Workshops

  • Coder Beatz

    Happy to be working with Birmingham Open Media to deliver Coder Beatz, a creative digital programme focusing on live coding for young black kids in the West Midlands. Coder Beatz a new creative digital programme for young black kids aged between 11-15 years old. We are running 4 monthly Coder Beatz workshops between November…

  • Blender Animation Workshop – July 25th

    On Saturday July 25th I’ll be delivering an online a Blender workshop for Access Space! The three-hour workshop (13:00 – 16:00) will go through a few basics of using Blender but will mainly focus on making abstract glitchy looping gifs, like the ones that I made for Improviz. Tickets are £15 and can be…

  • Design Yourself: Evasive Techniques

    In the fourth workshop of our Life Rewired inspired Design Yourself project, the Young Creatives worked with Yoke Collective in a workshop focused on the implications of facial recognition technology. The group used Yoke Collective’s method of harnessing make up and hair extensions to avoid detection from facial recognition technologies. Combined with the creation…

  • Blender School, 12th – 29th May 2018

    On 12th, 26th and 29th May I’m going to be running a three-part workshops series focusing on how to use Blender. Blender is a popular free and open source 3D modeling program used by professionals and amateurs for 2D/3D animation, making assets for games, video editing, motion graphics, compositing and more. Blender school will…

  • Art and Tech Social: Command-line image manipulation with ImageMagick, 7th March

    On 7th March I’ll be delivering a short workshop at BOM on using ImageMagick for image manipulation. Join us for local food and drinks from Southside and get hands-on making with a bunch of like-minded folks interested in art and tech. This new monthly event aims to inspire emerging creatives and offer peer-to-peer tech…

  • Pure Data for Beginners workshop at #ArtistsCompute2016, 10th September

    On 10th September I’ll be delivering a Pure Data for Beginners workshop as part of #ArtistsCompute2016 in Coventry. Having recognised that computers have changed society beyond measure #ArtistsCompute2016 is dedicated to mapping, presenting, probing and escalating this impact. The festival, which is built around a large group exhibition of the same name, features many…

  • Coding Camo Workshop – 15th – 17th August

    The Office for Art, Design and Technology (led by Ryan Hughes) is delivering its Camouflage Season as a part of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum’s exhibition, Concealment and Deception and as a part of Leamington Camouflage Festival. For its Coding Camo Workshop on the 17th August I’ll be delivering a Pure Data workshop…

  • An Introduction to 3D Scanning and Printing, 14 – 16th May

    Black Hole Club (the thing that I run) has teamed up with Workshop Birmingham and Backface to present a 3D Scanning and Printing workshop. Part 1: Saturday 14 May, 10am–5pm. Venue: Eastside Projects Led by Tim Milward of backface, a 3D scanning and printing company based in Digbeth, this practical workshop will introduce you…

  • Remix Animation Workshop, 19th January

    With the closing of my solo exhibition at Birmingham Open Media fast approaching, on 19th January I’ll be holding the final workshop. In the Remix Animation Workshop we’ll explore the art of remixing and reappropriation! In this workshop I will introduce open source software programs and discuss ideas around free culture. You will then…

  • Pure Data Patching Circles at BOM

    From 16th March to 27th April I ran a four part Pure Data Patching Circle at Birmingham Open Media. It was originally intended to be an informal gathering of Pure Data and “creative coding” enthusiasts but quickly it turned into a course in using Pure Data. Here’s some of what I learnt from running…