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folly, alongside fellow Northwest arts organisations FACT, Cornerhouse, Liverpool John Moores' University and ICDC, (the International Centre for Digital Content), has completed an exciting new project working with young people from the Northwest. The project culminated in the exhibition of two "Body Language" suits at FACT, at folly's follyplay event in Burnley in February and at Manchester's Cornerhouse last month. The suits were part of an artwork commissioned and conceived by the young people themselves.

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Building on the principles of boredomresearch's Wishing Tree, this new multi-user online environment invites you to navigate and explore a beautiful landscape. In the Forest of Imagined Beginnings there are no clear rules or objectives. It is simply an online landscape that is vulnerable to the whims and wants of the community that adopt this digital terrain as their own.

The first instance of Forest of Imagined Beginnings was exhibited at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, 16^th March - 2^nd June 2007 in Preston as part of Digital Aesthetic 2 and has been commissioned by folly in conjunction with digi_club, an online forum for people aged between 12-16 years.

A second instance of Forest of Imagined Beginnings, for all ages is now online at http://www.enter-forest.net and was presented at Enter_Unknown Territories, 25 – 29 April 2007 in Cambridge. This instance has been supported by National Centre of Computer Animation, Bournemouth University and enter.

The third instance of the forest, for 12-16 year old digi_club members, is now online at http://www.digi.org.uk/foib

_{Image from F.O.I.B. online for Enter_Unknown Territories - at http://www.enter-forest.net}

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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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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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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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Update: photographs from the event. Read more at http://www.p-tex.co.uk

p-tex is a lancaster based artist who uses multimedia technology to explore sound, incorporating sensors and live performance in response to the changing environment around him.

p-tex will be delivering GYOML in a field EVENT. p-tex proposes to research, create, perform and broadcast in real time over the internet, an experimental music installation, for the Grow Your Own Media Lab project.

The event will take place on 19th August 2006 in Heysham, with a web broadcast at 5.30pm and a performance at 7.30pm in the area known as the barrows - close to St. Peter's Chapel, the 8th Century ruin with rock-cut tombs, over looking the bay. Click here for the full story, including directions.

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For this commission Nick Holme was investigating and assessing the various FOSS software that are available for live streaming, deciding on one method for the purpose of the research and producing a comprehensive guide on how to set up and use the software.  The guide and a set of case studies are attached.

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img src: Jaygo Bloom <BUMP...>

Artist Jaygo Bloom has been commissioned by folly to develop the sound work <BUMP…> for this year’s Futuresonic festival, in partnership with Manchester based digital signage organisation Pixel Inspiration.

Play online now at http://www.bump.me.uk

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