Tuesday, June 10, 2008

‘Edutainment’ Live community showcase events with a Hip Hop inspired ethos

Invizible Circle Education is a not for profit, grass roots, youth and community education organisation specialising in the provision of tailored multimedia educational solutions aimed primarily at the children, youth and community sectors.

‘Edutainment’ Live community showcase events with a Hip Hop inspired ethos

A series of old Hip Hop block party inspired events using the methodologies of ‘edutainment’ (education through entertainment) and focussing on a range of themes. The first events will be focussing on the streetlife/ self destruction/ stop the violence campaign we have been forwarding over the last 12 months; a mixture of Hip Hop and community development.

As well as showcasing a range of live Hip Hop influenced artists, it will exhibit art, give issue based presentations and run workshops and masterclasses. The events shall present all of Hip Hop’s main elements including DJs, Breakdance, Beatbox,
Rap/MC, Graffiti as well as spoken word, film and mixed media.

Events in Leeds: Sat 21st June 2008 / 19th July 2008 / 16th August 2008

SAT 21ST JUNE
12 NOON - 4 PM
@ SEVEN ARTS CENTRE, LEEDS, LS7 3PD
AND CONTINUES JUL 19TH AND AUG 16TH 2008

Current supporters include Invizible Circle Entertainment, Hyrograff, the Watchmen Agency, Fresh Jive and UnLtd.

Please see http://www.inviziblecircleeducation.org for further details

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Scratch your own multimedia

MIT's Media Lab have created a free programming tool called Scratch. It allows anyone to create their own animated stories, video games and interactive artworks by easily blending images, sound and video. (I see nothing about text.)

BBC News report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6647011.stm

Scratch
http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/llk/scratch/

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