Robot Maze
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomIn this free family workshop we’ll be building miniature mazes that can be explored by scurrying, wriggly robots called Hex Bugs to discover the basics of robot behaviour. These micro insects can use their self-righting mechanisms to move between obstacles, and even flip over! You can design and make your maze, adding bridges and tunnels, and […]
Ghost in the Shell
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomDir: Mamoru Oshii Japan/UK 1995, 1hr 22mins In the not too distant future, Tokyo's Section Nine security force hunts for a hacker known only as the Puppet Master. Leading the investigation is cyborg agent Major Motoko Kusanagi, far more powerful than her human appearance would suggest. And yet as the Puppet Master leaves a trail […]
War Games
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomDir: John Badham USA 1983, 1h 24mins In this 80’s classic a young computer whiz kid accidentally finds a back-door into a top-secret super-computer, which has complete control over the U.S.A’s nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia and he innocently plays along - unknowingly starting the countdown to World […]
Flim Screening : WALL-E
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomFlim Screening : WALL-E
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomFlim Screening : WALL-E
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Lecture : The Human in the Design
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomSpeaker : Gerhard Fischer Lecture : The Human in the Design - Trade-offs between Artificial Intelligence and Human-Centered Design The event presents a special guest lecture by human-machine research pioneer, Gerhard Fischer, visiting from Colorado, USA. Gerhard's work has explored theoretical frameworks and system developments for human-computer interaction and he co-founded conferences in Germany on […]
VIP Launch : Gallery
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomCelebrating the launch of the ART-AI Festival at Phoenix with an opportunity to see Klingemann's and Heaney's work. Installations are open throughout the festival (May 16-31).
Performance : Human+Machine – Improbotics
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomImprobotics is both an improvised comedy show and a live Turing test: an actual artificial intelligence-based chatbot is performing in the show alongside human improvisers. The AI sends lines to one of the improvisers via an earpiece. The cast’s impossible and hilarious challenge is to justify - physically and emotionally - lines that may make […]
