The Bristol Hack comes to At-Bristol
Wednesday 10 February | Nicole
Alongside the 6 Music Festival in Bristol, for the first time ever, there is also ‘The Fringe’ – a unique celebration of beats, brains and Bristol.
More than 20 venues across the city have come together to showcase the best of Bristol. There are over 200 performances and events across 5 days, including music, film, poetry and digital technology workshops.
The Fringe is a city-wide collaboration – between artists, performers, promoters and venues – involving arts and educational organisations working alongside the BBC. In the spirit of “doing what we do”, creative minds have come together to celebrate our city and the wealth of talent within it.
Part of The Fringe is The Bristol Music Hack hosted in At-Bristol Science Centre from 10 to 12 February.
This three day, conceptual and technological “hack” is a unique collaboration where teams compete to develop technology and social enterprise ideas that make use of the power of music in tackling real issues facing young people in Bristol.
During the event teams from the University of Bristol and UWE Bristol are developing real world ideas from Wednesday through to Friday evening. They will attend a series of talks from Ujima, Saffron Records, The-Society and BBC Radio 6 Music which set the context and outline the challenge. The teams then develop ideas with support from experts and industry professionals.
Software and digital developers from across the city will take a technological approach, working across Thursday and Friday to explore how mobile and online applications can be applied to the same challenges.
Thursday evening sees Music Hack Night with DJ Krust - a challenge against a strict 3 hour time limit. Organised by Simpleweb, coders will bring their ideas to life in just one evening, before presenting prototypes and concepts.
The three day event culminates in the Friday evening presentations. Student and professional teams will showcase their proposals in front of a judging panel which includes University of Bristol, UWE Bristol, At-Bristol, Gregg Latchams Solicitors, Ujima, Simpleweb and BBC experts. The Bristol Hack will close with participants invited to join a sell-out After Hours, At-Bristol's adult-only evening which gives big kids the chance to explore the science centre after dark.
These presentations will be screened on Big Screen Bristol on Millennium Square, the At-Bristol blog and showcased across BBC Radio 6 Music.
