A week long exhibition of specially commissioned interactive digital art pieces, games, brand new apps and virtual reality headsets for children and families to play with. With digital crafts and hands-on activities and workshops.

Most of the time when you go to a traditional Art Gallery you are asked to look with your eyes and not touch. At this exhibition we're going to let you touch the art. In fact we insist.

Who can come?

Everyone is welcome!

The exhibition has been curated for 5-12 year olds, however everyone is welcome to drop-in during the gallery’s opening hours and it is FREE!

School and Educators Bookings

If you’d like to bring a group you must book your trip in ADVANCE with Cassie Kill

cassie@thechildrensmediaconference.com

  • FREE
  • Best for 5-12 year olds
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • At times noisy & distracting
  • Lots of lights used
  • Toilets & baby changing facilities
  • Cafe – open 08:30 – 15:00, closed at the weekend
  • Parking near by

What will be there? Download Guide

Tangles

Alex McLean

See what happens when children from Sheffield school, Wybourn Community Primary take apart old electronic toys, build them into robots and make Tangles.

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Rain or Shine

Felix Massie

Rain or Shine is a short VR film made for Google Spotlight Stories. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, there’s a spring in everybody’s step.

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LitFilmFest

A Tale Unfolds

A selection of films that were written, performed and filmed by 7-11 year olds in their primary school English lessons.

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Flippaper

Jérémie Cortial and Roman Miletitch

Invent your pinball with paint markers and a simple sheet of paper, and play it on a machine back from the future of videogames!

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Patatap

Jono Brandel and Lullatone

A portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger, create melodies charged with moving shapes.

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Future Aleppo - Virtual Reality

Alex Pearson

A child’s model of Aleppo preserved in Virtual Reality, a city that many children have fled from.

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Future Aleppo - Model

Mohammed Kteish

An interactive papercraft cityscape of the center of Aleppo, including all the key landmarks.

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Escalado Reshod

Josh Wilde

A fun interactive game where you the sound of coconuts hitting each other to race horses.

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The Gruffalo Spotter

Sam Southward

The Gruffalo Spotter is an augmented reality app. Follow a trail of clues, tracking footprints of favourite characters from The Gruffalo.

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Vai Kai Companion

Justyna Zubrycka and Matas Petrikas

Companions are interactive wooden dolls that emotionally support kids in their everyday life.

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Live Action VR - Chosen by Kids

Dubit

Colour in our VR cardboard headsets, use them to visit animals in Wildlife Parks, and many other magical places and then take your creation home!

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Play Osmo Pizza Co

Osmo

Encourages creative thinking and social interaction by expanding gameplay beyond the screen.

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Celebration Circuits

Bare Conductive

Master the basics of circuit building using conductive paint and bring this animated party of revelers to life.

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Makey Makey GO

Jay Silver

Invent on the go – and change the world – with the snap of an alligator clip, transforming everyday objects into Internet touchpads.

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Autogami Tomato

Marc Leba

Autogami is a little car that runs on sun!

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Electro Dough Kit

Technology Will Save Us

Play, learn and invent! Kids make their own sculptures with homemade dough and bring them to beeping, blinking life with LED eyes, buzzers and switches.

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We would love to hear from Artists that are interested in working with Children and Schools in and around Sheffield who would love to get involved.

playground@thechildrensmediaconference.com

The website from last year is archived here and you can find photos from the event here.

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