We're delighted to welcome one of the world's most insightful
technology writers, Frank Rose, to the North East in April for the
launch of his new book 'The Art of Immersion'.
In the book Frank explores the future of media, advertising and
storytelling. Frank Rose is a
long time contributing editor of Wired Magazine (US) and he's making
the long trip from San Francisco especially for the event. As a
contributing editor at Wired, Frank has spent the past decade
writing about the impact of technology on media and entertainment.
Along the way he covered such stories as the making of
Avatar, Sony’s enormous gamble on the PlayStation 3,
Samsung and the rise of the Korean techno-state, and the posthumous
career of Philip K. Dick in Hollywood.
The event will be the next Think and a Drink in the calendar and
will be run in collaboration with Wired Magazine, Gateshead College, Northern Film & Media
and WW Norton
Publishers. Frank will talk about his life and give an overview of
The Art of Immersion.
A panel session will follow Frank's talk and we're pleased to have
some important local figures from the digital world, offering their
thoughts and insight into the where we are now and where we're heading
in the digital sector. The panel will consist of Paul Smith, Never Odd or Even, Agnes Wilkie,
Northern Film & Media
and Ian Forrester, BBC
R&D Team.
There'll also be the chance to meet Frank during a book signing
session and of course as with all our Think and a Drink events, we'll
have networking, food and refreshments.
"From Homer to Halo 3, from Scorsese to
The Sims, the craft of story-telling has transformed
utterly. Or has it? Frank Rose is one of the world's most
insightful technology writers, and in this wonderful and
important book he narrates a narrative about the new narrators who
are gaming all the rules we learned way back in English 101."
—Randall Rothenberg,
CEO, Interactive Advertising Bureau
“Himself a
master of good old-fashioned narrative, Frank Rose has
given us the definitive guide to the complex, exciting and
sometimes scary future of storytelling.”
—Steven Levy, author of Hackers
The event is free to Connect members or £10(+vat) for
non-members. Members can register by entering the promo code
which has been emailed out. Please note however that places are
limited. If you have any queries or for further details, please
contact Chris
Laws on 0191 490 9154an>.
This event is being partially funded by ERDF 2007-2013
