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2010-03-02T13:46:00.000-08:00

Tweak After Party

2009-09-24T03:36:00.000-07:00

Tweak After Party
9pm Saturday 26th Bentley’s courtyard
Help us say goodbye to Tweak and join us for our after party in Bentley’s courtyard.
Entrance is on Post Office Lane.
Wear your Sunday best! (Alternative Black Tie)
€10 Tickets are limited.
Artists
Eraser + Ape5 (IT): Future Sounds Like Past Toys
Stroller
Kevin Blake

Digital Slaves!

2009-09-23T18:06:00.001-07:00

Digital Slaves at 8pm at the Hunt Museum for Culture night!
http://www.digital-slaves.com/index.php/project/Real-time-Virtual-Calligraphy

Invitation to Tweak

2009-09-18T16:35:00.000-07:00

You are invited

To "re:act"
Tweak 2009 Exhibition Opening
Opening Speech: K Bear Koss, Director of the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art
Monday 21st September 2009
7pm - 9pm
At the Church Gallery, LSAD, Clare Street

SPONSORS
Interaction Design Centre
University of Limerick
Incubation Centre
Arts Council
Shannon Consortium
HEA FutureComm

Tweak featured artist: Ryan Jordan

2009-09-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

Ryan's exploration of sound and music performance with computers lead to the development of his prototype MIDI controller, the M.G.I (Movement and Gesture Interface) which was an attempt at bringing a more physical performance element to laptop and computer music.

He now works in the intersection of the arts and sciences and explores and develop systems which merge all medias together through the physical augmentation of the body as a controlling device for computational applications. He is the founder of the Sensory Response Systems group.

To find out more about Ryan click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Pierre Proske

2009-09-18T12:24:00.000-07:00

Pierre is an Australian artist intrigued by the pervasiveness of technology in culture and its relationship to nature. After years of juggling parallel interests in technology and the arts, Pierre tired of the schizophrenia and finally discovered that it was socially acceptable, in fact highly desirable, to merge the two. Consequently he has taken on the ambitious task of rendering computers accountable to our sometimes misplaced but inevitable humanity.

Having studied Electrical Engineering and Liberal Arts at the University of Melbourne, Australia, Pierre then spent three and a half years in Sweden where he developed a body of work and obtained a Master in Art and Technology from Chalmers University.

Proske's work involves exposing the unspoken relationships we have with technology to and harnessing machines into exploring new aesthetics. Both resisting and exploiting modern techno-utopian trends, Proske employs humour and a whiff of self-deprecation as weapons against the invasion of computer augmented realities. Alongside electronic art projects he also works as a sound designer and electronic musician. He has exhibited or performed in Australia, Sweden, Canada, Iceland, Brazil, Japan, Austria and the Netherlands.
Pierre alternates living and working in Europe and Australia.

To find out more visit this website.

Tweak featured artist: Brock Craft

2009-09-18T12:17:00.000-07:00

Brock is a researcher at the London Knowledge Lab (Institute of Education), where he is working on problems in visualization, physical computing, and design. Currenty, his work is on the Learning Design Support Environment, a user-centred sysytem to help teachers design and plan learning activities.

He is also a Senior Interaction Designer at Tinker.it! where there is a focus on bridging the digital and physical worlds with interactive technology.

He has worked on a range of consulting projects in both User Experience and Information Design/Analysis.

To find out more about Brock visit his website.

Tweak featured artist: John McCarthy

2009-09-18T12:14:00.000-07:00

John's research is concerned with understanding people’s experience of emerging social, personal, and work technologies and their use of those technologies in sustaining relationships. This research is broadly pragmatic and socio-cultural and one of its aims is to inform the design of usable and enriching technologies.

In 2004 he wrote a book with Peter Wright (Technology as Experience, MIT Press) that developed an account of human experience as simultaneously aesthetic, sensual, intellectual, and emotional. This was intended to provide conceptual foundations for experience-centred design in HCI. John is now working on the follow-up project, again with Peter, a methodologically oriented analysis of user research in user-centred design.

This research feeds back into my teaching in the areas of qualitative research, theory and psychology, and people and technology.

He is also interested in supervising research projects that relate to the projects and areas outlined above: e.g. qualitative research on people’s experiences with technology in interesting contexts, particular kinds of person-technology experiences (enchantment, intimacy), aesthetic aspects of interaction with and through information and communication technologies (e.g. social networks and mobile phones), user-centred service design (e.g. hospice care, school), and the design process itself.

To find out more about John click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Rob Van Kranenburg

2009-09-18T12:12:00.000-07:00

Rob van Kranenburg is an innovation and media theorist involved with negociability strategies of new technologies and artistic practice, predominantly ubicomp and RFID, the relationship between the formal and informal in cultural and economic policy, and the requirements for a sustainable cultural economy.

He has been teaching at various schools in the Netherlands (UvA, EMMA Interaction Design, Industrial Design) and has worked at several Dutch cultural institutions; de Balie, Doors of Perception and Virtual Platform. Until april 1 2009 he was Head of Public Domain at Waag Society.

Currently he teaches at Frank Mohr and Fontys Ambient Intelligence. He lives in Ghent, Belgium. With friends he is setting up a consultancy/thinktank on the Internet of Things for governments, cities and citizens.

To find out more about Rob click here to visit his blog.

Tweak featured artist: Tobie Kerridge

2009-09-18T12:09:00.000-07:00

Tobie is a researcher and PhD candidate in the Interaction Research studio at Goldsmiths. He works on collaborative projects supported by Intel, France Telecom and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

His research explores how design methods can be extended to provide individuals with creative access to technology.

He is also a visiting lecturer at Goldsmiths, the RCA, TU/e and Camberwell. Before graduating from Interaction Design MA at the RCA, Tobie took a BA in English literature and Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University.

To find out more about Tobie click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Massimo Banzi

2009-09-18T12:08:00.000-07:00

Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project and has worked for clients such as: Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool, V&A Museum and Adidas.

He spent 4 years at the Interaction Design Institue Ivrea as Associate Professor. Massimo has taught workshops and has been a guest speaker at institutions like: Architectural Association - London, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel, Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, FH Potsdam, Domus Academy, Medialab Madrid, Escola Superior de Disseny Barcelona, ARS Electronica Linz, Mediamatic Amsterdam, Doors of Perception Amsterdam.

Before joining IDII he was CTO for the Seat Ventures incubator. He spent many years working as a software architect,both in Milan and London, on projects for clients like Italia Online, Sapient, Labour Party, BT, MCI WorldCom, SmithKlineBeecham, Storagetek, BSkyB and boo.com.

To find out more about Massimo click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Fernando Orellana

2009-09-17T17:40:00.000-07:00

Currently an Assistant Professor developing an electronic art program at Union College in Schenectady, NY, Fernando Orellana uses new and traditional media as a way of transmitting concepts that range from generative art to social-political commentary. He has recently exhibited at the Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, The Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady, NY, Exit Art, New York, New York, LABoral, Gijon, Spain, The Tang Museum of Art, Saratoga Springs, NY, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL, The Ark, Dublin, Ireland, and The Biennial of Electronic Art, Perth, Australia.

His work is part of several art collections including the Richard and Ellen Sandor family collection Chicago, IL., Leslie Lerner Collection Kansas City, KS, The Ohio State University Student Union Collection, and The Western Michigan University Collection.

To find out more about Fernando click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Tim Redfern + Ralph Borland

2009-09-17T17:31:00.000-07:00

smSage is a device to plant a murmur in the city. Mimicking a piece of faceless urban infrastructure, it murmurs to itself and to passersby, and seems to come from nowhere, a blank spot on an ordinary wall… Or which ubiquitous urban object is producing the sound? Which alarm-box, conduit, or… security camera?

smSage receives SMS text messages, which are converted to audible speech, using a text-to-speech engine with a synthesized voice. It speaks these messages coherently at first, but which each repetition, starts to mix them with previous messages it has received, producing a concrete poem. The voice becomes quieter … A new message wakes it up again, for brief lucidity, before sense begins to dissolve again.

smSage can sense the ambient sound level and adapt its volume accordingly. When the project isn’t receiving any messages, it advertises its presence by quietly reciting its phone number.
The device is contained in a security camera housing, which contains a parabolic speaker to throw the sound at a nearby surface. The sound appears to come from a point on a wall where the speaker is directed.

The security camera acts as disguise for the source of the voice, making it more spectral and mysterious. It takes the function of a security camera and turns it around rather than capturing information from the environment, it projects onto it, voicing and remixing participants comments and observations in a transient, ephemeral way.

To find out more about smSage click here to visit the website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured Artist: Mooshir Vahanvati

2009-09-17T17:23:00.000-07:00

Born in Jamnagar, India, Mooshir graduated in 2004 in Computer Engineering from Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad. Having a keen interest in design from an early age, he decided to pursue a career in design and completed his masters in Visual Communication from Industrial Design Centre (IDC) IIT Bombay in 2006. Having worked for a year to gain industry experience he joined the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. He recently graduated from ITP in May 2009 and is currently working as an Interaction Designer in New York.

Mooshir's interests lie in interaction design and generative art. Other things that consume his time are photography, travel and music.

To find out more about Mooshir click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Jens Wunderling

2009-09-17T17:15:00.000-07:00

Jens Wunderling is a freelance interaction designer and media artist living and working in Berlin. His work focuses on emerging techniques and social media, as well as their impact on society. Jens graduated at the University of Arts, Berlin where he had studied in the Digital Media Class http://digital.udk-berlin.de/en/ run by Prof. Joachim Sauter and Jussi Ängeslevä.

To find out more about Jens click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Maximo Recio

2009-09-17T15:23:00.000-07:00

Maximo Recio is a Graphic Designer from Madrid based in London.

One of his recent projects – the installation "Dialogues of Noise" – utilizes standardised technology in an innovative way to measure sound levels in its direct environment. The piece exposes the process behind the piece of work and analyzes the value of a human element within the creative approach to interactivity.

To find out more about Maximo click here to visit his website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Julie Freeman

2009-09-17T15:10:00.000-07:00

Julie Freeman uses technology to explore and discover rhythms and patterns in predictable and unpredictable systems through audio, space and visualisation.

Linking art, nature, science and technology, she experiments in transforming complex processes into sound compositions, objects and animations, and although technology is often at the core of her work she aims to make it transparent in the final output. Freeman’s focus is on translating nature to enable deeper understanding and appreciation of the natural environment.

To know more about Julie's artwork click here

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Ben Bogart

2009-09-17T15:04:00.000-07:00

Ben Bogart is an artist working in installation, audio-visual improvisation and software development. His installations create content live in response to their sensed environment.

He works in an Open Source context and makes all the software he develops, that is of general use, available under the GPL. Physical modelling, chaos, feedback systems, evolutionary algorithms and artificial intelligence have been used to inform and engage in his creative process.

Ben holds a Masters of Science in Interactive Arts and Technology from Simon Fraser University. His current work deals with computational implementations of embodied creativity, memory and dreaming.

To find out more about Ben click here.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Field

2009-09-17T14:56:00.000-07:00

FIELD is a graphic design studio using generative strategies, led by Marcus Wendt and Vera-Maria Glahn. They design custom software tools and processes to express an idea across a wide range of media: from print to animation, interactive installations and websites.

Inspired by modern art, nature, science and technology, we aim to create animate images with a life of its own. Generative Processes, Interactive Systems, and Artificial Life are the reference points from which we draw ideas, methods, and mindset into our design process.

To know more about Field and it's designs, visit their website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Thema (Golan Levin and Zachary Lieberman)

2009-09-17T14:50:00.000-07:00

Reface [Portrait Sequencer] is a surreal video mash-up that composes endless combinations of its visitors' faces. Based on the Victorian "Exquisite Corpse" parlor game, the Reface installation records and dynamically remixes brief video slices of its viewers' mouths, eyes and brows.

Reface uses face-tracking techniques to allow automatic alignment and segmentation of its participants' faces. As a result, visitors to the project can move around freely in front of the display without worrying about lining up their face for the system's camera.

Through interactions with an image wholly constructed from its own history of being viewed, Reface makes possible a new form of inventive play with one's own appearance and identity. The resulting kinetic portraiture blends the personalities and genetic traits of its visitors to create a "generative group portrait" of the people in the project's locale.

To find out more about Thema click here.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Tweak featured artist: Michael Markert

2009-09-17T13:45:00.000-07:00

Michael Markert is a media-artist specializing in programming and electronics. He is living in Nuremberg, Germany.

His research in intuitive musical interfaces started with a diploma in Multimedia / Communications Design. Since then he has developed various interactive sensory devices which he has used for installations and as musical instruments. The focus of his work is exploring harmonic musical control through intuitive and interactive realtime sensory processing thereby overruling hierarchic receptional mechanisms in art.

Since 2005 he has been a member of the Urban Research Institute for Public Art and Urban Ethology (Intermedia), founded by Georg Winter.

2008 he graduated with a second diploma at the College of Fine Arts Nuremberg and is currently teaching at the College of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and at the Bauhaus University Weimar / Faculty Media.

If you would like to know more about Michael visit this website.

Tweak is taking place from 21st to 26th of September. Click here for more information.

Trinity Rooms & Tweak.ie Festival supported by Absolut Vodka

2009-09-15T02:37:00.000-07:00

Trinity Rooms & Tweak.ie Festival supported by Absolut Vodka are throwing a very special party at the Clubhouse on Friday 25th September when one of the foremost uk producers and dj's with releases on Ninja Tune, K7 and a seminal mix for London Club Fabric under his belt comes to town.

Ollie Teeba is one half of the excellent Herbaliser. Formed in the early 90's, they've released around 8 or 9 albums, including DJ mixes and have produced countless remixes. Ollie is also known as Kid Teeba. Their sound could be described as tight Funk mixed with Hip-Hop and finished off with dollops of Jazz and Electronica. Check their brilliant "Same as it Never Was" album for some dope sounds. Ollie is also an avid collector of rare records so expect some unknown gems to be dropped on the night.
From the seminal "remedies" album on Ninja Tune in 1999 to 2008's "Same as it Never Was". The Herbaliser have blazed a trail for dope mixes.

Ollie proved his DJ skills with the acclaimed 2004 mix album Herbal Blend and a 2006 mix for Fabric. In between, they returned to the studio with Take London, released in 2005 before 2008's "Same as it never was" reasserted The Herbaliser's position as the UK's premier doped up beats purveyors witth their multicultural manifesto celebrating the UK capital’s unique mix of soul, funk, hip-hop and reggae.
This party will also feature live Video Mapping and Visuals from France's Digital Slaves and will feature support from Code & Razor.

The Herbaliser, The Clubhouse @ Trinity Rooms. Friday 25th September. 9pm to Late.
Admission Free before 10pm and just €5 after all night including access to the main room with Bono at the Controls.

4 places on oF workshop

2009-09-14T15:53:00.001-07:00

4 places have just opened up in our oF workshop
email me at bonjour@tweak.ie for more info/to book

nice little write up on Silicon Republic

2009-09-14T15:52:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Marie for the nice write up
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/13840/digital-life/technology-and-art-collide-at-tweak-festival

Julie Freeman at Tweak!!

2009-09-09T10:07:00.000-07:00

So with Tweak just around the corner art work is beginning to drop in slowly.

First to arrive was Julie Freeman's

Julie's piece SPECIOUS DIALOGUE consists of a pair of movable, sculptural forms that house battery powered wireless recording and playback systems, and tiny cameras that monitor their positions. Mounted on pairs of swivel castors the forms are able to be pushed, rolled, kicked and shoved around the gallery.

The mobility of the work enables the pair of forms that comprise Specious Dialogue to intervene in other artworks, be muffled by a coat, encroach on visitor conversations, or be united in a conspiratorial corner. However they are encountered, they expect to be touched or moved in some way, at the very least they want to be listened to. By enabling this physical interaction with the objects the listener perhaps becomes an unwitting performer moving the sound, catching it, passing it to someone else, changing the sound dynamic in the space.

The pair spew an emotional dialogue, they bicker, coo fragments of love, they shout, scream and whisper, they are lonely lovers or clinging siblings. They miss each other, but also get angry and need their space. These multi-layered, twisted, specious conversations flip between mundanity, humour, drunkenness, apathy, passion, conspiracy and irritation.

Find out a lot more about Julie and her artwork on her website here

Julie will be over for the opening of Tweak! (7pm at the Church Gallery, Clare Street)
Pop in and say hello

Open Source Tweak

2009-09-09T09:32:00.001-07:00

details coming soon ....

Tweak Programme online now

2009-09-09T04:32:00.001-07:00

Bleep, click, pop, hiss - Tweak is back again. Following on from its hugely successful inaugural festival last year, Tweak whirls back into action again this September all around Limerick city. The 6 day multi-media festive aims to promote understanding of the use of technology within our cultural, social and digital world and its contemporary approach to interactive art and live electronic music performance.
Running from September 21st to 26th, the festival will host an international array of speakers, performers, designers, exhibions, films, visual artists, and djs, all from an eclectic range of backgrounds. Tweak’s primary focus is on interactive art and audience engagement, and installations and performances are chosen both upon their ability to connect with their environment and to include the viewer in this exchange.
Year 2, lets see whats new. While the template remains largely the same as last year, there's a shift towards the evening events and exhibitions – so there's not as many early mornings involved this year. Tweak continues to underline the importance of education and awareness and will hold 3 full-day workshops with leading practitioners in the field of programming, electronics and interactive design. All workshops are open to all members of the public. The festival will also host a 5 day international electronic arts exhibition, along with a collection of sound-works from contemporary Irish composers. Again, access to the launch and the exhibition itself is completely free of charge. We continue to collaborate with experimental music promotors Soundings, after delivering a rare performance from Trevor Wishart to the city last year. Our glass-smashing Noise Night returns, which proved to be one of the most popular events last year and we'll also be hosting a number of DJ-based performances, placing as much emphasis on fun as we do learning. Many of the events will take place in the befitting surroundings of St Munchins Church, in keeping with the theme of utilizing spaces in new and inventive ways. Tweak is particularly proud to welcome the highly influencial This Happened's (thishappened.org) first ever public seminar in Ireland. Since commencing in London two years ago, the This Happened series of talks have been extremely prominent features in the world of interactive design.
The schedule of events is listed below, but heaps more information and links to our speakers, performers and supporters can be found on the Tweak website. Theres also a new web-blog, and people can get updated on the very latest Tweak news through their Twitter and Facebook pages. Vimeo and Flickr links from the Tweak site also give you a look at how events unfolded at Tweak 08!

www.tweak.ie
Full programme online here

Speaking at DATA this weekend

2009-09-08T16:20:00.005-07:00

I'm speaking at DATA this weekend
Along with a bunch of other lovely people
More info here

When:
Saturday, 22nd of August, 6.30pm

Location:
The Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Lad Lane (Off Baggot Street),
Dublin 2.

Presenters:

Nora O’Murchu
Nora O’ Murchu Nora O’ Murchu is a researcher, curator and Ph.D.
candidate at the Interaction Design Centre in the University of
Limerick. She has a degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from
NuiGalway and received her Masters in Interactive Media from the
University of Limerick in 2008. She is the founder of Tweak an
interactive digital art festival that focuses on promoting the
understanding of the use of open source technology within our culture
and to explore contemporary issues. Her current research focuses on
the design of open-ended interactive systems and how open source
communities can offer unique insights for the development of
interactive systems for the Interaction Design Community. She is
currently a research assistant in the University of Limerick.

Emma Wade
Emma Wade is a Wexford born visual artist based in Dublin, Ireland.
She works with installation, digital media, lens based media and
performance. Her work is often playful, interactive and audience
focused. Emma received a MA from the Fine Art Department of the
National College of Art and Design Dublin in 2008. In summer 2008, she
completed an internship in New Media Education at the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum in New York. She recently undertook an artist
residency in Limerick City Gallery of Art. Her practice is currently
based at RedSpace Studios in Dublin. Play and humour are used as tools
to provoke thought, as well as entertain, in Emma’s practice. Her work
is largely interactive and requires audience participation, there is
an ask and a reward. The user often intentionally or unintentionally
becomes a performer. Without their input the work is incomplete.
Science and Pseudo-science heavily influence her practice. The
conflict between scientific fact and common belief fascinates her.
Defining proof, the notion of what is real and who decides. Her
current research investigates the physiological effects of deep
pressure and cellular memory in a fine art context.

Brian Solon
Brian Solon is a Dublin-based media artist, composer and creative
technologist. His work encompasses acoustic and electronic
composition, performance and improvisation, interactive systems and
mixed-media installation. He holds an M.Phil in Music and Media
Technologies from Trinity College Dublin and a BSc (Hons) in Computer
Science from UCD. He is a member of the Spatial Music Collective and
founding member of the RedSpace Collective, a not-for-profit, artist-
led initiative located in Dublin City Centre, comprising workspaces,
artists’ studios, a rehearsal room and a gallery.

TOG Dublin Hackerspace
TOG is a hackerspace based in Dublin City Centre. It is a shared space
where members can have a place to be creative and work on their
projects in an environment that is both inspiring and supportive of
both new and old technologies. We had our first meeting on the 21st of
January 2009 with a group of 17 people, some who had never met before,
come together to form a group with the intention of setting up a
hackerspace in Dublin. The meeting was great and everyone was full of
enthusiasm. In less then 3 months we had membership coming in from
over 20 members and a roof over our head. The space is fully funded by
its members and gives members 24/7 access to work on a project or just
a place to hangout.

"Basic Animation Aesthetics," an essay by David O'Reilly

2009-09-06T17:40:00.000-07:00

A wonderful essay on the aesthetics of animation by David O Reilly
Here is an excerpt — however I recommend reading the whole thing.

“…The importance of animation aesthetics is such a subtle yet vitally important one. It might seem superficial to discuss these things, especially because cinema is so much more to do with content and story than a pure aesthetic experience, but nonetheless the visual nature of animation calls for debate on the subject. There is a continuous raft of animation, both commercial and independent, which looks the same, and I don’t believe it has to be so. The more we think about the subject the more playful and interesting computer animation becomes, the medium feels to me like a recently opened Pandora’s box which is still being examined, understood and tamed…”

http://www.davidoreilly.com/2009/08/basic-animation-aesthetics

OPEN-ENDED DESIGN FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS WORKSHOP

2009-09-02T11:47:00.000-07:00

This workshop is aimed at exploring issues surrounding new forms of technology design and development that reflect the increasing role that end-users have in dealing with novel technologies.
Web 2.0, social networks, and open source hardware and software platforms have led to a major shift in the conceptualization of “users”, from passive recipients of previously packaged content and/or functionality, to active participants that are able to re-configure, personalize and adapt the technology.

The conception of design being an ongoing, social process is not new and there have been many studies of open source communities in this respect. However, there is a current debate relating to several aspects related to such new patterns of usage and re-appropriation of technology. Some of the open questions are: Can we deliberately design for appropriation? What does it really mean to modify and develop technologies for such behavior in practical terms? How is the role of the designer or developer changing? Which new hardware and software platforms are being developed with an eye towards user participation?

The proposed workshop will explore challenges related to the conceptual framework for the design of interactive systems, the changing role of the designer/developer, the emergence of new technical platforms for open-ended user participation. The discussion at the workshop and its dissemination will contribute to the ongoing debate on these topics in the Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction and Software Development communities.

SPEAKERS
Massimo Banzi (Tinker.it, Arduino, Italy)
Rob Van Kranenburg (Council, Netherlands)
Tobie Kerridge (Material Beliefs, Goldsmiths, UK)
John McCarthy (UCC, Ireland)

WHEN
Date: Wednesday 23rd Sep 2009
Doors open: 9.30 am
Starts: 10am - 4.30pm

WHERE
Kilmurry Hall, University of Limerick
Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland
Map

REGISTER
Tickets are €50 and available on a first come first served basis.
Buy yours here

This Happened at Tweak

2009-08-31T20:27:00.000-07:00

THIS HAPPENED
This happened is a series of events focusing on the stories behind interaction design. Having ideas is easier than making them happen. We delve into projects that exist today, how their concepts and production process can help inform future work.
The very first This Happened in Ireland is curated by Luigina Ciolfi, Anna Crudge & Nora O Murchu

When
Date: 22nd Sep 2009
Doors open: 8pm
Talks: 8.30pm to 10pm
Where
St. Munchins Church
Church St, Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Map

REGISTER
Tickets are free and available on a first come first served basis. The capacity is 150. Booking opens 1st Sep 2009 - 12:00 pm
To register visit our website here

Speakers:
Michael Markert (DE)
Maximo Recio (ES)
Tim Redfern (IE)
Jens Wunderling (DE)

Spirit Store today at 3pm

2009-08-27T02:50:00.000-07:00

I'm speaking at the Spirit Store today from 3-5. I'll be discussing this year's tweak and what's on and how to get involved
Admission is free and all are welcome.
Events are on every day, for the full schedule please check out http://spiritstorelimerick.blogspot.com/

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TWEAK is an international interactive art and live electronic music festival taking place in Limerick City
between the 21st and 26th of September 2009. Its aim is to promote an understanding of the use of
technology within our culture and to explore contemporary issues.
To find out more about the festival come to the Spirit Store today at 3-5 where director Nora O' Murchú will speak about the festival

Nora O' Murchú is a researcher, curator and Ph.D. candidate at the Interaction Design Centre in the University of
Limerick. Her current research focuses on the design of open-ended interactive systems and how open source
communities can offer unique insights for the development of these interactive systems for the Interaction
Design Community.

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http://spiritstorelimerick.blogspot.com/ (see full programme at bottom of the page)

Email Problems!

2009-08-17T05:45:00.001-07:00

Been having problems with email - If I haven't acknowledged your submission about the listening post please get in contact ASAP!

Listening Post Deadline

2009-08-16T17:22:00.000-07:00

Listening Post deadline extended to August 18th

For the first time at Tweak, we are holding a listening post for electronic music where people can pick up headphones and listen to new Irish Electronic music whenever they wish during the festival. We are looking for pieces of pure electronic music, no longer than 30 minutes in duration, to be played during the exhibition. Composers must be Irish or currently residing in Ireland. The deadline is August 18th 2009.

All submissions should have the participants name, work title as well as a work abstract in English (maximum of 200 words) and a brief biography (max of 200 words) about the artist. Group works should have all members listed on the entry form. Please include links to video and online documentation if any.

Files should be submitted in MP3 format

Hacking workshops anyone?

2009-08-10T10:49:00.000-07:00

Ivan and Benjamin have put together a really nice line up for Refunct 09.
There are a number of hacking workshops. Go check them out here

t-shirts!

2009-07-16T13:42:00.000-07:00

We're getting some t-shirts printed up for tweak.
It's going to be a small batch so pre-order your now.
Just send us a email to: merch@tweak.ie with your size!

workshops workshops workshops

2009-07-14T08:14:00.000-07:00

some news coming very soon on the workshops portion of tweak
In the meantime here's a sneak preview
http://www.openframeworks.cc/

Deadline for submissions extended

2009-07-14T07:22:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone
We've decided to extend the deadline for submissions until the 30th of July
See more at www.tweak.ie

Call for submissions!

2009-06-24T04:16:00.001-07:00

Tweak is two! Currently in its second edition, Tweak is an interactive art and live electronic music festival taking place in Limerick City between the 21st and 26th of September 2009. Its aim is to promote understanding of the use of technology within our culture and to explore contemporary issues (social, economic, psychological, aesthetic and functional).

The festival will consist of a 5-day exhibition, (interactive artworks, robots and installations) comprising of artworks from international and local artists, 3 days of workshops and many evenings of live electronic performance.

Digital technology has become a medium that has redefined the arts broading horizons and changing practices. New works that explore interactivity and the possibilities opened up by multimedia and electronic technologies to create immersive experiences bring physicality and play to the digital medium.

We call for submissions from artists and designers who’s work has been labelled as ‘new media’, ‘physical computing’, ‘tangible interfaces’, ‘digital media’, ‘techno craft’, amongst other titles which attempt to define the field.

We are currently accepting proposals for the following categories:
Exhibition
Workshops
Live Electronic Performance
Cinematic Works
Listening Post

The call for submissions is open from April 15th to July 20th, 2009. All submissions should have the participants name, work title and technical specifications as well as a work abstract in English (maximum of 200) and a brief biography(max of 200 words) about the author. Group works should have all members listed on the entry form. Please include links to video and photo documentation.

Submissions are open to professionals, researchers and design groups of the digital medium.

To find out more visit www.tweak.ie email: bonjour@tweak.ie

new site!

2009-04-21T18:41:00.001-07:00

new site is up!
check it out at www.tweak.ie
we are not accepting submissions for our 2009 exhibition
head over to the site to get the details.
more info coming over the next few days....

tweak 09!

2009-04-15T15:12:00.000-07:00

Plans for tweak number 2 are well on the way.
The website should be up and running by Friday.
We'll keep you updated with news here.