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TECHnique is a podcast where artists talk about how technology is impacting them and their practice. Sam Fry and Richard Adams speak to artists who tell their stories, explain their choices and the lessons that they have learned. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/Technique. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes

  1. Design Thinking - Design Thinking the world

    This is the final episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. During the show, the team explores a variety of themes, including: democratisation, ethics...

  2. Design Thinking - Is Design Thinking changing Design Education?

    This is the seventh episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. During the show, the team explores a variety of questions, including: What is Design?…

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  3. Design Thinking - What is Design process?

    This is the sixth episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. In this episode we explore Design Process. We explore a variety of themes, including…

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  4. Design Thinking - Design Education

    This is the fifth episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. In this episode we explore Design Education. We explore a variety of themes, including…

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  5. Design Thinking - What is the value of Design Thinking?

    This is the fourth episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. In this episode we explore the value of Design Thinking. We explore a variety of themes,...

  6. Design Thinking - Co-creation and empathy

    This is the third episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. In this episode we explore Co-creation and Empathy. We explore a variety of themes,...

  7. Design Thinking - Design Thinking as an Industry

    This is the second episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. In this episode we explore the Design Thinking Industry. We ask questions like: How well...

  8. Design Thinking - Background and History

    This is the first episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers. In this episode we explore the background and history of Design Thinking. We ask questions...

  9. Episode 52 - What can tech learn from the arts?

    After almost 5 years of creating this podcast, Sam Fry summarises some of the lessons that he has learned. By day, Sam works as a technology consultant at IBM, where he helps large companies design and deliver compelling digital products. Now that he and Richard Adams have produced over 50...

  10. Episode 51 - Digital Vampires

    Richard Adams speaks to Tim Kindberg, a writer, digital creative and sceptic. You may remember Tim, from 'Episode 27 - Technology for Sceptics', which we released 2 years ago. For those that don't remember, Tim's background is as a computer scientist. He founded matter II media which produced the...

  11. Episode 50 - Richard and Sam

    It is episode 50! To celebrate, this episode features a chat between our hosts Richard Adams and Sam Fry. This is the first time that they have interviewed each other on the podcast since Episode 25, so they talk about what they've been up to for the last couple of years, their own artwork and...

  12. Episode 49 - Humans And Technology

    Sam Fry speaks to Eric Forman, an artist that works in the intersections between fine art, design, architecture, and technology. For nearly twenty years, Eric's work has used playful interaction to reveal issues of language, simulation, and perception. Underneath all is an investigation of the...

  13. Episode 48 - New Media Art

    Sam Fry speaks to Patrick Lichty, a New Media Artist who (at the time of recording) was based in United Arab Emirates. Patrick describes himself as a media “reality” artist, who works using a number of technologies to create his work. He works with machine drawings, 3D sculptures, video art and...

  14. Episode 47 - Copy That

    Richard F Adams speaks to Alistair Gentry, Harmeet Chagger-Khan, Mr Gee and Hannah Redler Hawes about the 'Copy That?' exhibition. 'Copy That?' is an exhbition from the Open Data Institute's (ODI) arts programme Data as Culture. The exhibition asks how ‘true’ is the ‘data you’ and how many…

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  15. Episode 46 - Rules Of Engagement

    Richard F Adams speaks to Antonio Roberts, Nick Briz and Hannah Redler Hawes about the 'Rules of Engagement' exhibition. 'Rules of Engagement' is an exhbition from the Open Data Institute's (ODI) arts programme Data as Culture. By seeing people as more than just data points, the exhibition asks...

  16. Episode 45 - Women In Gaming

    Sam Fry speaks to Vik Bennett, a writer, poet and creative producer. Vik (known often in her writing as Victoria) is founder of the grassroots arts collective, Wild Women Press. As a result, she has spent the last twenty years curating platforms for women to share ideas, stories, inspirations…

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  17. Episode 44 - Design Fiction

    Sam Fry speaks to Amina Abbas-Nazari: a designer, researcher and artist that works in Design Fiction. Amina uses Design Fiction to explore and design alternative interactions, systems and to create sonic fictions. As a graduate of MA Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, Amina is also...

  18. Episode 43 - Fashion

    Sam Fry speaks to Sam Cotton, a fashion designer, consultant and artist. Sam Cotton is an Award Winning Creative Director, Designer and Fashion Innovation Consultant, who specialises in Material Innovation, Design Innovation, Philosophical Models, Anthropological Research and Sustainability. His...

  19. Episode 42 - Events

    Sam Fry speaks to Helen Brady, a senior events manager that works for Events Northern in the North West of England. Helen is an amazing events manager, who runs a variety of corporate events in the UK. She is also one half of ‘Make Do Drink’ – a series of craft making events in Preston that she...

  20. Episode 41 - Writing

    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...

  21. Episode 40 - Philosophy

    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...

  22. Episode 39 - Digital New Media

    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…

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  23. Episode 38 - BioArt

    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…

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  24. Episode 37 - Creative Business Coaching

    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…

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  25. Episode 36 - Light

    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…

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  26. Episode 35 - Artificial Intelligence

    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,...

  27. Episode 34 - Materials

    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…

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  28. Episode 33 - Minecraft Art

    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...

  29. Episode 32 - Teaching Creativity

    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…

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  30. Episode 31 - Awards

    Sam Fry speaks to Carla Rapoport and Jack Addis, the team behind The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology. The Lumen Prize celebrates the very best art created with technology through a global competition, exhibitions and events worldwide. During the episode they speak about the prize, how they are...

  31. Episode 30 - Rituals And Storytelling

    Richard F Adams speaks to Giles Lane, an artist and and designer that is fascinated by how people create and share knowledge. Giles is one of the directors of the independent, artist-led creative studio – Proboscis, alongside Alice Angus. There he works on projects that enable storytelling…

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  32. Episode 29 - Immersive Experiences

    Sam Fry speaks to Tom Chambers and Theo Papatheodorou from the creative technology company Random Quark. At Random Quark, the pair create immersive experiences that aim to bring a smile and some delight into people's lives. They have worked with organisations such as the NHS and Tommy Hilfiger,...

  33. Episode 28 - Designing For Films

    Sam Fry speaks to Ash Thorp. Ash is a prolific designer, who works as an illustrator, graphic designer, and creative director. He created the user interfaces and other design work for both the films Ender’s Game and Total Recall, plus he has been part of the design team for films such as...

  34. Episode 27 - Technology For Sceptics

    Richard F Adams speaks to Tim Kindberg. Tim is a digital technologist that works out of the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol. He founded the social video platforms Vorb and Nth Screen, alongside other technologies for people to act collectively and creatively. Alongside his project work, he is a...

  35. Episode 26 - Audience Centric Theatre

    Samuel Fry speaks to Dan Barnard and Rachel Briscoe, who together run fanSHEN. As a company, they create audience-centric experiences which involve elements of performance, game and installation. The episode also includes Joe McAlister, a computational artist and privacy advocate. Joe has...

  36. Episode 25 - Digital Art

    To celebrate our 25th episode, for the first time our two podcast hosts interview each other. Samuel Fry speaks to Richard F Adams. The pair discuss Richard's arts practice, digital art (including both the opportunities and challenges that it faces) and why they started doing these podcasts....

  37. Episode 24 - Creating A Community

    Samuel Fry speaks to Ben Templeton and Sam Howey Nunn, the team behind Artful Spark. For those that don't know, Artful Spark is a quarterly event series about boundary-defying work and cross-discipline collaboration, packed with tech demos, discussion and inspirational keynotes. The trio discuss...

  38. Episode 23 - Ethics Of Technology

    Samuel Fry speaks to Clara Crivellaro. Clara is a Research Fellow at Newcastle University. She is also part of the team behind 'Not Equal', a national network that aims to develop practical responses to issues of social justice in the design and use of digital technologies in our everyday lives....

  39. Episode 22 - Artistic Process

    Richard Adams speaks to Nick Rothwell. Nick is a composer, performer, software architect, programmer and sound artist. He has worked with Ballett Frankfurt, Vienna Volksoper, Braunarts, Sonic Arts Network, TECHNE, Kinetica, STEIM, CAMAC, ZKM and many other artistic organisations. Support this…

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  40. Episode 21 - Dance

    Samuel Fry speaks to Jayachandran Palazhy, Founder and Artistic Director of Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts. Jayachandran is an internationally sought after dancer and choreographer who works at the forefront of the contemporary Indian movement arts scene. The pair talk together in Bangalore...

  41. Episode 20 - Art for the Stars

    Richard Adams speaks to Jon Pettigrew. Jon was the Commercial Director of SSEYO in the 1990s, developing the Koan Music Engine which was a way of creating "Generative Music", a term popularized by Brian Eno to describe music that is ever-different and changing and that is created by a system. Jon...

  42. Episode 19 - Creative Coding

    Samuel Fry speaks to Matthias Dörfelt, a Los Angeles-based artist. Matthias is a Media Artist, who started life as an illustrator and who now produces art ranging from drawings, prints, animation, videos, robotics and interactive installations. The pair discuss how Matthias started learning to...

  43. Episode 18 - Designing Cities

    Richard Adams speaks to Professor Rachel Cooper. Rachel is also Director of ImaginationLancaster, an open and exploratory design-led research centre, and she is Chair of Lancaster institute for the Contemporary Arts. Her research covers design thinking, management and policy - all of which are...

  44. Episode 17 - Creativity

    Samuel Fry speaks to Leila Johnston about creativity, art, technology and comedy. Leila Johnston is a writer, artist, maker and consultant working at the intersection of science, technology and culture. She works as the Digital Art Curator of Sheffield’s Site Gallery and is well known for her...

  45. Episode 16 - Interactive Narratives

    Richard Adams speaks to Krishna Stott. Krishna Stott is a story and technology pioneer, working with a focus on modern audiences. He runs the company Bellyfeel as a digital innovation partner for forward thinking universities, businesses and individuals. In addition he is currently launching…

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  46. Episode 15 - Art Curation

    Samuel Fry speaks to Doreen Ríos, a curator and researcher specialised in digital cultures. Doreen is the Director of [ANTI]MATERIA, a website and exhibition series specialising in Mexican digital art. Samuel speaks to her about digital art and the challenges of curating exhibitions. Support this...

  47. Episode 14 - Data Privacy and Art

    Samuel Fry speaks to Documentarian Brett Gaylor and Media-Maker Hằng Do Thi Duc about how they use art to explore the issues surrounding Data Privacy. Samuel speaks to Brett Gaylor about his process when creating the documentaries 'RiP!: A Remix Manifesto' and 'Do Not Track'. He then speaks to…

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  48. Episode 13 - Blockchain and Art

    Samuel Fry speaks to Shaun Miller about his portraits, creativity and entrepreneurship. They go on to talk specifically about Blockchain, a technology that has the potential to change the world. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/Technique. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…

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  49. Episode 12 - Magic

    Richard Adams speaks to Stuart Nolan about his work as a magician, artist and technologist. During the episode, the pair talk about many aspect's of Stuart's work, including traditional sleight-of-hand, illusion, performance poetry, storytelling and bespoke technology. Support this show...

  50. Episode 11 - Digital Storytelling

    Richard Adams speaks to Hazel Grian about her work as a producer, writer and digital storyteller. They cover various moments in Hazel's career, which includes working at the Pervasive Media Studio, at Aardman Animations and creating an Alternate Reality Game for JJ Abrams' Star Trek. Support this...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

TECHnique is a podcast where artists talk about how technology is impacting them and their practice. Sam Fry and Richard Adams speak to artists who tell their stories, explain their choices and the lessons that they have learned.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/Technique.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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