d/Lux/MediaArts and Campbelltown Arts Centre invited individuals or small groups of artists, filmmakers, musicians and creatives with an interest in community and network practices to participate in a free individual half day session with leading international media artists Proboscis (UK) or Container (Jamaica).
Coding Cultures included a concept lab for community project participants interested in using new techniques and tools to extend their creative projects. They explored, for instance, how to use digital media in storytelling, access more resources such as free and open source softwares, use networks and online tools to communicate and promote your project, develop network related projects exploring social contexts.
The concept labs are now over, however the free Handbook for Coding Cultures is available for download on this site (Click on 'Handbook').
- develop knowledge and conceptual skills to inspire development of new forms of community-based media and cultural practices.
- facilitate first stages of uptake and utilisation of new digital, cross-platform, electronic and hybrid technologies in community-based contexts. For instance, how to use digital media in storytelling.
- explore opportunities for artistic, cultural, educational and community development arising from creative uses of networked collaborative platforms.
- workshop ideas and practical strategies in small interdisciplinary-team settings to broaden social participation in creative and expressive uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
- pool existing knowledge resources about creative ICTs and free software options, using collaborative internet-based authoring and data management platforms.
- present various models for establishment of economically-viable multimedia laboratories and centres, utilising a mix of recycled and repurposed hardware, free and open source software, and do-it-yourself methodologies.
