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d::gen engages with a broad and diverse range of projects.

These may include music, video, community development, volunteering, internet media and science. We work on both commercial and non-commercial projects.

We only choose to work on projects we really enjoy.

This page contains brief summaries of some of the non-commercial projects we've worked on.

Contact for more details.

SAVE THE MOORINGS - SAVED!

An active floating community, closely interwoven with the fabric of the local community. It was under threat of eviction from Southwark Council - the public hearing was 5-15th July 2004. and Southwark lost...

Community :: Architecture :: Sustainable living

AMEE

d::gen began developing the AMEE platform in 2005 and restructured it into AMEE UK Ltd in 2008.

AMEE is designed to measure the energy consumption, and carbon footprint, of everything on Earth.

Check out the AMEE blog at http://www.amee.cc/ for more details.

Concept :: science :: architecture :: build :: operation :: Climate Campaigning

MUSIC

Combining a broad 'organic' aesthetic with contemporary electronic soundscapes and structures over the past 20 years.

Acoustic Cosmology :: Binary Dust

HERMITAGE COMMUNITY MOORINGS

Hermitage Community Moorings (HCM) are proposing a high specification river mooring near Tower Bridge in London, whose aim is to encourage the use and preservation of historic and traditional river craft.

Community :: Architecture :: Sustainable living :: Vessels

EXEQUO

A non-profit streaming network, helping the likes of ResonanceFM, Christian Aid, Undercurrents and AmbientTV. Promoting open networks, GPL software and Creative Commons licensing.

Streaming :: Open networks :: Video :: Audio :: Scheduling

ACOUSTIC SPACE: RT32

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the conversion of the RT32 telescope at VIRAC, Riga & Irbene, Latvia. A collaboration between VIRAC, RIXC & r a d i o q u a l i a.

Radio astronomy :: Electronic music :: Education :: Streaming

RESONANCE FM

Streaming :: Open networks :: Radio:: Audio

ULYANA GUMENIUK

BP National Portrait Gallery Travel Award winner and 8 year d::gen collaborator. Ulyana is a Ukrainian-born painter, trained at St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Art and at St. Martins College in London. Exhibits: 17 June - 19 September 2004 then UK-wide. "Her work has echoes of Titian, Goya and the bawdy earthiness of Hogarth, all put into a modern context", Angela Lambert

Contemporary-classical painting :: National Portrait Gallery

TELEJAM03 / TRyPTiCHON

A wandering wireless performance in London, UK. 11am - 6pm, Friday 14th November 03 + Saturday 15th November 2003.

GPS :: Collaborative AV performance

AV DINNERS

Live mixture of real-time eating, cooking, video and audio manipulation, poetry and multiple-choice streaming on the 17th July, 4pm-11pm 2003 BST. Also exhibited at the Edinburgh fringe and Ladyfest in Bristol.

Food :: Poetry :: Music :: Webcasting

MEDIA ARCHITECTURE

The 6th International ART+COMMUNICATION festival comprised a series of events from May 15-18, 2003 in Riga, Latvia, Karosta, Liepaja and at the VIRAC Radio Telescope in Irbene.

Information Networks :: Post-modern Architectonics

ACT FOR TIBET

Direct-action website for those interested in doing something useful about Tibet issues.

Direct-action :: Education :: Cultural exchange

NESHAMA

Live performance at the ICA, London in November 2002. Live creation of visuals to accompany renowned Israeli musician Moshikop.

Multimedia performance :: live image processing

SPY SCHOOL

Opening performance of the first Israeli Video Arts festival in Tel Aviv, October 2002. Combining live DJ, VJ and dancing with hidden microphones and cameras.

Multimedia performance :: spying

MAKROLAB

A self-sustaining research lab that combines Science and Art, Makrolab brings together a diverse range people from all around the world. It facilitates and focuses dialogue and research. This is a report from the 2002 installation of the lab in Blair Atholl, Scotland.

Cross-media communication :: sustainable architecture

VOLUNTEERING IN CHINA

A mixed-media diary of Xian Du International Volunteers Workcamp on Culture and the Environmental Protection (Xiandu Township, Jinyun county, Zhejiang province, China, 1st - 10th April, 1999).

Environmental Education :: Cultural Exchange

WEB-BASED OPTICAL ASTRONOMY

The National Schools' Observatory is a major web-based resource that allows UK schools to use world-class astronomical telescopes all around the world by remote control. Using the full power of the Internet, the Schools' Observatory brings cutting-edge science and technology into the classroom.

Astronomy :: Education :: Open Science