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Function Keys 2 was a three-day conference organized by Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice. The purpose of this conference was to explore contemporary ideas and issues in the realm of new technologies and digital culture.
Function Keys 2 was held November 14-16, 2014 in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, and included a series of lecture-style presentations, demos, and workshops. Now in its second year, the goal of Function Keys 2 was to provide a space for artists, hackers, computer programmers, and interested community individuals to come together in discussion and share in learning about emerging trends in new technology. The Function Keys 2 conference included a top-notch roster of renowned speakers and specialists who are visionaries in their respective fields and were representative of diverse communities and backgrounds.
Topics for the 2014 conference included:
• Trading Clay for PLA – a sculptor’s journey from hand built to digitally created
• Open-Source Learning: education from a wider community perspective, technology, and culture
• VibraFusionLab: an innovative centre for arts-based vibrotactile research and creative practice
• BioArt: One Artist’s Perspectives and Experiences
• Simulating Everything and its Consequences
• Art & Technology’s role in the redefining of Sexuality: Franken Hookers, Queer Dinosaurs & Other Shreds of Post-Human Radicalism
• Developing Tools for Contemporary Electronic Music Performance
• Ed Roy and the History of the World
In addition to the lectures, the conference program included two workshops:
• Raspberry Pi Workshop; presented by Peter Rogers – Computer Programmer / Hacktivist
• Build Your Own Mobile Music App Workshop; presented by Adam Tindale – Practicing Artist / Professor from OCAD University
Coming from a variety of different institutions, our presenters included academics, hackers and ‘Hacktivists”, DIY makers and practicing artists whose perspectives were informed by interdisciplinary approaches that investigate the intersection of technology, art, and culture.
