September 2009 Preparation for WMC_e4, funded by HK ADC, is now on. The exhibition is scheduled to be held in fall 2010. Exact dates and venues will be announced when confirmed. In addition to the 8 works in our proposal to ADC, we also have a session for guest submission. [learn more about the project...] If you have a work to propose, please send in a one-page brief of your proposed work (with diagrams if necessary) by December 31 (2009) to: |
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February 2009 Planning for WMC_e4 is now on. If you have a work to propose, please send in a one-page brief of your proposed work (with diagrams if necessary) by May 15 (2009) to: |
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December 2008 WMC member Hector Rodriguez presented a paper on his work Kinematograph at the GA Conference on December 18 in Milan |
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1 April 2008 5 WMC artists/teams will participate in Hong Kong Museum of Art's "Digit@logue" media art exhibition [link] The Writing Machine Collective will be represented in the upcoming media art showcase and symposium series "Digit@logue" (May 15 to July 20), curated by Ellen Pau for the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The WMC showcase was curated by Linda Lai. The WMC portion of "Digit@logue" is curated by Linda Lai. Five works will be featured: Bryan Chung's I Second that E-motion, Mike Wong's Grapheme, Morgan Wong and Yvonne Lau's Curtain of Scripts, Hector Rodriguez's Kinematograph, and Txt-Me-1st by Justin Wong, Hamlet Lin, and Eva Schindling. Mike Wong, Hector Rodriguez, Bryan Chung and Linda Lai will each present a talk across the month-long Saturday-afternoon lecture series.
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13 May 2007 Our Virtual Exhibition is still on. Submission via the web will be open until end of May. |
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13 May 2007 While our Virtual Exhibition is still open for submission, the final event is now ready for interested parties. Nine selected artists, playful and trained in programming, will run a children’s workshop involving the play with Chinese pictograms and programming a simple but fun animation with words. The workshop is researched and designed by Millie Chan, curated by Linda Lai, to promote computer programming as a fun, artistic language. Writing Machine Children’s Workshop (文字機器兒童工作坊) Time: Place: **The Writing Machine Children’s Workshop is semi-open. If you are interested in helping with the workshop to learn something, please contact us.** Morning Session: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Fee:Free of charge |
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22 February 2007 Would you like to learn how to write your own text adventure game? How about writing an interactive fiction? Inform 7 is a new programming language designed specifically for adventure games and interactive literature. It is very easy for non-programmers to learn, since it uses natural English sentences. After only a few hours of training, you can begin to write your own game or story. You can design complex locations and objects, even characters who react independently to the decisions of the player. The basics of Inform 7 will be introduced in a gradual manner. This workshop is designed mainly for friends with little or no programming experience. Those who are afraid of programming are especially welcome. Time: Place: Workshop Leader: *This workshop is conducted in ENGLISH and is FREE ADMISSION. Any interested party, please send your NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, and CONTACT NUMBER to info@writingmachine-collective.net by the 4th April 2007. Seats are limited to 30 and allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. |
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14 February 2007 DATE: from 14 Jan 2007 onwards The WMC_2 is now calling for submission of digital works. The submitted work should be text-oriented, or involve the play with words and text in any digital form. It should also be viewable online. There is no restriction on the software / programming language used. Every work submitted will enter our “Writing Machine Collective” competition automatically, and be showcased on our virtual exhibition until the announcement of award-winning works early July. Submission deadline: 31 May 2007 |
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14 January 2007 DATES: 12 January to 8 February 2007
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