I've created an entry on the Wiki:
http://ada.greenbench.org/pmwiki.php/CNZ-2009/Ideas
Here it is:
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The Douglas Bus
Summary
"What's the bandwidth of a truck of hard-disks?" - A popular thought experiment
for students of network engineering.
The Douglas Bus is both distribution and education platform for the digital
arts. It follows the premise that schools and arts organisations do not always
have the necessary technology to engage with - and learn about - the tools and
techniques that drive creative digital arts practices in New Zealand. As such
The Douglas Bus serves as both mobile workshop and gallery, complete with a
'Streetside Cinema' screen that brings the best of New Zealand short-film and
experimental moving-image content to streets and barbecues across of the
country.
Components of The Douglas Bus:
* High Bandwidth Downloadable Digital Media Archive
Visitors of The Douglas Bus can both wired and wirelessly connect their
computers with the vehicle or insert storage devices to copy over content of
interest using an on-board kiosk. DVDs of content will also be available.
* High Bandwidth Knowledge Archive
FLOSSManuals, an initiative by New Zealander Adam Hyde, hosts a wide selection
of manuals for popular free productivity and creative software. The entire FM
Archive will be available on The Douglas Bus in both digital and hard copy.
* Collapsable workstations
12 'Thin client' creative worskstations on The Douglas Bus will host a suite of
powerful and freely available creative tools, from sound, video, image and 3D
modeling and animation packages. Each of these softwares has a manual covered in
depth by the Knowledge Archive and are freely available in the Software
Repository.
* StreetSide Cinema and Presentation platform.
One side of the vehicle can serve as a cinema screen for impromptu stationed
presentations of video-based works or outdoor lectures by New Zealand
practitioners. Folding chairs would be available for longer programs.
* Network Sharing
Featuring a high bandwidth satellite uplink, The Douglas Bus can serve as a
connection point for those nearby to connect to the internet, wired or wireless.
* Mobile Media Arts Gallery
With workstations folded away the interior of the bus serves as a space for
presentation of technology based works of art, whether they be small sound
installations, software-art, digital interactive works or works using robotics.
* Tarot and Bone Carving facility
Should the content of The Douglas Bus mystify locals beyond repair, a Tarot Card
table and Bone Carving bench can be quickly and conveniently brought into view.
At the first occurrence of the words "This bus is stink or "I'm gunna bash this
bus aow" microcontrollers hidden in the walls will control the flooding of the
bus with appropriately soapy, cheap incense smoke. This smoke will react with an
agent in the stark-yet-understated clothing of the bus assistants, prroducing
familiar tie-dye patterns. What was previously the StreetSide Cinema will spin
and unfold into a massive jewellery and necklace table, featuring a dizzying
array of hand and neck-ware considered horribly trashy by the Indians that
actually made them.
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Cheers,
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Julian Oliver
home: New Zealand
based: Berlin, Germany
currently: Berlin, Germany
about: http://julianoliver.com
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