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An informal exhibition of new interactive works by Ludic Rooms.
Sunday 27th November 4-9pm
 
This Sunday we will be hosting the Fargo Hack Play Space, an informal exhibition and sharing of new work from our residency at the Talking Birds curated Fargo Space.

We love watching people play with the Don’t Touch Screen at Warwick Arts Centre; that little moment of joy people feel as they realise they are in control of the piece, no matter the technology.  We were keen to try and create something new that explored that same interaction between analogue and digital.
 
We’ve been busy beavering away for the last month, using our time in the Fargo Space for research and development to create a series of new interactive works. We’ve been working with sensors and servos, monitors and projectors, light and sound. And we’d love for you to come and have a play with what we’ve made.

All of the pieces are interactive, you help create the work; responding to touch, movement, sound and light.

Unit 4, Far Gosford Industrial Estate, Coventry will be transformed into a technology play space, open to the public from 4pm. Please bring all the family, our work is for kids big and small.

If you’re intrigued, but not sure, watch out for some new videos on the website explaining the new work, coming very soon. We’ve been blogging the work so far at www.ludicrooms.com

If you have any questions, tweet us @ludicrooms or drop us an email us@ludicrooms.com.

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Saturday and Sunday we are also hosting some ‘pay what you can’ circuit bending workshops.
Join us as we explore everyday electronics and the possibilities that they hold. Each group of participants will take apart an electronic gadget/toy and learn the necessary new skills to enable its repurpose. The modified gadget will be taken home as a souvenir.

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This project has been realised thanks to the funding and support from Coventry City Council Small Arts Grant Scheme and the Talking Birds Fargo SPACE Programme.

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The Beacon Light Requiem by Cormac Faulkner

Light bulbs, audio, video. 20min duration.

"Genius will burn lower and a good bit cooler. The world will be dimmer." [Ann Wroe, obituries editor, The Economist.]

As the sun sets and its lustre glows and then fades, a moth emerges from its leafy home seeking a new source of light in the gloom. Approaching a light bulb it hesitates, ponders and absorbs this new source of brightness. Suddenly it dives directly at the bulb, crashing headlong into the hot white glow then without allowing any time for recovery it gets up and dives again and again.

"The glittering light may have dazzled you, and the gold of the lamp may be beautiful but there are many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth but they only dazzle to lead us astray!"

The exhibtion will be synchronised with sunset, twilight and dusk on the 29th September and will feature a light and sound installation by sound artist Cormac Faulkner and visuals by artist Diana Hobson.

A light in the dark times, a beacon of inspiration and innovation, the incandescent light bulb is due to be phased out at the end of 2011 in the UK. The incandescent light bulb has a very particular light and is a thing of beauty in its design.

This was the starting point for an exhibition that explores how an acquisitive, consumerist outlook may prevent us from addressing more important issues.

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"Inspired by the recent riots that swept  the UK a group of young people aged 13-15 have taken the opportunity of using their Silver Arts Award summer project to explore the happenings and question the reasons behind the violence. Who is to blame for the riots? Under the Hood looks at the different perspectives and feelings towards the UK riots: The thug - desperate just to cause mayhem. The reporter - hoping to hit the big time with her report. The politician - loving the prospect of being seen as 'tough'. The press - thinking of sensational headlines and sales. The innocent - caught up in the middle of the trouble. Which one are you...?" [Programme note]

TROVE invaded FarGoSpace with a room full of sound. "By achieving the atmosphere of a void this project attempts to present its unique taste of meditative loud sound that envelopes the space within the confines of the mundane urban environment. This allows the audience to explore the space in a fleeting moment or stay a little longer to experience."

Here are 10 second clips of each of the works:

6.00 Kate Spence

6.15 Edward Wakefield

6.23 Michael Valentine West

6.38 Richard Peel

7.05 Adrian Johnson

7.08 Joshua Rackstraw with Paula Feijoo

7.17 Milgram

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