[spectre] (fwd) 1st Athens Biennial 2007 - DESTROY ATHENS
1st Athens Biennial 2007 DESTROY ATHENS 10th September - 18th November Preview: 9th September Technopolis, Athens http://www.athensbiennial.org DESTROY ATHENS Destroy Athens, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio and Augustine Zenakos, is an attempt to challenge the ways in which identities and behaviours are determined through stereotypical descriptions. The notion of Athens - as the archetypal city that has become emblematic in terms of stereotypes - is used as a metaphor for this feeling of extra-determination or entrapment that the stereotype inflicts upon the personal sense of identity and social behaviour. Destroy Athens aims to function as a progression through various themes - elements will contradict, collide or cancel-out each other constantly. Successive realizations and disillusionments will make up a fragmented acknowledgement of a dead-end, a kind of world, a dystopic environment of conceptual Waste Lands. Architectural interventions by Gruppo A12 will challenge and modify the intricate spaces of Technopolis, the main venue, to create new possibilities of perception and determine the viewers progression through the various themes of the exhibition. Artists (as in 30th May 2007): Adbusters, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Aidas Bareikis, Marc Bijl, John Bock, Olaf Breuning, Kimberly Clark, Annelise Coste, Kajsa Dahlberg, Peter Dreher, The Erasers, Chris Evans, Stelios Faitakis, Jan Freuchen, HobbypopMUSEUM, Narve Hovdenakk, Derek Jarman, Folkert de Jong, Vassilis Karouk, Omer Ali Kazma, John Kleckner, Terence Koh, Edward Lipski, Lotte Konow Lund, Mark Manders, Bjarne Melgaard, Ciprian Muresan, Eleni Mylonas, Olaf Nicolai, The Otolith Group, Erkan Ozgen, Torbjorn Rodland, Julian Rosefeldt, Georgia Sagri, Yorgos Sapountzis, Yiannis Savvidis, Santiago Sierra, Martin Skauen, Eva Stephani, Temporary Services, Thanassis Totsikas, Stephanos Tsivopou los, Jannis Varelas, Void Network, Eva Vretzaki, Bernhard Willhelm DESTROY ATHENS -- APPENDIX The 1st Athens Biennial includes parallel exhibitions and events, closely related to the theme of the main exhibition Destroy Athens. These will run throughout the duration of the main exhibition and will be presented in the surrounding area of Metaxourgeio. How to endure The exhibition How to endure, curated by Tom Morton, borrows from the idea of magic where rituals have two actions, that is to change the world and at the same time to keep it as it is. The exhibition aims to move away from the binary notion that preservation is conservative and change is progressive and explore what that move might change in the way we perceive the city and ourselves. Artists: Charles Avery, Miguel Calderon, Allen Ginsberg, Loris Greaud, Roger Hiorns, Matthew Day Jackson, Germaine Kruip, Grant Morrison Frank Quitely, Olivia Plender, Maaike Schoorel Young Athenians The exhibition Young Athenians, curated by Neil Mulholland Deborah Jackson, presents a group of artists that live and work in Edinburgh. The title forms an ironic reference to the infamous cliché of Edinburgh as the Athens of the North. This -- unrealistic -- relation of the two cities is used by the artists as a vehicle of commenting on the urban environment they live in. Artists: Tam A, Kim Coleman, Craig Coulthard, Keith Farquhar, Tommy Grace, Jenny Hogarth, Darius Jones, David MacLean, John Mullen, Ellen Munro, One O'Clock Gun, Lee O'Connor, Katie Orton, Kate Owens, Sophie Rogers, Robin Scott, Cathy Stafford, Lucy Mackenzie, Alastair Fairweather. DESTROY ATHENS -- FILM The Screening Program, curated by Florian Wuest, will present short films and video art, and will include fiction, documentaries and experimental cinematic exercise. Film screenings will also be presented as part of the International Athens Film Festival. DESTROY ATHENS - LIVE Music Events will take place indoors and outdoors in Technopolis and the area of Metaxourgeio, and will include concerts, DJ sets, experimental performances with custom-made software as well as audiovisual events. Main Sponsor: Deutsche Bank Under the Aegis of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Athens With the collaboration of Technopolis Sponsors: Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel | Netsmart S.A. Media Sponsors: To Vima | Athens Voice | Velvet Magazine | Athina 9.84FM | e-flux | go.culture.eu With the support of: OCA | IFA | The J. F. Costopoulos Foundation | Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Atene | NIA | Spanish Embassy in Athens | Cervantes Institute | British Council | The Friends of the Athens Biennial http://www.athensbiennial.org __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] folly Summer School of Sound in Lancaster UK, 27th-29th June 2007 - last chance to book your place
folly Summer School of Sound in Lancaster, UK June 27th, 28th, 29th 2007 10am - 4pm St Martins College, Lancaster ***There are still a few places left on this course - contact us ASAP to secure your place*** This year's Summer School of Sound will be led by internationally acclaimed sound artist collective goto10. Marloes de Valk and Aymeric Mansoux will lead a three day course, exploring free open source software available for home studio purposes such as audio and midi sequencers, sound editors and virtual effect racks, as well as the creative possibilities of puredata in an audio workstation setup. The Summer School of Sound will also include an evening performance on Thursday 28 June by goto10 artists de Valk and Mansoux, as well as Claude Heiland-Allen and Chun Lee. The three day summer school is aimed at musicians, designers, artists and those with an interest in multimedia technologies who want to explore how new digital technologies can help and inspire us when working with music and sound. Participants do not need a high level of technological or programming skills, although these would be beneficial. A strong interest in one or more of the following areas is essential: sound art, music, technology, open source software. Booking fees: Organisational rate: £250 Individual rate: £150 To apply for a place please email Jennifer Stoddart, Programme Co-ordinator at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with brief details of your background, interest and experience in the areas listed above, and an indication of your level of computer literacy. Please note: to apply for a place, you must be able to attend all 3 days of the Summer School Lunches and refreshments will be provided. http://www.folly.co.uk http://www.goto10.org __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] xxxxx workshop_16_17 Berlin
x workshop_16_17 Berlin A (more-or-less) weekly series of constructivist workshops emphasising making and connection within the field of the existent. Upcoming: 23rd June: White noise/random data generation using avalanche noise/ zener and transistor breakdown with ap/x and superfactory[tm] 30th June: OpenFrameworks as a gateway drug to C/C++ with pix June/July/August projected: GNU Emacs, spectral RF reception, ATmega8 microcontrollers, radio telescopy, high frequency schnuffling, text generation in Python, FPGA soft hardware creation ... or contact if you're interested in leading a related workshop. //- 23rd June 2PM. White noise/random data generation using avalanche noise/ zener and transistor breakdown with ap/x and superfactory [tm]. White noise can be defined as a signal with a flat spectrum over a defined frequency band. All frequencies are created equal as in the case of white light. The given applications of white noise practise are many (spectral, architectural, military, speculative). Analogue circuits will be constructed to achieve avalanche breakdown noise conditions within a simple transistor. Basic electronics construction skills (including soldering of surface mount components) will be assisted. Depending on the demands of participants we will assess the possibilities of white noise board use for random number generation/cryptographic context (serial/USB interface permitting) or investigate EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) through white noise transmission (TV, radio), playback and recording. References: http://www.hcrs.at/ http://www.cryogenius.com/hardware/rng/ http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/RES/NOISE.HTM http://robseward.com/itp/adv_tech/random_generator/ http://noosphere.princeton.edu/ Please bring a soldering iron and any spare/salvaged electronic parts of interest. All other materials will be supplied. Course fee 18 euros includes materials/white noise kit Please RSVP [EMAIL PROTECTED] to reserve places //- 30th June 2PM. OpenFrameworks as a gateway drug to C/C++ with pix Most larger open source applications are written in the C or C++ programming languages. They aren't the prettiest languages, but they are a kind of lingua franca of open source. For this reason, if you want to get more involved in a software project, from something as simple as fixing a typo in a menu item, to something more ambitious like adding a new feature, some understanding of these languages is useful. I tend to learn things by fiddling with them, and I'd like to teach them the same way. Unfortunately, a lot of the well known projects are too big to plausibly tinker with, and the smaller projects are too abstract to keep most people interested (unless you are really into hacking sorting algorithms). Enter, OpenFrameworks. OpenFrameworks is a C++ library for making small programs that work with animation, video and sound. It's very similar in scope to Processing, but based on C++ rather than Java. These kinds of libraries are good for learning a language, as you can quickly see or hear the results of your experiments. What will you need? - You need a laptop. I'm a Linux guy, and I'd love it if everyone came with a Linux laptop, but I know that is unrealistic, so I've tried to get up-to-speed on using OpenFrameworks on OSX and Windows. - If you are using OSX, you need to have Tiger. I'll have a few different versions of XCode on DVD for anyone who doesn't have it installed. - On Windows we will use Code::Blocks. - The ability to use a text editor :) - Interest :) I'm going to be bold and say you don't need any programming experience. C++ is not the perfect first language, but if you are up for it, I'm willing to try teaching you :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Course fee 10 euros Please RSVP [EMAIL PROTECTED] to reserve places //- Background: A weekly series of constructivist workshops emphasising making and connection within the field of the existent. Workshops led by field-expert practitioners extend over realms of code and embedded code, environmental code, noise, transmission and reception, and electromysticism. Workshops solely utilise free software and GNU toolbase. Practitioners include Julian Oliver (http://selectparks.net/), Derek Holzer (http://soundtransit.nl), Jeff Mann (http://jeffmann.com), Martin Howse (http://1010.co.uk), Fredrik Olofsson (http://www.fredrikolofsson.com/), superfactory (http://superfactory.biz) Further planned workshops will cover PD connectivity and hardware, free software documentation, VLF reception, radio antenna design, FPGA design... Please RSVP [EMAIL PROTECTED] to reserve any places or register interest. Please forward. x, pickledfeet, Linienstrasse 54, Berlin 10119 U2, Rosa-Luxemburg-Pl.
