Free interactive digital art exhibition for children in Sheffield

From July 5-10 the city-centre venue will be showing a free art exhibition of art works where children can play and interact. There’ll be 12 exhibits plus a Maker Room where kids can get their hands dirty.

With ‘Blinkies’, a child’s drawing can be placed over a phone or tablet, which will turn the drawing into an animation and make it come to life. ‘The Cardboard Arcade’ is a portable pop-up video game arcade. ‘Fairy Doors’ is a hide and seek game.

The ‘Avakai Twins’ are wooden toys which are connected to each other using Bluetooth technology. Anything one doll experiences, is sent to another doll – the laughter when its swinging, anger when its shaken, or a kiss when the two dolls meet.

Also included are Google Cardboards headsets which use smart phones to view mini-Virtual Reality games.

In the Maker Room, children can create sculptures and scenes using ‘Electro Dough’, and then bring them to life with light and sound. It’s a simple and fun way for children to get their hands on with electronic components and for them to learn how electricity flows through a circuit. Visitors can also play with ‘Conductive Paint’, which does much of the same thing.

Organisers say the exhibition has been curated for 5-12 year olds but everyone is welcome to drop-in during opening hours and it’s free.

Emma Cooper, Curatorial Associate of Playground & Business Development Manager at the BAFTA winning and Sheffield-based creative digital agency Rocket said: “I’m really excited for Playground, being able to bring the best interactive art for children and young people to Sheffield and spark a love for digital creativity is such an awesome opportunity. I want to show kids how good the world can be and what they can use to make it better.”

For more information on the artists and opening times Click here

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