The DAS residency programme allows artists from a wide range of disciplines to work on digital projects in a dedicated environment. An important part of the programme is the opportunity to showcase work to an audience and informally discuss their practice with both peers and public. Our current Uk & Ireland Residents will be giving talks on their work in August and September. DAS is pleased to present the first of these talks by artists Shelby Woods and Lisa Byrne.

Date: Tuesday 30th August // Time: 6pm // Location: Digital Arts Studios

Lisa Byrne

Róisín (image courtesy of Lisa Byrne: video still, 2011)

Lisa Byrne has exhibited in group and solo shows internationally since 1995, highlights include the Guggenheim museums worldwide, and in the Courtauld Institute of Art. Lisa graduated with an MA from the RCA in 2007. ACNI hold her work in their collection. Lisa mainly uses photography and video. Her work centres on human experience, taking an intimate path into the lives of those with whom she has a personal relationship. The trust and commitment engendered from this artist-subject relationship is pronounced in the depth of the work. The work itself is intimate and personal employing an immersive relationship with the audience.  This communication between the victims of the Troubles with the spectator is perhaps the most important feature of the work. Although the communication is generated from the victim whilst the audience is the receiver of information, it remains a dynamic interaction connecting on an intimate psychological and emotional level.

See Lisa Byrne’s new work at Golden Thread Gallery as part of the group exhibition ’Other Stories‘.

Date: Thursday 25th August // Time: 6pm // Location: Golden Thread Gallery

Shelby Woods

The ocean that isn’t (image courtesy of Shelby Woods: installation of flour, lipgloss, and amplifier with sound,  2011)

Shelby Woods is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She currently holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and sculpture from the University of Oklahoma and studied abroad at the University of Hertfordshire, greater London, in 2007. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Art degree at the University of Ulster, Belfast. Her work deals with the idea of ‘neither here nor there’ and the concept of a wide and borderless space is the region in which she practices. Liminality and nothingness are central to her investigations. Far from the capitals, publishing houses and artistic hubs of the world, these geographic and cultural blank spaces are centres of production where the world is anything but still. Blankness and invisibility permeate her work. The infinite––or the suggestion of infinity—is representative of the world that lies in between what most people know.

All DAS talks are free and open to the public.

For more information please contact the Digital Arts Studios on 02890 312900 or email the manager: angela@digitalartsstudios.com

What: Artist Talk

Where: Digital Arts Studios

When: Thursday 23^rd June 2011 at 6pm

Laura is the DAS International Resident Artist for May and June 2011. An animation and video artist from Boston, Ma USA, Laura’s body of work includes a series of short films that range in content from whimsical and funny cartoons to fine arts based and documentary style explorations of serious subject matters. In 2008, she earned BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Design and currently works as a freelance animator and documentary video producer. For her residency, Laura has been working on a multimedia project based on the Peace Wall in West Belfast.

Laura’s work has been featured in various film and animation festivals where it has received awards such as Winner of New Media in the 2010 Boston International Film Festival & the Silver Award at the 2010 Muse Awards. Laura will present her work on Thursday the 23rd June at 6pm, all are welcome. www.laurapiraino.com

All DAS talks are free and open to the public.

For more information please contact the Digital Arts Studios on 02890 312900 or at office@digitalartsstudios.com

There are limited places remaining on our  current workshop programme, so please book now if you wish to attend any courses! Our workshops are limited to 6 places each so that participants have near one-to-one training. For more information on each course, you can download the brochure here . Upcoming courses include:

Final Cut Pro for Beginners with Miriam de Búrca
14th – 16th June, 6 – 8.30pm
£80/£50 FULLY BOOKED

Web Design for Beginners with Neil Mercer
28^th – 30^th June, 6 – 8:30pm
£80/£50

Digital Audio Production with David Baxter
5th – 7th July, 6 – 8.30pm
£80/50

Flash for Beginners with Barry Cullen
19th – 21st July, 6 – 8.30pm
£80/£50

After Effects – An Introduction with David Haughey
26th – 28th July, 6 – 8.30pm
£80/£50 LIMITED PLACES REMAINING

Call for Applications: Pixilerations [v.8]: New Media Fringe Festival – 22 Sep to 2 Oct, 2011.

PIXILERATIONS gathers and showcases cutting-edge new-media artworks through an annual festival in Providence, Rhode Island (USA). This unique forum investigates the rapidly-developing field of new media arts through installations, performances and film/video screenings. It forms part of the larger FirstWorks Festival (www.first-works.org), a multi dimensional performing arts festival that celebrates cultural “firsts” as avenues for strengthening community and creativity.

In an era of Facebook/Twitter-inflamed revolutions, biotechnology ethics wars, and youtube-generated museum exhibitions, this year’s festival seeks to examine the question “Where – and what – is New Media Art today?” New Media art traditionally held a role at the intersections of art, science, technology, and social realms, yet artists who do not identify as New Media artists now make free use of the same tools as video game programmers, robotics engineers, and DJs. Pixilerations [v.8] seeks work that broadly explores these identity questions of art/not art, new/old. We invite artists, musicians, performers, film/video makers, and new media practitioners to submit their work for Pixilerations [v.8] to the following website: http://pixilerations.org/2011/submission.html.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO APRIL 19, 2011. Questions about the submission process and Pixilerations should be directed to pixilerations@first-works.org

4TH Videoholica International Video Art Festival
5 – 12 August 2011, Varna, Bulgaria. Open call for video submissions

The events held during VIDEOHOLICA 2011 will include a series of evening video art projections in outdoor public spaces in Varna, such as the inner yard of the Varna Archaeology Museum, the back yard of the Varna Puppet Theatre, the Rakovina Open-Air Stage in the Varna Sea Garden and other. In parallel with the video art screenings of VIDEOHOLICA 2011, exhibitions, discussions, and workshops concerning video and contemporary art topics led by established local and international art professionals followed by a reception with honored video artists will take place in gallery and museum spaces in Varna.

The theme of VIDEOHOLICA 2011 is free. This year’s VIDEOHOLICA festival has no submission fee. VIDEOHOLICA 2011 open call will run until 30 of June 2011 * and all applications are very welcome! * Your application must be received by the deadline date. Applications received with postmarked deadline date will NOT be accepted.

For applications and more information go to Videoholica

Call for Independent Filmmakers

Cashier no 9. are seeking contact details for any independent film makers or anyone in general who is looking for music for the moving image. email stucashierno9[at]gmail.com

MY Virtual Mural Project

Causeway Museum Service is undertaking a project working with youths who are receiving special educational guidance. The participants will be taking digital photographs and then working with them in a computer suite to create virtual murals or graffiti.

The museum would like to hear from suitably experienced individuals who could work with two groups over three workshops each to help them create their images.

Please contact john.hamilton[at]colerainebc.gov.uk.

If you are one of our 2011 workshop participants, we would like to know what you thought of the session. Your feedback will help us to continue to improve our services and facilities and so we would appreciate it, if you could please take 5 minutes to complete a short online questionnaire, where you will be able to comment on all aspects of the workshop.

Please go to: Workshop Participants Questionnaire

We hope you enjoyed your workshop and hope to see you again soon!

Thank you

Digital Arts Studios