Ada_list May 2015

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Fwd: New Zealand Call for WSA submissions NOW OPEN - 25 JUNE 2015 - on behalf of Jan Bieringa

by vicki smith

Please contact Jan jan(a)bwx.co.nz to discuss submissions :) > > NZ at the World Summit Award 2015 > The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global activity to select and promote the world's best e-Content and most innovative ICT applications. It offers a worldwide platform for all who value the creative use of ICT. > > Call for submissions in 8 categories > Government & Open Data > Health & Environment > Learning & Science > Entertainment & Lifestyle > Culture & Tourism > Media & News > Business & Commerce > Inclusion & Empowerment > > Refer http://www.wsa-awards.org.nz/ for category descriptions and further detail. > > If you have a project that you would like considered for the World Summit Award, please submit the following: > > • A paragraph or background information on the project > > • A website reference, if valid > > • The category of the submission > > http://www.wsa-awards.org.nz/categories/submissions.html > > > > Timetable: Call for submissions: OPEN till 25 June 2015 > > Judges: Chris Cormack and one other TBC. The judges will preside mid July. Everyone will be notified of final decisions. > > International Judging: > > August 1st Jury Round conducted as online Jury > > August 29-31 Grand Jury meeting and decision on the 40 WSA Winners > > October 24-26 WSA Gala events, Conference and exhibition Details TBC > > > About the World Summit Award: > The World Summit Awards honours excellence in e-content/applications. Forty winners (5 in each category) are selected globally 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. The World Summit Award (WSA) has been a resounding success for New Zealand since 2003. > > For further info World Summit Award or please call Jan 04 385 9435 or 027 535 7370 > > We look forward to your submissions. > > The World Summit Awards are generously supported by InternetNZ > > The wsa-awards.org.nz site is hosted by Actrix Networks > > > > J a n B i e r i n g a jan(a)bwx.co.nz > Skype Name: jan.bieringa > Coordinator: NZ World Summit Awards www.wsa-awards.org.nz > Level 2 | 282 Wakefield St | Wellington 6011 | Aotearoa New Zealand | Ph: +64 4 385 9435 | Mob: 027 535 7370 1 >

6 years, 4 months

WATERWAYS, WALKS & Wi-Fi ~ on Behalf of Suzon Fuks

by vicki smith

WATERWAYS, WALKS & Wi-Fi Intrepid artists James Cunningham & Suzon Fuks travelled 7500 km through Queensland exploring creeks from tropical Cairns, through the mining towns and dusty trails of the vast outback, exploring the theme of relationship to nature. The pair has returned to Brisbane to present an interactive art installation called FLUIDATA. Opening June 13th, 6pm. Exhibition runs June 13–20 Live performances on 13, 19 & 20 June at 7pm The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove FREE ADMISSION FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1570583656540863 More info at: igneous.org.au/projects/fluidata #creekmemory #fluidata #waterwheel kia pai to ra vicki (" \\ vicki smith digitalsmith(a)clear.net.nz Cell +64 21 778 067 // Aotearoa Digital Arts Network www ada.net.nz ADA Mesh BookSprint Christchurch 23-28 November 2015 - Call OPEN NOW http://www.ada.net.nz/projects/booksprints/eoi-space-network-memory-media-a… Find more Info here and join us http://www.ada.net.nz/meshcities/ http://facebook.com/ada.aotearoa

6 years, 4 months

opening tonight: Surveillance Awareness Bureau

by Walter Langelaar

in case you had not seen this, opening in Wellington tonight: http://urbandreambrokerage.org.nz/surveillance-awareness-laboratory The Surveillance Awareness Bureau creates a space for critical discussion about systems of surveillance, and awareness of the issues around privacy, liberty, control and abuse they raise. Featuring some of the alternatives proposed by artists, designers, scholars and journalists, this temporary office aims to highlight the tension and risks between seeing and not seeing the effects of technologies, and the vulnerability of humans in being in a space of "control framed by usual unawareness". Produced and curated by Modelab, the project brings together an exciting range of international and New Zealand contributors with a public programme: Simon Denny (whose Secret Power on this subject is currently representing NZ at the Venice Biennale), Hemi Macgregor (NZ), Terri Te Tau (NZ), Zach Blas (USA), James Bridle (UK), Paolo Cirio (IT/USA), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MEX), and Ruben Pater (NL). "Not a single day passes without news of trust breaches and information misuse of data in all levels, from the common individual to states and international organizations," writes curator Claudia Arozqueta. "But while certain technologies can be considered even as predators for privacy, there is already counterarguments that choose the same technologies and deploy them as tool of resistance or as a crucial democratic element that can link individuals with the wider social and political environment they live in.” The Surveillance Awareness Bureau will provide the audience with on-site bibliographical resources and other media on the subject of state and commercial vigilance. Also, panels on mass surveillance and civil liberties in the digital age. A workshop on enhancing privacy tools will be held to draw attention to the multiple ambiguous forms of surveillance that could be positioned along a spectrum from 'care' to 'control'. Funding has been provided by the Wellington City Creative Communities. :w! Walter Langelaar Media Design Lecturer The School of Design // Te Kura Hoahoa Victoria University of Wellington // Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui Wellington, New Zealand // Aotearoa p: +64 4 463 5512 e: walter.langelaar(a)vuw.ac.nz<https://webmail.vuw.ac.nz/owa/redir.aspx?C=3cBfWtM8uEeCRCI5YMC99F6W5NdQXdEI…> w: http://schoolofdesign.ac.nz<https://webmail.vuw.ac.nz/owa/redir.aspx?C=3cBfWtM8uEeCRCI5YMC99F6W5NdQXdEI…>

6 years, 4 months

Media Arts in Dunedin

by Dave Ciccoricco

Dear ADA, I wanted to extend a warm invitation to any digital arts enthusiasts who may be in the Dunedin area. We're running a modest Media Arts Show at our "What [in the World] Was Postmodernism?" Symposium next week. It's free and open to the public at the Otago Museum's Barclay Theatre. Full details here: http://whatwaspostmodernismnz.org/media-arts-show/ You're welcome to attend any of the papers and the artist session of course too. Sincerely Dave ____________________ Dr. David Ciccoricco Department of English and Linguistics University of Otago PO Box 56 Dunedin 9054 New Zealand dave.ciccoricco(a)otago.ac.nz

6 years, 5 months

Call for participants in the ADA BookSprint: Space, Network, Memory: Media Art and the Transitional City

by vicki smith

Kia ora Whanau This is a call for expressions of interest Space, Network, Memory: Media Art and the Transitional City Produced by The ADA Network Expressions of interest are now open for writers to participate in Space, Network, Memory: Media Art and the Transitional City, an immersive, innovative, collaborative writing event focused on the spatial limitations and possibilities of media art, artists’ engagement with networks of all kinds, and the radical layers of memory-making that characterise lived environments. Space, Network, Memory will produce a publication that critically addresses a significant body of creative work, interwoven with broader contexts and histories. This will include documentation and discussion of media art practices from around Aotearoa that engage with the interconnected themes of space, network, and memory. The book will be written by an invited group of people as a 5 day ‘book sprint’. The book sprint is a publication methodology developed by New Zealander Adam Hyde that brings a small group of participants together to collaboratively conceptualise and write a book in an intensive and creative period of work. While the project is grounded in the specificity of post-quake Christchurch, the book will explore the role of media art in addressing issues and possibilities of Space, Network, and Memory in New Zealand and global transitional urban environments. Key information: • Book Sprint dates: 23 to 28 November 2015 • Location: the workspace at XCHC, Exchange Christchurch, and other spaces around Christchurch city. • Expressions of Interest close at midnight, Monday 8 June Process: • A book sprint is a collaborative process that develops entirely within the timescale of the event. It involves collaboratively planning, designing and writing a book over 5 days. • Participants will be involved in testing and exploring new writing practices in a supportive, analytical and critical context. • The Space, Network, Memory sprint will be facilitated by Adam Hyde, the founder of the book sprint methodology, whose role will be to guide the participants through the whole process. • It will be a fully immersive experience with authors living and working together for the duration of the sprint. The aim is for the authors to be immersed in the city of Christchurch five years after the defining events of 2010. What ADA will provide: • Contribution to airfares or local travel costs. • Shared accommodation. • Shared meals throughout the book sprint program. • Technical staff and a limited technical kit. • Facilitators and production team. • Network resources. Writers need to bring/provide: • Commitment and enthusiasm • Willingness to participate in the collaborative process • Ideas • A willingness to be filmed and photographed as part of the documentation process Selection Criteria: • Demonstrated ability and interest in working collaboratively with artists and writers from diverse backgrounds and practices. • Demonstrated understanding of contemporary media art practices in urban contexts. • Demonstrated writing practice that has a focus on the active generation of texts and ideas. Desirable: • Applications are encouraged from artists and writers whose work explores any of the following areas: • Media technologies in transitional environments • Disaster, catastrophe and resilience • Field work including walking, orienteering and working site-specifically in urban environments • Environmental practice • Memory, archive formation, and history • media arts practice in Aotearoa • urban space, infrastructure and issues • networks of all kinds, from interpersonal to infrastructural • memory and media Outcomes: • Space, Network, Memory: Media Art and the Transitional City will be a publication that is published via online PDF, print on demand and e-book services at the end of the sprint. • The book sprint will be followed by a launch event on the Saturday following the sprint. A public roundtable discussion will reflect on the content of the book, and the sprint process. Application process: • Applications must be in the form of a 250 word statement of interest that addresses the selection criteria, accompanied by a 200 word bio, and a 1 page writing excerpt, and received by email to booksprint at ada[dot]net[dot]nz by midnight, Tuesday 9 June. • Applicants will be notified of an outcome by email, in the week of 22 June 2015. Space, Network and Memory is an initiative of the ADA Network. This project is supported by Creative New Zealand. More information can be found here http://www.ada.net.nz/projects/booksprint-space-network-memory/ kia pai to ra vicki (" \\ vicki smith digitalsmith(a)clear.net.nz Cell +64 21 778 067 // Aotearoa Digital Arts Network www ada.net.nz ADA Mesh BookSprint Christchurch 23-25 November 2015 EOI Open NOW http://www.ada.net.nz/projects/booksprints/eoi-space-network-memory-media-a… Find more Info here and join us http://www.ada.net.nz/meshcities/ http://facebook.com/ada.aotearoa

6 years, 5 months

dawn chorus: network

by John Hopkins

Greetings folks -- another live neoscenes networked sonic gig coming up this Saturday 02 May 2015 http://soundtent.org/2015/streams/streams_2015_UTC-7_prescott.html this one part of the Reveil 2015 Streams project: http://soundtent.org/soundcamp_reveil.html between 0500 - 0700 AM GMT-7 (Arizona Time) 1-3 PM London Time 8-10 AM New York Time etc... I'll have a live microphone out the window to broadcast the sounds of dawn from here in the Prescott National Forest... To listen in: http://soundtent.org/soundcamp_listen.html or you can go to my particular stream at: http://locus.creacast.com:9001/neoscenes.m3u (plug this URL into iTunes or VLC or other stream player) And you can find a full schedule of the 24-hour cycle at http://soundtent.org/2015/schedule.html One nice take on the project is expounded on in the essay by Anna Friz titled "Transmission Ecologies" http://soundtent.org/2015/streams/streams_2015_UTC-5_toronto_anna_friz.html I'll probably have my stream running from the Friday night before thru Saturday afternoon... Let me know if you have any questions! Cheers, John -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. John Hopkins, BSc, MFA, PhD grounded on a granite batholith twitter: @neoscenes http://tech-no-mad.net/blog/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. John Hopkins, BSc, MFA, PhD grounded on a granite batholith twitter: @neoscenes http://tech-no-mad.net/blog/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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