We're on LinkedIn! ADAPT Centre and Beta Festival are thrilled to announce the open call for S+T+ARTS4WaterII - STARTS Are you an artist and passionate about sustainability? Apply now for one of 20 residencies across Europe and collaborate with experts to tackle water challenges through art and technology. Three residencies will be facilitated on the island of Ireland: one in Dublin Port Company, one in Port of Galway and one in Belfast Harbour. Supported by each of these ports as well as the The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO), Waterways Ireland, Smart Dublin, The Digital Hub Development Agency, Galway Culture Company, Culture Works (IE), Digital Art Studios (DAS) Belfast, Maritime Belfast Trust, Belfast City Council. With a budget of €40.000 per residency, this is your chance to turn ideas into impactful artworks and be part of the solution! Apply before June 26, 2024. The consortium partners include GLUON BXL , VITO, Camargo Corrêa Infra, Beta Festival, ADAPT Centre, drugo more, Waag Futurelab, TBA21, OGR Torino, PiNA Koper, and klima biennale wien More info: https://lnkd.in/ebcPvi3f
Beta Festival
Civic and Social Organizations
A festival of art and technology critically engaging with technology's impact on society. Co-founded by The Digital Hub.
About us
Beta is a new festival of art and technology, co-founded by The Digital Hub and Aisling Murray. Over 2 weeks in November, Ireland’s research and digital art communities come together. Beta makes new technologies and complex themes accessible to the public and critically reflects on Ireland’s role as a global tech hub. Taking Ireland’s role as a central node in today's networked world as a starting point this festival showcases and celebrates Ireland’s research and artistic communities through a combination of creativity, debate and experimentation. Beta allows members of the public to engage playfully and critically with new technologies essentially beta testing ethical issues facing society public through exhibitions, screenings, panel discussions and workshops. The festival creates a network, international platform and anchor for the community of digital artists and researchers based in Ireland. Providing commissioning, upskilling, residency and mentorship opportunities as well as nurturing a creative pipeline and creating pathways for industry collaboration. The programme explores AI and creativity, immersive technologies and big ethical questions on diverse topics including the environmental impacts of our networked society, data equity, web3 and the third quantum revolution. Beta aims to: Empower people in the way they think about and use new technologies. Support and showcase Irish artists and researchers in art and technology.
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https://betafestival.ie/
External link for Beta Festival
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Dublin 8
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2023
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The Digital Hub Depot, Roe Ln, The Liberties
Dublin 8, D08 TCV4, IE
Employees at Beta Festival
Updates
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Interested in immersive technologies, storytelling and social justice? Tomorrow we have a free workshop with the inspiring Karen Palmer, the Storyteller from the Future, an award winning XR creator and futurist who explores the societal implications of A.I and technology and impact of inequality. She does this by enabling participants to experience the future today through her immersive experiences, which watch you back using artificial intelligence and facial recognition technologies. This dynamic session offers participants the chance to engage with Karen’s groundbreaking methodologies, which fuse storytelling, futurism, and worldbuilding to explore the intersection of creativity, technology, and social impact. Expect an interactive, collaborative environment designed to help creatives unlock their agency, confront societal challenges, and imagine bold, transformative futures. Supported by Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet https://lnkd.in/eex7WadN
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Great event taking place this evening with the powerhouse that is Liz Rosenthal 💙
This Wednesday, 13th Nov, we are delighted to co-present an evening event focused on Games and Immersive with IMIRT - The Irish Game Makers Association at Irish Design Week at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. The evening begins with a conversation, guided by a card game of questions, between Unreal specialist and 3d artist Cordula Hansen PhD and Oisín Lennon from Danu Sports who work on wearables for gait analysis and atrophy for astronauts. Followed by a conversation with Liz Rosenthal, curator of Venice Immersive, Colum Slevin ex-Oculus Story Studio, now at EA games and Marcel Twohig from Logitech, moderated by our own Camille Donegan The evening promises to be a progressive look at where Experience Design for Games and Immersive is now and where it is going. It also offers a great opportunity for networking and meeting these leading industry figures. Tickets are only 5 euros: https://lnkd.in/efTFMs-g We hope to see you there!
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Full programme for the conference and opening weekend of Beta Festival is online now with our beautifully designed schedules by Emma Conway 💙 Excited to welcome everyone on Friday. There are still some tickets for the conference available! There are also a small numbers of spaces left for our AI Art Assembly although these will be closed on Thursday so we can plan the seating arrangement to ensure a mix of disciplines for the workshop. Hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/eJrPVtJm
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Beta 2024 Festival programme has launched! This year the festival features two main exhibitions: "Unsettling the Algorithm: Seeds of Resistance" curated by Nóra O' Murchú and Aisling Murray featuring works by: !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Basil Al-Rawi, Robert Collins, Firas Shehadeh, Jennifer Gradecki and Derek Curry, Nora Al-Badri, Patricia Domínguez and Suzanne Treister, Sebastian Schmieg, Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne, and TzuTung Lee and Winnie Soon. And "Local Artists Networks" featuring new work and new commissions from Aisling Phelan, Cailean Finn, Screen Service and Pallas Projects/Studios artist Conan McIvor. The conference will return this year with keynotes from Abeba Birhane on Friday 1st November and Kay Watson on Saturday 2nd November and there are a variety of workshops and other events taking place over the two weeks. We're proud to present the Irish premiere of the Cannes Award Winning XR Performance "Noire, the Unknown Life of Claudette Colvin" directed by Stéphane Foenkinos and Pierre-Alain Giraud, based on the work by Tania de Montaigne, produced by Novaya in partnership with the Centre Pompidou, co-produced with Flash Forward Entertainment. This work is presented by Embassy of France in Ireland, Institut français and The Digital Hub Development Agency The festival will take place this year from 1-17 November at The Digital Hub Development Agency with support from Science Week Research Ireland Embassy of France in Ireland and The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon We have some wonderful programme partners and supporters this year including: Creative Futures Academy British Council Smart Dublin Pallas Projects/Studios Creative Spark Dundalk ADAPT Centre https://lnkd.in/eJrPVtJm Website by the brilliant Cailean Finn