Staples World Tour
Friend of The Edge and independent publishing extraordinaire/zinester from way back Jeremy Staples has been traipsing around Japan for the last few weeks meeting with as many cool people as he can.
Archive for July, 2010
Cine Sparks workshop with Sandra
12–2pm Saturday 31 July 2010 Where: Lab 1, The Edge Who: Sandra Landolt Book: cinesparks@screenqld.com.au Get your hands on cameras, tripods and wind-up toys with Edge Catalyst Sandra Landolt.
Jul 30, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Robowars Mini Mayhem
2–6pm Saturday 7 August 2010 Who: Queensland Robotics Society Where: The Edge Cost: Free Bookings: Just rock up The Edge and QRSC are hosting their next robot combat day. Come along and watch some 150 gram antweight robots fighting for their survival. These guys might be small but don’t be fooled they are big on [...]
Jul 29, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
Get surrounded
Surroundings 5.1.3 is an audiovisual performance and interactive installation at The Edge on the first weekend in August 2010. Inspired by the cultural icon of the Australian backyard, the project includes two performances and an interactive exhibition, all free entry. The artist The man behind Surroundings 5.1.3 is Richard Byers, one of The Edge’s four [...]
Jul 29, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Beh Wattenburg—Electrickster
I’m interested in playing with energy. I want to use art to explore some of the ideas and information that we are being blasted with by the media. I want to find a way for art to address the current state of play with energy resources – we are running out, it’s getting expensive, we [...]
Jul 28, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
IOU
1–4pm Saturdays 7 August–2 October 2010 Who: Beh Wattenburg, Edge Resident Where: The Edge Basement Cost: Free Bookings: book.it@edgeqld.org.au 10 weekly workshops creating and destroying, learning and jamming with electricity, electronics, programming, sound, light and hacked toys. If you’re the kind of person who gets on with gadgets or wonders what makes things go, then [...]
Jul 28, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
Multi-everything journalism
4–6pm Tuesday 3 August 2010 Who: Stephen Stockwell, Edge Catalyst Where: Lab 1, The Edge Cost: Free Bookings: book.it@edgeqld.org.au The internet changed journalism. When profits fell staff cuts ensued and for a while it all seemed rather bleak. But with the capabilities of the internet being realised we’re beginning to see a light at the [...]
Jul 28, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Cine Sparks Gala Opening Night
7:30–9:30pm Wednesday 28 July 2010 Where: Auditorium and River Lounge, The Edge Book: cinesparks@screenqld.com.au First there’s a screening at GOMA and then there’s a party over here at The Edge. Image from Dear Lemon Lima
Jul 27, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Cine Sparks workshop: digital video and sound
10am–12pm Saturday 31 July 2010 Where: Lab 1, The Edge Who: Andrew Gibbs Book: cinesparks@screenqld.com.au Come along and explore the possibilities of working with digital video and sound. In this workshop we will produce and re-mix an audiovisual collage from scratch. Learn skills in filming, editing, sound production, VJing and animation and become a super-star-audiovisual-ninja-attack-robot. [...]
Net Art Spreading and WTFing of WTFers.
Being a net artist can be a painfully alone experience. The screen is your only light source, and your half-dressed and food stained appearance is at odds with the glorious digital creatures you birth. And yet sometimes, when you released an artwork into the net, its electric propeller spinning fast, rudders chaotically shifting, the artwork [...]
Jul 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Virion Mash-up Exhibition
When: 19 July – 1 August 2010 Where: The Edge, Bay 5 Virion is a screen-based digital art exhibition with works being played at variety of sites around Brisbane—including The Edge—until 1 August 2010. Each screen around town will play a compilation of diverse images and video that represent a wide and integrated range of [...]
Jul 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
We live in a world with a 24-hour news culture
We live in a world with a 24-hour news culture. If something happens, anywhere, we’re often not further than a couple of hours off hearing about it. But is this a good or a bad thing? Does the constant barrage of information mean we’re more informed, or just more confused? Examples of this ‘breaking news’ [...]
Jul 23, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
music: Saturday 24th July
tunnel, sodium-vapour, plants, concrete, artists…
Jul 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
4zzz Space to Play
Space to Play for young media makers, musicians and designers
Jul 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Beatmaker’s Boot Camp
Working With Samples, beat slicing, basics of rhythm and more…
