CREATIVE ROOM FOR ART AND COMPUTING

CRAC - Creative Room for Art and Computing - is a digital media workshop located in Stockholm, Sweden. CRAC operates as an interdisciplinary platform, and as an embassy for rethinking how new media can and should be used.
The aim is to establish a living dialogue between art and technology, where the overarching strategic goal is to give art as a whole a role in the ever-expanding electronic public space.

INVITATION

The Art of Robotics
– Materialize Your Robotic Idea

CRAC organizes an exclusive International Workshop in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence catered towards material based artists and other interested.
The workshop will present both a theoretical background in robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as technical expertise in the use of a variety of sensors, actuators and microcontroller technology.
The workshop is result oriented, designed to provide the skills, knowledge and guidance to enable the participant to build her own robot.

LOCATION:
CRAC, Åsögatan 176, Stockholm

DATE:
Friday 16 May – Sunday 18 May 2008

INSTRUCTORS:
Alberto Frigo, Media Artist and Designer. Awarded at Ars Electronica, The Japan Media Art Festival and Prix Möbius. Previously involved in Art and Technology education at Chalmers, Göteborg, and currently at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm.

Chandana Paul, PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Lab, the University of Zurich. Postdoctoral research at the Mechanical Engineering department, Cornell University. Also B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Science, B.S. and Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, MIT. Previously worked at the Centre for Autonomous Systems at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Erik Sjödin, Creative Engineer, Art & Technology programme, The Interactive Institute, Kista. Msc. in Media Technology and Engineering, Linköping University. Previously taught physical computing and creative programming at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, and at the New Media Meeting, Norrköping.

COST:
The workshop fee is SEK 2 500. It includes lecture, supervising and basic materials on average 1000 skr each that you keep after the workshop. Students pay SEK 2 000.
CRAC members pay SEK 1 900.

REGISTRATION:
For registration and/or further information please contact:
Maria Johansson, Workshop Coordinator
email: maria.johansson@yahoo.com
cellphone: +46 (0)730 795 916

PROGRAM:
Friday 16 May:
10.00–10.15 Presentation of Instructors.
10.15-12.15 Lecture: The Art of Robotics by Chandana Paul.
14.00-18.00 Individual work with instructors present.

Saturday 17 May:
10.00-18.00 Individual work with instructors present.

Sunday 18 May:
10.00- Individual work with instructors present all day.
The workshop ends at 19.30.

Lunch each day at 13.30-14.30.

It is possible to stay at CRAC and work very early and/or late hours for workshop participants who are interested.

CREDIT NOTICE:
The workshop is made possible by financial support from Stiftelsen Framtidens Kultur.
Thank you also to Mejan Labs.