08|09 Production Award - The Skater
www.wendymcmurdo.com

17th January to 1st March 2009
Ffotogallery, Plymouth Road, Penarth, CF64 3DM

Exploring the impact of virtual technology on the lives of the young, examining the relationship and contrasts between traditional and digital play. Wendy McMurdo's photographic work and her time-based collaboration with filmmaker Paul Holmes study interactivity through the theme of young figure skaters in Dundee.

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow
Wednesday 26th November 2008, 7 - 9pm

We are privileged to present the première of new work from Rob Kennedy followed by a discussion with the artist. The three video works were born out of a series of collaborative projects working with composers Peter Dowling, Giles Lamb, Martin Parker and Sue Tompkins.

Eight projects have been awarded funding this year and we're greatly looking forward to working with the artists to develop and deliver their projects. For 08|09 the focus of the selection criteria was to support projects which dynamically engage audiences beyond the screen.

Initiated by Scottish Screen in 2000 the Alt-w Fund supports the development of new artworks, devices and creative applications that challenge the notions of what networked or web-based digital creativity can be.

The distribution of Alt-w awards is managed by New Media Scotland and funded by Scottish Screen and Scottish Arts Council.

www.scottishscreen.com
www.scottisharts.org.uk

45 Marchmont Crescent, Edinburgh
Ongoing. Viewing by appointment.

New Media Scotland has inaugurated it's new project space in Edinburgh by hosting ~in the fields and their artwork ink (2008). The project space is available for use by artists, technologists and others for new media project development and delivery. The space is free of charge and available from a single day up to three months. Proposals are welcomed at all times, and there are no deadlines.

ink has been derived from inscriptions found in five printed books from five centuries. Handwritten by explorers, lovers, book owners, soldiers and authors these inscriptions express the wish to individualise printed, mass-produced books. The inscriptions have been taken from a Bible, a copy of the Arabian Nights, a Songbook and books about Natural History and Botany.

Our programme supports forms of emergent practice. We seek to innovate and challenge, aesthetically, technically and conceptually. We're excited by projects that blur boundaries, respond to developments in science and technology, and forge new ways ahead for digital culture.