2 weeks of workshop activity are taking place at Folly from 11th August to 23rd August
These are timed to coincide with an Interventions residency & bursaries, Adinda van�t Klooster will be artist in residence at Folly throughout July and August and will be joined by regional artists from Lancashire and Cumbria who have been selected to receive a bursary . Additional participants are now being offered the opportunity to take part. The 2 weeks are split into 2 themes. Participation is being subsidised by funding from Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council each week will cost �50 or �40 for members of Folly. Additional help with accommodation may be available. Week 1 theme � exploring content / generative software - audio/ video / interfaces Week 2 theme � code / programming / activism / networks Alongside the residency Adinda will be presenting work in the main gallery: SYMPHONIC BIRTH GROUNDS � An Interactive Installation This interactive installation combines light, sound and sculpture and interactive technology. Shapes based on the first 28 days of a human embryo are placed in pools of coloured light inside flowerpots. When moved within the light, the embryo shapes generate sound samples based on what a foetus hears inside the mother's womb. Some samples are actual recordings of inside the body, others are more abstracted and manipulated sounds. The viewer can manipulate the pitch of the sound by slowly moving the shape. The sound is separated into four channels, creating a spatial presence in the whole gallery. This installation will invite people to play together, as the shapes need to be interacted with continuously in order to keep making music. This installation is about the wonder of human life. The most amazing transformations take place in the early life of an embryo. By touching the shapes, the viewer creates his/her own interactive soundscape. This work itself touches on the delicate subject matter of artificial recreation, biotechnology and research done on live embryos. This project is funded by the Scottish Arts Council and the Crawford Arts Centre in St Andrews, where the installation will first be shown. As part of Adinda's residency Adinda will be developing some research activity which will lead to Interventions happening in non-gallery based locations around Lancaster. Regional artists will also be developing Interventions and all participants in the workshops have the opportunity to take part in this activity. Folly is running the two weeks of workshop activity using �The Kitchen� new media lab and its Linux, Apple Mac resources. Activities will run throughout the week, including evenings and weekends with national and international artists contributing sessions including using software applications such as MAXS/MSP and Jitter, Lisa, Stamp, other programming tools, open source software using the Linux operating system and engaging with other network and communications technologies. The 2 weeks will include a variety of activities, creative exploration and critical discourse. Week 1 will include contributions from: Andrew Deakin Adinda van�t Klooster Tom Lloyd Matt Olden Martin Robinson Steve Symons thepooch.com Week 2 will include contributions from: Boredom Research Martin Howse Re-code.com Jen Southern James Wallbank Simon Yuill Additional activities include: A Revision - Tarkovsky special event 14th, 15th, 16th & 17th August A celebration of the work of Russian Director, Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), screening his seven features in order of their production: IVAN�S CHILDHOOD (1962) ANDREI RUBLEV (1966) SOLARIS (1972) MIRROR (1974) STALKER (1979) NOSTALGIA (1983) SACRIFICE (1986) Each workshop week is bookable separately and will cost �50 or �40 for Folly members The Tarkovsky special event is free to members of Folly: �2.00 per film for non members or �10.00 for a pass for all seven films. Details of the other evening presentations in connection with the workshops will be announced separately. For all bookings please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Taylor Nuttall Director Folly 26 Castle Park Lancaster LA1 1YQ 01524 388550 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.folly.co.uk ==================== >>>current exhibition - Snow: Field: A four channel audio installation Olsen / Drouhin ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
