2006

 

still from how long is forever, img src: FG

A selection of international short films full of suspense, chills and bumps in the night. Including 'One Rat Short', the winner of best of show at the 2006 SIGGRAPH computer animation festival in Boston, the startling 'El Ciclo' by Spanish director Victor Garcia and the 'How Long is Forever' by the enigmatic FG. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Free Admission. Venue: Furness & Midland Hall, Carnforth Station

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folly will present a 3d film night at Mint Cafe in Kendal at 8pm on 1st November, in partnership with Cumbria Filmmakers Network:

Selected from an international open call, an evening of artists’ short films made using 3D graphic creation software or screened using 3D presentation technology.

Venue: Mint Cafe Bar 48-50 Highgate, Kendal LA9 4TF. T: 01539 734473

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img src: Johnannes Birringer

For centuries artists have been exploring imagined landscapes through poetry, painting, craft and sculpture, but what have been the implications of the digital age upon the creation and exploration of fictional or imagined places?

This Autumn, folly is working in collaboration with the Cumbria Institute of the Arts' Centre for Landscape and Environmental Arts Research (CLEAR) in association with the Brera Academy, Milan to explore imagined and virtual landscapes.

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Podcasts

Every Wednesday, Square Cuts

A series of digitali anthologies from Flax Books, the publishing imprint of Litfest will be available here.

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Video Podcasts

Learn to dance with Ludus

You can take part in the final event of f.city 2006, Finale, an innovative new piece of dance. Via video podcasts you'll learn simple dance steps and receive tuition and instructions for a final performance in Dalton Square on 21 October

 

img src Lorraine Berry

Lorraine Berry has created an interactive installation of traces, shadows and echoes as a metaphor for the passage of time, memory, what’s lost and what’s left behind.

Venue: Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham

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images (c) Kirk Woolford, 2006

Lancaster's first festival of digitali culture - f.city - has finished on a high. 80 people came to Dalton Square on Saturday to watch members of the public perform dance steps they had learned via podcasts.

The dance extravaganza was in collaboration with Ludus Dance, and saw the dancers being guided in a "high-kicking treasure hunt" around the city, guided by live text updates on their mobile phones!

img src: Justin Marshall

An f.city exhibition from Fast-uk and folly

29 September – 21 October, 12 – 5 pm, Mon – Sat

CityLab, 4-5 Dalton Square, Lancaster LA1 4PP,

“Between 1999 and 2003 Fast-uk contributed biennial exhibitions to the international Intersculpt project in the Northwest of England. For 2006 Fast-uk and folly have partnered to present the exhibition, ‘Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders’ which moves on from the legacy of Intersculpt, to explore the possibilities afforded to artists, architects, designers, and others for the creation of new types of objects, buildings, and products stemming from the increasing use of and integration between digitali technologies for design and fabrication. The converging and blurring of traditional disciplinary boundaries is made possible by these technologies, from rapid prototyping to the use of generativei and algorithmic software for design. With ‘Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders’, Fast-uk and folly present the work of practitioners at the cutting edge of these developments.”

 

Aura is an augmented reality project. Augmented reality involves the overlaying of digital information onto real space. By moving through the real world wearing a special Aura device, users experience the digital information at the location to which it refers - imagine walking through an array of invisible speakers suspended in space.

Participation in this field trial is free, but booking is essential. To book, telephone 01524 388550 or email enquiries@folly.co.uk

Venue: CityLab, 4-5 Dalton Square, Lancaster LA1 4PP, 01524 582114

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Jennifer G. Sheridan (BigDog Interactive), Alice Bayliss, Nick Bryan-Kinns, Trans-Mutation.com

Imagine spinning or throwing a tiny computer round your body to create your own visual projections, music or light show. Come and have a go

Ludus Dance Studios, King St, Lancaster

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An evening of live sound art and new music. SoundNetwork is an organisation founded to develop the support infrastructure for sound art and experimental music in the North West region. They are driven by an awareness that what is pioneering today will potentially be the mainstream of the future.

Venue: Korners Bar, Farmers Arms, King Street, Lancaster, LA1 1XT, 01524 36368

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