interactive video lecture & workshop

2 spots left for a hands-on interactive video workshop this weekend, contact Bronwyn Lace, (083) 284-4726. R600

On Friday, there’s  free lecture on the topic, which bleeds into Saturday and Sunday for the paid (but cheap) workshop:

This presentation, demo, and discussion ‘over drinks’ will survey the current interactive video landscape, and the pioneers who shaped the territory. Nathaniel will look at documentation of artworks over the last 20 years by artists like David Rokeby, Camille Utterback, and Golan Levin — all artists working with interactive technologies and the body. He will also present what kinds of tools are available for artists, musicians and VJs who want to produce interactive installations or multimedia performances. Lastly, he will explore how someone might achieve body-tracking, motion-tracking or proximity-sensing with basic tools, and take a quick look at ‘jitter’, an interactive video development environment for artists, as well as some projects that have been produced with it.

This lecture will be followed by a weekend hands-on workshop. The workshop will explore a variety of possibilities for tracking information from the physical world through microphones, cameras and other plug-and-play devices. Workshop participants should be comfortable with their computers before they attend – at least able to perform simple tasks like word processing or email with ease. Before the end of the weekend, they will produce simple works that may use a wide variety of tools to capture and track information from their environment and people in it. For more information on the lecture please contact Bronwyn at bronwyn@bagfactoryart.org.za

VENUE: The Bag Factory
10 Mahlatini Stree, Fordburg, Johannesburg
Take Jeppe past Museum Africa and it becomes Mahlatini
Parking is available on Mahlatini Street. There will be a cash bar with music before and after the lecture.