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SUMMARY:The Future of Digital Place
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by Creative Edinburgh and in partnership with Edinburgh Futures Institute\, FutureGaze has been designed for those eager to explore the future of our creative industries and practices. \n\n\n\nHosted by Caroline Parkinson\, Director of Creative for Edinburgh Futures Institute\, each session features inspiring conversations with creative leaders who’ve driven innovation and transformation in their work—whether in business\, the arts\, academia\, or beyond. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we’ll explore what the future holds for the creative and cultural sector through their experiences and insights. \n\n\n\nSeptember’s Discussion: The Future of Digital Place \n\n\n\nAs artificial intelligence rapidly develops\, it’s starting to shape how we design\, plan and manage our cities and neighbourhoods. From using generative AI in the design process to applying data analytics to solve big challenges like climate change and urban growth — digital tools are playing an increasingly important role in shaping our built environment. \n\n\n\nIn this FutureGaze session\, we’ll explore what the rise of AI means for the future of our streets\, neighbourhoods and public spaces. We’ll ask: \n\n\n\n\nHow might AI change the role of the designer?\n\n\n\nWhat could future ‘digital places’ look like?\n\n\n\nHow can we make sure AI-powered planning is fair\, inclusive and reflects the needs of all communities?\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a forward-thinking conversation about technology\, cities and the people who shape them. \n\n\n\nSpeaking Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nIan Gilzean\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter graduating from The University of Edinburgh’s School of Architecture\, he worked as an architect in public and private sector roles in Edinburgh\, London and Glasgow with a focus on regeneration and community empowerment. In 1999\, Ian joined the Scottish Government’s Architecture Policy Unit and was Chief Architect from 2006 until November 2023. During this period\, he had a 6-month residency at WHALE Arts in 2019\, supporting the development of the Wester Hailes Local Place Plan. \n\n\n\nHe then moved into the Scottish Government’s Digital Planning team to lead the Innovation and Digital place workstreams. He is currently on secondment from the Scottish Government as Head of Innovation and Digital Place at Architecture and Design Scotland. Ian has a long-standing involvement in architectural education and is currently an Honorary Professor in Architecture and Urban Planning at Dundee University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Parkinson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline is Director of Creative at Edinburgh Futures Institute\, focusing on supporting innovation in data and creative technologies for the creative industries. Previously\, she has led her own consultancy business\, served as Director of Film\, TV\, Music\, Creative Industries\, Skills & Innovation in the early years of Creative Scotland\, and before that\, she was Director\, Scotland & Northern Ireland for Creative & Cultural Skills. \n\n\n\nHer early creative life included ballet and rhythmic gymnastics\, fashion\, singing in bands for over 30 years\, and photography\, becoming a professional photographer in 1999. She serves on the Board of Architecture & Design Scotland\, and for 8 years has served in a voluntary capacity as Strategic Director and Presenter of the MOVE Summit\, Scotland’s Animation and VFX Gathering. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Edinburgh\n\n\n\nCreative Edinburgh is a registered Scottish Charity (SC052838) committed to helping creatives thrive. Through events\, career support and advocacy\, we bring together and help grow the city’s creative community\, providing a space for creation\, collaboration and connection at every stage of your career. Creative Edinburgh is supported by Creative Scotland as one of the Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs). \n\n\n\nTo become a member of Creative Edinburgh\, click here.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-future-of-digital-place/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Creative Tech Scotland Gathering 2024
DESCRIPTION:About this event \n\n\n\nJoin us on the 28th June for CreativeTech Scotland Gathering for an exciting day of cutting-edge creative tech keynotes\, demos\, and panels\, with workshops and a closing reception with an interactive performance! \n\n\n\nOur aim is to bring people together from across the creative and cultural sector in every discipline to meet\, connect\, share know-how\, be inspired by new innovations and be amazed by how we each use creative technology to deliver our services\, products and audience experiences. \n\n\n\nThe Programme will be added shortly but to give you a flavour of the day\, there will be a range of industry spotlights\, hands-on workshops\, and a showcase of creative tech demonstrations and lightening talks\, with a closing reception and performance at the newly opened Edinburgh Futures Institute with networking\, refreshments and snacks. \n\n\n\nThe event will be hosted on The University of Edinburgh campus across the Informatics Forum\, Inspace Gallery and the Student Enterprise Hub. \n\n\n\nCheck  www.ctsg.scot for updates. \n\n\n\nAccessibility Statement \n\n\n\nAll events spaces are fully accessible to wheelchair users. Demo and workshop rooms can also be accessed via wheelchair. If you have any access requirements\, please let us know by answering our accessibility question when registing your ticket or get in touch with us directly at engagement.efi@ed.ac.uk \n\n\n\nCare BursariesWe have care bursaries available for those wishing to attend that have caring responsibilities please email us at engagement.efi@ed.ac.uk \n\n\n\nCode of Conduct \n\n\n\nCreativeTech Scotland Gathering events are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone\, regardless of gender\, gender identity and expression\, age\, sexual orientation\, disability\, physical appearance\, body size\, race\, ethnicity\, religion (or lack thereof)\, or technology choices. \n\n\n\nCTSG Mailing List \n\n\n\nPlease note that by signing up to this event you will be added to the CreativeTech Scotland Gathering newsletter to be informed on future events. If you would like to be removed from this mailing list please engagement.efi@ed.ac.uk.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-tech-scotland-gathering-2024/
LOCATION:Informatics Forum\, The University of Edinburgh\, 10 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries
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SUMMARY:FutureGaze: The Future of Creative Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:FutureGaze is a lunchtime series brought to you by Creative Edinburgh\, providing time out to reflect and gaze into the future of the creative industries. \n\n\n\nIn conversation with Caroline Parkinson\, we welcome creative leaders who have innovated and led significant changes in their creative business\, organisation\, artistic or academic practice over the past year to share what the future looks like for them – and for the creative and cultural sector. \n\n\n\nJoin us as we collectively gaze into the future of the creative and cultural sector\, stimulate ideas for your creative future\, and get inspired to strive towards it. \n\n\n\nNot a member of Creative Edinburgh yet? It’s free to join click here. \n\n\n\nBy registering to our events you will automatically be given a free Creative Edinburgh Core membership. You can cancel this at any time. You will not be able to attend our events unless you are on a Creative Edinburgh membership package including Core. \n\n\n\nWhat does FutureGaze explore?\n\n\n\nFrom new ways of exploring creative investments to new ways of measuring creative impact\, FutureGaze will cover a range of themes in 2023 aimed at creative freelancers\, sole traders\, and businesses. \n\n\n\nJoined by a line-up from across the creative industries\, Caroline will delve into the challenges and opportunities\, the shifts in thinking and practice they have made over the past couple of years and explore what’s been learned through these changes. \n\n\n\nWe will reflect on the changing landscape facing the creative industries and look to the future to consider how the creative and cultural sector may need to adapt in order to sustain\, maximise potential through innovation and thrive. \n\n\n\nOctober’s Discussion: The Future of Creative Inclusion\n\n\n\nCreativity thrives on a diversity of voices\, perspectives\, and experiences\, and we in the creative and cultural sector work towards widening access\, inclusion and diversity in our industry and representation in the creative work produced. \n\n\n\nHow are we doing as a sector in achieving a positive difference\, and tackling the challenges to achieving greater diversity and inclusion? \n\n\n\nWhat are our strategies for equality\, diversity\, inclusion and access? How successful have been the initiatives we have designed? Is there a greater need to share our learning and our initiatives that have worked even in part\, so we can widen access\, reduce obstacles\, improve opportunity and achieve our aims? \n\n\n\nIn this FutureGaze our speakers will explore these questions\, and share what they have learned from their experiences and challenges\, with examples of strategies and initiatives that have achieved a positive difference. \n\n\n\nAbout our Guests\n\n\n\nNicola Osborne \n\n\n\nNicola Osborne is Manager of the Institute for Design Informatics\, at The University of Edinburgh and Programme Manager for the Creative Informatics Cluster programme\, sited within the Institute. She authored the Equalities\, Diversity and Inclusion policy for the programme\, and co-authored the ethics guidance\, and regularly works with SMEs to ensure their innovative work is inclusive and ethically grounded. \n\n\n\nShe has also contributed social media expertise to UK and EU research projects and through consultancy with clients including\, the British HIV Association\, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde\, and Asthma UK. \n\n\n\nMelanie Hoyes \n\n\n\nHaving completed postgraduate studies and teaching film and TV at undergraduate level\, the BFI has given Mel the opportunity to use these skills in a contemporary industry context. She completed a BFI research project to historically map ethnic diversity in onscreen representation in UK film for the Black Star season at the BFI Southbank in 2016\, ground-breaking research and data methodology which was written up in a piece and Sight & Sound Magazine and an academic collection of essays called Black Film\, British Cinema II. In her role as Head of Inclusion at the BFI\, Melanie advocates for increased access and equity in the UK film sector as well as consulting and collaborating with global partners to embed diversity and inclusion into policy and practice. \n\n\n\nShe also sits on various Boards and committees and is the Europe Council Lead for the Geena Davis Institute and co-editor of the Black Film Bulletin section in Sight and Sound magazine. \n\n\n\nAbout our host\n\n\n\nCaroline Parkinson \n\n\n\nCaroline is Sector Engagement Manager for the Creative Industries and Director of Creative for the Edinburgh Futures Institute having previously developed the sector plan and white paper for the creative industries for the Data-Driven Innovation Programme within the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this from 2014 to 2018 she provided consultancy in the creative industries specialising in business development\, innovation and skills\, latterly completing a 2-year contract to stimulate innovation in creative industries with Interface. From 2010 to 2014 she was Director of Film\, TV\, Music\, Creative Industries\, Skills & Innovation for the newly formed Creative Scotland\, and prior to that from 2005 to 2010 she was Director\, Scotland & Northern Ireland for the new sector skills association\, Creative & Cultural Skills. \n\n\n\nHer early creative life included ballet and rhythmic gymnastics\, fashion\, singing in bands for over 30 years\, and photography\, becoming a professional photographer in 1999. \n\n\n\nShe serves on the Board of Architecture & Design Scotland\, and until recently served on the board of the Scottish Music Industry Association\, and for four years has served in a voluntary capacity as Strategic Director and Presenter of the MOVE Summit\, Scotland’s Animation and VFX Gathering.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/futuregaze-the-future-of-creative-inclusion/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase is an exciting two-day hybrid event and exhibition to explore how data-driven innovation is changing the world around us. Taking place at Central Hall in Edinburgh\, and streaming online\, we’ll be joined by inspirational leaders in the creative industries for thought-provoking panels\, in-depth conversations and special performances. \n\n\n\nThroughout the Innovation Showcase\, there will be opportunities to explore and experience some of the creative products supported by Creative Informatics in an interactive exhibition\, curated by Stacey Hunter (Local Heroes). \n\n\n\nJoin us to celebrate the visionary people and groundbreaking projects that have been part of\, and inspired\, the Creative Informatics programme over the past five years. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend with food and refreshments provided. \n\n\n\nThursday 28 September: Investment\, Innovation\, Impact \n\n\n\nDay one explores the impact of the Creative Industries Clusters Programme with guests from across the network. We’ll hear from some inspiring creatives about how they took their businesses from idea\, through investment\, to in-the-world. We’ll explore some amazing examples of social impact from Creative Informatics-funded projects that show how small companies can create far reaching change and we’ll also be highlighting some exciting new opportunities for those working in virtual production while exploring the potential of AI for creatives. \n\n\n\nThursday will close with a discussion and performance from singer and producer Chagall. In Unlocked\, Chagall blends live vocals with a stunning interactive light-art installation\, bringing captivating physicality and human intimacy to electronic music. \n\n\n\nBrowse the full line up for Thursday 28 September. \n\n\n\nFriday 29 September: Powering Creative Connections \n\n\n\nDay two is all about making connections. We have inspirational keynotes from creators and curators\, and we’ll hearing from some incredible organisations who are supporting creatives through community networks. We’ll be looking at how data can be used to broaden access to creative work\, and chatting to practitioners who are making a big impact through sustainable practice and the disruption of traditional supply models. \n\n\n\nWe’ll be finishing the day with a special appearance from award-winning recording artist and technology innovator\, Imogen Heap\, in conversation with broadcaster\, author and activist Gemma Cairney\, followed by a drinks reception. \n\n\n\nBrowse the full line up for Friday 29 September.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-informatics-innovation-showcase-2023/
LOCATION:Central Hall\, 2 West Tollcross\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9BP
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence in Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free online training event exploring the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in the publishing industry. Looking at real-life case studies\, the session will delve into the latest research on the use and impact of AI on content creation and engagement. \n\n\n\nHear from Caroline Parkinson\, Director of Creative for the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, in conversation with Dr Bronwyn Jones – a scholar and practitioner who works as a journalist for the BBC and researches the role of artificial intelligence (AI)\, algorithms\, and automation in news production at the University of Edinburgh – and Burkhard Schafer\, Professor of Computational Legal Theory who researches the interactions between law\, science\, and computer technology from doctrinal\, comparative\, and legal-theoretical perspectives. \n\n\n\nThe event will take place on Zoom and include time for audience questions and discussion.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/artificial-intelligence-in-publishing/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Training
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SUMMARY:The New Real Salon: Exploring the Future of AI and the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of the second New Real Salon\, which kicks off a series of events across the weekend of 5-7 May 2023: \n\n\n\nThe New Real Expose: The Algorithmic Turn (ticketed\, 5 May 2023\, 7-9pm\, Inspace)\n\n\n\nThis event brings to light the relationship between the artist and AI technology. At times of upheaval\, artists are at the forefront\, helping to illuminate the ways emerging technology impacts on life at a profound level. The New Real’s research themes look to reimagine interactions between humans and machines\, increase accessibility and interpretability for artists\, and foster transformative intelligent experiences for audiences. \n\n\n\nThe New Real’s research team and our newly commissioned artist will present insights into what is happening in this area and new work currently in development using The New Real Observatory Platform\, an unboxed AI tool created with and for artists. This tool provides artists with access to directly manipulate a model\, in order to enable profound artistic experiments with AI. We believe this can lead to better art\, and also provides a basis to probe and question urgent issues of today. \n\n\n\nThe New Real Hackathon: Turning the Algorithm (drop-in\, Inspace)\n\n\n\nIn the first ever The New Real Hackathon we are inviting developers\, creatives and scientists\, and digital explorers of any kind – to rapidly and collaboratively articulate and engineer a response to the set challenge of developing understanding between machine learning algorithms and their human users. \n\n\n\nTeams will have about 24 hours to analyse\, probe\, work with and break generative machine learning tools\, both those openly available online as well as The New Real Observatory platform (image and text processing). Some preparatory work is envisaged. Mentors from The New Real will be on hand to help with any questions and arising issues. \n\n\n\nApplications will open on The New Real’s website: https://newreal.cc/events/hackathon\, where you can now register to receive updates and a reminder when the application opens. *Sign up for this Hackthon is by application\, which will launch 2 months prior to the event. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Drew Hemment \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Drew Hemment is The New Real’s founder and principal investigator. Drew is an artist\, designer and academic researcher\, who over 25 years has been one of the key figures who has shaped the field of digital art and culture. He is Professor of Data Arts and Society\, Chancellors Fellow and Director of Festival Futures at Edinburgh Futures Institute and Edinburgh College of Art within University of Edinburgh. He presently leads The New Real and Experiential AI in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute and Edinburgh’s Festivals\, supporting significant new artistic works\, and exploring new paradigms for creative\, fair and inclusive AI. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatjaz Vidma\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatjaz Vidmar is The New Real’s co-investigator\, an interdisciplinary researcher\, lecturer and strategist at the University of Edinburgh. He is an (Astro)Physicist by training\, now examining innovation processes and (inter-)organisational learning and change\, as well as other social dimensions of emerging technologies. He has an interest in using experiential Ai to create intimate interpretations of global datasets\, in particular from Space & Satellite data\, to influence sustainable development through futures thinking/literacy tools. He co-leads the delivery of the research portfolio of The New Real programme. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Partners\n\n\n\nThe New Real \n\n\n\nEstablished in 2019\, The New Real is a unique hub for AI\, creativity and futures research. It is a partnership between the University of Edinburgh\, Alan Turing Institute\, and Edinburgh’s Festivals. Its research explores how AI impacts on life at a profound level\, often interacting with us in fascinating and unanticipated ways\, and illuminates how emerging technology can become a creative\, playful and deeply impactful part of everyday living. \n\n\n\nThe New Real team believes that art and creativity can help to radically change how we think about AI design\, moving beyond the current paradigm of learning patterns from large amounts of data\, to embrace human traits such as bias\, disagreement\, and uncertainty as a signal with creative potential rather than noise that needs to be removed. They devise imaginative ways to experiment with new experiences\, practices\, infrastructures and business models\, and to empower people be agents of positive change. See more at: www.newreal.cc \n\n\n\nThe Alan Turing Institute \n\n\n\nThe Alan Turing Institute is the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence\, with headquarters at the British Library. \n\n\n\nThe Scottish AI Alliance \n\n\n\nDelivering Scotland’s AI Strategy Scotland’s AI Strategy. It was launched in March 2021 with a vision for Scotland to become a leader in the development and use of trustworthy\, ethical and inclusive AI. The Scottish AI Alliance is the body tasked with delivering this vision and the actions outlined in the strategy. It is a partnership between The Data Lab and the Scottish Government. \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event. Streaming will be lived-captioned. \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed please let us know at the event.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-new-real-salon-exploring-the-future-of-ai-and-the-arts/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Love Machine: Spring 2023,Tourism & Festivals
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SUMMARY:Creating Playful Comics Together with AI: A Workshop with Yana Knight
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop artist Yana Knight will share a few ideas and techniques of working with AI as a creative medium and the potential that lurks within this collaboration to extend\, support and enrich creativity. Switching between analogue and digital\, with a little help from AI (and a moody pig called Jean-Michel)\, you’ll create a short\, simply-drawn cartoon based on your daily experiences with a healthy portion of humour\, imagination and a few twists and turns. You will get a taste of the whole cycle\, drawing the images and playing with AI tools. No prior artistic or technical experience is necessary\, but bring your sense of humour and an open mind. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\n\n\nYana Knight\n\n\n\n\nYana Knight is a multidisciplinary artist\, researcher and teacher based in Brussels\, Belgium and Stockholm\, Sweden. Her work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Spontaneous Art in Brussels\, Russian Cultural Center of Belgium and has been featured in the Dutch Design Week. Her work is inspired by the ordinary and extraordinary experience of living a life in its richness\, often with a playful\, humorous\, surreal and absurd streak. It emphasises experimentation\, exploration of human experiences\, observation and storytelling. It stems from her colourful life\, having lived in six countries\, passed through many adventures and through different pockets of the world. Her artistic toolbox is shaped by the three corners of a triangle – visual arts\, language and (playful) technology. She works across mediums switching between paints\, pencils\, words\, camera\, software and code\, as well as slightly less traditional options\, such as crushed autumn leaves\, chocolate sweets wrappers\, broken piano notes\, toilet paper rolls and pet robots. Currently\, she is investigating how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support her artistic practice in creating new forms of non-linear visual narratives and experiences. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creating-playful-comics-together-with-ai-a-workshop-with-yana-knight/
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Love Machine: Spring 2023
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SUMMARY:CI Labs 23: FESTIVAL FUTURES
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as we explore the themes\, ideas and methods our researchers used to produce FestForward magazine – a fictional\, speculative cultural magazine\, set in 2030\, exploring digital and data-driven futures for Edinburgh and South East Scotland’s festivals. \n\n\n\nFestForward\, written in 2022 and produced in collaboration with Glasgow-based design researchers Andthen\, was developed through interviews\, conversations and workshops with individuals and organisations working in the region’s cultural sector. The magazine tells stories about possible futures – the good\, the bad and the ugly – to stimulate conversations about how we work together in the present to discover and develop equitable and sustainable approaches to the application of digital and data-driven technologies. \n\n\n\nThe programme will include:\n\n\n\nA speculative futures workshop\, using provocations and ideas from FestForward\, where you’ll have the chance to write your own festival futures. \n\n\n\nPanel discussions imagining equitable and sustainable festivals in 2030\, and exploring futures for creative technologies\, online and hybrid performance and concepts of ‘liveness’ \n\n\n\nLive performance! More details announced soon… \n\n\n\nRefreshments provided and the Biscuit Factory bar will be open
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/ci-labs-23-festival-futures/
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Tourism & Festivals
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SUMMARY:For the Love of Fashion
DESCRIPTION:Our love of fashion is driving an unsustainable system of manufacturing\, distributing and disposing of our clothing that is impacting our planet. How can we change our behaviour and the system for the love of the planet? What does the data tell us\, how can we harness new technology such as Artificial Intelligence\, robotics and informatics\, and creative tools such as Augmented and Virtual Reality. What is the role of 3D environments\, games and NFTs in fashion? \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nLynne Craig\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynne Craig is the Programme Director of the Design Informatics MA\, Institute of Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Her practice connects design\, technology\, education\, and business development; exploring the frontiers of emergent technologies and cultural change. Throughout her career she has built businesses\, created products\, designed systems for global audiences\, and continues to reimagine what the role of ‘making’ in design\, education and business looks like for tomorrow. Lynne was Founder and Director of Digital Anthropology Lab at London College of Fashion\, University of the Arts London\, where she pioneered play-based design and engineering programs for fashion. Lynne is Non-Executive Director and Co-Founder of Holition Augmented Retail\, and an elected member of Goldsmiths Centre Trade Advisory Strategy Committee\, and Fellow\, Royal Society of Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Lynn Wilson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Lynn Wilson is a circular design practitioner\, researcher\, and educator\, who focuses on consumer behaviour and the transition to a circular economy. Dr Wilson is the founder of Circular Design Scotland which provides consultancy support to businesses transitioning to circular business models and material practices and is currently a Creative Entrepreneur within the Creative Informatics Programme\, University of Edinburgh\, where she is developing a Circular Materials Repository. She is a contributor to Making Things Last – A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland and has been a Fellow of the Arts\, Commerce and Manufacture (FRSA) since 2015. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/for-the-love-of-fashion/
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Love Machine: Spring 2023
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LOCATION:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/for-the-love-of-fashion/
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SUMMARY:The Inquisitive Bodymind: Scottish Dance Theatre and Dr Marisa De Andrade
DESCRIPTION:Join Scottish Dance Theatre and author and researcher Dr Marisa De Andrade in this multi-disciplinary event exploring the notion of research in the arts\, academia and science. What does research-based practice look like today and\, crucially\, what does it do? What insights can an embodied methodology offer into enquiry and how it may provide us with valuable evidence to bring about change? \n\n\n\nThis event brings together discussion\, creative exercises and performance to stimulate a thought-provoking environment. The evening is hosted by Dr Marisa De Andrade\, Senior Lecturer in Health Science & Society at University of Edinburgh\, and Joan Clevillé\, dancer\, choreographer and Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre\, Scotland’s flagship contemporary dance company. The event will feature short performances by Scottish Dance Theatre’s dancers\, including an excerpt from Thin h/as h/air by choreographer Pauline Torzuoli. Inspired by the natural phenomena of Itla Okla and Hair Ice\, this playful and poetic solo work follows the journey of a man: from scientist to the spirit of a tree. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies \n\n\n\n\n\nJoan Clevillé\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoan Clevillé is a dancer\, choreographer\, writer\, teacher and facilitator based in Dundee. He has been the Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre\, Scotland’s flagship contemporary dance company\, since April 2019. Clevillé worked internationally as a dancer and rehearsal director for seventeen years in companies across Europe\, including Scottish Dance Theatre\, Collective Endeavours\, Lost Dog\, Dog Kennel Hill Project\, the Ballet of the Graz Opera\, the Choreographic Centre of Valencia\, and Ballet Carmen Roche in Madrid. He has also received international commissions as a choreographer and movement director and works regularly as a guest teacher in companies and conservatoires in Sweden\, the UK\, Catalonia and The Netherlands. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPauline Torzuoli\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPauline Torzuoli is a dancer and choreographer based in Dundee and a member of Scottish Dance Theatre. She started her professional career first as a freelancer in The Netherlands where she met choreographer Heidi Vierthaler\, leading to deeper choreographic collaborations and the continuous development of her Stream-Flow movement methodology. In 2012 Pauline joined Regensburg Dance Theater\, under the direction of Yuki Mori\, and has worked there with choreographers such as Marina Mascarell\, Stephan Thoss\, Giuseppe Spota\, Ihsan Rustem\, and Shumpei Nemoto. Pauline joined Scottish Dance Theatre in May 2018\, working and performing in works by internationally acclaimed choreographers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChair\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Marisa de Andrade\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Marisa de Andrade is co-director of the Binks Hub\, associate director of the Centre for Creative-Relational Inquiry\, and programme director of the MScR Health Humanities and Arts. She uses ‘traditional’ and (post-) qualitative methodologies to situation arts at the helm of strategic decision-making across multiple sectors including health and social care\, employability\, education and social justice.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-inquisitive-bodymind-scottish-dance-theatre-and-dr-marisa-de-andrade/
LOCATION:Traverse Bar\, Traverse Theatre\, 10 Cambridge Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Love Machine: Spring 2023
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SUMMARY:Robotic Poems: A Writing Workshop with Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, participants will learn basic coding elements to create a simple poem generator. The emphasis is on play and experimentation\, with some background information on literary techniques. Participants will experience how computational poetics and computational thinking can jumpstart or become part of a creative writing process. \n\n\n\nNo experience with programming or coding? No problem! This workshop is geared towards absolute beginners and embraces “challenge by choice”. While ‘poems’ is in the title\, creative writers of other genres are certainly welcome!  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\n\n\nLillian-Yvonne Bertram\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLillian-Yvonne Bertram is the author of Travesty Generator (Noemi Press)\, a book of computational poetry that received the Poetry Society of America’s 2020 Anna Rabinowitz prize for interdisciplinary work and longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. Their other poetry books include How Narrow My Escapes (DIAGRAM/New Michigan)\, Personal Science (Tupelo Press)\, a slice from the cake made of air (Red Hen Press)\, and But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise (Red Hen Press). Their fifth book\, Negative Money\, is forthcoming from Soft Skull Press in 2023. They are an Associate Professor in the departments of English\, Africana Studies\, and Art & Design at Northeastern University. They also direct the Chautauqua Institution Writers’ Festival. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/robotic-poems-a-writing-workshop-with-lillian-yvonne-bertram/
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Love Machine: Spring 2023
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