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AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
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The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
Reach is a large-scale interactive mural and musical instrument created for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh as part of the Tough Art residency program.
There are no visible electronics, but when users touch both the moon and a star (either alone or by holding hands with others) a tone is played.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
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The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
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The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
He doesn't call out. Doesn't move. Just waits—shirtless, motionless, braced against the stone as the angled sun slices across the wall. He Waited Where the Light Would Hit is a study in quiet resistance and subtle strength. You may not notice him at first. That’s the point. In a city of movement, he becomes architecture—an embodiment of solitude beneath a borrowed sky. The light doesn't search for him. It just finds him there.
Artist Process:
This image relies on stark geometry: the curve of the arch, the line of shadow, the hard block of urban stone intersecting natural light. The figure was positioned where light meets edge, where his silhouette would emerge gradually, like a slow exhale. I left the background unembellished so the eye has no choice but to move from void to presence. Shot (or rendered) in monochrome to emphasize contrast, texture, and isolation. The story lies not in what he does, but in how long he stands still.
#MelOrchid #Melora #RhondaMelo #MelOrchid<3 #MelOrchidArtist #10000HourProject #AIArt #PostPhotographic #GalleryArt
#ShadowGeometry #StillnessInStone #UrbanSilhouette #MasculineSolitude #WaitingForLight #ArchitecturalIsolation #SoftEdgeHardTruth #FigureInContrast #EmotiveUrbanism #QuietDefiance
Yesterday evening Techvibes took over the Commodore Ballroom on Granville Street for a night of great food, flowing booze, and epic networking between the city's top talent and its hottest hiring companies.
Several hundred eager prospects mingled with executive and recruiters for 16 companies: ACL, Allocadia, Amazon, Animal Logic, Boeing Canada - AeroInfo, BroadbandTV, BuildDirect, Clio, East Side Games, Function Point, Hootsuite, Marketing.AI, Payfirma, Paysavvy, Shoes.com and Unbounce.
If you want to use any of these photos for anything, pls contact Kris Krüg first. :) 778. 898. 3076 or kk@kriskrug.com
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
These Bluetooth-enabled speakers are powered with candles using a thermoelectric converter, allowing you to play music from your smartphone without the need for batteries or cables.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
.
COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
a commissioned photobooth backdrop for W2's NYE party. My last piece of 2010.
Spray paint and latex on wood. Original design by Robert Squire.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
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The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
.
The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
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The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
AND + W2 is a four day programme of debates and artworks, constituting the only Games time cultural collaboration between the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It is produced by W2 and is thematically structured around the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture. AND is a Legacy Trust funded programme in England’s Northwest. Produced in association with FACT, Tenantspin and Dada for Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? How are definitions of disability and ability being transgressed in art and sport? What is the role of science, technology and new media in establishing new norms? What are the characteristics of our new biotechnological economy? Speakers from the UK, Canada, Netherlands, and USA present daily debates, film screenings and parties on these three themes.
Feb 20, 2010 7pm-9pm.
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COMPETE: Faster, Higher, Stronger .
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The Olympic Games are measures of human excellence but what happens when those measures are disrupted by self-augmentation and body modification? Our biological apparatus is in flux, vulnerable, yet re-imagined by technology. What will ability and disability mean in an era of genetically modified athletes and surgically sculpted children? How are artists contributing to this research and debate? For example, genetically screening for ‘perfect pitch’ may produce ideal singers, but whose ideal? Alternatively, what will the integration of future technology within biology mean for how humans communicate with each other via performances (dance, music or sport)? .
Panel presentation featuring Amber Case (USA) and Dr. Jim Rupert (Canada) with interrogation by Ruth Gould (UK) and Andy Miah moderating.
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Reach is a large-scale interactive mural and musical instrument created for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh as part of the Tough Art residency program.
There are no visible electronics, but when users touch both the moon and a star (either alone or by holding hands with others) a tone is played.
Yesterday evening Techvibes took over the Commodore Ballroom on Granville Street for a night of great food, flowing booze, and epic networking between the city's top talent and its hottest hiring companies.
Several hundred eager prospects mingled with executive and recruiters for 16 companies: ACL, Allocadia, Amazon, Animal Logic, Boeing Canada - AeroInfo, BroadbandTV, BuildDirect, Clio, East Side Games, Function Point, Hootsuite, Marketing.AI, Payfirma, Paysavvy, Shoes.com and Unbounce.
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Reach is a large-scale interactive mural and musical instrument created for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh as part of the Tough Art residency program.
There are no visible electronics, but when users touch both the moon and a star (either alone or by holding hands with others) a tone is played.
Reach is a large-scale interactive mural and musical instrument created for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh as part of the Tough Art residency program.
There are no visible electronics, but when users touch both the moon and a star (either alone or by holding hands with others) a tone is played.