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Rootbeans at Somerset House – Now Play This 4-6 Sept 2015

Maf'j Alvarez August 31, 2015 events, exhibition, Games, Rootbeans No Comments
Rootbeans at Somerset House – Now Play This 4-6 Sept 2015

I’ll be presenting Rootbeans ‘What’s important to you?’ at Now Play This games exhibition at Somerset House on Saturday 5th September from 10am – 2pm. Over the 4 hours, the audience will contribute lines to make up a large-scale game map.

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Three Sisters

Maf'j Alvarez August 5, 2015 Audio, Beyond The Screen, Blog, collaboration, Coursework, events No Comments
Three Sisters

July 4th – 12th – Three Sisters fibre optic installation exhibited for the first time as the culmination of the MA Digital Media Arts degree show at University of Brighton. Three Sisters is an installation using fibre optics and plastic

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Still Life with Emotional Contagion – Aaron Straup Cope

Maf'j Alvarez September 5, 2014 Blog, Conference Notes, emotion, events, Stories No Comments
Still Life with Emotional Contagion – Aaron Straup Cope

Notes from talk by Aaron Straup Cope – dConstruct 5th Sept 2014 http://2014.dconstruct.org/conference/aaronstraupcope/ Hero objects for WTF moments. Brick from Osama bin laden compound out into the museum in 911 tower basement – memorial What does an 8 year old

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Playable city – memes for cities

Maf'j Alvarez September 5, 2014 art theory, Arts Collectives, Blog, Conference Notes, events, Games, play theory, video No Comments
Playable city – memes for cities

Clare Reddington at dConstruct 2014 – Brighton Dome Listen back link: http://2014.dconstruct.org/conference/clarereddington/ Patrick Geddes Bristol Watershed Arts – Pervasive Media Studio Gordon Cullen Play theory Miguel Sicart – Why We Play Physical play creates longer and stronger social bonds Utrecht

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Unmonastery – Nadia El Imam and Edge Ryders

Maf'j Alvarez September 4, 2014 Arts Collectives, Blog, Conference Notes, events, Hacker Culture, Lighthouse, Networks, Open Source No Comments
Unmonastery – Nadia El Imam and Edge Ryders

Notes: Improving Reality – Sept 4th Brighton Dome Nadia El Imam is CEO of Edge Ryders A community of over 2000 people around the world organised online using open source technologies looking at systemic crisis. Unmonastery Monastery life was a

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Foucault Panopticon – Nathan Jurgensen

Maf'j Alvarez September 4, 2014 Blog, Conference Notes, events, Foucault, Lighthouse No Comments
Foucault Panopticon – Nathan Jurgensen

Notes: Improving Reality – Sept 4th Brighton Dome Foucault Panopticon chapter from book ‘Discipline and Punish‘ Visibility is a trap Prison not dungeon No hiding or invisibility in dark squalor Panopticon prisoners fully visible to guards The form of social

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Whats important? Rootbeans 1st March 2014

Maf'j Alvarez March 4, 2014 collaboration, events, Games, Rootbeans, Stories No Comments
Whats important? Rootbeans 1st March 2014

Thanks to everyone who participated in Rootbeans: What’s important?  game at University of Brighton as part of Brighton Science Festival. The amount of interest and willing participation (no bribery needed stragely!) was amazing. Our initial players were the event organisers

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Rootbeans: What’s important to you right now?

Maf'j Alvarez March 1, 2014 collaboration, events, Games, Rootbeans No Comments
Rootbeans: What’s important to you right now?

On Saturday 1st March I’ll be prototyping an open Rootbeans game at University of Brighton Grand Parade as part of Brighton Science Festival from 10am. With artist Tanya Meditzky of Milkkitten we’re asking people  ‘What’s important to you right now?’

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