Peacock Visual Arts is the main contemporary visual arts organisation in Aberdeen and the North-east of Scotland and is supported by Aberdeen City Council and the Scottish Arts Council.
Creative Identities
Peacock awarded £90k to lead project for young people in Grampian
Peacock Visual Arts has been awarded £90,000 by the Scottish Government to lead a North-east project which recycles the proceeds of crime into arts and cultural activities for kids between 10 and 19 years old. The project is now well under way with animation and filmmaking workshops and other fantastic events for over 300 young people across the North-east. Read more
To learn more please contact Creative Identities Coordinator at Peacock: Nicole Plumb, nicole@peacockvisualarts.co.uk.
Open Knowledge Networks (OKN)
OKN is an ongoing series of events aiming to bring together new-media artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, programmers and anybody who works creatively with technology to share experience and exchange ideas. Events consist of "show and tell" sessions, presentations, workshops, screenings, music and the opportunity to meet people working in related fields. The events are free and held at Peacock Visual Arts on a regular basis. OKN is developed by Peacock Visual Arts in partnership with East Coast Interactive. Be there!
For more information please visit www.openknowledgenetworks.com
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Peacock teams up with Citymoves in 'Fast + Dirty' performance
As part of 'Dance Live!', Aberdeen's contemporary dance festival, Peacock Visual Arts teamed up with organisers Citymoves to create the interactive dance project 'Fast + Dirty'. Performed at the Lemon Tree, on Friday 24 October.
The graphics are generated in real time using max/msp/jitter software through audio analysis and tracking the dancers movements. The music is performed live, using cello and max/msp. Graphics: Jack Keenan / Cello: Claire Singer / Dancer: Ani Tchakmakdjian.
Watch it here on video...
Second Language Film Completed
Peacock's Digital Department has completed an animated short which highlights the benefits of having bilingual pupils in the classroom. A young Polish girl and her Scottish classmates were interviewed about the highs and lows of moving through the school system when english is not your first language. To break the ice we introduced the kids to the animation technique of Pixilation. The resulting interviews were edited and the kids 're-cast' as cartoon versions of themselves.
This project is a collaboration between Peacock Visual Arts, Inverurie Academy and Aberdeenshire Council.