Woodstock Digital Media Festival

June 18th, 2011

The Woodstock New Media Festival will take place on June 18, 2011 in Woodstock, Vermont. It is an all day event with roundtables & workshops in the morning, an exhibition during the day and performances & presentations in the evening. The cost depends on how much you wish to participate. To view and take part in the afternoon exhibition is free. The Tickets page has the ticketing and pricing information.

Morning Sessions, 10:30 am - 12 noon The morning is designed around small, interactive activities and discussion on multiple topics. You may choose to attend any of the sessions.

Mapping Party with Smartphones

Steve Coast, founder, OpenStreetMaps.org - the free editable map of the whole world made by people like you. Join in with smartphones and be the first to create a new digital map of Woodstock – openstreetmaps.org Natural Exploration – Harnessing the power of citizen scientists everywhere

Meeting Place: “Playcube” mobile exhibition space on the Town Green

Grand finale of short choreographed presentations in the Museum’s intimate theatre Guest speakers Christopher Robbins of Ghana Think Tank – on public art and community action, Steve Coast of Openstreetmaps.org, and Yasser Ansari of Project Noah. Gallery of exhibits on display at the Barn Minglefest of beer, wine and light refreshments on the balcony overlooking the farm Post-cyber punk electronic musician NullSleep performs – a combination of distorted synthpop, electro, and industrial produced with repurposed low-bit electronics.