Image by Alejandra Perez Nunez
Studio XX Newsletter 39 - Septembre 2007
* :: General Assembly <#1> [2 Oct]
* :: Join the Board of Directors! <#2>
* :: Les Journées de la culture <#3> [29 Sept]
* :: Our new resident <#4> [4-22 Oct]
* :: Commission :: Projects using Open Source <#8> [1 Oct]
* :: Studio XX has a brand new Linux and Mac lab! <#5>
* :: Professional Workshop :: Multimedia design on Linux <#7> [Nov-Mar]
* :: Professional Workshop :: MAX / MSP / jitter <#6> [Oct-Mar]
* :: The HTMlles Festival <#9> [17-21 Oct]
* :: HTMlles needs volunteers! <#10>
* :: The Electronic Review .dpi <#11>
General Assembly [Oct 2]
Studio XX will hold their Annual General Assembly on *Tuesday October 2 at 6:30pm* in their new premises, 4001 Berri #201.
*Information :: 514.845.7934 :: info@studioxx.org mailto:info@studioxx.org*
Join the Board of Directors!
/Generous, fun-loving Board of Directors seeks new members to help mix business with pleasure./
If you are interested in joining the Board of Directors, please send a short letter of interest to info@studioxx.org mailto:info@studioxx.org. Should we receive more candidates than seats, your candidacy may go to vote. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity!
*Information :: 514.845.7934 :: info@studioxx.org mailto:info@studioxx.org*
Les Journées de la culture [29 Sept]
*On Saturday September 29th, Studio XX will open its doors from 1-6pm.*
Media Art + Sound and visual interactive Installation + Electronic music
*:: 1:00pm ::*
*Julie Leblanc* was introduced to programing and interactivity during last season's workshop at XX on MAX/MSP/Jitter and microcontrollers. She will present the interactive audio-visual installation "Dentelles et boutons".
*Valérie Walker* describes herself as "a digitally rooted fiber artist with an active transmedia practice - a thread-bender, a virtual reality spinner." After two years in Halifax, she's back in Montreal to present her latest work.
*:: 3:30pm ::*
*Musical Moment* :: A great opportunity to experience experimental music and to be surprised by astonishing sounds with the *"Unpredictable Quartet, 1st edition"*.
*Magali Babin* is a well known performing sound artist within the Montreal scene. She is known for her delicate and minimalistic style. She will be doing a residency at Studio XX this fall.
*Myléna Bergeron* practices live improvisation, mixing field recordings and electronic manipulation. She will be part of the upcoming HTMlles Festival (Oct 17-21) in a duet with the photographer Isabelle Hayeur.
*Patrice Coulombe* is a regular Max-Jitter software teacher at XX. He is also a composer and sound artist.
*Hélène Prévost* jumps in front of the microphone to offer some improvised sounds. For those who aren't aware, Hélène was the producer and host for CBC's "Chaîne culturelle" of new and experimental music for over 20 years, as well as a member of XX's Board of Directors. This is a very rare appearance!
*:: 4:30pm ::*
*Marie-Ève Boyer* - Sound experimentation Media artist from l'Île de la Réunion, Marie-Ève settled down in Montreal to pursue a Masters degree in Interactive Multimedia at UQAM.
*Julie Leblanc* - "Dentelles et boutons" - an interactive audio-visual installation.
*Information :: 514.845.7934 :: info@studioxx.org mailto:info@studioxx.org*
Our new resident [4-22 Oct]
The multidisciplinary artist, originating from Chili, Alejandra Perez Nunez, will be in residence at Studio XX from 4-22 October. Throughout her stay, she will be involved in a number of activities, including two workshops and a performance.
Alejandra will be giving a sound performance at the HTMlles Fesival on 19 October, at La Centrale.
During her residency, she will create a web-based work on her semantic research of the Studio's website database.
Alejandra will also offer the following two workshops:
*1) Electronics Crash Course: a DIY resistance :: Sound generators* The creation of a noise generator and a crackle box, run through tiny solar panels.
*Dates*: Saturday and Sunday October 6-7, each day from 10am-5pm (14hrs) *Cost*: $50 (this includes materials)
*2) Electronics Crash Course: a DIY resistance: Radio* The creation of and experimentation with an FM emitter, an AM receptor, and an antenna.
*Dates*: Friday and Saturday, October 19-20, each day from 12-4pm (8 hours) *Cost*: $25
... + details http://studioxx.org/newsletter/annonce_nunez_workshop07.html
Commission :: Projects using Open Source [1 Oct]
*Digital Autonomy and Activism Multimedia design on Linux :: with The GIMP, Blender 3D, Ardour and Pure data*
Studio XX is looking for 6 professional new media artists to produce artworks developed with free and opens source software (FOSS). Applicants should be open to collaboration, interdisciplinary exchange, experimentation and technical challenge in a supportive environment.
*DEADLINE*: *By October 1st 2007* :: Submit a one page project/artwork outline, cv and artist statement. *Last week of October 2007* :: Workshops commence.
*Artist's Fee : $500*
... + details http://studioxx.org/newsletter/annonce_projects_gimpblenderardour07.html
Studio XX has a brand new Linux and Mac lab!
Studio XX is proud to announce its brand new dual boot Ubuntu/and Mac OSX computer lab! By the last week of October we will have six 24" screen computers available for our workshop attendees and for our members. Become a member http://www.studioxx.org/e/studioxx/member.php and sign up for a workshop to profit from this great acquisition!
Professional Workshops
*1) Digital Autonomy and Activism Beginners Multimedia design on Linux :: with The GIMP, Blender 3D and Ardour* [Nov-Mar]
Are you a multimedia arts practitioner ready to make the leap to free and open source software (FOSS)? Studio XX is hosting a series of workshops based on open source tools for artistic creation.
*Dates :* 9-12am, from 27 October to 15 December 2007 and 12 January to 1 March 2008 *Price :* $190
... + details http://studioxx.org/newsletter/annonce_gimpblenderardour07.html
*2) MAX / MSP / jitter :: Tools for technological and interactive arts* [Oct-Mar]
Studio XX is looking for projects to be produced in the course of a professional development workshop for women media artistes.
*Dates :* 1-5pm, from 27 October to 15 December 2007 and 12 January to 1 March 2008 *Price :* $175
... + details http://studioxx.org/newsletter/annonce_maxmspjitter07.html
The HTMlles Festival [17-21 Oct]
The HTMlles Festival http://www.htmlles.net, Montreal's biennial, international, interdisciplinary arts event is back for its 8th edition showcase of activist, new media and cyber-feminist artwork! This fall, CROWD CONTROL, the HTMlles' newest theme, investigates social, political, territorial, personal, and conceptual mobility.
CROWD CONTROL will be expressed through an explosion of critical and thought-provoking artwork by over 25 women (and men too!) artists and theorists engaged in contemporary creative technologies. The four-day long renowned fest will feature cutting-edge digital media and performance-based artwork which seek their meaning in the simultaneity and immediacy of networks and digital communications. Join us in a variety of captivating public discussions, workshops and interventions, and come to our electric closing party!
As a project of Montreal's first feminist digital resource center, StudioXX, the festival supports cyber-feminist analysis, and creates a site for international artistic convergence.
Information :: www.htmlles.net http://www.htmlles.net
HTMlles needs volunteers!
Volunteers are essential to the success of our festival. It is an excellent opportunity to gain experience, get involved in the local community, meet people with similar interests, and support the presentation of contemporary new media artists. If you're interested; please send us your name, contact info, interests and experience to allow us to match you to the position that you would find the most enriching and interesting.
We are currently looking for:
*Promotion*
*Welcoming committee*
*Technical Support*
*Information :: 514.845.7934 :: info@htmlles.net mailto:info@htmlles.net*
The Electronic Review .dpi
The upcoming edition of the electronic review .dpi is in the works! In this new edition, we will continue our exploration of the practices of mobility, and more specifically, "suspended mobility".
You will find our chronicle writers: Marianne Cloutier, who has prepared a text on web-based arts, and Sophie Le-Phat Ho, who is leaving London to comment on the DEAF festival in Rotteram.
You will also meet our newly recruited Émilie Houssa, who is contributing a critical piece on "the image", as seen from the lens of Paris and French politics. Texts by Adriene Jenik and Helen Varley Jamieson will explore new narrative forms of cyberperformance and other tools of communication.
In this issue we will also introduce a new chronicle, entitled /Actualité/, which will take us into the Montreal metro, where the multi-sensory installation /Breaking Point/ will soon be open to the public.
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