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EVENT

Hybrid Toys Workshop


Dates:
Wed Jan 23, 2008 00:00 - Fri Dec 07, 2007

Merge digital and/or networked components with physical toys!
 
23 - 25 january 2008, from 10.00 - 17.00
Mediamatic, Oosterdokskade 5, Post CS building, Amsterdam 
 
The expertise of Jean-Baptiste LaBrune and Dana Gordon are at your disposal in our exciting Hybrid Toys workshop. During this 3 day hands-on course you are assisted in the creation and development of your own hybrid world media project. Use the available Arduino’s and sensors, apply ideas from physical computing and/or integrate the cultural and social possibilities of RFID!

Let the digital play with the physical!
 
For more information visit the site: www.mediamatic.net/workshop/hybridtoys
 
 
MEDIAMATIC
[T] +31 (0) 20 638 9901
[F] +31 (0) 20 638 7969
[W] www.mediamatic.net


EVENT

Producing crossmedia documentaries@IDFA


Dates:
Fri Nov 23, 2007 00:00 - Tue Oct 30, 2007

Learn how to produce a crossmedia documentary in five and a half days
Mediamatic @ IDFA
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 & 28 November 2007


In this 5-day course you will decide what new media to adopt for your documentary project. You will gain insight in current digital media practices: from user generated content to movies on mobile phones, from locative techniques to the uses of game elements. You will develop a working prototype and be able to analyze how your project interacts with its intended audience. Finding out where potential project money may be in new media will be an important factor in choosing the right project format.

Teachers: The experienced trainers Thalhofer, Jakob Schillinger and Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, the guest lecturers Jamie King and Neil Seiling, and a team of technical assistants.

Cost: 420 euros, including a kick-off seminar, lunch, the use of equipment, and an IDFA festival pass.
Maximum 16 participants. The content of your project should already be decided, the course is intended for picking the right media format.

Location: Mediamatic, Oosterdokskade 5, Amsterdam, with regular visits to the IDFA festival on the nearby Rembrandt square.
http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-17813-en.html


EVENT

Mediamatic workshop Movie Image Lab at B3 Media in London


Dates:
Sun Oct 28, 2007 00:00 - Wed Oct 10, 2007

Mediamatic workshop Movie Image Lab at B3 Media in London
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 October and 01 | 02 November 2007

Mediamatic and B3 are organizing a 5-day workshop about audiovisual projects for current digital media.

In this workshop you will design an online audiovisual project by using a combination of audiovisual, data based and interactive media. These tools will provide you with ways of creating, producing and experiencing new forms of storytelling. During the workshop you will use your own footage in designing a prototype.

TRAINERS AND CONTENT
Jakob Schillinger (GER), Klaas Kuitenbrouwer (NL) and a third trainer will bring you up-to-date on current cultural and technical developments in digital media: from pod casting to streaming media, from participatory web 2.0 projects to the various uses of mobile phones. Technical assistants will be present to help you with your prototype.

The workshop Moving Image Lab start on Sunday October 28 with an opening symposium. Renowned media makers will present projects and views in relation to the workshop. On Friday November 2nd, the workshop will end with a public presentation where the participants will discuss their projects and experiences. This platform will provide you the opportunity to share ideas and network with peers.

MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
More information on the program of this workshop can be found at http://www.mediamatic.net/movingimagelab or call Deborah Meibergen at Mediamatic: 0031(0)20 - 638 99 01.
Registration, with a short bio and motivation for participation, is possible at: http://www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration

The workshop language will be English. The maximum amount of participants is 16. There are two full scholarships available for participants from the newer EU countries.
This workshop is supported by the Media Plus Programme of the European Union.


EVENT

Mediamatic workshop Games-in-Crossmedia@ Cinekid 2007


Dates:
Tue Oct 16, 2007 00:00 - Wed Sep 19, 2007

Games and Internet are gradually replacing television as children's favorite media. How can media makers use games and game culture in cross-media productions for children?
If you can't beat them, join them.
In this 5-day workshop, Mediamatic will bring professional media makers, producers from broadcasters and production companies up-to-date on game culture and will provide makers with the tools to incorporate game aspects in cross-media projects.

CONTENT & END RESULTS
During the workshop,which will take place during the annual Cinekid Festival, all participants will build a prototype of their crossmedia game project for children and develop and visualize its user scenarios. They will be guided by the trainers Friedrich Kirschner (DL), Daniel van Gils (NL), Julian Oliver (NZ) and Klaas Kuitenbrouwer (NL)

All participants will learn the basic principles of creating machinima, of designing 3D game spaces, and of developing gameplay and game rules.
Participants will also learn about trends in game culture such as massive multi-player games and new kinds of game interfaces like the Nintendo Wii. They will watch and analyse a number of interesting cross media project, from the BBC and Endemol for example. Next to this, participants will learn about the new web culture of creating, matching and sharing user-generated content, that is very influential in game culture..

The Cinekid Festival media seminars are included. On 21 October the results of the workshop will be presented during a public presentation at the Cinekid Festival.

MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
More information on the program of this workshop can be found at www.medamatic.net/cinekid or call Klaas Kuitenbrouwer van Mediamatic 0031 20 - 6389901
Registration, with a short bio and motivation for participation, is possible at www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration

The workshop language will be English.The maximum amount of participants is 16. There are two full scholarships available for participants from the newer EU countries.
This workshop is supported by the Media Plus Programme of the European Union.


OPPORTUNITY

Pure Data | The Video Version at Mediamatic, Amsterdam


Deadline:
Mon Sep 03, 2007 00:00

3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 September 2007
Making practical designs with Pure Data in a 5, 3 or 2-day workshop

Pure Data (or PD) is a visual programming language for the creation of interactive computer music, video and multimedia works. It has become a pioneering application in the contemporary art field.

This workshop is an opportunity for video makers, musicians, artists and designers to learn how to process and organize image, sounds and video and how to use the networking possibilities of Pure Data.

WORKSHOP APPROACH
During an introductary 2-day workshop (3 | 4 September) participants will learn the basics of using PD and of manipulating video, images and sound.
In the 2nd part of the workshop (5 | 6 | 7 September) you will get more in-depth knowledge and work for 3 days on your own PureData sound or video project. It is a 5-day workshop, but depending on your experience and preferences it is possible to follow only the introductory workshop or the full in-depth workshop.

TRAINER
Koray Tahiroglu from Turkey / Finland, is a very experienced 'PD'er', connected to the Media Lab of the University of Art & Design in Helsinki. Koray gives PureData workshops all over Europe. Technical people will assist him and help participants through the design process.

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Deborah Meibergen or Klaas Kuitenbrouwer can give you more information at
+ 31 (0)20 6389901
Registration is possible online: www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration

LOCATION
Mediamatic is located in the centre of Amsterdam
Oosterdokskade 5, fifth floor, 1011 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands