The Department of Social Science cordially invites you to join the Augmented Reality Public Art Initiative – Public Lecture and Workshop by Professor John Craig Freeman, Professor of New Media, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, USA. The event is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Hang Seng Management College School of Humanities and Social Science, and jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and Hang Seng Management College Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Cultural and Creative Industries Programme.

Professor Freeman is an artist with over twenty-seven years of experience using emergent technologies to produce large-scale public work at sites where the forces of globalization are impacting the lives of individuals in local communities. He has produced work and exhibited around the world including in London, Sydney, Singapore, Paris, across America as well as Beijing, Xi’an, Wuhan and Hong Kong.

Professor Freeman will give a public lecture and two workshops during his stay in Hong Kong. Please find the details as follows:

Speaker
John Craig Freeman
Professor of New Media
Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, USA

Medium
English

Details

Public Lecture: The Augmented Reality Art of John Craig Freeman
Date: 25 November 2017 (Saturday)
Time: 3:00pm – 5:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Lecture Theatre, 4/F, 7A Kennedy Road, Central, Hong Kong

Workshop (1): Photogrammetry, Bringing the Real to Virtual Reality
Date: 28 November 2017 (Tuesday)
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00 pm
Venue: Hang Seng Management College D801, 8/F, BLK D, Hang Shin Link, Siu Lek Yuen, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
Note: Each participant should bring a late model mobile device (iPhone, Android smartphone or iPad) equipped with a camera, GPS, compass, accelerometer, and mobile Internet or Wi–Fi connection.

Workshop (2): Geo-located Augmented Reality, Public Art Anywhere, Anytime
Date: 29 November 2017 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00 pm
Venue: Hang Seng Management College D801, 8/F, BLK D, Hang Shin Link, Siu Lek Yuen, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
Note: Each participant should bring a late model mobile device (iPhone, Android smartphone or iPad) equipped with a camera, GPS, compass, accelerometer, and mobile Internet or Wi–Fi connection.

Registration
Interested parties please register via the following link by 22 November 2017 (Wednesday): Registration Form. Seating is limited and available on a first come first serve basis.

Notes to Students
Students will be entitled to claim 2 ECA hours for attending the public lecture and 3 ECA hours for attending each of the workshops.

Enquiry
3963 5434 (Tel)
bacci@hsmc.edu.hk (Email)