About the Master Class

AWARE (John Evans & Andrew Paterson, both UK/FI) led an intensive introduction to the collective contribution, publication and syndication of mobile media.

This master class was aimed at new media artists, designers and other creative researchers, interested in gaining skills, hands-on practical experience, and shared knowledge related to this medium for socially-engaged media art practices.

Over the 3 days there will be three aspects to the master class that will be intermingled each day.

Master Class Structure

Each morning was dedicated to skills development. It gave 'how-to-do' advice in setting up a webserver, an sms gateway and introduced techniques and approaches to publication and syndication via different methods within mobile and online networks. There was a distinct focus on open source solutions within proprietary networks, and sustainability beyond the duration of the master class.

In the afternoon sessions the following themes were introduced for discussion and elaborated: Metadata and context; Usability issues; Online representations and interfaces; Public / privacy threshold issues; Experience of social networks in mobile practices; Aesthetics of mobile media.

In addition to these subjects, there an opportunity was provided to share thoughts on how to design workshops for other special-interest groups, and how to present mobile practices to an audience.

Afternoons comprised of dispersed group exercises.

Outcomes

Participants gained an increased knowledge of concepts theory and practice and technological aspects surrounding locative art practice.

A more developed locative art community through bringing together artists.

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