2014 Program Full

The Whole Thing in one:

15octw

WEDNESDAY 15 OCT

10AM @ UPTEC PINC (auditorium)
FUTUREPLACES 2014 Opening Session and Keynote
Jillian York
The Chilling Effects of Surveillance.
Jillian York will discuss how privacy is only a small piece of the puzzle, and that surveillance impacts speech, association, and innovation/progress as well.

10AM-5PM @ UPTEC PINC (FBAUP building, room 4)
Citizen Lab: THE OPORTOSMOUTH SINFONIA
Following up on the legacy of Gavin Bryars’ Portsmouth Sinfonia in the 1970s, this workshop invites people who have never played guitar to become the future of guitar playing. Participants will start from scratch in the morning, and will perform a concert in the evening.
Instructor: José Maria Lopes.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

11AM-5PM @ UPTEC PINC (auditorium)
DIGITAL MEDIA DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM
See event page for details and schedule.

2:30-6:30PM @ ID+
Citizen Lab: GAMES TO THE PEOPLE
Initiation to 3D and game development using Blender.
Instructors: Pedro Cardoso and Mariana Owen.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

10:30PM @ Passos Manuel
Opening Concert: Double bill
THE OPORTOSMOUTH SINFONIA
JAIME MUNÁRRIZ: DARKSTRUKTURES/SELF-INTERFERENCE

Variable times and locations:

Citizen Lab: RADIO SCIENCE
Translating scientific knowledge to a wider audience via radio interviews.
Instructor: Lino Miguel Teixeira.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

16octw

THURSDAY 16 OCT

9:30AM @ UPTEC PINC (auditorium)
Round Table
Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Knowledge: threats and opportunities.
with Jillian York, Sara Moreira, Len Massey and Heitor Alvelos

10:30-11:30AM @ UPTEC PINC (auditorium)
Group session: JOIN CITIZEN LABS!
Workshop instructors give us a sample of what we can develop collectively in the next two days.
Please keep in mind the labs Games to the People and Oportosmouth Sinfonia are offered the day before this presentation. See their respective pages for details.

11:30AM-2PM @ UPTEC PINC (FBAUP building, room 2)
Citizen Lab: ETHNO-MEDIA-SCAPES (session 1)
Social interaction tools for mediating perceptions and representations.
Instructors: Pedro Carvalho de Almeida and Olga Glumac.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

11:30AM-2:30PM @ UPTEC PINC (garden pavilion)
Citizen Lab: FRUGAL FOOD CHALLENGE (session 1)
The utopian meal plan. Includes lunch.
Instructors: various.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

11:30AM-1:30PM + 3-6PM @ UPTEC PINC (FBAUP building, room 4)
Citizen Lab: RESCUING ORAL MEMORY (session 1)
Audio+visual storytelling.
Instructors: Vanessa Rodrigues and Daniel Brandão.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

2:30-5PM @ UPTEC PINC (auditorium)
Multimedia at U.Porto
Join us on a journey to uncover the essence of Multimedia. Discover work developed at the U.Porto MA Multimedia course since 1997, and discuss future possibilities with former and current students and teachers.
3-5PM @ PINC (garden pavilion)

Citizen Lab: PORTUGAL PORTEFOLIO
Illustrating Cultural Heritage using New Media.
Instructor: Júlio Dolbeth.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

10PM @ Sonoscopia
Multimedia performances
KNOCK 4
IN BETWEEN THE BOX
See event page for details.

11PM @ Sonoscopia
Concert
THE EAR OF FEAR
Electroacoustic exercise hosted by Len Massey and Antifluffy.
See event page for details.

17octw

FRIDAY 17 OCT

10AM-12PM + 2-6PM @ UPTEC PINC (PhDDesign lab)
Citizen Lab: ANALOG SOFTWARE
Real-world craft using software structures.
Instructor: Eduardo Morais.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

10:30AM-12PM @ UPTEC PINC (auditorium)
Multimedia Documentary
Session on documentary film produced at U.Porto MA Multimedia.
Coordinated and presented by Soraia Ferreira.

10:30AM-1:30PM @ UPTEC PINC (FBAUP building, room 2)
Citizen Lab: ETHNO-MEDIA-SCAPES (session 2)
Social interaction tools for mediating perceptions and representations.
Instructors: Pedro Carvalho de Almeida and Olga Glumac.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

10:30AM-1:30PM @ UPTEC PINC (garden pavilion)
Citizen Lab: FRUGAL FOOD CHALLENGE (session 2)
The utopian meal plan. Includes lunch.
Instructors: various.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

2:30-4:30PM @ UPTEC PINC (FBAUP building, room 4)
Citizen Lab: RESCUING ORAL MEMORY (session 2)
Audio+visual storytelling.
Instructors: Vanessa Rodrigues and Daniel Brandão.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

2:30-5:30PM @ ID+
Citizen Lab: WTF IS BIOLOGICAL RADIO?
Philosophical, sci-fi and electromagnetic lab.
Instructor: Idalina Correia da Silva.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

6PM @ UPTEC PINC
Round table: Converging Futures.
A conversation between representatives of FUTUREPLACES and the Future Cities Project.
How to weave together smart technology and creative citizenship?
Event details here.

7:30PM – late @ Sonoscopia
MICROVOLUMES 3.28
Concert and dinner.
If, Bwana + Philippe Petit + Mia Zabelka
Check the event page for details.

18octw

SATURDAY 18 OCT

ALL AT PASSOS MANUEL

Variable times:
Citizen Lab: RADIO SCIENCE
Translating scientific knowledge to a wider audience via radio interviews.
Instructor: Lino Miguel Teixeira.
Check the lab page for details on what to bring and what to expect.

2PM @ Passos Bar
ANTIFLUFFY: BEFORE BEFORE SURGERY
Debut album launch for Antifluffy. Includes the recording of Futureplaces 2013 closing concert. 50 copies will be given away to the first 50 fans who arrive!
Meet and greet with Antifluffy + autograph session. In association with The Tapeworm.

2:30-5PM @ Passos Conspiracy Basement
POSTLABS: ACTION!
Lab outcomes converge and plot forward.

5PM @ Passos auditorium
THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY
Film screening of Aaron Swartz biography.
Directed by Brian Knappenberger

7PM @ Passos auditorium
Closing keynote
Jon Phillips
Rise of the Superindividual

8PM @ Passos Bar
Closing remarks

10:30PM @ Passos auditorium
Closing concert

THE FUTUREPLACES IMPROMPTU ALL-STARS ORCHESTRA
presents
CROONING THROUGH CHAOS
Check the event page for details.

ALL NIGHT @ Passos
Goodbye and hello with DJ Sonic Seducer (AKA Philippe Petit)