South West Creative Technology Network: Interim Report – September 2020 Co-Creating Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Futures. In this Interim report we begin to share our learning and highlight the diversity of impacts that SWCTN has had on building the breadth, connectivity and capacity of the
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Mike Phillips will be presenting at S+T+ARTS at UCA: Understanding complex data in COVID times + Fashion: Materialising Numbers at Ars Electronica2020 In Kepler’s Gardens, A global journey to survey the ‘new’ world. Thu Sep 10, 2020, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm (UTC +2): “In these two
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We are excited to announce that our SWCTN Data Prototype Funding Call is now open. We are aiming to fund ideas for prototypes in the field of Data that are brave and distinctive, that open up the field to new voices and challenge the status
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The new Immersive Media Lab in the School of Art Design and Architecture (opening 09/2020) complements a suite of creative Labs that enable a blurring between the physical and the virtual, the real and the imaginary. Mock-up by Titan Reality
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Lecturer Positions in: Speculative Game Design / 3D Visualisation, Immersion and Simulation / Interaction Design. Closes: 12/07/2020. Interviews: 29th-3/07/2020. i-DAT is a vibrant open research lab and teaching collective for playful experimentation with creative technology in the School of Art, Design and Architecture,
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photo by Ben Kreukniet A new fund to help support SWCTN alumni whose livelihoods have been impacted by Covid-19 (Coronavirus) to continue their professional practice at this critical time. The Brief Is there a creative technology experiment that you can achieve from a position
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Sloth-bots (http://arch-os.com/projects/slothbot/) feature in Kristian Kloeckl’s new book The Urban Improvise Improvisation-Based Design for Hybrid Cities. The Urban Improvise Improvisation-Based Design for Hybrid Cities urbanimprovise.com Published by Yale University Press. A book for architects, designers, planners, and urbanites that explores how cities can embrace
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We are please to announce that i-DAT’s Gianni Corino has been awarded a South West Creative Technology Data Fellowship…. DATA 2020-21 Data and how it’s used consistently influences our choices and opinions, raising questions about data governance, responsibility and ethics. Data has the
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i-DAT’s Adam Russell joins SWCTN Prototype Grant: AIM (Agroecological Information Model) AIM is a prototype intelligent software tool for automating the design and ongoing management of human-scale agroe-cological food systems. Agroecological systems (permaculture, forest gardening and other types of perennial horticulture) utilise plant and insect
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i-DAT’s B Aga awarded a SWCTN Prototype Grant: Immersive Histories: Decoding Complexity LOOKING FOR THE CLOUD The prototype Looking for the Cloud will explore sustainability and diversity in our current and future relationships with new technologies – particularly automation and machine learning. Looking for the Cloud
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