TECHnique

Richard F Adams speaks to Rebecca Denton, an author that sometimes goes under the nom de plume Lizzy Dent.

Rebecca Denton is an author and content creator. Her background is in worked in TV on a variety of interactive and digital concepts. These days, Rebecca has moved away from digital storytelling to focus on writing novels – including a trio of books under the title ‘This Beats Perfect’. Her first novel under the name Lizzy Dent comes out on Penguin next year.

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Richard F Adams speaks to Graham Harman, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles.

Graham is known for his work with the metaphysics of objects and in developing of "object-oriented ontology". His recent book, "Artful Objects" is about art and the business of speculative realism. During the episode, the pair discuss philosophy, art, virtual reality and - of course - object-oriented ontology.

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Richard F Adams speaks to Alex May, a British contemporary artist whose practice forges links between art, science and technology through a wide range of digital new media.

Alex is well known for his work with video projection mapping but, as you will hear, his work has also involved him exploring areas like biology, robotics and interactivity, plus much more. During the episode, the pair discuss Alex’s background and some of the challenges that digital artists face.

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Richard F Adams speaks to Anna Dumitriu, a British artist who works with BioArt, sculpture, installation and digital media to explore our relationship to infectious diseases, synthetic biology and robotics.

Anna exhibits internationally, is a renowned speaker and her work has been featured in many books including “Bio Art: Altered Realities” published by Thames and Hudson in 2016. During this episode Richard and Anna talk about various diseases, how they are presented in the media and her approach to working with them as an artist.

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Sam Fry hosts, as he interviews Ellen O'Hara. Ellen is a coach, a facilitator and a strategist that has done a host of work in the creative and cultural industries.

The pair talk about a host of topics, from supporting businesses, what it means to be innovative, the importance of social change and why ‘just getting started’ is often the best approach to innovation.

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Sam Fry hosts, as he introduces a talk from Maja Petric. This talk was taken from Lumen Art Projects "Artists on Artificial Intelligence" event, hosted at IBM in London.

Maja is an artist that creates interactive light installations and sculptures. She’s interested in how light appears in nature - especially it’s ability to evoke the sublime. She is known for creating interactive installations and sculptures that combine light, sound and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics to expand the multi-sensory apparatus through which art can be experienced.

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Sam Fry hosts a series of talks from artists talking about artificial intelligence. Each talk was taken from Lumen Art Projects "Artists on Artificial Intelligence" event, hosted at IBM in London.

The artists featured are Mario Klingemann, Dave Murray-Rust and Rocio von Jungenfeld. Between them, they cover a range of topics including people’s understanding of AI, how to create visual art with Artificial Intelligence and the “accidental” mistakes that you make along the way.

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Richard F Adams speaks to Anna Ploszajski, a material scientist, engineer and communicator based out of the Institute of Making at University College London.

By day, Anna is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Making, researching 4D printing and metamaterials. By night she communicates materials science on stage, on radio, on TV and on the page. During this episode Richard and Anna talk about a variety of making and materials-based topics – including materials science, the properties of slime, access to knowledge, recycling plastic and the need for a society that reuses materials.

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Sam Fry speaks to Adam Clarke, a leading Minecraft artist and digital producer, responsible for some of the most innovative Minecraft projects in the world.

Adam uses Minecraft, alongside other games, traditional art materials and technology to create entertaining and engaging work. His projects have involved him collaborating with organisations such as Tate Britain, Artichoke Trust and many others. Adam also produces his own a YouTube Channel, alongside starring as Wizard Keen in Stampy's Minecraft educational series Wonder Quest.

The pair of them talk about Minecraft, creativity and how art can help with mental health.

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Richard F Adams speaks to Paul Carney, a former teacher who now works as an arts consultant.

Paul is a big advocate of teaching creative skills and last year published a new book, called “Drawing for Science, Invention & Discovery: Even if you can’t draw”. The pair of them talk about arts teaching, education and the challenges that schools face today where they need to prioritise their efforts, often at the expense of encouraging the creativity of students.

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