[spectre] supertoys symposium, bristol, 14 january 2009

[geoff cox]

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Supertoys symposium: "Hello Toy"

Wednesday 14 January 2009
1.00 - 5.30pm

£20.00/£12.00 concs. (includes admission to the evening performance event)

Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

Dylan Evans (Cork), Seth Giddings (UWE), Natalie Jeremijenko (NYU),
Helen Kennedy (UWE), Claire Pajaczkowska (RCA), Victoria de Rijke
(Middx), and Paul Hoggett (UWE).

In the evening there will be a Lo-Tech Songs + Servo Drive performance
by Paul Granjon.

Bringing together contributions from educationalists, artists,
technologists and theorists, the day expands on themes in the Supertoys
exhibition related to play, affective machines and object relations.

Victoria de Rijke and Claire Pajaczkowska will introduce the paradoxical
zone of play, as an activity that is simultaneously relaxed and also
passionately destructive and amorous. Seth Giddings and Helen Kennedy
will explore the nature of the relationships between children, media
technology and play objects in virtual and actual gameworlds. Dylan
Evans will examine the dilemma at the heart of human-robot
relationships, and Natalie Jeremijenko will talk about her projects that
explore relations between humans, animals and machines.

Chaired by Paul Hoggett, Director of the Centre for Psycho-Social
Studies at UWE, this event is aimed at anyone with an interest in toys
and play, object relations, and affective machines.

For more information, on the symposium, exhibition and other events, see
http://www.supertoy.org/

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geoff cox