This Event of the 'Embracing Complexity in Design II' Research Cluster was part of the UK AHRC and EPSRC
Research Initiative 'Designing for the 21st Century'.
MAGIC in COMPLEXITY comprised a Symposium and Serendipity Syndicate workshops, with inter-disciplinary participation,
Keynote presentations, and a Networking Soiree. Hosted on the Friday 23rd February by the SMARTlab Digital
Media Institute in its MAGIC (Multimedia & Games Innovation Centre) studios, at the Docklands Campus of the University
of East London, it involved intellectual academic exchange between researchers and practitioners dealing with complexity theory.
This event brought together members of the ECiD2 Cluster in the Designing for the 21st Century Network, along
with practice-based researchers from SMARTlab, including a number of international practice-based PhD students,
and another cohort of NESTA fellows attached to the SMARTlab-NESTA Legacy Projects Scheme. It explored emergent
directions in design research concerning the arts with particular focus on digital games design. Many designs
increasingly involve dynamic performances associated with products and systems. Complexity science aims to understand
complexities of such situations yet only fairly recently have the disciplines of Art and Science come together to
design new gaming models. There is now an emerging recognition that designers in the dynamic arts, such as in game
design and interactive art, often deal with complexity and can offer insights into practical applications of
complexity theories.
The Event aims to contribute to the ECiD II Research supported by the AHRC/EPSRC and make connections
between theory and practice.
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