#The ANU Laptop Ensemble
Ben Swift, School of Cybernetics
code 2k18 · A Media Conference of Platforms, Devices and Screens
code is my instrument
The code/creativity/culture group (c/c/c) is a research group within the Research School of Computer Science. Our goal is to create spaces for talking about the way that code (software), creativity (especially the arts) and culture (life) intersect in the modern world.
#context (CS)
#but not all…
the next generation of new media creators are spread across the whole campus
#innovation and entrepreneurship
programs are all the rage
#our provocation
the modern university has a huge untapped potential for new media content creation, but departmental silos stifle its flourishing; current de-silofication initiatives (e.g. innovation/entrepreneurship) are too crassly-commercial to support many forms of collaborative content creation
what pragmatic, short-lead-time activities can we support to release this untapped potential?
#LENS
the ANU Laptop Ensemble
run by Alec and I through our TechLauncher innovation/entrepreneurship program
currently ~10 students from computer science, art and music
#creatively
it’s gone pretty well (several student-driven gigs around campus)
#pedagogically
students bring their existing skills (great!) but lots of missing knowledge between domains
#administratively…
creation without critique
what can we do to release this huge untapped potential?