by Ben Fox | Jun 30, 2015 | Collaboration, Culture, Making, Tech, Uncategorized
As a member of the Regional Development Australia Goldfields-Esperance Committee, I have been asked to judge Govhack Perth at SpaceCubed. Govhack 2015 runs 3 – 5th July. From www.govhack.org: “GovHack is an annual open data competition held all over...
by Ben Fox | Oct 24, 2013 | Art, Culture, Ideas, Live Art, Tech
Empire Drive-In is a large-scale temporary installation built from junked cars and salvaged materials. The project invites audiences to participate in a series of questions about car culture, planned obsolescence, and the distinction between public and private space....
by Ben Fox | Sep 15, 2013 | Art, Ideas, Tech, Uncategorized
On a recent visit to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research I was lucky enough to be able to see the innermost chamber of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as it was shut down for an upgrade after operating continuously for the past 2 years. I was struck...
by Ben Fox | Jun 11, 2013 | Art, Culture, Tech
This weekend, at the fun, playful, experimental exhibition The Art of Sound (Margaret River) at the Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix, WA, I met many interesting and creative people. Barry Green managing director of Western Tourist Radio had some great links to...
by Ben Fox | Jan 28, 2013 | Making, Social Media, Tech
Over the past week, Jody Brown has totally reworked this site. Removing the Joomla install, and carrying across all the content and making a new structure based on the Standard Premium Theme. This has made a whole lot of things more accessible and improved the...
by Ben Fox | Oct 22, 2011 | Culture, Publication, Social Media, Tech
In remote communities access to the Internet is particularly powerful. For example, farmers have access to the same weather forecasting data as the Bureau Of Meteorology (BOM). Indigenous Arts Centres can send photos of their work to a gallery instantly and receive an...
