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Democratic
technologies are creating powerful and diverse communities from
an anonymous mass of scattered individuals. Online and mobile
communications now enable us to join forces, share information and feel strong as one of many.
Some of the most exciting developments today are being lead by
people who refuse to be passive consumers. People who spend their
time misusing technology. Those who bend it to fit their needs
and share how their secrets for free. We see this in phenomena
such as texting, social networking and mass participation initiatives
such as online games and Wikipedia. This
is more than the playground. This is where you will find your
elusive 16 – 24 year old market and a large percentage of
your future audience.
Welcome
to our workplace. We
can help you find a place for your ideas to flourish. Blink have
devised a diverse array of ground-breaking, cross-platform mobile
technology initiatives since 2000. Our success lies in practical
research and our collaborative network of technologists, leading
researchers, bloggers and artists. With access to such wide ranging
expertise we can identify alternative ways for you to reach wider
markets by pairing new forms of mass participation, like spontaneous
performance and production with the power of the Internet and
mobile phones. As pioneers in site-specific sms initiatives and
commissioners of made-for-mobile film content, Blink find the
very best ways to reach mobile audiences and the social networking
community.
Blink find new ways to use familiar and accessible technologies
for the widest possible audience. Our cross-disciplinary, multi-platform
work has created original and effective combinations of science,
film, mobile phones, theatre, realworld games, RFID, Bluetooth,
performance, literature, new media technologies, interactive architecture,
community and public art.
Through a range of production activities and the annual showcase We Love Technology, Blink partner with international creatives
working across commercial, private and cultural sectors. Designing
primarily for the mobile community we have extensive practical
and theoretical knowledge of developing large-scale and outdoor work. Risky business. Working at the leading
edge and exploring new territories we see our projects through
from beginning to end. Our careful research, budgeting and evaluation
assures confidence in our clients and guarantees success.
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Lisa
Roberts : Director
With a background in graphic design and fine art, Lisa has collaborated
with creative partner Andrew Wilson since 1999 and commissioned
over 40 short films to date. In 2004 she devised and produced
Pocket Shorts, the first made-for-mobile shorts production scheme
to enable filmmakers to explore the mobile phone as a new kind
of production and distribution platform. In 2005 Lisa developed
Bluevend, a Bluetooth vending
machine with technologist Daniel Blackburn which has been used
to share a new genre of film making such as Film and Video Umbrella's
Single Shot tour which launched at Tate Britain. Lisa continues
to develop opportunities for new creative collaboration by investigating
the dynamic between private and public screens through experiments
such as My Screen. Lisa curates We
Love Technology event and keeps a blog.
regularly presents her ideas about the importance of free sharing
and the mobile phone as a creative tool at film festivals and
art and technology conferences. lisa [at] blinkmedia [dot] org
Andrew Wilson : Director
With a background in film and scriptwriting Andrew has collaborated
with creative partner Lisa Roberts since 1999. Andrew Wilson designs
large scale mobilephone projects, including The Guardian's two
SMS events and City Poems, a citywide location specific text message
biography of Leeds. In 2004 Andrew was AHRB/Arts Council England
Visiting Fellow in the School of Biology, University of Newcastle,
investigating mobile communications devices and the evolution
of cooperation. Andrew founded the Short Circuits short film screenings
series between 1999 and 2006, and programmed the short film strand
of the Leeds International Film Festival in 2001/2/3. He has published
two books of poetry and written a feature length drama broadcast
on BBC Radio 4. Andrew regularly presents his ideas about mobile
phone behaviour at academic events and conferences. Blog. andrew [at] blinkmedia [dot] org
Abby Dix : Freelance Project Manager
Abby Dix has delivered a wide range of high profile creative projects,
events and exhibitions and works with Blink in strategic planning,
audience development, facilitation and creative production roles.
Abby enjoys developing initiatives that enable audiences to evolve
and engage confidently with art and culture. Abby Dix has delivered
a wide range of high profile creative projects, events and exhibitions.
Her recent freelance roles include strategic planning, audience
development, facilitation and creative production. Abby enjoys
developing initiatives that enable audiences to evolve and engage
confidently with art and culture. She is especially interested
in combining new technology with more traditional methods (like
pen and paper) to encourage audiences, artists and arts organisations
to exchange ideas and increase opportunities for cultural participation. .abby [at] blinkmedia [dot] org
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