DMC Newsletter 14-12-18

Thank you, all those who have expressed an interest in Beta Society so far!

Many thanks all those who have signed up and expressed an interest in being part of Beta Society and for contributing to the #artsDMC meetups & Beta Society drop-in development sessions this week.

We have 29 people who have formally signed up and expressed an interest so far, which is brilliant news. Please sign up here if you would like to be involved in the planning: SIGN UP TO BETA SOCIETY AT TATE EXCHANGE HERE 

More details on the next steps of building the team for Beta Society and the Tate launch event will bbe shared shortly. 

DMC Meet Ups between 17 -19 Dec

Monday 17th December

DMC: Hybrid Technologies Meet-up

Where: Camberwell Playground (address below)
Date: Monday 17th December
Time:  11-1pm and 2-4pm​
Meet up facilitators: Nicola Rae and Viktor Bedo 
What:  We will be experimenting with hybridising different tech and media

Tuesday 18th December

Drop in & Find out about getting involved in Beta Society - Tate Exchange 2019 

Where: Chelsea MakerSpace
Date: Tuesday 18th December
Time: 14:00 - 15:30 
Meet up contacts: Chris Follows
What: This is a chance to have an informal 1-to-1 chats and find out more and discuss the plans for Beta Society & Tate Exchange.

Wednesday 19th December

Drop in & Find out about getting involved in Beta Society - Tate Exchange 2019 

Where: Camberwell Playground (address below)
Date: Wednesday 19th December
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 
Meet up contacts: Chris Follows
What: This is a chance to have an informal 1-to-1 chats and find out more and discuss the plans for Beta Society & Tate Exchange.

DMC: Extended Reality Meet-up

Where: Camberwell Playground (address below)
Date: Wednesday 19th December
Time: 14:00 onwards
Meet up contacts: Margaret (none tech activity, warm up at 2:30) & then various members supporting technical immersive experimentation rest of the afternoon 
What: Margaret and the Extended Reality group invite you to a warm-up. Warm your self, and the little square of space that we will be questioning, redefining, disappearing in and out of, and wandering blindly around as we explore the various degrees of topicality. We'll start without technology, and then look at introducing it into the mix. 

DMC Rest Time - Christmas & New Year

DMC is on Christmas HOLIDAY between 20 December to 07 January

Tuesday 8th January 2019

DMC: Hybrid Technologies Meet-up

Where: Camberwell Playground (address below)
Date: Tuesday 8th January​ 2019
Time:  11-1pm
Meet up facilitators: Nicola Rae and Maddy Stanley
What:  Meeting at Camberwell Playground (details to follow) - experimenting with hybridising different tech and media.

DMC: Extended Reality Meet-up

Where: Chelsea Makerspace
Date: Tuesday 8th January​ 2019
Time: 14:00 onwards
Meet up contacts: TBC
What: VR experimenting afternoon

Friday 11th January 2019​

DMC: Machine Learning Meet-up 

Where: Chelsea Maker Space
Date: Friday 11th Jan 2019​
Time: 12:00 
Meet up contacts: Vishal Mistry​​
What: A refresher meeting from the Christmas Break! 
Bring something you would like to discuss with the group, might be research, an artwork, film, your own project…anything to get the ball rolling again. Start to discuss possibilities for the DMC ML incubator.
- How would we like to operate in terms of meetings? 
- Start to think about Tate Exchange, but also consider possibilities for projects aside from the Tate Exchange.
- How can this incubator function on its own, what can be our outcomes from weekly meet-ups?

Drop in planning time for Beta Society - Tate Exchange 2019 

Where: Chelsea Maker Space
Date: Friday 11th Jan 2019​
Time: 15:00 - 17:30 
Meet up contacts: Chris Follows
What: This is a chance to have an informal 1-to-1 chats and find out more and discuss the plans for Beta Society & Tate Exchange.

Documenting DMC

Please be aware documenting the DMC and our journey is an important part of what we do and the documentation has helped us gain lots of support and interest over the years. Sharing our progress, what we do with others is very important in terms of visibility. Therefore:

  • Photo and video documentation will be taken at all UAL meetups and shared on social media, within UAL spaces. If you do not want to be photographed or filmed please let us know before the sessions/meeting, we will make sure to try and avoid you or obscure you from view, we may need to include the back of head etc.
  • For meet-ups outside UAL, we will seek your approval and in venues such as Tate they will have their own policy on documentation in the public space.
  • If the DMC are working with non-UAL staff, students and alumni we must seek approval before documenting any activities & events.

Many thanks for your contribution to the DMC and helping us share what we do with others.

DMC Tate Exchange - BETA Society Event Roadmap 2019

December 2018 is the month we continue DMC play & experimentation getting to know each other & creating & defining new DMC communities of interest.From January please start to contribute to Beta Society meetings, our aim is to build the Beta Society - Tate Event Team and create a plan for community - socially engaged practice.

What to get involved?

Please contact Chris Follows c.follows@arts.ac.uk.

Chris Follows
Camberwell Playground 
Modular Building
1 Wilson Road
London
SE5 8LU

- No need to enter main building,
- Turn left towards the large wooden building

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