Hi there, Amongst the morass of media you are bombarded with each day I'd like to draw your attention to ANAT¹s Still/Open Media Lab 07 which may be particularly of interest to your networks, researchers and students.
Still/Open will focus on the practice and theory of open source approaches as applied through networked art and software development, print and online publishing, and in the scientific arena. It will be facilitated by outstanding practitioners, developers and and publishers Beatriz da Costa (USA), Andy Nicholson (Aust.) and Alessandro Ludovico (Italy). In keeping with open philosophy the Labs will be free, and take place as a series of workshops and public forums in three locations across Australia: Melbourne: 6,7th September Perth: 11,12th September Brisbane: 15,16th September About the Workshop Facilitators: ***Beatriz da Costa (USA): is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, a former collaborator of Critical Art Ensemble and a co-founder of Preemptive Media, an arts, activism and technology group. Beatriz is an Assistant Professor of Arts, Computation, Engineering at the University of California, Irvine and is dedicated to a participatory practice and interactions with non-academic publics represent a key component of her work. Check out the video of Beatriz¹s recent PigeonBlog project on <http://www.beatrizdacosta.net/> ***Andy Nicholson (Aust.): free software hacker and new media activist is part of the Engage media collective, an organisation dedicated to providing media tools to activists, campaigners, communities and citizen journalists <http://engagemedia.org/> EngageMedia is a website for video about social justice and environmental issues in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Read a recent interview with Andy at <http://molife.com.au/node/35> ***Alessandro Ludovico (Italy): is a media critic and the editor in chief from 1993 of the magazine Neural <http://www.neural.it> awarded with an "Honorary Mention" for Net.Vision at Prix Ars Electronica 2004. Alessandro is one of the founding contributors of the Nettime community and one of the founders of Mag.Net (Electronic Cultural Publishers) Read about his Google Will Eat Itself project <http://www.gwei.org/index.php> ***Workshop participation is limited to 15 in each city and will be accepted until 5pm 31st May, via the online application form at http://www.anat.org.au/stillopen This Lab is free and ANAT will also provide a limited number of scholarships for those participants traveling from the regions or interstate to Melbourne, Perth or Brisbane to attend. Please direct application inquiries to Project Manager Sasha Grbich via email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Still/Open is presented by the Australian Network for Art and Technology, ARTRAGE, Symbiotica, Creative Commons Australia and Digital Harbour. Regards Melinda -- Dr Melinda Rackham Executive Director Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) PO Box 8029 Station Arcade South Australia 5000 ph: 61 8 8231 9037; fax 61 8 8231 9766 http://www.anat.org.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments; the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the South Australian Government through Arts SA. _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
