Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
Here's the re-usable chunks of the grant I just submitted to the Jerome Foundation, please use it however you see fit: Statement of Trip Purpose I will go to Brazil to attend a conference and meet with local artists to further explore the relationship between art and software tools as seen from the perspective of Brazilian artists, as well as to share my ideas and experience with them. 2. Detail of Trip Purpose Software has given us extraordinary powers in the creative realm, more and more artists are working with software as their primary tools for their art. Much software is proprietary and unchangeable, Adobe Photoshop is a good tool, but its owner cannot modify it. This is a dangerous trend, separating the artist from her tools. No one can prevent you from modifying your paints, brushes, chisels or other traditional tools, we should expect the same from software tools. Free, open source software provides such a tool, with an additional advantage that the modifications can be directly shared. The beauty of software is that these changes can be easily shared and reshaped to fit other people's needs. Previously, artists could discuss how they tailored their chisels and brushes, now they can freely share the tool itself: the software they use and modify. I am an active computer musician and media arts practitioner as well as an active developer of computer music and media arts software. In particular, I spend most of my time working on Pure Data (aka Pd) in the realm of sound art and design, as well as some composition. I have been involved in Pd development since 2000 and am currently the most active developer. In my composition Solitude, I not only used Pd as the tool to compose with, I also built my compositional environment and even the score using Pd, and in the process contributed some improvements to the core itself. Pd is a tool that inspires many people to modify it and customize it, much like a sculptor's chisel or a painter's brush is modified to suit their needs. Artists using Pd are free to use, read, and modify the source code that creates the program itself for whatever they choose to do. This process has always been a central force in the direction that Pd has gone. It has born out of a composition, and has always been a tool that its users take ownership over, and shape the tool to their artistic desires. The main Pd community is mostly involved in academic computer music and experimental electronic music. While this community is often in contact via the english-language mailing lists and forums, there are more and more communities of artists built around Pd who do not participate in the english forums, for whatever reasons. They also have come from completely different artistic backgrounds. Brazil, for example, has some very active communities who communicate mostly in portuguese, and most often in face-to-face meetings. By travelling to Brazil, I can attend the main Pd conference, but also I will be able to participate in these local meetings, and see how this distinct community is creating music and art with Pd, and how they are shaping the tool to their needs and desires. On Feb 23, 2009, at 6:14 AM, Loic Kessous wrote: > I just joined the Pd (I switched from max) a few month ago, and I > would be very happy to join too, an I'm also french, so if someone has > news about this oprion, please tell me. > loic > > On Feb 21, 2009, at 1:51 AM, David Doukhan wrote: > >> 2009/2/21 Alexandre Porres : >>> Aparently it does if you lived, worked, studied, for a while >>> there... >> >> you mean in Switzerland? I never went there... >> >>> I am just wondering how ere they partners with the previous >>> convention. >>> I just realized that this year is the "YEAR OF FRANCE IN BRASIL" >> >> I was not aware of that event... >> >>> So I really strongly believe we can bring people from France this >>> year if we >>> look our way into it... >>> what you say? >> >> I say it could be marvelous!!! >> Let me know about if you think you can do something... I'll try to >> ask >> around me also... >> >>> cheers >>> >> >> cheers! >> >>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David Doukhan >>> >>> wrote: Does the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund works for european who are not living in Swiss? Does anyone have an idea on the way to get funds if I'm French? 2009/2/20 Alexandre Porres : > yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) > another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any > who did > study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners > with the > previous convention. > I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that > work > in > the past? > cheers > alex > ___ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>>
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
I just joined the Pd (I switched from max) a few month ago, and I would be very happy to join too, an I'm also french, so if someone has news about this oprion, please tell me. loic On Feb 21, 2009, at 1:51 AM, David Doukhan wrote: > 2009/2/21 Alexandre Porres : >> Aparently it does if you lived, worked, studied, for a while there... > > you mean in Switzerland? I never went there... > >> I am just wondering how ere they partners with the previous >> convention. >> I just realized that this year is the "YEAR OF FRANCE IN BRASIL" > > I was not aware of that event... > >> So I really strongly believe we can bring people from France this >> year if we >> look our way into it... >> what you say? > > I say it could be marvelous!!! > Let me know about if you think you can do something... I'll try to ask > around me also... > >> cheers >> > > cheers! > >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David Doukhan > > >> wrote: >>> >>> Does the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund works for european who are not >>> living in >>> Swiss? >>> Does anyone have an idea on the way to get funds if I'm French? >>> >>> 2009/2/20 Alexandre Porres : yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any who did study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners with the previous convention. I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that work in the past? cheers alex ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Doukhan >> >> >> >> -- >> Alexandre Torres Porres >> cel. (11)8179-6226 >> Website: http://porres.googlepages.com/home >> http://www.myspace.com/alexandretorresporres >> >> > > > > -- > David Doukhan > > ___ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list Loic Kessous Université Pierre et Marie Curie Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique CNRS UMR 7222 Boite Courrier : 173 4 Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE loic.kess...@gmail.com ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 01:38 +0100, David Doukhan wrote: > Does the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund works for european who are not living in > Swiss? > Does anyone have an idea on the way to get funds if I'm French? afaik, they primarily support people, that are either swiss or working/living in switzerland [1]. since i hadn't anything to do directly with 'pro helvetia' for the pd-con07, i wonder as well, what kind of cooperation they agreed to participate for the last convention. since they supported the last convention, we definitely should try it again. @alx1: how did you get funds from pro helvetia in 2007? i don't have something to present (or know something to work on), so i cannot apply for grants myself. if there is another how i could help you raise funds, please let me know. [1] http://www.prohelvetia.ch/index.cfm?&id=1540 roman > 2009/2/20 Alexandre Porres : > > yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) > > another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any who did > > study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners with the > > previous convention. > > I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that work in > > the past? > > cheers > > alex > > ___ > > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > ___ Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
Thomas Grill wrote: > In any case you'd have to really hurry up with the application... the > Austrian foreign ministry is real quick with spending their available > funds. > gr~~~ are you talking about a particular fund/grant? what do you think about contacting the austrian embassy in brazil? https://cms.bmeia.at/botschaft/brasilia/aktuelles/kultur.html marius. > > 2009/2/20 João Pais : >>> I think the Europeans and Canadians have much better options. Anyone >>> know of other options for Americans? Or anyone think I could use my >>> Austrian citizenship to get a travel grant from the Austrian gov't? >> afaik, you might be better off talking to the austrians. but the other >> austrians here on the list will have more to say about this. >> >> ___ >> Pd-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > > > ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
João Pais wrote: >> I think the Europeans and Canadians have much better options. Anyone >> know of other options for Americans? Or anyone think I could use my >> Austrian citizenship to get a travel grant from the Austrian gov't? > > afaik, you might be better off talking to the austrians. but the other > austrians here on the list will have more to say about this. hi, it seems there was a special cultural exchange program in 2008 between EU and Brazil, but this year they focus on 8 other contries (occupied palestine is one of them). there seems to be some EU money this year for bio fules related stuff in cooperation with brazil (in case someone wants to present a pd project on bio fuels...). more EU/austrian info at http://www.ccp-austria.at marius. ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
ok, I cant read french, but here you go: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/article_imprim.php3?id_article=65761 I am about to talk to someone who can discuss this better with me next week, so I will keep in touch as soon as i find something out. cheers alex On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:51 PM, David Doukhan wrote: > 2009/2/21 Alexandre Porres : > > Aparently it does if you lived, worked, studied, for a while there... > > you mean in Switzerland? I never went there... > > > I am just wondering how ere they partners with the previous convention. > > I just realized that this year is the "YEAR OF FRANCE IN BRASIL" > > I was not aware of that event... > > > So I really strongly believe we can bring people from France this year if > we > > look our way into it... > > what you say? > > I say it could be marvelous!!! > Let me know about if you think you can do something... I'll try to ask > around me also... > > > cheers > > > > cheers! > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David Doukhan > > wrote: > >> > >> Does the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund works for european who are not living > in > >> Swiss? > >> Does anyone have an idea on the way to get funds if I'm French? > >> > >> 2009/2/20 Alexandre Porres : > >> > yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) > >> > another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any who > did > >> > study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners with the > >> > previous convention. > >> > I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that work > >> > in > >> > the past? > >> > cheers > >> > alex > >> > ___ > >> > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > >> > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Doukhan > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexandre Torres Porres > > cel. (11)8179-6226 > > Website: http://porres.googlepages.com/home > > http://www.myspace.com/alexandretorresporres > > > > > > > > -- > David Doukhan > -- Alexandre Torres Porres cel. (11)8179-6226 Website: http://porres.googlepages.com/home http://www.myspace.com/alexandretorresporres ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
2009/2/21 Alexandre Porres : > Aparently it does if you lived, worked, studied, for a while there... you mean in Switzerland? I never went there... > I am just wondering how ere they partners with the previous convention. > I just realized that this year is the "YEAR OF FRANCE IN BRASIL" I was not aware of that event... > So I really strongly believe we can bring people from France this year if we > look our way into it... > what you say? I say it could be marvelous!!! Let me know about if you think you can do something... I'll try to ask around me also... > cheers > cheers! > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David Doukhan > wrote: >> >> Does the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund works for european who are not living in >> Swiss? >> Does anyone have an idea on the way to get funds if I'm French? >> >> 2009/2/20 Alexandre Porres : >> > yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) >> > another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any who did >> > study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners with the >> > previous convention. >> > I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that work >> > in >> > the past? >> > cheers >> > alex >> > ___ >> > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list >> > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> David Doukhan > > > > -- > Alexandre Torres Porres > cel. (11)8179-6226 > Website: http://porres.googlepages.com/home > http://www.myspace.com/alexandretorresporres > > -- David Doukhan ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
Aparently it does if you lived, worked, studied, for a while there... I am just wondering how ere they partners with the previous convention. I just realized that this year is the "YEAR OF FRANCE IN BRASIL" So I really strongly believe we can bring people from France this year if we look our way into it... what you say? cheers On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David Doukhan wrote: > Does the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund works for european who are not living in > Swiss? > Does anyone have an idea on the way to get funds if I'm French? > > 2009/2/20 Alexandre Porres : > > yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) > > another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any who did > > study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners with the > > previous convention. > > I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that work in > > the past? > > cheers > > alex > > ___ > > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > > -- > David Doukhan > -- Alexandre Torres Porres cel. (11)8179-6226 Website: http://porres.googlepages.com/home http://www.myspace.com/alexandretorresporres ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
Does the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund works for european who are not living in Swiss? Does anyone have an idea on the way to get funds if I'm French? 2009/2/20 Alexandre Porres : > yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) > another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any who did > study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners with the > previous convention. > I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that work in > the past? > cheers > alex > ___ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > -- David Doukhan ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
yep. I did ask some Austrians I know :) another thing is the Swiss Pro Helvetia fund. It seems that any who did study some time there can apply. And I see they were partners with the previous convention. I will get in touch with them too, but anybody knows how did that work in the past? cheers alex ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
In any case you'd have to really hurry up with the application... the Austrian foreign ministry is real quick with spending their available funds. gr~~~ 2009/2/20 João Pais : >> I think the Europeans and Canadians have much better options. Anyone >> know of other options for Americans? Or anyone think I could use my >> Austrian citizenship to get a travel grant from the Austrian gov't? > > afaik, you might be better off talking to the austrians. but the other > austrians here on the list will have more to say about this. > > ___ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > -- Thomas Grill http://g.org ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
> I think the Europeans and Canadians have much better options. Anyone > know of other options for Americans? Or anyone think I could use my > Austrian citizenship to get a travel grant from the Austrian gov't? afaik, you might be better off talking to the austrians. but the other austrians here on the list will have more to say about this. ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
[PD] finding funding to the PdCon09
Hey all, Since the PdCon09 in São Paulo is coming up this summer, I thought I'd start a thread on finding ways to get funds to get as many people there are possible. For example, I plan on applying to the Jerome Foundation for a travel grant, it only applies to New York City and Minnesota: http://www.jeromefdn.org/. I think the Europeans and Canadians have much better options. Anyone know of other options for Americans? Or anyone think I could use my Austrian citizenship to get a travel grant from the Austrian gov't? I know the Brazil crew is working to fund as many people as possible, like they did in Montreal, but there is never enough grant money to pay all the expenses, so helping each other get grants from other sources will definitely help the whole effort. I was also thinking, perhaps we could stick a "Donate" nag screen on the next release of Pd-extended, with all of the donations going directly to the PdCon09. .hc Looking at things from a more basic level, you can come up with a more direct solution... It may sound small in theory, but it in practice, it can change entire economies. - Amy Smith ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
