Exhibition opening 25 January 6pm-8.30pm THE NOT QUITE YET: ON THE MARGINS OF TECHNOLOGY http://www.thenotquiteyet.net
SPACE, 129-131 Mare Street London E8 3RH 25 January - 1 March 2008 Loraine Leeson Manu Luksch & Mukul Patel Stacy Makishi Lois Weaver The growing relationship between networks and computer systems means the way we live is increasingly determined by technology. The UKs ageing population lives with the implications of these design decisions. The Not Quite Yet asks how older people and society can engage with the future design process of technology. The Artists have been invited to create new work in response to research that engages groups of older people, exploring their relationship to technology and its development. Programme If I could do one thing... Performance by Lois Weaver: 28 February 2008, 7pm On the Margins of Technology Symposium: 29 February 2008, 10am-5pm Artists Workshops: Throughout February see website for details and bookings http:// www.thenotquiteyet.net 129-131 Mare Street London E8 3RH www.spacestudios.org.uk www.spacemedia.org.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 020 85254338 Travel: Bus: 26 & 48 from Liverpool Street 106 & 254 from Bethnal Green 55 from Old Street Tube: Bethnal Green Train: Hackney Central Silverlink V MAP http://www.thenotquiteyet.net/?page_id=13 Throughout 2007, Lois Weaver has led research sessions with groups of older people with the aim of helping them engage with the changes technology makes possible. This research, DEMOCRATISING TECHNOLOGY, is a DESIGNING FOR THE TWENTIETH FIRST CENTURY project funded by the AHRC and ESPRC based at Queen Mary University of London, involving Pat Healey (Department of Computer Science), Ann Light, Lois Weaver (Department of Drama) and SPACE For more information: http://www.thenotquiteyet.net a DESIGNING FOR THE TWENTIETH FIRST CENTURY project funded by the AHRC and ESPRC and ACE, London. Jim Prevett Emergent Technologies Producer [ s p a c e ] 129 -131 Mare Street London E8 3RH Direct: 0208 525 4339 Mobile: 07951 405466 Reception: 0208 525 4330 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.spacemedia.org.uk www.spacestudios.org.uk Art Services Grants Ltd Reg. Charity # 267021 Reg. in England & Wales #1157240 Reg. Office: 129-131 Mare Street ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
