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Interaction Research Studio work in exhibitions abroad

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The Prayer Companion in the Big Bang Data exhibition

Work created in the Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths is currently on display in two exhibitions outside Britain.

“The Prayer Companion” can be seen at CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona) until 26 October 2014 as part of the exhibition “Big Bang Data”. The Prayer Companion is a device developed at the Interaction Research Studio in 2010, with the purpose of providing a resource for prayers of intercession to nuns.

Meanwhile, the “Energy Babble”, which plays back energy related messages sent remotely or recorded by users, is being exhibited at UNSW Art &Design Australia as part of “Feral Experimental: New Design Thinking” until 30 August.

 

MA graduate invites us to “Waste less, live more”

Marcela Teran is a graduate of the MA in Design and Environment at Goldsmiths and she currently works as a designer for the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy. Marcela has sent us word that between 22-28 September 2014, they are organising “Waste less, live more” week, under the theme “Be Resourceful”. The event is meant to raise awareness of our environmental impact and to encourage us to improve health, wellbeing and happiness; it includes workshops and a screening of “My Stuff”, a Finnish documentary on moderation and comfort. More information can be found on the “Waste less, live more” website.

Marcela has a blog on sustainable lifestyles here.

PhD by Design

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“Phd by Design” is a conference that explores the messiness of practice-based research and it is organised by PhD students from the Design department at Goldsmiths. What’s it all about?
“The aim of this event is to vocalise, discuss and work through many of the topical issues of conducting a practice-based PhD in Design. It will enable early career design researchers to explore a variety of aspects of knowledge production within an academic institution. A secondary aim of the event is to share questions that emerge through doing practice-based research. Some of the questions we aim to tackle are:

+ What counts as practice-based research?
+ What are the politics of designing and conducting practice-based research?
+ Where are the boundaries of theory & practice?
+ How can we make practice-based research accountable?”

The conference will take place on 6 and 7 November this year, and if you want to get involved, as well as find out who else will be there, just go to the Phd by Design website.