Abandon Normal Devices, 23-27 September 2009, Liverpool

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a new festival of Digital Culture and New Cinema, inviting us to consider what are our normal devices? And why and how might we abandon them?

AND kicks off 23 September 2009 in Liverpool with five days filled with screenings, exhibitions, public interventions, debates and workshops. Highlights of the festival include influential artists such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, The Yes Men, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Car… Continue

Abandon Normal Devices, 23-27 September 2009, Liverpool

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a new festival of Digital Culture and New Cinema, inviting us to consider what are our normal devices? And why and how might we abandon them?

AND kicks off 23 September 2009 in Liverpool with five days filled with screenings, exhibitions, public interventions, debates and workshops. Highlights of the festival include influential artists such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, The Yes Men, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Car… Continue

Abandon Normal Devices this September!
– It’s time for you to get involved

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture, hits Liverpool and the region in full and for the first time this September.

Based at FACT the AND Festival team is now recruiting festival, film & new media loving volunteers from all backgrounds that are keen on getting involved, supporting us during the run-up and delivery of the festival.

If you love the buzz of festivals, have some time t… Continue

Abandon Normal Devices, 23-27 September 2009, Liverpool

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a new festival of Digital Culture and New Cinema, inviting us to consider what are our normal devices? And why and how might we abandon them?

AND kicks off 23 September 2009 in Liverpool with five days filled with screenings, exhibitions, public interventions, debates and workshops. Highlights of the festival include influential artists such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, The Yes Men, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Car… Continue

Hi all,

I've just posted a piece on my top picks for NODE.London Spring Season March-24th April.

http://interventtechnewsandreviews.blogspot.com/

Hope all's well

-claire_w-

I've just completed a quick interactive experiment. Please take a look.



This is an interactive conversation, and visual story combined. It deals with a controversial, topical and emotive local issue, concerning the development of Crystal Palace park (south London) after long years of neglect (it was once the pride of the Empire then left abandoned for seventy years). Lots of plans for the park are currently being p… Continue

Hi all,



I'm on the prowl for new bloggers to contribute to InterventTech: >> News and Threads.
Take a look at what we're about and If you're interested and/or know
someone who might be get in touch. Would be great to have you on board.



-claire_w-

claire@interventtech.net

Hi all,



I just updated the website for a week or so...Come visit me...


http://www.interventtech.net/

First prize
Mission Eternity Sarcophagus by ETOY.Corporation (Switzerland 2006-07)

Etoy.corporation
launched the Mission Eternity Project in 2005, foregrounding on the one
hand respect for the human longing to survive in some way after death,
and on the other a sense of irony about dated sci-fi fantasies we
contrive to satisfy that desire. The Sarcophagus is one materialization
of this project. It is a mobile sepulchre that ho… Continue

Michael and I are making a video game called The Path and we were recently interviewed by games blog, Gamasutra, about the project.

The Path grew from wanting to tell stories about ephemeral things, like footsteps on dry leaves on a moonless night, being in the dark and wondering what you are afraid of, is there anything to be afraid of? What scares you most is in your own mind. I was most interested in that aspect. Telling stories ab

… Continue