[eu-gene] blip event: Creative Cyborgs 16th May at the Dana centre SW7

[alice]

Hello,
Some of you may be interested in the following event:
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- creative arts, science and technology forum -

- supported by Arts Council England, University of Sussex and  
University of Brighton

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Apologies for any cross postings but please forward to any interested  
parties

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Creative Cyborgs


How have computers become an increasingly significant part of our  
imaginative and physical being? Come face-to-face with natural born  
cyborgs as we explore how computer technology impacts on us and our  
creativity.

When: Tuesday 16 may [7pm - 9.30 pm]

Where: The Dana Centre  SW7

Entry: Free, but please reserve a place by contacting the Dana centre  
on tickets at danacentre.org.uk or phone 0207 9424040.


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  We have invited a mix of leading artists, musicians and  
philosophers to illustrate and discuss the impact of technology on us  
and our creativity.


Paul Granjon, creator of the 'Cybernetic Parrot Sausage' and 'Sexed  
robots', will humorously explore the darker side of our relationship  
with technology in Zlab transported; Jazz trumpeter Tom Arthurs and  
Ollie Bown (Icarus) will be performing live with new performance  
software based on behavioural robotics controllers. Their mix of live  
and computer-generated sound provides broad scope for a visual  
response from squint and brittski who have developed a visual  
counterpart to the duos explorations through a commission from  
Lighthouse Paras Kaul aka ‘the brain wave chic’ will be demonstrating  
her use of EEG technologies in brain wave controlled animation and  
audio.

There will also be an exhibition of work from the Computational  
Models of Creativity in the Arts workshop. Including Woven wall of  
sound (Tim Blackwell and Janis Jefferies); Milson Move (Ernest  
Edmunds); Aikon (Frederic Fol Leymarie, Patrick Tresset);  
Deptford.tv  (Adnan Hadzi); Changing Weights (Ron Herrema); Fugue  
(Gordana Novakovic, Dr. Peter Bentley,  Rainer Linz,  Anthony Ruto);  
and Genophone (James Mandelis) alongside some work by Paul Brown and  
footage of the Senster by Nick Lambert and Catherine Mason.


The technologically-enabled artistic content will be framed by a  
specially commissioned film from philosophers Andy Clark, author of  
'Natural born cyborgs', and Mike Wheeler discussing the fundamental  
role of tools in human behaviour. Clark argues that humans became  
cyborgs the moment they picked up their first tool - when he is using  
a tennis racket Bjorn Borg is as much a cyborg as the Terminator.

In association with London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise,  
Goldsmiths College, Birkbeck College, University of Sussex, the  
Computer Arts Society and Lighthouse.

. . alice eldridge . . . . . . . .  . . . .   . . . . .   . . . . .
. . alicee at sussex.ac.uk .  . . .   . . . .   . . . . . . .
. . http://www.ecila.org . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . .   . .

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