Attributed to Netochka Nezvanova"Technical skills are less important than creative thinking," lectures Netochka in an e-mail. "The epoch of the generalist has arrived -- again. Any fool can program and most do. Software engineers are emotionally inept. In today's unstable + dynamic environment they do not stand a chance."
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Mission Eternity Sarcophagus by ETOY.Corporation (Switzerland 2006-07)
Etoy.corporation launched the Mission Eternity Project in 2005, foregrounding on the onehand respect for the human longing to survive in some way after death,and on the other a sense of irony about dated sci-fi fantasies wecontrive to satisfy that desire. The Sarcophagus is one materializationof this project. It is a mobile sepulchre that holds and displaysportraits of those who wish to have their informational remains crossover into a digital afterlife. The size of a standard cargo containerthat can travel to any location in the world, the Sarcophagus has animmersive LED screen covering its walls, ceiling and floor...
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Sensors for Dancers: Wireless Sound and Video Control Through Movement
Wednesdays 2/13. 2/20. 2/27, 6:30-9:30 pm
Instructor: Eric Singer
This class will introduce sensor technology to dancers and others interested in controlling audio and video using movement. Students
will learn to use the new MidiTron Wireless interface
(http://miditron.com), wire and connect motion sensors (bend, flex,
distance, acceleration, etc.) and control sound and video on computer.
The interface and sensors can be integrated into costumes and body
suits, allowing wireless freedom of movement while tracking body
position and motion.
No prior knowledge of electronics or programming is required for this class. You will start from scratch, learning the basic concepts
required to accomplish the class goals. You will leave with the tools
to do basic work in sensor-based multimedia control and a strong
foundation for going further.
Two price options are being offered. Students wishing to purchase an interface and sensors may choose Option 1. This includes the
MidiTron Wireless interface at a $100 discount, plus an assortment of
sensors. Option 2 does not include the MidiTron Wireless; one will be
loaned for the duration of the class.
Option 1: $300 + $425 including MidiTron Wireless and sensors
Option 2: $325 without MidiTron Wireless
29th November 2007
Belfast (Sonic Arts Research Centre): 8PM UK TIME
Hamburg (Hochschule f=FCr Musik und Theatre): 9PM CET
Graz (Insitut f=FCr Elektronische Musik and Akustik): 9PM CET
[Admission Free]
Within the context of EU Culture 2007 project COMEDIA, the Sonic Arts
Research Centre, the Hochschule f=FCr Musik und Theatre Hamburg and the
Insitut f=FCr Elektronische Musik and Akustik (KUG Graz) present a
concert which showcases four unique strategies for music performance
over networks. This event presents instrumental, audio-visual and
laptop work and features music by John Cage, a network piece by Pedro
Rebelo and structured improvisations with a distributed piano trio
and a laptop trio. The concert will also take place in SecondLife
(www.secondlife.com)
Programme
Five (John Cage)
Cage's work is performed with a distributed quintet, making use of
Georg Hajdu's Quintet.net software for network performance.
Piano Trio
A pianist in each site forms a distributed trio performing a free
improvisation work. The performance utilises remote avatars developed
at SARC which abstract and display gestures from remote performers.
Frequencyliator Laptop Trio
Developed at SARC by Alain Renaud, the Frequencyliator acts as a hub
for laptop improvisation providing cues, distributing bandwidth and
facilitating negotiation between performers through a voting system.
Disparate Bodies 2.0 (Pedro Rebelo)
First performed as version 1.0 in Belfast, NY and Stanford as part of
NIME 2007, this work relies on the development of performative and
improvisational strategies which take advantage of network
performance scenarios through graphic notation and temporal
structuring. The work itself is a clash of disparate approaches which
form the basis of an investigation into relationships with musical
potential (between performers, performers and audiences, composition
and improvisation etc...). Help shape the performance by distributing
scores over space and time using the online db_editor.
The db_editor invites to public to shape the performance of Disparate
Bodies by manipulating various graphic score sources. The changing
position of each symbol is reflected in the order and duration of
each score element during the performance. By dragging the symbols
over the map you are editing two aspects of how the final performance
score will be put together and displayed to audiences and performers
on the three sites. The time of edit (shown on the right column)
determines the relative duration and order (most recent first) of
score elements.
The position relates to how prominent score element for each site
(e.g. a score element positioned over Belfast suggests that only
performers in Belfast will play that element). This editor will be
open till the 28th November 12:00 CET, when the final score sequence
will be assembled.
More info, links to db_editor, web and second life streaming
locations http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk/pages/db/
LEMUR is happy to announce the formation of an Art & Technology Education Coalition in partnership with Harvestworks (http://harvestworks.org) and 3rd Ward (http://3rdward.com). Our three organizations have teamed up to broaden our collective offering of art
& technology classes, with each organization focusing on its
strengths. In addition, we will soon be offering special course
series, with a series of related subjects taught among the three
facilities. Also coming soon, we will be offering discounts for taking
multiple classes at any of the facilities.
LEMUR's classes will focus on electronics, sensors, robotics, microcontrollers and performance.
Harvestworks' classes will focus on interactive and multimedia software including a range of Max/MSP and Jitter classes with varied subjects and skill levels.
3rd Ward's classes will focus on fabrication and design, including woodworking, metalworking, welding, screenprinting, textile design and design software.
walking from blu on Vimeo.
**Research Performances/Seminars**
All seminars to be held in GB048 unless otherwise stated between
1-2.30pm on Wednesday
January 23 Chikukuango Cuxima-zwa, Doctorate Student - Brunel University
‘My Performance Practices and Experiences in the British Context’
January 30 Josephine Machon - Brunel University and Paul Woodward - St. Mary’s College, West London
‘An embodied exchange: performing (dis)closure and the visceral verbal’
February 13 Lali Krotoszynski - Independent Artist and Jarbas de Moraes Neto - Mathematician and Programmer.
‘Bodyweave LAB- on-line playground for collaborative audio-visual composition’February 27 Sita Popat and Scott Palmer - Leeds University
‘Dancing Sprites and Digitized Spaces: Collaborative Research in Choreography, Scenography and Technology’
Hello all! Hi kelly.
It was great to see the network growing in real time.
I am in Bostom performing, as a video designer for the actress/Pamela Sneed. I writing this using the wirelss connection in the Bus terminal...taking the Chinatown bus!!
Performance went well. It is an interesting experience ro design video for theater...it is different that doing it for dance. This particularly because It is a very direct augmentation of her presence and give it containment (frame).
See documentation from show last December:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIzqeXp21Ek
I have not writetn in my own blog for a while. Busy...
I have been involved in VJ-U and a weekly netcast about visual performance. Got to go now!
M
