Future Places Workshops - Applications Now Open!

13 Oct 2009

Registration has opened for the Future Places Festival workshops, to be held on October 13th and 14th at the University of Porto, with presentations of outcomes on October 16th. The 2009 workshops include:

Computer Vision, led by Golan Levin.

This is a practical introduction to using computer vision techniques to create interesting interactions in Processing, a free Java environment for arts programming. This workshop is ideal for students who have had a semester's experience of programming in Processing, Java, or a C-like language.

Uncovering Urban Stories: a mobile location aware approach, led by Valentina Nisi and Ian Oakley

Participants will be guided through the process of authoring, structuring and designing mobile, spatially distributed narratives. Working in pairs they will explore the city of Porto to unearth one or more situated stories. The processes of storyboarding, scripting and filming will be tutored to suit presentation on mobile devices. This workshop targets film-makers: professionals, semi-professionals and students.

Interface Design for Mobile Devices , led by Nuno Correia and Mónica S. Mendes.

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to develop a project in user interface design and information structuring for exploring a physical location. This workshop is intended for designers, illustrators, programmers interested in information structure and visual design, and content producers including photographers, video artists and sound designers.

Details for a fourth workshop, led by artist David Gunn of Incidental, will be announced on the Future Places site shortly.

The fee for each workshop is 50€ and spaces are limited. For more information about the workshops, instructors, prerequisites, and for registration, please see http://futureplaces.org/workshops/