Ada_list February 2007

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by Stella

Hi All, We're planning an ADA meet-up for 3pm Sunday, the 18th of March, at my place in Auckland. A chance to chip 'n dip, and hear what's been going on ADA-wise. Let me know if you can make it, and I'll give you directions. best Stella

14 years, 7 months

Stephen Jones Talk in Auckland

by Stella

Easy Listening 6pm Tuesday 6th March You are invited to a talk by Stephen Jones Sydney-based video artist Stephen Jones is in Auckland to install the work of Julie Rrap for turbulence: 3rd Auckland Triennial 2007 and will deliver a talk on his own work and research into the development of video art. For many years he was the video-maker for pioneering electronic music group Severed Heads. He has been involved with the philosophical aspects of the nature of consciousness for almost longer than his involvement in video and has been producing The Brain Project web site since August 1996. His current artistic work includes physical immersion installations based on the incunabula of computing and digital collage work (in print and in video) exploring the relationship of consciousness to the world. He also builds sensor-based interactive installation systems for artists and museums. He is currently writing a history of computer art in Australia. Jones will talk about the development of video art, and look at the work that was done in Australia at the beginning, deriving from experimental film and covering some of the motivations people had for working with video as a potential new language system.” Jones says, “Video has always been an interdisciplinary force, partaking of a wide range of approaches from the deconstruction of television to the documentation of performances to visual music to installation to narrative.” He will also show several pieces of his own work, introducing the notion of visual music, and including his very early work with Severed Heads. “One of the debates I am interested in following up is the shift in the nature of video art towards what I call ‘cinema art’ and I will draw out, through the above discussion, some of what I think are the differences, most of which can be found in the levels of feedback that video affords, which the cinema cannot.” 6pm Tuesday March 6th Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium, Free entry Easy Listening: Talks in Art and Culture is a collaborative project by ARTSPACE, Elam School of Fine Arts and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki Stephen Jones’ talk is co-organised by the Centre for New Zealand Art Research and Discovery, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, The University of Auckland and Auckland Art Gallery.

14 years, 7 months

UpStage Open Walk-thru: Wednesday 7th March, 9pm NZ time

by Helen Varley Jamieson

hi everyone, the next open session in UpStage will take place on Wednesday 7 March at 9pm New Zealand time (there is a link to a local time converter at http://upstage.org.nz:8084) - everyone is welcome. if you're thinking about proposing a performance for the 070707 UpStage festival then this is the time to come along and learn a bit more about UpStage, the new features being introduced with UpStage 2, and how to create graphics and devise your cyberformance. The 070707 call for participation is at http://www.upstage.org.nz/news.html if you'd like a guest log-in for wednesday's session please email helen(a)upstage.org.nz; if you want to come and lurk in the audience to get a feel for things, simply point your browser at http://upstage.org.nz:8084/stages/swaray at the appointed time. a note for dial-up users: we have been testing UpStage 2 on dial-up, and it does work - however it takes a long time for the stage to load. we recommend that you start loading the stage half an hour before the walk-thru to be sure that you are there on time. once it's loaded, you may experience some lag but it generally functions well. see you on wednesday, helen : ) -- ******************************* helen varley jamieson UpStage project manager helen(a)upstage.org.nz UpStage a web-based venue for live online performance http://www.upstage.org.nz *******************************

14 years, 7 months

ada site media library call

by Luke Duncalfe

hi ada, an open invite to all you lovely ada listers to upload any material you have for the community article library. there's some really interesting material there already, so i figure sending out a little push to ask you all to please post anything you're sitting on that is ada-related somehow to the site. http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/articles text media, photographs, documentation .. please post away! let's make it good. so please make some time if you can! luke

14 years, 7 months

Fwd:TransISTor 2007, Prague 14 June - 12 July (three periods)

by nzdancenews

>TransISTor http://transistor.ciant.cz is a training initiative >organised by CIANT - International Centre for Art and New Technologies >in cooperation with FAMU - Film and TV Faculty >of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague >supported by the MEDIA Training Programme of the European Union. > >TransISTor focuses on computer games >technologies while opening up their creative >potential for non-gaming storytelling domains >including art, cinema, TV, educational >applications and cross-media productions. Further details below. > >Session 1: Game modifications and machinima films >14. 06. - 17. 06. 2007, Prague > >Session 2: Motion capture and stereoscopy for games and film >03. 07. - 06. 07. 2007, Karlovy Vary during the International Film Festival > >Session 3: Serious games, web 2.0 and future cinema >09. 07. - 12. 07. 2006, Prague > >Price per session: 400 (freelancer) / 800 >(corporate). The price includes training, >didactic materials, accommodation and meals. > >Application deadline: 14. 04. 2007 > >Scholarships are available through the organiser >and the MEDIA desk offices in the participants` >home country. In case you need further >assistance with the funding, please contact us. >We strongly encourage applications from women and members of minority groups. > >Working language is English. > >Please register at our website to receive the updates. >Contact: > >CIANT - International Centre for Art and New Technologies >Address: Kubelíkova 27, 130 00 Prague, Czech Republic >Tel.: +42 (0) 296 330 965, Fax: +42 (0) 296 330 964 >e-mail: transistor2007 AT ciant.c, URL: http://transistor.ciant.cz > >In 2007 TransISTor offers three intensive >training sessions that combine practical >workshops, case studies and theoretical >presentations by renowned professionals from >Europe, USA and Japan. Among the presenters there will be: > >Viktor Antonov (FR) http://www.vulkanbros.com/ > >Friedrich Kirschner (AT) http://www.zeitbrand.de/ > >Julian Oliver (NZ) http://www.selectparks.net/~julian/ > >Tomá Petrán( (CZ) http://www.kultinfo.cz/cinepoint/ > >Session 1: Game modifications and machinima films > > From combination of comics and video games to > films created with game engines. This session > will provide an overview of tools and > techniques used for customizing and expanding > computer games. We will examine issues of game > design and game play in the context of cross > media production. The goal is to explore the > basics of how to create and modify game levels. > In the intensive 4-day workshop your will create your first machinima film. > > >Session 2: Motion capture and stereoscopy for games and film > >During the intensive 4-day workshop you will >investigate different motion capture techniques >and carry out a collaborative project. >Experienced tutors will explain the different >motion capture systems, the process of setting >sensors, recording sessions and the computer >data post-processing. The goal is to experience >the latest technologies, to integrate them and >to create your own stereoscopic film with special effects. > > >Session 3: Serious games, web 2.0 and future cinema > >This session is focused on the alternative forms >of games and web 2.0 applications that are used >for entertainment as well as for >non-entertainment purposes such as art, >edutainment, marketing, simulations, management >and public policy. We will look closer at how >these technologies are used for non-gaming >events and processes, including simulations of >business and military operations, psychotherapy >or medicine. In the workshop you will create >your own serious game scenario and experiment >with web 2.0 applications, e.g. Google map mashups in art, business and cinema. > >-- >Maria Chatzichristodoulou [aka maria x] PhD Art >and Computational Technologies Goldsmiths >Digital Studios www.cybertheater.org > ====This message came from the NZ dance news mailing lists===== A dance information service supported by DANZ, Dance Aotearoa New Zealand === To subscribe go to http://www.danz.org.nz/nzdancenews.php ==== ===== Check the online dance Diary at http://www.danz.org.nz/diary.php ====

14 years, 7 months

Wellington: a sound installation! golly! until 3rd of March

by Damian Stewart

as part of the Fringe 07, Frey (that's me) presents: Sounds Like Light, Lights Like Sound a reactive immersive installation as you move around in a darkened room your movements generate sound and light patterns. the room becomes an enormous instrument, with you as the musician. it's been called 'beautiful,' 'fun,' and 'clever'; anthony donaldson and chris palmer both think it's choice; and it's won me a British Arts Council-funded residency in the Modulate art space in Birmingham, UK (http://www.modulate.org.uk/). come along and play! it's open February 28, & March 1, 2, 3, 10am - 7pm at The Fridge, next to Happy corner Tory and Vivian St Wellington entry is by koha

14 years, 7 months

Workshop - Remote Presence: Streaming Life - call for applications

by jhopkins＠commspeed.net

Hallo ADA'ists: In case some of you might be heading to real Northlands for the pixelache 2007 festival in Helsinki, here is some info on a workshop I'm doing there next month... And looking forward to seeing some of you in May in NZ! Cheers, John ***************************************************************************************** Workshop Call for Applicants: Remote Presence: Streaming Life Presented by John Hopkins as part of the pixelache 2007 "Architectures of Participation" Festival (http://www.pixelache.ac/) and in collaboration with Artists' Association MUU Dates: March 21-23 & 26-31, 2007 Location: MUU gallery & Media Base, Lönnrotinkatu 33, Helsinki, Finland Hours: 1030 to 1630 http://www.neoscenes.net/teach/pixel/index.php SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the ubiquity of networked media spaces where we distribute our wireless lives, what happens to our creative processes? How may we build a functioning architecture of participation for productive collaboration and interaction between the Self and Others? This dynamic workshop will bring participants to a new state of awareness about their own creative practice. It will accomplish this through an exploration of human collaboration and connection within the space of networks. It explores conceptual and practical issues around creative engagement, finishing with the hands-on production of a live and online streaming-media network event with global participation. The workshop is open to anyone from any discipline with an interest in collaboration and creative engagement at both a local and remote scale. There are NO technical background requirements. People with previous experience in streaming media, performance, digital audio and video, VJ work, etc, who wish to push their practice to a new collaborative level are also welcome. On Saturday, 31 March, the final day of the workshop will be a live & online event. Workshop participants will not only develop digital content for the event, but will also help facilitate all aspects of it including the technical infrastructure, the local ambience, and the remote coordination. For detailed information visit the webpage: http://www.neoscenes.net/teach/pixel/index.php A maximum of 15 participants will be chosen from local and international applicants with the idea to bring together a wide spectrum of cross-disciplinary energies. THE WORKSHOP IS FREE OF CHARGE. Those interested will need to send: NAME: LOCATION: EMAIL: Along with your reasons for interest in the workshop and a brief background (studies, creative work, activities) to: neopixel(a)pixelache.ac DEADLINE for Applications 5 March 2007. ****************************************************************************************

14 years, 8 months

070707: UpStage Festival - call for participation

by Helen Varley Jamieson

070707: UpStage Festival - call for participation a festival of live online performances to celebrate the launch of UpStage 2 You are warmly invited to create your own original cyberformance and perform it to a global audience, using UpStage - www.upstage.org.nz. Purpose-built for live interactive performance events, UpStage is easy and fun to use. It works via a web browser so you don't need to download or install anything to create or attend a performance. The UpStage team can help you to learn how to use the software and give advice on devising work in UpStage and creating graphics. To learn more about UpStage, come to the next open session: Wednesday 7 March, 9pm New Zealand time - check here for your local time: http://upstage.org.nz:8084 To submit a proposal, email the following information to info(a)upstage.org.nz: o working title of your cyberformance and 3-4 sentences about it; o names and locations of people involved; o brief background/bios (not more than 300 words); o preferred time(s), in your local time, for presentation on 070707; o contact email and postal address. Performances can be on any theme or topic - adapt a stage classic, tell your own story or go for the avant garde! The only rules are it must be no longer than 21 minutes, and must be created and performed in UpStage. The deadline for submissions is MARCH 31 2007; selections will be made shortly after this and you will be advised as soon as possible. The festival will take place online in UpStage, and screened at the New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington, NZ, on 070707 (7 July 2007). There is no entry fee; participating artists will be listed in a printed programme and on the UpStage web site, and will receive a DVD of the festival and copies of promotional material. The development of UpStage 2 has been funded by the Community Partnership Fund of the New Zealand Government's Digital Strategy; project partners are CiityLink, MediaLab and Auckland University of Technology. For futher information, email info(a)upstage.org.nz or visit www.upstage.org.nz -- ******************************* helen varley jamieson UpStage project manager helen(a)upstage.org.nz UpStage a web-based venue for live online performance http://www.upstage.org.nz *******************************

14 years, 8 months

third_call_in_a_row

by susanne jaschko

Hi everybody, this is now the third call which is related to the Urban Screens Conference in Manchester, UK, in Oct 07. Kind regards, Su Jaschko THE BIGGER PICTURE ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR MAJOR PUBLIC REALM COMMISSIONS** National UK commissioning and production partners: Cornerhouse (Manchester), ENTER_ (Cambridge), Lumen (Leeds) & Site Gallery (Sheffield), with support from BBC, funded by Arts Council England DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS Friday 30 March 2007 The Bigger Commissions 2007, to be launched at Urban Screens Conference Manchester 07 The Bigger Picture exhibits artists’ film & video and interactive / participatory screen based projects on Big Screen Manchester, UK. Utilising this unique screening space, The Bigger Picture is able to present a host of artists’ works to large and diverse audiences reaching beyond the traditional gallery context. Cornerhouse, working in partnership with BBC and Manchester City Council, delivers The Bigger Picture’s curated programmes, whilst additionally commissioning and touring large outdoor screen-based programmes. The Bigger Picture is inviting proposals for the production of exceptional new public realm works to be launched on Big Screen Manchester at the time of the Urban Screens Conference Manchester 07 (11&12 October), and to tour to partner city Big Screens and public sites throughout 2007/8. Four new works will be commissioned, each with an attached fee of £5000 (7400 EUR / 9700 USD) based on an agreed budget, of up to £10,000 for production (14,900 EUR / 19,500 USD). This is a significant opportunity for film, video, new media and cross-disciplinary artists to explore unique new ways of creating and exhibiting work for a public context. Each National Commissioning partner will lead on the production of one new work. Partners are particularly encouraging proposals of the following nature: Interactive and participatory new work * Interdisciplinary new work (combined arts, performing arts, audiovisual) * Evolving or expanded work * New media and streaming technology * Film & Video Artists previously commissioned by The Bigger Picture include Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (desperate optimists), Kartoon Kings (Simon Grennan and Christopher Sperandio), plus Paul Melia, Hilary Jack, The Light Surgeons, Adele Prince and Louise K Wilson. For more information on how to submit, including key information, guidelines & submission form, and BBC technical specifications, see http://www.cornerhouse.org/art/ongoingproject.aspx?ID=2&page=45255 <http://www.cornerhouse.org/art/ongoingproject.aspx?ID=2&page=45255>, or partner sites listed below. Partner sites: www.cornerhouse.org <http://www.cornerhouse.org/> www.enternet.org.uk <http://www.enternet.org.uk/> www.lumen.org.uk <http://www.lumen.org.uk> www.sitegallery.org <http://www.sitegallery.org> Links: www.bbc.co.uk/bigscreens/ <http://www.bbc.co.uk/bigscreens/> www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk <http://www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk> Big Screen Manchester, is part of a UK Big Screen network, operated by the BBC.

14 years, 8 months

urbanscreensconference_calls

by susanne jaschko

Hello, You may have heard that the Urban Screens Conference in Amsterdam in 2005 will be followed this year by the Urban Screens Conference in Manchester, UK. This email informs you about the two open calls for papers and project proposals. These calls will be followed by a third call particularly for interactive and participatory projects at the end of this week. We are looking forward to your proposals. And please feel free to distribute and publish these calls. With kind regards, Susanne Jaschko curator Urban Screens Conference Manchester 07 CALL FOR PAPERS and PROJECT PROPOSALS Urban Screens Conference Manchester 07 IT’S ABOUT CONTENT 11 + 12 October 2007 www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE March 2, 2007 (date of arrival) The upcoming Urban Screens Conference focuses on the development of non-commercial content for big urban displays such as LED, LCD, plasma screens and media façades. What characterises these huge displays as media platforms in urban space? Which particular spatial, perceptional and social situation do they create? How does creative content flow from this? We will discuss - urban screens as channels for alternative public broadcasting in times of Web 2.0, YouTube, increasing broadband rates and Creative Commons. - which interactive and participatory applications could enrich urban life beyond simple entertainment. - which linear artistic productions such as animations, video, film or text suit a presentation in public space. - how displays can be integrated into the urban environment in meaningful ways. - which economies drive and limit both the implementation of urban screens in public space and the commissioning of creative content. - the evaluation of creative content with regard to its perception. For the Urban Screens Conference we are looking for proposals for papers that deal with the above mentioned topics or other related fields of research. HOW TO SUBMIT Please email proposals for papers in the form of a 500 word max abstract and your/the presenter’s CV by March 2, 2007 to info(a)manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk <mailto:info@manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk> -------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS – DEADLINE March 2, 2007 (date of arrival) The conference is accompanied by an inspiring programme of public events and exhibitions, including screening programmes as well as performance-based and participatory art projects which make use of the BBC Big Screens Network. We are looking for existing and potentially adaptable projects which employ one ore more permanent or temporary screen. We are particularly interested in projects - exploring web-based content and streaming media - connecting screen audiences in various places - interactive and participatory works using bodily interfaces and ubiquitous communication devices - text pieces, video and animation which suit airing on urban screens - performance-based works including audiovisual performance/VJing For detailed information on the BBC screens’ system please download the tech sheet by following this link http://www.manchesterurbanscreens.org.uk/Call%20for%20Proposals_files/Scree… HOW TO SUBMIT Please send project proposals in the form of a project description, illustrative material and the author’s CV by March 2, 2007 to: CORNERHOUSE Urban Screens Conference 70 Oxford Street Manchester M1 5NH United Kingdom

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