Posts Tagged ‘Creative Industries’
£9m investment to drive research and innovation for Scotland’s creative industries
A new £9m virtual production studio will drive research, innovation and economic growth in Scotland’s screen, games, immersive and performance industries. Abertay University launched the CoSTAR Realtime Lab at Water’s Edge, Dundee on Tuesday 18 February marking the start of operations for a major infrastructure project that will provide a significant boost to Scotland’s screen…
Read MoreFutures Institute boost for Scotland’s creativetech showcase
CreativeTech Scotland Gathering (CTSG) brings together Scotland’s creativetech sector to meet academics across the spectrum of the creative and cultural industries. Now entering its fourth year, the event is bigger than ever and benefiting from support by sector experts at Edinburgh Futures Institute, the City Region’s largest innovation hub. CTSG was created as an opportunity…
Read MoreCreative programme worth potential £78.5m to Scottish economy
A 900-year-old church and a theatre group for disabled artists are some of the beneficiaries of an initiative expected to return more than £18 for every pound invested. Independent analysis of the recently-concluded Creative Informatics programme also found it has safeguarded or created 445 jobs, supported the making of 45 spin-out companies and trained more…
Read MoreVisionary restoration breathes life into much-loved city landmark
Edinburgh Futures Institute has officially opened its doors to the public in the transformed and revitalised Old Royal Infirmary building. The much-loved city landmark will officially open to the public on Monday 3rd June following an extensive seven-year, multi-million-pound restoration. Built in 1879, the Old Royal Infirmary housed the city’s main hospital until 2003 and…
Read MoreSounds of deep fake exhibition
A new exhibition at Inspace Gallery is bringing together international artists working with sound and emerging technologies to explore deep fake audio. Premiering as part of the 2023 Edinburgh Festivals, the exhibition is a collaboration between Inspace Gallery, the Institute of Design Informatics, and Creative Informatics. Each artist asks what it means to synthesise and…
Read MoreOnline game world founded by EFI student wins $50k grant
Plot Twisters, an online game world for social-emotional learning founded by Edinburgh Futures Institute student Jenny Liu Zhang, has been awarded $50K as one of three Grand Prize Winners in OpenIDEO’s Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge. Jenny is in her first year of pursuing her MSc in Narrative Futures at EFI (on a three-year part-time…
Read MoreCreative Future Inquiry
House of Lords’ A Creative Future Inquiry – Submission by Creative Informatics and the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. Submission prepared by Nicola Osborne and Caroline Parkinson, in consultation with Professor Melissa Terras, Professor Chris Speed, Dr Michael Smyth, Professor Candace Jones, and Ruth Oliver Professor Melissa Terras has been invited to give oral…
Read More£12k of funding available for creatives, entrepreneurs and startups now!
Applications are open now for the next round of Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneurs. If you are an individual or startup that would like to develop a new product, service or experience using data, you can apply for £12,000 of funding, plus mentoring, access to resources and additional support to get your next creative project started.…
Read MoreFind out how data and technology are shaping the future of the creative industries at the 2021 Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase!
Online event, 8th and 9th June 2021 Register for your FREE ticket: https://bit.ly/CI-IS21 The 2021 Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase is taking place online on the 8th and 9th of June, exploring ground-breaking new work from the creative industries in Edinburgh, South East Scotland and beyond! Highlights include an ‘In Conversation With’ Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Co-Founder…
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