TOMtech
Supporting artists who use new technology to hone their craft
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ABOUT TOMtech
TOMtech is a catalyst programme that bridges the gap between performing artists and creative technologists, run by The Old Market (or TOM as we like to call it) – an independent venue in Brighton, UK. We commission new work for immersive mediums, host critical debate, as well as stage labs to introduce VR, AR, motion capture, and 360 film to live performance. As the pace of technological development accelerates, we ask ourselves what our role as a venue will be in the years to come, and how we and our audiences will consume arts & entertainment in the future.
Please explore the site, read about our lab programme and join the conversation.
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From the natural world to the afterlife – TOMtech returns for 2018 with their biggest virtual reality programme yet.
2018’s TOMtech programme goes live with more VR than ever.
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TheatreXR | Introducing Unity3D for theatre makers | 03-07 Sept 2018
A new training course for theatre makers who want to make immersive work for virtual reality. 03-07 Sept 2018, Brighton. Find out more and how to take part …
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It’s a wrap! #TOMtech marks massive 2017 success
Six weeks of intense tech-meets-arts programming at The Old Market is done and dusted - and we are looking back on a very hectic but incredibly successful second edition! This year’s #TOMtech was a thrilling experience and it was huge fun being “chief tweeter” for the...
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Habitats – wowing guests and a week to go
Habitats, the debut show of this year’s #TOMtech programme, has already proved one of the most popular #TOMtech events we have put on. We took a gamble this year, turning the whole of The Old Market into a giant VR environment celebrating the natural world throughout...
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View nature in a whole new light – The Argus Guide
Edwin Gilson highlights the stunning Habitats Virtual Reality experience, the debut event of this year's #TOMtech programme at The Old Market . Click The Argus Guide to read online version. We are trying to expand human perception to a new level that has never been...
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Help us hack live performance – Calling all technologists
#TOMtech & Digital Catapult Centre Brighton – Hacking Live Performance How can technology change how we experience live events? We will be looking to explore this question with technologists, cutting-edge digital companies and creatives at this unique hackathon (24...
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Virtual Reality and me
My first experience of Virtual Reality was in a pub in Brighton. One minute it was all Prosecco and platters of fromage, the next I was plunged into the 19th century: stumbling around a musty, cobwebbed laboratory, fending off some kind of squawking raven and trying...
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Immerse yourself in digital nature at The Old Market – BN1 Magazine
BN1 Magazine's Stuart Rolt says "now is the time to enjoy all the magic technology can bring ... " "Kicking off (The Old Market/TomTech's) 2017 season is Habitats, a new digital exhibition by Marshmallow Laser Feast – who get away with a name that ostentatious by...
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#TOMtech LABS 2017: Artist Opportunities
TOMtech LABS are designed to accelerate technical learning for theatre professionals. Each year, we bring together theatre makers and technologists in order to help sculpt the future of live performance. These projects are not designed as production commissions -...
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VR and immersive worlds – #TOMtech at Brighton Digital Festival
Breathe deep ... Then hold ...Now immerse ... We are living in the middle of the largest technological revolution since we mechanised farming. We gradually came in from the fields to the cities, developed a five day working week and changed the shape of our society...
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EPISODE #5: CJ Thorpe-Tracey talks to Helen Jewell (Programmer at The Old Market) about the venue's efforts to bring immersive tech into the cultural offer. Is this medium really suitable for an arts centre?
Let us know you thoughts - join the debate using #storyhackxr
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StoryHackXR • A podcast on Anchor
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How do artists incorporate emerging technologies into their tool kits? As xR mediums (such as virtual, augmented and mixed reality) offer new ways to imbibe our stories, StoryHackXR is a platform for sharing how those at the leading edge are forming the cultural offer of tomorrow. StoryHackXR is bro..."VR is helping lead the way in technology and it won’t be long before events like this are around every corner"
Thanks to The Argus for this write up our vrLAB last weekend:
Here's a great run down from last night's #VRLAB opening - Thanks Mad Harper. We are open until Sunday, with 90- min sessions throughout the day & eve
Brighton Digital Festival The Old Market
Mad Harper: A feast of entertainment for VR fans at TOMTech’s 2018 VRLab
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Get In Touch
#TOMtech
11a Upper Market St,
Brighton.
BN3 1AS
James Turnbull
Creative Producer, TOMtech
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