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    TMT #1: The First of our Ten Minute Tutorials on May 15

    Join us for a session of Ten Minute Tutorials on Wednesday 15th May, 7-9pm at the Centre for Creative Collaboration. Featuring an intro to the programming environment and language SuperCollider for real-time audio synthesis; Git and Github to manage open source projects; and coding visuals in Processing. More »

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    Data Visualisations with Twitter and Processing V2

      Back by seriously popular demand… This workshop will show you how to programme a real-time graphical visualisation using live Twitter data. You will create your visualization using Processing. Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts and … More »

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Hackship shenanigans aboard the Stubnitz

Some (slightly dodgy) pics (from my rubbish camera) from the soft-circuit synth workshop on the 30th March. The workshop was held aboard the the awesome MS Stubnitz  as part of the Music Hackspace Hackship event, a one day festival of musical hacking and contemporary sonic arts.

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MzTEK goes to TeenTech

Last month we took a range of our favourite MzTEK projects up to a TeenTech event in Uttoxeter Racecourse, for a day of exciting exhibitions and workshops for school kids.

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TeenTech runs lively one-day events to help young teenagers see the wide range of career possibilities in Science, Engineering and Technology.

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ODI BYO Lunchtime Lectures

Julie Freeman kicked off the first ever of the Open Data Institues’s ‘BYO Lunch Time Lectures’, with an introduction to the Data as Culture exhibition MzTEK curated for the ODI premises.

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Listen to the podcast of the event here

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MzTEK Exhibition at Norwich Arts Centre

To mark the 95th Anniversary of The Representation of the People Act, which first allowed women to vote, Norwich Arts Centre has commissioned MzTEK to exhibit a selection of artefacts and photographs illustrating our work over the last 4 years.

Artefacts will include projects devised and developed through MzTEK workshops, the Hacked Human Orchestra wearable instruments, e-textiles, hardware, and the a selection of the amazing teapots from our Chi-TEK showcase of technologically modified teapots.

We will also be running a soft-circuit a workshop at 9th March at Norwich Arts Centre. More details coming very soon…

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MzTEK on BBC Radio5 Outriders

We’re excited to have been interviewed about our involvement with the ODI Data-Driven Art commission, by our friends at BBC Radio5 Outriders! Sophie McDonald talks to Jamillah Knowles on Outriders 13 Nov 2012 Mixed Treats.

Outriders is BBC Radio 5 live’s programme dedicated to exploring the frontiers of the web. It is broadcast on Tuesdays at 0300 in Up All Night.

 

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