March 2006
Media Art Soap Box
2 March 2006, 18:30 - 20:30
Explore how artists are investigating the impact of new media technologies and imagining new approaches and uses. Get involved in an evening of show and tell, performance, participation and discussion with up-and-coming London-based artists, designers and critics.
Creating Brains: the science of genius
6 March 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
Where does creativity come from? Can anybody be creative? Michelangelo was a stonecutter's son and Shakespeare the son of a middleclass businessman. What causes some people to soar free of their limited lives and be a creative genius?
Digital Reality Fly-through
7 March 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
Computer-generated representations of reality present sophisticated digital visions from the natural to the supernatural. Where will our perpetual quest to remodel the natural world take us? Join film- and games-makers, artists and curators to explore these new realities.
onedotzero Graphic Cities 05
7 March 2006, 12:00 - 17:00
Short animated visions by cutting-edge artists reflect and reimagine the urban environment. From unusual concepts of urban living to poetic city travelogues, new international perspectives from across the globe show the metropolis as a continuing source of creative stimulation.
onedotzero Graphic Cities 05
8 March 2006, 12:00 - 17:00
Short animated visions by cutting-edge artists reflect and reimagine the urban environment. From unusual concepts of urban living to poetic city travelogues, new international perspectives from across the globe show the metropolis as a continuing source of creative stimulation.
Open to All Get In-to-Net Art
8 March 2006, 17:30 - 18:30
Curious about public art for the Internet? Chat with artist Andy Deck and play with his artworks, including Glyphitii, a large-scale digital graffiti wall where marks made by each person combine with others over time. Add your own bits or edit someone else's!
Open to All Get In-to-Net Art
8 March 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
Andy Deck talks about art software', public art for the Internet, which he has been making since 1990. His collaborative drawing spaces and game-like search engines playfully challenge notions of corporate or creative ownership and control in on-line culture.
Tricks of the Psych Trade
9 March 2006, 18:30 - 21:00
Investigate the hows and whys of psychology with psychologists and artists. See live demonstrations of empathy tests, discuss an exhibition of paintings by an artist with Asperger's syndrome and participate in an interactive sound installation drawn from brain scanning procedures.
My Climate is Changing
13 March 2006, 18:30 - 20:30
What does climate change mean to YOU? This event showcases a number of short films, expressing the film-makers' views on global warming. Then it's your chance to discuss the issues and share opinions with a panel of scientists and commentators.
Food for Thought
14 March 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
Whet your appetite for neuroscience and discover how food and the brain interact. How do hormones regulate our appetite? Do genes control obesity? There'll even be some interactive taste experiments exploring how our perception of food can be changed.
Deep Brain Stimulation
15 March 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
News of Deep Brain Stimulation has revealed the amazing stories of wheelchair-bound Amy, chef Fergus and businessman Mike, whose careers were threatened by Parkinson's disease - until they had DBS. Join them and their surgeons to find out more.
Should We Have More Say in Our Treatment?
16 March 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
Are you happy that doctors make the decisions about your treatment or should you be more involved in deciding what is best for you? Join us to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities that we face in medical care.
Dinner@Dana: Decoding the mind
22 March 2006, 18:30 - 21:00
The final event in the 'code-breaking' series looks at the most powerful computer in the universe: the human brain. Professor Seth Grant explains how the power of our minds may be a thousand times greater than we previously thought.
Cybersalon: Creative Software
23 March 2006, 13:00 - 22:00
Creative Software' is a one-day event that explores the relationship between art and technology and investigates the history, context and approaches of artists who write their own software to produce creative outputs.
TAKEAWAY Festival: Free Software - Free Culture
29 March 2006, 11:00 - 23:59
Blogs, wikis and podcasts, it has never been easier to publish texts, images, audio and video to a potentially worldwide audience. Take a look at the free tools that enable us to create digital representations of our own lives on line.
TAKEAWAY Festival: Free Audio Culture
30 March 2006, 11:00 - 23:59
Musicians and sound artists are among the earliest adopters of digital technology and culture. Find out about the nuts and bolts of free-audio culture, creating truly revolutionary music and how technology affects copyright and distribution.
TAKEAWAY Festival: Creative Computing - Open-source culture
31 March 2006, 11:00 - 23:59
Free and open-source software lifts the lid on the black box of computing. Artists are expanding their practice into new areas. Discover the digital tools and the new ideas emerging from open-source culture that can make everyone an artist.