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tales of things in the classroom
Great to see that the site is being used as part of lesson plans for 10-18 year olds in New Zealand. Would love to see the results of this.
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In the Metro
Today saw QR codes being highlighted in the Metro, hopefully this will encourgae people to start scanning more. The article looks at Zoo Records who associated music with the codes, alongside TOTeM’s project RememberMe which was a collaboration with Oxfam. … Continue reading
Boundary Work: technology in practice between art and science
The Boundary Work exhibition is the first in a series of exhibitions designed to facilitate a survey of work that operates in the space between art and science and as such aims to encourage a dialogue between the sub-disciplines of … Continue reading
Tales from Dundee
In October the Dundee team have been very busy working with artists using tales of things to explore the effects of attaching stories to artworks at the point of creation. We’re looking at this from a range of different viewpoints … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Frost, art, collecting, Dundee Contemporary Arts, exhibition, interactivity, QR Code
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WASPs Open Day in Dundee
WASPs stands for Workshop and Artists’ Studio Provision Scotland and recently the Dundee studios had an open day where members of the public could come and view the works of artists in the studios. One of our artists, Marianne Wilson, who … Continue reading
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Tales of War Time Things tonight!
Tonight sees the screening of tales from Hillingdon residents relating to their experiences of World War II, the films and objects will be on display on the 20th October at 7.30pm Uxbridge Library. Tales include one residents escape from Prisoner of War … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibition, Hillingdon, library, local history, objects, social history, tales, Uxbridge
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Dundee Contemporary Arts at Multiplied pilots Tales of Things
If you are in London between the 15-18th October be sure to visit the Multiplied Art Fair (organised by Christie’s). We have been working with Dundee Contemporary Arts tagging their art works for the Fair. Visitors to their stand will … Continue reading
Future Internet, Call for Papers
We will be launching a special edition of the Future Internet Journal next year on the subject of the Internet of Things. The deadline for papers is January 2011, so plenty time to get the ideas flowing! The call is … Continue reading
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TOTeM and Oxfam
RememberMe, the project we did back in May in an Oxfam Shop in Manchester is still getting press, proving that there definitely is potential for charity shops to integrate this system into their stores. If attaching memories to our old … Continue reading
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Tagged collecting, Internet of Things, memory, objects, Oxfam, social history, tales, vintage
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Killer Start Ups
After being mentioned in Mashable’s Spark of Genius page yesterday (which has been tweeted 1,116 times so far!) we are now on the Killer Start Ups page, you can vote for your favourite (that’s us of course!) by clicking link … Continue reading