#! /usr/bin/adnan said : > hey pure:dyners, > > haven't been mailing to this list. also feel a bit reluctant - but, hey, > rob just kicked me, so here it goes :-) > > we will be doing a workshop in may using the p:d sticks to edit on > cinelerra. unfortunately cinelerra cv does not support editing of .mp4 > files (see sample files to be edited at http://watch.deptford.tv) but > cinelerra 4 does. there is no problem to simply install the binary onto > the memory sticks as well, but maybe you could include cinelerra 4 in > the package?
yup it would be good to hear from cinelerra users on there ideas regarding the pros and cons of the community version versus cinelerra 4 lets hear it... > > thanks for the good work, > adnan > > & that's the official call for the workshops, feel free to join: > > During May (12th May till 1st June), Deptford.TV will host in > collaboration with CUCR, http://dek.spc.org and http://www.bitnik.org a > three weeks long hands on database filmmaking workshop, in which we will > do some serious tv hacking, editing and uploading to Deptford.TV, a > public database of documentary film and video to help annotate the urban > change in Deptford and across SE London. > > We invite you to take part in 4 workshop days over the period of three > weeks plus to walk with the !Mediengruppe Bitnik artists through > Deptford. > > The workshops are free but places are limited, to book, please send an > email to [email protected] and state workshop days you want to attend > (it is first come first serve & priority is given to those able to > attend all four days). > > cheers, > adnan > > Programme: > > *Workshop Day #1: A hack a day* > Tuesday, 12th May, 11am till 5pm (take your cameras!) > > After a short introduction to Sousveillance and CCTV film making, we > will set out on a walk through Deptford. Equipped with CCTV video signal > receivers we will let the incoming surveillance camera signals lead us > through the city. The CCTV video signal receivers will catch > surveillance camera signals in public and private spaces and make them > visible: surveillance becomes sousveillance. By making images visible > which normally remain hidden, we gain access to the “surveillance from > above” enabling us to use these images for a personal narrative of the > city. > > Workshop with construction manual for later DIY! Attendance free Whoever > has handycam, bring it! (plus cable and fully charged battery!)). > > *Workshop Day #2: Collaborative Editing* > Monday, 18th May, 11am till 5pm (take your laptops!) > > Introduction into Cinelerra & pure:dyne: > "Working with digital video is part of many artistic disciplines. > Besides single screen narratives, video productions can range from > animation, multiple screen installation to interactive work. Still, many > aspects of digital video can be traced back to the history of film. The > interface of a timeline editing software such as Cinelerra shows a > multitrack timeline, a viewing monitor, a bin for clips; echoing the > setup of a flatbed table for editing celluloid." (digital artists > handbook) > > *Workshop Day #3: Deptford.TV database* > Monday, 25th May, 11am till 5pm (take your laptops!) > > Introduction into the Deptford.TV database & how to use the alternative > subversion control workflow: > "When you start working with free software as a videomaker, it is likely > that you need to invest some time and energy in understanding certain > basics of the video production process. Sometimes this might mean you > have to look for alternative workflows, to dive 'under the hood' of a > digital tool, or reconfigure an existing solution to suit your needs. > Investigating the tools you use as a video maker is an important part of > the job, it can help gain insights, it can be an inspiration to explore > new ways of working and imagemaking." (digital artists handbook) > > *Workshop Day #4: pic nic* > Monday, 1st June, in the afternoon (take food & drinks!) > > If the weather permits we will go to Greenwich Park and screen the films > on portable screens while enjoying the spring/summer, tba! > > The events are free, but places are limited. *to book please email* > [email protected] > > *supported by:* > Arts Council of England http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ > LCACE http://www.lcace.org.uk/ > > *Further infos:* > http://deptford.tv > > Deptford.TV is a project focusing on collaborative film - initiated by > Adnan Hadzi in collaboration with the Deckspace media lab, Bitnik media > collective, Boundless project, Liquid Culture initiative, and Goldsmiths > College. > > It is an online media database documenting the urban change of Deptford, > in South East London. Deptford TV functions as an open, collaborative > platform that allows artists, filmmakers and people living and working > around Deptford to store, share, re-edit and redistribute the > documentation of the regeneration process. > > The open and collaborative aspect of the project is of particular > importance as it manifests in two ways: a) audiences can become > producers by submitting their own footage, b) the interface that is > being used enables the contributors to discuss and interact with each > other through the database. > > Deptford TV is a form of "television", since audiences are able to > choose edited "time lines" they would like to watch; at the same time > they have the option to comment on or change the actual content. > Deptford TV makes us of licenses such as the creative commons sa-by and > gnu general public license to allow and enhance this politics of sharing. > > *http://www.bitnik.org* > > !Mediengruppe Bitnik is a media collective that became notorious, > amongst others, by bugging the Zurich opera with radio transmitters and > offering free live telephone broadcasts of the opera performances to the > neighborhood, aesthetic hacking of movie files, and a pirate TV station > based on media illegally downloaded from the Internet. The group does > not understand hacking as a cult of technology geeks, but as a social > intervention and practice everyone can adopt. To this end, they have > been touring with their workshop series ,,A Hack a Day“, inviting and > working with local and international artists. > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > -------------- [email protected] rob.goto10.org --------------
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