Glti.ch IV Aftermath

Oh. My. Lord.

That was fun.

So many thanks must go out to Sam Meech, Nathan Jones and all the people at Mercy, Meanwhile Space and Re-Dock for putting on the best GLTI.CH Karaoke yet!

Highlight of the night for me had to be 6 person, two city, rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. We pulled off every vocal track without a mixing deck.…

Smeechy previously GLTI.CHed with a fox

Following our day of workshopping and discussion of GLTI.CH Karaoke at Syntax, fellow artist/designer/videosmith Smeech was left “wondering if the text in karaoke could be made subject to some of the other systems of language collection and manipulation.”  He writes on his blog:

The Karaoke event is a space that celebrates naffness and mistakes – through the video, the backing tracks, and of course the performers.

GLTI.CH at Syntax

In-person and via Skype–appropriately so–we’ll be talking all things GLTI.CH at Syntax, a “speculative 1-day workshop, looking to explore how poet/writers and coder/artists can bring their skills together to make new experimental work.” organized by Nathan Jones and John O’Shea.  Here’s more info:

Coders and Poets – Join your forces!
http://syntax-play.tumblr.com/

What: Workshop at Mad Lab in Manchester

When: Thursday 28th July – 10am-5pm

The brief:
“A dynamic piece of writing which changes as you experience it, in response to data/linguistic information in the real world or online”

The day will run as follows:
10am – 12pm: Presenting solutions
Lunch
1pm – 5pm: Developing new work / Play-time

This project is led by Nathan Jones and John O’Shea

Partners: http://www.mercyonline.co.uk/…