Wishing you all a great solstice! WATERWHEEL is cranking up! - launch online 22 August - uploading media/data is already possible on the website http://water-wheel.net - short video showing how to do it on the temporary interface http://www.vimeo.com/25105431 - the 4-15 July laboratory on the Tap will allow people to try not only webcams (which can move, rotate, resize, flip in real time), but also mix & use media palettes, realtime drawing tool & type chat. Details below.
~~~~WATERWHEEL is an online space where you can interact, share, perform ~~~~& debate about water as a topic & metaphor, with people around the ~~~~world or right next door! Cost-free, accessible with just a click ~~~~& open to everyone of all ages, it fosters creativity, collaboration ~~~~& inter-cultural-generational exchange. ~~~~WATERWHEEL, on your arrival on the website, rotates & ripples with ~~~~the latest uploaded media about water: images, video, music, text, ~~~~spreadsheets or sound. You can explore, comment or share your own ~~~~media, stories, info, widening your pool of people. ~~~~The TAP, an online streaming venue, offers live performances, ~~~~presentations or events. You can participate from any location, ~~~~either as a crew member interacting with audiences using webcams, ~~~~drawing tools & media, or as an audience through the chat facility. ~~~~FOUNTAINS are outcomes that well up from the project. They are ~~~~mapped out on the website, so you can see what WATERWHEEL is ~~~~powering. They can be initiated by anyone. A Fountain could be a ~~~~book, a performance, an exhibition, a community project, a ~~~~multi-generational exchange, a water sciences symposium - let your ~~~~imagination steer the way! WATERWHEEL will be as interesting as it will be diverse. So please take a few minutes, and pass on this information to your networks, friends and family, and start uploading your stories, images, videos, soundscape, music.... Looking forward to seeing you on WATERWHEEL. Cheers Suzon skype: suzonfuks ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ INFO ABOUT THE LAB ON THE TAP from 4-15July ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DESCRIPTION: Networked/telematic/telepresence performance/presentation & real time media mixing laboratory exploring & testing the online venue TAP, - As well as the tools mentioned above, we will use our own bodies - Explorations: scores/parameters/mini-scripts on the theme of water, interaction between webcams & body movements/voice & media, mixing & layering media (also with webcams), interaction text/voice/sound/chat, interaction online/onsite spaces with or without projections Documentation of previous laboratories on the blog: http://blog.water-wheel.net AIMS: - exploring & testing TAP - as a new platform in development: what works, what doesn't, what can be improved, wish list - make your own performances/presentations on the TAP - meeting future possible collaborators - possible participation in various events (launch on 22 August, installation performance Oct & Dec, water science symposium, etc...to be discussed at the lab) PARTICIPANTS PROFILE: Open-minded, interested in collaboration across disciplines (in arts, sciences, activism, environmentalism, education), curious to experiment and share skills PRE-REQUISITE There is no particular computer skill necessary for the workshop, however it could be useful to have some knowledge of these applications: photoshop, flash, video & sound editing. PRACTICALLY: Bring your computer, in-built or/and external webcam, headset, media related to water (stills, videos, flash animations, sound & music files, text, spreadsheets). Be ready to move in comfortable clothes. NO FEE AS IT IS BASED ON EXPLORATIVE PERSONAL INTEREST OF EACH PARTICIPANT. SCHEDULE please select your sessions on doodle http://doodle.com/3yikhndgd5unuais 4-8July only online 2 sessions a day to chose from you need to take part in 3 sessions min (2hours per session) 12-15July online 1 session a day, onsite in residence at iMAL from 13-21h - http://www.imal.org/activity/waterwheel Suzon Fuks is a media artist, choreographer and director exploring the integration and interaction of dance & moving image through performance, screen, installation & online work. She is currently an Australia Council for the Arts Fellowship recipient. http://suzonfuks.net This project is initiated by Suzon Fuks as part of a Fellowship assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body; in collaboration with IGNEOUS and INKAHOOTS, supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council, the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ausdance Queensland, Youth Arts Queensland & iMAL. Creative Sparks is a joint initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Artists collaborating so far on the project are from NZ, Australia, Indonesia, India, Serbia, Germany, France, Holland, UK, Canada & USA. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
