Future Places Workshops

Computer Vision, led by Golan Levin (Oct. 13-14, 50€)

This is a practical introduction to using computer vision techniques to create interesting interactions in Processing, a free Java environment for arts programming. This workshop is ideal for students who have had a semester's experience of programming in Processing, Java, or a C-like language.

 

Uncovering Urban Stories: A Mobile Location Aware Approach, led by Valentina Nisi and Ian Oakley (Oct. 13-14, 50€)

Participants will be guided through the process of authoring, structuring and designing mobile, spatially distributed narratives. Working in pairs they will explore the city of Porto to unearth one or more situated stories. The processes of storyboarding, scripting and filming will be tutored to suit presentation on mobile devices. The Urban Stories workshop targets filmmakers: professionals, semi-professionals and students.

 

Interface Design for Mobile Devices, led by Nuno Correia and Mónica S. Mendes (Oct. 13-14, 50€)

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to develop a project in user interface design and information structuring for exploring a physical location. This workshop is intended for designers, illustrators, programmers who are interested in information structure and visual design, and content producers including photographers, video artists and sound designers.

 

Open Cities, led by David Gunn and Guillermo Brown (afternoon of Oct. 14, 20€)

This workshop will operate as a collaborative recording session where participants collect sounds to be used to create a show presented by Gunn and Brown later in the festival schedule. It will be a loosely structured recording walk across a selected part of the city using mobile recording equipment.

 

For more information about the workshops, instructors, and prerequisites, and for registration, please see http://colab.ic2.utexas.edu/futureplaces/workshops/>http://colab.ic2.utexas.edu/futureplaces/workshops/