Cybersonica events

Details of events from Cybersonica I got emailed today:
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CYBERSONICA: FORTHCOMING & RECENT EVENTS OF INTEREST
1. Cybersonica @ Space Invaders exhibition launch - 17th December - FACT
2. Cybersonica Road Trip - 23rd-29th September - London, Leeds and Liverpool

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Cybersonica @ Space Invaders exhibition launch
Space Invaders: Art and the Computer Game Environment
FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L14DQ www.fact.co.uk
Preview: Thursday, 17 December 2009, 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Booking: rsvp@fact.co.uk

Gallery 1 & 2, Media Lounge, Public Spaces and online, FREE entry
Space Invaders is open to the public from 18 December 2009 to 21 February 2010

FACT explores the increasingly blurred boundaries between videogame spaces and real spaces with an exhibition featuring artists including Bill Viola, Blast Theory, Aram Bartholl, Cao Fei, Ludic Society and more, alongside playable, commercial games that push the limits of the medium. Space Invaders is part of a season of gaming at FACT which includes interactive games events, competitions and a game-themed film programme.

Opening Night 8-Bit Performances
Music shaped by computer game culture selected by Cybersonica; Firebrand Boy (Glasgow) and the Kittenrock label use gameboys, Nintendos and other consoles to get you dancing! Plus a special Marching DS Orchestra with kids, siblings and parents led by Ross Dalziel of SoundNetwork.

Then follow the 8-bit music over to Chameleon for an afterparty:
8.00pm-9.00pm, Soundmatrix - a Liverpool-based musician who makes glitchy, 8-bit beats on a Gameboy running LSDJ
9.00pm-10.00pm, Syphus - a UK-based demoscene and chiptune musician who has been composing and performing for most of his life

Breakfast With The Artists
The Box 18 December
10:30am-12:30pm
Price: £4.00/£3.00 (Members & concs)

Join us for breakfast with a selection of Space Invaders artists, who will be in discussion with Neil Thompson, Studio Art Director at Bizarre Creations, formerly of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

More details, including artist biographies, media links and a downloadable 60 minute mix of ”some of the best modern chip sounds from the past few years along with a few classics“ compiled by Jellica of Kittenrock can be found at the Cybersonica and Cybersonica Social websites:
www.cybersonica.org
social.cybersonica.org

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Cybersonica Road Trip 09
London, Leeds and Liverpool
Wednesday, 23rd - Tuesday 29th September 2009
Details: 2009.cybersonica.org

5 artists - 5 events - 500 miles! (roughly)

With support from Arts Council England, Cybersonica’s Autumn 09 programming included the first outing of the Road Trip - a hectic week of roving activity and collaborative programming that saw a small but select group of invited UK and international artists make a succession of interventions - artist talks, demonstrations, performances, workshops, exhibition, installation etc. - that bridged and contributed to a series of events in London, Leeds and Liverpool.

Road Trippers included:
- Matthew Davidson a.k.a Stretta of the monome community - Boston, USA
- Jens Heinen of Visionlabz and Lichtfaktor - Cologne, Germany
- Simon Blackmore, Steve Symons and Tony Hall of the Owl Project, Manchester, UK
- Gareth Goodison of captincaptin and TINT - London, UK
- Mike Blow of Evolutionary Arts - Brighton, UK

and Road Trip ‘stopovers’ featured:
- Musion Academy, London
- i-Design 09, London
- Unconference @ Expo Leeds
- Interface Amnesty @ AND Festival, Liverpool
- ‘Market Day’ with Kinetica Museum and TINT @ Old Spitalfields Market, London

Full details and relevant links and media can now be found on the Cybersonica website.

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