Lovebytes returns in 2010 with a cultural festival for the digital age. A season of extraordinary events taking place at some of Sheffield’s landmark venues and public spaces.
Avatars was shortlisted for the prestigious Talk Talk Digital Heroes Awards.
We didn’t win, but we got to the last three! :-)
Interactive and Generative Art Workshop.
Lovebytes delivered a series of public workshops between 27 June and 4 July 2009 aimed at encouraging young people and their parents to get creative with digital technology. These workshops were part of Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival in Sheffield and built on the methods used in the Avatars project for a broader age range and explored a wider range of technologies and techniques.
The series began with a free introduction to Scratch at Access Space as part of UnSheffield. Then the following week, in the Avatars Game Workshop, children and parents made characters using craft foam material, photographed them with digital cameras and made computer games using Scratch.
Wak Studios delivered a 3D Animation Workshop using Autodesk Maya, the software used by animation studios such as Pixar and Disney.
The Interactive and Generative Art Workshop offered a chance for young people to learn about computers and systems to generate and interact with art. The sessions will introduce what generative art is and how systems can be used to control and form artworks. After this there will be a hands-on session where the group can play with a range of technologies and see the ideas in action. This workshop was run by the School of Algorithmic and Interactive Art.
These workshops were delivered in partnership with Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival, Access Space and UnSheffield. Equipment was supplied by Sheffield South City Learning Centre.
The children of Hunter’s Bar Junior School visited an exhibition of their work at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield as part of trip to Showcomotion Festival (10 July 2009).
Nice article this week in the Sheffield Star Newspaper LB_PRESS_TheStar_30June2009_Avatars (via lovebytes)
Here’s a sneak peek of our 3D Avatars! Thanks to Gavin at Wak Studios.
Lookout for our Animated Films, Games, Graphic Design Exhibition and Lovebytes Creative Technology Workshops at the Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival 25 - 9 July 2009, Showroom Cinema, Sheffield.
The programme is online now at http://www.showcomotion.org.uk/
Tomorrow - Saturday 16 May 2009 - is Scratch Day, a worldwide network of gatherings, where people will come together to meet other Scratchers, share projects and experiences, and learn more about Scratch. Come and join in! http://day.scratch.mit.edu/
Check out our latest projects at http://www.scratch.mit.edu/users/lovebytes
