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2025

April 2025

Leicester Synthi 100 Condition Survey ↑
R10 / Computer Arts Archive

The Leicester Synthi 100 condition survey is underway. Watch this amazing video for a great introduction to the work being done.

April 2025

Marcus West Retrospective
Computer Arts Archive

This exhibition of 20 prints by Marcus West in the Café Bar at Phoenix in Leicester features artwork created over more than 40 years.

March 2025

Listen Scoundrels! ↑
Computer Arts Society

An exhibition and events revisiting the early, radical, Computer Arts Society and calling for a more radical approach to contemporary computer art.

February 2025

Jack Tait's Drawing Machines YouTube Shorts ↑
R10 / Computer Arts Archive

Jack Tait's drawing machines are now installed at R10. See this YouTube playlist for a series of short videos showing them in action.

February 2025

The Leicester Synthi 100 HLF Project
R10 / Computer Arts Archive

We're very happy to announce that the next phase of the Leicester Synthi 100 Restoration Project has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund,

January 2025

The Leicester Synthi 100 Arrives at R10
R10 / Computer Arts Archive

The Leicester Synthi 100 has arrived at the new R10 Electronic Media Studio. This is a significant step towards the start of its restoration. Thanks to all those who helped with the move.

January 2025

CAS Jasia Reichardt Lecture 2025 ↑
Computer Arts Society

Francesca Franco delivers the CAS Jasia Reichardt Lecture 2025 with a fascinating talk about computer art pioneer Vera Molnar

January 2025

Drawing Robots @ Computala 2025
Artworks / Teaching

As part of Computala 2025 at the LCB Depot in Leicester, Sean Clark is running several drawing robot workshops and showing the first version of his Colloquay of Drawing Robots artwork.

January 2025

8-bit II Exhibition
Computer Arts Archive / Exhibitions

An exhibition of original artwork from the 1980s made on 8-bit home computers from the 1980s.

2024

December 2024

The Computer Arts Archive CIC
Computer Arts Archive

2025 is set to be a very exciting year for the Computer Arts Archive CIC as we undertake a number of new projects from our new LCB Depot base.

December 2024

Computer Arts Archive in China
Computer Arts Archive

The Computer Arts Archive was very happy to loan several works from our collection for inclusion in the Creative Machine @ TAM exhibition in Beijing.

November 2024

China Workshops 2024
Teaching

Sean Clark's workshops at GDUT in China this year focussed on computer drawing with Scratch and interactive lighting with Micro:bit.

November 2024

R10 Electronic Media Studio
R10 / Computer Arts Archive

The new R10 Electronic Media Studio will be opening on 1st January 2025 at the LCB Depot in Leicester. View the website holding page for more information.

October 2024

Sue Gollifer Retrospective ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

This retrospective of artwork by Sue Gollifer features both screenprints and computer-generated images. It is now open at BCS Moorgate in London.

October 2024

Projects, Publications and Photographs
Updates

We've had a big sort out of our projects, publications and photographs pages. There's a great deal of interesting material in there.

October 2024

Interact @ LCB20
Updates / Exhibitions

As part of the celebrations of 20 years of the LCB Depot in Leicester, we have compiled a summary of the many events we have run there over the years.

September 2024

Interact @ New Media Art Club
Updates

Interact is joining forces with New Media Art Club to provide digital art and digital making education and facilities at the LCB Depot in the heart of Leicester.

August 2024

Computer Art Road Trip 2024
Computer Arts Archive

This year's August trip to visit artists and collect artworks for the Computer Arts Archive lrd to some excellnt additions to the archive.

July 2024

$\HIA Wild Flower Camp$

HIA Wild Flower Camp
Artworks

Higher Intelligence Agency's Wild Flower Camp took place in Leicestershire in July 2024. It provided an opportunity to showcase the latest version of Sean Clark's Colloquy artwork.

June - September 2024

CAS Members' Exhibition 2024 ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

This year's Computer Arts Society Member's exhibition - co-curated by Interact's Sean Clark - is currently on show at the BCS in London and will be coming to Leicester's Phoenix in October.

March - September 2024

Alex May Algorithmic Photography ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

Alex May's algorithmic photography techniquecompresses elapsed time into single images. Exhibition in London and Leicester.

March 2024 - June 2024

Jack Tait Retrospective ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

An exhibition of images made by Jack Tait using his electromechanical drawing machines. Exhibition in Leicester and London.

March 2024

Micro:bit Champion 2024
Updates

Sean Clark has been made a Micro:bit Champion. He will use the opportunity to continue developing Interact's computer art education programme.

January 2024

New Generations
Exhibitionss

A project using Leiester's computer art history and the Computer Arts Archive to inspire contemporary artists and young people.

2023

25th November 2023

A Colloquy of Micro:bits
Artworks

An interactive art experiment using Micro:bit micro-controllers installed at the Institute as part of Loughborough Lates.

November 2023 - January 2024

Leicester Computer Art Pioneers ↑
Computer Arts Archive / Exhibitions

This exhibition, researched and curated by Sean Clark, explores the early history of computer art in Leicester and Leicestershire.

Juiy 2023

Computer Arts Society Members' Show 2023 ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

The first Computer Arts Society Members' Shjow held a BCS Moorgate in London.

May/June 2023

Quantel Paintbox Exhibition ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

The Quantel Paintbox was an early computer graphics and video tool that rose to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s.

7th April - 30th June 2023

Place and Memory at Phoenix, Leicester
Artworks / Exhibitions

Place and Memory is an exhibition that explores 60 years of activity at Phoenix in Leicester.

9th March 2023

Paul Brown Retrospective ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

Interact has been working with the Computer Arts Society to present a retrospective of artwork by Paul Brown at the BCS in London. It will be on show until the end of June 2023.

5th March 2023

Billion o'Clock Live Event
Events

Billion o'Clock plus guests live at Ole Moses Cabin in Leicester on the 5th March 2023. Interact's Sean Clark contributed sound and visuals.

5th January - 5th March 2023

Prisms of Influence: Echoes from the Colour in the Code
Artworks

The Prisms of Influence exhibition, featuring work by Sean Clark, is currently taking place at the Mosman Art Gallery in Sydney in support of Ernest Edmond's solo exhibition.

January 2023

Digital Art Month 2023
Exhibitions

Digital Art Month at the LCB Depot is now an established part of Leicester's digital art scene, Sean Clark contributed some new work in progress to the exhibition at LCB.

2022

18th November 2022

Homeostasis - Stephen Scrivener
Artworks

We have been working with Stephen Scrivener to recreate his pioneering early 1970s interactive artwork, Homeostasis. The work will be exhibited un Sydney in early 2023.

16th November 2022

Ernest Edmonds at 80 ↑
Computer Arts Society / Exhibitions

An exhibition of work by pioneering computer artist Ernest Edmonds opened on the 16th of November at the British Computer Society, London and will remain on show until the end of January 2023.

4th July 2022

EVA London 2022
Events

Held annually in July, EVA London is one of the international Electronic Visualisation & the Arts conferences. This year's EVA London runs from the 4th until the 8th July 2022.

2nd July 2022

billion o'clock's debut album, 'The Grief Whole' was released in the summer of 2021 on experimental cassette imprint Solium Records. One year on, the noise/rap collective took over LCB Depot for a unique anniversary celebration.

28th April 2022

Leicester Digital Artists Talk (on YouTube)
Events

Online presentations from Ernest Edmonds, Stephen Scrivener, Stephen Bell, Sean Clark and Dave Everitt. Part of the Leicester Digital Artists Pioneers project.

8th April 2022

Monobloc @ Beta X
Exhibitions

As part of the Beta X project at 72 Church Gate, Leicester members of Monobloc organised a range of digital arts activities that tplace in March and April 2022.

8th April 2022

Church Gate Soundscape (on YouTube)
Artworks

A Soundscape for Church Gate is an atmospheric audio experience that charts the story of this historic street from the 15th Century through to the present day.

8th April 2022

Interact Live @ Beta X
Events

Join us at Beta X, Leicester's newest arts venue, for the launch of the Church Gate soundscape by Whispered Tales followed by live electronic music and visuals from R10 and Swehttam.

4th - 22nd April 2022

Leicester Digital Art Pioneers Pt2
Exhibitions

Leicester and Leicestershire have an important role in the development of digital and computational art. Part 2 of the exhibition features work by Stephen Scrivener and Stephen Bell.

9th - 20th March 2022

Leicester Digital Art Pioneers
Exhibitions

Lighting The Way is our engagement programme for the Light Up Leicester 2022 festival. It involves workshops and artist commissions.

3rd - 6th March 2022

The Light Café
Exhibitions

During the Light Up Leicester 2022 festival, 72 Church Gate will become The Light Café - a venue showing light works by locally-based artists Andy Harper & Leonie DuBarry-Gurr, Joe Moran, Paul Mazzitelli & Tony Coleman, and Sean Clark.

7th February 2022

Cybernetic Ecology Symposium
Events

Join artists Genetic Moo and authors Stephan Harding and Jeremy Lent for a screening of Animate Earth, followed by a panel discussion about art, ecology, and connectedness hosted by artist/researcher Sean Clark.

7th February 2022