Art News:
In this Newsletter: 1. Darklight Halloweeen Wrap Party 2. Darklight Winners 3. Recyclism Masterclass 4. Hollywood Babylon Returns
Firstly, we'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated and attended Darklight this year. It was a really amazing weekend. Terence Davies and Seamus McGarvey were inspiring and we got totally hooked on playing Indie games. We hope you all enjoyed it, we sure did!! For those of you who couldn't make it, we will be posting talks on our YouTube channel shortly, so keep you're eye out and find out what happened:
1. Darklight Wrap Party
Get your sewing kits, fangs, gore and glue to the ready!! Darklight are planning a Halloween party to wrap this year's festival. Dates and venue to follow very shortly...
2. Announcing the winners of the Darklight Festival Awards for 2012
Below are the super talented winners of this year's festival.
Best Animation:
Here To Fall (2012), Director Kris Kelly
Best Short Film:
A Proposal for Possibilities (2012), Director Fintan Ryan
Best Documentary:
Grandma Lofi (2011), Directors Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, Orri Jonsson, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir
Spirit of Darklight 2012: (joint winners)
The End of The Earth is My Home, (2012) Director Alan Lambert
Personal Archive: Live Documentary (2012) Director Fergal Brennan, with Sharon Phelan
3. Recyclism presents Physical Computing Masterclass
When: Wednesday 26th of September, from 10am to 4.30pm
Where: Hosted by Recyclism Hacklab
How: Bring your own laptop (Mac, Pc or Linux)
Who: Limited to 10 participants
Fee: €65 (Online booking mandatory and nonrefundable)
During this Master class participants will become familiar with basic hardware and software design while at the same time gaining hands-on experience making interactive art projects, digital art performances, installations, interactive events using moving images and sound. The workshop covers the basis of Physical Computing using Arduino, Pure Data and Processing. Participants will be able to control sound and visuals in Pure Data or Processing by using a variety of Sensors (distance sensor, light sensor, temperature sensor, potentiometer, etc..). Each participant will have use of a starter kit (Arduino, bread boards, basic tools and sensors) for the day. This initial class can be follow by groups or individual follow-up sessions to help participants complete a personal project or expand
their knowledge in specific areas.
This Master Class is open to participants of different backgrounds and no programming or electronic experience is required. For details about the next Masterclass use our contact page http://hacklab.recyclism.com/contact/.
This course is run by Benjamin Gaulon, an artist and lecturer at the National College of Art and Design. Since 2005, Benjamin has been exploring Circuit Bending and Hardware Hacking. He has also been running similar workshops in Europe and the US. He has created the Recyclism Hacklab in 2011.
For more info and booking visit:
4. Hollywood Babylon returns
Hooray for the return of Hollywood Babylon!!
Where and when: Saturday 13th October they're screening HEATHERS in the plush surroundings of the Lighthouse Cinema.
With: Cocktail specials at the bar.
Hollywood Babylon say "These are the real Mean Girls and this one of the sharpest, darkest and most hilarious movies of the 1980s. Skewering societal norms on a big sharp stick." We concur.
As always, thanks for your time.
Team Darklight ♥
