Ex Machina: exploring digital manufacturing in fine art, crafts and design practice February 23, 2009

A one-day conference investigating ways in which art, craft and design practitioners are utilising digital and rapid prototyping technologies to produce contemporary work.

Speakers include:
Evelyn Welch Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary College London
Professor Jane Prophet Department of Computing, Goldsmiths College
Geoffrey Mann Studio*Mrmann Aberdeen
Dr Jayne Wallace Research Associate in Fine Art & Culture Laboratory Newcastle University
Dr Katie Bunnell Leader Autonomatic Research Cluster, University College Falmouth
Simeon Nelson Reader in Sculpture, University of Hertfordshire
Philip Delamore Research Fellow, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
The conference ends with a tour of Metropolitan Works’ Digital Manufacturing Centre
and a reception at the Digital Explorers: Discovery exhibition. Exhibiting artists include
Antony Gormley, Tord Boontje and Timorous Beasties.

Official Website: http://www.artquest.org.uk/projects/ex-machina.htm