Yay Max! Sounds like the first thing for us to help with is fund
raising. I'll see what I can do. I'm going to talk to the DebConf-
NYC people, they were quite good at getting money.
.hc
On Jan 19, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Max wrote:
Dear community,
I'd like to present Weimar as an applicant to host the Pure Data
convention 2011 to you all.Who we are: The Bauhaus-University and the Liszt School of Music are jointly
organizing the convention. Responsible Organizers will be Max
Neupert of the chair Design of Medial Environments in the Media Art
& Design Programme of the Universitiy and {name to put here will be
official on monday after meeting} of the chair Electroacoustic
Composition and Sounddesign at the Studio for electroacoustic Music
of the Liszt School. A team of students will take responsibility for
some aspects of planning and realization.When: The convention is scheduled from Monday the 8th to Sunday the 14th
of August 2011. Please highlight this in your calendars right now!Programme: In the tradition of the previous installments of the convention we
will feature an academic conference, workshops and master-classes,
concerts and performances and an exhibition. The conference will be in the mornings from tuesday to friday and
will feature paper presentations of a soon to be released open call. Workshops will be presented in conjunction with the Bauhaus Summer
School and will feature parallel sessions in the after-noons in
different levels and interests. Concerts will take place depending on their nature either in the
exquisitely equipped Studio or in a more club like environment tba.
Exhibition space will be arranged according to the the works
selected by a committee of curators and community members. I've met with members of the Berlin Pd community yesterday and we
discussed the possibility to feature a closing event of the
convention in Berlin.Collaborations: The convention seeks to collaborate with the established local
institutions as much as possible. The festival for new music will
offer opportunities for cooperation. A local community radio will
feature a platform for publicity as well as for experiments with
this medium (think of using the radio to open a feed-back channel
(literal and figurative speaking) to a program or controlling
devices in the city through audio signal over the radio). The
townhall features a porcelain carillon which can be controlled by
midi (think of procedural compositions for this instrument or
interactive works controlling the bells through phones). A soon to
be inaugurated one million euro organ will be installed in a
catholic church, owned by the Liszt School - this instrument is midi
capable as well and could be used for a concert evening. We also
seek collaboration with IOSONO a company from nearby Erfurt who
develops and produces wavefield synthesis systems for a hands-on in
sound spacialization. I have also talked to Electronic Arts and
Reality Jockey to become partners for this event. This just to give you a few ideas on what we have in mind.Community: If you are eager to join us organizing this, from making coffee to
taking responsibility for a whole section of it: Great! Now is the
time to get in touch with me.Money: In addition to my work, the University will cover for another small
contract and select students involved will get a little expense
allowance. The Liszt School will sponsor tech equipment and the
space. The Bauhaus Summer School will promote and fund the
workshops. There is no money (yet) to promise travel and lodging for
the participants, nor any other production costs, but we have a few
applications for funding in the pipeline. The funding rally has
started, any support is welcome. Write your application to your arts
council now, we'll be happy to support you with papers, invitations
etc.The city: Weimar is a 65.000 inhabitants city in the state of Thuringia, in
central Germany, about half way between Frankfurt (Germany's airport
hub) and Berlin. Weimar is a cultural city and a mayor tourist
destination, offering countless places of interest. Goethe, Schiller
and and Herder have created the Weimar Classicism through their
legacy, Nietzsche and Liszt have lived here (Weimar celebrates
Liszts 200th birthday this year). The iconic movement of the
modernism - the Bauhaus - was founded in Weimar and the original
buildings still exist, hosting the University which proudly extends
the historic Bauhaus' tradition. The painful and dark side of german
history has left unrepairable scars in the cities vicinity: the
concentration camp Buchenwald stands for the systematic extinction
of the european jews. Close to this site the soviets built a
memorial in gigantic dimensions and a martial aesthetic which has an
eerie affinity with the fascist style.Accomodation: We've made a deal with a friendly hostel offering accommodation and
kitchen access for less than 10 EUR per night. Comfort Lodging is
also available, as well as free accommodation in students homes.
Weimar is one of the cheaper places in Germany compared to Hamburg
or Munich, but booking for August needs to be done well in advance:
it is tourist season.Upates: http://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/Pure_Data_convention_2011
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Max Neupert Künstlerischer Mitarbeiter Fakultät Medien Bauhaus-Universität Marienstraße 5, Raum 208 99423 Weimar Tel. +49 3643-583872 Fax. +49 3643-583806 http://www.uni-weimar.de/gmu http://www.maxneupert.de
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