Back to life, back to reality…

Back at work and last week already feels like a dream. I’m lucky enough to have a job I really love but I do miss the “Lab”. I didn’t have time to blog on Friday so I’m doing a retro blog…and I think it will be a bit of a long one. Day 5: Bought my graphics tablet in today to try make some hand-drawn animations. But neglected to pack the pen I needed... Read More

under glass

Day 4: Visited the site of the Wilberforce Centre today. Couldn’t really hear a lot of what the site manager was saying because of the ambient noise. So spent the time aimlessly looking around at the interesting geometry of the metal skeleton of the building, and at some of the dilapidated buildings that surround the site. I know the building of this Centre is socially... Read More

idea safari

SCOTT SNIBBE Uploaded by artrock_festival. – Watch original web videos. Day 3: I feel a bit better about things today. Had a clarifying and enthusing talk with Benedict about the project. Think it helped me relax quite a bit, hope that doesn’t prove to be a bad thing. He also suggested a good idea that I’d like to pursue further, which involved interactive characters... Read More

10 years to save touchscreens

Just been pointed to an article on the Gizmodo blog about how one of the vital materials used in the production of touchscreens is starting to run out.  Read More

early interactive art experiments

Was looking on the internet for interactive art and animation and stumble across this article on the blog of Scott Sona Snibbe an artist who makes a lot of interactive art. His work is very interesting and well worth checking out, especially because of it’s relevance to this project, but I thought the article was really interesting because it shows how the early attempts at... Read More

so many questions, so little time

Day 2: This morning we were introduced to a few different visual programming environments and their capabilities (all new to me). I always find programming languages a bit daunting, and never seem to gain more than a basic understanding of what’s going on. It seems unlikely that I’ll acquire adequate knowledge in any of the programs in a few days to be able to create... Read More

…through the medium of cats

Day 1: We were all introduced to Prezi this morning and left to have a fiddle. I didn’t have any content of my own to put into the presentation so just resorted to my fall-back position, pulling amusing imagery of cats off the internet (which is probably what I would have done anyway). I wanted to see if I could upload images with transparencies, with the idea of layering... Read More

Eleanor Wier

Hello, I’m Ellie Weir, born the tail end of 1979,  in suburban London. I came to Hull in 1999 to study Animation at Hull School of Art & Design and I’ve stayed here ever since. I don’t think I can really call myself an artist, more a scribbler and doodler. I’ve had the good fortune to be involved in two art projects in the past: NESTA “pockets... Read More