The Curiosity Collective will be at the Maker Faire in Newcastle again this year, March 13th & 14th.
This year we propose something slightly different… we intend to walk from Ipswich to Newcastle - bringing a traveling band of curious technologies!
In our preparation for Maker Faire 2009, one evening in the pub we consulted Google Maps on the iPhone to determine the route to drive from Ipswich, where we are based, to Newcastle. Google told us to go via Harwich and the Netherlands with two ferries making up the route - it had defaulted to a walking route but presented us with an adventure!
Evidently this is the quickest way to walk from Ipswich to Newcastle. The folly of this suggested to us that we should indeed make this trip for Maker Faire 2010 and that we should take as many of our portable makes with us as we can - especially those which give our curious take on wayfinding, navigation, geographical information, mobile social networking and the like.
The next get together is Tuesday 16th February in Ipswich from 8pm - we’ll be in the Green Room at McGinty’s again opposite the library on Northgate Street, Ipswich.
Much to talk about mostly the Maker Faire in Newcastle and the walk there! Think we’ll have a go at trying out some curious navigation tech in preparation - I’ve got a few things I can bring ; )
The next get together is Tuesday, 2nd February in Ipswich from 8pm. We’re the guests of IP1 this week at their offices (43c Buttermarket, IP1 1BJ - map). From the street go through the “Blue Arrow” door, up two flights of stairs and it’s at the end of the corridor. BYO drinks and nibbles.
We are delighted to announce the Curiosity Collective’s dark show, Friday 15th to Sunday 17th January 2010.
Friday - Open at nightfall (5pm) until 9pm, reception at 7:30pm
Saturday - 5pm to 9pm
Sunday - 4pm to 6pm, talk by the artists at 4pm Free admission
The setting is the mediaeval St Mary-at-the-Quay Church, in the heart of Ipswich’s historic dock area, where the creations of the Curiosity Collective will be at play after dark.
Using a mixture of sound and light, our technological curiosities will delight, surprise and perhaps confound. Allowing the visitor to experience this atmospheric space in new ways.
We anticipate it being pretty cold, so please wrap-up warm.
The dark show will be our sixth exhibition in Ipswich since we emerged in 2005.
With thanks again to our friends at Key Arts for the use of the space.
St Mary-at-the-Quay is ten minutes walk from the bus and train stations, with nearby parking available (map).
Darknoise - John Bowers & Angela McLellan
Sounds produced, heard and understood in the dark - of the dark, about the dark, from the dark.
Bubble Machine - David Chatting, Craig McCahill & Robert Lenne
A child’s toy modified to be triggered when a torch illuminates it in the dark making bubbles.
Can you keep it up in the dark? - Matthew C. Applegate
LED lights inside balloons. Challenging adults to play like children.
Inflatable Sculpture - Tom Juby & David Chatting
Explores the use of light and air to create an illusion of life.
Drawing in Light - David Chatting & Tom Juby
Drawing with light pens in the air, computer vision simulating a long exposure photograph.
(de)construction - Tom Juby & David Chatting
Reprojection of an old photograph back into the space, interacting with computer generated objects.
Laser Light - Tom Juby
Laser shins through a rotating lumia wheel to generate interference patterns.
Cock Robin - Angela McLellan & John Bowers
Cock Robin is a natural sound observation experiment of this active night songbird.
Reflections in Cider - David Chatting
An interactive video mirror made from 64 cider bottles.
Lunula - Mike Challis
In Lunula a culture of living Pyrocystis Lunula algae in seawater create their own light when agitated by sound waves.
Trickle Down - Jonathan Clift
An animation of LEDs light trickling down the wall, reflecting on economic theory.
The Cube - Chris Reason
Make a path through the EL wire maze.
PIKELPUSHER
(generates video out of a controlled chaos of photographic images, simple shapes, animations, sounds, and live video feeds. All software is homemade, all imagery are created live)
BUTTERCUP INSURGENT
(dark ambient catharsis on the most basic of equipment; a mobile phone, guitar, radio and manual distortion)
Tuesday 29th December - from 8pm - Ronnie’s Bar - in McGinty’s - Ipswich (map).
(the event on Facebook)
The next get together is Tuesday 15th December in Ipswich from 8pm - we’ll be in the Green Room at McGinty’s again opposite the library on Northgate Street, Ipswich.
