FOR RELEASE 31.5.2011
The three New Zealand winners selected at the international judging in
Hong Kong
The WSA International Jury in Hong Kong selected three projects from
NZ for the final lineup. The winners in the World Summit Awards will
have the opportunity to attend the Awards Celebration in Cairo, Egypt
later in the year where they will receive their award and participate
& present their projects in a three day get together for ‘Global
Creatives.’
InternetNZ has backed the New Zealand arm of these awards since its
inception.
Says InternetNZ Chief Executive Vikram Kumar, “An open Internet is
critical for New Zealand’s social and economic future. The breadth and
impact of the innovation the Internet has sparked off is truly great.
Year after year the WSA uncovers online content and services that
surprise and delight us. They represent the best of New Zealand on the
world stage.”
The three winners are:
e-Business & Commerce: Areoscan is a web based service that enables
the user to create a 3D model of any area or object using digital
photographs. In industries such as surveying, architecture, and
design; Areoscan is proving a cost effective, flexible and time
efficient solution for all sorts of jobs, ranging from complex land
surveys, through to creative art projects. Whatever the need, Areoscan
takes a real-life subject and automatically generates a 3D model in
the same way a 3D laser scanner does, but without the need for
specialized equipment. View the website http://areoscan.com/
e-Culture & Heritage: Vaeggen Interactive WALL in Copenhagen is a
massive but mobile interactive video installation on the streets of
Copenhagen that allows citizens and visitors to explore in depth the
cultural past, present, and future of the city and its diverse
populations.Based initially on the rich heritage collections of the
Museum of Copenhagen, the WALL is also the public multimedia
repository for cultural assets emerging from the large-scale
archaeological excavations being undertaken in the old city centre for
the next 7 years. Created by Gibson Group. View the website http://vaeggen.copenhagen.dk/en/
e-Health & Environment: SPARX is a computerized self-help programme,
to help young people combat depression. It was developed by a team of
therapists, researchers, game developers, e-learning theorists and
young people. It takes the form of an animated 3D game where users
learn real-life skills by solving challenges to rid a fantasy world
from gloom and negativity. Culturally-relevant elements have been
incorporated into the game world to ensure the programme has wide
cultural acceptability. University of Auckland, NZ Ministry of Health,
Metia Interactive Ltd. View the website http://www.frozenflameweb.com/sparx
About WSA:
The World Summit Awards honour excellence in multimedia and e-Content
creation. Forty winners (5 in each category) are selected from 100
countries. A special emphasis is placed on those projects which show
the benefits of information and communication technology for the
development of society at large. Over and above the judging criteria
the judges look for the ‘value add’ to NZ – what are the products &
services that can we put on the global stage to increase both NZ
visibility & create international sales. This is a great showcase for
the innovative & clever thinking that is going on in NZ. Full details
available http://www.wsa-awards.org.nz/.
WSA is generously hosted by Actrix Networks, the Wellington based
Internet Service provider. Stephen Duder says WSA is an important
global initiative providing exemplary examples of diverse digital
content fit for the world stage – we see WSA as a natural ally &
partner for broadband.”
The full list of NZ submissions
* e-Culture & Heritage: Vaeggen Interactive Wall in Copenhagen View
the website http://vaeggen.copenhagen.dk/en/
* e-Entertainment & Games: MiniMonos View the website http://minimonos.com/wb/content/home
* e-Health & Environment: SPARX View the website http://www.frozenflameweb.com/sparx
* e-Government & Institutions: The New Zealand Land Use and Carbon
Analysis System - LUCAS View the website http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/
* e-Business & Commerce: Areoscan View the website http://areoscan.com/
* e-Inclusion & Participation: The Mixing Room View online video http://www.lumendigital.co.nz/?page_id=725
* e-Learning & Education: Q Book View the website http://www.kiwamedia.com/
* e-Science & Technology: New Zealand - A Window to Radio Universe:
View the IRASR website http://www.irasr.ac.nz/ OR the SKA website http://www.ska.govt.nz/
The New Zealand judging panel included:
Jan Bieringa - jan(a)bwx.co.nz
Jess Prendergast - jessica.prendergast(a)gmail.com
Pete Macaulay - peter(a)no1.co.nz
For more information please contact:
Jan Bieringa
info(a)wsa-awards.org.nz
+ 64 4 385 9435
+ 64 (0)27 535 7370
PO Box 6150 | Te Aro | Wellington | Aotearoa New Zealand
Kia Ora Koutou, greetings all
The next event in UpStage will be an open meeting on Wednesday 8 June;
It will be at 8pm in Aotearoa/NZ 10am European, 9am UK time Find your local time here http://tinyurl.com/3m5jrph
* 11:11:11 invited artists are encouraged to attend to discuss some workshops and support for creating your shows
* those interested in hosting the festival are also invited [Find out more about being a RL access node [http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2029]
* others new to UpStage - come along and you might find the chance to join in with a cyberfromance group or just learn a few tricks to prepare you for the spectacle due to unfold in November [these real time performances need lively audiences too!]
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UpStage is an open source project created by artists, for artists.
It is currently unfunded and depends on the work of volunteers to keep going. Interested people are always welcome to get involved and contribute in whatever way you can.
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Come to the walkthrough stage - http://upstage.org.nz:8084/stages/walkthrough on Wednesday 8 June - learn , engage, play
please email info(a)upstage.org.nz if you need a username and password - or assistance with logging in
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look forward to seeing you
helen and vicki ")
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thankyou helen!
all these congrats are making me feel terribly homesick! i'll be sure to
turn some of the prize money into a plane ticket. promise!
i really do hope to catch up with a lot of you on this list in person,
with what you're working on and the scene back home more generally. in all
seriousness i haven't had a holiday longer than a week in three years, let
alone one in NZ. shameful really..
in any case, looking at your websites and reading about your work from
time to time i'm regularly blown away. as regards the field i'm working in
currently, Ian Clothier and Rob Carter are right up there with the best of
them. Julian Priest is another i regularly mention when giving talks on
the topic: a very early and strong voice positioning wireless networking
as a plastic medium in itself (in fact he comes up in a talk i'm giving on
the topic here in Toronto at Subtle Tech).
being entirely independent is all very well but many makers living in NZ
do what they do with very little, often no arts funding at all. i have
been mentioning this in recent interviews when the question of support and
origin comes up. Europeans (as i am myself now in part) are genuinely
surprised at hearing of student loans and what's done with sub 10k grants;
our country is popularly considered an antipodean Switzerland, it seems..
kia kaha,
julian
On Fri, May 27, 2011 11:04 am, helen varley jamieson wrote:
> great, well done julian! :)
>
> On 26/05/11 3:58 PM, Honor Harger wrote:
>> Hi ADA
>>
>> Not sure if you've heard yet, but New Zealand artist, Julian Oliver,
>> has won the top prize at the world's most prestigious prize for
>> digital art - the Prix Ars Electronica:
>>
>> http://new.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/#interactive-art
>>
>> Julian Oliver won the highly coveted Golden Nica in Interactive Art
>> for his work, "Newstweek" made in collaboration with Danja Vasiliev
>> (RU).
>> http://newstweek.com/
>>
>> Horray!
>>
>> Honor
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currently: Toronto, Canada
about: http://julianoliver.com
Medialab-Prado <http://medialab-prado.es>
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*MEDIALAB-PRADO*
Plaza de las Letras
C/ Alameda, 15 · 28014 Madrid
+34 913 692 303
www.medialab-prado.es*
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International Seminar
Visualizar'11: Understanding Infrastructures
*06.14.2011, 06.15.2011 and 06.27.2011*
@ Medialab Prado · Plaza de las Letras, C/ Alameda, 15
Madrid**(Spain)*http://medialab-prado.es*
Presentations and seminar program on June 14 and 15, 2011 during the
workshop-seminar Visualizar'11: Understanding infraestructures, an event
on the production of projects that will investigate, analyze and
represent through data the running of infrastructures and global
systems. The seminar will take place on June 13 and 14.
Free admission. Limited seating. [live streaming]
Simultaneous translation English/Spanish
_*Tuesday**, June 14*_
10 am: Opening and presentation of the event
10:30 am: Presentation of the workshop and the 10 projects selected
through an international open call that will be collaboratively
developed during the workshop
2 pm – 2:30 pm: Collaborators' presentation
5 pm: Lecture by Amber Frid-Jimenez: /Data Is Political/
6 pm: Lecture by Rob Holmes: /An Atlas of iPhone Landscapes/
7 pm: Break
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Lecture by Dietmar Offenhuber (SENSEable City Lab/
MIT):/The Internet of Obsolete Objects/
_*Wednesday**, June 15*_
10 am-10:30 am: Paper presentation by Daniel Rojas: /Cartografía,
descubrimiento, uso y representación /
10:30 am: Paper presentation byJosé Luis Muñoz Muñoz: /Some Looks of the
Art Over the Space of the Urban Infraestructures of the Contemporary City/
11 am: Paper presentation bye Anil Bawa-Cavia: /Flowprints: Visualising
Urban Network Dynamics /
11:30 am: Break
12 am: Paper presentation byInês Salpico:/Visualizing Financial
Networks: New Understanding of the Financial System and Implications for
Policy Makers /
12:30 am -1 pm: Paper presentation by Evangelos Kapros: /Poverty &
Immigration: Visualising Simulations /
5pm: Lecture by Tom Raftery: /The Terms Smart Grid Has Recently Started
to Enter the Everyday Lexicon, But What Is It, And Why Do We Need It?/
6pm: Lecture by Drew Hemment: /Innovation in Infrastructure: DataGM/
7pm: Break
7:30 pm- 8:30pm: Lecture by Usman Haque (Pachube):/The Craft of Data/
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Monday, June 27
*_6 pm: Lecture by Andrew Vande Moere (Information Aesthetics). At EOI
School of Business
_*Other Activities:*_
_*Monday*_*_, June 20
_*5 pm - 8 pm: Impure workshop, an innovative tool for data
visualization. Held by Bestiario. Limited seating.
*_
Tuesday, June 21_*
7 pm - 9 pm: #Redada 8: Transparency and Access to Information. With
Ignacio Escolar, David Cabo, Juan Freire, Eva Moraga, Daniel Montero,
and Victoria Anderica.
_*Wednesday*_*_, June 22_*
6:30 pm - 8 pm: Workshop: Introduction to Data Visualization and
Analysis with R. Held byFelipe Ortega. Limited seating.
In collaboration with EOI School of Business (http://www.eoi.es)
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"Antes de imprimir este documento asegúrate de que es realmente necesario. ¡Gracias por tu colaboración!"
We are delighted to announce the performances that have been selected
for the 11:11:11 UpStage Festival, taking place on and around 11
November 2011. The formal announcement was made today, live in UpStage,
with a wild collaborative audiovisual celebration featuring guest CJs
Miljana Peric and Dan Untitled.
The 11:11:11 festival programme showcases work by seasoned cyberformance
artists, along with performances by artists from other disciplines
working in the online environment for the first time, and by school
students (some of whom are also seasoned cyberformers). Classical texts
from Brecht and Shakespeare get the cyberformance treatment, and themes
range from the moon to capitalism, and just about everything imaginable
in between.
The performances and artists are (more details on the web site
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350>):
* Cyberian Chalk Circle
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#ccc>: Christina
Papagiannouli -- Director (UK) Evi Stamatiou -- Performer (UK)
* Edward King <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#ek>: Marlena
Corcoran & collaborator(s) (Germany, World)
* Flat Earth <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#fe>: Petyr
Veenstra (Netherlands)
* In Pulses <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#ip>: Deise
Nunes, Paulucci Araújo, Luanda Carneiro Jacoel, Fernanda Branco
(Brazil, Oslo/Valencia)
* Magfalda meets the world in pieces
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#mag>; Gabriella Sacco
(Netherlands), Valentina Tibaldi (Italy)
* *make-shift <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#make-shift>*
Paula Crutchlow (UK) & Helen Varley Jamieson (NZ/Germany)
* Property Theft <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#pt>:
Olivia Furber, Harry Giles, et al (Scotland)
* The Serious Moonlight
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#moon>; Cindi L'Abbe
(USA/Korea), Karoline Anderson (USA/Korea)
* Student's Works <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#sw>:
students from Te Tai Poutini, Aotearoa/NZ
* Wake <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#wake>: Vicki Smith
(Aotearoa/NZ)
* Where are the clouds?
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350#clouds>: Katarina DJ.
Urosevic (Serbia), Francesco Buonaiuto (Italy) and The Levi@hans.
The performances were selected by the 11:11:11 Curatorial Panel (Liz
Bryce, Karla Ptác(ek, Ben Unterman, Becca Wood, Helen Varley Jamieson
and Vicki Smith), who will mentor the artists on the development of the
shows between now and the festival.
Some shows will have public work-in-progress showings and previews
before the festival - starting this Saturday 14th May, with the first
presentation of the Cyberian Chalk Circle (details here:
http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?p=2337); and on Friday 20th May there will
be a presentation at another festival about make-shift, which can be
joined online (details here: http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?p=2343).
We also launched a donations appeal, to raise NZ$5000 towards the costs
of the festival. Donations of any amount are gratefully appreciated, but
we particularly appreciate amounts of $11, $111, $1111 and so on ... go
to http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278 to make your donation and
watch the thermometer rise!
The build-up to 11:11:11 has begun! :)
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helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst
helen(a)creative-catalyst.com
http://www.creative-catalyst.comhttp://www.avatarbodycollision.orghttp://www.upstage.org.nz
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Call For Papers: Animating Time-space (Waikato, New Zealand, 1-2 October 11)
Waikato, October 1-2, 2011 Deadline: June 15, 2011
Animating Time-space Saturday October 1 and Sunday October 2, 2011
The University of Waikato, New Zealand
Keynote speakers: Suzanne Buchan (TBC) Recent
years have witnessed the emergence of dynamic approaches toward
creating, exhibiting and experiencing media forms. Animated imagery is
now pervasive and ubiquitous, giving life to objects, environments and
imaginative spaces. With increased access to cinematic and digital
technologies, we are seeing a broadening participation in processes of
creating animation, and diverse experimentation with time and space. While
animation continues to be experienced widely and dynamically as a
‘screen’ form, the relationship between producer, text, screen and
audience is re-configured by animated work that deviates from the notion
of a two-dimensional screen encounter. This complexity is apparent in
recent studies of the blurring of computer game producers and users, and
where animation enlivens public spaces and events, such as art
galleries, graffiti walls, architecture and the performance of visual
music and sound art. These examples provide fertile material for an
investigation into animating time-space and the generation of
participatory culture. Animating Time-space brings together
theoreticians and practitioners from a diverse range of disciplines in
order to discuss a number of approaches toward the animation of time and
space. It is intended that discussion will be inclusive of traditional,
cinematic and ‘extra-cinematic’ approaches toward animation. The event
comprises a two-day symposium, timed to coincide with the opening of the
exhibition Handmade Pixels: Exposing the Animation Process, on 30th
September. The symposium will be concluded by a screening of animated
works from the exhibition. Both events are hosted by The University of
Waikato.
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on all aspects
of animated time and space. Proposals for papers may include (but are
not limited to) the following topics: - animating space
(on-screen space, off-screen space, narrative space, architectural
space, environmental space, imaginative space etc) - anthropomorphism of space, objects, environments, plants, dead and decaying forms, ideas - creating other worlds; giving life to space and place - animation, time and memory - the temporality of animation: the relation between still and moving images - exploring the space in-between frames - the relation between handmade animation and digital technologies - the materiality of animation and changing technologies - audience experience, embodiment and perception of animated time and space - the animated body, manipulated physiognomy, pixilation and kinesthesis - animating sound and music: time-space considerations - the suspension of time in digital animation and Japanese Anime - suspended animation - animation and time travel
Potential
contributors are invited to submit a 300 word abstract accompanied by a
brief biography (including name, institution, phone number and email)
to the conference organisers at animation(a)waikato.ac.nz no later than
15th June 2011.
Potential contributors selected for paper
presentation may also be considered for subsequent publication of an
edited collection on Animating Time-space. In this situation,
contributors may be requested to provide a more substantial paper draft
prior to the symposium.
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DMW2011 – Call for participation
Call For Applications!
Digital Media Workshop 2011.
This June Massey University – College of Creative Arts (
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/colleges/college-creative-arts/abou…
)in association with CoLab ( http://www.colab.org.nz )– AUT University
will run the second edition of the Digital Media Workshop 2011.
"I arrived at the CoLab DMW 2010 not really knowing what to expect. Our
team was pretty excited at having been selected but wondering if we'd be
out of our depth. We need not have worried. Laurent and Simon as the
main facilitators were equally excited by the prospect of the weekend
and what it might hold. All of the other teams were also full of
enthusiasm. The demonstrations on mobile digital technology by Laurent
were eye-openers to us and we just wanted to get out there and start
exploring this 'new' media. With back up from the very knowledgeable
technicians we were never out of our depth. My major concern was just
how did all that time pass so quickly."
–Tim.
"I really enjoyed the workshop because it was quite inspirational and
we were supported by artists who were experts in their field and were
able to open up my mind to possibilities that I didn't even knew
existed. I strongly recommend signing up for the 2011 workshop."
–Kenneth.
Digital Media Workshop 2011:
– Friday 17 - Sunday 19 June 2011,
– Massey University - College of Creative Arts, Wellington.
Up to ten selected teams will spend a weekend producing a 2-minute
story-based project for the mobile phone or internet, under the tutelage
of experienced practitioners Max Schleser (
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/max-schleser/16/3a7/680 )and Laurent
Antonczak ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentantonczak ).
AIM:
Experimenting with the mobile phone to see what works… or does not.
Discovering a new medium and developing relevant content for mobile
devices.
The workshop is open to teams of 1-3 who need to cover the key skills
to produce the project. Applicants are required to submit an outline of
the outlines or scripts of potential theme / area to be explored along
with (and up to) 3 images capturing the spirit of the following
potential field of investigation:
- SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
- COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- VIRAL MARKETING FOR A FEATURE FILM
- INTERACTIVITY
- GAMING
>From the applications up to 10 projects/concepts will be selected on
the basis that they suit the medium, are innovative, are achieveable and
tell a story.
Projects relating to the marketing of a film will be considered, as
long as the project is strongly story based and intended to be viewed on
mobile devices.
Selected projects must be filmed and edited by a team of 1-3 members
covering the skills of writer, producer, director, editor, sound
recordist and cameraperson.
They will have two days to produce two 90-120 second stories with
initial meeting/teaching session on the preceding evening (Friday 17
June).
Projects relating to the marketing of a film will be considered as long
as they are story-based.
Application Deadline: 26 May
Workshop fee per participant: $80(no application fee).
This price includes mentors expertise, technician assistance, use of
facilities and editing suite, Wi-Fi access, iPhone 4 access for filming,
catering from Friday to Sunday
Further Info & Application Requirements (
http://www.colab.org.nz/node/901 )
For the first time in its 7 year history, the mostly virtual Audio Foundation has become a HUB!
We are lucky enough to have found the most wonderful space in the sub basement of the Parisian Tie Factory on Myers Park and we now have an office, gallery, library/film room and venue to complement our online services. So come and join us for a lovely celebratory launch (early attendance essential as we have a 10 pm noise curfew!)
4 Poynton Terrace (Off Pitt St, or behind St Kevins Arcade)
See http://audiofoundation.org.nz/contact for a map
Sat May 14th Opening
6 pm
Free
Gallery: "Big Bang" paintings by Campbell Kneale
Sound: Metal Rouge
Film: Kim Pieters
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AF Hub Launch Event
7 pm sharp ( noise curfew at 10 pm)
$5.00
DJ Rose Quartz
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Forest Spirits
is the solo electronic project from Liam Richardson. A biology student by day, Liam has been recording ambient electronic music with a focus on cinema for the past two years and is releasing his debut self-titled EP this month via Sonorous Circle
http://forestspirits.bandcamp.com/
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Empirical
Empirical are such occasional performers it is fair to wonder if this band really exists. The realities of it are a number of boxes in a Mt Roskill factory that come out to play when the stars align and fortune smiles. In the boxes are machines, machines called shimsaws and playing these machines are two friends - Marcel and Rosy. This is Empirical.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marcel-Bear/112357688779329?sk=info
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Sign of the Hag
Erica Sklenars and Daniel Beban. Zoetropic / strobophonic duet of adapted spinning wheels.
Using old spinning wheels prepared with plastic tabs, contact mics and mirrors, the duo produce flickering sequences of images and whirling pulses of sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX0EdUqPp7Y
Thanks to Creative New Zealand, ASB Trust, Lotteries Heritage and Environment, LIons Foundation, Placemakers, Resene and all the generous souls who have donated their time, effort and items towards the Hub!