*MEDIALAB-PRADO*
Plaza de las Letras
C/ Alameda, 15
28014 Madrid (Spain)
+34 913 692 303
www.medialab-prado.es
*
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Medialab-Prado receives an Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica
2010
_May 31, 2010_
*The production platform Interactivos? wins an Honorary Mention in the
category of "Interactive Art" as a unique space for the collective
creation of interactive installations.*
Since Interactivos? was held for the first time in 2006, it has had
remarkable success with its open innovation model, in which ten ideas
chosen through a public open call are developed by groups of
collaborators from all over the world. They attend the workshop to
contribute their knowledge to carrying out the projects. During the
two-week workshop, a context for collective learning and living and
working together is created that generates surprising results.
To date, 17 workshops have been held around the world adhering to the
Interactivos? methodology, giving rise to over 150 projects including
augmented reality games, data visualization, performing arts,
experimental video games, and sound installations. Artists, designers,
educators, researchers, scientists, sociologists, etc. have taken part,
each contributing their varying types of knowledge and specializations,
making a very productive and enriching learning and creation environment.
Ars Electronica has given annual awards since 1987 to the most
outstanding projects in digital culture worldwide, including interactive
works and installations, digital communities, sound art, and computer
animation. In the case of Interactivos? from Medialab-Prado, an
exceptional award was given to a platform for experimentation and
collective creation of prototypes of interactive installations, whose
success has been proved throughout nine international workshops held in
various cities around the world (Madrid, New York, Lima, Mexico, Gijón
and San Sebastián) over the past four years.
The next Interactivos? workshop will be held at Medialab-Prado from 7-23
June 2010, titled *Interactivos?'10: Neighbourhood Science*
The call for collaborators will be open until June 4, 2010 (no
registration fee).
More information:
http://medialab-prado.es/article/taller-seminario_interactivos10_ciencia_de…http://www.aec.at/prix_history_en.php?year=2010
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Nerea García Garmendia
Comunicación / Press
Medialab-Prado
Área de Las Artes, Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Plaza de las Letras
Alameda, 15 28014 Madrid
Tfno. +34 914 202 754
difusion(a)medialab-prado.es
www.medialab-prado.es
Hi all! The third (and final) edition of tweak takes place in Limerick
between September 13th and 24th 2010!
Tweak is an interactive art festival aiming to promote the understanding of
the use of technology in our lives.
This years tweak consists of an exhibition, cinema, talks, music
performances and a week long workshop and lots more in-between.
Submissions are currently open for the following categories
Exhibition
Workshop
Cinema
Music Performance
Listening Post
Symposium
For more information visit: http://www.tweak.ie
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tweak!
w: www.tweak.ie
e: bonjour(a)tweak.ie
Hello,
Date:
Sunday, 30 May, 2010 - 13:00
We'll focus on video and 3D :
Jack from the RYBN collective (http://rybn.org) will come over to
introduce us to GEM, one of the graphical libraries in PD, focussing on
video and 3D generative synthesis. The goal is to create a thorough
understanding of these techniques over a few sessions.
Sessions from 13h till 18h, at OKNO.
As usual, these are free events, come with your laptop, headphones and
motivations/projects.
Please send a short e-mail to ol(a)okno.be to confirm your participation,
so we can prepare properly.
++
Jack
(apologies for cross-posting)
Dear Colleagues and FOSS enthusiasts,
A friendly reminder that we have a Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork) workshop at the NYC Resistor scheduled for May 30th, 2010 as part of the ICMC2010 workshop sessions. Please note the change in time which is 10am-4pm (ET).
For additional information and registration info, please consult the website at:
http://icmc-workshop-l2ork.eventbrite.com/
I would greatly appreciate it if you would please disseminate this as far and as wide as possible. For more info on L2Ork and its software/hardware resources, please visit:
http://l2ork.music.vt.edu
Many thanks!
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
Director, L2Ork Linux Laptop Orchestra
Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/
Please note this is a Linux-optimized version and it has known
pd.tk-related issues when running on a non-Linux platform (these are a
simple matter of tracking them down and cleaning them up, beyond that
most if not all of the improvements should be OS-agnostic).
Some of the abstractions still lack detailed descriptions--we should be
addressing these hopefully soon. Likewise, we will be updating
additional documentation as soon as our time allows us to do so.
Community contributions are more than welcome.
NB: a good chunk of the improvements have been submitted upstream so
hopefully they will be making their way eventually into the vanilla
releases. Remaining improvements will be submitted soon.
For more info, please visit:
http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56
Comments/feedback are appreciated.
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
Director, L2Ork Linux Laptop Orchestra
Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/
(apologies for cross-posting)
Dear Colleagues and FOSS enthusiasts,
A friendly reminder that we have a Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork) workshop at the NYC Resistor scheduled for May 30th, 2010 as part of the ICMC2010 workshop sessions. Please note the change in time which is 10am-4pm (ET).
For additional information and registration info, please consult the website at:
http://icmc-workshop-l2ork.eventbrite.com/
I would greatly appreciate it if you would please disseminate this as far and as wide as possible. For more info on L2Ork and its software/hardware resources, please visit:
http://l2ork.music.vt.edu
Many thanks!
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
Director, L2Ork Linux Laptop Orchestra
Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/
Hi all,
just arrived yesterday in Iceland for Pikslaverk (the Icelandic branch of
Pixelache Network). I'm here with Servando who was perfoming yesterday.
Very soon I'll give a presentation of Golden Shield Music (
http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/golden-shield-music/) a generative
mutli-channel sound installation for censored IP addresses.
Today's program:
Artiste's lectuers and project presentations
13:15 *Linda Hilfling – **Fjernstyring / Remote Control *
13: 45 *Marco Donnarumma* – *Golden Shield Project *
14:15 *Rafael Hidalgo Múgica* – *Weather Sensations Project *
Break
15:00 *Martins Howse – **Island2 *
15:30 *Servando Barreiro - *Minitronics
16:00 *Juan Parra Cancino* – Computer Music Performances
Also : project installations : Rafael Hidalgo Múgica, Páll Thayer and
Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson
if somebody on the list is here in Reykjavik, let us know! we're here until
Monday..
cheers..
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Marco Donnarumma aka TheSAD
Independent New Media Arts Professional, Performer, Teacher - Edinburgh, UK
PORTFOLIO: http://marcodonnarumma.com
LAB: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://cntrl.sourceforge.net |
http://www.flxer.net
EVENT: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
the thirty-fifth meeting of the PureData users group of Montréal will take
place at Vidéographe Production, 4550, Garnier st (corner of Mont-Royal
ave) on Saturday the 22nd of May 2010, from 13:00 to 17:00.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 08:34:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju(a)artengine.ca>
To: pdmtl(a)artengine.ca
Subject: pdmtl#35
la trente-cinquième rencontre du club d'utilisateurs de PureData de Montréal
aura lieu à Vidéographe Production, 4550, rue Garnier (coin Mont-Royal) le
samedi 22 mai 2010, de 13h00 à 17h00.
au programme :
1. la patch du projet Aether9
presentée par Christiaan CRUZ et Audrey SAMSON
Aether9 is developing a mobility contingent for its performances during a
residency at Agence TOPO in Montréal. The aether9 collective has developed its
own tool to stream remote performances from anywhere on the globe, which are
concatenated and manifested on a web page (in combination with a live
performance in front of an audience). This ability to stream audio/visual
remotely has thus far depended on Max/MSP. During the residence two aether9
members have been writing and learning in Pure Data to create a PD patch that
essentially captures webcam stream, manipulates the image and uploads it to a
server. We propose to present our fumbling, our successes and frustrations with
making this patch as well as how the project aether9 works.
* project website: aether9.org
* interface: 1904.cc
2. Gem for data visualization
by Peter LEE
I will present preliminary work that uses GEM particle systems for data
visualization in two projects, one a (possibly) scientific application, and the
other for a theater performance. The first feeds data from a genetic study into
GEM to visualize multiple variables associating at once. The second takes data
generated live from biofeedback sensors to visualize physiologic signals of
emotion. Both projects make use of the same interface for patching data to
visualization parameters. The challenge is to find the mappings and scaling
factors that enhance the viewer’s ability to detect differences in the data. I
shall be interested in hearing ideas from the community on how to improve
real-time rendering of particle systems to create images with greater nuance
and expressivity.
3. Démonstration à choisir
par Mathieu BOUCHARD
Je vais donner une liste de mes nouvelles patchs de son, de vidéo,
etc., et l'auditoire choisira parmi ces suggestions. J'improviserai
alors deux courtes présentations.
* prototype de jeu de Q*Bert.
* prototype de jeu de Tic Tac Toe.
* déformation temporelle des pixels sur un flux vidéo.
* synthèse de cloches et de cordes sans oscillateur.
* synthèse fait d'un filtre à pôle complexe et d'un gros rien.
4. Traduction
(discussion de groupe)
Ce sera une discussion informelle pour savoir qui est intéressé à
participer à des efforts de traduction de la documentation de PureData.
Nous parlerons de différentes sources de documentation et de diverses
approches de traduction.
Cette discussion a été proposée par Thomas-O. FREDERICKS, lequel sera
absent ce samedi. Nous poursuivrons cette discussion lors d'une
rencontre ultérieure.
5. temps libre
(jusqu'à 17h00)
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| Mathieu Bouchard, Montréal, Québec. téléphone: +1.514.383.3801
WORKSHOP 27-30 MAY 2010
RAFAEL TORAL SPACE PROGRAM WORKSHOP: Rethinking Electronic Music
Rafael Toral calls his playing style “post-free jazz electronic music”,
once described as “a brand of electronic music far more visceral and
emotive than that of his cerebral peers”. Toral’s Space Program delivers
music that is full of clarity, articulating silence and sound in a
thoughtful, yet physical way. A long time collaborator of Sei Miguel, he
has performed throughout Europe, Canada, USA, South Korea, Japan, New
Zealand and Australia, released 13 albums and produced the first Anthology
of Portuguese Electronic Music. He is a member of MIMEO orchestra.
http://rafaeltoral.net
Electronic Music development has historically been mostly oriented to the
sound source (technology) and the object (finished work). Unlike in jazz,
the individual is rarely the focal point. More concerned with the musician
than with the instrument, the Space Program is Rafael Toral’s long-term
research into human performance possibilities in Electronic Music, a
fundamental reevaluation of its conception, performance and experience.
The Space Program Workshop shares some concepts, focusing on how we make
performance decisions. Aimed at musicians using hacked, bent, or custom
electronic instruments, it raises fundamental questions about what can we
do with them. The Workshop provides participants with conceptual tools for
structuring musical discourse, with emphasis on phrasing from Space
Program’s viewpoint.
The workshop has the duration of 4 days and covers topics like:
1. Matter: Instrumental choices and interface optimization.
2. Discourse: elaborating a syntax and articulating silence.
3. Composition: listening modes and macro-form decisions.
4. Performance: the body on stage and functions in a group.
Participants are enabled to perform collectively in the end.
What is required :
- The Space Program Workshop has to do with electronic instrument control.
Your instrument absolutely needs to be able to instantly start and stop
making sound.
- It is aimed at non-conventional electronic instruments that require a
physical interaction. No keyboards. No classic instruments. No computers
(except with gestural controllers).
- Previous hacking workshops and basic electronics knowledge are preferred.
- It’s about simplicity. Be prepared to focus and simplify your sound.
- A small mixer if you have several sources (your output should be one
channel).
- Headphones (and your own monitor circuit, mixer, etc., if necessary)
What is offered :
- Focus on your instrument technique and choice of sounds to perform.
- Structure your sounds, establishing a personal lexicon.
- Exercise an articulated way of listening and dealing with silence and
“space”.
- In short, to develop a physical, organic, elemental approach to
electronic music.
Schedule for Workshop: May 2010
27: 15:00 – 19:30 (with coffee break)
28: 10:00 – 13:00 // lunch break // 14:30 – 18:00
29: 10:00 – 13:00 // lunch break // 14:30 – 18:00
30: 10:00 – 13:00 // lunch break // 14:30 – approx: 17:00 //
// move to ausland – sound check /performance at ausland LychenerStr. 60
10437 Berlin
Doors open at 9pm Performance begins at 10pm
Workshop Location: @ NK Elsenstr. 52 2HH 2Etage 12059 Berlin
Participation is limited to 6 participants.
Registration: Pre-registration is required and can be done by sending an
email to info(a)nkprojekt.de
Fee: 160€
http://www.nkprojekt.de
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Friedenstr. 58
10249 Berlin (Deutschland)
Tel +49 30 42020091 | Mob +49 162 6843570
Studio +49 30 69509190
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