Building Electronic Instruments - David Hughes
David Hughes has been designing and building his own electronic musical instruments for more than 30 years and has developed a special interest in improvising complex, multi-layered musical compositions in real time. He'll be talking about his work on the ZEIT and ATEM Step Sequencers, as well as some of his recent development projects.
http://www.infectionmusic.com/
Art Cars and Clown Tech - Derek Carpenter
Derek Carpenter has been a professional Clown for the last 35 years, and before that, an actor. He makes all his own props through necessity (because he can't afford the cost of anyone else and finds it too difficult to describe what is inside his head). Previously, he has made puppets, wire walking rigs and clown cars. His latest piece is an "art car" called "Small World". Why? Come and find out.
www.boclown.com and www.kamishibai.org
Technology - The Next Ten Years - John O'Shea
John O'Shea is an artist and Co-Director of the artist collective Re-Dock. Through the transference of digital-realm metaphors onto physical spaces (using simple material props) Re-Dock transform social spaces into information environments, using cardboard cut-outs, sports equipment, old rope and balloons. After sharing ideas on some recent projects around concepts of 'interfaces', John will facilitate a discussion resulting in our collective mapping and extrapolation of technological trajectories for the coming decade!
www.fromconcentrate.net
www.re-dock.org
Lifelab Welcome Room, 7.30 - 9pm