dlux mediaarts workshops

7/28/2019 dLux MediaArts Workshops

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dLux MediaArtsWorkshop Program


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dLux MediaArts

Workshops

dLux MediaArts has developed the workshops as a platform

for skills development and knowledge sharing through tailor

made workshops directed to public outcomes (physical and/

or online). dLux MediaArts pairs expert artist facilitators withartists, galleries, schools, communities and organisations to

enable the exploration of digital media and technologies.

The following workshop descriptions are basic snap shots

of the kinds of workshops that have been delivered as well

as developed workshops by artists for entry to mid-level

participants. dLux MediaArts caters to the level of knowledge of

paticipants as well as harness collaborations between experts

from dierent elds to encourage innovative and experimental

practice.

Working across both metropolitan and regional Australia dLux

MediaArts can make available equipment and resources to

support local projects and events.

For more information about workshops and opportunities

contact:

Alexia Estrellado

Program Manager

(02) 9569 1458

[email protected]

1. LEARN FROM experienced artists

2. GAIN MEdIA skills and techniques

3. Get hands on and creative

Call now for a FREE consultation to design a workshopprogram with dLux MediaArts.


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Film making

Experimental Film making

Explore dierent forms of lm making with an artist and

learn about techniques and ideas of experimental lm

making. This workshop aims to expand ideas of both the

process of lm-making and the audiences perception of

video, lm and cinema.

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: VideoSCAN,MICROVIDS, Aphasia

Documentary Film Making

Discover points of interest from your local surroundings

and learn how to capture the environment and people to

understand the sometimes hidden histories, stories and

ideas.

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: VideoSCAN,MICROVIDS

Low-Tech Film Making

Feel like all image making is high-tech, high cost? Learn

how to make lms by using mobile devices and everyday

technologies and materials.

Use mobile devices, point and shoot cameras and other

resources found to create short videos and lms.

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: VideoSCAN,MICROVIDS


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Movement, Choreography and Dance for CameraIn front of or behind the lens, choreography and movement

for screen encourages experimentation and consideration.

Over three hours, school age participants will learn about

the importance of movement for camera and cooperate to

produce a video work.

*Artist Workshop: Sue Healey

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: *VideoSCAN

iMovie for KidsNo prior experience necessary.

1 day workshop, upper primary to mid high school

students, group activity, 2 groups of 6

In this workshop learn the ins and outs of iMovie and make

a lm in about the time it takes to watch one. As a group

we will write a simple script, cast the actors, story board

the action, lm and edit using iMovie.

**Complimentary Exhibitions/Programs: MICROVIDS

VideoSCANA three-day workshop for teachers and facilitators to learn

the context and dynamics of new media art through a

hands-on experience.

SEE. PLAY. DO.

1. Watch a short screening of selected video artworks

from SCANLINES*2. Play with experimental video techniques with the help

of a dLux Artist Facilitator

3. Create your own artwork and nd the inspiration to

bring to your classroom

This workshop enables and empowers educators to bring

to-life the evolution of video and new media: its continual

eect on the arts and how it responds to the world.

**Complete VideoSCAN Program see dLux Programsfor more details. Total Pricing = $2 800

Joan Ross: BBQ this Sunday, BYO - Courtesy of Gallery Barry Keldoulis


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Circuit Bending with Toy Death1 - 2 day workshop

Upper secondary school students to adults

12 - 24 participants

Join members of the legendary electro punk band

Toydeath. Get into recycling, rehashing, composing,

rehearsing and performing. Modify an electronic toy

to create your own instrument! Hands on and great

fun, students walk away with a basic understanding of

electronics and your own electronic instrument and/or

kit! This workshop is for artists and musicians or anyone

who would like to get into electronics. It will suit musicians

who are interested in making unique and cheap electronicinstruments and microphones. Installation artists will nd

the skills to make interactive circuits.

The workshop will cover; soldering, construction of audio

cables, assembling electronic circuits, circuit bending and

toy modication.

All equipment and components provided.

*Artist Workshop: Toy Death

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: The discreet

charm of the Bourgeois Robot, The Garden of ForkingPaths

What is a robot? with Dr Wade Marynowsky

3 hour workshop

Secondary school students to adults

Max. 12 participants

Discuss and discover the creative possibilities of robotics

and art, where do technologies and art intersect?

Over three hours, Wade will take you on a journey intothe world of robotics where you will discuss then design

your own dream machine. This workshop is aimed at

challenging preconceived ideas about robotics and foster

a creative and thoughtful pathway to innovation, problem

solving and research.

*Artist Workshop: Dr Wade Marynowsky

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: The discreetcharm of the Bourgeois Robot

Robotics and Circuit Bending


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Sound and Photography

Soundscapes and Experimental Symphony3 hour workshop



Learn how to change the atmosphere through creating

your own sound piece. Capture unexpected melodies and

rhythms from your environment and manipulate them into

an experimental symphony.

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: Aphasia

Interviewing and Field Recording

3 hour workshop or whole day



Discover the art of interview. This workshop will help you

understand the dynamics and particulars of interviewing

people as well as how to best capture their story through

lm and audio.

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: MICROVIDS,

VideoSCAN

Reverse Digital Photography

1 - 2 day workshop

All ages

Max 12 participants

Capture, manipulate and create negatives through

using digital technologies and learn about photographic

processes to create your own printed artwork. Participants

will continually discover ways to extend their work through

integrating old and new photography processes.

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: (UN)SeenSculptures


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Interactive Media

Digital Tours and Locative Media

By negotiation

Do you have a history, story or event that you want to bring

into the palm of peoples hands? Understand the dierent

capabilities of locative media. Develop, produce and edit

content that can be made into a digital tour available on

Apps on your mobile phone.

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: (UN)SeenSculptures

Tell Your Story in a virtual environment

3 hour workshop


Max. 12 students

Participants will be encouraged to tell their own story

through the media of interactive 3d environments

(computer game). Using the popular unity game engine

they will create and share virtual worlds that explore who

they are.

*Artist Workshop: Andrew Burrell

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: (UN)SeenSculptures, MICROVIDS


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Augmented Realities

Mobile Augmented Reality 101

3 hour workshop


Max. 12 students

This session ventures into the fascinating world of mobile

augmented reality where artists use online tools and

smartphones to embed virtual sculptures in the real

world. It will begin with an overview of the history of the

medium and some of the more notable recent works in the

eld; before explaining how attendees can make their own

mobile AR art utilising tools & applications that are free and

relatively easy to use.

*Artist Workshop: Warren Armstrong

**Companion Exhibitions/Programs: (UN)SeenSculptures, Institute of Advance AugmentiformDevelopment and Release

Geocaching adventure

3 hour workshop


Max 8. students

Using the Layar augmented reality browser and the physicalenvironment of your [city/town/regional centre] participants will

create a competitive adventure game with a dierence, and

will invite an audience/players to explore their environment

augmented with narratives presented via mobile device.



Make your own 3D Shooter

[computer game/ 3D Adventure game]

3 hour workshop


Max 8. students

Using the popular Unity - Game Engine participants will

learn the basics of building a computer game from scratch

and by the end of the workshop will have a working game

and the skills to further develop it.




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Selected Artists

Alexia Estrellado (W, S, C) is an artist/designer who is

interested in the development of storytelling and cultural

identity through collaborative projects and interdisciplinary

design and media.

Andrew Burrell (W, P)Hybrid Media Artist, recent work

Augmentiforms presented by dLux at 2012 Biennele of

Sydney.

Cindi Drennan Through ILLUMINART (P) specializing

in the design and creation of world class projection art,

cross-disciplinary arts and audiovisual storytelling of lasting

signicance to communities. Illuminarts avant-garde media

art projects incorporate illumination, interactive projection

art and performance, developed in creative partnerships

and collaborations among a variety of disciplines.

Daniel Mudie Cunningham(S)is a Sydney based artist

whose work draws upon and rethinks the image streams ofart history, everyday life, pop culture and fandom through

video and performance.

Darragh OCallaghan (S) photography, video,

performance and more recently drawings. OCallaghan

graduated from IADT Dun Laoghaire, Dublin in 2007 and

The Royal College of Art, London in 2010.

Daryl Byrne (W) is an adventurer, photographer,

businessman and part-owner and manager of expedition

opertation Explorer PNG. He is a photographer for National

Geographic Magazine.

David Sudmalis (S)is a composer-performer living inSydney, Australia. His practice is varied, working across

numerous music genres (classical, popular, jazz) and often

in collaboration with visual artists.

Daz Chandler (W, C, P) inter-disciplinary arts practice,

as well as her work as a lmmaker, broadcaster, writer

and community cultural development facilitator. Her main

interest lies in work that challenges preconceived socio-

cultural and political notions and ideas, and creates

instances of social engagement, or points of connection

between unlikely parties.

Dreamtime Boarders (W) are a not-for-prot organisationthat fosters educational development throught short-

term projects that empower young people to develop

relationships and encourage self-expression through an

explorartion of the arts.

Gary Deimendjian(S) demonstrates an extensive

national exhibition history and holds Master of Fine

Arts from the National Art School in Sydney. His broad

practice encompasses sculpture, photography, video and

installation as well as site specic works.

George Khut (S, W) Special interests: body-focussedinteractive art and design, experience-centred design

methods, interpretive design, participatory museums, live-

art, multimedia rehabilitation and arts-in-health.

Jason Davidson(W)fuses hand drawn Australian animals

in x-ray style with computer generated graphics, and is

a strong advocate for the potential of new media art &

technology to become a powerful voice for Indigenous

Australians.

Jesse Ledesma (W)

Johannes Muljana (W)

LC Beats (W)Animation artist and hip hop collaborator

has performed

Nick Sulivan (W)

Neil Jenkins (S)is an artist whose practice is heavily

engaged with electronic media, language, programming

and networked communication. He is particularly interested

in the use of real-time data and networks (both real and

virtual) toward creating hybrid interactive installation pieces.

dLux MediaArts have selected a number of artists thatcan extend the experience of the exhibition. These are

a few ways that artists can contribute to your public

programming and events. Next to their name you will nd a

letter identifying their availability for the following:

(S) Speaker: Short lecture about relevant themes inexhibition/program or about their practice.

(W) Workshops: Delivers short workshops.

(C) Community Engagement: creative programs andstrategies to reach new and/or targeted audiences.

(P) Projects: Longer term involvement in thedevelopment and/or production of public/specic

outcomes.


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Rhys Votano (W, P) video artist who works with lm and

video in a variety of formats such as experimental, shortlm narrative and documentary. His works often deal with

time, alternative perspectives and sensory shift.

Soda_Jerk (S, W)A two-person art collective that works

with found material to trouble existing formulations of

cultural history. By strategically reimagining historical

trajectories, the artists are concerned with producing

counter-mythologies of the past that open new possibilities

for the present. Taking the form of video installations and

lecture performances, their archival image practice merges

the zones of research, documentary and speculative ction.

Sue Healey (S, W) Choreographer, educator and

dance-lm maker whose creative manifesto speaks to

the production of a highly-detailed movement language.

Experimenting with form and perception, she creates

dance for diverse spaces; theatres, specic sites and

the camera. Her live works and lms embody technical

excellence and high production values, and employ the

nest of dancers.

Todd Fuller (W) works across animation, sculpture,

drawing, dance and performance and in doing so

attempts to create interdisciplinary narratives which are

applicable to us all. He is invigorated by an old world

quality as he attempts to reactivate the processes of

traditional animation while valuing the hands and marks

of the maker. His hand drawn lms privilege the process

of their production while conjuring stories which are often

existential.

Dr Wade Marynowsky(S, P)works across art and

technology to develop new audience experiences. His

robotic / media installations combine both articial-life and

live art, causing technology to perform within a system of

programmed parameters that allow the work to continually

unfold and evolve.

Warren Armstrong (W, S)New media artist and the

organiser of (Un)seen Sculptures immersing in augmented

reality, a previous example of his pre AR work included

working with composer Amanda Cole on a series of

installations that turned Twitter updates into generative

musical compositions.

Yenny Huber(W, C, P)artistic practice focuses on

photography and extends her level of expertise across

community and engagement and development throughcreativity.

Toydeath(W)Cult circuit bending band Toydeath modify

childrens electronic toys and wear human-sized cartoonish

costumes to create a unique stage show. Toydeath

produce live music from their tortured treasure-trove of

modied toys including guitars, talking dolls and alphabet

apples resulting in a surreal deluge of colour and craziness.

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