MIX Digital Conference 2015: Line Up Announced

Florian Cramer is an applied research professor at Creating 010, the research unit affiliated to Willem de Kooning Academy and Piet Zwart Institute at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. He also works for WORM, a Rotterdam-based venue and production house for DIY avant-garde culture. Recent publications include the essay collection Anti-Media, and the paper What Is Post-Digital?

Blast Theory is renowned as one of the most adventurous artists’ groups using interactive media for creating new forms of performance and interactive art. Blast Theory will appear at the conference to discuss their current kickstarter project entitled ‘Karen’.

Conference Co-Chair, Professor Kate Pullinger, Bath Spa University, says

“MIX Digital 3 gives participants the chance to catch up with artists, writers and academics who are working at the forefront of where arts practice meets technology, where the artificial division between the digital and the analogue no longer exists. This year’s conference will be push the discussion forward into new and challenging territories, from new digital literary forms to our analogue futures.”

MIX DIGITAL is an established, innovative forum that features the discussion and exploration of writing and technology. The conference attracts a cohort of local, national, and international attendees with contributors coming from the UK, Australia, Europe and North and South America too. After this year the conference will become biennial event  and will be one of the flagship conferences for Bath Spa University.

The MIX DIGITAL partners, The Writing Platform, will also be showcasing their two winning projects from the competitive bursaries that they awarded earlier in 2015 to Victoria Bennett and Adam Clarke, and Kelly Jones and Linda Sandvik who have been working on creative writing and technology projects.

Everyone is welcome to the conference but booking in advance is essential. Tickets can be purchased via the Bath Spa Live website. All tickets include access to all of the conference activities and conference-related public events as well as food but vary in price depending on whether you require accommodation and conference tickets or conference tickets only.

Enquiries to Anya Clifton, Communications Manager, Bath Spa University
a[dot]clifton[at]bathspa[dot]ac[dot]uk

About Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University is where creative minds meet. Offering a wide range of courses across the arts, sciences, education, social science and business to 7,000 students, the University employs outstanding creative professionals, which support its aim to be a leading educational institution in creativity, culture and enterprise.

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