Photoville

Sep 192015
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Drop In: Science and Tech Expo

Inspired by memories of a middle school science fair, several incubator companies at the Made in NY Media Center will set up shop and show off what they can do in a classic, lo-fi environment. Join us for new technology demonstrations and activities!

Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza

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Presented by:

  • Guerilla Science
  • Evolving Technology Corporation
  • Made in NY Media Center

The Photoville Science & Tech Expo is a new, interactive initiative to bring cutting edge and energetic tech projects, storytelling platforms and new media companies to Photoville! Inspired by memories of a middle school science fair, several incubator companies at the Made in NY Media Center will set up shop and show off what they can do in a classic, lo-fi environment. Join us for new technology demonstrations and activities!

Organizations

  • Guerilla Science

    Guerilla Science

    Guerilla Science creates events and installations for festivals, museums, galleries, and other cultural partners. We are committed to connecting people with science in new ways, and producing live experiences that entertain, inspire, challenge, and amaze.

    Based in London and New York, we’ve worked in diverse environments from the Glastonbury Festival and Burning Man to Kensington Palace and the Smithsonian Museum. All of our projects involve collaborations with practicing scientists who we work with to develop everything, from games and workshops, to dining events and interactive theater.

    Gokce has a Master of Fine Arts in Photography, and started his career in 1993. His commercial work has received prestigious awards in international advertising competitions such as: Epica, Golden Drum, Cannes Lions, and New York Festivals Advertising Awards. Gokce’s food photography has been published in many cookbooks, and his work in net 425g by Gamze Bursa, won best cookbook photography award at the 2008 Gourmand Awards competition, in Paris.

    If you’re a scientist, designer, artist, or anyone else with a strong belief in finding creative new ways to explore scientific ideas with public audiences, we’d love to hear from you.

  • Evolving Technology Corporation

    Evolving Technology Corporation

    Loren Abdulezer is an innovator in technology. He has been developing software for immersive 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality. He will be demonstrating various techniques for producing interactive immersive videos.

  • Made in NY Media Center

    Made in NY Media Center

    The Made in NY Media Center by IFP is a unique collaboration between the Made in NY business initiative, celebrating entrepreneurial innovation and content creation in New York City, and the Independent Filmmaker Project, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers. We are a new kind of co-working space and exhibition venue designed to connect and incubate the next generation of artists and creators.

    Whether your field of work is film, television, gaming, social media, advertising, design, animation, music, mobile apps, transmedia, and more, we’re here to help you tell your story — through multiple mediums and across powerful new platforms.

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