imoca | Education Department
The Imoca’s Education Department creates programs and materials in relation to contemporary art practice for professionals and the general public.
Through programs in the visual, literary, and performing arts; engagement with artists; and the creative integration of educational technology, the Imoca’s Education Department is a learning laboratory and forum for inquiry, exploration, and discourse in contemporary art.
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Data Workshop 8.0: Hardware Hacking: Physical Computing & interactivity Workshop - October 10
Lead by Benjamin Gaulon (FR/IE) for the Data Group part of Darklight Festival 2009.
Workshop Description:
Create an interactive video installations using Hacked Game Controllers and Jitter (Max/Msp). The day will combine, hands-on electronic and an initiation to fundamental of Hardware Hacking, the conception of an interactive installation, an overview of Max/Msp/Jitter and finally the conception/shooting of video material for each projects. The goal is to realise a working prototype, by the end of the day, available to the public within the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art’s exhibition space for the duration of the Darklight festival.
No electronics or programming skills required. Participants should however bring their own laptops (Windows, Mac OS X). Workshop open to ALL. Places are limited. More about the Workshop and Bookings»
Data Workshop 7.0: "Hack-duino" Workshop - September 12
Lead by Brian Solon (IE) and Emma Wade (IE) for the Data Group part of ISEA09.
Workshop Description:
Make floating light sculptures that react to sound. An introduction to
Arduino and Processing with some good old-fashioned hack-and-do fun.
Participants will add LEDs to helium balloons and learn how to control them using the Arduino platform together with the Processing programming environment to create an interactive light sculpture that responds to sound and music.
Partly inspired by Electric Moons and LED Throwies.
No electronics or programming skills required. Participants should however bring their own laptops (Windows, Mac OS X or Linux). The Hack-duino workshop will invite participants to discover Arduino. Workshop open to ALL. No technical skills required. More about the Workshop and Bookings »
Data Workshop 6.0: "Power Hacking" Workshop - September 5
Lead by Ivan Twohig (IE) and Bear Koss (USA/IE) and Luke Brennan (IE) for the Data Group part of ISEA09.
Workshop Description:
The Power Hacking workshop will challenge participants to Hack power tools and to interface them for internet remote control. The outcome of the workshop will be an installation in the exhibition space and available as a net based interactive installation. Workshop open to ALL. No technical skills required. More about the Workshop and Bookings »
Data Workshop 5.0: "Sound Dig" Workshop - August 30
Lead by Dave Lawrence (Dr Dave, aka Sponde) (UK) for the Data Group part of ISEA09.
Workshop Description:
If you are interested in sound itself and the prospect of prospecting for sound amongst relics of technology and in the physical structures that carry technology, then this workshop might be for you. Its going to be like an archaeological dig – but it’s a delicate search through the architecture and workings of whatever items of technology we can find – almost new, retro, and totally archaic - a search for sound.
To take part in the workshop, you don’t need to be a skilled musician or technician, or experienced in making music in any way (but its fine if you are!) – but you definitely do need to like sound itself... and have some time on Sun 30th August 2009... and be in Dublin. More about the Workshop and Bookings »
Data Workshop 4.0: Scrapyard Challenge meets E-Waste Workshops - August 22
Lead by Jonah Brucker-Cohen (USA), Katherine Moriwaki (USA) and Benjamin Gaulon (France/Ireland) for the Data Group part of ISEA09.
Workshop Description:
Participants will build simple electronic projects (both digital and analog inputs) out of found or discarded "junk" (old electronics, clothing, furniture, outdated computer equipment, appliances, turntables, monitors, gadgets, etc..) in order to create audio/visual outputs. At the end of the day, the workshop participants will demonstrate and present their creations in a performance / presentation open to the public: Data Workshop 4.0 »
Education: Shortlist of candidates for the 2009 residency award
The shortlist of candidates for the 2009 residency award: Siobhan McGibbon, Lyndsey McDougall, Jason Deans, Ella Burke, Niamh Ferris
The IMOCA 2009 resident finalist will be announced shortly.
Education: Data Workshop 2.0: E-Waste 3.0
This workshops offer the participants to become familiar with basic hardware and software design while at the same time gaining hands-on experience making an interactive art project. The workshops are open to participants of different backgrounds and no programming or electronic skills are required. The idea is to start from scratch and create a complete project over a weekend, including concept, design, electronics/ interfacing, and functional programming with Max/Msp, Pure Data or Processing.