[Liverpool] Arduino & openframeworks workshops

[Heather Corcoran]

Hiya,

I've been meaning to send this out for awhile. Please forgive the 
Aftereffects workshop :) but the Arduino and openFrameworks ones are 
cool and hopefully signal a new direction... (see below)

The offer still stands for this group (or anyone in this group) to use 
our facilities to run FLOSS workshops - if you do it on a regular basis 
and take bookings yourself then you can have the lab for gratis and 
charge or not charge or take donations or however you want to run them 
(as opposed to these ones where we're charging to cover the instructor 
fees mostly and admin costs of running them).

Otherwise, other workshops/course suggestions that we can fit into this 
programme always welcome - if you've got something to teach or you want 
to learn just let us know...

H



NEW TOOLS 2008

-- MITES launch arts training and development courses for artists taught 
by experts -- beginning in December 2008 --

New Tools 2008 offers a series of exciting courses aimed at creative 
types - focusing on up to date New Media technologies…with more courses 
to be announced in 2009.

Aftereffects
Tutor: Gina Czarnecki / 05 December 2008 / £50 (+ VAT)
Produce creative visual effects and motion graphics at a high industry 
standard…Artist Gina Czarnecki leads this one day introduction to 
Aftereffects for artists and creative professionals. Incorporating 
demonstrations of the creative possibilities offered by this powerful 
software tool.

Arduino
Tutor: Spencer Roberts / 06 & 07 December 2008 / £100 (+ VAT)
This Arduino workshop is intended for artists, designers or anyone 
interested in creating interactive objects or environments…The two day 
course
is intended as a primer for using the Arduino development board. It 
focuses upon reading output from sensors and making use of this 
information in an installation arts context. The theme of communication 
is then developed further - information is passed between computers to 
choreograph/synchronise images displayed on multiple computer screens.

openFrameworks
Tutor: Steve Symons / 15 & 16 December 2008 / £100 (+ VAT)
Enables artists, designers and hackers alike to easily create complex 
onscreen and physical real space interactions…openFrameworks is a cross- 
platform C++ library for creative coding which offers a free and very 
powerful alternative to existing software such as Flash, Director, 
Processing or even MAX/MSP. This two day practice based workshop is 
designed for creative practitioners who have some knowledge of programming
and want to take this to the next level.

What you will need: all courses are suitable for beginners or those who 
already have some experience with these technologies and please bring 
some of your own artworks as examples. For further information call 
Claudia Lastra on (0151) 707 4433 or email: mites at fact.co.uk

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) 88 Wood Street, 
Liverpool, L1 4DQ www.fact.co.uk