Technology is fascinating but, more importantly: Who are we and what do we care about? What do we need now and what do we have to learn now? The ‘School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe’ is exploring these questions by learning and playing with digital tools, by creative coding and using design as an exploratory tool, in order to depict the possibilities associated with new and future technologies. Rachel Uwa, founder of ‘School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe’, and professor Christian Zöllner talk about creating technology, non-institutional education and designing education itself.

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Rachel Uwa is an artist, educator and organizer with a background in audio engineering and visual effects compositing. She founded School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe, an organization dedicated to imaginative exploration of art, technology, design and human connection. The school develops programs to teach the latest technologies while questioning their application, the world around us and ourselves. Over the past 15 years, Rachel has lived in communities for social justice and technology, organizing events big and small. Her approach is to make the world of technology less discouraging and more diverse, inclusive, thoughtful and fun.

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• BURG Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

• Hurra Hurra Festival

• School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe

• ACUD, Kunst Haus Berlin

• we make money not art, Interview with Rachel Uwa

• ITP-program, NYU Tisch School of the Arts

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