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Production for arts and events

Here is a choice selection of arts-based projects and events where I have worked in the capacity of planning and production. There is also a complete list of all events I have been involved.

D.R.O.I.D: Reality isn't everything

 

Co-concept and production

February 2008

Working with Blackout Arts, South West Screen and Eduardo Imasaka amongst others, D.R.O.I.D was an experiment with the experience of a live link-up with avatars in the on-line 3D virtual world of Second Life. A live video stream of a top-notch line-up at the Trinity (Bristol, UK) was sent to a venue in Second Life that was specially dressed for the event. Live feeds from Second Life were then beamed back into the venue onto huge projector screens and interactive kiosks were provided for those who came to the event to experience Second Life in real life. My key rôle in the project was the production and the co-ordination and planning of the live streaming, as well as liaising with the Second Life team who were based in Barcelona.

For more details, refer to this archive of the D.R.O.I.D microsite.

Dorkbot Barcelona & Dorkbot Bristol

Dorkbot November 2004 Cityborg present at Dorkbot January 2005

Co-founder and producer (Dorkbot Barcelona), producer and presenter (Dorkbot Bristol)

2004 to 2007 (Barcelona) & 2008 to 2009 (Bristol)

I was delighted to become one of the co-founders of the Barcelona wing of the global Dorkbot project. During my 3-year involvement, I was jointly responsible for the production of the bi-monthly events, took charge of the day-to-day management of the trilingual website and coordinated the video streaming during the events. Towards the end of my collaboration with Dorkbot Barcelona, I was involved in a 3-day presentation of digital projects as part of the Observatori Festival in Valencia, Spain, where I was responsible for the planning and production of the event.

Following this, I spent a year producing and presenting the monthly Dorkbot Bristol meetings that take place at the Pervasive Media Studio.

Transacciones - Fadaiat

Network schematic for Fadaiat 2004 Parabolic antena with the Andalusian sunset in the background pointing at Tangiers

Collaborator, workshops

Spring/Summer 2004

I was one of many invited to collaborate in this ambitious project that focussed on producing an event using a completely horizontal structure. My rôle in the project was to be jointly responsible for the design and implementation of the on-site network for a temporary media lab as well as coordinating a wireless link across the Gibraltar Strait, and the co-production of the technical set-up during the event.

For more details, refer to this article that I wrote about Fadaiat.

TCS Extremadura

Image of me teaching school children about satellite Internet access The geodesic dome at TCS Extremadura

Collaborator, workshops

April 2007

Following on from my previous work at Fadaiat, I was invited back with my colleagues from Psand to collaborate in 2007's project that took place near an abandoned Nuclear Power Station in the heart of rural Extremadura, Spain's poorest province. I was involved in helping with the co-production and technical planning for the event as well as presenting a series of workshops tacking the topic of satellite for internet access to groups of local primary school children.