ReCoding the Wall: Digital Making Showcase

ReCoding the Wall: Digital Making Showcase is a Friday night with a difference. Inspired by Helix Arts Digital Drop-In Events, this showcase is a great chance to have a drink, meet new people, and experience digital art in a whole new way. 

During a daytime Creative Hack  event, artists, programmers, makers, and more will have experimented with the source code behind Colour Field – a large, interactive LED wall created by artists Cate Wilkinson and Colin Rennie. Colour Field was recently on display in the National Glass Centre and has been specially installed within the Fab Lab for this event. This evening showcase event gives you a unique view of this installation, and a first look into how this artwork has been reimagined during the Creative Hack.

Programme

19.00-20.00 – Presentations from ReCoding the Wall: A Digital Making Day

See how our teams have reimagined the Colour Field LED wall, meet the artists, and explore the creative possibilities that emerge when glass and digital technologies are combined. 

20.00-21.00 – Digital Making Panel

Your chance to hear from some great digital makers in the region. Ask your questions, discuss techniques, and be inspired to make and create yourself. 

Panel Guests: 

• Paul Dolan: An artist, animator and musician, interested in the materiality of media and how it relates to ideas surrounding ‘nature’ and ‘environment’. Paul is a current PhD candidate at Northumbria University where he is exploring changing notions of materiality within computer simulation-related contemporary art. He currently lives and works in North East England, where he is Senior Lecturer of Animation at Northumbria University.


• Di Mainstone: Artist & Movician, Di creates sonic sculptures that extend from the body and trigger sound via movement. The New York Times has featured Di Mainstone as one of the “new generation visionaries” of the international digital arts scene. Di is artist in residence at Queen Mary University London, where she collaborates with researchers to develop new musical instruments inspired by the body. Her latest commission IN.SPIRE will open the New Wear Crossing Bridge in Sunderland. 


• Roger O’Brien: Director of the Institute for Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice (AMAP) at the University of Sunderland, having spent over 20 years in senior positions in industry. Roger’s interests include enhanced product design solutions considering all aspects of product life; manufacture and performance, including the use of VR/AR; and laser applications for cutting and joining. 

This event is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via Creative Fuse North East, and is supported by Digital Catapult North East and Tees Valley. 

Event details may be subject to small changes – we’ll make every effort to let you know in advance if this is the case.