[Liverpool] Arduino & openframeworks workshops

[Heather Corcoran]

Social media surgery sounds like a good idea - I will propose it for our 
courses in 2009 and be back in touch. Keep them coming. :)

Best,
Heather

Adrian McEwen wrote:
> Cool.  I can definitely recommend trying out the Arduino if anyone 
> fancies getting into ubiquitous computing or "the Internet of Things".  
> Shame it clashes with Barcamp Liverpool, although if I end up talking 
> there I'll no doubt touch upon Arduino-related matters :-)
>
> And I'm thinking out loud here, rather than making any firm commitment 
> ;-), but would a workshop on getting started in blogging, or a "social 
> media surgery" (drop in with your blog/wiki/photo-sharing problem and 
> get advice) be of interest?
>
> Adrian.
>
> Heather Corcoran wrote:
>   
>> 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
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>>
>> 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
>>
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