PAST EVENT
23rd March 2011

Symposium: Digital Encounters

12am
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Exploring the use of both emerging and existing digital technologies in the arts

EARLY BIRD Ticket Offer
£10 (£7) if you book by 17 March

Duration, 4 hrs with refreshments

Coinciding with sampad’s RADIU5 project and a number of digital works commissioned by mac, this symposium explores the use of both emerging and existing digital technologies in the arts and the collaboration between artists and industry to create digital content platforms and data visualisations.

The symposium will draw upon the experiences of a number of industry insiders, individuals and organisations that are testing new grounds for user focused digital engagement, and will explore the emerging practices and innovations where art and technology connect.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

JASON HALL (Chair)
Head of Innovation at Screen WM

PROFESSOR GREGORY SPORTON
Director of the Visualisation research unit at BIAD

SOPHIA NEW & DANIEL BELASCO ROGERS
Plan B artist collective

ANDY HARTWELL
Managing Director od Substrakt, Birmingham

VICTORIA TILLETSON
IShed, Bristol

JOHNNY O’HANLON
Artist

CHRIS CUTHBERT
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