Fringe Lab was a popup innovation lab located in Whangarei’s CBD during Fringe 20 (130 Cameron Street: 20th to the 24th October.)
Workshops, residencies and installations were the focus for the week – showcasing creative tech in Northland.
Topics included interactive installation, AI, virtual worlds and augmented reality.
NorthTec digital arts ran their scheduled classes at FringeLab during the week on App Development and AV Installation.
Web developers and user experience designers worked alongside work experience students during the week. Sharing knowledge and learning together.
In the evening experimental projection workshops allowed practitioners to fine tune skills – with the work visible at street level.
The week long innovation and hang out lab was collaboratively funded by a core group of creative technologists from within the CTN network and was produced/facilitated by AwhiWorld. It was an official partner project with the Whangarei Fringe Team.