From turbulence at turbulence.org Wed Feb 4 01:37:45 2009 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:07:45 -0500 Subject: [Announcements] Turbulence | ShiftSpace Commission: "Yeas and Nays" by Christian Croft Message-ID: <025801c9863b$1c924430$55b6cc90$@org> February 3, 2009 Turbulence | ShiftSpace Commission: "Yeas and Nays" by Christian Croft http://www.shiftspace.org/spaces/yeas-and-nays/ http://turbulence.org/works/shiftspace "Yeas and Nays" is a browser plug-in that transforms any webpage into a means for contacting Congressional representatives. It is the latest functionality added to Shiftspace.org, an application that provides an open source layer above any website. "Yeas and Nays" is a powerful tool that translates knowledge into action. By invoking the "Yeas and Nays" interface -- which calls elected representatives -- readers can respond immediately to the issues they care about. Their phone calls are recorded so that others can learn to articulate their views effectively. "Yeas and Nays" was awarded first place in the "The ShiftSpace Commissions Program" (http://turbulence.org/works/shiftspace), a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. ShiftSpace provides a new public space on the web. By pressing the [Shift] + [Space] keys, a ShiftSpace user can invoke a new meta layer above any web page to browse and create additional interpretations, contextualizations and interventions -- which are called "Shifts". Users can choose between several authoring tools -- called "Spaces" -- that allow web users to annotate, modify and shift the content of a page and through ShiftSpace, share that shift with the rest of the web. "Trails" are maps of shifts (shiftspace content) that create meta-layer navigation across websites. These trails might be used as a platform for collaborative research, for curating net art exhibitions, or as a way to facilitate a context-based public debate. BIOGRAPHY As an artist in an age of exponential information growth, CHRISTIAN CROFT'S work harnesses public data flows, filtering their contents to reveal changes in how people communicate. His work translates information trails into new and often contrary spaces to highlight the sociological influence of new technologies. Croft's production methods include web programming, DIY electronics, rapid prototyping machinery, and telephone system networking. His work has been shown at The Kitchen Summer Institute, Centre Pompidou, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art (ATHICA), Rhizome Artbase, EYEBEAM Upgrade!, SIGGRAPH 2007, and Conflux 2007. Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 . 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Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From pradeepdas4 at yahoo.com Thu Feb 5 13:27:00 2009 From: pradeepdas4 at yahoo.com (Pradeep Das) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 23:57:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Announcements] 4th Gorakhpur Film Festival - from February 5 to 8, 2008 at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India- 273001 Message-ID: <296976.67122.qm@web52009.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Friends, Jan Sanskriti Manch in association with EXPRESSION, Gorakhpur Film Society cordially invite you to the 4th Gorakhpur Film Festival – Cinema of Resistance - from February 5 to 8, 2008 to be held at Gokul Atithi Bhawan, Civil Lines, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India- 273001   Main Theme of the Festival: Towards the Freedom from American Imperialism.   No Entry fee or Invitation card is required   Main Attractions of the Festival:   * A talk by Booker-prize winner writer and activist, Arundhati Roy   * Screening of Girish Kasaravalli’s award winning film – Gulabi Talkies and interaction with the director   * Screening of documentary film based on Brazil’s Land Reform movement - MST (Movimento Sem Terra) – with Hindi Subtitles and Interaction with the director, Gibby Zobel   * A special section on Yílmaz Güney and other Turkish filmmakers   * An exclusive art exhibition by renowned artist Ashok Bhowmick & a lecture on anti-war movement by him   * One morning session dedicated to screening of choicest Children’s films   * A programme of folk & revolutionary songs by Hirabal - a famous cultural group of Patna   * A book exhibition of world literature   * Book release of ‘Pehli Kitab – a monograph on 10 great film directors of the world   * Screening of a video documentary based on an interview with renowned filmmaker MS Sathyu   And many more…   With warm regards, Sanjay Joshi Convener  3rd Gorakhpur Film Festival                               Contact Address: C- 303 Jansatta Apartments, Sector 9, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India-201012 Mobile: 9811577426, 0120-2885017 E mail id: gorakhpurkafilmfestival at gmail.com   Expression address: Shri Manoj Singh Convener, Expression 71 MIG,Rapti Nagar Phase I, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India – 273003 Mobile:9415282206 Email id: gorakhpurkafilmfestival at gmail.com                                                                      ,   Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! 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Instead of Number of the Beast compressed 666, the song 500 Miles by the Proclaimers compressed 500 times. BIOGRAPHY "Scarlet Electric" is the work of Rachelle Beaudoin and Jeanne Jo. Recent graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design's Digital+Media department, their collaborative work responds to the Internet and Internet Culture. They create physical manifestations of online spaces -- wearable, technology-based art objects. Their work has been shown in New York City at Conflux: The art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space; in Dallas, Texas, at Social Fabrics: An Exhibition of Wearable, Mobile, and Socially Engaged Art, sponsored by CAA and the Leonardo Education Forum; at the University of Lapland in Finland; and at the RISD New England Alumni Biennial 2009. For more Turbulence Spotlights, please visit http://turbulence.org/spotlight Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From iram at sarai.net Mon Feb 9 12:47:15 2009 From: iram at sarai.net (Iram Ghufran) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:47:15 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Call: Typos in the Writing on the Wall/ Edition #2 Message-ID: <498FD87B.70205@sarai.net> Dear all After a diverse and enthusiastic response to Edition #1 of "Typos in the Writing on the Wall", we at the Sarai Media Lab, are happy to announce an open call for submissions to EDITION #2! "Typos in the Writing on the Wall" is an online platform for experimenting and freestyling with media forms. Selections of works and submissions to Typos Editions # 1 & 2 , as well as subsequent editions, will be curated for exhibitions, local and travelling events, open mics and spontaneous collaborations. This time, send us your TYPOS by March 5th, 2009! To read the Call for Submissions, see - http://www.sarai.net/practices/media-forms/typos-in-the-writing-on-the-wall-1/call And send us your responses to the Sarai address. Sarai Media Lab Sarai CSDS 29 Rajpur Road Delhi 110054 India For submission guidelines, see - http://www.sarai.net/practices/media-forms/typos-in-the-writing-on-the-wall-1/submission-guidelines For any further queries write to typos [at] sarai.net. Again, the last date for submissions to Edition #2 for "Typos in the Writing on the Wall" is March 5th 2009. Keep checking this space for new and exciting work! Looking forward Iram (for typos forum) SELECTED WORKS Blobsquatch: Carl Diehl FW: [Fwd: Suite de Notre Conversation]: Dalida Maria Benfield and Isa Massu Songs of Innocence: Daniel Lercher Claudia and Paul 5:05, 5:06, 5:07, 5:08 p.m: Henry Gwiazda Hackney Girl: Ian Flitman Jane: Ian Flitman Kalanadi: Joppan G Terrazzo: Laurel Beckman Cambridge 1:15AM - New York City 5:39 AM: Lauren McCarthy Emigrant: Osvaldo Cibilis Muscular Movements: Osvaldo Cibilis White’s Mill Pond, SC: Scott F Hall Basi Khabar: Subuhi Jiwani Slow Pictures: Theo Firmo It's a human relations thing: Alana Hunt A Picture of Two- wheelers in Delhi: Alana Hunt You can view the works for Edition #1 here. See - http://www.sarai.net/practices/media-forms/typos-in-the-writing-on-the-wall-1/featuring-artists Featured works will be shown in a curated Open Mic at Sarai at the end of three Editions. ///- - - ///- - - ///- - - ///- - - ///- - -///- - - From turbulence at turbulence.org Mon Feb 9 21:47:52 2009 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:17:52 -0500 Subject: [Announcements] Turbulence Spotlight: "Piano Etudes" by Jason Freeman, et al Message-ID: <036a01c98ad1$f6f6fef0$e4e4fcd0$@org> February 9, 2009 Turbulence Spotlight: "Piano Etudes" by Jason Freeman, with Akito Van Troyer and Jenny Lin http://turbulence.org/spotlight/pianoetudes/ [Needs Flash Player] Inspired by the tradition of open-form musical scores, "Piano Etudes" is a set of four short works, each of which is notated as a collection of short musical fragments with links to connect them. In performance, the pianist must use those links to jump from fragment to fragment, creating her own unique version of the composition. The pianist, though, should not have all the fun. So an accompanying web site enables anyone to create their own version of each etude, download it as an audio file or a printable score, and share it with others. In concert, pianists may make up their own version of each etude, or they may select a version created by a web visitor. "Piano Etudes" was supported, in part, with a Special Award from the Yvar Mikhashoff Pianist/Composer Commissioning Project. The American Composers Forum’s Encore Program provided additional support for several live performances of the piece. Additional thanks to New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. and its Turbulence web site for hosting the project online. BIOGRAPHIES JASON FREEMAN's works break down conventional barriers between composers, performers, and listeners, using cutting-edge technology and unconventional notation to turn audiences and musicians into compositional collaborators. His music has been performed by the American Composers Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, the So Percussion Group, the Rova Saxophone Quartet, the Nieuw Ensemble, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and Evan Ziporyn; and his works have been featured at the Lincoln Center Festival, the Boston CyberArt Festival, 01SJ, and the Transmediale Festival and featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella) (2003), a commission from Turbulence, was described by Billboard as “ an example of the web’s mind-expanding possibilities.” Freeman received his B.A. in music from Yale University and his M.A. and D.M.A. in composition from Columbia University. He is currently an assistant professor in the music department at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. AKITO VAN TROYER is a masters student in music technology at Georgia Tech, where his research interests include interactive music systems, music information retrieval, cybernetics, ethnomusicology, error structures in digital systems, and computer programmed music. He is currently developing GrainBox, an intuitive, web-based granular synthesis application to be launched this spring. JENNY LIN is one of the most respected young pianists today, admired for her adventurous programming and charismatic stage presence. Her ability to combine classical and contemporary literature has brought her to the attention of international critics and audiences. She has been acclaimed for her "remarkable technical command" and "a gift for melodic flow" by The New York Times. Her concerts have taken her to Carnegie Recital Hall, Miller Theatre, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, and Morgan Library, among others. Jenny's extensive discography includes critically acclaimed recordings on Koch International Classics, Hänssler Classic, BIS Records, Sunrise Records, and Poem Culture Records. Born in Taiwan and raised in Austria, Jenny studied with Noel Flores at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, with Julian Martin at the Peabody Conservatory (Artist Diploma) in Baltimore, and with Dominique Weber in Geneva. She holds a bachelor's degree in German Literature from The Johns Hopkins University and currently resides in New York City, where she also serves on the faculty of the 92nd Street Y. Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 • Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From monicabhasin at hotmail.com Tue Feb 10 11:57:24 2009 From: monicabhasin at hotmail.com (Monica Bhasin) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:27:24 +0000 Subject: [Announcements] Call for digital media - IN A PLANET OF OUR OWN - A VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY Message-ID: PLEASE POST WIDELY * APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING CALL FOR DIGITAL MEDIA In a Planet of Our Own A vision of sustainability from across six continents 15-22 March 2009 AEC World Expo 2009, Bombay Exhibition Centre, NSE Complex, Mumbai, India IIT, Mumbai, India and other venues. This international event is aimed at creating awareness on sustainability and simultaneously offers a platform for interaction for professionals and activists from various fields and the general public. The events are centered around the interests of students, educationists and practicing professional designers, engaged in any manner with a broad vision of sustainability and aims to address the need to reach a wider audience and create greater awareness. The event has been designed to be lively, interactive and thought provoking and will provide great opportunity to interact with stalwarts in the field of sustainable development and related practices, connect with thought leaders and listen to visions by outstanding speakers. The event comprises many exhibition opportunities and provides a wide platform for sustainability-related work done by individuals and institutions over the years. We are organizing public installations along with film/video screenings for the same. The films will be used for screenings within the exhibition and as part of a larger compilation to be exhibited in public spaces across Mumbai. We expect to exhibit work that deals with a wide variety of themes within a broad ambit of sustainability, especially culturally specific endeavours, and will appreciate work that is visually stimulating and engaging in its depiction. If you have relevant work in this area, we would like to include it after a preliminary viewing. There is no restriction and the work could span any visual representation from prints to photographs, film/video/animation or work in any other digital media. PLEASE FORWARD US YOUR WORK AS A CD/DVD IN ANY VIEWABLE FORMAT KEEPING IN MIND THE FACT THAT IT MUST BE SUITABLE FOR PROJECTION/PUBLICATION, HENCE NEEDS TO BE A GOOD QUALITY PRINT (AVI/MPEG/DVD FOR VIDEO AND IMAGES IN 300 DPI JPEG OR TIFF). For film/video submission, please include – - 5(or more) high-resolution images from your film - Brief write-up of less than 150 words about your work/ideas - Short biography and photograph of yourself This information will be used for inclusion in the exhibition and related publicity material with your permission. PLEASE SEND US YOUR WORK BEFORE 28TH FEBRUARY 2009. You could send us your work at the following address: Exhibition - In a Planet of Our Own c/o Vaibhav Singh Industrial Design Centre (IDC) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Powai, Mumbai 400076 For an overview of the event please visit http://www.inaplanetofourown.net For all queries please email us at sustainability.iit at gmail.com Regards, Monica Bhasin _________________________________________________________________ Plug in to the MSN Tech channel for a full update on the latest gizmos that made an impact. http://computing.in.msn.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20090210/da23e234/attachment-0001.html From monica at sarai.net Tue Feb 10 13:08:02 2009 From: monica at sarai.net (Monica Narula) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:08:02 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Raipur Satyagraha for the Release of Dr. Binayak Sen Message-ID: It is now 21 months since Dr Binayak Sen, the well-known public health and human rights activist was imprisoned by the Chhattisgarh government on false charges of abetting activities of an outlawed organisation. All of us, individuals and organisations, who have been concerned, protested and struggled for Dr Binayak Sen ‘s release all these months have decided to launch a satyagraha/civil disobedience movement in Raipur to prevail upon the Government to reverse its illegitimate action. Satyagraha will be launched in the coming weeks and continued every Monday thereon at the jail in Raipur where Dr Binayak Sen is incarcerated. The one-point demand of the satyagraha is the release of Dr Binayak Sen. Let us all, who stand for freedom , unite to protest in the spirit of satayagraha and respecting the norms of civil disobedience. We call upon civil society groups, human and civil rights organisations, trade unions, lawyers, medical professionals and womens' groups, organisations and individuals from across the political spectrum to send contingents of civil resisters to Raipur to take part in the Raipur Satyagraha for the Release of Dr. Binayak Sen. Resist the use of bail as punitive measure to intimidate human rights defenders During the entire period which he has been kept in Raipur Jail, Dr Binayak Sen’s pleas for bail have been refused by judicial institutions at all levels in the country. While the Raipur Sessions court rejected his bail application in July 2007, the Chhattisgarh High Court denied bail twice, first in July 2007 and again in December 2008. On an earlier occasion, the Supreme Court of India also refused to consider the bail petition, without citing any specific reason, ironically on Human Rights Day, 2007. The best traditions of justice and precedents set by Indian courts themselves demand that ‘bail should be the rule and jail the exception’. Bail is normally denied only to those accused who are likely to run away, repeat the crime or tamper with evidence. None of these conditions apply in the case of Dr Binayak Sen. He was arrested when he voluntarily went to the police on 14 May 2007 after learning they were looking for him. Bail cannot be used as a punitive measure; rather, it is an inherent civil right in democracy and an essential part of the Indian criminal justice system. No evidence to back the charges against Dr Binayak Sen Though Dr Binayak Sen has been arrested on grave charges under the draconian Chhattisgarh State Public Security Act, none of the 38 witnesses produced in his trial so far at a sessions court in Raipur have corroborated any of these charges. In December 2008, 18 months after his arrest, the State called in 47 extra witnesses to testify. The Chhattisgarh government and its police have also not been able to provide any proof of his involvement in illegal activities. Dr Binayak Sen was arrested by the Chhattisgarh police for allegedly passing on letters from Narayan Sanyal , a senior member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in Raipur jail to Piyush Guha, a Raipur businessman accused of assisting the Maoists. The fact of the matter is that Dr. Binayak Sen met Mr. Sanyal in prison with permission from jail authorities as he was providing medical care to Mr. Sanyal. There are records to prove this. In the days and months following his incarceration, Dr Binayak Sen has received tremendous support from the people of India, and outside. 22 Nobel Laureates signed a letter in support of Dr Binayak Sen. Both international and national media, television and print, through news stories and editorials, has consistently pointed to the unjustified nature of Dr Binayak Sen’s imprisonment. Moreover, among the wider public too, there is a palpable sense of indignation, dissatisfaction and frustration with the way the Indian legal system and executive has responded to Dr Binayak Sen’s case. All these factors bring into focus the moral dimension of illegitimacy of Dr Binayak Sen’s continued detention. We believe that in such a situation, where, Dr Binayak Sen has repeatedly been denied the most fundamental of legal rights, it is our moral responsibility as citizens to protest his arrest and call for his release. Please circulate this appeal widely. Please contact the satyagraha volunteers in New Delhi at releasebinayak at gmail.com to indicate your or your organisation’s intent to participate in the satyagraha. In solidarity, Kamayani From logos.theword at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 11:53:55 2009 From: logos.theword at gmail.com (Logos Theatre) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:53:55 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Fwd: Bharatnatyam Unlimited @ Kynkyny In-Reply-To: <33bc2ee60902102223u1ca75b8dv8a9aec19efdf3865@mail.gmail.com> References: <33bc2ee60902102223u1ca75b8dv8a9aec19efdf3865@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <33bc2ee60902102223g467fb3c9xaa99a00fe4a9873a@mail.gmail.com> Forwarding a message about an experimental Bharatnatyam based performance (part of the ongoing attakkalari biennial) at Kynkyny art gallery, infantry road, bangalore, on the 12th of February at 7:00 PM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: veena basavarajaiah Date: 2009/2/10 Subject: Bharatnatyam Unlimited @ Kynkyny Hello everyone, We are presenting a short experimental site specif work at Kynkyny on the 12th of feb 2009. Exploring various facets of Bharatnatyam - exploring spaces and creating possibilities of improvization and contact using the forms' movement and gestural vocabulary. Performed by Maja Drobac, Parshwanath Upadhye and Veena Basavarajaiah Everyone is invited! Warm Regards -- Dancing Soul !!!!!! -- Logos Theatre In the beginning was the word No. 126, 3rd Main Road, Jayamahal Extension, Bangalore 560046 India www.logostheatreindia.org google group: http://groups.google.com/group/logostheatre (to subscribe by e-mail: logostheatre-subscribe at googlegroups.com) -------------------------------------------------------- If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? Let be. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Users can decipher one another’s desires by decoding the poetry hidden within these tags. "Sensitive Rose" was commissioned by Nokia Trends São Paulo 2008 BIOGRAPHY Martha Gabriel is an artist, engineer, author, and educator. Her work has be exhibited internationally, including Turbulence.org, Soundtoys, FILE (Electronic Language International Festival), Cinetico_Digital, Ingenio 4000, prog:me, SIGGRAPH, FIAT Mostra Brazil among others. She has presented at world-renowned conferences such as Consciousness Reframed, ELO, and SCANZ. Martha is a Professor at University Anhembi Morumbi and the Director of technology at NMD – New Media Developers. Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is the founder and curator of Upgrade! Sao Paulo, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Art at University of Sao Paulo. Martha’s awards include: “Institute of Engineering of Sao Paulo” Award, Brazil, 1985; 11 “Internet Best” Awards in Brazil, 1998 to 2005; “FIAT Show Brazil” Award/Selection at Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006; “Rumos Cybernetic Art 2006/2007”, Brazil, 2007; "Best of Track Presentation: Posters", US, 2008. For more Turbulence Spotlights, please see http://turbulence.org Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 • Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From iram at sarai.net Mon Feb 16 14:42:55 2009 From: iram at sarai.net (Iram Ghufran) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:42:55 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Screening: Khayal Darpan at Ramjas Message-ID: <49992E17.5020900@sarai.net> fwd: KHAYAL DARPAN (A Mirror of Imagination) About classical music in Pakistan Duration: 100 mins. at 1:30 pm, 20th February, 2009 (Friday) at Seminar Room (first floor) Ramjas College, Delhi University, Delhi More details about the film at www.khayaldarpan.info Yousuf Saeed (Kindly forward this message to those in and around the university who may be interested in this film. Thanks) From turbulence at turbulence.org Tue Feb 17 02:11:39 2009 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:41:39 -0500 Subject: [Announcements] Floating Points 6: Games of Culture | Art of Games Message-ID: <02a601c99076$fa1cec70$ee56c550$@org> Floating Points 6: Games of Culture | Art of Games http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/2009/ A Film Screening, Symposium and Workshops with Asi Burak, Anita Fontaine, Jesper Juul, Friedrich Kirschner, Marcin Ramocki, Jason Rohrer, Adriana de Souza Silva, Mushon Zer-Aviv DATE: March 20-21, 2009 VENUE: Emerson College, Boston + streamed live on the web and in Second Life. FREE and OPEN to the public. Registration details on the website Video games extend beyond the gaming console into nearly every aspect of contemporary life. They are fun. They drive innovation, consumer engagement and employee productivity. Is our culture turning everything into a game? Video Games have had a greater impact on narrative form than any medium since film. They are altering our experience of both virtual and physical space. Gamespace is everywhere and nowhere (McKenzie Wark, Gamer Theory). In Video Game Spaces: Image, Play, and Structure in 3D Worlds, Michael Nitsche introduces five analytical layers - rule-based space, mediated space, fictional space, play space, and social space. How do artists and game designers use these spaces in their creative practice? How does structured play impact our engagement with other people, both online and in urban space? What are the political and cultural implications of gaming practices? More information at http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/2009/ Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From iram at sarai.net Tue Feb 17 12:19:11 2009 From: iram at sarai.net (Iram Ghufran) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:19:11 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] 'Soul Searching' - A festival of films on the religious, the sacred and the spiritual Message-ID: <499A5DE7.4050905@sarai.net> JAMES BEVERIDGE MEDIA RESOURCE CENTRE AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with The International Festival of Sacred Arts, Delhi invites you to a film festival titled Soul Searching… A festival of films on the religious, the sacred and the spiritual Dates: February 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2009 Time: 2 p.m. onwards Venue: Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025 Screening Schedule February 23 Chalo Hamara Des by Shabnam Virmani Scribbles on Akka by Madhusree Dutta February 24 Ocean of Wisdom by Rajiv Mehrotra Eyes of Stone by Nilita Vachani Basant by Yousuf Saeed February 25 Paradise on the River of Hell by Abir Bazaz and Meenu Gaur Khel by Saba Dewan and Rahul Roy Muharram by Yousuf Saeed From tetranew at sarai.net Thu Feb 26 13:30:59 2009 From: tetranew at sarai.net (tetra) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:30:59 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] test mail please ignore Message-ID: <49A64C3B.2050605@sarai.net> From tetranew at sarai.net Thu Feb 26 13:33:26 2009 From: tetranew at sarai.net (tetra) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:33:26 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] test mail please ignore Message-ID: <49A64CCE.3090304@sarai.net> From tetranew at sarai.net Fri Feb 27 13:23:22 2009 From: tetranew at sarai.net (tetra) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:23:22 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] test mail Message-ID: <49A79BF2.6080509@sarai.net> From turbulence at turbulence.org Mon Feb 23 07:04:47 2009 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:34:47 -0500 Subject: [Announcements] Turbulence Spotlight: (sans femme et sans aviateur) by Jorn Ebner Message-ID: <00ba01c99556$eb3efe70$c1bcfb50$@org> Turbulence Spotlight: (sans femme et sans aviateur) by Jorn Ebner http://turbulence.org/spotlight/ebner [Allow Pop-ups; Firefox users read instructions] (sans femme et sans aviateur) is a browser-based work that was inspired by Eric Rohmer’s film “The Aviator’s Wife”. It depicts contemporary Paris, happened upon following the main locations of the movie. The photographic imagery and the audio material were recorded during walks, and bus and metro rides, in a manner similar to the Nouvelle Vague film maker -- although without any pre-arrangements for settings and observations; and with repeated visits to the locations. “My intention was to honour Rohmer’s powers to get me interested in Paris, and at the same time make a work that discovers the city, even if only for myself The work was also made with (the) intention to use the browser as a presentation tool that is independent of user interaction.” – Jorn Ebner BIOGRAPHY Jorn Ebner, artist and writer, born in1966, Bremerhaven, Germany, currently based in Berlin. Studies in English Literature at the Universität Hamburg [1990-95] and Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in London [1995-98]. Kunstpreis Medienforum Münchnen [2001]. AHRB Research Fellow, Newcastle University [2002-2005]. Since 2000 his works are largely online-based: a suite of internet works including “Leonardo Log” [2004], “Leif Codices” [2003], “Lee Marvin Toolbox” [2001] were animated, interactive drawings - tools for existence. Since 2008 his new pieces including “(sans femme...)”, audio work “(the tender indifference)”, and “(«Feuerland»)” are non-interactive spatial examinations. His online audio works include “Which---Side” [2007], a downloadable song-sculpture (Newcastle City Council public art programme commission 2007), and “Leonardo Log (Klanglandschaft)” [2002], originally a walkable installation at iCamp Neues Theater, München. Ebner’s works have been featured in various exhibitions & Festivals (Siggraph; FILE; Stuttgarter Filmwinter; Viper; selection FILE Rio. Ars Electronica Festival 2008 & 2006 commissioned visualisations for Elliott Carter and John Cage performances by the Bruckner Orchestra. Recent exhibitions 2009: Paperpool, Doerrie*Priess, Hamburg; Uncommon Ground, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne; [12] Japan Media Art Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo. Contemporary Flânerie, Oakland University Gallery, Rochester. For more Turbulence Spotlights, please visit http://turbulence.org/spotlight Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 • Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From monica at sarai.net Wed Feb 25 10:25:04 2009 From: monica at sarai.net (Monica Narula) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:25:04 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] IDPA Awards Message-ID: <0E9774C1-EA4B-4A17-8C15-A20546E43E42@sarai.net> > Enter Your Films For IDPA-ONGC AWARD FOR BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT (a > part of Annual IDPA Awards) > > IDPA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2008 > ELIGIBILITY & RULES > > 1. Any film or video produced in India between 1st July 2007 and > 31st December 2008, of any format or length unless otherwise > specified is eligible for entry. Entries to the Director’s Showcase > must have been produced in India anytime after the > 1st of July 2007. There is no > cut-off date for this category. > > 2. The last date for receipt of entries is 15th February 2009. Early > submissions will be rewarded with a rebate of 10% of the entry fee. > Late entries will be accepted up to 28th February 2009 on payment of > a late fee as specified in the schedule of entry fees. > > 3. Entries are to be submitted on DVD, in PAL or NTSC format. > Multiple films may be submitted on a single DVD, as long as a clear > cue sheet is submitted with each disc. All films must be subtitled > in English or have an English narration or dialogue. > > 4. Entries in the Cell Stories category must be wholly comprised of > material acquired on a mobile phone camera. The finished film may be > submitted on CD in wmv, mov or wav formats. > > 5. Each entry will require a separate entry form. A single entry may > be submitted under several categories of competition within a single > entry form. Consolidated entry fees for all entries may be submitted > in a single cheque or demand draft. > > 6. The responsibility for completion of the entry form rests with > the entrant. IDPA will accept > all details as attested by the entrant as final. Falsification of > details could lead to the > disqualification of the entry. > > 7. Each entry will be accompanied by the following, which will not > be returned: > • DVD of entry > • 200-word synopsis of the film > • Two stills from the film > • Photograph of Director of the film > • 100-word bio-filmography of the Director > • Cheque or demand draft > > 8. Juries appointed by the Indian Documentary Producers Association > will judge each category of the IDPA Awards. The decision of each > jury shall be final and binding on all entrants. The results of the > IDPA Awards 2008 will be announced and awards conferred at a public > function in the last week of March 2009. > > 9. Entry forms to the IDPA Awards as well as membership forms may be > downloaded from > www.idpaindia.org Schedule of Entry Fees for the IDPA Awards 2008: > To be submitted by Cash / Cheque / Demand Draft in favour of Indian > Documentary Producers Association. Entry fees once accepted will not > be refunded under any circumstances. > > > PROFESSIONAL > STUDENT > Members > Non-Members > Members > Non-Members > Early Bird > (for all entries received before 31.01.2009) > 900 > 1,350 > 450 > 550 > Entry Fee > (for all entries received between 31.01.2009 and 15.02.2009) > 1,000 > 1,500 > 500 > 600 > Late Fee > (for all entries received between 15.02.2009 and 28.02.2009) > 1,100 > 1,650 > 550 > 650 > Fees for Additional Entries per Film > > > PROFESSIONAL > STUDENT > Members > Non-Members > Members > Non-Members > Early Bird > (for all entries received before 31.01.2009) > 600 > 900 > NA > NA > Entry Fee > (for all entries received between 31.01.2009 and 15.02.2009) > 700 > 1,000 > NA > NA > Late Fee > (for all entries received between 15.02.2009 and 28.02.2009) > 800 > 1,100 > NA > NA > > > Register online > > > Download form, pdf format Monica Narula Raqs Media Collective Sarai-CSDS www.raqsmediacollective.net www.sarai.net From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Wed Feb 25 11:22:56 2009 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (artNET) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:52:56 +0100 Subject: [Announcements] =?iso-8859-1?q?CologneOFF_in_India?= Message-ID: <20090225065256.727879F9.FB0F49E2@192.168.0.3> CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival http://coff.newmediafest.org is proud to announce the screening of the latest festival edition CologneOFF IV - Here We Are! http://coff.newmediafest.org/index4.html on CeC - Carnival of e-Creativity http://www.theaea.org/cec_cac/cec09/index.htm Sattal/Uttarakhand (India) 27 February - 1 March 2009 CologneOFF festival director, Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, who belongs also to the advisory board of The Academy of Electronic Arts New Dehli/India - http://www.theaea.org/ which is organising --> CEC - Carnival of e-Creativity, has 2009 also the function of its co-curator. CEC - Carnival of e-Creativity is presenting as a retrospective his video art project "Some Minutes of a Times" - time based art 2004-2008 http://movingpictures.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog?page_id=50 ---------------------------------------------------------- CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival http://coff.newmediafest.org - a new type of mobile film & video festival - taking place simultaneously online and in physical space in cooperation with partner festivals. is a corporate part of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne - www.nmartproject.net the experimental platform for art and new media from Cologne/Germany info (at) nmartproject.net ---------------------------------------------------------- From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Fri Feb 27 12:50:48 2009 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (netEX) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:48 +0100 Subject: [Announcements] =?iso-8859-1?q?netEX=3A_calls_=26_deadlines_--=3E?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_March_2009?= Message-ID: <20090227082048.CD98671A.A9FBEF87@192.168.0.3> netEX: calls & deadlines -->March 2009 ------------------------------------- [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne newsletter contents calls & deadlines 03 Calls: 2009 deadlines internal 20 Calls: March 2009 deadlines external 9 Calls: ongoing external/internal ------------------------------------------------ Calls & deadlines ---> ------------------------------------------------ 2009: deadlines internal Deadline: 30 September A Virtual Memorial - memorial project environments is looking for artists who work on the subject "SHOAH" in digital media, primarily videoart/filmart, but also netart, soundart, digital photography and media installation http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=662 extended Deadline 2 May 2009 Cinematheque - streaming media project environments call: Flash & Thunder - Flash as a medium and tool for artistic creations http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=408 extended Deadline 2 May 2009 VideoChannel - video project environments call: One Minute Videos http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=447 ------------------------------------------------ March 2009 deadlines: external ------------------------------------------------ 31 March Festival International de Cinema dell’Arte Bergamo/Italy http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=644 31 March CyBorg Film Festival Anghari/Arezzo (Italy) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=454 31 March Lenola Film Festival Lenola/Italy http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=440 27 March Visions in the Nunnery London/UK http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=670 22 March Crosstalk Videoart Festival Budapest/Hungary http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=467 20 March ISIS Research Residencies Newcastle/Tyne (UK) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=720 15 March Paraflows#09 Festival Vienna/Austria http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=547 15 March Pure Data Covention & Art Festival Sao Paulo/Brazil http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=711 15 March RomaEuropaFakeFactory http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=570 15 March Images Contre Nature Festival Marseille/France http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=444 14 March The Pixel Project - UAVM / VIRTUAL MUSEUM http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=706 13 March Euganea Movie Movement Festival Padova/Italy) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=498 10 March Cine Remix - Tilt Festival/France http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=651 10 March FILE Festival Sao Paulo/Brazil http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=515 9 March AVISON LIVE: audio visual work commission (UK) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=674 6 March 23th Prix Ars Electronica Linz/Austria http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=534 6 March EcoVision Film Festival 2009 Palermo/Italy http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=416 2 March Pocket Film Festival Paris/F http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=555 2 March new media & video for DMAC New York/NY http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=543 1 March Terminal’s 1st Annual Short Video Festival (USA) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=434 ----------------------------------------------- Ongoing calls: external/internal ----------------------------------------------- -->Videos for Bivouac Projects Sumter/USA -->OUTCASTING - web based screenings -->Films and video screenings Sioux City (USA) -->Laisle screenings Rio de Janeiro/Brazil -->Videos for Helsinki based video gallery - 00130 Gallery -->Web based works for 00130 Gallery Helsinki/Finland -->Project: Repetition as a Model for Progression by Marianne Holm Hansen -->US webjournal Atomic Unicorn seeks netart and video art for coming editions -->TAGallery and more deadlines on http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?page_id=4 ----------------------------------------------- NetEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net # calls in the external section--> http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?cat=3 # calls in the internal section--> http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?cat=1 ----------------------------------------------- # This newsletter is also released on http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?cat=9 # netEX - networked experiences is a free information service powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne http://www.nmartproject.net - the experimental platform for art and new media from Cologne/Germany # info & contact: info (at) nmartproject.net