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Sparkle at Threshold artspace

Sparkle
Threshold artspace, Perth Concert Hall, Horsecross, Mill Street, Perth
Public preview 10am-8pm, Saturday, 2 December 2006
Exhibition runs until Friday, 1 February 2007. Open daily 10am–7pm, Admission Free

Threshold artspace at Perth Concert Hall will unveil Sparkle, a trail of new exhibitions, on 2 December. Sparkle features 15 works by Scottish and international artists – a glowing selection of brand new additions and old favourites from Scotland’s only permanent collection of digital art at the Threshold artspace.

Sparkle finds a natural habitat at the artspace which itself thrives on such moments – the way artists use pixels, light, time, sound and electricity as their media of choice. This is an exhibition which shines a spotlight on these basic ingredients of digital artistic practice, and also brings a touch of glitter to the long dark Scottish winter.

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Chris Byrne to present in Stavanger and Aberdeen

ARC Co-Director Chris Byrne will present at two conferences in November. The Article conference on 17th November is part of the first Article Biennale, an international exhibition of media art, and one of the main projects for Stavanger 2008 – European Capital of Culture. Chris’s paper will reflect on artists’ collectives as models for creativity.

The SoundAsArt conference, Aberdeen, with the theme Blurring of the Boundaries, takes place 24th to 26th November. Chris will present the paper Streaming Media and Networked Radio.

The full text of Chris’s papers will appear on the ARC site following the conferences.

Dorkbot Alba 4

The fourth Dorkbot Alba event will take place on 19th November, at the Forest Café, Edinburgh.

The speakers/presenters are Ben Woodeson, Martin Ling & Tilo Kunath, Ben Dembroski, and Vangelis Lympouridis.

The event will feature music and visual interludes by Amazing Rolo, Seamus O’Murphy, Half of Solarference, Dave Meckin, and Jason Martin.

Dorkbot Alba is the Scottish branch of Dorkbot, a global movement of small, autonomous gatherings with a similar goal: offering a platform to artists, designers, scientists, nerds, students and others who let themselves be inspired by technology.

Electronic graffiti workshops at Threshold artspace

Developed by resident artists from Eyebeam, New York – a leading organisation for digital culture – LED Throwies are an inexpensive, DIY way to add a touch of sparkle and colour to any magnetic surface.

Threshold artspace at Perth Concert Hall will host Glowing Throwies workshops on 18 November and 2 December. Participants will build state-of-the-art ‘throwies’, then launch them onto the steel girders of the glazed façade of the concert hall. Workshops are open to young people age 12+ and led by Perthshire-based artist Simon Bogle. Simon will create a short film about the arrival of the glowing throwies in Perth, to be unveiled at the end of the workshop on 2 December as part of Threshold’s festive exhibition, Sparkle.

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