{"id":31,"date":"2018-12-21T13:34:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2019\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2019-06-11T01:18:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T01:18:49","slug":"special-conference-event-an-evening-at-the-fun-palace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2019\/special-conference-event-an-evening-at-the-fun-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Conference Event: An Evening at the Fun Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the 1960s, theatre director Joan Littlewood, architect Cedric Price, and cybernetician Gordon Pask, along with a host of other collaborators, developed a proposal for a \u2018university of the streets\u2019. The project blurred the boundaries between education and leisure, in much the same way as the rest of Pask\u2019s career, with the aim of creating a radically new form of education leading to social change. Both the content and the architectural structures that held it could be reconfigured, adapting to different uses while also prompting new possibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-50\" src=\"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fun_palace-1024x686.png\" alt=\"Interior view of the Fun Palace.\" width=\"678\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fun_palace-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fun_palace-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fun_palace-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fun_palace.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior view of the Fun Palace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite being unrealised, the Fun Palace is regarded as a seminal architectural project and has been a major influence on architecture and architectural discourse in the decades since. While the project is less well known outside of architecture, it can also be understood within the histories of cybernetics, avant garde theatre, and radical approaches to education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by the legacy of the Fun Palace, and taking advantage of facilities available through our generous producing partners, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thecdm.ca\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centre for Digital Media<\/a>, the ASC invites proposals for interactive events (\u201cplayshops\u201d), performances and artefacts of all kinds. Join a cohort of gifted and enthusiastic Masters of Digital Media students and help us transform the Center for Digital Media\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thecdm.ca\/about\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hangar<\/a>\u201d, a 10,000 square foot studio, into a reimagined Fun Palace with movable walls, video projectors, Oculus GOs, Oculus Rift, VIVE, and anything else you can bring to the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are other ways to present a performance, \u201cPlayshop\u201d or \u201cLively Artefact\u201d at the conference but if you\u2019ve got an inspired idea for something that is interactive and can repeat a number of times over a 3 hour period, please consider participating in our Evening at the Fun Palace! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 1960s, theatre director Joan Littlewood, architect Cedric Price, and cybernetician Gordon Pask, along with a host of other collaborators, developed a proposal for a \u2018university of the streets\u2019. 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