On 16 Jul 2006, at 23:08, Annalee Newitz wrote:
What is Ben Russell doing now? The headmap site is gone.
..this week working on a combined Futuresonic / off the map / social
technology summit / PLAN event , which starts this Friday (July 21st)
in Manchester ..an overview of the event is below
..on the broader question
the current reality of mapping philosophy has some recent new
dimensions, arguably thanks to the work of people like..
Joshua Schachter (geourl)
Dav Yaginuma (recently a father so probably busy)
Steve Coast (openstreetmap)
Mikel Maron (georss)
..the two Australians who rewrote their own code to make what became
google maps for the web in a week
the list is longer, and other stuff is happening, but these are
people I've met or talked to and who I know have a particular way of
working
Ben
[note on earlier posts: Alan Milosevic and Laurence Angrave came up
with the original mathengine idea, TCM reader was a Marc Tuters /
RIXC / Rasa Smite / Mara Traumane project]
FUTURESONIC // OFF THE MAP // SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT
MUSIC | TECHNOLOGY | ART
JULY 21st & 22nd 2006
SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT
Masaki Fujihata, Last.fm, Regine Debatty (www.we-make-money-not-
art.com), Anthony Dunne (Head of interaction design at the RCA), Tim
Cresswell, Steve Coast (openstreetmap.org), Share NYC (http://
share.dj/share/), Toshio Iwai (Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS),
Matt Webb, Richard Peckham (Galileo/Astrium), Inke Arns, Stephen
Kovats, Tom Carden, Atau Tanaka, Jose Luis de Vicente, Stanislav
Roudavski, Steve Benford, Rob Van Kranenburg, James Wallbank, Ben
Russell, Drew Hemment.
Plus talks and presentations by festival artists including...
Zachary Lieberman, Simon Pope, Michelle Teran, Jen Southern, Pete
Gomes, Open Music Archive, Owl Project, Pete Hindle, Sven Koenig,
Victor Gama, mimoSa, Bandung Center for New Media Arts, and many more.
http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/social_technologies_summit/
Here's a stripped down overview of the Social Technology Summit panels
Toshio Iwai (Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS)
Social Arts
Regine Debatty ( http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com ), Anthony
Dunne (Head of interaction design at the RCA & author of Herzian
Tales), Jose Luis de Vicente
Iterative Architecture
Matt Webb, Tom Carden, Stanislav Roudavski
Mapping
Steve Coast (openstreetmap.org), Masaki Fujihata, Richard Peckham
(Galileo/Astrium)
Social Music
Last.fm, Share NYC ( http://share.dj/share/ )
Build Your Own City
Stephen Kovats, Atau Tanaka, James Wallbank, Bandung Center for New
Media Arts [Indonesia], and mimoSa, [Brazil]
Contested Spaces and RFID
Tim Cresswell, Rob Van Kranenburg, Inke Arns,
Curators Ben Russell, Drew Hemment
OFF THE MAP
http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/off_the_map/
There'll be a major exhibition called 'Off The Map' in parallel to
conference featuring
Manchester : Peripheral, Alastair Dant, Tom Davis & David Gunn
Satellite Jockey, Rick Silva
Mapchester
OpenStreetMap
Amsterdam RealTime, Ester Polak
Biomapping, Christian Nold
re:draw:III 2006, Rob Lycett
Distance Made Good, Hamilton and Southern
The Catalogue, Chris Oakley
Thousand Points Of Light, Visible Collective
BUMP, Jaygo Bloom
Robotic Feral Public Authoring, Proboscis
Geotracing Futuresonic, Waag Society
Tactical Sound Garden, Mark Shepard
Phone Flora, Anna Dimitriu
Getting To The Point (For Beginners And Experts)
With Michelle Teran, Jen Southern, Pete Gomes, Simon Pope
Virtual Hiker, C5
Speckled Jewellery, Sarah Kettley
RFID Snakes and Ladders, Blink
Atau Tanaka
Magnetic Migration Music, Zoe Irvine
IMPROVe, Richard Widerberg and Zeenath Hasa with MANTIS
FUTURESONIC LIVE
http://10.futuresonic.com/futuresonic_live/
And Futuresonic Live presents some of today's most cutting-edge music-
makers. Featuring the sensational Battles, live sets from the
burgeoning scenes of dubstep and grime and leading light of frontier
electronics Fennesz.
Friday July 21st
Music For The Beep Generation
Battles [Warp] / Fennesz / Toshio Iwai
Futuresonic Lounge
Cursor Miner / Beats For Beginners / Shmoo / Lal
Various Production / Shy Child / Stacs of Stamina / Actress
Saturday July 22nd
Cobra Killer / The Future / Union of Knives
Stazi / The Lovers / Working For A Nuclear Free City / Dipoleman
Digital Mystikz + Loefah with Sgt Pokes / Kode 9 + Space Ape /
Skream / The Plastician
INSTRUMENT
http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/instrument/
There will also be an exhibition of artist-made instruments, noise
generators, audio-visual manipulators and head twisters by leading
sound artists and noise-makers. A mix of high tech and low tech -
live installations, concert performances, and abstract busking.
VENUE
1830 WarehouseThe Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester M3 4FP
0161 832 2244
http://www.msim.org.uk
The Futuresonic 2006 Conference will be staged in the room containing
a functioning version of Babbage's Baby computer, within the world's
first railway warehouse.
TICKETS
http://10.futuresonic.com/tickets.html
Delegate Pass: 45 GBP
Includes access to all conferences and workshops plus two major
exhibitions featuring 35 artworks including world premiers and UK
firsts. Also includes Weekender Wristband (normally 25 GBP) which
gives free access to over 20 events, entry to the Futuresonic Opening
Party and food & drink discounts.
Student Delegate Pass: 10 GBP
Includes access to all conferences and workshops plus two major
exhibitions featuring 35 artworks including world premiers and UK
firsts. Also includes Loyalty Wristband (normally 3 GBP) which gives
discounts on over 20 events.
20 day passes will be available from 10am on each day of the
conference on a Pay-What-You-Can basis.
ACCOMMODATION
If you're looking for a place to stay, some of us will be staying at
the Britannia Hotel. Any hotels located within a half-mile of this
location will put you right at the heart of the festival's night-time
action.
The Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester M1 3LA.
0161 228 2288 / 0845 644 8444
http://10.futuresonic.com/accommodation.html
Supported by EPSRC, University of Nottingham, Liverpool John Moores
University, University of Salford, and Manchester Digital Development
Agency.
http://www.futuresonic.com
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