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48 hours | Traction
Sunday 19th June 2011, 3-4.15pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Come on feel the noise.
Twenty of the best visually progressive music videos from the last year to hit you full in the senses. From Saam Farahmand’s body welding extravaganza for the Klaxon’s Twin Flames to the epic re-release for Spanish Sahara by the Foals directed by Sydneysider Dave Ma.
Watch out for the hilarious road parade murder spree that is Kill Your CoWorkers by Flying Lotus and when Scotland’s Grum (aka Graeme Shepherd) isn’t doing remixes for Goldfrapp and Lady Gaga, he’s producing super addictive 80’s-themed tracks. Spun Gold.
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48 hours | Rich Pickings: Disappearing Act
Saturday 18th June 2011, 5-7.30pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Over 750,000 people in the UK suffer from dementia.
This event presents a series of short films exploring the disease in its many forms, from the viewpoint of sufferers and carers alike.
Alongside affecting tales of loss, confusion and isolation, this wandering journey offers unexpected moments of comic absurdity, clarity of insight and joy of life.
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48 hours | Culture Hack Scotland
6th & 7th May 2011.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Culture Hack Scotland is a unique event which brings together Edinburgh’s world-famous festivals and other leading Scottish cultural organisations with software developers and creative technologists to see what amazing new things they can make in just 24 hours.
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48 hours | The Stitch Lounge
21st & 22nd May 2011, 10am-10pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
As part of the 'No Concessions' fashion season at Inspace, the Stitch Lounge is taking over the laboratory, bringing 'makers' and 'players' together for one weekend only to create some fast fashion.
We've patterns at the ready, 10 Singer sewing machines raring to go, plus hundreds of meters of white fabric and a ton of clothes to customise. Everyone is encouraged to join in, experiment and get those little hands busy
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48 hours | The Electric Bookshop
Wednesday 27th April 2011, 6.30-8pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
The second chapter of Electric Bookshop is inspired by this season's research catalyst at Inspace, fashion. Join us for a fashion-themed exploration of booksperimentation and tech-tual intercourse whilst drinking fabulous cocktails.
Hannah McGill will be reading from her work 'Dressing Natalie'. We'll be speaking to Sarah Walden from the Berg Fashion Library and Richard Minsky, founder of the Center for Book Arts NYC and virtual arts journal SLART.
Dress Code: Geek Chic
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Under the Hood
Saturday 16th April 2011, 12-6pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Join us for a live DataJam, showcasing how data can be interpreted in many different creative ways. The raw data set will will be provided by Festivals Innovation Lab using the theme ‘Edinburgh as a Festival City’.
Drop in and discover the processes involved in creating usable interactive design, and try out ways of bringing new online experiences to all.
Download the brief here.
Downland the data here.
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Global PechaKucha Day - Inspire Japan
Saturday 16th April 2011, 8-9:30pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
The Tōhoku earthquake off the coast of Japan occurred at 2:46pm on 11 March 2011 and registered 9.0 on the Richter magnitude scale.
The epicenter was eighty miles off the coast of the Oshika Peninsula, creating a 10m high tsunami that devastated the coastal region. Global PechaKucha Day is raising funds for Architecture for Humanity and their reconstruction effort.
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48 hours | Future Shorts Edinburgh
Saturday 4th June 2011, 8pm. £4
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
For the last event of their current residency with us, Future Shorts Edinburgh presents this month's film selection. Future Shorts is a worldwide short film festival providing an alternative to the traditional film festival model.
Future Shorts Edinburgh aims to provide an alternative cinematic experience. Screenings are often accompanied by other multimedia elements including live music and rescores, performers and installations.
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48 hours | Inspace... no one can hear you scream
Sunday 31st October 2010, 7.30 for 8pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
As part of the third International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, we present an evening of language in digital performance with works by Martin John Callanan, JR Carpenter & Jerome Fletcher, Donna Leishman, Maria Mencia, Netwurker Mez, Stanza and Christine Wilks.
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48 hours | The Electric Bookshop
Wednesday 27th October 2010, 6.30-8.30pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Are you interested in the future of books?
Get plugged into The Electric Bookshop to take part in live interactive debates, hear from special guests speaking live from the future and see innovative and pioneering projects that won’t fit neatly between bookends.
Our Electric Friend this month is Sophie Rochester of The Literary Platform and our Electric Penpal is Eli Horowitz of McSweeney's.
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