There were some wires crossed so I am not sure this announcement went
out to this list yet (doh!) It starts in an hour, so RSVP to me and
we'll see if I can get you past Columbia security.
.hc
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From: "library" library@exchange.tc.columbia.edu Date: February 9, 2009 12:29:16 PM EST To: "TC Community" abcdTeachersCollege@exchange.tc.columbia.edu Subject: Invitation: New Focus Group: PureData and Realtime Media,
Wednesday, 2/18, 4-6pmThe Gottesman Libraries is pleased to invite you to join a
A New Focus Group
PureData & Realtime Media
Introduction by Joseph Deken Presentation by Miller Puckette Discussion with Hans-Christoph Steiner
Wednesday, February 18, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
The Gottesman Libraries Room 305 Teachers College, Columbia University 525 West 120th Street
RSVP by Monday, February 16 to library@tc.edu
Would you like to create and manipulate video, graphics, and images
in real time? Explore endless possibilities for interactivity with
audio, video, cameras, and other or external sensors? Collaborate
live across networks or the internet to create dynamic music and
performance events with fellow artists, educators, technologists,
geeks? Whether a novice, an expert, or something in between, get
those creative juices flowing by joining the new Pure Data (pd)
Users Group.On Wednesday, February 18th Miller Puckette, music and computing
pioneer, writer, and designer of pd, will lead an introductory
discussion. Puckette is Professor in the Department of Music; and
Associate Director, Center for Research in Computing and the Arts,
at the University of California, San Diego. He will be introduced
by Joseph Deken, Director, Research Program Development at the
University of California San Diego, California Institute for
Telecommunications and Information Technology. Dr. Deken is a
visiting scholar at Teachers College who participated in the
Gottesman Libraries’ Subway Seminar Series. In 2008 Deken, together
with a group of colleagues from across the nation, launched New
Blankets, a non-profit organization chartered to develop new
technologies and participation mechanisms -- reinventing the
“Community Free Public Library” concept of Andrew Carnegie. Hans- Christoph Steiner, a leading Puredata developer, community leader,
and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Interactive
Telecommunications, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University,
will join the presentation and discussion. Professor Steiner also
orchestrates a "southern" puredata group in Brooklyn, having
received an MPS in Interactive Technologies fromNew York University
in 2004.Persons interested in joining the Pure Data Focus Group and
attending this presentation are encouraged to e-mail library@tc.edu
in advance of the preliminary meeting. Please note that space is
limited to members of Teachers College andColumbia University and
their invited guests.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@tc.edu, or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at
(212) 678-3853 V/TTY, jaech@tc.edu.
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
Pd-announce mailing list Pd-announce@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce
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Hans-Christoph Steiner