[spectre] call: CologneOFF III - art cartoons and animated narratives
Call for entries deadline 1 August 2007 http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=23 --- CologneOFF III 3rd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival http://coff.newmediafest.org Festival theme: Toon! Toon! - art cartoons and animated narratives After the successful launch of CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival and the organisation of the first two editions in 2006 CologneOFF I - Identityscapes, CologneOFF II - Image vs Music VideoChannel is preparing now edition III of CologneOFF to be launched in October 2007 to be presented in cooperation with divers festivals in sequence. --- Toon! Toon! art cartoons and animated narratives VideoChannel invites artists and directors for submitting animated films/videos telling a story in form of a cartoon or other forms of narratives by using the new digital technologies. Rules: Deadline: 1 August 2007 The subject can be chosen freely. The films/videos may originate from the years 2002-2007. The duration max. 10 minutes, exceptions possible. Max 3 films/videos can be submitted. Productions using language and/or text other than English need English subtitles. The preview copy should be made available online for review and/or download as Quicktime . mov, Windows Media .wmv, Flash video .swf or.flv or Real Media .rm minimum size 320×240. After selection the artists/directors will be invited to send a hardcopy of the selected video on DVD in best screening quality. All entry details and the submission form can be found on netEX - networked experience http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=23 --- CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival http://coff.newmediafest.org is a new type of film festival which is organised simultaneously online and offline via worldwide collaborations organised by VideoChannel - video project environments http://videochannel.newmediafest.org More info on http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=62 http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=57 http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=64 --- This call is released by netEX - networked experience http://www.nmartproject.net/netex . info (at) nmartproject.net __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
Re: [spectre] Fwd:Concerning AHRC withdrawal of AHDS funding
there was a message forwarded to the spectre list on 1 June from Barry Smith # Concerning AHRC withdrawal of AHDS funding in response, I asked: 'what are the reasons given by the AHRC for the discontinuation of funding for AHDS? -a' below is barry's answer, which i am forwarding with his permission, and as requested, with the following addition: From: Barry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:56:13 +0100 feel free to forward as you wish. The only point I'd raise if you're intending to leave my address intact is that I'm not an official spokesman for AHDS but just one (of many hundreds to judge by the Petition to the UK PM currently standing at 800+!) whose former and current work is thrown into disarray by this bizarre funding decision - so any follow-up enquiries would be best addressed directly to the principals involved: [UK] Arts and Humanities Research Council: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] AHDS: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Most recently I've even heard reports of much anger being expressed in academic research meetings (anger!) and whatever the rights and wrongs of the AHRC decision - and I don't see many rights myself - this particular UK Research Council seems to have lost the confidence of many of its constituents in one fell swoop and on three fronts: the rationale behind the decision, the lack of consultation and manner of the announcement, and now the implementation. Best wishes. b. From: Barry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Andreas Broeckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [spectre] Fwd:Concerning AHRC withdrawal of AHDS funding Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:27:04 +0100 hello Andreas A reasonable question. The AHRC website http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/news/news_pr/2007/information_for_applicants_to_AHRC_june_deadline.asp suggests: Council believes that Arts and Humanities researchers have developed significant IT knowledge and expertise in the past decade. The context within which the AHDS was initially supported by the AHRC has changed. Much technical knowledge is now readily available within HEIs, either from IT support services or from academics. Much that generally can be safely assumed now, for example that web sites can be put together and run effectively for the duration of a project, could not be assumed ten years ago. Council believes that long term storage of digital materials and sustainability is best dealt with by an active engagement with HEIs rather than through a centralised service I suspect AHDS are rather offended and phased by the suggestion that their mission is to put together websites for the duration of projects and would probably also wish to query the assertion that long term sustainability is best achieved at a local level. Other views suggest, following AHRC's announcement in March 2007 of impending budget cuts, that a more direct financial imperative is at work here, see http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/news/news_pr/2007/AHRC_statement_on_funding.asp To judge by the rapid growth of the UK PM Petition many seem persuaded that the rationale and manner of this decision and its immediate implementation give cause for concern, not least over the Council's apparent lack of appreciation of the range and complexity of national and international work being undertaken. b. = __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Caravansarai, a new meeting point and project space in Istanbul
Greetings From Istanbul All is going well for me here, I have decided to stay for several more years, to develop some longer-term things, instead of the 4 and 5 month projects I had been doing in the past. I've found a great 'plant man' at the neighborhood Sunday market and have been coming home each week with more greenery to add to my apartment. (for me a sure sign of 'settling') I continue my work with the Res Artis webpage...a project I continue to enjoy! As my major new project: I have initiated Caravansarai, a meeting point and project space in Istanbul. It is the very beginning : www.caravansarai.info I'm now trying to find project funding, partnerships and ongoing ways to cover the basic costs. Our first large event, ENTER Caravansari, will be at the end of June. (information below) I look forward to hearing your suggestions and feedback. Please pass this information on to your contacts or any one else who might find it interesting. Julie Upmeyer Visual Artist - Initiator Istanbul Active Ingredient unconventionally applied creativity [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.active-ingredient.net skype: julieupmeyer +90 (0) 538 379 8556 Caravansarai meeting point and project space in Istanbul www.caravansarai.info [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - ? Caravansarai is a meeting point and project space in Istanbul www.caravansarai.info [EMAIL PROTECTED] - physically located in a street-level basement space in Beyoglu - digitally situated as a wiki and live media stream, exploring the virtual possibilities for interaction, allowing trans-national discussion and production Caravansarai is an open investigation into working and being in Istanbul, involving individuals of all kinds interested to share knowledge experiences. Caravansarai encourages live practice-led research, involving projects that relate to: - interaction in its many forms, between people and with spaces and materials - sharing documenting of knowledge experiences - the crossovers between online presence and material life - the collaborative possibilities between individuals, projects and groups Be involved by: - using the space for your workshops, events, projects - developing projects in collaboration with Caravansarai - contribute to the Caravansarai wiki, or participate in an upcoming project Turkçe için: www.caravansarai.info - - - - - - - - - - June 27-30 2007 ENTER Caravansarai 55 hours to engage - make - dance - cook - teach - talk - do - jump - trade - cook - play - listen - meld - sing - learn - eat - juxtapose - explore - research - amalgamate - observe - decide - fuse - ask - sew - tell stories - play - transmit - write - perform - make messes - build - fly - improvise - shape - think - meet - act - move - circulate - share - swing - follow - develop - communicate - lead - effect - implement - participate - form - answer - go - grow - roar - flip - celebrate - compose - forge - produce - understand 'Enter Caravansarai' is the opening festival/workshop/party, celebrating the beginning of a new art/social/creative workshop/networking space in Istanbul. It is an open invitation for anyone who wishes to be a part, to teach, perform, present or in any other way occupy 30 or 60 minutes of time. This live and transnational event, and its documentation, will become the premise and starting point for future actions of in the Caravansarai space. What happens is up to us, plans are now in development Day 1 - June 27 - 12:00 to 24:30 - Sounds, Suspension Vegetables Day 2 - June 28 - 12:00 to 24:30 - Meat, Cords Missionaries Day 3 - June 29 - 12:00 to 03:00 - Markets, Animals Surveillance Day 4 - June 30 - 12:00 to 03:00 - Dirt, Juice Vertical Life We will be operating this event in parallel with our partners, Taidekoulu MMA, in Suomenlinna - the UNESCO Sea-Fortress island, off the coast of Helsinki - in Finland, mutually contributing to each other's event. We can provide the following tools and other resources for you to use.. - laptop and data-projector - cd/dvd player sound system - kitchen and cooking facilities - open audio-visual 'stream' Finland (for interactions and simultaneous happenings) - street and basement level Caravansarai project spaces Suggested activities.. - performances, storytelling - sharing knowledge of any kind - how to make a blog, how to train pigeons - experimental or traditional cooking - dancing, music, singing - participatory games, activities, art creation - film, research or art projects to take your 30 or 60 minutes, send a mail to e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following information: - time and day you would like - title of your session - brief description of what you will do (no more than a few sentences) - your name, email, mobile telephone number and any other contact information - language of your session (Turkish, English, other) - how you will be present in person?
Re: [spectre] just an invitation to the hive un-launch
hey armin, OK. i must have misunderstood what you wrote. since people question from time to time why messages did not make it to the list, we remind the entire list of how these things work, from time to time. we also have these conversations off-list regularly. but i understand that it is difficult to get a feel for the way the list software works if you don't experience it 'hands on'. (if anybody wants to have a go at it, please, just get in touch) as regards the content of the list, and the assumed lack of discussions, etc., the answer is also the same as it was ten years ago, when people would say this about the syndicate list: 'the list is what _you_ post'. inke and i are just here to keep the channel open. regards, -a ps: like this message of yours, every message is posted automatically that gets sent to the spectre list from an address that is subscribed to the list. messages only get trashed (again, automatically) if: - they come from an address that is not subscribed - they contain attachments - they use formating, marked up links, etc., which the spam filter recognises as spam (see note below) - they have a volume of more than 40 K. in these cases, the messages get deleted automatically. please, believe me that inke and i have much better things to do than 'control' what gets posted to the spectre list or not. our main work is to keep the channel as spam-free as possible, and to avoid the completely unnecessary pleasures of 4 MB attachments and multi-colour, multi-size fonts. if your message does not appear on the list, try sending it as 'plain text' - you can select this option in the preferences/options of your e-mail software. best regards, -a read more at: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/docs.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_spam_filtering __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] xxxxx workshop_15_16 Berlin
A (more-or-less) weekly series of constructivist workshops emphasising making and connection within the field of the existent. Upcoming: 16th June: Electric Art Lab with Jeff Mann 23rd June: White noise/random data generation using avalanche noise/ zener and transistor breakdown. Details tbc. June/July projected: GNU Emacs, the C programming language, spectral RF reception, Arduino and ATmega8 microcontrollers, radio telescopy, high frequency schnuffling, text generation in Python ... or contact if you're interested in leading a related workshop. //- 16th June 2PM. Electric Art Lab with Jeff Mann Our ancestors believed that ordinary objects could contain energies, spirits, intelligence, and the spark of life. Today, tens of billions of tiny electronic processors permeate our reality, embedded in phones, watches, appliances, toys, cars, factory equipment, and our entire technological infrastructure. In this lab/workshop, we'll look at the microcontroller - the basic element of this distributed network of intelligent objects. These computers on a chip are small, inexpensive, simple, and unlike their desktop/laptop cousins, are designed for interaction with the physical world. How can creative individuals use microcontrollers to produce evocative, compelling objects and experiences that go beyond typical mass-produced consumer products? We'll look at examples and discuss how artists have incorporated embedded processors into sculpture, installation, and performance. We'll compare various microcontroller platforms and, using the open-source Arduino board, we'll experiment with building activated objects that include sensors, processing, and movement. We'll also look at using the microcontroller as a physical interface for audio/video environments like Pure Data, and for remote interaction over the Internet. The workshop is designed for people of all levels of experience. No equipment is required, but it's recommended to bring as many of the following things as possible: - Materials to modify, hack, and build objects with. Household items, battery-operated toys, plastic, wood, metal, anything you find interesting. Before the workshop, try to imagine two or three simple ideas you might try to make. - Laptop with Arduino and Pd software installed. - Toolbox with cutters, glue gun, screwdrivers, as well as soldering irons, multimeter, etc. - Microcontrollers - a limited number of Arduino boards will be shared between the participants. You can also purchase your own before the workshop for 27 euros in Berlin at: http://www.segor.de/ - Sensors and Actuators - pushbuttons, photocells, rangefinders, accelerometers; DC, R/C servo, and stepper motors. - Electronics parts and supplies - a selection of wire, connectors, resistors, capacitors, transistors, chips, and so on. More details about tools and materials can be found at: http://jeffmann.com/resources.html About the instructor: Jeff Mann creates electric art with computers, electronics, kinetics, and telecommunications media. His work explores the nature of technological life and its cultural representation; it draws out tensions between notions of utopian industrialism, personal theatre, and the evocative enigma of electronic equipment. Course fee: 15 euros //- Background: A weekly series of constructivist workshops emphasising making and connection within the field of the existent. Workshops led by field-expert practitioners extend over realms of code and embedded code, environmental code, noise, transmission and reception, and electromysticism. Workshops solely utilise free software and GNU toolbase. Practitioners include Julian Oliver (http://selectparks.net/), Derek Holzer (http://soundtransit.nl), Jeff Mann (http://jeffmann.com), Martin Howse (http://1010.co.uk), Fredrik Olofsson (http://www.fredrikolofsson.com/), superfactory (http://superfactory.biz) Further planned workshops will cover PD connectivity and hardware, ATmega8 microcontrollers, free software documentation, VLF reception, radio antenna design, FPGA design... Please RSVP [EMAIL PROTECTED] to reserve any places or register interest. Please forward. x, pickledfeet, Linienstrasse 54, Berlin 10119 U2, Rosa-Luxemburg-Pl. U8, Rosenthaler Pl. Telephone: 3050187482. http://1010.co.uk/workshop.html http://1010.co.uk/x_research_institute.html //- http://x.1010.co.uk http://1010.co.uk __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Rudolf Arnheim dies peacefully
Margaret Nettinga (Arnheim's daughter) writes: Rudolf Arnheim, a pathbreaking psychologist of visual experience in the arts, died at the age of 102 in Ann Arbor, Michigan on June 9 2007. His last academic post was at the University of Michigan, where he was Visiting Professor in the Departments of Art, History of Art, and Psychology from 1974 to 1984. The previous American years of his long academic career were spent at Sarah Lawrence College from 1943 to 1968 and at Harvard in the Department of Visual and Enviromental Studies from 1968 to 1974. Born in Berlin in 1904, where his father was a manufacturer of pianos, Rudof Arnheim took his doctorate at the University of Berlin in 1928, with a dissertation of the experimental psychology of visual expression, and secundary studies in musicology and history of art. At the time Arnheim was enrolled in Berlin University's Institute of Psychology, it was the center of experimentation in Gestalt Psychology, with Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang K*hler, and Kurt Lewin the central authorities. Arnheim conducted some of the earliest experiments in the application of Gestalt theory in the perception of a work of art. Between 1928 and his departure from Nazi Germany in 1933, he was on the editorial staff of Die Weltb*hne, the influential weekly magazine then edited by Carl von Ossietzky and suppressed with the advent of the Third Reich. It was in this publication that Arnheim ventured into film criticism, a medium that became central to his theories of vision. (...) read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Arnheim __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] [Fwd: 24weeks -- updates and status at bootlab]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 *!Today, Tuesday the 12th of June 2007!* Presentation of 24weeks at bootlab Tucholskystr. 6 / Berlin - Mitte start at 6pm duration: 1h presenter - t from 7pm on there will be a lounge and discussion about the project and the possibilities of collaboration and the involvement of Berlin groups. read or talk about it: http://24weeks.com http://wiki.espians.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2302991138 http://24weeks.collectivex.com/ irc://irc.freenode.net/esp - --- (http://maps.google.de/maps?f=qhl=deq=Tucholskystra%C3%9Fe+6,+Mitte +10117+Berlin,+Berlin,+Berlin, +Deutschlandsll=51.124213,10.546875sspn=10.322899,29.882813ie=UTF8cd=6ll=52.526431,13.39242spn=0.009765,0.029182z=15om=1) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGbqIQCl6RxXnGI1oRA7z5AJ4rvePioKDiCNpiEPGMCdT6m9rXzwCeJYLT IuJfYK8gPet1v+hC2lNLvVI= =tJ/m -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] irational.org at CCA Glasgow, June 16 - July 21, 2007
(Please scroll down for German version) IRATIONAL.ORG Tools, techniques and events 1996-2006 Daniel G. Andujar (Valencia/E), Rachel Baker (London/GB), Kayle Brandon (Bristol/GB), Heath Bunting (Bristol/GB), Minerva Cuevas (Mexico City/MEX), Marcus Valentine (Bristol/GB) curated by Inke Arns and Jacob Lillemose A project by Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund at CCA: The Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow June 16 - July 21, 2007 Opening: Friday, June 15, 2007, 7-9pm Have you ever taken part in International Tree Climbing Day? Did you know that there is a genetically modified superweed resistant to current herbicides such as Roundup? How would you react to the statement Remember, language is not free? Have you ever heard of Public Sculpture Climbing or the Tour de Fence? All of these are projects that have taken form around the server irational.org in recent years. From June 16 - July 21, 2007, CCA: The Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow shows IRATIONAL.ORG Techniques, Tools and Events 1996 - 2006. The exhibition which was conceived in 2006 by Hartware MedienKunstVerein and exhibited in the 2.200 sqm large PHOENIX Halle Dortmund unter the title The Wonderful World of irational. Tools, Techniques and Events 1996-2006, has been adapted to the exhibition spaces of the CCA Glasgow. During the opening weekend from June 15-17, 2007, there will be various activities by irational members in Glasgow. irational irational is a loose grouping of six international net and media artists who came together around the server irational.org, founded by the British net artist Heath Bunting in 1996, going on to make decisive contribution to early net art from the mid-1990s onward. They include Daniel Garcia Andújar / Technologies to the People (E), Rachel Baker (GB), Kayle Brandon (GB), Heath Bunting (GB), Minerva Cuevas / Mejor Vida Corporation (MEX) and Marcus Valentine (GB). With dry humor and minimal aesthetics, irational commented the Internet hype of the mid-to-late 1990s, competing with the commercialization-euphoria of the new market by developing its own pseudo-ventures. Net art was immediate during this period, neither needing nor enjoying the safety of a mediating space or instance. This is why irational often hit upon humorless trademark attorneys, who wanted to keep irational from using brand names such as 7-11, American Express, Sainsbury's and Tesco. These encounters, which the exhibition documents extensively, were little more than a prelude to more recent developments in the field of copyright, intellectual property, and brand protection. Heath Bunting was the first net artist to retire in 1997, putting an end to his exclusive work on the net and turning back to more intensive work in public space, which the Internet has become such an important part of today. If the activities of irational during its net phase were dedicated to calling virtual boundaries into question, its members now experiment with interrogating and overcoming economic, political, and social boundaries in real space, producing a great deal of comic relief, among other things. IRATIONAL.ORG in Glasgow Never before have so many complex and relevant artworks from around irational.org been shown in such a comprehensive exhibition. The goal of the exhibition is to use the media of a large-scale showing, various activities in the urban space of Glasgow, a panel discussion about Sport Art, and a comprehensive publication to make these artistic-activist pieces more accessible to a general public. We would like to thank the Ministerpräsident des Landes NRW for supporting the realisation of the show in Glasgow. We are very happy about the fact that with the CCA - Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow an important art institution is taking over the exhibition Irational. Tools, Techniques and Events 1996-2006 and would like to thank Francis McKee and Kerri Moogan for their enthusiasm. Inke Arns, Jacob Lillemose Susanne Ackers, Francis Hunger * * * IRATIONAL.ORG Tools, techniques and events 1996-2006 Daniel G. Andujar (Valencia/E), Rachel Baker (London/GB), Kayle Brandon (Bristol/GB), Heath Bunting (Bristol/GB), Minerva Cuevas (Mexico City/MEX), Marcus Valentine (Bristol/GB) u.a. A project by Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund at CCA: The Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow June 16 - July 21, 2007 Opening: Friday, June 15, 2007, 7-9pm Exhibition curated by Inke Arns, Jacob Lillemose CCA: The Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow Francis McKee, Artistic Director Kerri Moogan, Programme Manager Alan Kean, Gallery Manager Kenny MacLeod, Production Manager Louise Shelley, Office and Programme Assistance Bec Carey-Grieve, General Manager Catalogue The second edition of The Hartware Guide to irational is published on the occasion of the taking over of the exhibition irational. Tools, Techniques and Events 1996-2006 by the CCA: The Centre for
[spectre] Reminder Call for Papers | CONT3XT.NET #08.07
[-CC-] curating media/net/art--papers 1 June - 31 August 2007 http://cont3xt.net/div/curating_call For the project [-CC-] circualting contexts--curating media/net/art from June 1st - October 31st, 2007 which takes place in Vienna and in the online medium, the public is invited to enter papers concerned with contemporary curatorial practices in- and outside the virtual space. The papers should be limited to max. 15.000 characters and must be licencened under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). [-CC-] curating media/net/art--papers is open to all thematic fields but may be related to the topics below too. Selected papers will be printed in the forthcoming catalogue. 1 visualizing work.flows and (filtering-)processes 2 virtual/real representations in real/virtual spaces 3 facing participation / the lack of collaboration 4 web 2.0--curatorial facilities or technical barriers 5 involvement of (art-)institutions / rise of significance Abstracts deadline: 30 June 2007 Notification of acceptance: 7 July 2007 Deadline for finalized papers: 31 August 2007 Please send your submissions or questions to: curating(at)cont3xt.net The curating of Internet-based art on the Internet is a multifaceted communication-process between Internet-users with all kinds of different backgrounds regarding the content. Along with the changing conditions of production and reception of art on the Internet came new possibilities of curation which deserve study. [-CC-] circualting contexts--curating media/net/art is a series of experimental long-term research projects hosted by the Vienna-based organisation CONT3XT.NET, investigating current tendencies in the curation of (New) Media and Internet Art. The project [-CC-] circualting contexts--curating media/net/art is supported by the Municipal Department for Cultural Affairs of the City of Vienna. CONT3XT.NET.NEWS a newsletter by CONT3XT.NET http://cont3xt.net/ If you do not want to receive any more newsletters klick: http://cont3xt.net/div/phplist/lists/?p=unsubscribeuid=753ed103ee26f6654fda8b92aa567c44 To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit: http://cont3xt.net/div/phplist/lists/?p=preferencesuid=753ed103ee26f6654fda8b92aa567c44 CONT3XT.NET http://cont3xt.net zvr: 999765999 vienna, austria -- Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com -- __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
