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        <b><font color="#FF0000">FOUR WORDS: TECHNOLOGY</font color="#FF0000"></b> curated by Alan Dunn with Leeds Beckett University and commissioned by
        <a href="https://bruntwood.co.uk"><b>Bruntwood</b></a>.<p>
        <b><font color="#FF0000">FOUR WORDS: TECHNOLOGY</font color="#FF0000"></b> will be presented on the 9m-high Media Wall in the Platform Building that houses
         the new Leeds Tech Hub, with the screenings
        commencing for the building's launch on 23 November 2017. </b></a> 
        <p><b><font color="#FF0000">Texts by</font color="#FF0000"></b>
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Amina Abbas-Nazari / Karl Bartos / Anat Ben-David / Eddie Berg / Griet Beyaert / C-drík Fermont / Teng Hin Chan / Clare Chojnowski / Ramona Ciucan / Ben Dalton / Paul A. Darke / I.R. Dashper / Bruce Davies / Alan Dunn / Karen Eliot / Hayley Farrington / Fathalla Fathalla / Jez riley French / East Street Arts / Alex Gaites / Naomi Gilby / Jo Hamill / Anna Harris / Stefan and Rufus Helmreich / Graham Hibbert / Christine Hinchliffe / Claire Hope / Jon Howe / Nasser Hussain / Invisible Flock / Luther Blissett High School / Lucki Kaur / Kate Hannah Lees / Paul Maguire / Simon McKeown / Roger McKinley / Susanna Moore / Lee Kirby / Sally Olding / Lydiarose O'Neill / John O'Shea / Hannah Procter / Lara Rose / Luigi Russolo / Gilbert Ryle / Scanner  / Mary Shelley / Marnie Simpson / Lisa Stansbie / David Steans / R H Stewart  / stukiii / Ian Truelove / Amanda Wanner / HG Wells / Helena Kate Whittingham / Louise K Wilson / Zara Worth

  
        <p><b><font color="#FF0000">Background</font color="#FF0000"></b>
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Some scientists believe that at the foundation of our 'reality' might in fact be numbers and, if so, the likelihood they suggest is that it will be the number
<a href="http://alandunn67.co.uk/adventuresinnumberlandcd.html">four</a>. 

<b><font color="#FF0000">FOUR WORDS: TECHNOLOGY</font color="#FF0000"></b> brings together professionals and visual art students from Leeds Beckett University
to think about our broader relationship with technology in only four words, each animated over thirty seconds to an exclusive soundtrack composed by
<a href="http://www.scannerdot.com"><b>Scanner</b></a>. Other contributors to the project include a long-term member of pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk, the founder of the
Foundation for Art & Creative Technology, sound engineers ARUP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, East Street Arts, Leeds United Supporters' Trust and students from Leeds
Beckett's MA Art & Design and undergraduate Fine Art and Graphic Arts and Design courses. <b><font color="#FF0000">FOUR WORDS: TECHNOLOGY</font color="#FF0000"></b> will remain in situ for three months, kick-starting a new curatorial programme for Leeds and is also part of an ongoing series of billboard
and screen works considering the relationship between the everyday and the avant-garde.


<p><b><font color="#FF0000">Video and soundtrack</font color="#FF0000"></b>
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<p>Click <a href="FOURWORDSTECHNOLOGYfinaltexts.pdf"><b>here</b></a> for full list of <b><font color="#FF0000">FOUR WORDS: TECHNOLOGY</font color="#FF0000"></b>.

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“The system in Platform with 24 high-definition 4k screens is as cutting edge as media gets at the moment and this is a fantastic opportunity to present some thoughts from our
students alongside some incredibly respected practitioners, all brought together to ponder our relationship with technology. We have invited an NHS Doctor and a member
of the Leeds United Supporter's Trust to think about health and sport, while others reflect on our travel, sound or communication. We chose FOUR in response to some scientists proposing that when they finally reveal the foundations of our 'reality', they suggest it may be numerical and, if so,
likely to be a strong even number such as four. It is also the only number with the same number of letters in its English name as its value. We felt it was an
interesting challenge to ask people to provide statements - no questions - using this very limited word count. Some are direct and some are more obtuse and we've also
inserted four quotes about science and technology from the past century from HG Wells, Luigi Russolo, Mary Shelley and Gilbert Ryle.” <i>AD, November 2017.</i> 


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     <p><b><font color="#FF0000">Photographs</font color="#FF0000"></b>
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From each thirty-second animation, we have selected one still to give a flavour of the work. Click <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yagtcglv"><b>here</b></a> for all sixty-one animations in mp4 format (will play in <a href="https://www.videolan.org">VLC</a>, not QuickTime).

        
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        <tr><td>Karl Bartos</td><td>Stefan and Rufus Helmreich</td><td>Lisa Stansbie</td><td>Luigi Russolo</td></tr>
        

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        <tr><td>Eddie Berg</td><td>Alex Gaites</td><td>Karen Eliot</td><td>Alan Dunn</td></tr>


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        <tr><td>John Howe</td><td>Fathalla Fathalla</td><td>Gilbert Ryle</td><td>Susanna Moore</td></tr>


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        <tr><td>Louise K Wilson</td><td>Marnie Simpson and Hayley Farrington</td><td>Lee Kirby</td><td>Graham Hibbert</td></tr>


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        <tr><td>Zara Worth</td><td>Paul Maguire</td><td>Sally Olding</td><td>Kate Hannah Lees</td></tr>


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<p><b><font color="#FF0000">Credits</font color="#FF0000"></b>
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    Animations by Alan Dunn. With thanks to Simon Bushell and Wendy Denman (Bruntwood), Stuart McCreadie (UX Global). 

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<b><font color="#FF0000">Four</font color="#FF0000"></b>
        <br>We have explored 4 before - <a href="http://alandunn67.co.uk/adventuresinnumberlandessay.html"><b>Adventures in numb4rland</b></a>,
        <a href="http://alandunn67.co.uk/fourwords.html"><b>FOUR WORDS: JANUARY</b></a>, <a href="http://alandunn67.co.uk/fourwordsmarket.html"><b>FOUR WORDS: MARKET</b></a> and
        <a href="http://alandunn67.co.uk/fourwordsacademia.html"><b>FOUR WORDS: ACADEMIA</b></a>.


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