On Jun 2, 2005, at 8:32 PM, Marc Lavallée wrote:
Le 2 Juin 2005 18:01, Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
(I cc'ed the list since I think this is of general interest)
On Jun 2, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Sylvain wrote: ... I totally agree with you, there should be a forum for such work, and ICMC is good for that. My objection is that ICMC is very closed to the world outside. Try to get your hands on the proceedings for example.
I think there's a need for larger and/or more accessible forums. It seems enough people outside of the academic circle are now interested by computer art, even by issues like interfacing and new intruments. I was able to attempt a few events at NIME 03 in Montréal, but "illegally" because it was much too expensive. I felt bad but I couldn't resist, because I really wanted to see Max Mathews and a few other conferencees (Hans might remember me being there). I was lucky enough to see a performance of Michel Waisvisz at the Mutek festival, because it was almost at the same time than NIME, but the (trendy) Mutek crowd was not interested by "the hands" (maybe it would be different today).
NIME is a really new conference, it started in 2002. There really isn't much money, so the major source of funds for it are the fees that you pay to attend. People have in the past talked about trying to give grants to people who can't afford it, but I don't know if that's become reality yet. Its a tough question, you have to raise money to run the event, but you don't want to exclude people.
I remember that the 1991 ICMC in Montréal was very accessible compared to NIME 03, but I can't find the proceedings online, which is even more important than being there.... I don't know about the other NIME events, but the NIME 03 proceedings are all available online: http://www.music.mcgill.ca/musictech/nime/onlineproceedings/TOC.html
Why was ICMC91 more accessible? Did they allow free access to talks/concerts?
FYI: all of the NIME proceedings and old websites are available right where you'd expect them:
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