We are delighted to invite you to the Year 12 End of Year showcase: "THE LOOKING LIST" on Thursday 9th May 2024 at East London Arts and Music.
This Live performance will showcase Yr 12 trainee work for their project "The Looking List", which focuses on trainees writing and performing original songs in response to real industry briefs.
Doors at 6pm. The show will start at 6.30pm.
This event takes place at ELAM, Maltings Close, London E3 3TA.
Purchase your tickets here.
Strictly limited parking for registered disabled badges only (please email info@elam.co.uk in advance). Guests are otherwise advised to travel via public transport.
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Join us for our Annual Games Showcase on the 25th April from 5pm until 7:30pm.
This is an amazing opportunity to witness the extraordinary work that goes on in ELAM’s Games Design department, hear and see from our trainees and prestigious ELUMNI all whilst getting an exclusive look at the amazing Games produced within the college.
Get your tickets here.
We hope to see you there!
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Join us for the XYZ 2024 Exhibition at arebyte on 7 March 2024 from 6.30 to 9:00PM.
XYZ, an initiative by arebyte, provides a platform for young creatives to engage with the artistic dimensions of gaming.
Arebyte conducts a module within our Game Design course, where our trainees collaboratively create their own game inspired by arebyte's current artistic focus, The Body, The Mind, The Soul, an exploration into the human experience in the context of technological evolution.
Our trainees were guided through a programme on game development led by artist David Blandy, in addition to sessions conducted by arebyte's team covering artistic direction, curation, and exhibition design, providing a comprehensive view of the creative process for displaying game works in an art gallery. The module also included a segment focused on game marketing and publishing, featuring presenter and broadcaster Shay Thompson, and Chucklefish Product Lead Alexis Trust.
The two games developed by our trainees invite the audience to a futuristic odyssey into the impact of advanced technology, revealing a world driven by the relentless march of progress. In CyberZero, the game contemplates how navigating a mixed reality landscape, where the boundaries between the virtual and physical blur, might affect our sense of self. Future Future, unfolding a millennium later, reflects on the concept of digital immortality and the implications of extending one's existence beyond the biological lifespan, signalling the potential societal collapse that could result from such endeavours.
Both games offer cautionary glimpses into a potentially futile future amid rapid technological development. Together, they compel players to ponder the intricate interplay between technological advancement, the fragility of the human experience, and the potential existential crises that may arise from the ceaseless pursuit of innovation.
You can book tickets here.
PPL has announced that it will provide funding to East London Arts & Music (ELAM) for the next three years to help drive more diversity and equity in the creative and cultural industries. ELAM is a full-time industry academy providing 16 to 19-year-olds from under-represented communities with a specialist education in Music, Film and Television Production and Games Design.
Graduates from ELAM include FLO, the trio won the BBC’s Sound of 2023 and the Brits Rising Star Award in the same year; Naomi Kimpenu, winner of the Ivor Novello Rising Star Award in 2022; Sekou, recently longlisted for the BBC’s Sound of 2024; and Ines Dunn and Tendai, both shortlisted for the Ivor Novello Rising Star Award in 2023.
The funding from PPL will be directed towards key programmes designed to ensure young people from under-represented communities have equal access to ELAM’s specialist education, such as the Industry Engagement Programme, pastoral and mental health support, student recruitment and outreach, peripatetic music tuition and travel bursaries. With PPL’s support, ELAM will accelerate progress towards a more diverse and equitable creative industry.
Matt Sheldon, ELAM Principal, said: “It’s a privilege to partner with PPL to ensure our young people receive the specialist education and support they need in order to thrive and leave ELAM with the greatest chance of future success. We are delighted to have PPL’s support over the next three years which will help us to transform the lives and futures of some of London’s most promising but disadvantaged young people.”
Peter Leathem OBE, CEO of PPL, added: “At PPL we’re passionate about supporting the next generation of music performers and ensuring we have an industry that is truly representative. We hope this funding will give young people the space to hone and develop their talents and create essential industry connections so they can build successful and sustainable careers.”
