fw: WORKSHOPS at RADIATOR 002

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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:16:06 +0100 
Subject: WORKSHOPS at RADIATOR 002 
From: Info at Trampoline <info at trampoline.org.uk> 
To: ANETTE <info at trampoline.org.uk> 




The following information concerns workshops at the Radiator 002 Festival for New Technology Art. If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact us at Trampoline, we will do our very best to furnish you with up to date details!

DATE: 01-11 May 2003
LOCATION: Broadway Cinema and beyond, Nottingham
For information, brochure and tickets contact: 0115 840 9272
info at trampoline.org.uk 
www.radiator-festival.org  

For eleven days Radiator 002 will be sending out waves of digital inspiration from Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham. Radiator 002 is about participation and interaction as well as gaze and appearance; take a trip into art’s new arena. The festival will be offering a diverse range of exhibits, events, screenings, demonstrations and workshops. 


WORKSHOP INFORMATION – to book please phone 0115 840 9272


Basic Stamp Robotics 
Build ‘em, code ‘em, fight ‘em! You can even make them dance. Artist Paul Granjon returns for a second year with an intensive three-day workshop, guiding participants to build and program their own Basic Stamp robot. Some programming and soldering knowledge would be an advantage but not essential. Cardiff based French artist Paul Granjon will be running an intensive three-day robot laboratory, bringing Basic Stamp programmable life to everyday automatons. 

Paul will guide participants through their personal projects with a combination of BASIC programming and environmental feedback circuitry. Simple electronic and programming techniques will be taught during the workshop.
Notes to Applicants 
This workshop is a one off opportunity for exciting, hands on learning about ways of interfacing computers with everyday objects. Knowledge gained here can be adapted and applied to the kind of computers that many of us work with everyday.
Paul will be teaching all the necessary skills for the projects. However, applicants should be comfortable with computers in an everyday sense and have the soldering skills to wire an electrical lead. Participants with some prior experience in programming or building electronic modules will find this useful for the workshop.

If you feel you do not fall into the above category please don’t be put off applying for the workshop, enthusiasm is far more important than prowess here! However, due to the pressure of resources and time, places are limited so participation in this unique experience is by application only. To help Paul choose a suitable team for this event, please contact Trampoline on 0115 8409272 and request an application form.
 
Please return forms marked Radiator Festival (Robotics Workshop) to Broadway, 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL by April 18th and email your contact number to Paul Granjon at paul at zprod.org <mailto:paul at zprod.org> so that he can talk to you personally about your project ideas. WHILE YOU ARE ON THE INTERNET CHECK OUT PAUL’S WEBSITE www.zprod.org and see what you could be making!

User Level: Curious
3 days Thurs 08.05.03 - Sat 10.05.03 @ 10am - 5pm 
Intermedia Meeting Room
Cost: £ 45 / £ 30 concessions (includes Basic Stamp and most materials)


Live Streaming Workshop

Sarah Thom, performer with Berlin/Nottingham arts collective Gob Squad, will be holding a special two day workshop on performance ideas for web-streaming. The workshop will culminate in a simultaneous live feed to the Cafébar and the Radiator 002 website.

User Level: Intermediate – specially geared to visual artists who want to develop their performance vocabulary in the context of live streaming
2 days Sat 03.05.03 and Wed 07.05.03 @ 10am - 5pm with presentation on Thur 08.05.03 (afternoon)
Intermedia Studio
Cost: £ 12 / £ 9 concessions

 

GPS Drawing Workshop 

If you could look back at your life and see everywhere you have been as a huge drawing, what would it look like?  Would shapes form like constellations in the night sky?  As letters emerge and words form, are they the one's you'd choose?  With the advent of available Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology, an exploration of these questions comes within the reach of artists.  

This practical workshop will introduce GPS and some of the software Daniel Belasco Rogers has used during the course of his work. It will also explore the use of the streets of Nottingham as the canvas for a series of drawings made by the workshop participants amongst other creative techniques.

Daniel Belasco Rogers is an artist who has worked in performance, installation, theatre and new media since graduating from Nottingham Trent University in 1989. His current work concerns the micro-histories and accidents that mark our paths through life.

User Level: Intermediate
2 days Sun 04.05.03 + Mon 05.05.03 @ 12am - 5pm
Meet @ Broadway Cafébar
Cost: £ 12 / £ 9 concessions



Flash Animation for Games

Create a character, make them jump through hoops and rescue the princess before that big monkey comes a runnin'! Flash artist Gareth Howell will be holding a one-day workshop introducing game development using Flash MX. This workshop will teach you the basics of game building using Actionscript, giving you all the tools you need to begin developing your own games in Flash.

User Level: Advanced
1 day Tue 06.05.03 @ 10am - 5pm
Intermedia I-Mac suite
Cost: £ 10 / £ 7.50 concessions