Documentary Edge in association with CoLab will hold a meeting on Friday August 3rd, 2012 (4-6pm) at WF711, 7th Floor, Business School, Corner of Mayoral Drive and Wakefield Street, AUT University, to discuss:-
Asia-Pacific Producers' Network in New Zealand 2011
The Asia-Pacific Producers’ Network (APN) is a group of more than eighty
leading screen producers, primarily from China, Hong Kong, Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand. Formed in 2005 with the aim of
encouraging co–productions, collaboration and joint projects, it is an
organisation made up of powerful producers, studios and distributors all
interested in getting business done, including at its annual symposium.
On Wednesday 21 September, Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) and the Microsoft Academic Crew will be running a Imagine Cup & Windows Phone 7 Rally not to be missed.
4th Annual International Conference on Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology (info@cgames.com.sg)
PROGRAM CHAIR Prof. Peter Comninos Department of computer animation, Bournemouth University | Director of the National Centre for Computer Animation | Managing Director, CGAL Software Ltd.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr. Edmond Prakash Professor in Computer Games Technology, Department of Computer Science & Technology, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Date: Thurs 31st March in Wellington Time: 9.45am - 4.30pm Venue: St Andrews on The Terrace (at the Parliament buildings end of the Terrace, No. 30 The Terrace)
Quite possibly the most important event of the year for early childcare and education!!
Attending are parents, political leaders, educators, ECE service managers and owners, child advocates, teacher educators, professional leaders and academics. Spaces are limited and you are advised to register quickly.
A free symposium, 18-19 March 2011, Melbourne, Australia Elizabeth Murdoch Theatre, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Friday 18 March (2-7pm) & Saturday 19 March (10-6pm)
Transformations through Science, Mathematics and Technology Education: Towards an innovative and sustainable society(Muscat, Oman -12-15th February 2012)
Jointly organised by the Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University, Australia, and the College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Registration is now open for Slowflow 2011, a trip down the
Whanganui River, Aotearoa/New Zealand between Feb 3rd 2011 and Feb 7th.
Slowflow invites artists, technologists, writers and environmentalists on a 5
day journey down the Whanganui River waka, creating a setting for a flow of
conversations - Te Ia Kōrero.
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy 2-4 February 2011 http://www.Design-Conference.com
Due to seeking ways to encourage and stimulate the already existing
creative eco-energies local to the event, this year’s creative
residency participants include a range of individuals with inspiring
ideas and practises, and many hands-on creative workshops for people
to get involved with. Likewise the symposium is intended as an
inspiration point which might feed into the creative residency period,
and is to include a Community Day of workshops and talks which will be
open to all.
Bruce Gilden and Todd Hido will be presenting the 2011 AUT Summer Photography Workshop at the ST PAUL St Gallery from 14th - 16th January, 2011.
Following in the footsteps of Antoine D'agata, Lewis Baltz, Alex Soth, John Gossage, Paul Graham and Rineke Dijkstra since 2005, this workshop is a not to be missed experience for the serious photographer.
The 7th national Aotearoa Digital Arts symposium 'Energetics and Informatics' will be held in Whanganui over the weekend of December 10-12, 2010. The symposium will include exhibitions at the Sarjeant Gallery and the Federal Gallery, a screening programme of outdoor projections, workshops, and public events around the river and city. We invite all ADA members, members of the broader arts community, and all other interested parties to attend and participate.
This international conference is dedicated to bringing together the diverse aspects of the creative industries in an open forum for interdisciplinary collaboration and networking. An exciting multidisciplinary program will provide the opportunity to share exciting research that affects the creative indistries.
A TRIBUTE FOR MERATA MITA This Symposium originated from Merata Mita, who wanted to host an event that would bring together Māori and other indigenous film-makers to reflect on our journeys and share our work.
UPDATES ON THE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM CONFERENCE
Jim Simon, assistant managing editor of the Seattle Times and leader of his newspaper's team that won a Pulitzer Prize this year, has joined the keynote speakers for the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology 2010 conference @ AUT University on December 4/5. He has taught investigative journalism in Indonesia, Philippines and East Timor.
X|Media|Lab Beijing: Immersive Media will explore the unlimited potential of "immersive media" to: improve education, training, science, entertainment, business, and art.
XML Beijing is the beginning of the development of an international touring program of exhibitions, workshops, and public participation in immersive media.
vol. 23 will be part of the first New Zealand Art & Designers Week, in an interestingly big venue and with a great exhibition to enjoy. It will be an event not to be missed.
PKN_AKL_23 // Thursday 18 November 2010 // as part of the MoAD & Unitec NZ Art + Design Week // 110 Carlton Gore Rd (the old christmas shop), Newmarket // doors open 7.30pm, start 8.20pm // $9 cash doorsales
Presenters will include:
Romain Perin // Photographer // his experiments with long exposure photography
The University of Florence, with participation of PlugandWear, is
running the high profile course ‘Wearable Technology – a hands on
analysis of electronics in innovative textile and prototype
development’ from Nov. 13 to Nov. 15 in Florence – Italy.
The
University of Florence’s course is organized in two modules, the base
module consisting of 10 hours of theory in electronic components like
LED, capacitors, resistors, switches IC and batteries, components most
suitable for first technology integration into clothing.
This year, AUT University’s School of Art + Design are launching the new AD10 (Art + Design) Festival.This is a fantastic opportunity to see, feel, touch and watch an amazing and varied array of student work.
The Festival will be open to the public and run for 5 days from the 11th to 14th of November 2010. - with the AUT Rookie Fashion Show taking place on the 11 of November (8pm - Shed 12, Rhubarb Lane, 90 Wellesley St West).
Program The first exhibition by a group of artists who have been working over a period of years with electronic media in the field of performance art, dance, sound, video and digital light. ____________________________________________________________
*“Hymn” Interactive sound installation by Ennio Bertrand*
Program The first exhibition by a group of artists who have been working over a period of years with electronic media in the field of performance art, dance, sound, video and digital light. ____________________________________________________________
*“Hymn” Interactive sound installation by Ennio Bertrand*
The Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, is organizing a one-day conference on 'World History and Digital Scholarship' on 29th October 2010.
Envisage 4 – ‘Audio Tech’ Date: Thursday 30th September Time: 6-8 pm Location: Conference center, WA224, AUT University, City Campus (see map) Cost: Complementary Event (no charge)
for all you Pecha Kucha lovers.... here is some information about the next Pecha Kucha Night in Auckland coming up. This time we will be in Parnell, so go ahead and note this date in you diary.
PKN_AKL_21 // tuesday 28 september 2010 // Juice Bar, 144 Parnell Road // doors open 7.30pm, start 8.20pm // $9 cash doorsales
The 4th international forum on Mobile Creativity and Innovation, the Mobilefest
London presented by FILMOBILE will take place at the Limkokwing University
of Creative Technology in London on Friday the 24th September 2010 at 5pm.
The event is scheduled for three hours and will feature a live web-broadcast
and roundtable discussion of international participants in São Paulo and
London.
'Alternate Realities', the 2010 Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery Student Art Exhibition
ST PAUL St Gallery Three 39 Symonds Street
'Alternate Realities', this year's Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery Student Art Exhibition, is a great opportunity to see the works of Friends' student members. All the artworks are for sale and proceeds go directly to the student.
St Paul St Gallery 40 St Paul St Level 1 WM Building School of Art & Design AUT University Ph: +64 9 921 9999 extn: 8313
Join us at Art Sunday and enjoy an afternoon of art in the city.
Participating business will be open from 12 – 4 pm and hosting a range
of exhibitions and special events.
Park in the Victoria Street car park, collect a voucher from one of the participating businesses and pay a flat rate of $4.
Skype enabled Conference
7th / 8th September 2010 - 8:30pm central European Time!!!
LOCATION:
Onlinestream at http://www.mediafacades.eu/videoplayer
Livestudio at Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (CHB)
Dorotheenstraße 12 - 10117 Berlin
(screening inside or outside according to the weather)
Digital Fringe is an open access public arts festival that places contemporary screen based media in public locations. It provides artists with access to an extensive network of hundreds of public screens and non-traditional audiences throughout Australia and the world. Screening venues receive a playlist curated from the diverse visual works of animation, abstract, video art, short film, machinima, motion graphics, photography and stills submitted to the Digital Fringe festival via our website - digitalfringe.net.
The Textile and Design Laboratory presents "Digital Strategies"
Innovations through Apparel and Textile Technologies Symposium
Featuring keynote speaker Kerry King, from US Textile and Clothing Technology Corporation, (TC)², the symposium will include presentations from overseas and New Zealand experts on the following topics:
Sustainable Product Development
3D Body Scanning, Avatars and Virtual Fashion
Technologies and applications for Digital Textile Printing
We had a great turn out last month (October 09) and this month's Arduino Users Group is looking pretty damn exciting if we do say so ourselves. Vik Olliver will be coming along to show us a demo of the 3D printer project named 'RepRap'.
From the RepRap.org site: "RepRap is short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper. It is the practical self-copying 3D printer introduced in the video on the right - a
Creating stories for the mobile phone and other emerging technologies: a 40-minute seminar followed by an audience Q & A
Internationally renowned Brand Strategist & Creative Director, new-media practitioner and AUT lecturer Laurent Antonczak will explore the opportunities for storytelling in the rapidly emerging oct-wr-picture-for-netdigital landscape. Using case studies, Laurent will discuss how stories can be effectively crafted for the mobile phone and related media - from genesis to the realisation of commercial potential.
for all you Pecha Kucha lovers.... here is some information about the next Pecha Kucha Night in Auckland coming up. This time we will be in Parnell, so go ahead and note this date in you diary.