i dunno, id kinda be intresting in hearing about this :) but im only 1 of the whole list, and i havnt actually attended a meeting as yet, tomorrow is supposed to be my first if all goes well :D
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 20:33, machinista host wrote: > Dear LUG list, > > As you may or may not know, the Machinista > <arts+science> festival is coming to Glasgow on the > 7-9th of may 2004. > > We have 130 online projects that have been submitted > to the online gallery over the last month at: > http://www.machinista.org > submission deadlines is saturday 28th of feb. 2004 > (call for entries at the end of this mail). > > This year's programme will showcase several Open > Source projects and there will be a side project > called the FOSS cafe curated by Simon Yuill. > We hope this project may be of interest to members of > the ScottishLUG with possible room for involvement as > the project develops. > > Simon Yuill is a Glasgow-based artist (currently in > working residency in Holland) who works with code. He > is interested in both the formal aesthetics of code > and its relationships to societal structures. He makes > software, organises public events engaging in these > issues and writes. He is part of the code art group > slateford. > www.spring-alpha.org > www.slateford.org > www.lipparosa.org > www.livingzeroes.org > > > As one of the Machinista Glasgow organisers, I would > be happy to fill you in on the project so far and. I > know it's short notice and that there is a schedule > for tomorrow's meeting, but i was wondering if there > would be a 10 minute slot at some point in this to > introduce Machinista+ quick Q/A session. > > CAN ANYONE SUGGEST AN APPROPRIATE TIME? > > (start or end of Livingstone Tower Session , > after-session pub meeting or next month?). > I have to add that I am a Linux novice, my practice > being mostly music/visual hardware design+performance > and event organising. > You can find links about my other projects from this > page: > http://www.expo2002.org.uk > > Most info relating to Machinista can be found online. > our report on last year's first Machinista festival in > Perm (russia) can be found at: > http://www.thesoundsurgery.co.uk/pointless/machinista/page1.html > > > thanks a lot for your time and may be see you > tomorrow. > David Bernard. > > *** START *** > FOSS Cafe > > FOSS stands for Free and Open Source Software. FOSS > Cafe will run as > part of the MACHINISTA festival in Glasgow, 2004. It > is intended as an > informal meeting ground for people interested in all > aspects of FOSS, > from dedicated Linux hackers to the curious. It is > hoped that the cafe > will help bring together FOSS practitioners from > across Scotland and > the international scene. Some guest speakers are > being invited as are > all the artists participating in MACHINISTA. > > FOSS Cafe will be the first of an ongoing series of > events called YOUR > MACHINES which will be a series of talks and workshops > introducing > people to the ideas and practices of FOSS. These will > include hands-on > workshops in FOSS audio and video tools (such as Pure > Data and the > dynebolic broadcast system), DIY wireless networks and > PC recycling. > > YOUR MACHINES events will take place in the weeks and > months following > MACHINISTA. They will bring some of the key > developers and > practitioners from the field to Scotland. They are > particularly > intended to make FOSS available to artists, media > practitioners and > non-profit groups but are open to everyone. > > *** END *** > > Apologies for cross-posting > > ------------------------------------------------- > Call For Entries - DEADLINE: 28th February 2004 > ------------------------------------------------- > MACHINISTA 2004 > Submissions for the following three themes are > welcomed in all media. > > 1. "Art from the Machine: gleams of the inhuman" > Works created completely or mostly by a machine or an > artificial intelligence system. > > 2. "Artists Against Machinic Standards" > Breaking, destroying, hacking, unexpected > (non-utilitarian?) usage of customary programs as an > art experiment. > > 3. "Full-Screen Robovision" > Moving image works (experimental/scientific imaging, > audiovisual code, short films, animation and VJ mixes) > illustrating "the world as seen by machines" > > see http://www.machinista.org for more details and how > to participate. > (Deadline: 28th February 2004) > Machinista is a yearly unmediated open-submission > online exhibition. > Creative and technological practices including visual > and software art, science and design projects, moving > image, experimental music and performance are featured > in various scales and stages of development ranging > from documentation of prototypes and exploratory > installations to fully operational systems. > > In 2003 there were 128 submissions featured in > Machinista plus offline events in Moscow and Perm in > the Urals. > > MACHINISTA GLASGOW* > An offline festival each year in a different host city > showcases key entries to the online exhibition. > Participants in www.machinista.org are commissioned to > travel and present/ exhibit/install/ perform to wide > audiences. This year, Machinista talkes place in > Glasgow, Scotland on the weekend of May 7-9 2004 with > some additional events later in the year in Perm, > Urals. > > Machinista 2004 > http://www.machinista.org > > Machinista 2003 > htttp://www.machinista.ru (Russian) > http://www.machinista.ru/en (English) > > > > *Supported by the Scottish Arts Council & CCA Glasgow > (please forward) > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
