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    Embroidered Digital Commons workshops at Furtherfield

    [ April 28, 2012; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Embroidered Digital Commons (EDC) is currently in residency at Furtherfield until April 28 2012, when MzTEK will host the regular Saturday workshop, contributing the first techi elements to the EDC embroidery patches using soft circuitry.

    Come and contribute to the epic collective EDC project this Saturday 28 April, by embroidering text from ‘A Concise Lexicon of/for [...]

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    Whats next…

    MzTEK is rejigging our organisation, so please bare with us while we sort ourselves out. We have a few things on the boil, and will keep you posted as soon as we have some news.
    Meanwhile, thank you for making 2011 such a fantastic year!
     

News

Hacked Human Orchestra – Collaboration With Guerilla Science

MzTEK has some exciting news! We are currently collaborating with Guerilla Science on a project which will see a Hacked Human Orchestra brought to both Wilderness and Shambala Festivals over the Summer. We will be inviting you to transform your rags to riches, hacking your outfit to create a musical instrument in a wearable technology workshop. The grand finale will be a performance led by composer Florian Lunaire, which those attending the workshop will participate in! For more information please check out Guerilla Science’s website.

Guerilla Science are renowned for their playful exploration of science, challenging negative misconceptions and creating experiences that help more people discover the unimaginable realities science reveals to us. They do this through an array of creative approaches including installations, film screenings, musical performances and games. We are so thrilled to be working with them! :)

The project is being sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Chi-TEK Closing Party at Watermans Tonight!

This evening is the closing party for Chi-TEK at Watermans, the perfect chance to come and see the showcase if you haven’t done so already!

Much like our previous tea party at the V&A in September the work will be out for you to interact with and a few of the artists will also be there to discuss their work with you. The event begins at 6:30pm and will finish at 8:30pm. For a refresher of what you can expect in the showcase check out our Chi-TEK page!

It is also the third installment of the Watermans International Festival of Digital Art 2012, with a seminar entitled ‘New Media art and illusion: physical interaction & perception’ which falls in-line with the opening of Michele Barker’s & Anna Munster’s installation HokusPokus, also happening at Watermans today! For more details please read here, and for info on how to get to Watermans, please look at their contact page.

Below are a couple of piccies of the showcase at Watermans, for more please check out our Facebook page – there will also be more added later after the party :)

Mika Satomi’s Suicidal Teapot 

Rain Ashford’s Teapotty!

Installing the showcase

 

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Chi-TEK on exhibition at Waterman’s Gallery

Chi-TEK is BACK!!!!!!!!

15 of the most inspired technologically modified teapots in the world will be on display in all their interactive glory at Watermans Gallery from 26 March to 22 April 2012.

Stay tuned for party details….


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MzTEK’s new home at C4CC

We are now based at the Centre for Creative Collaboration
The good people of C4CC invited us to join a community of creatives, researchers, freelancers and SME’s at their awesome space in Kings Cross.

C4CC is a new initiative in collaboration for London. It’s a pilot project and a prototype for a bigger idea. They are bringing together leading and innovative researchers from London’s universities and colleges, creative industry practitioners and freelancers, SMEs and students.

Feel free to pop in on Friday mornings for Tuttle, a friendly networking event.

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T-Hack with G.HACK

November 19, 2011
10:30 amto4:30 pm

G.Hack is an art and technology lab for women at Queen Mary University of London. They are participating artists in the Chi-TEK project, and have developed an interactive table for sound mapping tea houses across London.

This workshop will teach basic techniques involved in the construction of an interactive table top, using infrared sensors. It will also teach basic sound recording and editing, the basics of soldering components, as well as covering simple programming for the interactive table using Processing, MaxMsp and reacTIVision software.

G.Hack – Teapot – Sound Mapping London Tea Houses from MAT_OPEN on Vimeo.

What to bring with you (if you can)…

Participants are required to bring their own laptops, and if possible with preinstalled sound editing software, Processing, reacTIVision and MaxMsp (demo licence is fully functional for 30 days) and if you have it, sound recording equipment. All materials for making sensors will be provided.

When:

November 19th 2011

10.30am – 4.30pm

Where:

SPACE
129 -131 Mare St
London E8 3RH    - MAP

Booking

This is a women only workshop
Tickets are £25
Register here: https://mztek.eventwax.com/t-hack-with-ghack

This Chi-TEK workshop project is supported by

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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