Young Digitals Festival 2017 (YDF17)
Bigger, louder, more digital.
- Game design
- GIFs
- Sonic art
- Arts Award
Our second festival, delivered in partnership with Oldham Libraries - with over 100 participants exploring the library and digital.
Alongside our own workshops, Oldham Libraries delivered digital activities for families including coding with Hack Oldham, online banking advice and a retro gaming session to end the day.
Saturday 25 March 2017
Oldham Libraries
Free · Just turn up
100+
Participants
25+
Arts Awards achieved
3
Partner schools & colleges
Building a game
In the lead up to the festival we worked with Waterhead Academy, Oasis Academy Oldham and Oldham College to explore building an online game. Students developed the digital environments, storyline, plot and gameplay, with Peshkar artists bringing drama, literature, video and photography to the gaming world.
Digital Saturdays
In the preceding months we ran satellite library sessions across Oldham, bringing digital skills, fun and experimentation out from the town centre on the Saturdays leading up to the festival.
On the day
Commissioned artists delivered workshops exploring sonic art, cultural identity through GIF making, photography of Oldham's landscapes, video art production and game environment development. We even got a nice review in the local paper.
Thank you to Oldham Libraries, Gallery Oldham, Oldham College, Oasis Academy Oldham, Waterhead Academy, our young steering group and artists for making YDF17 a huge success.