VAM Brighton
'VAM Brighton'Alvaro Collar - video artist from Madrid
in the Project Room |
May - July 2010 |
International video artist Alvaro Collar is setting up an online video-artistic map of Brighton during a three-month residency at Phoenix. He has been inviting people to create and contribute work, using simple and accessible camera and editing techniques.
Read more about the project here
You can get involved in the project by contacting Alvaro at Phoenix, or through the Facebook page.
We will be holding a special event to launch the map toward the end of July.
April
27th // Artist talk at Phoenix Brighton
28th // Master Class at University of Brighton - MFA Digital Media
28th // Interview at Radio Free Brighton
29th // First prototype using Google Maps
May
1st // First VAM free workshop
7th // VAM workshop for Visit Brighton
16th// Recycling Youtube workshop at Phoenix Brighton
19th// Second prototype of the map, developed by Oliver Bettany
23rd// First screening of Searched Footage at Phoenix Brighton
30th// Second free VAM workshop
June
2nd // Artist talk at The Skiff
6th // Second screening of Searched Footage at Phoenix Brighton
9th // VAM workshop for The Artist Parents Group (1 of 3)
12th// VAM workshop at Blank Studios and Gallery
15th// Third prototype of the map, developed by Oliver Bettany
16th// Videocartography _ VAM Brighton talk at Pecha Kucha Night at Phoenix Brighton
23rd// VAM workshop for The Artist Parents Group (2 of 3)
Collaborators
Observatorio de Video Digital
Kindred Rose
Oliver Bettany (web development)
Blank Studios and Gallery www.blankstudios.org
HAZ! Video collective
Laura Picazo
Breathe Brighton http://www.breathebrighton.co.uk/
Visit Brighton www.visitbrighton.com
Videocartographers
Ben Thomson
Geraldine Leal
Margarida Botelho
Gabriel di Martino
Mercedes Ferrari
Mia Taylor & Lyra
Abby King & Eddie
Alan Cawson
John Carmichael
Sarah Baker
Alvaro is also in the process of collaborating with other map based artists based in Brighton: Snapshot Brighton by Peter Pavement & Sound map of London Road by Esther Springett
Beyond VAM
Collective map of Brighton
Possibility of future collective map that will include the pictures from Snapshot Brighton, the audios from Sound map of London Road and the videos from VAM Brighton.
Breathe VAM contest
In collaboration with Breathe Brighton, I am hopping to launch a video contest to get more people to contribute to the map. I am currently working with Colin (Breathe Brighton) to get the rules and regulations done and also to get a couple of sponsors to provide the price for the winners.
AR VAM Brighton
Final stage of the VAM project. Development of applications for mobile devices that allow Augmented Reality info display. People will be able to upload the videos straight to the map from their devices and they will be able to accede to the content of the map as well.
