body>data>space newsletter
 body>data>space had its 5th Birthday in March and we celebrated with a buzz around our involvement in two fantastic long term projects, Robots & Avatars with our key partner NESTA, and the MADE a topical international collaboration with EU support.
It's over 20 years now since members of the core team initiated our deep exploration of "the body at the centre of digital technologies" (1989 though shinkansen/Future Physical) and now in 2010 we have naturally been able to make significant shifts into challenging new sectors. more
Below we detail several key projects, downloadable reports and events for all to attend. Do contact us directly for any further details or if you are interested in partnering in any projects - we are open to all connections!!!
Enjoy the summer, do keep checking the extensive content we are adding to our websites and we hope to see you very soon :)
PROJECTS
Robots and Avatars - our colleagues & playmates of the future
 This innovative project explores how young people will work and play with new representational forms of themselves and others in virtual and physical life in the next 10-15 years with key partner NESTA. Below we detail the activities in the next few months :-
Lunch Debates - Deepening the conversation around Robots and Avatars
Artificial Intelligence, Behaviour and Ethics, Health and Wellbeing and Future Workplace with expert provocateurs and inspiring thinkers. We will be sharing their outcomes on the site after each debate. more
Vodcasts - a series of 10 interviews with experts on their personal future visions for Robots and Avatars - keep an eye on the website for the first inputs on robotics by Professor Noel Sharkey and Fiddian Warman. more
Professor Noel Sharkey has become the first Project Champion for Robots and Avatars more
Learning experiences linked to the Robots and Avatars programme have been developed and body>data>space is working on the NESTA idiscover programme with a suite of learning experiences to be delivered across school terms 2010/11. Telematics , Robots , Avatars and Virtual Worlds , Virtual / Physical Event Production and Management and Online Communication / Social Media. more
We are offering this suite of learning experiences to groups of young people all over the UK - if you are interested in booking experiences and finding out more please contact Leanne Hammacott Project Producer for more information. leanne@bodydataspace.net
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MADE (Mobility for Digital Arts in Europe) -
new EU Culture 2007-13
 Project launches in June 2010
Initiated by lead partner CDA (centre des arts, Paris) and the RAN network (Réseau Arts Numériques) alongside partners body>data>space (London), Transcultures (Mons) Belgium and bodig (Istanbul) the project aims to develop European cultural co-operation in the field of digital arts by promoting the mobility of artists and professionals in this area.
more on b>d>s -
including commissioning fund
PRESENTATIONS / FESTIVALS / CONFERENCES
IA10 (Interactive Architecture 2010)
 IA10 (Interactive Architecture 2010) takes place as part of the London Festival of Architecture and will be held in Aldgate area of London on 24th June 2010
Ghislaine is leading a panel at this forum for the building design community, and co-facilitating the sharing of ideas and experiences around exploiting new technologies to enable the built environment to dynamically respond to people in or around it.
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Shift Happens
 Shift Happens, arts and converging technologies
5th and 6th July 2010 - York
body>data>space will show the research outputs from the Robots and Avatars programme and also examples of our work linked to performance telematics and collaborative communication methodologies. more
Bains Numériques #5 - international digital arts festival
 12th to 19th June 2010
Enghien-les-Bains, near Paris
This excellent international festival of performance, installations, music and exhibitions also hosts Professional Roundtable meetings bringing together experts from industry, creative and cultural sectors and academia and an International Dance and Technology competition. Ghislaine Boddington, body>data>space is a member of the Visual Arts Jury.
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DRHA (Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts)
 5th - 8th September 2010
Brunel University , London
body>data>space are taking part in this year’s DHRA. The theme 'Sensual Technologies: Collaborative Practices of Interdiscplinarity'. Thecla Schiphorst and Stelarc yes(pictured right) are two of the Keynote Speakers this year, and it is an excellent networking place for worldwide digital connections.
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