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Liverpool Biennial is seeking experienced and motivated individuals to join the team that will deliver the 7th edition of the UK Biennial of International Contemporary Art.

Writing on the Wall is seeking to appoint a Writer in Residence for two days per week. The contract will run until March 2013 though it may be extended subject to funding. The Writer in Residence will lead on a number of community based creative writing projects, engaging diverse and often ‘hard to reach’ groups and individuals.

Accessibility is an artist residency located on the campus of Cleveland State Community College in East Tennessee.  During the last two weeks of October, selected artists are invited to create new works of art that deal primarily with the use of new media and technology. Cleveland is located 30 minutes from Chattanooga, 2 hours from Atlanta and Nashville and 90 minutes from Knoxville. Chattanooga was recently recognized as “Gig City”, being the first city to offer the fastest internet in the Western Hemisphere at 1 gig per second. The residency will also include weekly films, lectures, demonstrations and discussions involving the community, artists, students, and information technologists in a dialogue that brings awareness to the connections between technology, art and culture.

 @SMCliv has been running since June 2010 on a not so monthly basis but has had some fantastic events and talks from across the Social Media spectrum. Their latest event  on the 2nd August at Static Gallery and will consist of a series of talks on Open Data and Open Data projects. 

Open Data has enormous economic potential, from developing new markets to creating services for local government.

They are now collecting suggestions for their 6th September event but it could be you! 

You like Jam right! Well, do you like Raspberry Pie sorry Raspberry Pi - if you know what Raspberry Pi is then this event coming up in August is just for you.  It's all part of OggCamp - the free culture Unconference which will see 300 developers, technologists & artists gather for this unique event that celebrates all things Free and Open Source.

This free webinar hosted by AmbITion Scotland and New Media Scotland is sold out for the live event but there is plenty of space online! And you can Register here to participate in the Thursday 21 June 2012 webcast.

The live webinar will take place at Inspace as part of their EIFF Atmosphere programme.  Matt Adams of Blast Theory will introduce the core concepts behind interactive storytelling and artists Thompson & Craighead will discuss their work in the context of digital storytelling.

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Open Labs have partnered with the Thinking Digital Conference to bring Liverpool a free livecast of both days of Thinking Digital (Wed & Thurs, 30 & 31 May) from 2 different Merseyside locations. If you've not heard of the Thinking Digital Conference before, just imagine a 2 day version of a TEDx happening at the Sage Gateshead and you're 90% of the way there 

A few places are still avilable on an Augmented Reality Workshop next week at FACT Liverpool. 

Tamiko Thiel from Manifest.AR will be giving a workshop on making augmented reality applications using Layar. Check out the work that Manifest.AR have done ‘re-curating’ high art spaces using this technology.

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AND is currently seeking features, short films and artists moving image.

AND is joining forces with the micro-commissions scheme to support small ideas that have big potential.