A TOURING project about the digital revolution ' Tech 2' is coming to Lancaster's Folly Gallery between August 16 and September 13.

Tech 2 aims to create an environment for artists and technical experts to work together and for visitors to do their own research.

During the month long residency, Tech 2 will turn the gallery and office space at Folly into a workshop in which different artists and community groups will work on recycled computers to build access resources - "media labs" - that will later be used by the public.

The residency is called "Grow Your Own Media Lab", and will also include some teaching and learning sessions.

Anybody is welcome to come to the gallery, make use of the research materials there, see the "linux" free operating system in action and even bring an old computer themselves to work on with the benefit of the resources and collective knowledge that will be in the gallery.

Tech 2 also incorporates a 3 day course on "small renewable energy systems" - how to use solar or wind power to run our resources in cases where no other power is available.

The introductory session is on Saturday, August 17 at 2pm.