[HE]Arts of STEM Festival Day 1
Ulster University, Belfast campus, York Street, Wed 24th February, 1 pm to 6 pm, in association with the NI Science Festival.
Free admission but online booking required.
SCHEDULE VIA LANYRD APPLICATION
SCHEDULE
1.00 to 1.20 pm: Welcome reception and exhibition
Creative exhibits: media art/sound art/electronic and electroacoustic music exhibits on display (see below)
Location: Belfast campus foyer
1.20 pm: Welcome: Prof. Jan Jedrzejewski (Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Ulster University)
and Introduction: Dr Brian Bridges and Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick (Ulster University)
Location: Lecture Room BA-00-021
1.30 pm: Artists’ Talk with Jonathan Nangle (Royal Irish Academy of Music)
Location: Lecture Room BA-00-021
2.00 pm: Break
Location: Belfast campus foyer
2.15 pm: Move to Lecture Room BA-02-001
2.20 pm: Special guest lecture: Prof. Susan Schreibman (Maynooth University) on Digital Humanities
Location: Lecture Room BA-02-001
3.15 pm: Break, tour of exhibits
Location: Belfast campus foyer
3.30 pm: Humanising Technologies and Hacking as Creating panel (15 mins per speaker)
Location: Lecture Room BA-02-001
- Dr Brendan McCloskey (Ulster University, QUB): Humanising Design: accessible, iterative, inclusive design principles
- John Harding (Ulster University): Hacking as Creating
4.00 pm: Break, performance–exhibit of The Singing Bot (Bernadette Comac)
Location: Belfast campus foyer
4.20 pm: Dr Dermot Furlong (Trinity College Dublin): Art and Technology – Essential mutual dependencies
Location: Lecture Room BA-02-001
5.15 pm: Closing panel discussion: Technology, Culture and Accessibility (co-chairs, Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick and Prof. Frank Lyons, Ulster University)
In addition to the day’s other speakers, this panel will feature:
Tim Brundle (Director of Research and Innovation at Ulster)
Jonathan Grimes (Head of Information/Chief Technology Officer, Contemporary Music Centre)
Location: Lecture Room BA-02-001
6 pm: Closing remarks, exhibits will remain open until 6.30 pm
Location: Lecture Room BA-02-001 and Belfast campus foyer
Artistic Programme
We will feature pieces by the following artists and composers, all of whom explore technologies through their artistic practices.
Iride Project (Massimo Daví & Monica Miuccio)
More details will be updated here soon.
Artistic programme presented in association with the Spatial Music Collective and ISSTA (the Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association).
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