open day options offered by the AUCB, please contact Marketing on 01202 363367 or email lking@aucb.ac.uk
investigative studies hand-in January 11, 2010
Posted by admin in : Announcements , comments closedPlease remember that hand-in is 12 noon Friday 15th Jan – you need to submit a bound paper copy of your complete c4000-word essay (with bibliography NOT-Included in word-count), with running-header to include your name, title of essay and page numbers. A hand-in sheet has to be completed by you. Hand-in is to the Media School Office (next door to Phil Beards office). Its still not too late to submit a final draft to Bob and Amanda for comment BEFORE the hand-in…
Starting Your Own Business January 11, 2010
Posted by admin in : Announcements , comments closedA Careers Presentation: Starting your own business will take place on Wednesday 13th January 12:30
Aimed at students thinking of starting their own business the session looks at pros and cons and aims to provide practical information, advice and possible funding sources. With Jessica Doodes (EP).
All are welcome there is no need to book just turn up to the lecture theatre.
All sessions take place in Library Lecture Theatre 3 (F1:02) between 12:30 and 13:30 and are welcome to all students and recent graduates of the Arts Institute.
essay -drafts feedback January 5, 2010
Posted by admin in : Announcements , comments closedPlease could you ALL include your email address in the header or title-page of your essay? Could Richard Piper send me his email address immediately?
Bob –
rcotton@aucb.ac.uk