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THURSDAY NIGHT

LECTURE SERIES 2013

Thursday, 9 May

In the run-up to Vivid Sydney 2013, we have a special double presentation by Academics and recent graduates from the Faculty who will talk about how we can use creative technologies to make everyday places much more fun.

Their experiences making the Solstice LAMP for Vivid Sydney 2013 and the iconic Mirador for Sculpture by the Sea 2012 inform their stories on what it takes to create large, public architectural and interactive installations.

Rachel Couper + Ivana Kuzmanovska

Sculpture by the Sea

Rachel Couper and Ivana Kuzmanovska began collaborating during the Masters of Architecture, Sydney University, when they developed a design for a temporary theatre for the Digital Architecture Studio and the Sydney Festival. This culminated in the installation of a prototype, the Spritz, in the Sydney Festival Exhibition ‘youtopia’ in January 2012. Kuzmanovska and Couper were awarded the Australian Institute of Architects Digital Innovation Prize for the design and the prototype formed the basis of the design for the Mirador.

Ollie Bown + Luke Hespanhol + Martin Tomitsch + Miriama Young

'Transforming the urban landscape with creative technologies'

Oliver Bown holds a PhD from the Department of Computing, Goldsmiths College, University of London. As well as being a composer and performer, he has worked as an interactive sound designer for digital installation artworks and has developed software for music creation and performance. He maintains a music and audio software library for the popular creative programming environment Processing.

Luke Hespanhol holds Master degrees in Cross-Disciplinary Art & Design by the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales (2010) and in Interaction Design & Electronic Arts by the University of Sydney (2012). He is currently a PhD candidate at the Design Lab, University of Sydney. Luke’s research and art practice focus on the transformation of public spaces through interactive electronic interventions.

Martin Tomitsch is a lecturer and researcher at the Design Lab in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney. He teaches interaction design and human–computer interaction in the Bachelor in Design Computing and Master in Interaction Design & Electronic Arts programs. His research focuses on the creative use of emergent technologies to improve everyday life.

Miriama Young holds a PhD in Music Composition from Princeton University. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Miriama writes music for film, dance, radio, live electronics and fixed media, voices and instruments. Her interactive installations have featured in New York City’s Puffin Room and Gallery 138.

 

Time:  6:30pm

Cost: FREE

Wilkinson Building | Lecture Theatre 1

148 City Rd Darlington

Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning

The University of Sydney

NO RSVP REQUIRED

 

UPCOMING LECTURE -

Hannah Tribe | To think about the house is to think about the city

Thursday 16 May 2013 | Lecture Theatre 1 | FADP | 6.30pm

The Thursday Night Lecture series is proudly presented by the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning, The University of Sydney and is partners with the Tin Sheds Gallery to explore the theme ““Emergen/city”  which looks at various approaches to architecture, design and urban habitation in our precarious world.

Visit the official Thursday Night Lectures homepage

Watch past lectures in this series on the Faculty YouTube Channel

Visit the Tin Sheds Gallery Exhibition Page