Young Digitals Festival 2018 (YDF18)
Workshops!!! Digital art!!! Performance!!!
- GIFs
- Light painting
- Sound
- Performance
Returning for a third year, #YDF18 was a weekend of digital wonder, explorations and experiments - completely free, no need to book, just turn up.
Have you ever wanted to make your own digital art? Have you ever wanted to star in your own digital film? Four workshops with some of the best professional artists, open to all young people (and parents too).
Saturday 24 March 2018
11am - 4pm
Oldham Library & Gallery Oldham
Free · Just turn up
3rd
Edition
4
Artist workshops
1
World premiere
The programme
- 11am - 4pmChildren's Library
GIF Making
Explore how to make a GIF with artist Sufea Mohamad-Noor.
- 11am - 12pm & 2pm - 4pmPerformance Space
Light Painting
Play with lights and cameras with artist Tolu Sholanke.
- 11am - 4pmChildren's Library
Sonic Experiments
Make your own music and sonic landscape with artist Kevin Testagrossa.
- 11am - 12pm & 2pm - 4pmChildren's Library
Digital Storytelling
Take pictures around Oldham Library and create your own stories with artist Fay Beesley.
- 1pmPerformance Space
#4F4O4U4R Performance
Premiere of a digital performance piece created and performed by young people from Waterhead Academy, Oasis Academy Oldham and Mahdlo Youth Zone. You choose what is performed and when.
- 1pm - 4pm
Smart Materials
Make and play with materials that change properties, with We Heart Tech.
- 11am - 4pm
Micro:bits station
Try a BBC Micro:bit and borrow one to take home.
- All day
Google Digital Bus
Free courses on social media writing, digital marketing plans and social media strategy.
- All day
Retro gaming with UKGN
- All day
Baby coders
Robot mice and Ozobots - coding for the under 5s.
- All day
Hour of Code for Over 60s
Tea and tech while learning the basics of coding.
- All day
Animation Creation
Have a go at stop motion.
Artists
Sufea Mohamad-Noor
GIF Making
Tolu Sholanke
Light Painting
Kevin Testagrossa
Sonic Experiments
Fay Beesley
Digital Storytelling
Arts Award
At YDF17, 40 young people achieved an Arts Award qualification simply by taking part in the day and keeping a diary of their activities and thoughts. YDF18 offered the same chance to earn an arts qualification - all free.
