Shaping the future
of the creative
industries

Let’s Play, shall we? Join us at @summerhallery @edscifest on Friday 12 April as we celebrate the Scotland’s games industry with an interactive night out. The night is yours to play with, choose from a programme of short talks from industry creatives and researchers, try out cutting-edge tech or relax with a drink at the bar and enjoy some AI-generated beats.

Hear about the latest breakthroughs in virtual reality and augmented reality from Prof Neil McDonnell, who heads up the University of Glasgow’s Museums in the Metaverse project, then have a go at some VR games for yourself.

Cat Burton from Vesper will share how games studios are empowering writers to turn their stories into video games, with a little help from ethical AI, while Brian Baglow @scottishgamesnw will explain how Scotland is about to become the first part of the United Kingdom to have its own games strategy. What does it mean for games, for esports, for education and for the future of fun?

There will be live demonstrations from Tettix Games and @@ray_interactive plus the chance to try out interactive activities from Playable Technology @buildyourbeat, @yaldigames and @doska.animation.

Book now and we’ll you there! ...

Join us to discuss Creative AI for Creative Work at the National Museum of Scotland on Wednesday 10 April as part of @edscifest .

The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence is creating challenges for the creative industries around human creativity, originality, intellectual property and ethics. However, AI has incredible potential as a tool for creative work – for experimentation or as part of an ideation process. Hear from creative professionals working with AI to enhance their projects – from developing playful innovations to creating new revenue streams for sound and audio production.

With Ana Betancourt (@_blackgoblin), Catherine Stewart (@datamindaudio) and artist Theodore Koterwas @tkoterwas. Chaired by Dr Frauke Zeller, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University.

Images:

🎧A live performance of music and movement exploring agency, creativity and empathy through embodied interactions with AI. Presented by Theodore Koterwas in collaboration with Emma Snellgrove and Atul Kumar at Inspace in November 2023.
📸@stuartarmitt

🎧Portrait of Ana Betancourt from Black Goblin. Black Goblin is a sound research and technology company on a quest to transform the way creators work with sound.
📸 @chrisandhiscamera

🎧Ben Cantil from DataMind Audio demonstrates the Combobulator - an AI style-transfer audio plugin. MD and co-founder of DataMind Audio, Catherine Stewart, joins the panel to discuss their work.
📸 @chrisandhiscamera ...

What a fantastic week! We’ve welcomed thousands of @nationalmuseumsscotland visitors to our @edscifest showcase of Creative Informatics projects. The exhibition ends on Sunday 7 April so head along this weekend and join in the fun 📱🎮🎶⚡️🎨🎧

Huge thanks to our amazing exhibitors

@ploterre
@buildyourbeat
@bearhammergamesltd
@ray_interactive
@icecreamatthe
@cloudquilting
@mellamine
@doska.animation
@yaldigames
@kate.ive.art
@_tinderbox
@ingepanneelsartist and Caitlin McDonald
@thecreativegradient
@mystorylearning
My Kind of Book

📸 @chrisandhiscamera ...

Experience virtual reality worlds, discover new data-driven artworks, and use building blocks to create your own music in our new interactive showcase opening at the National Museum of Scotland on Saturday 30 March as part of @edscifest.

Since 2018, we have been supporting individuals and organisations working in the creative industries in Edinburgh and South-East Scotland to do inspiring things with data and digital technologies. Creative Informatics: Unleashing the Power of Data provides a snapshot of the groundbreaking creative work that has come out of our programme.

Read about the exhibitors via the link in our bio 🏅

📌Open 10-5 until 7 April in Hawthornden Court, National Museum of Scotland.

Images from some of our featured exhibitors:

@_tinderbox
@cloudquilting
@yaldigames
@doska.animation
@buildyourbeat
@bearhammergamesltd ...

Last week, artist Andrew Brooks presented a sold-out event @fruitmarketgallery revisiting his award-winning artwork FND Stories. The discussion brought together members of the FND community, FND Hope UK, and the public, to learn more about FND and how creative interpretation and representation can play a key role in helping to understand the experience of those living with this challenging condition.

We`re really pleased to have supported this project and delighted to see such a brilliant response and engaged community around it. Congratulations @bajbart!

📸 Chris Scott @chrisandhiscamera ...

We`re excited to announce a new partnership with @EdSciFest to present a showcase of Creative Informatics funded projects during this year`s Science Festival 🎉

We`ll be popping up throughout the programme with creative experiences, demonstrations, discussion and debate, inviting you to immerse yourself in a new world of data-driven inspiration.

Highlights include:

🏅Creative Informatics: Unleashing the Power of Data. An interactive exhibit @nationalmuseumsscotland showcasing the innovative products, experiences and ground-breaking creative work that has been developed through funding and support from the Creative Informatics programme.

🎧Creative AI for Creative Work @nationalmuseumsscotland - hear from a panel of creative professionals working with AI to enhance their projects - from developing playful innovations to creating new revenue streams for sound and audio production.

🎮Let’s Play @Summerhallery - join us for an evening that will extend your reality with AI-generated beats, interactive experiences, tech demonstrations and quick-fire presentations.

Look out for further announcements! You can browse the full @EdSciFest programme and book now via the link in our bio 🚀

#EdSciFest #EdinburghScienceFestival #EdinburghEvents #CreativeEdinburgh #CreativeInformatics #CreativeIndustriesClusters ...

This week we’re saying a fond farewell to Creative Informatics Founding Director, Chris Speed @chris_.speed. Chris’ energy and commitment was absolutely integral to the creation and success of the Creative Informatics programme and we want to say a huge thank you to him.

So many of you have worked with him over the years and we’re sure that you’ll join us in wishing him well as he takes on his new role at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology). We’ll miss you Chris!

📸 @littlekatphotos
📸 @chrisandhiscamera ...