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.…
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:
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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/…