FreqOUT! News
Video Sniffin Success
'Workshop participants using wireless CCTV to make films'
The project is funded by Firstlight Films and the group will be discussing their films at the Photographers Gallery on the 15th of November.
5 young people achieved bespoke AQA accreditations in 'Wireless signal film making'.
National Portrait Gallery and FreqOUT!
FreqOUT! worked in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery. A three day workshop entitled 50 Pieces of Personal Info will ran daily from 29th - 31st October. Using digital equipment, young people constructed their own multiple data portraits, featuring some of the personal information required for the forthcoming ID cards. The course was inspired by the Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990-2005 exhibition and led by artists Melissa Bliss and Miranda Lopatkin.
A screening of everyone's work was held on Friday 31st October where 30+ members of the public viewed the work created on the project.
The Big “GPS” Draw
'Butterfly drawn in Regents Park using GPS receivers'
The Big Draw Campaign ran from 1st to 31st October 2008. The aim of the campaign is to invite everyone to engage with drawing. 1000 venues including galleries, museums, community centres, schools and libraries will participate. A variety of workshops using different drawing mediums have been set up in each venue.
FreqOUT! ran it’s own workshop focusing on GPS drawing. Young People worked with Jeremy Wood to make GPS drawings of the local area. Using the latest GPS receivers this is an innovative project that pushes the boundaries of drawing in the digital age.
Summer in Fulham
'A visit to the BFI to look at the TV archives and filming in Normand Park'
FreqOUT! was comissioned by the North Fulham NDC this summer to run a week long video project called 'My Movie'. Lead film maker Lucy Williams worked with the group to make films based on their area. The group interviewed local residents, young people and members of the public at an event in Normand Park on their thoughts on issues such as knife crime and facilities for young people in the area. The film the group produced can be watched here.
5 young people achieved 2 AQA units covering 'Documentary film making' and 'Movie making using mobile phones'.
Summer Uni in Queens Park and Church Street
'Pictures and sounds recorded using mobile technology'
As part of the Summer University scheme run by Westminster Youth Service, FreqOUT! ran a series of 4 workshops using exciting new technologies. Local young people mapped out their community online using Google Earth. They took photographs and interviewed members of the public on their feelings on local issues to create map their area visually. Lead artist Jonathan Hall worked with 18 young people from Westminster on exciting diversionary activities during the summer.
As part of the 'Mobile Movies' strand of activity, lead artist Melissa Bliss worked with young people at the National Portrait Gallery to create their own portraits using mobile phones.
Both workshops were accredited and 14 young people achieved bespoke AQA accreditations in 'Mobile movie making' and 'Soundscapes - recording using MP3 technology'.
FreqOUT! wins National Catalyst Award
'The Catalyst Awards Ceremony and the group with John Hutton'
Gordon Brown rewarded young people from Church Street, Harrow Road and Churchill Gardens at the inaugural ‘Catalyst Awards’ for their work using technology to make a positive difference to the world around them.
Vital Regeneration’s FreqOUT! project won the ‘Chalk and Cheese’ category for their groundbreaking creative projects with homeless, ethnic minority groups and young people at risk.
Youth ambassadors for FreqOUT! explained to the Prime Minister how they use technologies such as GPS, PDA’s, Web 2.0 and Bio-mapping to change society for the better and break the negative perceptions they often face.
Mr Brown praised the winners of the Catalyst Awards for creating the "newest of technologies" that can help to build "a more just society and better, stronger communities". The PM said
"Our thriving third sector continues to find innovative ways to tackle issues. We are creating a new generation of activists, campaigners and social entrepreneurs who are showing us just how the newest of technologies can help solve some of the oldest of challenges, building a more just society and better, stronger communities."
You can see a selection of the online coverage here 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Read the Biography of Project Manager Jenny Irish here
Signs of the City
Signs of the City employs digital photography and new media in a 15 month international project. The project explores sign systems in European Cities by creating a visual inventory of Berlin, London, Sofia and Barcelona.
As part of the London consortium FreqOUT! set up workshops alongside 3 other leading arts organisations; Watermans, Independent Photography and Space Media. Young people worked with award winning artist Melissa Bliss to take photographs of their urban environment using mobile phones. The images were then uploaded to a social networking site www.citipix.net.
The dialogue takes place virtually and physically through the images on an internet database, and as an exchange between young people, artist, youth art organisations and cultural institutions. FreqOUT! worked with young people from Cardinal Hume, Centrepoint, Marylebone Bangladeshi Society and Churchill Gardens to deliver the work shops. The project runs from October 2007 to December 2008 with exhibitions of the work being displayed in public spaces and galleries in each of the participating cities. Final images from the FreqOUT! workshops were exhibited at Watermans in early October.