Maker Assembly Sheffield August 2016

Maker Assembly is a gathering of makers. We aim to make a home for critical discussion about making culture: its meaning, politics, history and future.

Maker Assembly

Maker Assembly is a gathering of people interested in making*. We bring people together to have a critical conversation about cultures of making: their meaning, politics, history and future. We encourage everyone to participate by combining short talks with contributions from the attendees. It is peer-to-peer, informal and conversational.
<H2>Speakers</H2>
Akiko Kobayashi, architect and now facilitator of community-led building projects. She works with groups to communicate their vision and gain practical skills, and also has hands-on construction experience, most recently as part of the Tiree Noust Boathouse and Wikihouse v4.2 live build projects.
Annebella Pollen, author of Kindred of the Kibbo Kift (pictured above), a beautiful book on the esoteric mid-war group of pacifists and woodcrafters, who set out to create a revolutionary movement through craft, propaganda, ritual and outdoor living. 
Clementine Blakemore, an architectural designer whose practice focuses on the relationship between design, production and place. Alongside a position as Designer in Residence at the Design Museum, and teaching at the AA School of Architecture, she is currently working on a range of small-scale projects in the UK.
Heather Corcoran, a curator and cultural producer with a specialism in art, design and technology. She leads outreach for Kickstarter in the UK and Europe, with a focus on the design &amp; technology communities. Previously, she was Executive Director of Rhizome, the influential digital art nonprofit based at the New Museum, New York. 
Huw Wahl, who recently made a film about Action Space, the radical artists’ group that operated in London and Sheffield in the 1960s and ’70s, and set out to champion the role of creative experience in the transformation of society, becoming famous for their giant inflatable structures. 
Jon Flint, a designer at Anglo-Indian design practice, Superflux. He has worked on a variety of projects around drones, air quality and Graphene. He has an interest in the public perception of new technologies, trying to understand perspectives through hands-on workshops or inventive methods.
Liam Healy, from the collaborative art and design group Design unlikely futures, which emerged from Goldsmiths via the Calais ‘Jungle’ while the members worked as volunteer builders in the camp. Their aim is to collaboratively design alternative futures for capturing the social, political and physical fabric of the site, and to document the camp as a space, a community, and a population locked in transit.
Sarah Corbett, the founder of Craftivist Collective, a global social enterprise using craft a tool for slow, gentle &amp; intriguing activism. 
Tom Tobia, developer of products, spaces and businesses that encourage people to make things, not least Makerversity, the makers’ coworking incubator. 
More speakers will be announced soon.
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Inside an Action Space inflatable
<H2>Schedule</H2>
The full schedule will be released soon. Current plans:
09.30 – Arrival, registration, refreshments 10.00 – Session 1 11.30 – Break 12.00 – Session 2 13.30 – Lunch and lunchtime activities 15.00 – Session 3 17.00 – Finish sessions, and retreat to the Roco bar 21.30 – Close
 
<H2>Venue</H2>
We'll be holding Maker Assembly in the beautiful new Roco Creative Co-op, with its friendly event space, well-stocked bar, delicious food and always-sunny roof terrace. This event coincides with the launch of their new maker space, providing the kit and tools for designers and makers to prototype and test their ideas and micro-manufacture their products.
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Brood cafe at Roco
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<H2>Tickets</H2>
Thanks to support from Roco and Comino Foundation, ticket prices are heavily subsidised. Your ticket also includes a communal lunch and refreshments during the day.
 
<H2>About Maker Assembly</H2>
If you'd like to find out about previous Maker Assemblies, check out our first event in <A HREF="http://makerassembly.org/event/va-london-october-2015/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">London</A>, and the second event run by friends in <A HREF="http://makerassembly.org/event/belfast-march-2016/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Belfast</A>.
Maker Assembly is a community-run event, produced by Andrew Sleigh, Irini Papadimitriou, Liz Corbin, Marc Barto and Tom Lynch. We are supported by Lighthouse and the V&A, and with funding from Comino Foundation. 
We want everyone who attends our event to enjoy the day, feel able to express their views and welcome. As such we expect all attendees to follow <A HREF="http://confcodeofconduct.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Ada Initiative Code of Conduct</A>.
 
* What do we mean by "making"? We're talking about people who craft, design, manufacture, tinker with, engineer, fabricate, and repair physical things. Art, craft, electronics, textiles, products, robots. Hi-tech and low-tech, amateur and professional, young and old, with digital tools or by hand. Historical perspectives, what's happening here and now, and how things might change in the future. We aim to be diverse and inclusive. If what you make, or how you see yourself, is a little bit on the fringes, you're doubly welcome. 
Main photo credit: Angus McBean. Body of Gleemen and Gleemaidens at Gleemote (a Kibbo Kift Festival) 1929. Stanley Dixon Collection, thanks to Gill Dixon. Courtesy of Tim Turner.

Roco Creative Co-op

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