[spectre] ISTANBUL_03: Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
apologies for any cross-posting.. +++ Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance Istanbul Screening Programme 3 +++ http://www.nomad-tv.net/serial_cases +++ 6.12.2005 @19:00 Istanbul Bilgi University Dolapdere Campus Theater +++ Galia Dimitrova (Sofia, Bulgaria) Coffee with Sugar Daniela Kostova (I See - You See, 30 min, [15-min excerpt], 2002) | Adelina Popnedeleva Michel Beck (The Real Thing, 4:00 min, 2000) | Kamen Stoyanov (10 Minutes World Art, 10:00 min [a 4-min excerpt], 2003) | Borjana Pandova Todor Karastoyanov (WhateverAdvert Laboratory, 8 pieces [1-3 min each], total: 16 min, 2005) Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer (Graz, Austria) Exercises in Imagination Rainer Ganahl (Bicycling Tirana, 4 min, 2003) | Ivan Moudov (Traffic Control, 6 min, 2001) | Corinna Schnitt (Zwischen vier und sechs, 6:04 min, 1997/8) | Gentian Shkurti (Alice in Wonderland, 3:40 min, 1999) | Janos Sugar (The Typewriter of the Illiterate, 7:21 min, 2001) | Blue Noses (25 short performances about globalization, 10:05 min, 2003) | Erzen Shkololli (White, 10 min, 2005) | Kunst- Fu (Exercises of the Masters, 9 min, 2002) | Enes Zlatar (Thailand, 9:40 min, 2001) | Sejla Kameric (Imagine, 2 min, 2004) | Zbynek Baldran (Limit, 6:14 min, 2002) | Jakup Ferri (Don¹t tell it to anybody, 12 min, 2003). +++ Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance is a joint project of ten curators from eight countries. The first stage of Serial Cases will be presented throughout November 2005 March 2006 as an exchange Video Screening Program in eight different cities. Parallel cases covered by the works along with cultural inputs from these regions are the basis for this screening programme series. +++ The curators of the project are Michal Kolecek (Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic), Antonia Majaca (Zagreb, Croatia), Basak Senova (Istanbul, Turkey), Matei Bejenaru (Iasi, Romania), Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer (Graz, Austria), Galia Dimitrova (Sofia, Bulgaria), Eyal Danon (Holon, Israel), Orfeas Skutelis and Branka Curcic (Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro). Digital post production of the project was coordinated by Eyal Danon of Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon. +++ Istanbul screening programme is hosted by NOMAD at Istanbul Bilgi University Dolapdere Campus Theater --- NOMAD http://www.nomad-tv.net --- __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Culture Biz. Locating Women as Film and Book Publishing Professionals in Europe [u]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Readers, We would like to present the new publication, in which MEDIACULT took part: Culture Biz. Locating Women as Film and Book Publishing Professionals in Europe (ARCult Media Bonn, 2005) Culture Biz is the third publication in a series investigating the status of women working in the cultural labour market in Europe. Coordinated by the ERICarts Institute, this third transnational investigation was realised by MEDIACULT (Vienna) in partnership with FinnEKVIT (Helsinki), the Observatorio das Actividades Culturais (Lisbon) and the Zentrum für Kulturforschung (Bonn). Together they undertook national studies including empirical stocktaking and qualitative analysis to locate women as creative and managerial decision-makers working in specific branches of the publishing and audiovisual industries, namely fiction books and film production. The results of the national investigations are examined in European comparison. The authors of the Austrian contribution are Carina Sulzer, Maria Malle and Robert Harauer. For further information please have a look at our homepage www.mediacult.at, or at the homepage of ERICarts www.ericarts.org. The European report Culture Biz (as well as the first two ERICarts reports Culture Gates and Pyramid or Pillars) is available for Euro 7,- (within Austria)/ 10,- (within EU)/ 14,- (worldwide) and can be ordered via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or fon: 0043-1-71155-880 fax: 0034-1-71155-8809 If you are not interested in any information by MEDIACULT, please return this message writing NO MAIL in the concern-field. Thank you! With kind regards, Mag. Claudia Wagner MEDIACULT Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1 A-1030 Wien/Vienna Tel: +43-1-71155 8800 Fax: +43-1-71155 8809 __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Dorkbot Alba 2: Sunday 11 December @ The Forest Café, Edinburgh
Dorkbot Alba 2 people doing strange things with electricity Sunday 11 December 2005 From 4pm, Free Part of The Futurity, a three day party at The Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotalba www.theforest.org.uk --- Speakers/presenters: Jon Rogers - www.idl.dundee.ac.uk/~jon/ Mark Carr a.k.a. Lockjaw Music and visuals: Ella Louis Minaar Mansi Mar Neuromax Operator Pablo Veitia Peter Pan Pixel Mechanic Xhadrez What's Dorkbot Alba? Around the globe there is a movement of small, autonomous gatherings with a similar goal: offering a platform to artists, designers, scientists, nerds, students and others who let themselves be inspired by technology. This movement is called Dorkbot. Why Dorkbot Alba? Alba is the gaelic name for Scotland. Alba is the genetically altered rabbit created for artist Eduardo Kac. Alba is a brand of consumer electronics. That's why! Subscribe to the dorkbotalba-announce list to receive further information: www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotalba --- __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] soundplay call for submissions
forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Sara Kolster International Call for submissions Curators: New Adventures in Sound Art AGM SOUNDplay festival AGM06 (October 2006) Deadline: Received by December 16, 2005 at 5pm EST. New Adventures in Sound Art (http://www.soundplay.ca) http://www.soundplay.ca%29 and AGM (http:// www.annualgeneralmeeting.net http://www.annualgeneralmeeting.net/) is currently accepting submissions for inclusion in both the 2006 SOUNDplay festival and AGM 06 that will feature video/sound art works that place equal artistic importance on image and sound and emphasizes non-narrative elements and abstraction. Both emerging and established artists will be featured in the festivals. We encourage artists to submit works that are less than 20 minutes in length. SOUNDplay, produced by New Adventures in Sound Art, is a meeting point for experimentation in new media and sound art, encouraging new fusions of image, sound text. New Adventures in Sound Art is a non- profit organization that produces performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum of electroacoustic and experimental sound art. Included in its Toronto productions are: Dmimieep Wireless, Sound Travels, Sign Waves and SOUNDplay. AGM, based in Copenhagen, builds annual artistic collaborations and develops new connections among participating artists and audiences around Europe and other parts of the world. AGM 06 will feature Canadian new media works and screenings among a selection of international works for the 2006 event in Berlin and Copenhagen. Please submit the following for consideration: - VHS or DVD copy of the work - a description or program note of the work - biographies of the principle creators of the work. Note: we will request permission from the artist before any works are screened and at that time will request a screening master of the work. Unless otherwise requested, NAISA would like to retain copies sent for consideration in future festivals. Please send submissions to: New Adventures in Sound Art 401 Richmond Street West #358 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 3A8 phone: (416) 910-7231 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] CALL FOR PAPERS: WAVES (Acoustic Space. Issue #6)
CALL FOR PAPERS: WAVES - electromagnetic waves as material and medium of art (Acoustic Space. Issue #6) We are seeking manuscripts for the upcoming Acoustic Space journal, to be published for the 8th international Art+Communication festival that will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Riga Latvia, from August 24-27, 2006. For the first time the festival will be conceived as a large scale exhibition event that focuses on the phenomenon of electromagnetic waves. The print journal, Acoustic Space is a forum for net.radio, sound art and creative explorations in the networked electro-acoustic environments. Now in its 6th edition, Acoustic Space WAVES Issue will deal with properties of waves in imaginative ways, exploring, making visible or making us feel waves on a host of different bands of the spectrum. ((( w a v e s ) The main thesis behind the WAVES idea is that when artists take waves seriously as the medium of their artwork, they start questioning the boundaries of what can be done with this medium. Electronic information is a tightly controlled sphere. Yet artists with their electronic DIY kits have found numerous ways of thinking outside the box, making their own waves, creating alternative networks and facilities or creatively abusing existing technology. The publication seeks to offer a space of exchange for artists, scientists, media theorists, radio activists and new media practitioners who are exploring ideas and notions in relation to electromagnetic waves, spectrum space, and also waves as a universal principle. ((( * Themes and subthemes: scientific/artistic: - radio astronomy - radio cryptography - spectrum mapping - radio oceanography - climate change research - visualisation and sonification - ... alternative communication systems: - ad-hoc networking - wireless - ... wave philosophy: - wave-particle duality - wave sculpture - signal-to-noise ratio - determinism vs indeterminism - quantum spacetime bubbles - ... social movements: - social cycles - Kondratiev - ... psycho-esoteric-utopian: - ESP, Raudive, Jirgenson - psycho climate research - Tesla - Schauberger - ... We encourage you to submit abstracts first. Proposals and inquiries regarding submissions should be made to Rasa Smite [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2006 (for abstracts) (+ for finished texts: April 15, 2006) ((( w a v e s )) * Conceptual background: By Armin Medosch Pantha Rei - everything flows Radio waves occur naturally. Society puts the biggest emphasis on the ability of waves to carry signals. Radio, television and mobile telephony are some of the most widely used applications. The worlds fixation on content and its socio-political implications makes us forget the waves themselves. The proposed exhibition takes a look at the physical properties of waves. Waves are considered to be 'immaterial' from the point of view of visual art. However, light is just a specific band in the spectrum of electromagnetic waves. Some of the properties of waves change according to their frequency and wavelength. It is worthwhile looking at those properties and exploring their implications for art. Wave-like phenomena play an important role in various aspects of reality, from the physical consistency of the world (audio-, air-, water-waves) to Kondratiev-cycles and the carbon-cycle (the storage and release of CO2 by oceans and forests). A materialistic analysis of waves reveals that there is a direct relation between the wavelength and the length of an antenna - the device necessary to receive and send waves. [lambda] = the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is the result of the speed of light divided by the frequency. For instance, the frequency on which wireless lan operates, is 2.4 Gigahertz. 300 000 / 2400 000 = 0.125 km or 12.5 cm. The length of the antenna needs to be [lambda]/2 = 6.25 cm or multiples of it. Through this formula expresses itself a link between immaterial wave and physical object. The antenna as an object combines sculptural and functional aspects. We cannot speak about waves without mentioning wave/particle duality. Light and electromagnetic radiation are actually not only waves but also exhibit properties of particles. Wave-particle duality also applies to matter. Thus, the 'building bricks' of matter need to be understood also as waves. The relationships between wavelength, mass, energy and speed offer exciting possibilities for an artistic exploration of the ontological status of affairs. Since 100 years we cannot take the physical status of the world for granted and must live with an understanding of spacetime which is counter-intuitive and hard to visualize. For art, this is an interesting opening, a chance
