5th - Is Screentime the Enemy?
Dr Pete Etchells - Award-winning Science Writer, Psychologist & Guardian Science Blogger | Poppy Burton-Morgan - Artistic Director, Metta Theatre
The Daily Mail would have us believe that screen time is destroying our brains. But where's the evidence? A discussion exploring the science behind our misplaced fears of digital technologies. Featuring speakers from FuturePlay shows; Wondr and Pixel Dust.
6th - Bad Science - Myths about Digital Technology
Dr Pete Etchells - Award-winning Science Writer, Psychologist & Guardian Science Blogger | Poppy Burton-Morgan - Artistic Director, Metta Theatre
What are the real dangers of digital technology? How much screen time is too much screen time? Where's the hard science underpinning the scare-mongering headlines? Join us for some myth-busting, de-bunking and rigorous debate. Featuring speakers from FuturePlay shows; Wondr and Pixel Dust.
8th – Dear A.I, Tell Me Who Am I?
Laurence Dauphinais - Actress and Co-writer | Maxime Carbonneau - Director and Co-writer
Laurence Dauphinais and Maxime Carbonneau talk about the process of creating the show Siri. For two years, they have conversed with the artificial intelligence Siri to familiarize themselves with her programming. Should we give more freedom to artificial intelligence or fear these non-biological entities?
9th - Producing Transmission
Ian Garrett - Producer | Kate Ladenheim - Associate Producer | Steph Smart - Associate Producer | Justine Garrett - Co-Writer | Maggie Sulc – Co-Writer | Aaron Willis - Director
Transmission is a distributed performance integrating traditional and site-specific live theatre, immersive media, and a companion podcast experienced through a mobile application taking the audience across a future and parallel Edinburgh. How does a project like this come together? It's not easy. Join us to discuss!
12th - #Unshamed
Belle Jones - Writer/Performer, Tidy Carnage | Allie Butler - Director, Tidy Carnage | Neil Gibson - Campaign Manager, #Unshamed project
The #Unshamed project is a digital display of solidarity with victims of malicious online shaming. The team behind the project and FuturePlay show; Shame discuss the campaign with some special guests sharing their own #Unshamed stories.
14th - Radical Revision – CANCELLED
Tim Carlson- Artistic Producer, Theatre Conspiracy/Writer, Foreign Radical | Jeremy Waller - Artistic Associate, Theatre Conspiracy/Director, Foreign Radical
15th - Performing Transmission
Leila Ghaznavi - Cast | Aizzah Fatima - Cast | Youssif Kamal - Cast | David Glista - Cast | Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs - Cast
Meet the cast of Transmission to discuss performing in a hybrid city-scale immersive project. How do you build the world of transmission across Edinburgh and across live and recorded elements like 360 video, and binaural audio? Join us to discuss!
17th – Designing for Near Futures
Professor Chris Speed, Dr Larissa Pschetz & Bettina Nissen - Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh
This series of short talks offers a glimpse into the near future of a society without money and biological civil war. Designers from Edinburgh College of Art present prototypes and visions of a grave new world from the Design Informatics Pavilion.
18th - Are Screens Destroying Our Children?
Dr Andrew Przybylski, Psychologist, Oxford University | Poppy Burton-Morgan - Artistic Director, Metta Theatre
Are we really raising a generation of mine-craft zombies and cyber bullies? Where's the data to back up the scaremongering? Join us for some myth-busting, de-bunking and rigorous debate. Featuring speakers from FuturePlay shows; Wondr and Pixel Dust.
19th - The Value of Gaming
Dr Andrew Przybylski, Psychologist, Oxford University | Poppy Burton-Morgan - Artistic Director, Metta Theatre
Is gaming the future? The next generation are digital natives, navigating their virtual universes with confidence and fluency - are their brains being re-wired in transformative ways. A discussion exploring the impact of gaming on the brain. Featuring speakers from FuturePlay shows; Wondr and Pixel Dust.
20th - Theatre in the Digital Age – CANCELLED
Belle Jones - Tidy Carnage | Allie Butler - Tidy Carnage | Ian Garrett - Toasterlab | Eleanor Bishop - Jane Doe
Entertainment is developing in exciting ways. How can live theatre compete with new media when the average adult spends 50% of their day looking at a screen? In this panel discussion theatre makers discuss embracing the advancement of technology and how it affects their practice. Featuring speakers from FuturePlay shows; Shame, Jane Doe and Transmission.