Workshop with Matt Adams and Kizzie Furini of Blast Theory
24.01
10:00 am – 1:00 pm / 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Fienili Hall 2
25.01
10:00 am – 1:00 pm / 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Fienili Hall 2/3
26.01
from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Classroom 1A, Campo Boario
from 1:30 pm to 7:00 pm – Room 8B Campo Boario
15 places available
Participation in the workshop entitles the student to 1 CFA
Matt Adams and Kizzie Furini, from the Blast Theory group, will lead a workshop on localisation and interactivity.
Over the course of three days, workshop participants will learn about Blast Theory’s approach to games, performances and works in exhibition spaces.
Students will experiment with different techniques to map spaces in different ways and to explore dialogue through interaction design.
How can we use interactivity to explore social and political issues?
Blast Theory
https://www.blasttheory.co.uk/
Founded in 1991, Blast Theory are based in Brighton, UK.
Blast Theory create interactive art to explore social and political issues. The group’s work places the audience at the centre of unusual and sometimes unsettling experiences, to create new perspectives and open up the possibility of change.
Led by Matt Adams and Nick Tandavanitj, the group draws on popular culture and new technologies to create performances, games, films, applications and installations.
Blast Theory have exhibited their works at the Venice Biennale, the Tribeca Film Festival, the ICC in Tokyo, the Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin, the Barbican and the Tate Britain. Clients include Channel 4, the Sundance Film Festival and the Royal Opera House.
The artists work closely with researchers and scientists and have been collaborating with the Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham since 1997, working on over 45 research projects.
They create collaborative and interdisciplinary works that are innovative in process and execution, addressing themes such as violence, pornography and politics. They create challenging works using technology, often in public space. Their use of virtual reality, location media, mixed reality and mobile devices has had a wide impact. The artists teach and give lectures internationally, including at the Sorbonne, Stanford University and the Royal College of Art. They curated the Screen series for Live Culture at the Tate Modern. Blast Theory have been nominated for four BAFTAs and have won the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica and the Nam June Paik Art Center Award.
The Blast Theory building, at 20 Wellington Road in Brighton, has four studios, an editing room, a meeting room and a space for residencies. Our residents are regional, national and international professionals in the fields of games, locative media and interactive art.
Matt Adams has been co-founder of the group since 1991, together with Ju Row Farr.