[spectre] N.K. Berlin: GenComp Collective Booklaunch “Critical Neuroscience: A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience”
*N.K.* Friday Dec 2nd 2011 doors 21:00 concert 22:00 *GenComp Collective Booklaunch “Critical Neuroscience: A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience”* A concert night to accompany the workshop *“Neuro Reality Check”* at the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin *featuring music performances by GenComp Collective.* http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/workshops/en/Neuro-Reality-Check.html * GenComp Collective Berlin: Chaotic, cybernetic, and hybrid systems.* Neurological and cybernetic research techniques have been adopted by many experimental music protagonists, such as Louis and Bebe Barron, Alvin Lucier, David Tudor and others. The GenComp Collective Berlin (Alberto de Campo, Hannes Hoelzl, and students, alumni and associates of the class Generative Art / Computational Art at UdK Berlin) explores the use of such systems for experimental performance. They use current developments like Rob Hordijk’s chaotic synthesizers(the Benjolin and the Blippoo box), Peter Blasser’s hybrid designs Fourses and the Rollz family of modules; they design, build and program their own performance systems based on a variety of sensors, analog electronics, and software synthesis. The book to-be-launched: Choudhury, Suparna / Slaby, Jan (eds.): *“Critical Neuroscience. A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience.”* *Critical Neuroscience: *A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience brings together leading scholars in a collective effort to understand the impact of the intellectual, economic and political conditions on current views of the brain and how these models may in turn impact society. With illuminating insights and deep scholarly rigour, Critical Neuroscience offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective that aims to enrich our understanding of the brain as situated in the body and world, and neuroscience as embedded in a complex cultural context. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444333283.html Both workshop and evening event are open to the public; if you’d like to attend the workshop though, please do register [link to mpiwg website above] in advance. * * * * *N.K.* Elsenstr. 52/ 2.Hinterhaus Etage 2 12059 Berlin Neukölln 0049(0)17620626386 www.nkprojekt.de __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] UpgradedAugmented Program: Live!iXem 2011 | 8 - 11 Dec | SICILY
Live!iXem2011 Festival internazionale di musica, mixed media ed arte elettronica sperimentale VIII Edizione WORKSHOPS|LIVE PERFORMANCES|SOUND INSTALLATION|AUDIOVISUAL|CALL 8-9 dec \\ FAVIGNANA 10-11 dec \\ PALERMO EX STABILIMENTO FLORIO DELLE TONNARE DI FAVIGNANA E FORMICA CHIESA DI SANTA EULALIA DEI CATALANI ALLA VUCCIRIA Direct PDF downloads: Scarica direttamente i PDF: Full Program Pocket Size Program Programma tascabile Programma completo Workshops in Favignana Workshops in Favignana Workshops in Palermo Workshops in Palermo Call for projects Bando per progetti All infodetails on website Live!iXem 2011or Email __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] WJ-SPOTS CONFERENCES /// BRUSSELS /// iMAL/// 3-11-2011
WJ-SPOTS CONFERENCES /// BRUSSELS /// iMAL Saturday December 3rd 2011 15H-18H // 20H-23H http://www.imal.org/fr/node/615 History and future of artistic creation on the Internet Participants : Alessandro Ludovico (IT), journalist critic, http://www.neural.it Constant Dullaart (NL), artist, http://constantdullaart.com Domenico Quaranta (IT), art critic curator, http://domenicoquaranta.com Florian Cramer (NL), critic researcher, http://cramer.pleintekst.nl Gordan Savičić (AT/NL), artist, http://suicidemachine.org/ Heath Bunting (UK), artist, http://www.irational.org/heath/ Jodi (BE/NL), artists, http://www.jodi.org Josephine Bosma (NL), journalist critic, http://www.josephinebosma.com/web Julian Oliver (NZ/DE) artist, http://julianoliver.com Michael Bauwens (BE), theorist, http://p2pfoundation.net Miltos Manetas (GR), artist, http://manetas.com Nicolas Malevé (BE), artist, programmer curator, http://www.constantvzw.org Olia Lialina (RU/DE), artist, http://art.teleportacia.org Paolo Cirio (IT), artist, http://www.paolocirio.net/work.php Raphaël Bastide Yannick Antoine, artists (FR/BE), http://raphaelbastide.com/, http://yhnck.com Rafael Rozendaal (NL) artist, http://www.newrafael.com/ Régine Debatty (BE), journalist critic, http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com Sakrowski (DE), artist curator, http://curatingyoutube.net/ An immersive performance of live websurfing and speeches More than 15 years after the beginnings of net art, the Internet has become the most ubiquitous participative global media of the 21st century; a huge territory between normalisation, commerce, hope and utopia. Is the Internet a disenchanted space for artists and creative people or is there a future for online arts and critical creative actions? If so, what are their possible forms and directions? This is what WJ-Spots Brussels proposes to investigate by gathering an international panel of some of the most influential net artists, theorists, online activists and digital cultures thinkers who will share their views on the past and future of artistic creation on the Internet. The format of this event will be far away from a usual conference : during the speeches, webjays using the WJ-Spots platform will be surfing live through a list of representative websites selected by the speaker. A multi-screen system is used to display those pages around the audience. The proceedings of the WJ-Spots Brussels event will be published in early 2012 as a special edition of the MCD magazine (http://www.digitalmcd.com), and as video documents made available on the Digitalarti (http://www.digitalarti.com) and iMAL (http://www.imal.org) websites. Curators : Anne Roquigny Yves Bernard - Webjaying : Isabelle Arvers (www.isabellearvers.com) Anne Laforet (http://sakasama.net) - Production : Marie-Laure Delaby - Assistante : Laura Mihai - Programmeur : James Hudson - Technique/web : Yannick Antoine - WJ-Spots concept : Anne Roquigny - Partners : Communauté Francaise de Belgique, Région de Bruxelles capitale Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Institut Français. iMAL : 30 Quai des Charbonnages Koolmijnenkaai 30 - 1080 Bruxelles/ Brussel 1080 http://www.imal.org Live streaming : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/imal_live Registration : http://www.imal.org/en/activity/wj-spots-brussels More infos : http://www.imal.org/fr/node/615 http://www.roquigny.info http://www.wj-s.org http://locusonus.org 00 33 6 62 11 04 54 __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Webcasts Media Squares international seminar on the new forms of protest and their media, now available at Tactical Media Files
A N N O U N C E M E N T
Webcasts Media Squares now available at Tactical Media Files
International public seminar on the new forms of protest and their media.
Hosted by De Balie, centre for culture and politics in Amsterdam, on Friday
September 30, 2011.
www.tacticalmediafiles.net/article.jsp?objectnumber=55328
Social protest has become almost inseparably linked to a plethora of media
images and messages distributed via internet, mobile phones, social media,
internet video platforms and of course traditional media outlets such as
newspapers, radio and television. A popular category to have emerged recently
is the 'twitter-revolution'. In almost all cases (Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, London)
the role of the platform turned out to be less than essential in retrospect.
Protests mostly manifested on the streets and particularly the public squares
('Take the Square'). Deeply rooted blogger-networks did however play a mayor
role, preparing the protests that have now been dubbed the Arabian Spring'.
And internet played a crucial role in the organisation and co-ordination of the
European 'anti-austerity' protests (Spain, Greece, UK, Italy).
This international seminar brought together theorists, artists, designers,
activists and media specialists to develop a critical analysis of the new forms
of social protest and their media dimension. The program divided into two
blocks. The first block focused on an in-depth analysis of the evolving
WikiLeaks-saga, while the second block examined the remarkable string of
protests in the Mediterranean region. These discussions were interrupted at
times by startling artistic interventions in current social and political
debates.
Participants in the program:
Daniel van der Velden (Metahaven), Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures,
INC), Aalam Wassef (Ahmad Sherif), Omar Robert Hamilton (Mosireen / Tahrir
Cinema, Cairo) Nat Muller (independent curator), David Garcia (Chelsea
College), Jodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith Colleges / Blog Theory), X.net
Democracia Real Ya - Barcelona, Gahlia Elsrakbi (Foundland), Nadia Plesner
(Darfurnica), Florian Conradi and Michelle Christensen (stateless plug-in),
Oscar Pretel (15 M .nl).
The seminar is part of an on-going research into Tactical Media, the fusion of
art, media, politics and cultural activism, centred around the Tactical Media
Files, an on-line documentation resource of Tactical Media practices
world-wide.
www.tacticalmediafiles.net
The webcasts of the entire seminar are now available on-line at the Tactical
Media Files website, fully annotated, including background information about
the speakers and links to vital resources.
See: www.tacticalmediafiles.net/article.jsp?objectnumber=55328
Program Overview:
10.30 - Opening / Introduction: Eric Kluitenberg (Tactical Media Files / De
Balie)
Part I - Repositioning WikiLeaks
11.00 - 11.20 - Presentation: Daniel van der Velden (Metahaven)
11.20 - 11.30 - Responses
11.30 - 11.45 - Discussion
11.45 - 12.05 - Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures)
12.05 - 12.15 - Responses
12.15 - 12.30 - Discussion
Respondents:
Jodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith Colleges / Blog Theory), David Garcia
(Chelsea College of Art Design)
12.30 - 12.45 - Artist presentation: Nadia Plesner - Darfurnica
Part II - Revolution in the Mediterranean
14.00 - 14.20 - Presentation: Aalam Wassef (Ahmad Sherif)
14.20 - 14.30 - Responses
14.30 - 14.45 - Discussion
14.45 - 15.05 - Presentation: Omar Robert Hamilton (Mosireen / Tahrir Cinema)
15.05 - 15.15 - Responses
15.15 - 15.30 - Discussion
Respondents:
Ghalia Elsrakbi (Foundland), Nat Muller (Independent Curator)
15.30 - 15.45 - Artist Presentation: Florian Conradi and Michelle Christensen
(stateless plug-in)
16.00 - 16.20 - Skype session with X.net Democracia Real Ya, Barcelona
16.10 - 16.10 - Responses
Respondent:
Oscar Pretel (15 M .nl)
16.25 - 17.00 - Closing Discussion
Links:
* Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation with Julian Assange
(includes proposals for WikiLeaks corporate identity redesign by
metahaven.net)
www.e-flux.com/journal/view/232
* Geert Lovink Patrice Riemens , Twelve Theses on WikiLeaks
www.tacticalmediafiles.net/article.jsp?objectnumber=49391
* Tahrir Cinema:
www.cinerevolutionnow.com/2011/07/tahrir-cinema.html
* Mosireen:
http://mosireen.org
* Take the Square:
http://takethesquare.net
* Democracia real Ya!:
www.democraciarealya.es/manifiesto-comun/manifesto-english/
* Nadia Plesner - Darfurnica:
www.nadiaplesner.com/Website/darfurnica.php
* stateless plug-in:
http://statelessplugin.net__
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[spectre] some of the people and places i encountered in sapporo
folks, last week, i visited sapporo on invitation by takemura-san and the city of sapporo; they are working towards an application to UNESCO to become an official Creative City in the field of Media Art. http://www.city.sapporo.jp/kikaku/creativecity/symposium/2022.html TAKEMURA Mitsuhiro Professor of Media Design at Sapporo City University http://www.scu.ac.jp Takemura is an important driving force behind making Sapporo a city in which media art can thrive. Contemporary Art Institute http://www.cai-net.jp HATA Satoshi Hata curated an exhibition Sub-Culture, with a lively mix of japanese pop, animé and manga culture, together with some positions in (mainly japanese) contemporary art, esp. several ones with a reflective attitude towards an 'art canon'; rather than 'sub-cultural' (besides two exhibits of laboriously decorated cars and motorcycles), to me the show felt more like a good contemporary art show that is not afraid of crossing over into commercial pop culture. the exhibition is part of the preparations for the Sapporo Biennale 2014 http://www.sapporo-biennale.jp it took place at Sapporo Art Museum http://sapporo-art-museum.jp artists included Kutsushita Kikaku artist group http://www.sox-ch.com planner: KURODA Taku Kutsushita Kikaku participated with an installation of fictitious projects and a live performance; they reflect on the japanese mentality in a both critical and funny way. and german artist Thomas Neumann who was invited to develop new work for the show at: S-AIR artist in residence program http://www.s-air.org director: SHIBATA Hisashi some other people i met: SUNOUCHI Motohiro writer and assistant professor in media design http://bloggers.ja.bz/sunouchi http://labs.43d.jp OGURO Junichi sound media artist and composer http://junichioguro.com EIGA Hitoshi Social Media Strategist facebook: hitoshi.eiga SATO Mitsuhiro Marketing Evangelist http://recolon.jp YOSHIMURA Takumi Sapporo Bizcafe, non-profit, supports start-up companies http://www.bizcafe.jp nice café: Niblick Café (West of Sapporo downtown centre) regards, -a __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
