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DATfest #datmediafail
Before you delete unwanted video recordings or photos from your camera please consider donating them to our DAT festival #mediafail project. We are collecting failed pieces of media and recycling them in 2 worskshops before a one off live performance as part of DATfest. Sending media files to us is EASY! Just click this link, [...]
Spode factory field recordings for the Shop residency
We have audio recordings taken from within the Spode factory with thanks to Gemma and Alan for access and the interview. Actually we were privileged as we seem to be the last artists to gain access to the site today. The plan will be to share the sound files with anyone wishing to join us [...]
Shop Stoke update
Hello folks, well we’re nearly there for the Shop-Stoke emptyshops project. After a nice chat with Gemma Thomas and Mark Brereton we can confirm some dates for the bITjAM residency and some other ideas floating around. We plan to base our project around the remains of the Spode factory as this seems a central feature [...]
Rewiring the State
We’re currently working with our buddies at B arts (and other loveable geeks) and hope to offer support for young code developers in the Stoke on Trent area via the rewired state project. We hope to work with some Jedi younglins and hack some of the Government datatsets freely available. At present we have the [...]
R and D, science and art
Had a fantastic meeting recently and we’re one step closer to finding regular spaces to run various forms of bITjAM’s! The focus will be on developing collaborations with dance performances, illustrators, other sound artists even opportunities to explore the space where science meets art! More on this as we get the news… Carl
April bITjAM happenings
Just a quick update on what’s going on in April. We have Eskimo Elektro performing another fantastic set next week alongside beat merchant Martyn Yates who has started to improvise with the soundscapes (good lad!). We are very proud to have Pete Callaghan joining the jam with some dark sounds and guitar, I’ll even bring [...]
Empty shops and collaborations
Good news on the horizon involving the empty shops network, new collaborations and exploration into the remix cinema idea we flashed around a while ago! We’ll keep you posted!
Updates on bITjAM developments
Hello, just wanted to update folks on a number of on going projects and ideas for the bITjAM 2010. We’re currently developing a funding bid for the bITjAM ‘lab’. We hope to find a physical space to run workshops and research into using dance, digital arts, programming and all things experimental. The bITjAM ‘lab’ will [...]
Remix cinema
Hello folks, we have been busy in the bITjAM towers looking for ways of pushing the creative boundaries in this Creative County of Staffordshire. We are very excited about the coming developments of the bITjAM project and look forward to the next year and beyond. In the meantime we have been looking at developing side [...]