3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland

20 Mar 2026

Registration is now open for the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland. The symposium is a collaboration between Sample-Studios and University College Cork’s Department of Digital Humanities and Future Humanities Institute. Thanks to Sample-Studios Digital Art Partner Matheson and to the Arts Council of Ireland for their generous support.

The Symposium will take place at University College Cork & the Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Fitzgerald’s Park 22nd April, 2026. It is chaired by Stephen Roddy, James O’Sullivan, Aoibhie McCarthy & Emer Yip.

Book tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/3rd-symposium-on-digital-art-in-ireland-tickets-1985523941558

Participants and attendees may also be interested in submitting to Digital Art in Ireland: Theory, Practice, Futures, a new book that will be published in late 2026/early 2027:
https://www.blackwaterpublishing.com/digital-art-ireland

Symposium Programme

DATE 22nd April 2026

Symposium: 10am-5:15pm | Exhibition Opening Reception: 5:30-7pm 

Venue: Dora Allman, University College Cork

10am Opening Remarks

10.15am – 11.30am Session 1

• FAILING SMALL: TRAINING A GENERATIVE AI MODEL WITH IMPERFECT DARKROOM IMAGES. Alaz Okudan with James McDermott , Centre for Creative Technologies, University of Galway
• ARTISTIC ACCESS TO COMPLEX DIGITAL SYSTEMS THROUGH PARTICIPATORY DESIGN. Dr Paul Green and Juan Francisco Martinez, MTU Crawford College of Art & Design &  Nimbus Research Centre
• A PRACTICE-LED APPROACH TO MUSIC VISUALISATION IN THE IRISH DIGITAL ARTS CURRICULUM. Guang Yang, University College Cork

Break 11.30-11.45am

11.45am – 1.00pm Session 2

• FULLY SUBMERGED: COLLABORATIVE WORK AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES. Barbara Denier, University College Cork and Dr. Paul Green, MTU Crawford College of Art & Design
• A MULTI-MODAL ADAPTIVE MICROTUNING ARCHITECTURE: BRIDGING MTS, MPE, AND MIDI 2.0 FOR REAL-TIME JUST INTONATION. Rui Su, Joseph Timoney, Damián Keller, Maynooth University
• A LEGION OF DEVILS- THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SCULPTURE OF JAMES L HAYES. James L. Hayes, MTU Crawford College of Art & Design

Lunch 1-2pm

2.00pm – 3.15pm Session 3

• CHROMAESTHESIA IN CURGENVEN’S AGENESIS. Robin Parmar, University of Limerick
• CREATIVE TRANSPARENCY: REFLECTIONS ON A DEVELOPING HYBRID DIGITAL PRACTICE. Chris Falconer
• ACCESSIBILITY AND MULTI-SENSORY INSTALLATION. Jane Cassidy, University of Galway’s Centre for Creative Technologies

Break 3.15-3.30pm

3:30pm – 4:15pm Panel

• THE BODY AS HARDWARE: ENTANGLEMENT OF FLESH AND MACHINE THROUGH DIGITAL PERFORMANCE. EL Putnam (Maynooth University), Katherine Nolan (Technological University Dublin), Phaedra Shanbaum (Maynooth University)

4:15pm – 5:15pm Final Session

• METAGARDENER: CULTIVATING LIFE IN INTERACTION DESIGN. Caileann Finn, University of Limerick
• LUDDITE ACADEMY; TOWARDS A POLITICISED DIGITAL CREATIVE PRACTICE. David Benqué, Institute of Diagram Studies, Sample-Studios Member
• COUNTER-ARCHIVAL METHODOLOGIES AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF MEMORY: THE IRAQ PHOTO ARCHIVE AND HOUSE OF MEMORY. Basil Al-Rawi 

Exhibition Opening

House of Memory,  Basil Al-Rawi

The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, 5.30-7pm

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Additional details: https://sample-studios.com/events/3rd-symposium-on-digital-art-in-ireland/