Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit (fixed) works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its tenth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert.
Act fast! The deadline is in less than a month!
Your works can be considered for multiple mixes, including the International and local mixes (Canada, Europe, NOrth-East, UK) and a variety of other thematic mixes. Please check the appropriate boxes when you submit your work:
International mix
Canada mix
Un-Twelve mix - for microtonal works
The Athena mix - for female composers
Voice mix - works incorporating the human voice
John Mix - for works that are based on recorded natural or urban sounds
North American Soundscapes - focusing on urban soundscapes in North America
Presenters mix - from composers who presented 60x60
Latin-American mix
Europe Mix
UK mix
North-East mix
More information about the call and submit your works here:
http://www.60x60.com/calls/
Best,
Eldad Tsabary
FRENCH BELOW
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RICARDO MBARKHO
<< FINE PIXELS >>
OPENING: TUESDAY MAY 15, 2012 @ 6 pm
Artist Talk starts @ 7 pm
www.ricardombarkho.com
at Galerie Mark Hachem - Beirut
Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 7 pm
Galerie Mark Hachem (Beirut) is proud to present “FINE PIXELS” by Lebanese artist RICARDO MBARKHO. The exhibition opens on Tuesday, 15 of May 2012 and will run until Tuesday, 29 of May 2012.
The exhibition will showcase Ricardo Mbarkho’s images: The artist manipulates different layers of significations by investigating multiple questions related to language, communication, cultural industries, history of art as well as the visual representation within the sociopolitical sphere. Mbarkho’s images are made from texts. The artist uses the computer as a tool to transcend texts into images; the text's binary codes, those simple digits that computers use to stock information, are transposed into a unique corresponding visual. By this creative process, the shapes and colors of Ricardo Mbarkho’s art are constantly unveiling new facets of the initial texts.
Ricardo Mbarkho’s work stems from the vibrant scene of today’s global digital art practices. Mbarkho divulges alternative readings to issues pertaining to his local cultural and sociopolitical environments, where the latter’s significance and information are embodied and channeled through the artist’s own flux.
Galerie Mark Hachem invites the public to share the artist’s doubts and findings through Ricardo Mbarkho’s solo show, “Fine Pixels”.
mark hachem I contemporary art gallery
Capital Gardens Bldg. | Salloum St. | Mina el Hosn | Beirut Central District | Lebanon
T +961 1 999313 | E beirut(a)markhachem.com | W www.markhachem.com | SKYPE beirut.markhachem
FRANCAIS
===========
RICARDO MBARKHO
<< FINE PIXELS >>
VERNISSAGE LE 15 MAI 2012 A 18h
Artist Talk à 19h
www.ricardombarkho.com
à la Galerie Mark Hachem - Beyrouth
Lundi - Samedi, 10h - 19h
La Galerie Mark Hachem (Beyrouth) a le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage de “FINE PIXELS”, l’exposition de l’artiste libanais RICARDO MBARKHO, le mardi 15 mai 2012. L’exposition se poursuit jusqu’au mardi 29 mai 2012.
Au programme, les images numériques de Ricardo Mbarkho: Le langage, la communication, les industries culturelles, l’histoire de l’art ou encore la représentation visuelle de l’espace sociopolitique, autant d’aspects que l’artiste met en exergue en manipulant moult strates de sens relatives à l’objet de son questionnement.
A l’origine, il y’a un texte. L’artiste le prend tel quel, ou le compose dans l’optique particulière de l’œuvre finale. Puis il y’a l’ordinateur, outil de choix de Mbarkho, cet outil de mutation des textes initiaux en visuels. Des images uniques vont ainsi se révéler à chaque fois, images générées par les codes binaires de ces textes, codes qui ne sont autre que la simple unité de base dont l’ordinateur use pour stocker l’information.
En phase avec les pratiques contemporaines de l’art numérique, l’œuvre de Ricardo Mbarkho propose une lecture renouvelée de l’environnement culturel et sociopolitique de l’artiste. Un momentum très particulier que nous livre Ricardo Mbarkho ; une transcendance, une sorte de mise à nu de textes, de leurs mots, de leurs sens. De ces textes, l’artiste ne retient que l’essentiel, la moelle substantifique.
mark hachem I contemporary art gallery
Imm. Capital Gardens | Rue Salloum | Mina el Hosn | Beirut Central District | Liban
T +961 1 999313 | E beirut(a)markhachem.com | W www.markhachem.com | SKYPE beirut.markhachem
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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((( MUME 2012 )))
1st International Workshop on Musical Metacreation
http://www.metacreation.net/mume2012/
Held at the Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and
Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'12)
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
October 9, 2012
----------------------
Deadline for Paper and Demo Submissions:
*** July 6, 2012 ***
======================
We are delighted to announce the 1st International Workshop on Musical
Metacreation (MUME2012) to be held October 9, 2012, in conjunction
with the Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and
Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'12).
Thanks to continued progress in artistic and scientific research, a
new possibility is emerging in our musical relationship with
technology: Generative Music or Musical Metacreation, the design and
use of computer music systems which are "creative on their own".
Metacreation involves using tools and techniques from artificial
intelligence, artificial life, and machine learning, themselves often
inspired by cognitive and life sciences. Musical Metacreation suggests
exciting new opportunities to enter creative music making: discovery
and exploration of novel musical styles and content, collaboration
between human performers and creative software "partners", and design
of systems in gaming and entertainment that dynamically generate or
modify music.
The workshop will bring together artists, practitioners and
researchers interested in developing software and systems that
autonomously (or interactively) recognize, learn, represent, complete,
accompany, compose or interpret music. In particular, emphasis will be
put on systems with real-time aspects, since these are relevant to
both art and entertainment communities.
Topics
======
We encourage paper and demo submissions on topics including the
following:
* Novel representations of musical information
* Systems for autonomous or interactive music composition
* Systems for automatic generation of expressive musical
interpretation
* Systems for learning or modelling music style and structure
* Systems for intelligently remixing or recombining musical material
* Advances or applications of AI, machine learning, and
statistical techniques for musical purposes
* Advances or applications of evolutionary computing or agent and
multiagent-based systems for musical purposes
* Computational models of human musical creativity
* Techniques and systems for supporting human musical creativity
* Online musical systems (i.e. systems with a real-time element)
* Adaptive music in video games
* Methodologies for, and studies reporting on, evaluation of
musical metacreations
* Emerging musical styles and approaches to music production and
performance involving the use of AI systems
Format and Submissions
======================
The workshop will be a one day event including:
* Presentations of TECHNICAL PAPERS
* Presentations of POSITION PAPERS relevant to Musical
Metacreation and its future
* Presentations of DEMONSTRATIONS
* One or more PANEL SESSIONS (potential topics include
international collaborations, evaluation methodologies, industry
engagement, generative music in art vs. games)
For complete details on attendance, submissions and formatting, please
visit the workshop website:
*** http://www.metacreation.net/mume2012/ ***
Important Dates
===============
Submission deadline: July 6, 2012
Notification date: August 3, 2012
Accepted Author CRC due to AAAI Press: August 17, 2012
Workshop date: October 9, 2012
Workshop Organizers
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Dr. Philippe Pasquier (Workshop Chair)
School of Interactive Arts + Technology (SIAT)
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Arne Eigenfeldt
The School for the Contemporary Arts
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Oliver Bown
Design Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
The University of Sydney
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http://www.metacreation.net/mume2012/
======================
Hello,
next tuesday, 8th May 20:00, will be the next meeting of Pure Data users
in Berlin at NK (http://www.nkprojekt.de/) - Elsenstr. 52, 2HH 2Etage.
For more information, look up
http://puredata.info/community/groups/pd-berlin/pd-berlin-users-group/
We also encourage you to take an active part, and put up suggestions for
topics you want to talk about / topics you want to be talked about.
Pd-Berlin Google group: You can join the open group
http://groups.google.com/group/pd_berlin, and make questions to the users
there.
Doors are open from 20h-20h15. After that they'll be closed, and you will
have to call someone from the Pd-meeting to get in. To get a telephone
number to call or confirm assistance you can write to
steiner AT block4 DOT com.
Please, don´t call to the staff of NK to open the doors. They let us use
the space but we have to take care about having the meeting without
producing any disturbance to them, and to clean the space after the
meeting.
We would apreciate if you would send us a small mail to
steiner AT block4 DOT com with your name, Pd experience and interests, so
that we know how many people might be coming. Or put your name in the
pd-berlin wiki page.
We would like to thank the support and willingness of NK in the
organization of these events.
INCARNATED SOUND - USA TOUR 2012
Biophysical music, sonic flesh theory and body hacking courses.
~~~~~~~~
Dear all,
hoping it might be of your interest,
I'm sharing with you the schedule of the upcoming USA Tour.
I'll be performing, teaching and speaking with and about the Xth Sense in 5
cities on the East Coast.
See the planned events below, and feel free to get in touch if you happen
to be in the area.
http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/xth-sense/http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/music-for-flesh-ii
For detailed information you're welcome to visit:
http://marcodonnarumma.com/calendar
You can still book a place for the Xth Sense workshop in New York at:
http://bit.ly/JEwto0
||| ACM - CHI 2012 Liveness
||| 5-10 May
||| Austin Conference Center, Texas
- Presentation “Xth Sense: recoding visceral embodiment”
Other presenters include Toby Harris, Maria Lantin and Leila Sujir, among
the others.
~~~~~~~~
||| They, Who Sound
||| 7 May
||| Avant Garden, 411 Westheimer, Houston, Texas.
- Performing “Music for Flesh II”, interactive music piece for enhanced
body.
- Performing “Nascent”, incarnated sound sculpture, US Premiere;
~~~~~~~~
||| Washington DC
||| 15 May
||| American University, Washington DC.
A night of Biophysical music with Marco Donnarumma.
- Performing “Music for Flesh II”;
- Performing “Nascent”;
- Open Workshop “Performing incarnated sound: the Xth Sense”.
~~~~~~~~
||| Tanaka/Donnarumma, Mobile and biophysical music
||| 18 May
||| Spectrum, 115 West 23rd Street #22, Manhattan, New York.
- Performing “Music for Flesh II”.
Also on stage Atau Tanaka with his mobile musical instruments.
~~~~~~~~
||| Xth Sense Workshop New York
||| 19-20 May
||| Harvestworks, Manhattan, New York.
- Workshop “Xth Sense, Biophysical Music”.
Hands-on training in augmentation of the body for musical performance.
Build your own low cost biosensing wearable device for muscle sounds.
Book a place at: http://bit.ly/JEwto0
~~~~~~~~
||| NIME Conference
||| 21-23 May
||| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Performing “Music for Flesh II”;
- Poster “Music for Flesh II: informing interactive music performance with
the viscerality of the body system”
--
Marco Donnarumma
New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
The University of Edinburgh, UK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com | http://www.thesaddj.com |
http://www.flxer.net
Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
Hi,
on Monday, May 14, 20:00, we will have the first Pd patching circle in
Munich, Germany. I hope, you do not mind, if I give the information in
German only:
Ort: iRRland, Bergmannstraße 8, München
Das iRRland ist ein ehemaliges Elektrogeschäft auf der Schwanthalerhöhe,
öffentlich am besten zu erreichen mit Tram 18 oder 19, Haltestelle
Trappentreustraße, gemietet vom Department of Volxvergnügen.
Getränke sind zu günstigen Preisen zu erstehen, Strom und WLAN sind
vorhanden.
Bis dann,
Thomas
--
"Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police
are effective. They're a kind of job insurance."
(Leto II. in: Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune)
http://www.residuum.org/
*MEDIALAB-PRADO*
Plaza de las Letras
C/ Alameda, 15 · 28014 Madrid
+34 913 692 303
www.medialab-prado.es*
*
*
*
Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City. Current and Future Needs
Call for Projects
Science Gallery (Dublin) and Medialab-Prado (Madrid) are issuing an Open
Call for projects to be collaboratively developed and presented during
Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City. Current and Future Needs
(Dublin, Ireland, July 11 -- 26, 2012), with the participation of
advisors and technical assistants.
Deadline: May 20, 2012.
Call for collaborators: June 1 - July 5, 2012
Through this call 6 to 7 ideas will be selected, aiming to:
- Involve the design of objects, installations or other platforms that
put the hacker ethos into practice.
- Utilise open and free software and hardware technology developed
through "Do It Yourself" (DIY) and "Do It With Others"(DIWO)
methodologies and working strategies.
- Address current and future city needs - Specifically we are calling
for projects that address: Crowd Sourcing Public Data, Wellbeing and
Open Data Services.
This call is aimed at artists, designers, makers, doers, data nerds,
hobbyists, citizen scientists, tech geeks, activists, edgy engineers,
urban planners and to anyone interested in the theme.
Advisors of the workshop: Tim Redfern, Carolina García Cataño, John
Lynch with Teresa Dillon (HACK THE CITY curator).
Complete information and guidelines:
http://medialab-prado.es/article/cfp_interactivos_dublin_12
**Activity within the framework of Studiolab European project:
http://www.studiolabproject.eu/http://medialab-prado.eshttp://www.sciencegallery.com/
--
Nerea García Garmendia
Medialab-Prado
Área de Las Artes, Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Plaza de las Letras
Alameda, 15 28014 Madrid
Tfno. +34 914 202 754
nerea(a)medialab-prado.es
www.medialab-prado.eshttp://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid
Twitter: @medialabprado
"Antes de imprimir este documento asegúrate de que es realmente necesario. ¡Gracias por tu colaboración!"
Désolé en cas d’envois multiples / sorry for possible crossposting
The dead line for software submission was extended to the April 29th
_______________
LoMus 2012
À la recherche des logiciels libres pour la création sonore et intermedia
Pour sa quatrième édition, LoMus 2012 s’adresse à tous ceux qui s’aventurent dans le développement de logiciels libres musicaux ou de logiciels libres qui peuvent contribuer au processus de la création musicale.
Un prix sera remis aux logiciels qui font preuve non seulement d’innovation, mais notamment d’inventivité face aux enjeux actuels de la création musicale.
Calendrier
6 avril 2012 - Appel à soumissions
29 avril 2012 - Date limite de soumission des logiciels
5 mai 2012 - Notification d'acceptation
11 mai 2012 - Remise du prix lors des JIM 2012
Info : http://concours.afim-asso.org/
JIM2012 : http://www.jim2012.be
LoMus 2012
In search of open-source software for musical and intermedia creation
For its fourth edition, LoMus 2012 invites music and audio open-source software creators to submit original projects that either directly or indirectly contribute to musical creation.
A prize will be awarded to open-source sofware that proves to be not only innovatory but also inventive in the present context of music and audio creation.
Calendar
April 6, 2012 - Call for submissions
April 29, 2012 - Submission deadline
May 5, 2012 - Admission notification
May 11, 2012 - JIM Awards Ceremony
Info: http://concours.afim-asso.org/
JIM2012 : http://www.jim2012.behttp://www.le-hub.org/
In his position, you will be interacting with researchers and musician at Ircam and affiliated to the new MUSYNC team-project, a joint project between Ircam, CNRS and Inria. The project is centered on extensions of Antescofo, an award-winning software for realtime computer music composition and performance, featuring a dedicated synchronous programming language coupled to an artificial listening machine. This development mission consist in enriching the language interpreter in the first step by including common formats such as MusicXML, and in a second place to render its current architecture autonomous with a dedicated graphical interface. This project will allow the extension of Antescofo's applications to new artistic domains and assure its ongoing relationship with the ever growing user community.
Online Application: http://repmus.ircam.fr/antescofo/jobs
Application : April 13th to September 28th 2012 (or until filled)
Start Date : January 1st 2013
Duration : 1 year, extendable to 2 years
Salary: 2527€ to 3054€ gross based on experience + benefits
Location: Ircam - Centre Pompidou, 1 Place Igor Stravinsky, 75004 PARIS, FRANCE
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Solid background in software engineering with C/C++
- Solid background and experience in realtime computer music (audio protocols, languages and engines)
- Solid background in language parsing and lexical analysis
- Familiarity with multi-platform GUI design (Juce, QT, etc.)
- Solid musical culture and willing to work in a collaborative environment with researchers and artists
ABOUT MuSync Project
MuSync is a recent joint team-project between Ircam, INRIA and CNRS.
The work of MuSync team-project is at the intersection of two important problems in computer music: Realtime recognition of music data from audio signals, and reactive synchronous programming in computer music. MuSync is housed at Ircam, the world leader in Sound and Music Computing, a unique place for the convergence of artistic and technological innovations. MuSync's research results are disseminated largely within the electronic music community.
MuSync is home to Antescofo. An award-winning real-time polyphonic score following program coupled with a synchronous language for realtime computer music composition and performance. Antescofo is among the leading score following programs used for creation of novel mixed electroacoustic pieces with world-class performances and creations throughout the year.
Online Application: http://repmus.ircam.fr/antescofo/jobs
Hello,
next tuesday, 24th April 20:00, will be the next meeting of Pure Data users
in Berlin at NK (http://www.nkprojekt.de/) - Elsenstr. 52, 2HH 2Etage.
For more information, look up
http://puredata.info/community/groups/pd-berlin/pd-berlin-users-group/.
We also encourage you to take an active part, and put up suggestions for
topics you want to talk about / topics you want to be talked about.
Pd-Berlin Google group: You can join the open group
http://groups.google.com/group/pd_berlin, and make questions to the users
there.
Doors are open from 20h-20h15. After that they'll be closed, and you will
have to call someone from the Pd-meeting to get in. To get a telephone
number to call or confirm assistance you can write to
info_at_minitronics.net.
Please, don´t call to the staff of NK to open the doors. They let us use
the space but we have to take care about having the meeting without
producing any disturbance to them, and to clean the space after the
meeting.
We would apreciate if you would send us a small mail to
steiner AT block4 DOT com with your name, Pd experience and interests, so
that we know how many people might be coming. Or put your name in the
pd-berlin wiki page.
We would like to thank the support and willingness of NK in the
organization of these events.