by Hanna
December 7, 2011 in News Roundup
An arts app developed by a team from the North East start-up accelerator programme ignite100 has launched in Apple’s app store.
‘Artspotter’ is a free app that lets you discover and interact with art wherever you are.
You can, for example, search for nearby galleries or exhibitions, add your own tips or upload a photo of a piece of art.
by Hanna
November 15, 2011 in Features
DataRama is hosted by an independent artists-led organisation, The Polytechnic. Picture from: http://ptechnic.org/datarama/
The 15th DataRama event, featuring talks from local new media artists, was held at the Tyneside Cinema last week.
The bi-monthly event, which is hosted by The Polytechnic, an independent artists-led organisation based in Newcastle, is an open event where people passionate about data can showcase their work and share experience.
The evening featured a mix of talks about gory sound effects, the terrain of Mars and Artificial Intelligence. Local web and mobile developer Peter Bull sent us his write-up on the event.
by Hanna
November 3, 2011 in News Roundup
A new art app, iCoda, uses smartphone screens as a canvas to create one-of-a-kind art work based on music playing on the device.
When a song is played on an iPhone, the sound activates the stored image collection, layering latent images into random artistic compositions.
The app has been created by a Sunderland-based artist Peter McAdam, who came up with the idea in 2002 when his old photos were ruined by flooding at his home.
by Ardrich
March 24, 2011 in News Roundup
The National Media Museum in Bradford is looking to commission two new-media artworks as part of a campaign designed to inspire the public in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics.
Artists from the fields of photography, film, digital or computer-based art are invited to get in touch by the deadline of 16 May.
by Ardrich
February 15, 2011 in News Roundup
Face of Tomorrow's average male face in Florence, London and Rio de Janeiro.
A new digital art project, Face of Tomorrow, is looking at the way globalisation effects our identity.
By combining images of current inhabitants of a city, the project argues that you would be looking at the future face of that city.
by Ardrich
January 26, 2011 in News Roundup
Offering free digital graffiti workshops, North East based Sonodrome is using technology to help young people in the region.
The innovative technology uses infrared spray, bringing graffiti artwork from the streets onto a screen. It’s just like real graffiti, only without the mess and with the benefits of digital format – artwork can easily be saved and printed out as t-shirts and such.
by Ardrich
December 2, 2010 in News Roundup
Children can now learn about art restoration through an online game developed by educational games company Ideonic.
‘ART LAB’ takes children behind the scenes of one of the UK’s top galleries and into a forensic-style laboratory to experiment with an array of art restoration tools.
by Ardrich
November 3, 2010 in News Roundup
A German artist has given peer-to-peer filesharing an arty twist.
In a project called “Dead Drops”, Aram Bartholl has embedded USB sticks into walls across New York.
Each USB contains a readme text file explaining the project and listing the locations of other USBs.
“‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer-to-peer file-sharing network in public space”, Bartholl explains on his website.
by Ardrich
July 5, 2010 in News Roundup
An international touring art exhibition portraying the story of an ancient Chinese meditation practice is set to arrive in Newcastle this month.
Falun Gong practitioners suffered severe Human Rights abuses in China during the communist regime and the practice has also been the subject of strict Government-led internet censorship during recent years.
by Ardrich
April 12, 2010 in News Roundup
Kyeo.tv, an interactive North East-centric web publication, is looking to provide an independent voice on local arts and public affairs.
Launched in the beginning of April, Kyeo.tv is using the latest multimedia technology to deliver news and in-depth features on local arts, music, film, theatre, comedy, food and literature.
The site will also feature audio and video interviews with artists, musicians, writers and politicians.
