Ludic Rooms present
The
Canal Network[ed]
Connecting artists, technologists and local communities along the Coventry Canal throughout 2021. Creative activities outdoors and online; performances, workshops, installations and experiments that use technology to help us explore and play with water.
From March – November 2021 Ludic Rooms will work with partners including Coventry City of Culture Trust and the Canal & River Trust to breathe new life into the canal corridor.
2021
RANDOM STRING FESTIVAL 2021
November 11-14
This nighttime waterside festival will bring light, music, installations and projections to the canal as well as performances, workshops and online experiments.
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ROAM+DWELL
Gentle creative get-togethers for cautious optimists. Every Friday 2pm-6pm in Coventry Canal Basin throughout Summer 2021.
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FUTURE FOLK
A series of artist R&D Commissions that lead to new work on, in and around the Coventry Canal to be shared at RS2021
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RSx
A free programme of training and support for CV-based artists and arts organisations. Access to professional live streaming and 360 video equipment.
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life by water
Latest News
roam+dwell – Gentle get togethers for cautious optimists – EVERY FRIDAY
Ludic Rooms invites you to come and spend time at Coventry Canal Basin, every Friday afternoon from Friday 11th June to Friday 27th August 2.00-6.00 as part of the Random String Canal Network(ed) programme. The Canal Basin is a lovely place to start your weekend early and we’ll be there every week to offer inspiration...
Walkshops – App-enabled waterside wandering in Coventry and Sao Paulo
In a time when we’ve all enjoyed the power of getting lost, Ludic Rooms’ Walkshops project will offer the opportunity to do so around Coventry Canal, in parallel with walkers on the other side of the world. Ludic Rooms will work with international artist and deveoper Babak Fakhamzadeh to create a series of...
What’s it like to live by the water in the most landlocked city in the country?
In Coventry, waterside dwellers are rare creatures and to coax them out into the open, Ludic Rooms has joined forces with Juneau Projects, (Ben Sadler and Phillip Duckworth). Juneau Projects work across range of artforms and their work explores the natural world using technology, folk art and other cultural mediation.
future folk
Across 2021, Random String will support a series of research and development projects where artists work alongside Coventry people to create new technology-enabled artistic work for the Coventry Canal.
How can we safely begin to reengage with arts and culture? What are the roles of urban green spaces and connected technologies in achieving this?
Confirmed Artists:
BISHI
CREWDSON & CEVANNE
LING TAN
SAM UNDERWOOD
ADIE BLUNDELL
IDEAS OF NOISE
rsx
for artists and arts organisations...
A digital development programme for creative professionals across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Networking, discussion,
best practice
An extensive programme of online artist talks, workshops, Q&As and works-in-progress sharing events.
Training and equipment
1-1 training sessions and access to professional equipment to support new experiments in live streamed performance and 360 video.
Commissioning
Open calls, micro-commissions and support for producing new work with technology.
Andy Moore
Random String is Ludic Rooms’ biennial festival of arts, technology and play. Each year we take over Coventry venues and spaces with an influx of inspirational and interactive experiences.
Each year, the festival is accompanied by a wide-ranging development programme for arts and technology in the region. Building skills and capacity with artists and arts organisations, driving audience development and leading local conversation and sharing.
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About Us
Random String is produced by Ludic Rooms, a non-profit arts and technology organisation founded in 2009. We have been based in Coventry Canal Warehouse since our inception.
We create postdigital artworks, experiences and events that empower communities, offering creative opportunities to engage with technologies through experimentation and play.
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