Alan Turing - The Sacred Texts (Electro-Acoustic musical piece)
Electro-acoustic music accompanied by visuals from other artists. These are not the exact original visuals but are re-constructed with material filmed off the Christie Tile arrays and elements from the project dropboxes.
Decode / Recode organised and curated by Professor Paul Sermon of Salford University.
We are: Dr. James D. O’Shea from Manchester Metropolitan University, Alexx O’Shea from trafford College and Charlie Allen-Wall actor and musical performer.
This piece of music was performed on the 30th May 2012 at 6.30pm in the John Dalton Building on Oxford Road. The mix on the day was live and had a running time of 30 minutes.
At 7pm the same day, there was a lecture with the title “Turing, Robot Chess and DP!”. This lecture went into detail about one of the Computer Science pioneers, Claude Shannon, who is particularly known for developing computer programs that could play Chess. Shannon came into regular contact with fellow pioneers Hermann Weyl, John von Neumann and Alan Turing.
Photos of the MA Creative Technology Lake District Trip - Day Three
“The Merz barn building still stands much as Schwitters left it in 1948. Located in a remote woodland in the heart of the Langdale valley in Cumbria, NW England it serves as a symbolic connection and poignant memorial to the spirit and tenacity of the artist who worked there. This project is about the recovery, documentation and restoration of Kurt Schwitters’ last Merzbau project; the Elterwater Merz Barn, and the international fundraising campaign that is intended to pay for vital restoration work and sustain the development of the project in the longer term”
Brantwood
”Former home of John Ruskin. Brantwood is the most beautifully situated house in the Lake District.. Brantwood is both a treasure house of historical importance and a lively centre of contemporary arts and the environment, welcoming in the region of 30,000 visitors a year.
Displays and activities in the house, gardens and estate reflect the wealth of cultural associations associated with Ruskin’s legacy – from the Pre Raphaelites and Arts and Crafts Movement to the founding of the National Trust and the Welfare State.”
(Posted by Alex)
Photos of the MA Creative Technology Lake District Trip - Day Two
Visited Grizedale to view artworks on walking trails
“Grizedale Arts is a curatorial project in a continuous state of development. Over the last 35 years it has evolved in response to its particular context; from its origins as a sculpture park to its current form as a complex network of international alliances, affinities and programmes emanating from and flowing into this particular and complex location in the heart of rural Cumbria”
Visited the Ruskin Museum
“There has been a Ruskin Museum in Coniston since 1901, when W.G. Collingwood, a local artist and antiquarian who had been Ruskin’s secretary, set it up both as a memorial to Ruskin and a celebration of the area’s heritage. Therefore, although the museum has a Ruskin collection, there are also exhibits relating to the coppermines, slate, geology, lace, farming and Donald Campbell” (Posted by Alex)
Photos of the MA Creative Technology Lake District Trip - Day One
The A-Z of Creative Technology
A - Arduino B - Bletchley Park C - Coding D - Design E - Egg F - FACT G - Games H - HTML I - Internet J - Javascript K - Kinect L - Linux M - MediaCity N - Networking O - Open Source P - Paul Q - QR Codes R - Remote Control S - Second Life T - Turing U - Unity V - VVVV W - WWW X - Xbox Y - Youtube Z - Z-Brush
(Posted by Alex)
Runs on two rechargeable AAAs and one 9V battery, transmits 420p colour video and audio, receives stereo. Hopefully the hat won’t get too hot, it stays on securely if you look straight down, it can be pulled down over your eyes if needed (enough that you can’t see where you’re going but you can still see your feet because of the reinforced structure at the front) and it’s surprisingly comfy.
Fab Lab Manchester
A post aimed at Sunjoy, following our conversation yesterday, although it may be of use to everyone. If you’re working on a hardware-based project and didn’t know about Fab Lab, check it out.
“A Fab Lab (fabrication laboratory) is a fully kitted fabrication workshop which gives everyone in the community from small children through to entrepreneurs and businesses, the capability to turn their ideas and concepts into reality.”
(Posted by James Medd)
Video Game Music Player
Following this morning’s discussion, this is the game music player I have used in the past:
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