Digital (Dis)connections | Saturday 24 October @royalacademy /royalacademy @royalacademyarts Share photos of your costumes using #RALates to win prizes The Saloon I (WE) AM (ARE) ANONYMOUS Interact with this installation by Calvin Lok that explores how our behaviour changes when we are given anonymity. Emoji Café Imagine a future in which emojis have replaced all language at this café installation by Emily Groves. Slaughter Room Complimentary drink plus cash bar General Assembly Room Flickering Phrontisterion 6.30 – 10pm; Drop in In this interactive, participatory artwork by Luciana Haill, the brainwaves of participants are monitored whilst experiencing a ‘Dreamachine’. Emergent sonic guides and voices recede and new ideas come to the fore. General Assembly Room Landing Black Box Whisper your secrets into a safe deposit box and listen to recordings by others. Created by Ziyang Zhang and Katie Johnson Council Room Wearable Technologies Experience computational jewellery by Yulia Silina and coded couture by S E E T H E U N S E E N Reynolds Room Network Ensemble Listen to music and sounds created from local communications, the blocks of information that smart phones send to each other. Performances at 7pm, 8pm and 9pm (background sound played continuously) The World Has Always Been an Internet of Things Smart objects have accumulated human-like properties: able to sense their environments or communicate with one another via the internet anonymously. Visit William Fairbrother’s video and installation piece which follows the journey of three inanimate objects. Designing Cities with Data: Oculus Rift with Arup Discover how Arup is innovating the design process by using the latest technologies to bring schemes in their earliest stages to life. Plus 10-minute talks by Léan Doody, Associate Director at Arup Digital, on ‘Designing Cities with Data’ at 7 .30 and 8.30pm Servery Learn counter surveillance techniques with technologies created by students from the RCA’s De-Computation initiative. Have a go at deciphering online messages that cannot be tracked by computers For Your Eyes Only by Thomas Gayler and Joanne Harik The Normal Cypher by Jean Vatchara and Yan Lu The Architecture Space The RA Grand Café Stairs up Cloakroom Friends information The Sir Hugh Casson Room The RA Grand Café Silent Disco and Cocktail Bar 8–11pm Grab a headset and dance at our digital silent disco with DJs Richie Moment and Adam Shield. #wearewatching Put on the CCTV or censored eye masks, take photos of different scenarios and upload on to twitter using #wearewatching to highlight issues of online surveillance and privacy. By Meret Vollenweider and Sam Phong Nguyen. Plus listen in to audio installation ‘What’s Your Emergency’ by Callum Pepper consisting of live feeds of ten emergency service dispatch units from New York City, USA and consider the ethics of listening in on our public services. Digital (Dis)con n ect i o n s The Saloon Main Galleries - Central Hall Front Hall Slaughter Room Council Room General Assembly Room Reynolds Room Servery Old Gallery Café General Assembly Landing Information overleaf We take inspiration from Ai Weiwei’s infamous blog and prolific use of social media to host an evening of talks, performances, installations and more that challenge our contemporary use of the internet, and imagines future applications of digital technologies. Front Hall Data Dash Take part in this game of hide and seek that invites you to collect data from Hiders wearing encryption suits. It’s up to you whether you display it for everyone to see, or keep it to yourself. Led by artist Ellie Power. Street food by KERB POKE - Tropical Hawaiian seafood pots Please note that food and drink are not permitted in the galleries. Sir Hugh Casson Room Robotics with the Institute of Unnecessary Research 6.30–10pm; Drop in Interact with humanoid robot ‘HARR1’ and swarm bots, or have a go at making your own scribble bot with Anna Dumitrui and Alex May from the Institute of Unnecessary Research. Old Gallery Café Complimentary Drink Bar Outside The RA Grand Café Street food by KERB OH MY DOG! - Gourmet hot dogs