+ from: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/geert/2009/05/11/political-work-in-the-aftermath-of-the-new-media-arts-crisis/+ + On the event of the Montevideo/Netherlands Media Art Institute 30th anniversary, departing curator Susanne Jaschko put together a one day symposium entitled Positions in Flux. Régine Debatty at We Make Money Not Art blogged about it. Unfortunately, I was only able to attend the morning session. The event on May 8 2009 took place in Trouw Amsterdam, the followup of Club 11. From what I heard, Positions at Flux had a critical take towards the common media art discourse and asked relevant questions. It was a relief to see that the attention was, for once, not focused on history, preservation and conservation. Cultural heritage has already taken over way too much attention space–in part because this is one of the few areas where there is still plenty of funding. Sigh. Just for one day, no celebration of “medium religion” or “art meets science”. Director Heiner Holtappels opened by noticing that new media art is not easily accepted by fine art. Traditional art has become eclecticism. According to Heiner, all art is technology based. The subject of the symposium was a visible break with the video art heritage that Montevideo has been known for. Politics topics, a courageous step? “Is there a future for us?” is a question not many institutions dare to ask. In the Dutch daily De Volkskrant of that day, ex-Montevideo curator Bart Rutten (now Stedelijk Museum) took up the role of expressing the ambivalent feelings of the Dutch art establishment towards the new but no longer young art form. Whereas he praised Montevideo’s work, he himself had moved on. “You can ask yourself if Montevideo should continue to show only media art works. In this way they preserve their specialism. It was my main reason to leave.”+ more ...+ +

+ Open Source Dienstleister werden Beschwerde einreichen gegen nicht-submissionierte Software-Beschaffung? des Bundes+ + Die Bundesverwaltung hat mit Microsoft einen Drei-Jahres-Vertrag? über 42 Millionen Franken abgeschlossen ohne eine öffentliche Ausschreibung getätigt zu haben. Mehrere Open Source Dienstleister haben sich nun zusammengeschlossen und werden eine verwaltungsrechtliche Beschwerde einreichen.+ Weitere Informationen+ +

+ // transmediale Award 2010 //+ + // Vilem Flusser Theory Award 2010 //+ + transmediale.10+ festival for art and digital culture berlin+ 03 - 07 February 2010+ + CTM - club transmediale.10+ festival for adventurous music and related visual arts+ 29 January - 6 February 2010+ + Call for Entries+ + Deadline: 31 July 2009+ Award Ceremony: 6 February 2010, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin+ + Complete call, registration information and online submission form at:+ + http://www.transmediale.de/en/call2010-main+ + + As leading international festivals for art and digital culture as well as+ adventurous music and related visual arts, respectively, transmediale and CTM (club transmediale) are inviting submissions to the transmediale Award Competition 2010 and the Vilem Flusser Theory Award 2010. Invited are art works, projects and positions that respond to the challenges of our rapidly changing digital, technological and networked cultures. The transmediale Award seeks innovative, experimental and visionary works across a wide scope of form, process and practice that embrace, question and enrich our understanding and relationship to our immersed media and technologically driven society. Entries that exemplify new and critical forms of digital expression and interaction are encouraged, as are works from countries and regions in which digital art and culture are emergent. Submissions of art works for both festivals participate in the transmediale Award 2010 while theoretical abstracts, papers and research oriented positions are invited for the Vilem Flusser Theory Award, with prizes totaling 10.000 EURO.+ + + transmediale presents and pursues the advancement of artistic positions reflecting on the socio-cultural, political and creative impact of new technologies, network practices and digital innovation. As a festival aiming to define the contours of contemporary digital culture, it seeks out artistic practices that not only respond to scientific or technical developments, but that shape the way in which we think about and experience the technologies which impact virtually all aspects of our daily lives. As such, transmediale understands media technologies as cultural and aesthetic techniques that need to be embraced in order to comprehend, critique, and shape global societies.+ + + CTM (club transmediale) is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental music and sound creation, as well as the diverse range of artistic activities and social practises that develop within and connect to those audio cultures. Thus, the festival reflects on the agency of contemporary sound creation within the cultural fabric of society and its technological and social transformations. It explores the intersections of contemporary music and audio art with other artistic forms and cultural fields. A special emphasis is put on the creative use of new technologies, the interplay of sound with other media formats, the situational potential of live performances, the formation of social networks, and the advancement of a positive form of globalization.+ + + Previous transmediale Award winners have included renowned artists such as Herman Asselberghs, Shilpa Gupta, Graham Harwood / Richard Wright / Matsuko Yokokoji, Zhou Hongxiang, Istvan Kantor, Thomas Koener, Julia Meltzer/David Thorne, Agnes Meyer-Brandis?, Netochka Nezvanova, schoenerwissen, ubermorgen.com, Adrian Ward, Herwig Weiser and 242.pilots. The Vilem Flusser Theory Award, in collaboration with the _Vilem_Flusser_Archive of the University of Arts (UdK) Berlin, has been awarded to Simon Yuill (2008), Denis Roio aka jaromil and Brian Holmes (2009).+ + Jury of the transmediale Award 2010 are Michelle Kasprzak (Edinburgh), Jose Luis de Vicente (Barcelona/Madrid), Li Zhenhua (Beijing/Zurich), Yves Bernard (Brussels), Doreen Mende (Berlin/Karlsruhe).+ + Vilem Flusser Theory Award 2010 advisory committee members include Marcel Marburger (_Vilem_Flusser_Archive, Berlin), Oliver Grau (Danube University Krems) and Sabeth Buchmann (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)+ + transmediale Advisory Board are Alex Adriaansens (Rotterdam), Dr. Marie Cathleen Haff (Berlin), Prof. Saskia Sassen (New York), Yukiko Shikata (Tokyo).+ + transmediale is a project of the Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, in cooperation with the House of World Cultures and funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.+ CTM is a project by DISK / club transmediale GbR funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds and DISK Initiative Bild & Ton e.V.+ + + We look forward to your proposals, and apologies if you have already received this announcement through other channels,+ + + stephen kovats+ + artistic director+ ------------+ transmediale.10 | 3 - 7 feb 2010+ festival for art and digital culture berlin+ + transmediale Award 2010 submissions:+ http://www.transmediale.de/en/call2010-main+ ------------+ klosterstr. 68 - 10179 berlin - germany+ fon +49 30 24749 761 fax +49 30 24749 763+ http://www.transmediale.de+ + kulturprojekte berlin gmbh+ aufsichtsratsvorsitzender volker heller+ geschäftsführer moritz van dülmen+ amtsgericht berlin charlottenburg, HRB 41312 B+ ------------+ + __+ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe+ Info, archive and help:+ http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre+ + + +

+ aus: http://blog.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/?p=7020+ + link zum artikel. Empfehlenswert.+ + Zitat:+ UND ICH WÜNSCHE MIR, in einer digitalen Gesellschaft zu leben, in der das Projekt der Aufklärung mit aller Kraft fortgeführt wird. Aufklärung ist die Quelle, aus der das frische Wissen kommt. Information wird die Welt retten, so lautete die Vision der neunziger Jahre, das Wissen der Menschheit liege vor uns im Zugriff. Wo stehen wir heute? Noch sind nicht ganz so viele Menschen wie im Mittelalter wieder davon überzeugt, dass sich die Sonne um die Erde dreht, aber es wird daran gearbeitet. Die Globalisierung der Dummheit macht erstaunliche Fortschritte. Begriffe wie “Lebenslanges Lernen” sagen uns, dass Wissen immer schneller von Entwertung bedroht ist. Natürlich ist nichts gegen einfachen Zugang zu Information einzuwenden. Aber allzu leichter Gewinn verdirbt die Freude am Spiel. William James sagte, wenn das einzige Ziel des Fußballspiels darin bestünde, den Ball ins Tor zu bringen, wäre die einfachste Art zu gewinnen, den Ball nachts heimlich dorthin zu tragen.+ + + mehr ...+ +

+ aus: http://www.zeit.de/online/2009/14/pariser-metro+ + Von Gero von Randow, Paris | © ZEIT ONLINE 1.4.2009 - 19:18 Uhr+ + In der Pariser Metro werden große Bildschirme installiert, die für die Werbewirtschaft das Bewegungsverhalten der Menschen aufzeichnen. Die Datenschützer sind alarmiert.+ + 1,60 Meter sind sie hoch und hängen an den Wänden der Pariser Metro, die kamerabewehrten TV-Schirme. Im Bild die Station Gare du Nord+ + Wie überdimensionierte iPhones sehen sie aus, die 1,60 Meter hohen Bildschirme, die in der Pariser Metrostation Étoile angebracht sind.+ + Bisschen dick vielleicht. Steckt da etwas drin?+ Sieht aus wie ein iPhone - und filmt die Menschen in den Metro-Tunneln?+ + © http://www.metrobus.fr/numerique/numeriflash.html+ + Oh, ja! Nämlich optische Messgeräte für die Bewegungsanalyse. Die Kameras sollen erfassen, wie lange die Leute vor den Bildschirmen stehen bleiben, und von welchen Bildern sie sich visuell fesseln lassen. Rechenverfahren, gegründet auf Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorien, sollen die Daten analysieren und die Ergebnisse für die Werbekunden aufbereiten. In den kommenden Wochen will die Metrogesellschaft RATP insgesamt 400 dieser Werbetafeln der Firma Metrobus installieren und 800 weitere wird die Bahngesellschaft SNCF bis Ende des Jahres aufstellen.+ + -- !textmehr ...+ +

+ aus: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Ein-Prozessor-aus-Nervenzellen-und-Synapsen--/meldung/135401+ + Ein internationales Team aus europäischen Wissenschaftlern hat einen Siliziumchip entwickelt, der ähnlich wie das menschliche Gehirn arbeiten soll. Mit 200.000 künstlichen Nervenzellen, die über 50 Millionen Synapsen miteinander verbunden sind, soll der Prozessor die Lernfähigkeit des Denkapparats genauer abbilden als jede Maschine zuvor, berichtet Technology Review in seiner Online-Ausgabe?.+ + Obwohl der Chip nur einen Bruchteil der Neuronen und Nervenverbindungen besitzt, über die der Mensch in seinem Kopf verfügt, lasse sich das Design doch hochskalieren, erläutert Karlheinz Meier, Physiker an der Universität Heidelberg, der das sogenannte FACETS-Projekt ("Fast Analog Computing with Emergent Transient States") koordiniert. Die Hoffnung der Forscher liegt darin, die Struktur des Gehirns möglichst genau nachzubilden, um zu ermitteln, wie sich massiv parallel arbeitende, leistungsstarke neue Rechner bauen lassen.+ + [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Ein-Prozessor-aus-Nervenzellen-und-Synapsen/meldung/135401| mehr ...]+ +

+ from: http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Q7/+ + + + The USAF AN/FSQ-7 (SAGE) computer systems were the largest computers ever built, and were responsible for keeping a radar eye on our air space for more than 25 years until decommissioned in 1983. The Q7 was also a special effects dream, with more lights, switches and vacuum tubes than any other piece of hardware, and found its way into many science fiction movies and television programs over the years.+ + I served in the US Air Force from 1982 until 1986, and was in one of the last groups of computer maintenance technicians trained to work on the Q7. I was stationed at McChord? AFB in Tacoma, WA, and worked on the Q7 there from January through August of 1983, before heading back to school for training on the newer (ROCC) system. McChord's Q7 was finally turned off in the Fall of 1983.+ + I've been a science fiction fan ever since I could read, and have always been fascinated by robots and computers, the more lights and switches the better. I used to watch Irwin Allen's Time Tunnel series, and finally realized after I left the Air Force that the computer system in the tunnel complex was comprised of sections of the old AN/FSQ-7! After that, I started to look for the Q7 in other movies and TV programs. I've collected some pictures from various web sites as well as video captures from my own collection, and posted them here. Enjoy!+ + -- more ...+ +

+ from: http://www.neural.it/art/2009/03/armin_medosch_rasa_smite_raiti.phtml+ + HMKV/Kettler, ISBN 9783941100008, Germany, 2008, English+ Armin Medosch wisely reminds us in the beginning of his introductory essay that "we've been an electromagnetic society for over one hundred years". Waves are all over us, invisibly filling up the space as more and more electronic wave- emitting and receiving devices surround us. After a historical exhibition in Riga in 2006, this latest exhibition at the Dortmund Hartware MedienKunstVerein? goes some way towards extending the long-time research that has been conducted in the last decade by the Latvian RIXC centre. There, after the first few issues of the seminal "magazine" Acoustic Space, where many of the net.audio experiments were born, the access to the giant RT-32 radiotelescope provided a fantastic excuse to move the research forward. The latest edition of "Waves" was a strong exhibition concept that helped to free up the strict association between waves and radio, giving electromagnetic waves a unique status as an agent in the overcrowded communication world. "Waves" beyond "carrying a message" perform a lot of other functions, including activating or checking for the presence of other devices, and also polluting the environment to a still unknown extent. This pervasive and invisible world is explored extensively and in multiple directions through the careful selection of almost forty works, that are influencing our psyche, both because of their physical characteristics (their waves are affecting our brainwaves) and their cultural potential.+ +

+ from: http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=865+ + Call for entries+ Deadline: 31 May 2009+ + One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau+ The Festival+ + A Film of 60 seconds duration is only limited in the dimension of time, because to the creative Exploration and the wideness of experimental possibilities are set only a few bounderies, if any. Indeed, very often this extreme Form of short Film is a great source and inspirational platform for very concentrated, creative and extraordinary works.+ + The international One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau was founded in 2003. It offers a pragmatic public platform for this special and interesting Filmformat. Beside the international competition the visitors can discover also a selection of other 1minute Festivals from around the world. These Selections are an important part of the Festival too. Altogether there are about 1000 One Minutes shown during the three days of the Festival. Filmmakers can present their Films at the filmmakers-brunch and there is Time and Space for questions and critics. Come and enjoy comedy, drama, philosophy and creativity in the rhythm of a minute.+ + The Competition+ + The Competition is the heart of the Festival. Every film that keeps to the limit of 60 seconds, can participate in the competition. The One Minute jury is responsible for announcing one award winning Film in each of the five categories:+ + Fiction/Documentary, Art/Experimental, Animation, U20/Youth, Best Argovian Film+ + Each One Minute Award includes prize money of 500 swissfrancs. The public is responsible for voting for their three favourite Films too. The Pulbic Awards includes a Videocamera and video editing software sponsered by HomeElectronic?.+ + Entry form+ http://www.oneminute.ch/index.php?page=filmanmeldung2&hl=en_US+ + Regulations+ + 1. Generally+ Films must be no longer than 60 seconds.+ + 2. All entries must be of broadcast quality.+ + 3. Prizes and Awards+ The One Minute Jury will award the following prizes:+ One Minute Award Best Animation (500 CHF)+ One Minute Award Best Fiction/Documentary(500 CHF)+ One Minute Award Best Art/Experimental(500 CHF)+ One Minute Award Best Youth/U20 (500 CHF)+ One Minute Award Best Argovian Film (500 CHF)+ The Audience will award the One Minute Audience Award (CHF 500CHF)+ + 4. Movies can be sent by mail or uploaded by internet (via SENDSPACE - www.sendspace.com). Please send the Downloadlink to protectEmail('info', 'oneminute.ch', '@');info um oneminute.ch+ or use+ FileBox? - http://www.oneminute.ch/index.php?page=filmupload&hl=en_US+ + 5. The following formats are accepted:+ Physical: miniDV, DVD, Data CD+ Data: export your movie as Quicktime or .avi at 720×576 pixels with dv-pal compressor, 25 frames per second and 48kh sound.+ + 6. Postal item:+ DVD`s and miniDV Tapes will be returned on request only.+ Expenses for return shipment of DVD`s and miniDV Tapes are to be+ paid by the addressee.+ + 7. All tapes and dvd s from non-EU member states must be sent with a customs declaration on the packaging stating the following: “For temporary, cultural purposes only. No commercial value.”+ + 8. Copyright:+ The maker declares that he/she has the copyright of the work and should be regarded as the sole maker.+ + 9. Entry Fee+ There is no entry fee.+ + 10. Deadline: 31.05.2009+ + One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau+ Postfach+ CH-5001 Aarau+ Switzerland+ + protectEmail('info', 'oneminute.ch', '@');info um oneminute.ch+ www.oneminute.ch+ +

+ from: http://www.schockwellenreiter.de/2009/03/23.html#schafehtenExtrem+ + Arduino macht es möglich:+ + + + ]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 10:10:22 +0100 http://kiilo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=UserPagesonikalchemy .diffchar { color:red; } + there are some great DIY, circuitbending and plans online at the church of noise site listed below as well.
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