Takeaway Festival: [author or participant]

The Takeaway Festival of do-it-yourself media is a three-day extravaganza of talks, workshops, performances and exhibitions, returning for the second time to the Dana Centre.

The silent revolution goes on! Discover for yourselves how technology continues to quietly transform creative possibilities, social structures, communication networks and business opportunities. For further information about the Takeaway Festival go to: www.takeawayfestival.com

This series of short talks and presentations will look at the roles of individuals and their use of technology. Are we authors or participants? Do we initiate or contribute in our technological world?

Following the presentations there will be a performance in the d.café

Takeaway Festival introduction Chris O’Neil , Pro Vice Chancellor, Thames Valley University Richard Colson, Senior Lecturer in Digital Arts, Thames Valley University

A Swarm of Angels - remixing cinema A Swarm of Angels bridges the gap between Hollywood and the new world of user-generated content, creating a new type of participative cinema. This presentation will look at the elements making up this ground-breaking project.

Matt Hanson, film futurist, writer and film-maker

Anti-Apathy Lifeline Issues Spring is on its way and things couldn't be better in Worn Again world, where everything - from prison blankets to car seats and reclaimed jeans - are given a second chance and a new lease of life.

Cyndi Rhoades, Creative Director of Anti-Apathy

Mouth Pieces Discover ‘Mouth Pieces’, an assembly of seven diverse mouth-operated music controllers. These controllers modify a predefined set of eight audio loops, where each controller module modifies the allocated loop in a different way.

Florian Dornberger, Jonas Leist, student, Caroline Müller, Miriam Roy, FH Potsdam

theOScarproject - Release 0.2 The goal of the OScar Project is to develop a car according to open-source principles. Can new ways of mobility and open-source ideas spread into the real physical world? Find out in this presentation.

Markus Merz, founder of OScar Project

OpenTheFuture.com This talk focuses on the importance of long-term, systemic thinking in environmental and technological development. Jamais designs and creates plausible and provocative scenarios of how future emerging technologies could interact with cultural transformation.

Jamais Cascio, researcher and essayist on future scenarios

Post talk performance in D.cafe

DIY Poets: Grazy Noel 21.00-22.00 Catch the ‘social surrealistic psychotic performance poetry’ of the crazy Grazy Noel. Orchestrated with choreographed balletic movement, the spectacle gentle on the eyes, tender on the ears, guarantees to contort the brain. Grazy Noel, performance poet and playwright

In collaboration with Thames Valley University and the Arts Council England

This event is part of The Takeaway Festival 2007