Baba Israel, Artistic Director at Contact introduces the next Comixed event happening this Saturday 4th December 2010. Check out Baba’s intro vid to find out how to get involved in exploring ‘Identities’. This time conversations and stories will be remixed live by Contact Playback, DJ Jomo and VJ Richard Ramchurn of Albinomosquito.

Comixed Playback: Identities is part of Play Space, a free day where art & technology collide plus Unconference, Art, Music, Dance, Games and more. Play Space is organised by Contact in partnership with Manchester Digital Development Agency, Manchester City Council, BBC Connect & Create, Manchester Beacon, MadLab and G-Kut.

The day runs from at 11.30h til 23.00h. For full schedule and registration go here.

See you there… and in the meantime feel free to leave comments and tweet your thoughts using the hashtag #cmxd.

Get involved ahead of the live event at the Identity Remixed Installation led by Richard Ramchurn of Albinomosquito which kicks off 14.00h til 16.00h to have your say. Content from the Installation will feed into the live Comixed Playback performance 17.30 – 19.30h.

In the second Networked Conversation from Comixed, Professor Callum Thomas, Chair of Sustainable Aviation, Centre for Air Transport and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University asks whether our appetite for air travel can be sustainable.

Tackling Climate Change – Comixed from Manchester Beacon on Vimeo.

Hot off the press we have the first Comixed video slideshow on the potential and impact of Synthetic Biology. The discussion was  lead by Dr Martin Amos from Manchester Metropolitan University and is the first debate out of five held as part of the Comixed – A Comixed Networked Conservation.

The Implications of Synthetic Biology – Comixed from Manchester Beacon on Vimeo.