Giant Zoetrope
Our latest collaboration with the Science Centre in Singaporeis a giant three-dimensional Zoetrope. A 3D printed tower of meticulous models tells the story of the emergence of technology (sort of) and demonstrates the optical effects of animation. A great UK band that included Sebastian Burdon on figures, Whitewall Engineering on heavy metal and HKD conducting.
My first day: mutinous colleagues!
My introduction to working with Team HKD involved an initial transformation into a mutinous pirate aboard the Polaris. Along with my fellow pirates we were comfortably beat (on the time trial) by fellow team members who were concurrently excavating the tomb of Ramses III. This was a great way to meet new colleagues! Having worked […]
Out of this world
At HKD we love to play, we love to innovate, we love to learn – so we invented a festival to bring together people who agree that fun should be taken seriously. It’s a festival of play and games – it includes board games, VR, coding, drawing and lots of playing. Highlights included commissions from […]
GEEK-play fun & games in Singapore
It was great to be part of the Singapore Maker Faire Extravaganza at the Science Centre Singapore. Our very own HKD organised a feast of digital and game talent, taking GEEK to Singapore for the Maker Faire. The Highlights included: Genetic Moo‘s Microworld: Singapore A new commission ‘Not here. Not now’ from Trope Babbling Beasts […]
“Play Hard. Play Fair. Nobody Hurt.”
Join us for Margate Games Marine Studios, Marine Gardens, Main Sands Friday 4th August Our regular 1st Friday event will launch the event and will be a chance to MEET – the game makers who will be running their games on Saturday. MAKE – we are hoping you will work with us to make […]
1st Friday event – Robot Evolution
7 July at 18.30 – 20.30 Marine Studios, Margate From building simple cell robots to add to a swarm and watching the patterns begin to build to more complex multi-functional robots which can be programmed to perform a quadrille or react to obstacles. Robot Evolution has been designed to invite everyone to have a go […]
Playing in Porto
HKD director Kate Kneale has been busy organising the GameLab at Ecsite. New for 2017 was a two day pre-conference session making on-gallery games in the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto. Attendees from Israel, Norway, Belgium,Columbia France and UK and beyond, shared their skills, enthusiasm and super powers to create three new Biodiversity games. The one thousand […]
Hear the stars!
The HKD team are off on a research trip to hear ‘Around North‘ by Robert Jarvis at Pines Calyx as part of the Deal festival. Robert is a 1st Friday veteran, first showing at Marine Studios in 2010 with his ‘Entomophonix’ sound installation as part of Insect World. We look forward to hearing this piece – which interprets the rotation of […]
Museums Heritage Show 2017
HKD team will be at the M&H show in the talks and coffee shop not on a stand so let us know if you are around and have time for a catch up.
Porto Escite 2017
The Ecsite Annual Conference is back and this time it’s in Porto. We can’t wait – Porto looks great. Kate is busy convening the GameLab. She seems to be playing how many great game makers can you fit in a GameLab? The GameLab is what it says on the tin – a place to play, test and develop games. Across the […]
