Creative producers and artists from across the performing and visual arts: join us as we explore the production and presentation of artworks that involve creative technologies.
This annual, special edition of ART // TECH // PLAY LIVE will explore the challenges and delights of making and presenting artworks involving emerging technologies, with a focus on distribution of art/tech work and how/where the public is currently experiencing this type of work. With keynote presentations and panel talks, we will discuss development, installation, exhibition, touring, and public engagement, exploring a range of case studies with the aim of identifying what new models for producing art/tech work might look like.
We have commissioned a small piece of research to inform the event – How is art/tech work reaching the public in 2024? Led by Alex Flowers, Flow Associates will share the findings, providing a snap shot of the status of platforms and touring networks for small to medium scale art/tech work in 2024.
Registration opens from 12 noon, with time to engage with some interactive artworks throughout the day. The main sessions start at 1pm, wrapping up at 4.45pm, with more time after that to grab a drink and have a chat until 6pm. Tickets are priced as pay what you can, with a recommended price of £15.
Agenda
12 noon: Registration, and time to engage with artworks by Symoné, CoDa, Anatomical, and Zaki Musa
1pm: Welcome and introduction by Matt Burman (Cambridge Junction), Rachel Drury (Collusion), and chair Tara Collingwoode-Williams
1:15pm: Session 1 – How is the public currently experiencing art/tech work?
- Keynote presentation from Rebecca Evans (Pell Ensemble), research findings from Alex Flowers (Flow Associates)
- Panel discussion – with Rebecca Evans, Alex Flowers, Matt Burman
2.45 – 3.15pm: Break – network and engage with the artworks.
3:15pm: Session 2 – What new opportunities are emerging to present work like this?
- Case studies from Symoné, Liv Ello, and Connor Turansky
- Panel discussion – with case study speakers and Tom Millen (Crossover Labs / Immersive Arts)
4:45pm: Wrap up by Chair with Collusion and Cambridge Junction
4:50pm: Informal time – networking and engaging with artworks
6pm: Close of event
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