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Alt-w | Cycle 11

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Production Awards

NEoN 2016

NEoN

9th-13th November 2016. FREE
Across the City of Dundee.

The Spaces We’re In

Physical urban space and virtual information space are inseparably intertwined. How does being digital change our sense of our spatial surroundings? Can we play in or animate the hybrid or glitched spaces in-between? Is there negative space in cyberspace?

Click here for the full 2016 programme.

NEoN, now in its seventh year, emcompasses exhibitions, workshops, talks, performances and screenings. It has established itself as a international platform to showcase digital art. Dundee, always a city in transition, continues to show how digital is an important part of it's reinvention.

Well done @weareneon for an amazing 2016 Festival - showing how design + art can inspire, inform and entertain.

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Atmosphere | Wreck-it Ralph

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Friday 11th November 2016, 7:30 for 8pm. RSVP
Hannah Maclure Centre, 1-3 Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HP

On the 30th anniversary of the Fix It Felix Jr. arcade game, Ralph is still playing the bad guy. His only job is to wreck the Niceland apartment building, so that Felix can fix it back up again. But there's no piping hot power-up pies for Ralph. He dreams of one day being the hero, and winning a medal.

Rich Moore's brilliantly conceived 2012 Disney animated feature appeals to all ages, with references to video games old and new. With prizes for high scores and best costumes, come explore the spaces inside and between the arcade machines. It'll be everyone's duty to have a sugar rush.

FULLY BOOKED

DCN Creative Research Artist Fellowships

DCN

Call for Expressions of Interest
Deadline: 5pm, Wednesday 9th November 2016

1. Introduction

Currently under construction at Little France in Edinburgh, a major new hospital building will be shared by two distinct acute services, the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (DCN) and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC).

Ginkgo Projects are seeking Expressions of Interest from creative practitioners based in the UK and Europe for three artist fellowships with the DCN. These will form part of an existing Art and Therapeutic Design (ATD) programme.

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Alt-w | Edinburgh Art Festival 2016

Edinbugh Art Festival

28th July to 28th August 2016, 10am-5pm. FREE
City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 2DE

12th August to 2nd December 2016. FREE
www.travellinggallery.com

For this year's Edinburgh Art Festival we present two group exhibitions of new work by artists supported by the Alt-w Fund. On level three of the City Art Centre you'll find work by Nicky Bird, boredomresarch, Alan Brown, Dennis & Debbie Club and Kirsty Hendry, Jake Watts & Dave Young.

Our second exhibition, Alt-w: Blush Response will kick off it's national tour on board the Travelling Gallery from outside the Assembly Rooms on George Street on the 12th August. Here you'll find work by ~ in the fields, Dennis & Debbie Club, Torsten Lauschmann and Charles Young.

PechaKucha Edinburgh

PechaKucha

Friday 15th July 2016, 7pm. RSVP
Epworth Hall, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide.

It is curated in Edinburgh by Gordon Duffy, Principal of architecture practice Studio DuB. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds.

To purchase a ticket click here.

Atmosphere | La Jetee

La Jetée

Sunday 19th February 2017, 7 for 8pm. £14|£12
The Glue Factory, 22 Farnell St, Glasgow G4 9SE

In the aftermath of World War III, survivors live underground in a post-apocalyptic Paris where scientists research time travel to rescue the present. Glasgow Film Festival 2017 presents our Atmosphere of the acclaimed short by Chris Marker, the inspiration for Terry Gilliam’s 'Twelve Monkeys'.

FULLY BOOKED

Click here for our image archive.

With narration by Alasdair Hankinsson, sound artists Tim Shaw & Sébastien Piquemal will re-score the film in this special live performance that explores digital mobile technology for surround sound diffusion. Ensure you bring your devices fully charged, and keep them switched on.

Alt-w | /vaporents

Viktor Timofeev

25th June to 3rd July 2016, 12-6pm.
VoidoidARCHIVE, Eastvale Place, Glasgow G3 8QG

Cycle 10 Alt-w Production Award -
Dane Sutherland

/vaporents consists of two exhibitions of art, performance, music and fashion. They trace some of the more speculative vectors associated with the exponential advancement and ubiquity of digital technology, illuminating contemporary sociopolitical complexities.

HKE / Viktor Timofeev / Rosen /
Porpentine Charity Heartscape


This happened... #11

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Tuesday 12th April 2016, 6pm. FREE
CodeBase, 38 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH3 9SJ

This happened... is a series of events focusing on the stories behind interaction design. Having ideas is easier than making them happen. Each event delves into projects that exist today, how their concepts and production process can help inform future work.

Mark Gaved / Michael McKellar
Bettina Nissen / Andres Unteidig

Sponsored by Edinburgh Napier University.

Cryptic Nights | Materials and duration 1.2

Heather Lander

14th to 16th April 2016, 12-9pm. FREE
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD

Questioning magic, illusion and the idea of the physical versus the virtual, Materials and duration 1.2 is a development of artist Heather Lander’s award-winning work from her Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show.

Playing with our perceptions of space, this imaginative video installation moves between light and dark, silence and sound to challenge our understanding of physicality and its perpetual movement through time.