geekSPARK
geekSPARK (formerly cyberSPARK) is a showcase for the creative use of new and interactive media and technology in the local community. Whether in the form of a large video game studio, or a solitary multidisciplinary genius, The Triangle is filled with people blending art with technology, creative ideas with technical know-how. Our goal is to bring more of these people together, and to provide a venue to promote their emerging work.
Download the 2011 geekSPARK poster with listed events
2011 geekSPARK projects
Digital Motion Showcase:
The Digital Motion Showcase will feature local artists, programmers and engineers who have come together to create interactive and experiential digital environments for visitors to influence and experience.
Come and experience it all!
Fish Market Gallery
133 Fayetteville Street
Friday 9/16 6-9 p.m. (opening night with artists)
Saturday 9/17 12-8 p.m.
Sunday 9/18 1-4 p.m.
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Gaming Showcase
In collaboration with Raleigh Game On, local and indie game developers will come together to show off their latest and greatest games (some still in development). Visitors can check them out, play them and interact with the developers to give feedback, ask questions and geek out on the gaming industry talk.
Come play!
Fragment
226 Fayetteville Street
Friday 9/16 6-9 p.m.
Saturday 9/17 1-9 p.m.
Fab Lab:
Fab Labs Carolinas is a non-profit community outreach program supported by the MIT and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (among other donors and sponsors) to bring the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship to underserved and interested members of the community.
We are pleased to be hosting MIT’s mobile fablab at SPARKcon this year. The mobile fab lab is a trailer filled with cutting edge computer controlled fabrication and electronics equipment that embodies a basic fab lab. It will be in City Plaza where visitors will have the opportunity to learn how to use the equipment to create objects using wood, and other materials.
Fab Labs Carolinas believes that the concentration of technical skills and the right entrepreneurial culture can transform economically depressed regions into a local center for new industry. In addition, the fab labs have also been used to increase the quality of life through technology. For example, father-child “build” days have been organized at fab labs.
In the Carolinas, the immediate goal is to build a permanent fablab in Durham.
Come check us out!
City Plaza
Friday 9/16 4-9 p.m.
Saturday 9/17 12-9 pm.
Sunday 9/18 12-4 p.m.
SPARKwars
SPARKwars is a weekend-long melee game of Assassins that runs Friday, Sept 16 at 4:00pm to Sunday, Sept 18 at 7:00pm. All of the action takes place at SPARKcon, so there are no restrictions on where you live to be eligible to compete. Everyone can play, and best of all, it’s FREE!
There will be various checkpoints scattered throughout SPARKcon. Players will be notified via text message when a new checkpoint is available and must find it and text the special code word displayed at the checkpoint before the checkpoint expires. Miss a checkpoint, and you’re out! Keep an eye out as you roll up to a new checkpoint, because chances are good you won’t be alone…
At 7:00pm on Sunday, the living assassin with the most kills will be awarded a brand new water gun and a $150 cash prize. Sign up today and tell your friends to sign up for SPARKwars!
For those of you new to Assassins, the game is simple: eliminate your opponents by hitting them with your water weapon of choice. See the Rules for more info on allowable weapons. SPARKwars is a melee game, so all Player Dossiers are viewable from the start of the game. When you kill a target, be sure to get his or her kill code and username. Return to the SPARKwars site and type in their kill code to eliminate them and write up an amazing obituary detailing how you sent them to a watery grave. Don’t forget about the checkpoints; miss one and you’re out!
Sign up by 9.16 at www.sparkwars.com
Friday 9/16 4pm through Sunday 9/18 7pm
SPARKvision Portals:
To create more personal connections within the sprawling footprint of SPARKcon 2011, geekSPARK will be hosting two telepresence stations featuring Cisco’s Umi product, which will provide live video communication between locations around the main SPARKcon areas.
SPARKcon attendees can view a live feed from the other Umi system. Attendees will be able to communicate with each other from system to system. This will allow users to experience what is happening in the other SPARKcon event areas, thus bringing together the major city districts and encouraging attendees to travel from area to area.
Come Play!
Friday thru Sunday at Raleigh City Museum (220 Fayetteville St.)
Friday 9/16 6-9 p.m. at Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) in the Warehouse District
Saturday 9/17 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. at the NC Museum of Natural Science during their annual “Bug Fest” event
Sunday 9/18 noon-6 p.m. at Marbles Kids Museum located on Moore Square
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SPARKcon Threads
sparkconthreads.com is a digital discussion happening on the web in real-time, about the events, people and places of sparkcon. Use your mobile phone to go to the web site or scan a QR code while at SPARKcon and join the discussion today!
Modified: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:55 am
