What's On in and around Charnwood

April 2021

Sat 24th April, 2021, 10am to 11am

Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Workshop: With Mateus Domingos

Mateus Domingos is an artist and writer based in Leicester. His work utilises games, 3D printing, fictional alphabets, maps and filmmaking to investigate themes of narrative, place, text, language and the use of new digital spaces.

Led by Mateus himself, the online workshop will provide a small number of creatives the opportunity to create their own choose-your-own-adventure style game through open-source software Twine. Mateus will demonstrate his own interactive fiction games and support participants through a beginners guide to game-making.

From this, a web-based community exhibition featuring the outcomes of the workshop, will be created and presented by Modern Painters, New Decorators.

The workshop will run over the course of three hours and will cover the basic principles of story telling and choose-your-own-adventure style game making, how to navigate Twine and an insight into the life of a practicing artist.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

To take part in the workshop, participants will need:

  • Access to a device, laptop or tablet, to use for Zoom group video calls.
  • To be able to download the 'Twine' software or use it online.

ABOUT OPEN SAUCE:

Open Sauce is an online project by Modern Painters, New Decorators inspiring new skills to create art in any circumstance. The project encourages an energised approach to making, by celebrating the generous nature of digital communities.

Taking place across April and May 2021, the project will be delivered through Modern Painters, New Decorators online platforms and a web-based community exhibition as well as ticketed events including: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Workshop, Create Your Own Digital Collage Workshop, Build Your Own 3D World Workshop and Open Sauce, an online talk night.

May 2021

Sat 8th May, 2021, 10am to 11am

Create Your Own Digital Collage Workshop: With Jagjit Kaur

Jagjit Kaur is a Leicester based artist, commonly working in painting and digital collage. Drawing on Indian culture and her Sikh heritage, her practice explores identity, whether that be relating to identity, gender or culture. Her digital collages piece together a combination of photos from gallery archives, personal family and editorial fashion.

Led by Jagjit herself, the online workshop will demonstrate and guide a small number of participants through the processes of creating digital collages, using open source software GIMP and the manipulation of found materials.

From this, a web-based community exhibition featuring the outcomes of the workshop, will be created and presented by Modern Painters, New Decorators.

The workshop will run over the course of three hours and will cover the basic principles of using found materials, how to use GIMP to create digital collages and an insight into the life of a practicing artist.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

To take part in the workshop, participants will need:

  • Access to a device, laptop or tablet, to use for Zoom group video calls.
  • To be able to download the latest version of 'GIMP' software (free).
  • To have familiarised yourself with GIMP by watching some of theses YouTube tutorials:

GIMP in Less than 10 Minutes: Beginners Guide

GIMP 2.10 Tutorial - Gimp Layers Tutorial

  • To bring a minimum of 20 collected found images to the workshop (this could be screenshots and photographs of: food packaging, commercials/tv shows/movies, images found through social media, your own photographs or artwork).

ABOUT OPEN SAUCE:

Open Sauce is an online project by Modern Painters, New Decorators, inspiring new skills to create art in any circumstance. The project encourages an energised approach to making, by celebrating the generous nature of digital communities.

Taking place across April and May 2021, the project will be delivered through Modern Painters, New Decorators online platforms and a web-based exhibition as well as ticketed events including: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Workshop, Create Your Own Digital Collage Workshop, Build Your Own 3D World Workshop and Open Sauce, an online talk night.

Sat 15th May, 2021, 10am to 11am

Build Your Own 3D World Workshop: With Bruce Asbestos

Bruce Asbestos is a Nottingham based artist, whose multi-disciplinary practice explores popular culture, folklore and fairy tales. Asbestos’s interest in Japanese, European, and American culture and our collective relationship with commerce incorporates itself in his installation, performance, painting, video games and clothing.

Led by Bruce himself, the online workshop will provide a select number of creatives an opportunity to understand 3D open source software Unreal Engine from an artists perspective. During the workshop, Bruce will demonstrate his own work using the software, and guide participants to create their own journey’s through digital, sculptural worlds.

From this, a web-based community exhibition featuring the outcomes of the workshop, will be created and presented by Modern Painters, New Decorators.

The workshop will run over the course of three hours and will explore an artistic interpretation to using Unreal Engine to create 3D Worlds, demonstrations of how to use the software and an insight into the life of a practicing artist.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

To take part in the workshop, participants will need:

  • Access to a device, laptop or tablet, to use for Zoom group video calls.
  • To be able to download the latest version of 'Unreal Engine' software - the Creators License (free).
  • To have familiarised yourself with Unreal Engine before attending the workshop, by following these online tutorials:

Installing Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine 4 Beginner Tutorial

How to Create Materials in UE4

Introduction to Sound

UE4 Follow The Player

  • To have downloaded 3-4 characters/models that appeal to you, to use during the workshop (free).

ABOUT OPEN SAUCE:

Open Sauce is an online project by Modern Painters, New Decorators inspiring new skills to create art in any circumstance. The project encourages an energised approach to making, by celebrating the generous nature of digital communities.

Taking place across April and May 2021, the project will be delivered through Modern Painters, New Decorators online platforms and a web-based exhibition as well as ticketed events including: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Workshop, Create Your Own Digital Collage Workshop, Build Your Own 3D World Workshop and Open Sauce, an online talk night.