News Archive 2008

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Selected Works showing at Live Brits II - Superintimacy at the Hebbel-Am-Ufer in Berlin

The Live Art Development Agency has produced a screening programme as part of Live Brits II - Superintimacy at the Hebbel-Am-Ufer in Berlin.

The festival will take place from 1 July to 5 July 2008 at the Hebbel-Am-Ufer in HAU EINS. As well as the screening programme this festival also includes the work of Forced Entertainment, Franko B, Lone Twin, Quarantine, Rajni Shah and Robin Deacon.

www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/

Talk at Hide and Seek, South Bank Centre

Matt Adams is talking about Alternate Reality Games as part of the Hide and Seek Festival at the South Bank Centre on Friday 27th June. Other speakers include Jane McGonigal, Matt Locke and Dan Hon.

www.hideandseekfest.co.uk/games/hideandspeak

Day Of The Figurines at Royal Festival Hall

Day Of The Figurines in Meltdown and Hide and Seek Festival

Day Of The Figurines will be presented at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London from 12 June - 5 July as part of Meltdown (curated by Massive Attack) and the Hide and Seek Festival. Players can join the game from 12pm - 8pm (with some late sessions) at Ground Floor foyer, downstairs from the Clore Ballroom.

Hide and Seek Festival 27 – 29 June 2008
Southbank Centre + various venues across London
Five Best Alternative Summer Events, the Guardian
A worldwide photographic treasure hunt, a night-time chase across London and unique flashmob dance – the new cultural phenomenon of social games has arrived this summer with the Hide & Seek Festival, a 3 day extravaganza of free games and play.

For more information:
www.dayofthefigurines.co.uk
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
www.hideandseekfest.co.uk

Matt Adams at Crossover Channel 4

Having taken part in Crossover events in Adelaide and Yorkshire, Matt will also act as a mentor on a special version for Channel 4 commissioning editors in June. In the words of its director, Frank Boyd, Crossover aims to ' to get people from different backgrounds (film, tv, games, animation, web design) generating ideas and working together in interdisciplinary collaborations to develop them'.

Rider Spoke at Brighton Festival this week

We are pleased to be presenting Rider Spoke as part of this years Brighton Festival's outdoor programme.

Dates: 8th - 11th May

For more information click here

Rider Spoke profiled in Caravan

Caravan is a new initiative that aims to strengthen the international networks and expand the range of opportunities for performing artists and companies in south east England to work abroad.

There are two strands to the work of caravan. The dialogue programme is a series of conversations that started in autumn 2007 that is preparing companies for working internationally. This is followed by an international assembly scheduled for 11–13 May 2008 in Brighton, England in partnership with the Brighton Festival.

Blast Theory will be presenting Rider Spoke as part of caravan in the Brighton Festival and will be making a presentation to delegates on the 11th of May.

www.farnhammaltingscaravan.com

Selected Works featured in Khoj Live 08

The work of Blast Theory will be featured as part of Khoj Live 08, a Live Art festival taking place in Delhi, India between 25 and 30 March in collaboration the Live Art Development Agency.

For information about Khoj Live 08 click here

Talk on mobile services for London 2012

Matt Adams will speak as part of "Flaneurs: The network is the city, A creative workshop on mobile urban services for London 2012" which takes place from 2–6 pm on Thursday 27 March 2008 at the LSE.

More details here

Rider Spoke in Athens 13th to 16th March

We are pleased to announce that Rider Spoke will be presented by The British Council Athens between 13th and 16th March this year. The event will begin at Eptachalkou Street, Thissio, 118 51 Athens between 6 and 9pm daily.

The work is being presented in collaboration with the Greek Centre for the Promotion of Volunteerism and with the support of the group Friends of the Bicycle.

For more details and information on how to take part click here

Rider Spoke

Live Art Unpacked, Geneva 5 - 15 March

The work of Blast Theory will be featured as part of Live Art Unpacked, developed by La Ribot and Centre d'Art Contemprain Genève in collaboration with Live Art Development Agency, the conference will explore the work of Live Art in the UK.

For more information click here

Intern Required

Blast Theory is looking for someone to work as an intern on a project called Participate starting in March for 3 months.

For full details please download the job description here.

Deadline for applicants is February 29th.

Please send all CV's and covering letter to kirsten@blasttheory.co.uk

or by post to:
Kirsten Engelmann
Blast Theory
Unit 5, 20 Wellington Road
Portslade
Brighton, BN41 1DN

Praise from EU reviewers

Blast Theory's contribution to the Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming has been praised in the latest EU report;

“... only some of the work [ ] is considered outstanding with good use of resources, good management, flexible problem solving, adoption of new technologies, involvement of larger and relevant target audiences, resulting in good quality deliverables. [Blast Theory's work package] is considered as exemplary on how this type of work package could be run.&rdquo

Matt Adams - talk in Valencia on January 31st

Blast Theory have been invited to present a conference at Salla Parpallo in Valencia this January. Matt Adams will present a talk on Blast Theory's work.

For more detail and for directions on how to get to Salla Parpallo etc. please click here

Blast Theory baby

We are very pleased to announce that artists' assistant Hannah Talbot and her partner Ryan are now the proud parents of one Emily Jane Brady, she arrived on December 14th and everyone is fine.

Nice work.