Understanding Energy, Matter, and the Digital World

About the workshop
As creative practitioners, we are called on to consider what we make: the tools and materials we use and the goals we pursue. This workshop aims to transform the participants’ understanding of the material and the digital world, showing how they are linked to each other through energy usage and the needs and capabilities of our bodies.

Drawing on examples from contemporary art, architecture, industrial design, and engineering, it will give participants tools to critically consider both the hype and the contention around emerging computationally intensive technologies like AI. They will leave the workshop with a deeper, actionable understanding of energy and materials, enabling them to make more nuanced and informed decisions in their creative practice and in their communities.

For whom
The workshop is aimed at professional creators/artists and requires that you be employed by or represent a registered company based in Skåne.

Practicalities

Location: Media Evolution, Stora Varvsgatan 6A, Malmö

Event Date: Oct 16, 09:00-12:00 (Coffee and registration from 08:30)

Language: This workshop will be held in english

Price: Free, make sure to register to save a spot!

Please note: The workshop is free for participants thanks to funding from the European Social Fund. The workshop fee therefore counts as government support for your company/organization. This means that you need to sign a form of 'negligible support' (so-called de minimis) in advance and a certificate of participation afterwards. We will help you with all of this if you are accepted, but this applies without exception. Your registration is only binding after you have confirmed your place with a signed de minimis-form.

Workshop leader
Deb Chachra (PhD) is the author of (Riverhead/Torva, 2023), and she writes, thinks, builds, and speaks widely on themes of technology and society.

As one of the earliest faculty at Olin College, Dr. Chachra has been deeply engaged in all aspects of undergraduate engineering education, including the design of learning experiences and programs, as well as educational research. Dr. Chachra’s technical background is in engineering physics and materials science, with a focus on biological systems; prior to joining the faculty of Olin College, she was a postdoctoral associate at MIT.

The workshop is part of ; a skills development project in the cultural and creative sector run by Media Evolution and Region Skåne.

Host or Publisher Media Evolution & Region Skåne