Image: The Golden Age, by Paul Nicholls

“The idea that digital is something new and transformative is now quite old. So the question for most creatives is not about going digital – it’s about making it feel less digital, about making participation and interaction feel post-digital; making the tech less techy. We see this reflected back in the freshest creative and cultural work and Alpha-ville is probably where you see that most vividly in this country.” Tom Uglow, Director of Creative Labs at Google.

The 2011 edition provides an online and live platform to explore, test and disseminate new ideas, emerging trends, collaborations and groundbreaking works. Running from 22-25 September the programme presents social media and interactive art, open labs, meet-ups, talks, workshops and screenings alongside with live music, visual performances and parties.

Taking place alongside the London Design Festival, the 2011 edition enables a network of satellite events spreading across different London boroughs and links with other European cities such as Madrid (Twin Gallery) and Brussels & The Hague (Todays Art). Selected venues include Netil House, Rich Mix, Space Studios, Vortex Jazz Club, XOYO, Hearn Street Warehouse and Whitechapel Gallery. The festival programme also connects east and west London thorough a link with the V&A Digital Design Weekend.

Gathering artists, creative coders, new media technologists, designers, architects, professionals, musicians, researchers and academics, some of the key names are: Tom Uglow (Google Creative Labs), Marius Watz, Filip Visnjic (Creative Applications), Man Bartlett, Daito Manabe, Moritz Stefaner, Keiichi Matsuda, James Alliban, Pantha Du Prince, Matthew Dear, Jon Hopkins, Jacaszek and Kangding Ray.

“The digital revolution is over” Negroponte for WIRED, 1998

This year’s programme addresses the transition from a digital to a post-digital culture, that looks beneath technology at how human behaviours such as collaboration, participation and interaction have redefined the creative practice and society itself, and at how the physical boundaries between reality and online are being blurred.

Alpha-ville incorporates the first London Symposium on Post-digital Culture, festival director Estela Oliva comments, “this year we are joining the discourse about a post-digital age. The festival and more specifically the symposium will provide a forum to exchange knowledge and inspire discussions about the future of digital culture.”

Four interconnecting strands run through the format of the festival: Innovation, Live, Screening and Exchange, offering a range of activities that aim to unlock people’s creativity.

Innovation: Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th September Netil House, V&A and the streets of Hackney

Dynamic environments featuring works created with new media through participation, collaboration and interaction. It will features data visualisation, social media and kinect based art, digital fabrication, augmented reality, html5 experiments, open frameworks and more.

Live: Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th XOYO, Rich Mix and Hearn Street Warehouse Presenting a selection of live electronic music, sound experiments and audio-visual performances. Over 20 musicians and visual artists presenting purely live shows.

Screening: Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th Vortex Jazz Club and Netil House A showcase of the latest digital film-making trends including short film, animation and documentaries. Screenings curated by Alpha-ville and guest curators including Athens Video Art Festival, Unit 15’s Bartlett School of Architecture and Paul Purgas.

Exchange: Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th Rich Mix & Space Studios A series of events and a one-day symposium bringing together thinkers, professionals and creatives from the technology, design, media and cultural sectors. The first Alpha-ville Symposium covers a series of topics such us the humanisation of digital technologies, augmented reality and the use of public spaces, digital innovation in arts and culture, the future of the web and more

For more info, festival and tickets visit: www.alpha-ville.co.uk
@alphavillefest on twitter For press info please contact: press@alpha-ville.co.uk
Priscilla Granozio, pg@alpha-ville.co.uk Lisa Baker, lb@alpha-ville.co.uk

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Alpha-ville commissions “Cell” by James Alliban and Keiichi Matsuda

As identity becomes a broadcasted commodity, our constructed personae enmesh and define us. cell is an interactive installation that exposes our virtual reflections, luminous clones that replicate the body movement of visitors to the space. Personal data mined from internet profiles is randomly tagged onto these bodies, revealing the second self while simultaneously allowing us escape from it. “Networked Cities” by Fabian Neuhaus, UCL Centre for Advanced Spacial Analysis. Animated real-time data visualisation piece based on the geo-located tweets collected for 4 different European cities: London, Brussels, The Hague and Ljubljana. The aim is to analyse how users behave when they connect to social media and how the activity is distributed in the locations.

Post-digital Culture Symposium Speakers Filip Visnjic – Architect, Lecturer and Founder of Creative Applications Network.Net Tom Uglow – Director of Creative Labs Europe, Google Bill Thompson – Technology Writer at BBC Katy Beale, Katy- Beale director at Caper & lead producer at Culture Hack Drew Hemment – Director & Founder of Future Everything Keiichi Matsuda -Designer and Film-maker Patrick Hussey – Digital Manager at Arts & Business Ronald Carpentier – VP Marketing & Operations, Layar/SticktuMortiz Stefaner – Information Designer More to be confirmed soon.

Art & Innovation Daito Manabe, JP Aaron Koblin, US (Google), selection of works Moritz Sefaner, DE, ‘Better life index’ Man Bartlett, US, installation & performance Marius Watz, NO, digital fabrication webinar Jeroen Holthuis, NL, ‘Bitquid’ Sean Rogg, UK, ‘Wonderful little creatures’ Martin Fuchs & peter Bichsel, CH, ‘Written Images’ Hackney Hear V4 Lab, exploring and creating reactive/interactive projects using vvvv language.

Soundcloud Clinic, hand-on insights into co-creation and sharing music and audio. V4 Lab, exploring and creating reactive/interactive projects using vvvv language.Plus outdoor interactive installations in the Borough of Hackney by blablabLAB (ES) Live music and audio-visual Matthew Dear (DJ – Set – Ghostly/ Spectral)Pantha Du Prince, Rough Trade, DE (Live) Jennifer Cardini, Kompakt, DE Jon Hopkins, Live AV, Domino Records, UK (Live AV)

Kangding Ray, Live AV, Raster Noton, DE (Live AV) Jacasezk, Gosthly, PL (Live) Svarte Greiner, Miasmah, NO (Live AV) Anstam (50Weapons/Modeselektion, DE) Live Illum Sphere, Tectonic, UK (Live AV) Truss, Perc Trax, UK (Live) Max Cooper, UK, Traum Schallplatten (Live) Emptyset, Tectonic, UK (Live AV, London Premiere). The project investigates the sonic potential of experimental bass driven music, reflecting upon the legacy of dub, techno and sound system culture whilst integrating aspects of feedback and minimalism.

Emptyset have recently debuted their live AV show at Mutek festival in Canada and their Alpha-ville show will be a special collaboration with designers Clayton Welham and Sam WIlliams.

Screening Press Pause Play, a documentary about the hopes and fears of the digital culture. Premiered at SXSW, this documentary contains interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators such us Moby and Apparat. Unit 15 Bartlett School of Architecture Showcase Selected works of students from one of the most cutting edge design units at Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL). Nobody Here programme curated by Paul Purgas.

Alpha-ville International moving image competition with panelist from Arts Electronica, Warp Films, Little White Lies and Hackney Film Festival. Alpha-ville Screening Programme Alpha-ville online cinema free at Mubi.com

September 26 & 27 – Eisbach Studios, Munich, Germany
We’re very excited to reveal the first details about this year’s insideAR: In the Expo area visitors can participate in “A day with AR” featuring live demonstrations from metaio, AR business professionals and partners. See and experience all of the day-to-day AR scenarios being used right now and which will be created in the future.

The Augmented City

metaio presents: “The Augmented City”. Experience how the vision of AR turns into a roadmap. At insideAR 2011, Sept. 26th/27th, Munich, Germany. More information: http://www.metaio.com/events/insidear-2011/

Augmented Reality Event 2011 to take place on May 17-18, Santa Clara Convention Center

Augmented Reality Event (ARE), announced today the 2nd annual event of the largest conference dedicated to the business of augmented reality, will be held at Santa Clara Convention Center, May 17-18, 2011.

For more details visit : Event Website

Why should you attend this ?

Thats really a dumb question when we all know that the future is Augmented Reality

What are you going to learn  ?

1. Augmented Reality, present & future
2. Augmented Reality platforms for businesses in media, advertising, publishing, education & manufacturing.
3. Latest Innovations
4. Mobile Augmented Reality  .. and lots more

Please visit http://www.augmentedrealitysummit.com/

June 15 – 16, 2010 Barcelona

Co-located with Mobile 2.0

Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a real-world environment whose elements are supplemented with, or augmented by computer generated imagery. The augmentation is conventionally achieved in real time and in a meaningful context with environmental elements.

For more detail Visit : W3.org

Full agenda available.

Strata Gems: Kinect democratizes augmented reality

Tomorrow’s reality will be prototyped on phones and gaming consoles

For more details about this augmented reality Conference visit :  https://en.oreilly.com/strata2011/public/register?cmp=il-radar-st11-strata-gem15

kinect augmented reality multi touching Video

The INSTINCT – Technology Demonstrator 3 (TD3) project is part of the INSTINCT (Innovative Science and Technology in Counter-Terrorism)cross-Government approach that seeks innovative solutions to support CONTEST, the UK’s Strategy for Countering International Terrorism.  It will investigate how Augmented Reality technologies could improve the Emergency Services response to threats from international terrorism, both now and in the future.  This would be a NEW MARKET, and potentially a wide one.  TD3
offers technology providers the opportunity to present their ideas to a broad spectrum of Law Enforcement and counter terrorism representatives.

TD3 involves a five month study on behalf of more than a dozen different government departments and agencies. The newest and best Augmented Reality products will be sought from across industry and academia, and examined in realistic live trials and experiments.

Top entries will receive:

• Market exposure and promotion
• Expert advice from industry professionals
• IP and commercialisation assistance
• Networking opportunities with product developers and user community
• Attendance at HOSDB & Logica Innovation Conference
• Provision of an ‘Enduring Capability’ beyond TD3

The culmination will be a high profile Showcase Event in Central London in February 2011.

TD3 is open for submissions now and is FREE TO ENTER! It is open to companies at all stages of development, and is not restricted to UK companies.  If you have products or concepts that may help to deliver Augmented Reality, then find out more about how to take part in this exciting study by visiting the TD3 website at: www.td3-ar.com

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November 15-17, 2010
San Jose, CA

The 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference will feature two leading imaging technology researchers as the 2010 keynote speakers. The November 15-17 conference at The Sainte Claire hotel in San Jose, Calif., will focus on some of the most important and innovative topics in photo imaging, including augmented reality, computational photography, connected cameras, 3D cameras and displays, digital video, advanced output, and smarter camera phones.

Visit www.6Sight.com for the latest information about the 6Sight conference. Subscribe toThe 6Sight Report for weekly articles on these topics and much more.

6Sight welcomes comments on its program and conference in general on its Facebook andTwitter accounts.

For more information on PMA events, visit the PMA home page.

The symposium was attended by approximately 500 scientists, artists and other parties with a commercial interest in AR.

To make the event as successful as its predecessors the organizers filled it with high quality academic, artistic presentations, exhibitions, and social events.

AR Door participated in the event as well. Check out the video showcasing the conference inside out.

www.ar-door.com

If you are planning to attend – consider it as 15 minutes of really fun homework for the event.

Enjoy!