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new media art club

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New Media Art Club (NMAC) is a community interest company started in 2023 to better the opportunities for Leicester new media artists to learn new skills and exhibit their work. It is a formalised evolution of the practice of Sean Carroll and Anoushka Carroll; two local artist-producers.

NMAC aims to facilitate workshops, exhibitions, networking and employment opportunities for Leicester new media artists.

NMAC also facilitates a "co-working studio lab" (CoLab) to realise the above goals.

OPEN CALL for Robots for a Safer World! An exhibition that will open on January 9th 2026 at @lcbdepot as part of COMPUTALA Digital Arts Festival. This year's theme is "AI" and we welcome any medium. You do not need to use AI to create your work. We are interested in critical discussion around it's use.

Open call closes: December 12th
Participants notified by: December 19th
Work delivered by: December 23rd
Exhibition private view: January 9th, 2026
Exhibition duration: January 12th - 30th

To submit for free please fill out the form in our Linktree in our bio <3 More information can be found there, too.

OPEN CALL for Robots for a Safer World! An exhibition that will open on January 9th 2026 at @lcbdepot as part of COMPUTALA Digital Arts Festival. This year's theme is "AI" and we welcome any medium. You do not need to use AI to create your work. We are interested in critical discussion around it's use.

Open call closes: December 12th
Participants notified by: December 19th
Work delivered by: December 23rd
Exhibition private view: January 9th, 2026
Exhibition duration: January 12th - 30th

To submit for free please fill out the form in our Linktree in our bio <3 More information can be found there, too.

Music with Robots Workshop
January 11th 12pm-4pm in Lightbox Gallery @lcbdepot

Pay As You Feel sign up to this fun coding workshop for artists/practioners with Ableton Certified Trainer Mark Towers! @mark_towers

No prior experience is necessary, but this workshop would be ideal for anyone with an artistic practice involving:

-music technology
-hardware hacking
-interactive installations.

The work will be based around previous interactive exhibits Mark has presented for @ableton at @superbooth_berlin and will be collaboratively built during the day as part of the Robots for a Safer World Exhibition during COMPUTALA 2026.

For more information and to pay as you feel sign up see our Linktree in our bio.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

Music with Robots Workshop
January 11th 12pm-4pm in Lightbox Gallery @lcbdepot

Pay As You Feel sign up to this fun coding workshop for artists/practioners with Ableton Certified Trainer Mark Towers! @mark_towers

No prior experience is necessary, but this workshop would be ideal for anyone with an artistic practice involving:

-music technology
-hardware hacking
-interactive installations.

The work will be based around previous interactive exhibits Mark has presented for @ableton at @superbooth_berlin and will be collaboratively built during the day as part of the Robots for a Safer World Exhibition during COMPUTALA 2026.

For more information and to pay as you feel sign up see our Linktree in our bio.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

Arts Award Discover course with Interact Digital Arts @seancuttlefish

Arts Award Discover is the first level of Arts Award that introduces children and young people to taking part in arts activities and sharing what they have learned, accredited by Trinity College London. Find out more athttp://artsaward.org.uk

Over 2 sessions learn how to train your own AI model with Microbit and use it to control an interactive artwork. Your 8-12 year olds can earn an Arts Award Discover if they attend the second session.

Saturday 10th January 1pm-3pm (during @cqearlies)
AND
Saturday 17th January 1pm-4pm in our CoLab

For more information and to sign up pay as you feel, see our Linktree in our bio.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

Arts Award Discover course with Interact Digital Arts @seancuttlefish

Arts Award Discover is the first level of Arts Award that introduces children and young people to taking part in arts activities and sharing what they have learned, accredited by Trinity College London. Find out more athttp://artsaward.org.uk

Over 2 sessions learn how to train your own AI model with Microbit and use it to control an interactive artwork. Your 8-12 year olds can earn an Arts Award Discover if they attend the second session.

Saturday 10th January 1pm-3pm (during @cqearlies)
AND
Saturday 17th January 1pm-4pm in our CoLab

For more information and to sign up pay as you feel, see our Linktree in our bio.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

2000 Digital Sheep: Online Open Residency with @nojobsinthearts for COMPUTALA 2026
January 13th-17th, on Google Docs and Zoom.

No Jobs in the Arts and New Media Art Club invite you to join 2000 Digital Sheep, a five day online residency using DIY digital tools to create, collaborate, experiment and explore the blurred lines between human and machine imagination.

For more information and to sign up for free see our linktree in our bio!

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

2000 Digital Sheep: Online Open Residency with @nojobsinthearts for COMPUTALA 2026
January 13th-17th, on Google Docs and Zoom.

No Jobs in the Arts and New Media Art Club invite you to join 2000 Digital Sheep, a five day online residency using DIY digital tools to create, collaborate, experiment and explore the blurred lines between human and machine imagination.

For more information and to sign up for free see our linktree in our bio!

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

APPLICATIONS OPEN for Experimental Performance with AI Bootcamp Residency.

Led by former bootcamp resident Leonie Dubarry-Gur, 4 artists will collaborate with each other to produce new performance work experimenting with AI to perform at CEREMONY x COMPUTALA at Last Friday on 30th January 2026.

Application closes: December 12th 2025
Everyone notified by: December 19th 2025

Residency dates: January 22nd-24th, 2026

Performance: January 30th (at @lastfridaylcb !)

*We’re interested in critical discourse and exploration into the creative use of AI.

Take a look at the application form here: https://forms.gle/8b44FtcuHGytA4va7 for more information and to apply for free. Please email us: hi@newmediaart.club if you have any questions.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

APPLICATIONS OPEN for Experimental Performance with AI Bootcamp Residency.

Led by former bootcamp resident Leonie Dubarry-Gur, 4 artists will collaborate with each other to produce new performance work experimenting with AI to perform at CEREMONY x COMPUTALA at Last Friday on 30th January 2026.

Application closes: December 12th 2025
Everyone notified by: December 19th 2025

Residency dates: January 22nd-24th, 2026

Performance: January 30th (at @lastfridaylcb !)

*We’re interested in critical discourse and exploration into the creative use of AI.

Take a look at the application form here: https://forms.gle/8b44FtcuHGytA4va7 for more information and to apply for free. Please email us: hi@newmediaart.club if you have any questions.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

APPLICATIONS OPEN for Live Coding with Teachable Machine Bootcamp Residency.

Led by Flor de Fuego @flordefuega and Naoto Hieda @naotohieda, 3 artists will receive a residency fee to explore live coding and Teachable Machine and produce new work to exhibit in January’s 2026 COMPUTALA exhibition.

Application closes: December 12th 2025
Everyone notified by: December 19th 2025

Residency dates: 7th and 8th January 2026

Exhibition launches: January 9th 2026
Exhibition dates: January 12th - 31st 2026

New Media Art Club’s artist bootcamp residencies are intensive, short-term programs designed to give artists a challenge to explore something new and produce new work in a tiny timeframe.

This residency is suitable for artists and practitioners who are interested in live coding performance and AI*. We would especially like to hear from candidates from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and the East Midlands.

*We’re interested in critical discourse and exploration into the creative use of AI.

Take a look at the application form here: https://forms.gle/Y3fPtKVa91RSR9PA9 more information and to apply for free. Please email us: hi@newmediaart.club if you have any questions.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

APPLICATIONS OPEN for Live Coding with Teachable Machine Bootcamp Residency.

Led by Flor de Fuego @flordefuega and Naoto Hieda @naotohieda, 3 artists will receive a residency fee to explore live coding and Teachable Machine and produce new work to exhibit in January’s 2026 COMPUTALA exhibition.

Application closes: December 12th 2025
Everyone notified by: December 19th 2025

Residency dates: 7th and 8th January 2026

Exhibition launches: January 9th 2026
Exhibition dates: January 12th - 31st 2026

New Media Art Club’s artist bootcamp residencies are intensive, short-term programs designed to give artists a challenge to explore something new and produce new work in a tiny timeframe.

This residency is suitable for artists and practitioners who are interested in live coding performance and AI*. We would especially like to hear from candidates from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and the East Midlands.

*We’re interested in critical discourse and exploration into the creative use of AI.

Take a look at the application form here: https://forms.gle/Y3fPtKVa91RSR9PA9 more information and to apply for free. Please email us: hi@newmediaart.club if you have any questions.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

OPEN CALL for Robots for a Safer World! An exhibition that will open on January 9th 2026 at @lcbdepot as part of COMPUTALA Digital Arts Festival.

Open call closes: December 12th
Participants notified by: December 19th
Work delivered by: December 23rd
Exhibition private view: January 9th, 2026
Exhibition duration: January 12th - 30th

We have taken inspiration from the previous UK government’s “robots for a safer world” challenge. The rationale behind this scheme was to transfer the burden of risk from humans to machines. It acknowledged that many industries still rely on manual labour carried out in environments that are hazardous, inaccessible, or physically degrading. The programme’s intent was not automation for its own sake or for greater efficiency alone, but a deliberate investment in robotics as a means of protection, preserving human life and dignity while sustaining and advancing industrial and scientific capability.

“Robots for a Safer World” is a strange title for a serious initiative. It carries the optimism of science fiction rather than the material risks of deep-sea engineering or nuclear decommissioning. It imagines a helping machine, not a mechanical labourer.

This open call wants to extend that question into the domain of art and creative labour. The focus shifts from machines that replace the body to systems that replicate or reshape thought. Our understanding of AI and robots enter the sphere of emotion, judgement, and imagination. Its work is not to stand in for human endurance, but to imitate or transform human creativity itself.

We welcome work that explores this tension between human vulnerability and machine precision, between intelligence that serves and intelligence that replaces.

We’re looking for pieces of work of any medium that is about AI and/or uses AI in its creation.

*We’re interested in critical discourse and exploration into the creative use of AI.

Take a look at the application form in our Linktree in our bio for more information and to apply for free. Please email us: hi@newmediaart.club if you have any questions.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

OPEN CALL for Robots for a Safer World! An exhibition that will open on January 9th 2026 at @lcbdepot as part of COMPUTALA Digital Arts Festival.

Open call closes: December 12th
Participants notified by: December 19th
Work delivered by: December 23rd
Exhibition private view: January 9th, 2026
Exhibition duration: January 12th - 30th

We have taken inspiration from the previous UK government’s “robots for a safer world” challenge. The rationale behind this scheme was to transfer the burden of risk from humans to machines. It acknowledged that many industries still rely on manual labour carried out in environments that are hazardous, inaccessible, or physically degrading. The programme’s intent was not automation for its own sake or for greater efficiency alone, but a deliberate investment in robotics as a means of protection, preserving human life and dignity while sustaining and advancing industrial and scientific capability.

“Robots for a Safer World” is a strange title for a serious initiative. It carries the optimism of science fiction rather than the material risks of deep-sea engineering or nuclear decommissioning. It imagines a helping machine, not a mechanical labourer.

This open call wants to extend that question into the domain of art and creative labour. The focus shifts from machines that replace the body to systems that replicate or reshape thought. Our understanding of AI and robots enter the sphere of emotion, judgement, and imagination. Its work is not to stand in for human endurance, but to imitate or transform human creativity itself.

We welcome work that explores this tension between human vulnerability and machine precision, between intelligence that serves and intelligence that replaces.

We’re looking for pieces of work of any medium that is about AI and/or uses AI in its creation.

*We’re interested in critical discourse and exploration into the creative use of AI.

Take a look at the application form in our Linktree in our bio for more information and to apply for free. Please email us: hi@newmediaart.club if you have any questions.

Supported by @acegrams National Lottery Project Grants <3

Announcing our Pavillion ‘Tender Machines’ at the 7th TheWrong Biennale! @thewrong.biennale

Tender Machines is a digital pavilion that explores the shifting boundary between human and machine. The exhibition presents interactive, moving image and video works selected for their capacity to blur distinctions between viewer and system.

Hosted in an online environment attempting to echo the experience of navigating a physical gallery in cyberspace, the project uses contemporary web to create a sense of discovery and presence.

The works examine how machines interpret human activity as data, reflecting on the consequences of this translation and the ways we already form relationships with the systems that observe us.

Exhibiting Artists:
Cecil Lee @cecilwmlee
Celina Collot @celinacollot
Charlie Tweed @charlietweedart
emily d'achiardi @sft4u
GALA MIRISSA @gifgalamirissa
Ivan Iovine @_iiovine_
Jenia Filatova @jeniafilatova
Leslie Predy @predster
Nicola Bertoglio @niko74mi
Quinn Ray Keck @quinn.r.keck
Stella Olivier @oliv.st
Tom Milnes @tommilnes
Zander Porter @z3ndxr

Visit:
tendermachines.xyz

Image credit: “Gestation of the Impossible” by GALA MIRISSA @gifgalamirissa

#TenderMachines #TheWrongBiennale #NewMediaArtClub #OnlineExhibition #VideoArt #InteractiveArt #OnlineArt #NewMediaArt #AIart

Announcing our Pavillion ‘Tender Machines’ at the 7th TheWrong Biennale! @thewrong.biennale

Tender Machines is a digital pavilion that explores the shifting boundary between human and machine. The exhibition presents interactive, moving image and video works selected for their capacity to blur distinctions between viewer and system.

Hosted in an online environment attempting to echo the experience of navigating a physical gallery in cyberspace, the project uses contemporary web to create a sense of discovery and presence.

The works examine how machines interpret human activity as data, reflecting on the consequences of this translation and the ways we already form relationships with the systems that observe us.

Exhibiting Artists:
Cecil Lee @cecilwmlee
Celina Collot @celinacollot
Charlie Tweed @charlietweedart
emily d'achiardi @sft4u
GALA MIRISSA @gifgalamirissa
Ivan Iovine @_iiovine_
Jenia Filatova @jeniafilatova
Leslie Predy @predster
Nicola Bertoglio @niko74mi
Quinn Ray Keck @quinn.r.keck
Stella Olivier @oliv.st
Tom Milnes @tommilnes
Zander Porter @z3ndxr

Visit:
tendermachines.xyz

Image credit: “Gestation of the Impossible” by GALA MIRISSA @gifgalamirissa

#TenderMachines #TheWrongBiennale #NewMediaArtClub #OnlineExhibition #VideoArt #InteractiveArt #OnlineArt #NewMediaArt #AIart

COMPUTALA Digital Arts Festival 2026

Pay As You Feel sign up to our Playful AI Workshop with Timothi Ellim @timothiellim . November 18th 2025, 11am-4pm

Get a taster of what’s possible and see if you’re inspired to create something for January’s open call exhibition!

Part lecture, part collaborative workshop.

Participants will take part in critical discourse around the use of generative AI in creative practice covering topics such as Co-creation, agency, AI as a proposer, a partner, a tool.

This workshop is for anyone regardless of tech skills who has an artistic practice and might want to submit to the COMPUTALA open call and/or AI bootcamp residencies.

Participants will experiment with a variety of free online tools and discuss the processes with the group along the way.

Linktree in bio for details and pay as you feel sign up ~

Supported by @aceagrams Project Grants

#newmediaart #creativeai #whatsonleicester #leicesterart #digitalartfestival #creativetech

COMPUTALA Digital Arts Festival 2026

Pay As You Feel sign up to our Playful AI Workshop with Timothi Ellim @timothiellim . November 18th 2025, 11am-4pm

Get a taster of what’s possible and see if you’re inspired to create something for January’s open call exhibition!

Part lecture, part collaborative workshop.

Participants will take part in critical discourse around the use of generative AI in creative practice covering topics such as Co-creation, agency, AI as a proposer, a partner, a tool.

This workshop is for anyone regardless of tech skills who has an artistic practice and might want to submit to the COMPUTALA open call and/or AI bootcamp residencies.

Participants will experiment with a variety of free online tools and discuss the processes with the group along the way.

Linktree in bio for details and pay as you feel sign up ~

Supported by @aceagrams Project Grants

#newmediaart #creativeai #whatsonleicester #leicesterart #digitalartfestival #creativetech

Join us for the final Ableton Users Group Meetup of 2025! This time we'll be having a go on the new Ableton Move, kindly supplied thanks to @r10ems 's grassroots music fund from @aceagrams

November 15th
10am-12:30pm
at our Co-working Studio Lab in LCB Depot.

Sign up for free through the linktree in our bio <3

Join us for the final Ableton Users Group Meetup of 2025! This time we'll be having a go on the new Ableton Move, kindly supplied thanks to @r10ems 's grassroots music fund from @aceagrams

November 15th
10am-12:30pm
at our Co-working Studio Lab in LCB Depot.

Sign up for free through the linktree in our bio <3

Pleased to be sending our exhibition Listen, Scoundrels! to the Festival of Data Science and AI. 27-29 October. If your local please stop by and talk to the exhibition chatbot. #DataAIFest #computerartssociety

Pleased to be sending our exhibition Listen, Scoundrels! to the Festival of Data Science and AI. 27-29 October. If your local please stop by and talk to the exhibition chatbot. #DataAIFest #computerartssociety

Join us on November 1st at 4pm on Zoom for a private view and the launch of our @thewrong.biennale pavilion Tender Machines!

RSVP for free and get more details through our Linktree in our bio 💚

Join us on November 1st at 4pm on Zoom for a private view and the launch of our @thewrong.biennale pavilion Tender Machines!

RSVP for free and get more details through our Linktree in our bio 💚

Unfortunately due to illness tomorrow's Ableton Users Group meet up is cancelled :(

The next meet up will be November 15th where we will have a Move jam :)

Unfortunately due to illness tomorrow's Ableton Users Group meet up is cancelled :(

The next meet up will be November 15th where we will have a Move jam :)

THIS SATURDAY!

Ableton Users Group meet up at LCB Depot. Ableton makes software, hardware and other creative tools for a global community of music makers.

2pm-4pm

Linktree in bio to book a free space and more info<3

THIS SATURDAY!

Ableton Users Group meet up at LCB Depot. Ableton makes software, hardware and other creative tools for a global community of music makers.

2pm-4pm

Linktree in bio to book a free space and more info<3

Thanks to National Lottery Project Grants Arts Council England @acegrams for awarding us another successful project grant of support for COMPUTALA!

COMPUTALA is a festival in partnership with @lcbdepot ‘s Digital Art Season. We combine forces every January to bring and showcase exciting creative technology/new media/digital art in Leicester. 2026’s theme will be AI and will include bootcamp residencies, workshops, exhibitions, and a day conference.

We’re working with @nojobsinthearts @kalaartscic @artaifestleics @flordefuega @naotohieda @mark_towers @seancuttlefish @lioness.princess @timothiellim

We’ll start the open call process later this year so stay tuned! If you have any questions feel free to get in touch.

Thanks to National Lottery Project Grants Arts Council England @acegrams for awarding us another successful project grant of support for COMPUTALA!

COMPUTALA is a festival in partnership with @lcbdepot ‘s Digital Art Season. We combine forces every January to bring and showcase exciting creative technology/new media/digital art in Leicester. 2026’s theme will be AI and will include bootcamp residencies, workshops, exhibitions, and a day conference.

We’re working with @nojobsinthearts @kalaartscic @artaifestleics @flordefuega @naotohieda @mark_towers @seancuttlefish @lioness.princess @timothiellim

We’ll start the open call process later this year so stay tuned! If you have any questions feel free to get in touch.

We're excited to share our friends @nojobsinthearts new initiative Reflective Creative Journal (RCJ)

They have an open call for their first issue!

"The Reflective Creative Journal (RCJ) is an online publication where creatives share ideas and reflect on their research experiences in the visual arts. Edited by No Jobs in the Arts, it welcomes submissions from creatives practicing in visual arts disciplines.

Submission Guidelines:

The editorial team welcomes a variety of reflective submissions that capture new ideas, projects, collaborations, and learning experiences—including encounters with exhibitions, publications, fresh ways of working, and creative inspiration.

Submissions should be in a visual essay format, combining text and images to tell a story. This could include photos, digital collages, mind maps, drawings, or diagrams—anything that visually represents creative research."

Visit@nojobsinthearts for their submission link!

We're excited to share our friends @nojobsinthearts new initiative Reflective Creative Journal (RCJ)

They have an open call for their first issue!

"The Reflective Creative Journal (RCJ) is an online publication where creatives share ideas and reflect on their research experiences in the visual arts. Edited by No Jobs in the Arts, it welcomes submissions from creatives practicing in visual arts disciplines.

Submission Guidelines:

The editorial team welcomes a variety of reflective submissions that capture new ideas, projects, collaborations, and learning experiences—including encounters with exhibitions, publications, fresh ways of working, and creative inspiration.

Submissions should be in a visual essay format, combining text and images to tell a story. This could include photos, digital collages, mind maps, drawings, or diagrams—anything that visually represents creative research."

Visit@nojobsinthearts for their submission link!

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

Ben Evans @ivorjetski
Dubbed "the Da Vinci of CSS art", Ben Evans fuses front-end code with fine art, music & sculpture. With every pixel, he’s pushing the limits of what CSS can do, proving code is a creative medium. Ben was our tutor on this bootcamp! Many thanks to this guy!

💻 tinydesign.co.uk

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

Ben Evans @ivorjetski
Dubbed "the Da Vinci of CSS art", Ben Evans fuses front-end code with fine art, music & sculpture. With every pixel, he’s pushing the limits of what CSS can do, proving code is a creative medium. Ben was our tutor on this bootcamp! Many thanks to this guy!

💻 tinydesign.co.uk

Join us on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th June, 2025 3pm-9pm for our watch party for the 11th Workshop on Computing Within Limits!

We can meet for lunch at @grays_lcbdepot at 1pm on the 26th if you like, before heading up to our co-working studio lab and getting on the internet.

On the 27th we can also attend @lastfridaylcb for some tasty street food dinner!

See our Linktree in our bio to register your spot at our in person meet up.

ATTENDEES WILL ALSO NEED TO REGISTER FOR LIMITS' ZOOM SEPARATELY FROM OUR EVENT. The link is also in our Linktree and on our registration page.

About LIMITS 2025:

"The LIMITS workshop concerns the role of computing in human societies situated in a world of limits, such as limits of extractive logics, limits to a biosphere’s ability to recover, limits to our knowledge, or limits to technological solutions to societal issues. As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, practitioners, and scholars, we seek to reshape the computing research agenda, grounded by an awareness that contemporary computing research is intertwined with ecological limits in general, and climate- and climate justice-related limits in particular. LIMITS 2025 solicits submissions that move us closer towards computing that supports diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres."

Image by Jan Tobias Muehlberg is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Join us on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th June, 2025 3pm-9pm for our watch party for the 11th Workshop on Computing Within Limits!

We can meet for lunch at @grays_lcbdepot at 1pm on the 26th if you like, before heading up to our co-working studio lab and getting on the internet.

On the 27th we can also attend @lastfridaylcb for some tasty street food dinner!

See our Linktree in our bio to register your spot at our in person meet up.

ATTENDEES WILL ALSO NEED TO REGISTER FOR LIMITS' ZOOM SEPARATELY FROM OUR EVENT. The link is also in our Linktree and on our registration page.

About LIMITS 2025:

"The LIMITS workshop concerns the role of computing in human societies situated in a world of limits, such as limits of extractive logics, limits to a biosphere’s ability to recover, limits to our knowledge, or limits to technological solutions to societal issues. As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, practitioners, and scholars, we seek to reshape the computing research agenda, grounded by an awareness that contemporary computing research is intertwined with ecological limits in general, and climate- and climate justice-related limits in particular. LIMITS 2025 solicits submissions that move us closer towards computing that supports diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres."

Image by Jan Tobias Muehlberg is licensed under CC BY 4.0

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

Abbie Canning @abbiecanningimages
From sculpture to screens, Abbie explores the fault lines between tech and human connection. Her works Board and Being and Nothingness (After Sartre) delve into the friction of CSS coding and the search for meaning in the digital age.

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

Abbie Canning @abbiecanningimages
From sculpture to screens, Abbie explores the fault lines between tech and human connection. Her works Board and Being and Nothingness (After Sartre) delve into the friction of CSS coding and the search for meaning in the digital age.

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! We're hosting a watching party in our co-working studio lab for the 11th workshop on Computing Within Limits! We will announce our sign up link soon!!

The LIMITS workshop concerns the role of computing in human societies situated in a world of limits, such as limits of extractive logics, limits to a biosphere’s ability to recover, limits to our knowledge, or limits to technological solutions to societal issues.

As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, practitioners, and scholars, we seek to reshape the computing research agenda, grounded by an awareness that contemporary computing research is intertwined with ecological limits in general, and climate- and climate justice-related limits in particular.

LIMITS 2025 solicits submissions that move us closer towards computing that supports diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres."

The LIMITS-hub at New Media Art Club takes place on the 26th and 27th of June 2025 between 3-9pm.

We hope to invite participants to join us for lunch before the session begins on 26th.
After the closing of the session on 27th we hope to celebrate by attending the festivities at LCB's Last Friday event. @lastfridaylcb

Participants will require a laptop and headphones. Please let us know if you wish to attend but are unable to supply either of these.

As well as booking a place with us (New Media Art Club) participants will need to register directly with LIMITS. More details will be announced through the LIMITS website: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2025/

Image by Jan Tobias Muehlberg for LIMITS 2025

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! We're hosting a watching party in our co-working studio lab for the 11th workshop on Computing Within Limits! We will announce our sign up link soon!!

The LIMITS workshop concerns the role of computing in human societies situated in a world of limits, such as limits of extractive logics, limits to a biosphere’s ability to recover, limits to our knowledge, or limits to technological solutions to societal issues.

As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, practitioners, and scholars, we seek to reshape the computing research agenda, grounded by an awareness that contemporary computing research is intertwined with ecological limits in general, and climate- and climate justice-related limits in particular.

LIMITS 2025 solicits submissions that move us closer towards computing that supports diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres."

The LIMITS-hub at New Media Art Club takes place on the 26th and 27th of June 2025 between 3-9pm.

We hope to invite participants to join us for lunch before the session begins on 26th.
After the closing of the session on 27th we hope to celebrate by attending the festivities at LCB's Last Friday event. @lastfridaylcb

Participants will require a laptop and headphones. Please let us know if you wish to attend but are unable to supply either of these.

As well as booking a place with us (New Media Art Club) participants will need to register directly with LIMITS. More details will be announced through the LIMITS website: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2025/

Image by Jan Tobias Muehlberg for LIMITS 2025

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

David John Scarborough @davidjohnscarborough
What if CSS could help us map not just the web, but ourselves? In Untitled (The Cartographers), David fuses code, sound, and storytelling to explore our relationship to land, memory and the digital world.

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

David John Scarborough @davidjohnscarborough
What if CSS could help us map not just the web, but ourselves? In Untitled (The Cartographers), David fuses code, sound, and storytelling to explore our relationship to land, memory and the digital world.

Troubleshoot

A new meetup for artists working with media and technology.

Whether you’re exploring creative coding, digital art, sound, interactivity, or any form of media and tech-based practice, Troubleshoot is a space to connect, share, and collaborate.

We meet both online and in-person to make it accessible for everyone.

Meetups are informal, inclusive, and pressure-free. You’re welcome to just come along, listen in, and meet others. There’s no requirement to present work.

We are committed to creating a safe and respectful environment for all, and we strictly follow the Berlin Code of Conduct.

We're hosting our first meetup on Thursday June 19th at 6pm on Zoom.

Register for free thru the linktree in our bio.

Troubleshoot

A new meetup for artists working with media and technology.

Whether you’re exploring creative coding, digital art, sound, interactivity, or any form of media and tech-based practice, Troubleshoot is a space to connect, share, and collaborate.

We meet both online and in-person to make it accessible for everyone.

Meetups are informal, inclusive, and pressure-free. You’re welcome to just come along, listen in, and meet others. There’s no requirement to present work.

We are committed to creating a safe and respectful environment for all, and we strictly follow the Berlin Code of Conduct.

We're hosting our first meetup on Thursday June 19th at 6pm on Zoom.

Register for free thru the linktree in our bio.

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

Fania Raczinski fania.uk
In Improvisation 25, Fania brings Wassily Kandinsky’s abstract forms into motion with CSS and a hint of JavaScript. 86 components. 9 layers. 1 stunning tribute to Expressionist art through code.

🔗 View online: https://fania.github.io/css_drawing/kandinsky

It’s time to showcase the artists of our current exhibition, Paint by Style Sheet, running at @phoenixleic until July 25th 2025! It’s a presentation of the output from a 2 day bootcamp artist residency about CSS Drawing.

Fania Raczinski fania.uk
In Improvisation 25, Fania brings Wassily Kandinsky’s abstract forms into motion with CSS and a hint of JavaScript. 86 components. 9 layers. 1 stunning tribute to Expressionist art through code.

🔗 View online: https://fania.github.io/css_drawing/kandinsky

Our co-director @seanzshow will be doing a little techno workshop/show and tell tomorrow morning at our quarterly Ableton users meet up. Book a free space thru our link in bio 🥰

#ableton
#abletonuser
#abletonleicester
#electronicmusic
#abletonworkshop

Our co-director @seanzshow will be doing a little techno workshop/show and tell tomorrow morning at our quarterly Ableton users meet up. Book a free space thru our link in bio 🥰

#ableton
#abletonuser
#abletonleicester
#electronicmusic
#abletonworkshop

Quarterly meet up for Ableton enthusiasts. Ableton makes software, hardware and other creative tools for a global community of music makers. Run by Paul Smith and Ableton Certified Trainer Mark Towers.

Get ready for our next meet-up on Saturday, May 17th, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM!

Usual place - LCB Depot, 31 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1RE but please be aware that the cafe will be closed.

This session will feature Sean Carroll, who will be building on a few of the ideas presented in the last meet-up to look at ways to structure a live performance. Expect a lively and informative discussion!

You will need to register your attendance as we have limited space. Sign up here through the linktree in our bio!

Quarterly meet up for Ableton enthusiasts. Ableton makes software, hardware and other creative tools for a global community of music makers. Run by Paul Smith and Ableton Certified Trainer Mark Towers.

Get ready for our next meet-up on Saturday, May 17th, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM!

Usual place - LCB Depot, 31 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1RE but please be aware that the cafe will be closed.

This session will feature Sean Carroll, who will be building on a few of the ideas presented in the last meet-up to look at ways to structure a live performance. Expect a lively and informative discussion!

You will need to register your attendance as we have limited space. Sign up here through the linktree in our bio!

Here’s a sneak peek 👀!!

After an intensive 2 days last week at our CSS drawing bootcamp with tutor @ivorjetski and residents @abbiecanningimages @davidjohnscarborough and Fania Raczinski, we’re putting together the final touches of Paint by Style Sheet @phoenixleic ready to open on Friday 11th April!

Each resident has responded to the challenge of the medium in their own unique way, producing what we think is an interesting and playful selection of work that we’re really excited to share with you!

Our exhibition opens alongside Conflicted, part of @lcbdepot ‘s Photography and Film Season and @formatfestival and @computerartssoc ‘s Marcus West prints in the cafe.

Here’s a sneak peek 👀!!

After an intensive 2 days last week at our CSS drawing bootcamp with tutor @ivorjetski and residents @abbiecanningimages @davidjohnscarborough and Fania Raczinski, we’re putting together the final touches of Paint by Style Sheet @phoenixleic ready to open on Friday 11th April!

Each resident has responded to the challenge of the medium in their own unique way, producing what we think is an interesting and playful selection of work that we’re really excited to share with you!

Our exhibition opens alongside Conflicted, part of @lcbdepot ‘s Photography and Film Season and @formatfestival and @computerartssoc ‘s Marcus West prints in the cafe.

Did you know we have a “Co-working Studio Lab”?

Our goal is to grow Leicester’s new media (digital art/creative tech/etc) community (and provide the resources they might need)!

We have a generously sized office @lcbdepot which is home to loads of digital art/creative tech equipment, desk space to work, snacks, collaborative members, and other stuff.

We have a membership scheme - for £50 a month you have 24 hour access, first dibs on the Tool Library equipment, mentoring, hot desks, and more.

You can find out more information in our Linktree in our bio or email us hi@newmediaart.club with any questions or suggestions - we want to be here to help!

Did you know we have a “Co-working Studio Lab”?

Our goal is to grow Leicester’s new media (digital art/creative tech/etc) community (and provide the resources they might need)!

We have a generously sized office @lcbdepot which is home to loads of digital art/creative tech equipment, desk space to work, snacks, collaborative members, and other stuff.

We have a membership scheme - for £50 a month you have 24 hour access, first dibs on the Tool Library equipment, mentoring, hot desks, and more.

You can find out more information in our Linktree in our bio or email us hi@newmediaart.club with any questions or suggestions - we want to be here to help!

We are super excited to announce we will be apart of The Wrong Biennale this November! @thewrong.biennale

In the mean time, we have an open call for our online pavilion - Tender Machines.

Open call until: August 4th 2025 11:50PM

Exhibition: November 1st 2025 - March 31st 2026 online website.

What happens to "you and me" when algorithms help write our love letters, interpret our emotions, and mediate our conversations? Where do we draw the lines between human intimacy and technological intervention? Tender Machines explores how “You and Me” transforms in an age where AI systems are increasingly designed to mirror, anticipate, and fulfil our needs. This pavilion explores the complex emotional landscape that unfolds when machines are designed to prioritise our satisfaction and examines how the fundamental aspects of human connection, including love, friendship, and understanding, adapt as AI systems become part of our daily emotional fabric.

Tender Machines is looking for work that explores:
-When does "the system" enhance our human connections, and when does it create distance?
-How do we navigate relationships where AI is both facilitator and participant?
-What happens to the poetry of "you and me" when algorithms help write our love letters, interpret our emotions, and mediate our conversations?
-Where do we draw the lines between human intimacy and technological intervention?

Through these mediums:
-Web collage
-Interactive narrative
-Moving image
-Chat bots
-Combinations of the above

We are open to other mediums - get in touch hi@newmediaart.club to discuss.

The work may use AI or reflect on AI and intimacy, or both!

Chosen work will be hosted by New Media Art Club through an interactive web gallery from November 1st 2025 - March 31st 2026. Submission to the Pavilion is a non funded no budget/no fee endeavor.

Submissions Open until: August 4th 2025 11:50PM

Info and application form is in our Linktree in our bio <3

We are super excited to announce we will be apart of The Wrong Biennale this November! @thewrong.biennale

In the mean time, we have an open call for our online pavilion - Tender Machines.

Open call until: August 4th 2025 11:50PM

Exhibition: November 1st 2025 - March 31st 2026 online website.

What happens to "you and me" when algorithms help write our love letters, interpret our emotions, and mediate our conversations? Where do we draw the lines between human intimacy and technological intervention? Tender Machines explores how “You and Me” transforms in an age where AI systems are increasingly designed to mirror, anticipate, and fulfil our needs. This pavilion explores the complex emotional landscape that unfolds when machines are designed to prioritise our satisfaction and examines how the fundamental aspects of human connection, including love, friendship, and understanding, adapt as AI systems become part of our daily emotional fabric.

Tender Machines is looking for work that explores:
-When does "the system" enhance our human connections, and when does it create distance?
-How do we navigate relationships where AI is both facilitator and participant?
-What happens to the poetry of "you and me" when algorithms help write our love letters, interpret our emotions, and mediate our conversations?
-Where do we draw the lines between human intimacy and technological intervention?

Through these mediums:
-Web collage
-Interactive narrative
-Moving image
-Chat bots
-Combinations of the above

We are open to other mediums - get in touch hi@newmediaart.club to discuss.

The work may use AI or reflect on AI and intimacy, or both!

Chosen work will be hosted by New Media Art Club through an interactive web gallery from November 1st 2025 - March 31st 2026. Submission to the Pavilion is a non funded no budget/no fee endeavor.

Submissions Open until: August 4th 2025 11:50PM

Info and application form is in our Linktree in our bio <3

If you joined us at any point during COMPUTALA this January we'd love to hear from you!

Please fill out our feedback form through the linktree in our bio.

We'd love to know what worked, where we could improve, and what you'd like to see in the future!

If you joined us at any point during COMPUTALA this January we'd love to hear from you!

Please fill out our feedback form through the linktree in our bio.

We'd love to know what worked, where we could improve, and what you'd like to see in the future!

We are so excited to announce another artist bootcamp residency!

This time we're exploring drawing with cascading style sheets.

We are looking for 3 artists to award a £900 bursary each to join us in Leicester on April 1st and 2nd to create CSS art that will be exhibited from April 7th - May 9th in Phoenix Cinema's smaller gallery.

If you are interested in applying, more information and the form can be found through our linktree in our bio.

We are so excited to announce another artist bootcamp residency!

This time we're exploring drawing with cascading style sheets.

We are looking for 3 artists to award a £900 bursary each to join us in Leicester on April 1st and 2nd to create CSS art that will be exhibited from April 7th - May 9th in Phoenix Cinema's smaller gallery.

If you are interested in applying, more information and the form can be found through our linktree in our bio.

🚀 Call for Participants: Curating with AI – Interrogating Digital Collections 🎨🤖

Join us for a hands-on exploration of AI in curatorial practice, working with the Computer Arts Society’s digital collection to uncover new ways of interpreting and presenting computational art.

📅 Dates: 18 & 25 Feb 2025
⏰ Time: 6PM - 8PM
📍 Location: New Media Art Club, Leicester
🎟️ Fee: £300 (including expenses)
👥 3 participants only

Led by Sean Carroll, a PhD researcher in AI & archives, this two-part workshop will explore:
🔹 AI as a curatorial tool – possibilities & ethics
🔹 Hands-on work with ChatGPT, Google Notebook & Claude
🔹 Creating a curatorial zine capturing AI-informed insights

Perfect for anyone interested in curating digital collections in archives or gallery contexts.

🔗 Apply now – link in bio! #AIcuration #DigitalCollections #NewMediaArt #CuratingWithAI

🚀 Call for Participants: Curating with AI – Interrogating Digital Collections 🎨🤖

Join us for a hands-on exploration of AI in curatorial practice, working with the Computer Arts Society’s digital collection to uncover new ways of interpreting and presenting computational art.

📅 Dates: 18 & 25 Feb 2025
⏰ Time: 6PM - 8PM
📍 Location: New Media Art Club, Leicester
🎟️ Fee: £300 (including expenses)
👥 3 participants only

Led by Sean Carroll, a PhD researcher in AI & archives, this two-part workshop will explore:
🔹 AI as a curatorial tool – possibilities & ethics
🔹 Hands-on work with ChatGPT, Google Notebook & Claude
🔹 Creating a curatorial zine capturing AI-informed insights

Perfect for anyone interested in curating digital collections in archives or gallery contexts.

🔗 Apply now – link in bio! #AIcuration #DigitalCollections #NewMediaArt #CuratingWithAI

Today is the last full day to catch COMPUTALA as tomorrow afternoon we will be setting up for f(x) + E // CEREMONY X COMPUTALA for @lastfridaylcb

We're open 11am-5pm !!

Today is the last full day to catch COMPUTALA as tomorrow afternoon we will be setting up for f(x) + E // CEREMONY X COMPUTALA for @lastfridaylcb

We're open 11am-5pm !!

Every week we'll be highlighting some of the amazing artists and creatives who are part of @newmediaartclub’s COMPUTALA Digital Art Season this January

Cosmic Pop Persona: A Digital Nostalgia Reimagined by Timothi Ellim @timothiellim
ios trespassing set by varvara pekhota @varvarapekhota
I'm your pixelpleasure by Zander Porter @z3ndxr

New Media Art Club’s AR Bootcamp Residents:
Hogweed Invasion by Hanna Paniutsich | XYANA @xyana.xyz
Fairy Wings by Lena Helikia Ngoudjo Siewe @cinnamoncasket
Listening to the Gallery by Miriam Bean @miriambean.art

Work by young people on @newmediaartclub ‘s Arts Award Discover: Computer Drawing with Micro:bit Robots short course.

Find out more about the artists, exhibition and events via the bio

Visit the exhibition weekdays 11am-5pm til January 31st

#internetart #creativetech #browserbased #digitalart

Every week we'll be highlighting some of the amazing artists and creatives who are part of @newmediaartclub’s COMPUTALA Digital Art Season this January

Cosmic Pop Persona: A Digital Nostalgia Reimagined by Timothi Ellim @timothiellim
ios trespassing set by varvara pekhota @varvarapekhota
I'm your pixelpleasure by Zander Porter @z3ndxr

New Media Art Club’s AR Bootcamp Residents:
Hogweed Invasion by Hanna Paniutsich | XYANA @xyana.xyz
Fairy Wings by Lena Helikia Ngoudjo Siewe @cinnamoncasket
Listening to the Gallery by Miriam Bean @miriambean.art

Work by young people on @newmediaartclub ‘s Arts Award Discover: Computer Drawing with Micro:bit Robots short course.

Find out more about the artists, exhibition and events via the bio

Visit the exhibition weekdays 11am-5pm til January 31st

#internetart #creativetech #browserbased #digitalart

January 31st from 5pm

A closing ceremony celebrating COMPUTALA, exploring the connections between creativity and technology with an evening of unique experimental audiovisual performances and collaborations.

Featuring:
Harmonograph Lasers + Lurcha + Kiera Sanderson - Laser art, ambient techno and dance
Lee Allatson + Johnny - Improvised drums and reactive visual scores
Courtney Askey - Experiments in sound and video
Debbie and The Sea of Fire - Electro hardware music performance
Honest Dave + DAACHU - Immersive music and visual installation

This event will also include a curated playlist of works by women making experimental audio and visuals, from international AV communities.

// Full details to be announced //

Part of @lastfridaylcb at LCB Depot. £1 or Free Guest List Entry, register here: www.tinyurl.com/computala

This event is supported by @aceagrams Project Grants , for COMPUTALA / New Media Art Club.

January 31st from 5pm

A closing ceremony celebrating COMPUTALA, exploring the connections between creativity and technology with an evening of unique experimental audiovisual performances and collaborations.

Featuring:
Harmonograph Lasers + Lurcha + Kiera Sanderson - Laser art, ambient techno and dance
Lee Allatson + Johnny - Improvised drums and reactive visual scores
Courtney Askey - Experiments in sound and video
Debbie and The Sea of Fire - Electro hardware music performance
Honest Dave + DAACHU - Immersive music and visual installation

This event will also include a curated playlist of works by women making experimental audio and visuals, from international AV communities.

// Full details to be announced //

Part of @lastfridaylcb at LCB Depot. £1 or Free Guest List Entry, register here: www.tinyurl.com/computala

This event is supported by @aceagrams Project Grants , for COMPUTALA / New Media Art Club.

Every week we'll be highlighting some of the amazing artists and creatives who are part of our COMPUTALA Digital Art Season this January

Black Codes by Lena Helikia Ngoudjo Siewe @cinnamoncasket
Evidences of Alien Relative by Linh Dao @thuy.linh.d
Collection by Matt W @Matt.W_Art
The Net Ludd Manifesto by Mateus Domingos
Candlelarium by Murilo Gasparetto @murilomakes
Flooded by Ollie Scoble @olliescobleart
strange attractors [1,000 years] by Sandra Crisp @sandra_crisp
A Colloquy of Drawing Robots by Sean Clark @seancuttlefish
Virtue Bots and Vice Machines by Shanique Thompson @LingBytes
Body Drift by Tengjin Bian @yirubian.00 (Bian’s film Deep Deepdream is on NETWORK LAYERS AR Art Trail)

Find out more about the artists, exhibition and events via the bio

Visit the exhibition weekdays 11am-5pm til January 31st

#internetart #creativetech #browserbased #digitalart

Every week we'll be highlighting some of the amazing artists and creatives who are part of our COMPUTALA Digital Art Season this January

Black Codes by Lena Helikia Ngoudjo Siewe @cinnamoncasket
Evidences of Alien Relative by Linh Dao @thuy.linh.d
Collection by Matt W @Matt.W_Art
The Net Ludd Manifesto by Mateus Domingos
Candlelarium by Murilo Gasparetto @murilomakes
Flooded by Ollie Scoble @olliescobleart
strange attractors [1,000 years] by Sandra Crisp @sandra_crisp
A Colloquy of Drawing Robots by Sean Clark @seancuttlefish
Virtue Bots and Vice Machines by Shanique Thompson @LingBytes
Body Drift by Tengjin Bian @yirubian.00 (Bian’s film Deep Deepdream is on NETWORK LAYERS AR Art Trail)

Find out more about the artists, exhibition and events via the bio

Visit the exhibition weekdays 11am-5pm til January 31st

#internetart #creativetech #browserbased #digitalart

New date: Wednesday 29th January 6:30pm-9pm

Explore the fascinating history of fortune-telling games and devices while learning to create your own with Downpour, a user-friendly game-making tool. The workshop will include:

-A discussion on historical fortune-telling devices, from ancient examples to modern interpretations.

-A seminar-style session where we play and analyse indie games (including some Downpour games) about fortune-telling.

An introduction to using Downpour.

-A hands-on creative session where you’ll design and build your own fortune-telling game or device, using craft materials and support from the instructor.

-A final showcase to share and discuss everyone’s creations.

Duration: Approximately 2.5 hours.

What you'll need:

Bring your smartphone. You can install Downpour (https://downpour.games) in advance if you'd like.

If there's a particular book or magazine you find resonant and might find it interesting to base your fortune-teller on, bring that along too. You can cut it up and then take photos of it, or you can just take photos of it.

About the artist:

V Buckenham @vtwentyone is the creator of Downpour, an app that makes it easy to make little games on your phone. Before that, she was the creator of Cheap Bots Done Quick, a website that made it easy to make little Twitter bots on your computer. She's also worked as a game designer and developer on titles like Beasts of Balance and Mutazione, and as a curator with Now Play This and Wild Rumpus.

Ticketed Pay As You Feel

Accessible, step-free venue.

Please note:

As this event is after hours LCB Depot's main entrance won't be open. We ask that you go to the back entrance on Colton Street where Sean from New Media Art Club will collect everyone in the courtyard before heading upstairs.

New date: Wednesday 29th January 6:30pm-9pm

Explore the fascinating history of fortune-telling games and devices while learning to create your own with Downpour, a user-friendly game-making tool. The workshop will include:

-A discussion on historical fortune-telling devices, from ancient examples to modern interpretations.

-A seminar-style session where we play and analyse indie games (including some Downpour games) about fortune-telling.

An introduction to using Downpour.

-A hands-on creative session where you’ll design and build your own fortune-telling game or device, using craft materials and support from the instructor.

-A final showcase to share and discuss everyone’s creations.

Duration: Approximately 2.5 hours.

What you'll need:

Bring your smartphone. You can install Downpour (https://downpour.games) in advance if you'd like.

If there's a particular book or magazine you find resonant and might find it interesting to base your fortune-teller on, bring that along too. You can cut it up and then take photos of it, or you can just take photos of it.

About the artist:

V Buckenham @vtwentyone is the creator of Downpour, an app that makes it easy to make little games on your phone. Before that, she was the creator of Cheap Bots Done Quick, a website that made it easy to make little Twitter bots on your computer. She's also worked as a game designer and developer on titles like Beasts of Balance and Mutazione, and as a curator with Now Play This and Wild Rumpus.

Ticketed Pay As You Feel

Accessible, step-free venue.

Please note:

As this event is after hours LCB Depot's main entrance won't be open. We ask that you go to the back entrance on Colton Street where Sean from New Media Art Club will collect everyone in the courtyard before heading upstairs.

Quarterly meet up for Ableton enthusiasts. Ableton makes software, hardware and other creative tools for a global community of music makers. Run by Paul Smith and Ableton Certified Trainer Mark Towers.

In our last session, Mark Towers showcased his use of his modular synth and some cool sound design tricks using Ableton's stock plug-ins. In February's session, Paul Smith a.k.a Stablegate Music will be walking through his latest melodic Techno track, Dark Confusion, which is being released by TS Records on Jan 24th. This will demonstrate a different method of sound creativity than Mark showcased in our last meeting.

This walk-through will focus on:
Using templates to speed up your production
Channel, clip labelling and colouring
Layering stock/samples and preset sounds
Reference tracks for inspiration and structure guidance
Successful mixing techniques
Master bus plugin chain

Time permitting, we can also demonstrate the use of Splice and it's vast online library of sounds to enhance your creativity.

As ever, it's an interactive, open forum, feel free to ask questions and propose topics for inclusion in future meetings.

Please make sure you book your attendance place here, as space is limited.

We will meet downstairs in LCB Depot a little before 2pm before heading upstairs to the space.

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Here are the 2025 dates for the meet ups:

-Saturday, May 17th*
-Saturday Sept 13th
-Saturday Nov 15th*

For the dates marked with an * these are morning meetings, 10.00 - 12.30 and there is no cafe open on those days. We will meet through the back entrance on Colton St.

For the other two dates, the cafe will be open and we will run the meetings from 14.00 - 16.30 which coincides with CQEarlies where GRAYS Coffee Shop & Kitchen will be open.

Visit our Linktree in our bio (linktr.ee/newmediaartclub) to sign up!

Quarterly meet up for Ableton enthusiasts. Ableton makes software, hardware and other creative tools for a global community of music makers. Run by Paul Smith and Ableton Certified Trainer Mark Towers.

In our last session, Mark Towers showcased his use of his modular synth and some cool sound design tricks using Ableton's stock plug-ins. In February's session, Paul Smith a.k.a Stablegate Music will be walking through his latest melodic Techno track, Dark Confusion, which is being released by TS Records on Jan 24th. This will demonstrate a different method of sound creativity than Mark showcased in our last meeting.

This walk-through will focus on:
Using templates to speed up your production
Channel, clip labelling and colouring
Layering stock/samples and preset sounds
Reference tracks for inspiration and structure guidance
Successful mixing techniques
Master bus plugin chain

Time permitting, we can also demonstrate the use of Splice and it's vast online library of sounds to enhance your creativity.

As ever, it's an interactive, open forum, feel free to ask questions and propose topics for inclusion in future meetings.

Please make sure you book your attendance place here, as space is limited.

We will meet downstairs in LCB Depot a little before 2pm before heading upstairs to the space.

---

Here are the 2025 dates for the meet ups:

-Saturday, May 17th*
-Saturday Sept 13th
-Saturday Nov 15th*

For the dates marked with an * these are morning meetings, 10.00 - 12.30 and there is no cafe open on those days. We will meet through the back entrance on Colton St.

For the other two dates, the cafe will be open and we will run the meetings from 14.00 - 16.30 which coincides with CQEarlies where GRAYS Coffee Shop & Kitchen will be open.

Visit our Linktree in our bio (linktr.ee/newmediaartclub) to sign up!

Every week we'll be highlighting some of the amazing artists and creatives who are part of our COMPUTALA Digital Art Season this January

Teletextual Healing by Andy Jenkinson
Ko Thames tōku pūahatanga by annaro.se @arosebyanyotherna.me (part of NETWORK LAYERS AR Art Trail)
The Great Realignment by Ben Fredericks and Mateus Domingos @benfredserickscollaborations
My studio but in Habbo Hotel by Courtney Askey @courtneyaskeystudio
Light Eater by David John Scarborough @davidjohnscarborough
A_poem_which_is_a_program_which_is_an_art_gallery by Elliot Smith
Nothing Happened Ever :) by Harvey Ryan @lensface.archieve
Two Bit Contemporary by Jake Pink @hotpinkpixels @hotpinkbulb
Digital Oracle Prophecies by Jen Nesbitt @jmnes
Through The Opening Citizens Eye by John Coster - collaboration with Jas Singh @docmediacentre

Find out more about the artists, exhibition and events via the bio

Visit the exhibition weekdays 11am-5pm til January 31st

#internetart #creativetech #browserbased #digitalart

Every week we'll be highlighting some of the amazing artists and creatives who are part of our COMPUTALA Digital Art Season this January

Teletextual Healing by Andy Jenkinson
Ko Thames tōku pūahatanga by annaro.se @arosebyanyotherna.me (part of NETWORK LAYERS AR Art Trail)
The Great Realignment by Ben Fredericks and Mateus Domingos @benfredserickscollaborations
My studio but in Habbo Hotel by Courtney Askey @courtneyaskeystudio
Light Eater by David John Scarborough @davidjohnscarborough
A_poem_which_is_a_program_which_is_an_art_gallery by Elliot Smith
Nothing Happened Ever :) by Harvey Ryan @lensface.archieve
Two Bit Contemporary by Jake Pink @hotpinkpixels @hotpinkbulb
Digital Oracle Prophecies by Jen Nesbitt @jmnes
Through The Opening Citizens Eye by John Coster - collaboration with Jas Singh @docmediacentre

Find out more about the artists, exhibition and events via the bio

Visit the exhibition weekdays 11am-5pm til January 31st

#internetart #creativetech #browserbased #digitalart

Looking forward to seeing you all later but just a quick update to say that the symposium is postponed until later in the month.

The private view and film screening of Hackers is still going ahead, though!

Looking forward to seeing you all later but just a quick update to say that the symposium is postponed until later in the month.

The private view and film screening of Hackers is still going ahead, though!

FREE creative family fun at @CQEarlies on Sat January 11th

This month @lcbdepot as part of Computala!

◽ Robot Art Swarm!

◽ Pixel Art

◽ MinecraftLAB & Animation with @mbd_vr

❄ Winter Wonder Jam

And more!

linktr.ee/culturalquarterearlies

◽ 12-1.45: MinecraftLAB: Cool stuff with the internet Collaborate to build a Minecraft world that showcases all that is the internet. 30 min sessions. First come first served

◽ 2.15-4pm: Digital Animations Using the Internet Learn how to create your own 3D animations and avatars using free online tools! Limited spaces. Sign up for free here: https://www.newmediaart.club/event-details/cqe-digital-animations-using-the-internet

Workshops by @mbd_vr

◽ Make robots and Minecraft characters out of clay and for the Big Draw with @brainartuk

◽ Pixel Art with Elias

◽ Robot Art Swarm! Control a team of robots to work together to make some art With @interact_digital_arts

❄ Winter Wonder Jam: Work together to create your first adventure game. With @sidefestltd

AND

Get delicious lunch and refreshments from @grays_lcbdepot special family menu

◽ LOADS more family activities at venues across the Cultural Quarter as part of @cqearlies

FREE Rickshaws between venues from @rideleicester

FREE creative family fun at @CQEarlies on Sat January 11th

This month @lcbdepot as part of Computala!

◽ Robot Art Swarm!

◽ Pixel Art

◽ MinecraftLAB & Animation with @mbd_vr

❄ Winter Wonder Jam

And more!

linktr.ee/culturalquarterearlies

◽ 12-1.45: MinecraftLAB: Cool stuff with the internet Collaborate to build a Minecraft world that showcases all that is the internet. 30 min sessions. First come first served

◽ 2.15-4pm: Digital Animations Using the Internet Learn how to create your own 3D animations and avatars using free online tools! Limited spaces. Sign up for free here: https://www.newmediaart.club/event-details/cqe-digital-animations-using-the-internet

Workshops by @mbd_vr

◽ Make robots and Minecraft characters out of clay and for the Big Draw with @brainartuk

◽ Pixel Art with Elias

◽ Robot Art Swarm! Control a team of robots to work together to make some art With @interact_digital_arts

❄ Winter Wonder Jam: Work together to create your first adventure game. With @sidefestltd

AND

Get delicious lunch and refreshments from @grays_lcbdepot special family menu

◽ LOADS more family activities at venues across the Cultural Quarter as part of @cqearlies

FREE Rickshaws between venues from @rideleicester

Please join us on January 10th 2025, 4pm-9pm for COMPUTALA Digital Art Season's private view, symposium, and VHS screening of Hackers!

This year's theme was all things internet - whether browser based, Internet of Things hardware, or locative media, among others.

We are excited to showcase 26 artists:
Andy Jenkinson
annaro.se - @arosebyanyotherna.me
Ben Fredericks and Mateus Domingos - @benfrederickscollaborations
Courtney Askey - @courtneyaskeystudio
David John Scarborough - @davidjohnscarborough
Elliot Smith
Harvey Ryan - @lensface.archieve
Jake Pink - @hotpinkpixels @hotpinkbulb
Jen Nesbitt - @jmnes
John Coster - collaboration with Jas Singh - @docmediacentre @sab_o_teur
Linh Dao - @thuy.linh.d
Mateus Domingos
Matt W - @Matt.W_Art
Murilo Gasparetto - @murilomakes
Ollie Scoble - @olliescobleart
Sandra Crisp - @sandra_crisp
Sean Clark - @seancuttlefish
Shanique Thompson - @LingBytes
Tengjin Bian - @yirubian.00
Timothi Ellim - @timothiellim
varvara pekhota - @varvarapekhota
Zander Porter - @z3ndxr

Including our AR Bootcamp Residents:
Hanna Paniutsich | XYANA - @xyana.xyz
Lena Helikia Ngoudjo Siewe - cinnamoncasket
Miriam Bean - @miriambean.art

At 5pm, we will start our symposium: “Is the Internet Truly Inclusive? Creative Practice and Accessibility in the Digital Age” convened by Jenny Gleadell @jen.gleadell with speakers:

Christopher Samuel - @christophersamuel_
Bella Milroy - @bella.milroy
Nick Delap - @ndelap
V Buckenham - @vtwentyone

We will be hosting a zoom meeting for those who cannot attend in person. Check out our Linktree in our bio for details.

At 6:30pm we will screen Hackers on VHS! Thanks to @filmhubmidlands

The exhibition and symposium are made possible by support from @acegrams Project Grants.

All details can be found in our Linktree or at: newmediaart.club/whats-on

Hope to see you there!

Please join us on January 10th 2025, 4pm-9pm for COMPUTALA Digital Art Season's private view, symposium, and VHS screening of Hackers!

This year's theme was all things internet - whether browser based, Internet of Things hardware, or locative media, among others.

We are excited to showcase 26 artists:
Andy Jenkinson
annaro.se - @arosebyanyotherna.me
Ben Fredericks and Mateus Domingos - @benfrederickscollaborations
Courtney Askey - @courtneyaskeystudio
David John Scarborough - @davidjohnscarborough
Elliot Smith
Harvey Ryan - @lensface.archieve
Jake Pink - @hotpinkpixels @hotpinkbulb
Jen Nesbitt - @jmnes
John Coster - collaboration with Jas Singh - @docmediacentre @sab_o_teur
Linh Dao - @thuy.linh.d
Mateus Domingos
Matt W - @Matt.W_Art
Murilo Gasparetto - @murilomakes
Ollie Scoble - @olliescobleart
Sandra Crisp - @sandra_crisp
Sean Clark - @seancuttlefish
Shanique Thompson - @LingBytes
Tengjin Bian - @yirubian.00
Timothi Ellim - @timothiellim
varvara pekhota - @varvarapekhota
Zander Porter - @z3ndxr

Including our AR Bootcamp Residents:
Hanna Paniutsich | XYANA - @xyana.xyz
Lena Helikia Ngoudjo Siewe - cinnamoncasket
Miriam Bean - @miriambean.art

At 5pm, we will start our symposium: “Is the Internet Truly Inclusive? Creative Practice and Accessibility in the Digital Age” convened by Jenny Gleadell @jen.gleadell with speakers:

Christopher Samuel - @christophersamuel_
Bella Milroy - @bella.milroy
Nick Delap - @ndelap
V Buckenham - @vtwentyone

We will be hosting a zoom meeting for those who cannot attend in person. Check out our Linktree in our bio for details.

At 6:30pm we will screen Hackers on VHS! Thanks to @filmhubmidlands

The exhibition and symposium are made possible by support from @acegrams Project Grants.

All details can be found in our Linktree or at: newmediaart.club/whats-on

Hope to see you there!

If you cannot join us on the day of January 10th for our symposium “Is the Internet Truly Inclusive? Creative Practice and Accessibility in the Digital Age” convened by curator and Midland4Cities PhD candidate, Jenny Gleadell, we will be hosting a Zoom meeting.

To sign up free, please see the linktree in our bio. We will email you the Zoom meeting link the day before, on January 9th.

If you cannot join us on the day of January 10th for our symposium “Is the Internet Truly Inclusive? Creative Practice and Accessibility in the Digital Age” convened by curator and Midland4Cities PhD candidate, Jenny Gleadell, we will be hosting a Zoom meeting.

To sign up free, please see the linktree in our bio. We will email you the Zoom meeting link the day before, on January 9th.

COMPUTALA’s *BIG* Evening Launch Event!

Alongside the usual free booze and private view, we are hosting:

Symposium: “Is the Internet Truly Inclusive? Creative Practice and Accessibility in the Digital Age” - explore both the possibilities and ongoing challenges of creating inclusive digital spaces. Convened by Midlands4Cities researcher Jenny Gleadell.

Artist Speakers:
Bella Milroy @bella.milroy
Nick Delap @ndelap
V Buckenham @vtwentyone

Film screening: Hackers - Released at a time when the domestic internet was still in its infancy, Hackers offered a vibrant and thrilling glimpse into the possibilities of this new frontier of a digital wild west where the rules had yet to be written. A classic shown on glorious VHS!

The event is pay as you feel. Sign up through the Linktree in our bio!

Doors from 4PM for private viewing of exhibition and symposium, film at 6:30PM.

@grays_lcbdepot will be open for light refreshments <3

This event is made possible with support from @acegrams Project Grants and @filmhubmidlands Pitch Pots.

COMPUTALA’s *BIG* Evening Launch Event!

Alongside the usual free booze and private view, we are hosting:

Symposium: “Is the Internet Truly Inclusive? Creative Practice and Accessibility in the Digital Age” - explore both the possibilities and ongoing challenges of creating inclusive digital spaces. Convened by Midlands4Cities researcher Jenny Gleadell.

Artist Speakers:
Bella Milroy @bella.milroy
Nick Delap @ndelap
V Buckenham @vtwentyone

Film screening: Hackers - Released at a time when the domestic internet was still in its infancy, Hackers offered a vibrant and thrilling glimpse into the possibilities of this new frontier of a digital wild west where the rules had yet to be written. A classic shown on glorious VHS!

The event is pay as you feel. Sign up through the Linktree in our bio!

Doors from 4PM for private viewing of exhibition and symposium, film at 6:30PM.

@grays_lcbdepot will be open for light refreshments <3

This event is made possible with support from @acegrams Project Grants and @filmhubmidlands Pitch Pots.

KIDS ACTIVITIES for COMPUTALA January 2025!

Arts Award Discover: Computer Drawing with Micro:bit Robots

Over 2 days, explore coding, robots, and digital arts and earn an Arts Award Discover, accredited by Trinity College London. Deliver by Dr Sean Clark @seancuttlefish

Sunday 12th January, 12-5pm
Sunday 19th January, 12-5pm

The sessions are a part of the same course, so you'll need to attend both to achieve the certificate.

On the first day of the course, attendees will discover more about the history of computer art and then learn how to use a tiny Micro:bit computer to control a MiniBit drawing robot.

On the second day, attendees will learn how to create more advanced drawings and how to program their robot to interact with other drawing robots to make a large collaborative computer artwork.

For more information and to sign up for a Pay As You Feel Ticket visit the Linktree in our bio!

KIDS ACTIVITIES for COMPUTALA January 2025!

Arts Award Discover: Computer Drawing with Micro:bit Robots

Over 2 days, explore coding, robots, and digital arts and earn an Arts Award Discover, accredited by Trinity College London. Deliver by Dr Sean Clark @seancuttlefish

Sunday 12th January, 12-5pm
Sunday 19th January, 12-5pm

The sessions are a part of the same course, so you'll need to attend both to achieve the certificate.

On the first day of the course, attendees will discover more about the history of computer art and then learn how to use a tiny Micro:bit computer to control a MiniBit drawing robot.

On the second day, attendees will learn how to create more advanced drawings and how to program their robot to interact with other drawing robots to make a large collaborative computer artwork.

For more information and to sign up for a Pay As You Feel Ticket visit the Linktree in our bio!

KIDS ACTIVITIES in January 2025 during COMPUTALA.

Join us at Cultural Quarter Earlies @cqearlies for this fun, introductory workshop in online animation tools with @mbd_vr . Ages 11-16. January Saturday 11th 2025 2:15-4pm.

Learn how to create your own 3D animations and avatars using free online tools! Leicester creatives MBD guide participants through exciting possibilities in digital animation, helping you transform ideas into virtual scenes and characters.

More info and sign up free through our Linktree in bio. We have limited spaces so be mindful of being able to attend.

There will be lots of other free family friendly activities that day @lcbdepot too from 12pm!

KIDS ACTIVITIES in January 2025 during COMPUTALA.

Join us at Cultural Quarter Earlies @cqearlies for this fun, introductory workshop in online animation tools with @mbd_vr . Ages 11-16. January Saturday 11th 2025 2:15-4pm.

Learn how to create your own 3D animations and avatars using free online tools! Leicester creatives MBD guide participants through exciting possibilities in digital animation, helping you transform ideas into virtual scenes and characters.

More info and sign up free through our Linktree in bio. We have limited spaces so be mindful of being able to attend.

There will be lots of other free family friendly activities that day @lcbdepot too from 12pm!

Please join us on December 12th @phoenixleic for our co-founder's, @seanzshow talk at @platformleics !

Sean will be discussing AI and the art world. He will discuss career paths in the arts alongside a provocation to rethink how art is learned, made, and valued.

We’ll explore some assumptions about creativity, ideas about talent and access, and ask how they’ve shaped a system that often feels closed and unkind.

Tickets are £2, link in bio.

Please join us on December 12th @phoenixleic for our co-founder's, @seanzshow talk at @platformleics !

Sean will be discussing AI and the art world. He will discuss career paths in the arts alongside a provocation to rethink how art is learned, made, and valued.

We’ll explore some assumptions about creativity, ideas about talent and access, and ask how they’ve shaped a system that often feels closed and unkind.

Tickets are £2, link in bio.

Part of COMPUTALA 2025's programme:

A Downpour Games workshop with @vtwentyone !

Use your phone to snap, collage, and create a fortune-telling game.

For more information and getting a pay as you feel ticket, see our linktree in our bio!

Made possible with project grant funding from @aceagrams

Part of COMPUTALA 2025's programme:

A Downpour Games workshop with @vtwentyone !

Use your phone to snap, collage, and create a fortune-telling game.

For more information and getting a pay as you feel ticket, see our linktree in our bio!

Made possible with project grant funding from @aceagrams

BOOTCAMP RESIDENCY open call!!

Our artist bootcamp residencies are intensive, short-term programs designed to help artists rapidly develop their skills, ideas, and professional practices. The work that is made will be exhibited in Lightbox Gallery at @lcbdepot in January 2025.

We have 3x £900 (inclusive of VAT) to award artists that want to experiment with AR technology in their practice. The 2 day session (7th-8th January 2025) will be lead by @ndelap in our CoLab space in Leicester. The exhibition opens on 10th January! This is designed to be a fun challenge for artists.

If you'd like more info, or to apply, please see our Linktree in our bio!

Deadline is 16th December 2024.

BOOTCAMP RESIDENCY open call!!

Our artist bootcamp residencies are intensive, short-term programs designed to help artists rapidly develop their skills, ideas, and professional practices. The work that is made will be exhibited in Lightbox Gallery at @lcbdepot in January 2025.

We have 3x £900 (inclusive of VAT) to award artists that want to experiment with AR technology in their practice. The 2 day session (7th-8th January 2025) will be lead by @ndelap in our CoLab space in Leicester. The exhibition opens on 10th January! This is designed to be a fun challenge for artists.

If you'd like more info, or to apply, please see our Linktree in our bio!

Deadline is 16th December 2024.

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