Visualizar'09: Public Data, Data in Public
Call for projects and papers
*International Workshop-Seminar on Public Data Visualization
November 12 - 27, 2009 in Medialab-Prado (Madrid, Spain)
Deadline for projects and papers: October 5, 2009*
*Call for collaborators: October 16 - November 11, 2009*
http://medialab-prado.es/visualizar
Directed by José Luis de Vicente. Teachers: Ben Cerveny (Stamen) and
Aaron Koblin. With the support of Bestiario.
This new edition will focus on the …
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visualization to aid in public processes of decision-making. Selected
projects and papers will tackle the topic of Open Data and Visualization
for Government Transparency and Civic Engagement.
Visualizar'09 includes an* international seminar *and an *advanced
project development workshop*. Both activities will tackle the topic of
transparency of data to make public discussion and debate possible,
regarding the political, social, and scientific processes. Consequently,
one of the objectives of Visualizar'09 will be the development of new
strategies for communicating these data and returning them to the public
domain.
All those interested in collaborating in one of the selected projects
can sign in from* October 16 to November 11*.
*Submission of databases:*
Public databases of institutions or research groups interested in
sharing them and making them more available to citizens can be sent to
visualizar[arroba]medialab-prado.es or through
http://medialab-prado.es/visualizar
Submitted databases could serve as work material for data visualization
projects selected for this workshop.
*More information:*
http://medialab-prado.es/article/convocatoria_de_proyectos__visualizar_09_d…
visualizar(arroba)medialab-prado.es
With the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology -
Ministry of Science and Innovation (FECYT - Ministerio de Ciencia e
Innovación)
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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
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= Create reactive music scenes with the RjDj composer pack =
July 24th, 2009
http://more.rjdj.me/2009/07/24/composerpack/
For some time now the RjDj team has been hard at work creating a
library of tools to help everyone create scenes for RjDj (i.e. Pd patch
bundles). These have been available for a while, as RjLib, from the
RjDj website and wiki. However we have now consolidated these tools,
in addition to some others, into the RjDj composer pack.
It's available for download now here :
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The RjDj composer pack is a set of tools designed to help at all
stages of the scene creation process. It contains a series of folders:
1. Example Scenes - This is a series of examples for RjDj to
get you inspired.
2. Scene Template - This is a blank template for you to use to create
scenes. It contains temporary images in the correct size and also
contains the "rj" library in a subfolder. The rj library contains a
large number of Pure Data abstractions (vanilla!) we have developed which you can use
whilst creating your scenes. It features many types of tools you would
find in conventional music making, as well as many you certainly
wouldn't!
3. Rjutils - This folder contains a number of Pure Data tools for
working with scenes. They are useful for testing scenes whilst on your
computer.
4. Pd - This folder contains some essential custom Pd objects that are
not part of the usual Pd installations. You should add these to the Pd
installation on your computer (i.e. copy them to the 'extra' directory
or somewhere else in you Pd search path), but don't put these into
your Scene directory, as the RjDj mobile app includes them already.
6. Rjz server - This is a tool that lets you test your scene on your
iPhone or iPod Touch without jail-breaking it.
7. Doc - In this folder we are delighted to include, with kind
permission from Andy Farnell and his publisher, an excerpt from his
book "Designing Sound" which is an excellent introduction to Pure
Data.
Eventually we hope to incorporate a distribution of Pure Data within
the Composer Pack. In the meantime, please download Pd for your
platform here : http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html rsp.
http://puredata.info/downloads (don't use Pd-extended, get the
'vanilla' versions on the bottom of the latter page.)
We are going to be continually updating this pack with new tools and
extended documentation and we have some very exciting things in the
pipeline for the composer community.
To find out more about creating reactive music scenes and RjDj, check
out our wiki at http://trac.rjdj.me
--
Frank Barknecht Do You RjDj.me? _ _____rjdj.me_
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_From the "shameless spam" department_
RjDj turns 1.000.000 and 100.000
July 23rd, 2009
http://more.rjdj.me/2009/07/23/1-000-000-and-100-000/
Wow. We just realized that RjDj passed two magic numbers!! RjDj Artists,
Producer, Fans, Freaks, Listeners, Team, Evangelist, Everyone get yourself a
drink and toast to the fact that we now have more than 100.000 scenes
downloaded through the RjDj app which also means that we have officially
surpassed more than 1.000.000 (ONE MILLION) distributed RjDj …
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About one year ago we started to do some hacking with a very, very small team
to prove the fact that reactive music is here to stay. In october 10, 2008 we
released the first version of RjDj and now, not even one year later we have
more than one million scenes out there. For the whole team here in RjDj land
this is a huge success. We are so proud about this that the first thing we did
is called our mum and dad to say thanks.
As RjDj scenes technically are Pd (vanilla) patches bundled with additional
resources this is big news for the Pd community. Who would have thought that
there will be one million Pd patches distributed to mobile phones within one
year? So the hugestest THANK YOU goes out to all the Pd patchers out there, to
the hackers attendig the Brazil Convention, that we sadly have to miss due to
bad timing on our side, and of course to Miller Puckette, without whom all this
wouldn't have been started the way it did.
This all really proves that releasing music as software is a very, very
powerful concept. We all have just started to grasp the potential of this and
let me tell you we are really busy pushing the boundaries. We will keep pushing
updates and new features and i hope we will also see amazing new scenes
released on RjDj during the next couple of month. Thanks again to all the
artists, producers, dj's and hackers releasing scenes on RjDj. And of course
thanks to all the listeners, who have managed not only to install a lot of
scenes but also to send us those 20.000 recordings. To celebrate, we just
switched one of the newest scenes from the kids on dsp to free. Go and get it :-)
-- Michael Breidenbruecker and the team of Reality Jockey
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For those wishing to consult the site of the previous convention, I have
the regret to announce that the name has been usurped by domain-snatchers,
and I have the pleasure to announce that we have a new name for it:
http://pure-data.artengine.ca/fr/http://pure-data.artengine.ca/en/
This is actually a copy of the old site, not just a new domain entry, so,
if you find anything that doesn't work anymore and that should, please
contact me.
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| Mathieu Bouchard - tél:+1.514.383.3801, Montréal, Québec
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Call for participation at the performance audio Blank Pages #7 et #8
Berlin – 05 and 06 of September - 2009
As part of the Nth Synthesis and Duo-THAM tour, we will organize two
Blank Pages session (#7 and #8) in Berlin. We search for sound artists
or musicians who work with the graphical programming environnements Pure
Data or Max/MSP to interpretate the Blank Pages score. This score
requires participants to play together and improvise without prior
preparation. The Blank Pages score, …
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: (http://blankpages.fr/score.html) :
60'00''
Pure Data
Blank Page
No load/No Save
Participants are asked to bring a laptop with the software Pure Data or
Max / MSP installed.
Seating is limited. Please download and complied the field :
http://www.blankpages.fr/registration-form.doc
The performance will take place at :
Session #7
05 september 2009 - 2pm
Emitter19
Kiefholzstrasse 19 Berlin
Session #8
06 september 2009 - 5pm
NK
Elsen str 52 2HH Berlin
Feel free to visit the website of Blank Pages. For questions, please
send a mail to Thomas Thiery :
thomas_thiery(a)laposte.net
For more information :
Blank Pages :
http://www.blankpages.fr
Emitter 19
http://emitter19.blogsport.de
NK :
http://www.myspace.com/enka52
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I think they'll let non-Columbia people in if you ask nicely. Also,
if you have other NYC university IDs, they'll probably let you in
without a special pass. My NYU ID worked, for example.
.hc
Begin forwarded message:
> From:"library" <library(a)exchange.tc.columbia.edu>
> Date:July 15, 2009 10:49:53 AM EDT
> Subject:Invitation: Pure Data Focus Group, with Natacha Diels,
> Tuesday, July 21, 4-6pm
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> The Gottesman Libraries invitesyou to attenda
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> …
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> Led by Natacha Diels, Flautist & Composer
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> Tuesday, July 21, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
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> The Gottesman Libraries
> Room 305
> Teachers College,ColumbiaUniversity
> 525 West 120th Street
>
> RSVP by Friday, July 17 tolibrary(a)tc.edu
>
> Flautist and composerNatacha Dielswas born inLos Angelesin 1981 and
> spent most of her childhood inNew Mexico. She holds a BM in flute
> performance fromNew YorkUniversityand a MPS from the Interactive
> Telecommunications program atTischSchoolof the Arts,New
> YorkUniversity.
>
> In 2002 Natacha founded the new music group Ensemble Pamplemousse
> (non-profit inc. 2004), with the purpose of commissioning and
> performing electroacoustic works for chamber ensemble. Natacha also
> performs in contemporary, classical, and improvised contexts,
> including such ensembles as On Stucture, Tall Brown Boots, and Red
> Light New Music. She has participated as performer and composer in
> new music and art festivals all over the world. Natacha is dedicated
> to helping others incorporate technology and music and has taught
> workshops at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; the
> Montessori School of Raleigh; the Upper Catskill Community Center
> for the Arts; and Hartwick College. She is currently developing a
> Montessori program in contemporary music with Corinne Sigel.
>
> This workshop is co-sponsored by the Gottesman Libraries and New
> Blankets, a non profit organization spear-headed byJoseph Dekenof
> theUniversityofCalifornia San Diegoto develop new collaborative
> technologies and innovative projects. For this workshop you may
> bring your own laptop and headphones, or use equipment provided by
> the Gottesman Libraries. Please note that seating is limited fifteen
> persons.
>
> Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable
> accommodations including, but not limited to sign language
> interpretation, Braille or large print materials, and a campus map
> of accessible features. Address these requests to the Office of
> Access and Services for Individuals with Disabilities at (212)
> 678-3689,keller(a)tc.edu, or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at
> (212) 678-3853 V/TTY,jaech(a)tc.edu.
>
> http://library.tc.columbia.edu/news.php?id=459
>
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"[W]e have invented the technology to eliminate scarcity, but we are
deliberately throwing it away to benefit those who profit from
scarcity." -John Gilmore
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*DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 30TH**
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*Tweak is two! *Currently in its second edition, Tweak is an interactive art
and live electronic music festival taking place in *Limerick City between
the 21st and 26th of September 2009*. Its aim is to promote understanding of
the use of technology within our culture and to explore contemporary issues
(social, economic, psychological, aesthetic and functional).
The festival will consist of a* 5-day …
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robots and installations) comprising of artworks from international and
local artists, *3 days of workshops* and many evenings of live electronic
performance.
Digital technology has become a medium that has redefined the arts broading
horizons and changing practices. New works that explore interactivity and
the possibilities opened up by multimedia and electronic technologies to
create immersive experiences bring physicality and play to the digital
medium.
We call for submissions from artists and designers who’s work has been
labelled as ‘new media’, ‘physical computing’, ‘tangible interfaces’,
‘digital media’, ‘techno craft’, amongst other titles which attempt to
define the field.
We are currently accepting proposals for the following categories:
*Exhibition
Workshops
Live Electronic Performance
Cinematic Works
Listening Post*
The call for submissions is open from *April 15th to July 30th, 2009*. All
submissions should have the participants name, work title and technical
specifications as well as a work abstract in English (max of 200) and a
brief biography(max of 200 words) about the author. Group works should have
all members listed on the entry form. Please include links to video and
photo documentation.
Submissions are open to professionals, researchers and design groups of the
digital medium.
To find out more visit *www.tweak.ie* email: *bonjour(a)tweak.ie*
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delivered to you in cross-posting-visionrama,
and until stocks last!
(French version at the bottom)
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MAKE ART 2009 - What The Fork?!
distributed and open practices in FLOSS art
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CALL FOR PROJECTS: Extended deadline, July 22
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make art is an international festival dedicated to the integration of
Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) in digital art.
The fourth edition of make art – What The Fork?! distributed and open
practices in FLOSS art - will take place in Poitiers (FR), from the 7th
to the 13th of December 2009.
make art offers performances, presentations, workshops and an
exhibition, focused on the encounter between digital art and free
software.
We're currently seeking new, innovative FLOSS works and projects: music
and audiovisual performances, presentations, software demos, and
installations.
This year make art focuses on distributed and open practices in FLOSS
art. 'What the fork?!' is about decentralisation. Forking is the new
black. Forking, copying the source code of a project and continuing
work on the copy instead of the original, used to have a bad reputation.
It would split a project and its developer community in pieces, leading
to different, often incompatible, projects. Wasted effort, rivalry and
developer fights were all associated concepts. This is history. Forking
a project with the intention to compete with it is another story, but
the freedom to fork enables quick implementation of features and
customization, bypassing acquiring committer status, bugfix or feature
request protocol, working in a distributed way, together with others but
not necessarily towards one goal, working from one source,
cross-fertilising, inspiring, copying, patching, improving,
experimenting, changing direction, and merging. This practice is boosted
by decentralised software development tools, such as Darcs, Mercurial
and Git. It's not about quick hacks, but about creating room to
experiment, letting go of the one working copy and creating a
multiplicity of ideas.
Extended deadline : 22nd of July 2009.
For more details, please visit http://makeart.goto10.org/call
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MAKE ART 2009 - "What The Fork?!"
pratiques distribuées et ouvertes en art FLOSS
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APPEL A PROJETS: Prolongé jusqu'au 22 Juillet
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make art est un festival international dédié à l'intégration des
Logiciels Libres et Open Source (FLOSS[1]) dans l'art numérique.
La quatrième édition de make art – "What The Fork?!" pratiques
distribuées et ouvertes en art FLOSS – se déroule à Poitiers (FR), du 7
au 13 décembre 2009.
make art propose des performances, des présentations, des ateliers et
une exposition, centrés sur la rencontre entre l'art numérique et le
logiciel libre.
Nous recherchons actuellement des projets récents, innovants, basés sur
des logiciels libres et open source : performances musicales et
audiovisuelles, présentations, démonstrations de logiciels et
installations.
Cette année make art sera centré sur les pratiques distribuées et
ouvertes en art FLOSS. Dans 'What the fork?!' il est question de
décentralisation. Le fork c'est le bien. La pratique du Fork, qui
consiste à copier le code source d'un projet puis de continuer à
travailler sur une copie plutôt que l'original, a ouvent eu mauvaise
réputation. Car cela engendrerait une scission au sein du projet et de
l'équipe de développeurs, et conduirait à des projets différents et
souvent incompatibles. Efforts gaspillés, rivalités et querelles de
développeurs, autant de concepts qui y sont associés. Tout ça c'est de
l'histoire ancienne et créer le fork d'un projet dans l'intention de
rivaliser est encore une autre histoire. La liberté de faire un fork
permet la mise en oeuvre rapide de nouvelles fonctionnalités et de
personnalisations, en contournant la nécessité d'acquérir le statut de
celui qui dépose et valide (le "committer"), en contournant les
protocoles de corrections de bug ou de demandes de nouvelles
fonctionnalités, en travaillant de manière distribuée, ensemble avec
d'autres sans être obligé de suivre le même et unique objectif, tout en
travaillant depuis la même source, mais en opérant par fertilisation
croisée, en insufflant, en copiant, en patchant, en améliorant, en
expérimentant, en changeant de direction et en fusionnant. Cette
pratique est largement boostée par les outils décentralisés de
développement de logiciel tels que Darcs, Mercurial ou Git. Il ne s'agit
pas de hacks faits à la va-vite, mais la création d'une chambre
d'expérimentation, qui laisse de côté la copie unique du travail et qui
démultiplie les idées.
Date limite prolongée: 22 juillet 2009.
[1] FLOSS : Free/Libre/Open Source Software
Pour plus d'informations :
http://makeart.goto10.org/call/index.fr.html
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In case anyone is interested, you can see me representing Pd at the Art
+Code Conference that Golan Levin organized back in March:
http://vimeo.com/5479982
There were lots of other talks that were worth seeing, you can see
them in the sidebar.
.hc
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I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my
telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out
how to use my telephone." --Bjarne Stroustrup
Hello all,
I'd like to announce UnTwelve's first annual composition competition!
UnTwelve's mission is to support and encourage the performance and creation
of new microtonal musical works, specifically, music written outside the
framework of 12-tone equal temperament.
There will be a $200 cash prize for your winning 3-5 minute electronic,
acoustic, or electro-acoustic piece, entries are due by Oct. 1st, and you
can find out all the rules and regulations by checking out our webpage for
the …
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http://www.untwelve.org/competition.html
On behalf of UnTwelve, I can say we look forward to seeing your
contributions!
Best,
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.comhttp://www.untwelve.org
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