<div dir="ltr"><p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Call for interaction designers, industrial designers, architects,
media artists and creative technologists who are working with the human body,
human senses, wearables or sensor technology and would like to co-create new
concepts together.</span></p><p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EVENT @ DEAF 2014: Thursday 22 May 2014, 10:00 – 20:00</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Want to participate? Please send a mail to <a href="mailto:makers@deaf.nl">makers@deaf.nl</a></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please include your name, a short
background and professional skills, your motivation to join and any previous
knowledge of sensor technology and any web links you may have
(site/blog/linkedin/vimeo).</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Costs: Students € 35,- / Professionals €
55,- (lunch, coffee / tea / cold beverages, snacks are included)</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Materials will be provided, but a laptop
is recommended.</span></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">THE EXTENDED SENSES LAB</span></b></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Various forms of extending human senses
with the use of low-cost sensors and easy-access networks are becoming available
to more and more of us. Artists and designers working with open tools (Arduino,
Processing, OpenFrameworks etc) are creating new interfaces to operate, perform
and navigate within networked environments.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Through technology we can sense new
aspects of our surrounding and we can enhance or distort our perception and
interaction with the world around.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Extended Senses Lab invites
artists/designers working in the field to develop a scenario or prototype,
which explores ways we could experience through and within these networks.
Introduced and guided by </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://deaf.nl/PROGRAMME/artists-speakers/tomasz-jaskiewicz"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tomasz Jaskiewitz</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
(TUDelft/Superspace) the participants will go hands-on, designing and
developing ideas based on current real-world situations, leading to immediately
viable concepts.</span></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">GENERAL INFO ABOUT THE DAY</span></b></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This one-day lab is a hands-on work
session during which a selected group of makers will work on the design of a
concept, prototype or scenario for an artwork or product around the Extended
Senses theme.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The result of the lab will be a
presentation of a numbers of concepts for artworks or products, which will be
documented and presented to an audience.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This lab at DEAF Biennale is organised
with the support of DEAF and The New Institute and is part of </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://deaf.nl/PROGRAMME/artists-speakers/fiber"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">FIBER</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">’s <i>Coded Matter(s): Extended Senses</i> event,
which takes place on the first of June together with De Brakke Grond in
Amsterdam.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.codedmatters.nl/"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">http://www.codedmatters.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.fiber-space.nl/"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">http://www.fiber-space.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">About the LAB leader: Tomasz Jaskiewicz</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tomasz is an architect, interaction
designer, academic researcher and educator. Since 2005 he holds master degrees
of architecture and urban design from the Gdansk University of Technology and
TU Delft. In 2013 he finished his PhD research at TU Delft, Architecture,
Hyperbody section, where he developed an integrated design framework for
development of evolving interactive architectural ecosystems. In 2013 he also
co-founded the company Hive Systems, developing software solutions for design
and deployment of interactive systems, Since February 2014 he is assistant
professor of interactive design prototyping at the Industrial Design
Engineering faculty of TU Delft.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.hive-systems.net/"></a></span></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">About DEAF</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The tenth edition of DEAF (Dutch Electronic
Art Festival) will take place from Wednesday 21 May until Saturday 24 May 2014
at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25 in Rotterdam.<br>
The DEAF exhibition runs from 21 May to 9 June. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">DEAF 2014 offers a rich and varied
programme with a thematic exhibition, seminars, lectures, workshops and
performances. The theme for the 2014 edition is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Palatino">ʻ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Progess Trap</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'PT Mono'">ʼ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, the trap when technological innovation has become a means to an end
in itself and has been decoupled from the cultural and social advances that it
was supposed to help achieve. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">DEAF 2014 proposes to view the
innovations of our globalised world through a critical lens. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For the full programme visit <a href="http://www.deaf.nl">www.deaf.nl</a>.
</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">About FIBER</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">FIBER is an Amsterdam based organisation,
that presents new developments in audiovisual art, digital culture and the
deeper corners of electronic music. The team works year round with a vibrant
network of artists, designers and researchers to create artistic events and a
festival. Special attention goes out to the support of up and coming talents
across numerous creative disciplines. FIBER explores hybrid forms of art, the
power of media- and network technology, and encourages an exchange of views
between the makers and their audience. Their <i>Coded Matter(s)</i> event series explores the explosion of digital
processes taking place in culture and society.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.codedmatters.nl">http://www.codedmatters.nl</a></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.fiber-space.nl">http://www.fiber-space.nl</a></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</span></p><div><div dir="ltr">Emma O'Hare<div>Researcher / Editor<br><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">DEAF | Dutch Electronic Art Festival</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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