Alpha-ville is a not-for-profit organisation working for the development of digital culture. We are interested in exploring the intersection between arts, technology and society. Through our activities we promote a set of values that represent the idea of “post-digital” – which for us means:
- technology for outcomes
- collaborative environments
- forward thinking
- open culture
- virtual and real
- creativity + experimentation = innovation
Our mission is to encourage people to become active players, creators, participants and learners of digital culture. We believe that this could lead to a more dynamic, interactive, social and participatory world.
Every year we stage Alpha-ville Festival, the London international festival of post-digital culture. Bringing together a unique mix of digital and new media art exhibitions, technology, advanced music, films, AV performances, education, ideas and the London Symposium on post-digital culture.
We also present a set of online projects, commissions and programmes:
- Alpha-podcast: a series of mixes and interviews presenting some of the most interesting electronic music producers.
- Pick of the week: a weekly selection of works that represent ‘post-digital’ ideas by the Alpha-ville creative team.
- Curated programmes: across digital and new media art, music, AV performance (live cinema), film, moving image and education
- Commissions: in 2010: Visionary Cities, a live AV show. In 2011: Cell, an interactive installation by James Alliban and Keiichi Matsuda and Grey Matter by Man Bartlett.
The festival takes place in various locations, mostly in East London, Hackney and is shaped around four programme strands: Art & Innovation, Exchange, Live and Screening. We are currently working on the 2012 edition of the festival, if you would like to get involved as a partner, collaborator or individual, drop us an email. If you are looking to submit a work, please hold on for the call for submissions which will open very soon and will contain all the information about the type of works we will be accepting for the next festival.
Alpha-ville is a proud member ICAS (International Cities of Advanced Sound), a network of independent non-profit organisations worldwide dedicated to advancing sound, music and related arts.
www.alpha-ville.co.uk
@alphavillefest
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THE TEAM
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Estela Oliva, Founder and director
Carmen Salas, Founder and director
The talented Chef Designer Mikka Graphset
The amazing festival coordinators:
Orla Basquille (Screening, Live)
Cansu Safak ( Innovation, Exchange)
And the support of an outstanding board of advisors:
Katy Beale, Co-founder of Caper, Coding for Kids, Culture Hack and Women in a Room
Oliva Bellas, Arts professional
Francesca Bria, Researcher and Teaching Associate at Imperial College Digital economy and Policy Advisor for the European Commission on Future Internet, Open Innovation, and Smart Cities
Stuart Brown, BFI Head of Events
Patrick Hussey, Marketing & Digital Manager at Arts & Business
Janis Jefferies, artist, writer, curator and Professor of Visual Arts in the Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
Conor Roche, Head of Broadcast and New Media at the Roundhouse, NESTA Fellow as part of the Clore Leadership Programme 2011/12 and Digital Strategist for the Culture Learning Alliance (CLA)
Nicolas Wierinck, General and Artistic Director, Cimatics/Todays Arts Festivals, Brussels
