E A S T N – E u r o p e a n A r t - S c i e n c e - Te c h n o l o g y N e t w o r k
A F E S T I VA L O F D I G I TA L C R E AT I V I T Y 25 – 30 JUNE 2018
WEEK OUTLINE eastn.uk/manchester
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presented by
MONDAY 25th JUNE
JOHN THAW STUDIO THEATRE
12:00 – 13:00
Meet and Greet Presentations
Informal gathering and official Welcome from the Music department and NOVARS 13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00
Digital Creativity 1a robotcowboy: Onwards to Mars – a one astronaut space opera Digital Creativity 1b Hörspiel Composition: A presentation of a recent workshop in Sweden with participants with little or no experience in sound composition
15:00 – 16:00
16:00 – 17:00 17:00 – 18:00
Digital Creativity 2a Game Audio for Real and Virtual Instruments Digital Creativity 2b Composing with Audio-visuals
TUESDAY 26th JUNE
JOHN THAW STUDIO THEATRE
10:00 – 11:00
Digital Creativity 3 Magnetic Dance: a telematic dance performance, livestreamed from Tokyo, where dancers in different locations use their movements to weave the rhythm and melody of the music.
11:00 – 12:00
Digital Creativity 4a A discussion of a large-scale data-driven installation in Hospital Karolinska Sjukhuset in Stockholm and Malmö. Digital Creativity 4b Maia: The Augmented City (VR/AR demo)
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00
Research Session 1 Music in the body: a presentation and interactive demo in the field of HAPTIC digital musical instruments.
15:00 – 16:00
Research Session 2 Data sonification: from Science to Sound Chemical
Spectroscopy as the Basis of Molecular Sonification in Musical Composition 16:00 – 17:00
Research Session 3 Virtual Reality Trainer: HSIF-funded project “Virtuoso” is a collaborative effort between academics from the NOVARS research centre, the Alliance Manchester Business School and EON Reality
WEDNESDAY 27th JUNE
JOHN THAW STUDIO THEATRE
10:00 – 10:30
Research Session 3a Stiwdio Everywhere: a sabbatical year of travels in Central American and South-East Asia Research Session 3b TABÚ: An artistic project in composition to fight racism in Mexico
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 13:00
Showcasing Digital Talent
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00
Panel 1 Future Audiences: A discussion on digital media's new perspective on accessibility due to economic/social background Panel 2 The potential of networking Independent cultural information infrastructure across the EU
15:00 – 16:00
COSMO RODEWALD CONCERT HALL 18:00 – 19:30 20:00 – 21:00
Concert 1 Concert 2
THURSDAY 28th JUNE
COSMO RODEWALD CONCERT HALL
09:00 – 11:00
Workshop 1 Diffusion workshop on multichannel MANTIS system
14:00 – 15:30
Concert 3
FRIDAY 29th JUNE
HOME – MANCHESTER
10:00 – 18:00
Entrepreneur Day Meet with Digital companies near Manchester and explore the technologies presented during the day.
SATUDAY 30th JUNE
NOVARS RESEARCH CENTRE
10:00 – 13:00
Workshop 2 Soda: a semi-modular instrument building workshop
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00
Workshop 3 GENESIS: Physical Modelling and Simulation for Musicians
INSTALLATIONS OPENING TIMES:
MONDAY 25th JUNE TUESDAY 26th – THURSDAY 28th JUNE
MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE FOYER
Code Chain Devices connected to each other enable chain processes involving several players
12:00 – 17:00 09:00 – 17:00
Monocause. Dialectics of the Post-Truth Era Interactive sound installation based conceptually on the famous app Tinder ROOM F20 – MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE
Sculpture Cybernetic Audiovisual Installation Quantum Music #002 Audiovisual installation