Tag Archives: Debbie Maxwell

March Events: Serendipity Symposium

Serendipity Symposium Date: Tuesday 26 March, 2 - 4.30pm, Visual Research Centre, DCA. Who: Artists and Designers who use Serendipity, chance elements or the unexpected as a method in their practice are invited to a workshop afternoon with members of the SerenA team. An ...

March Events: Retelling ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’

Blether Tay-Gither retells 'The Three Princes of Serendip'. Date: Tuesday 26 March, 7-9.30pm, Activity Room, DCA. £3 suggested donation. No booking required. Join Dundee's storytelling group, Blether Tay-Gither, for an evening of tales on unexpected, chance surprises in stories, and a special retelling ...

March Events: Serendipity Storytelling and Craft Activity

The Serendipity programme took place in Dundee in March 2013 bringing artists, designers, technologists and other groups together for a workshop, symposium and other events encouraging participants to think differently and creatively about previously unrelated concepts and ideas. Serendipity Storytelling Sessions ...

Building Reflection into Design.

In a break from my normal blogging style, what follows is taken from a SerenA paper (D. Maxwell & M. Woods, Encouraging Reflexivity in Mobile Interactions) presented at the recent Computers and the History of Art (CHArt) ...

Community Radio Broadcast ‘Blue Skies Festival’

On Saturday 11th August 2012, SerenA played a part in the community radio broadcast at 'Blue Skies Festival', Dundee’s festival of kite flying, stargazing and rainbow chasing which runs from 10 to 12 August 2012. Blue Skies will be bringing a ...

The Serendipitous Community: SerenA at the Small Society Lab

Last month, SerenA took part in the Small Society Lab at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). This included a panel discussion around the idea of the Serendipitous Community; a space where connections can be made and serendipity encouraged. Chaired by Mel Woods, ...

The Multi-Coloured Vision of SerenA

We seem to be in the middle of a very busy, exciting spell of SerenA events in Dundee. We're running three events next week as part of Dundee's Small Society Lab; a lunchtime discussion around the controversial 'Can we engineer ...

Performing Worlds: Performing Serendipitous Connections

SerenA will run a workshop 'Performing Serendipitous Connections' at Performing Worlds, a public art, performance and education event taking place in a variety of locations across Dundee between 9th - 15th June 2012. Workshop: Performing Serendipitous Connections Lead by: Debbie ...