Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway

🚨 Tuesday, Oct 22nd @ 12pm 🚨 Roundtable Discussion: The Immersive Technology Sector on the Island of Ireland As part of our Masterclass Series, join us for this roundtable discussion, in collaboration with Arts in Action, focused on the evolving immersive technology sector across the Island of Ireland. This event brings together creative practitioners, researchers, and industry specialists from various fields within the creative industries to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by interactive and immersive digital experiences. Joining us are Aisling Murray, Founder & Director of Beta Festival, Nigel McAlpine, Immersive Technology Lead at Digital Catapult, and Mark Roddy, Programme Manager at Eirmersive. Details & Registration via https://lnkd.in/eAqCuwA2 University of Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, University of Galway, Conn Holohan

2024 has been a busy and exciting year at the Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway, including the launch of our Art X Residency exchange in partnership with the Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, Solas Nua and TULCA Festival of Visual Arts. This residency programme was generously supported by funding from Galway Culture Company. In September artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty spent a three week residency between Virginia Tech, Washington DC and New York, developing their creative engagement with Irish-US migration, including through material from the IMIRCE archive of Irish emigrant letters at the University of Galway Library. During their residency they presented work at the New Music + Technology Festival at Virginia Tech and at a pop-up exhibition in Washington D.C., supported by Irish Arts Festival Solas Nua. In November, Chelsea Thompto spent a two week residency between the Centre for Creative Technologies and the Burren College of Art, where she developed her digital art practice focused on the politics of visibility, and the trans body as a site of political violence and potential. During Chelsea's residency, the Centre hosted a number of workshops exploring issues of inclusivity and sustainability, culminating in talks from Chelsea at the Burren and the University of Galway, in partnership with the TULCA Visual Arts Festival. We look forward to further developing this exchange of creative and critical engagement between Galway and the US in 2025!

Fantastic to look back on these collaborations with Galway Culture Company over the past year

Interested in immersive technologies, storytelling and social justice? Tomorrow we have a free workshop with the inspiring Karen Palmer, the Storyteller from the Future, an award winning XR creator and futurist who explores the societal implications of A.I and technology and impact of inequality. She does this by enabling participants to experience the future today through her immersive experiences, which watch you back using artificial intelligence and facial recognition technologies. This dynamic session offers participants the chance to engage with Karen’s groundbreaking methodologies, which fuse storytelling, futurism, and worldbuilding to explore the intersection of creativity, technology, and social impact. Expect an interactive, collaborative environment designed to help creatives unlock their agency, confront societal challenges, and imagine bold, transformative futures. Supported by Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet https://lnkd.in/eex7WadN

We are delighted to be a partner on these residencies as part of "The Air We Share" project

🚨 Masterclass 🚨 – "Crafting Questions for Creative Research" with our current artist-in-residence, Chelsea Thompto who is visiting from Virginia Tech. Registration & Details: https://lnkd.in/etfP6DhA . Date & Time: 10am on Friday, 15th November Session Details As a research based transdisciplinary artist working across digital and traditional media, Chelsea Thompto uses questions to guide her explorations into the politics of visibility, and the trans body as a site of political violence and potential. In this combination artist talk and workshop, participants will be introduced to the artist’s studio art practice and be invited to consider the questions that drive their own research and academic/creative interests. The Art-X Residency programme (https://lnkd.in/eQqXVQqz ) is produced by the Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway in partnership with the Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, and Solas Nua. Funding is provided by Galway Culture Company, Centre for Creative Technologies at University of Galway and Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology at Virginia Tech. University of Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, University of Galway, Conn Holohan, David Kelly

Crafting Questions for Creative Research Join our artist-in-residence, Chelsea Thompto for this end-of-residency masterclass. Chelsea is the first incoming artist on the ArtX (Art, Research, and Technology Exchange) Program at the Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway in partnership with the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech. Date and Time: Friday, November 15, 10 - 12 Location: Studio 3, O'Donoghue Centre, University of Galway As a research based transdisciplinary artist working across digital and traditional media, Chelsea Thompto uses questions to guide her explorations into the politics of visibility, and the trans body as a site of political violence and potential. In this combination artist talk and workshop, participants will be introduced to the artist’s studio art practice and be invited to consider the questions that drive their own research and academic/creative interests. Register at: https://lnkd.in/exTPZdki Our thanks to Galway Culture Company for supporting this residency.

Thanks to the Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway for hosting our project exchange between our project, Immersion: Experience Climate Action and fellow Creative Ireland Creative Climate Action project, The Air we Share ( theairweshare.ie). Immersion Fellows, Jessiiclara Harkin and Chinedum Muotto presented their concepts and described their creative practice to the attendees which included a cohort from Aalborg in Denmark including Cathrine Gamst from Kunsthal NORD (Art Gallery) as well as members from Aalborg's Art Committee and local authority (Aalborg is twinned with Galway). It was great to speak about sustainability and arts in the public realm 👏 #ExperienceClimateAction Creative Ireland Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe / Galway City Council Galway Culture Company

🚨 Masterclass on Monday 🚨 "Shifting Perspectives: a workshop exploring non-binary and trans identities in digital spaces". 10am Monday, 11th November, @ University of Galway. Run by Leah Kurta of Ida XR Studio and Maggie Bain. Our Masterclass Series continues with a workshop which explores non-binary and trans experiences of the immersive technology sector and questions how we can create more nuanced and diverse representations of non-binary and trans identity in immersive content. Register: https://lnkd.in/eURBXmnN Through the lens of biological exuberance, which celebrates nature’s diversity, we will explore the many ways in which rigid and human-centred definitions of nature, sexuality and gender can limit rather than expand our understanding of, and compassion towards gender fluidity. This is an inclusive and welcoming workshop open to all gender identities. We particularly welcome those who identify as non-binary and/or trans. Speakers: Maggie Bain is an actor, voice actor, movement director, and immersive XR practitioner, with nearly 20 years of expertise in physicality and collaborative storytelling across stage, screen, video games, and the immersive arts. Leah Kurta is a psychology, design and EDI practitioner. She is Co-Founder of Ida XR Studio, a grassroots community, research and training organisation established to support women, non-binary and trans people in the immersive sector. University of Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, University of Galway EDI, Conn Holohan, David Kelly, ADAPT Centre

TOMORROW: Artist Talk with Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty Where: Galway City Museum When: Tuesday 5 November, 2pm Register (free): https://lnkd.in/e4W7mjsU TULCA’s Artist Talks Series returns for this year’s programme The Salvage Agency, curated by Michele Horrigan, in partnership with ATU Galway City School of Design and Creative Arts. Join us tomorrow at Galway City Museum for a conversation with Artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty about their work 'A Collection of Disarticulated Bones'. A Collection of Disarticulated Bones, currently on exhibit at Galway City Museum, is an ongoing research platform and artistic endeavour developed through fieldwork and active questioning of cultural identity in Ireland, Spain and the United States over the last year. Their aim is an ambitious one: to unpick the various foundation myths of the Global North – institutional, pop cultural and embodied. Further information on this event: https://lnkd.in/eVjqigUK Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty's research and work has been supported by a production residency with the Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway / University of Galway, Galway City Museum, TULCA Festival and partners in the United States – Solas Nua in Washington DC and Virginia Tech Institute of Creativity, Arts and Technology. #TULCA2024 runs until 17 November is venues across Galway City and features Exhibitions, Talks, Performances, Short Film Screenings, Discussion Series, Gallery and Walking Tours, and Workshops. Visit tulca.ie for more information.