Creative Tech Meetup - Antonin Fourneau
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Join us this month to hear Antonin Fourneau, a pioneering French digital artist whose work is focused on interactive art and popular culture.
Selected as the 2017 Te Ataata Creative Technologies Artist Residency recipient, Antonin will be based at AUT’s Colab for three months from July 11. Join us to hear Antonin give an introduction to his practice and an overview of his residency project, Sonoscritpum.
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Sonoscritpum is the working title of the project Antonin will be working on during the residency. Developing on his current field of research about ludicity and gamification, the project will consider the voice as a paintbrush by developing an interactive wall that can reflect sound frequency as colour to explore the synesthesia between sound and light.
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Antonin Fourneau is currently professor of Digital Arts in ENSAD and guest lecturer in several schools including CAFA-Beijing. He received an Art Diploma from Aix-en-Provence Art School, followed by a post Diploma in Interactive Art in the Design School of ENSAD Paris. Since his graduation, Antonin has been focused on interactive art and popular culture. He created a collaborative project about innovation and a new form of funfair named Eniarof.
He continues to be involved in various exhibitions related to digital arts including the ongoing success of Water Light Graffiti (http://www.waterlightgraffiti.com/) – A wall made of LEDs which light up when touched by water.
About the Residency:
The Cultural Office of the French Embassy in New Zealand (http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-English-) and Auckland University of Technology have launched the Te Ataata residency programme in 2015. It allows for a French creative practitioner to be hosted at Colab in Auckland in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Read more about the programme here (https://colab.aut.ac.nz/collaborations/ataata/).
Agenda:
• 6.00pm – Welcome & Community news
• 6:10pm – Antonin Fourneau
• 6:45pm – Q&A
• 7:00pm – Formal event ends – stick around for networking and nibbles
• 8.00pm – Ends
About the Meetup:
Founded by Colab in 2014 the Creative Technologists Meetup provides an opportunity to share and develop skills and knowledge in a collaborative environment. Acting as a physical social network the monthly event provides valuable links between people, skills and knowledge, enabling more collaborative opportunities and building the collective capabilities of the community. Each event follows a basic format including a structured presentation and discussion based around a theme or guest speaker followed by free discussion time and networking.
Keep in the loop:
Visit the Colab events page (http://colab.aut.ac.nz/events/may-creative-technologists-meetup/), join the Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/interactivepractitioners/), follow Colab on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Colab_AUT) and sign up to the Colab newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/jMNo5)
For more information contact Public Liaison Coordinator, Harry Silver: harry.silver@aut.ac.nz | 027 246 5332.
Creative Tech Meetup - Antonin Fourneau