face the land

Face the Land

Learn about the Face the Land nature-based performance art method, which includes land-based performance techniques, performance documentation methods, and a digital distribution strategy. We will discuss automated drone flight paths and multi-camera video rigs to document live performances for an online audience as well as deep-listening apparatuses using various microphones to work with augmented audio onsite. We will discuss a working solar-powered filmmaking model that was developed to produce digital films using the power of the sun.
VP Learning Laboratories

VP Learning Laboratories

Through our new Online Learning Series – VP Learning Laboratories, we seek to partner with innovative artists, educators, activists and technicians interested in furthering the capacity of media artists through a range of creative concepts focused on technology. We are accepting any ideas you may have but are particularly interested in concepts around creative coding, physical computing (interactivity), algorithmic bias, data mining, VR, AR or other immersive technologies, as well as sound art, video art and other experimental practices using technology. All workshops will be free of charge to all participants.
The Curators : New Media Gallery

The Curators : New Media Gallery

Join New Media Gallery Director-Curators for a talk on New Media Gallery and their curatorial practice. With examples from their past work at Tate & Lisson galleries as well as from the 25 group exhibitions they have curated at New Media Gallery. The talk will cover case studies involving curatorial process, design + installation around complex technologies, sustainability strategies for galleries and the highs and lows associated with running and curating a small, international gallery devoted to contemporary art + technology.
Multidimensional New Media Performance

Multidimensional New Media Performance

While we’re shedding away the old system that may not work for us anymore, we’re embracing, learning, and growing rapidly as we enter into new worlds that our deeper purpose calls for us. In this presentation, Sammy will share highlights of his past decade of works that focus on new media art in interdisciplinary performance context. Moreover, he will demonstrate his process of adapting live art towards virtual formats with the use of new media software such as Isadora, to inspire the viewers to activate their imaginations beyond the conventional limitations.
Computing Sound

Computing Sound

In the hands of an artist, the computer is the most expressive and innovative instrument for sound and music. The magic lies in building performance systems that enable real-time creative expression with defined limits. In this workshop, Ali will explore computer-based strategies for sound synthesis, performance systems, algorithmic techniques, and connecting “outside the box” to hardware and visual art. Ali will share his favorite techniques, built in Reaktor, MAX/MSP, SuperCollider, and Processing.js
Mocap with your Webcam Workshop

Mocap with your Webcam

Designed with contemporary artists and dancers in mind; this will begin with an overview of motion capture techniques available today. The virtual hands-on component of the workshop will explore RADiCAL, an AI-powered motion capture tool, to generate data files from web camera recordings and apply the data to animate readymade avatars or 3D objects in Unity (free software). Workshop open to all skill levels, no previous experience is necessary.
The JPEG is Dead

The JPEG is Dead

With the arrival of interactive web-based technology this presentation questions why online art exhibitions are often reduced to a collection of static JPEG files. This session takes a deep dive into the future of online art exhibitions. Participants will be shown digital artworks that push boundaries of traditional exhibition formats. Discussion around implementation and creation of interactive and engaging digital art exhibitions will also take place and include latest tools and platforms.
Expressing oneself through code : Coding Beyond the Screen

Expressing oneself through code : Coding Beyond the Screen

In this workshop, participants will see how coding can be used in musical, performative and literary arts. By using tools such as livecodingYoutube, Hydra, Inverse.website and Sonic Pi to name a few. They will see how expressive and creative code will with the benefit of seeing how it can be use in a collaborative setting. Participants will see how improvised writing and coding can lead to various outcomes, musically, as well as, how to use network elements to your advantage, when writing or producing work.