1stSPARTH | sparth.org

1stSPARTH is a 48-hour hackathon focusing on the relation between space and arts through interdisciplinary work in the scope of science and technology. It takes place at Workbench Projects in Bangalore, India, 3rd to 5th November 2017.

Registration

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Schedule

11 March - 11 May 2017

FRIDAY NIGHT

18:00 / Doors open, registration
19.30 / Welcome, intro, lightning talks
20:15 / Break
20:45 / How SPARTH works, intro to hardware etc
21:15 / Pitches
22:00 / Form groups
Open end

SATURDAY

09:00 / Doors open, hacking starts, brunch
12:00 / Lunch
18:00 / Dinner
Open end

SUNDAY

09:00 / Doors open, brunch
12:00 / Lunch
14:00 / End of hacking
16:00 / Public presentations
17:00 / Exhibition opens
18:00 / End

Location

Workbench Projects, Halasuru Metro Station , 560008, India

www.workbenchprojects.com

Team

THOMAS HEIDTMANN

Founder / Media Artist

Founder of SPARTH. Media artist who examines forms and expressions of exploration, collaboration, and communication – fascinated by space technologies, mirrors, and questions of visibility and observation. He is also a co-founder of Lacuna Lab, an artist-run collaborative community, and space working at the intersection of arts, science, and technology.

YASHAS SHETTY

Mentor / Artist

Yashas Shetty is an artist and educator based in Bangalore. His practice explores working between various disciplines including installation, sound, software and biotechnology. The work he produces is situated between the arts and the sciences, creating situations of dialogue between scientists, artists and the larger community. He has conducted workshops and taught in colleges in India and abroad.

PADMINI RAY MURRAY

Mentor / Academic

Dr Padmini Ray Murray runs the Digital Humanities programme at Srishti Institute, where she encourages and enjoys creating games and curious technological interventions that allow us to reimagine the world through technology.

SAI KRISHNA

Mentor / Technologist

Intrigued by the great human mind, amygdala, mirror neurons, eyes, ears and how we perceive things, Sai Krishna is on his journey to understand how art, science, history, present and future intersect to create this beautiful world around us. He experiments with virtual and augmented reality, neural/biosensors and renewable energy.

AGUSTINA PALERMO

Organizer / Artist and Researcher

Agustina V. Palermo is a theater director graduate (2012), teacher and researcher for Universidad Nacional de las Artes (Artes Dramáticas – UNA) in Argentina. She is finishing her master in Open Design (Universidad de Buenos Aires and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin). Her current goal is to create projects that promote the articulation between technology and science in arts. She is director at Open Design Team.