folly is a fabulous digital arts organisation, based in the North West of England.
We reach all over the world though, leading digital culture, and our website www.folly.co.uk is one of the main places to find us.
folly is committed to enabling new audiences to explore art through technology. And so our ethic is one of participation, inclusiveness, education and celebration.
We do software art on the web, exhibitions, consultancy, film nights, workshops for schools and a yearly festival of digital culture based in and around Lancaster.
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News
Portable Pixel Playground comes to Carnforth station
Saturday 18th October 2008, 11am-4pm,
Carnforth Station (Furness and Midland Hall), Carnforth, Lancashire
This October, the Portable Pixel Playground comes to Carnforth, and the Furness and Midland Hall at Carnforth Station. The Portable Pixel Playground is an amazing new play space for all ages created by artists working with digital technology.
A bit like an adventure playground, a bit like a work of art, and a bit like a computer game, the playground has been designed to allow young people (and inquisitive adults!) to use everyday technologies in fun and creative ways, providing them with new, interactive and hands-on experiences of art and technology.
Click here to find out more
The Secret Life of Cumbria
folly has commissioned creative technology agency Blink to allow members of the public to collectively write the story of “the Secret Life of Cumbria”, one text message at a time.
The new Secret Life of Cumbria project centres around what will become a year-long communal diary on the website www.secretlife.org.uk, written by each of the people who take part, using text messages or the website itself.
Create IT! is a new evening course at Forum28 in Barrow, allowing local people to explore free creative software for their computer.
Each Wednesday you can learn how to manipulate motion, video, sound, illustration, images, internet technologies and office tools, all using “open source” software that you can download for free and use on your computer at home. The course will not just show you how to use your computer, but how to be creative with
Call for contributor to write Digital Artists’ Handbook article on “Video Editing with Open Source Tools”
The Digital Artists’ Handbook is an up to date, reliable and accessible source of information that introduces artists to different tools, resources and ways of working related to digital art.
One area we are seeking to increase the depth of content in is “Working with Digital Video”, and we are looking for someone to write an article on the topic of “Video Editing with Open Source Tools”.
folly brings you ArtCast, an ongoing series of podcasting programmes - a platform for public access to new, innovative sound & video art.
Selected from an international open call for submissions, ArtCast Spring 2008 includes four audio and four video podcasts, released weekly throughout April.
folly's goal is to reach people with digital art, we're busy enlightening and delighting people, equipping them to live as active citizens in a newly digital world.
Our ethic is one of participation, inclusiveness, learning, production and celebration. We work with people of all ages and from all backgrounds.
Best of all, almost everything we do is FREE! And that's why we need your support.
Being free and fabulous takes money. Our funding by public bodies (local councils, Big Lottery and Arts Council England) does not make up all of our income. We have to find a large part of it ourselves in order to fulfil our mission.
Please browse the different ways you can support folly below.
Donate to folly today!
Whatever amount you give will make a difference by helping us continue to deliver first-rate workshops, exhibitions, film nights, software art, sound art, research into open-source technologies and to our yearly festival of digital culture.
You can now donate to folly using the secure Charity Choice website in co-operation with the Co-operative Bank.
You can also raise money for folly without it costing you a penny!
Everyclick is a great new search engine. It works just like other major search engines but it also generates cash for charity. It doesn’t cost you or us a penny, so it is a great way to help folly every day.
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Who I'd like to meet: Audiences, Artists with something digital to offer, school teachers seeking workshop activities for their kids, small or artistic organisations wanting consultancy services... get in touch! .. And check out all our art and programme today at www.folly.co.uk
Evening of audio and visual delights at the Cinema Room in Barrow In Furness... Daedalus of Ninja Tune headlines with an exclusive live show. Saturday 4th of October, hope you can make it!
Looks like you guys are doing some really good stuff! I curate a monthly audio/visual event at the Canteen in Barrow. You should come and check it out, next event is on 12th of Sept...
Hello, This is going to be ace- come along and turn the St John’s Shopping centre into an interactive Noise Machine featuring Noise Club and the People of Liverpool. Followed by a free live gig at FACT featuring one of the rising stars of electronic music Machinefabriek (Type, 12K) performing a new piece based around field recordings of liverpool’s retail space. Plus Matthew Farclough and Kathy Hinde peform an AV set from everyday consumer objects. 6-8 in the Box at fact FREE! Hope you can make it.
Hello there, just a quick note to say thank you for becoming our friend here on myspace, old and new. We would be grateful to know what your personal opinions are and if you can ever make it to one of our gigs we would love to meet you in person.
