[spectre] JOB: EMPAC Curator for Time-Based Visual Arts
EMPAC seeking Full-Time Curator for Time-Based Visual Arts http://empac.rpi.edu/ EMPAC curtis r. priem experimental media and performing arts center rensselaer polytechnic institute troy, ny 12180 empac.rpi.edu 518.276.3921 The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has an opening in the curatorial team for a curator with expertise in the area of time-based visual arts. EMPAC goes beyond a traditional university performing arts center in that its events, performances and projects are only a part of its program, with residencies, commissions, and productions taking up most of the resources. Furthermore, the artistic program set forth by the curatorial team is focused on contemporary art, performance, and their intersections. The curatorial team at EMPAC comprises four positions with curators for music, dance and theater, an assistant curator, and the open position for time-based visual arts. Curators have an in-depth expertise in their “native area”, at the same time the collaboration within the team makes the traditional boundaries permeable and allows for development of interdisciplinary projects as is the nature of “time-based arts,” especially when technology comes into play. We are looking for a curator with experience at the intersection of contemporary art and contemporary technology; who can reflect on the relationship of tools, aesthetics, and artistic goals; who enjoys exploration and collaboration; who sees an audience as essential to the arts; who seeks the challenge to contribute to a contemporary art program at the oldest engineering school in the US; and who is driven by what the arts can offer beyond streamlined entertainment. EMPAC has been established as a bridge between the world of digital technology and the world of human experience. The building, infrastructure and program create a unique position at the intersection of art, science and technology. EMPAC brings together a strong foundation in the time-based arts with science and engineering under one roof, forming the overall mission. EMPAC is built on the belief that arts, science and engineering have different goals, motives and methodologies, but that bringing them together can create new directions and perspectives, changing and benefitting everyone involved. EMPAC is not an academic facility with classrooms and faculty but is a research and production center offering and supporting bridges between the arts and scientific research. All work is project based, including residencies in the arts, science and engineering, commissions, performances, symposia, workshops, conferences, and festivals, among others. RESPONSIBILITIES The curator develops, implements and manages specific programs for events, performances, installations, and conferences as well as their related and/or independent commissions and residencies as a member of the curatorial team and in collaboration with the director, production teams (stage, audio, video, IT) and the future director for research. The curator will curate, produce, supervise, and manage projects from inception to completion, guiding projects from idea to collaborative realization with a staff of forty. The curatorial process at EMPAC covers all areas of event production: analyzing context and coupling it to artistic work, negotiating contracts, budgeting, ensuring top level technical realization, developing PR strategies, etc. The curator will monitor regional, national, and international developments under artistic and intellectual perspectives and establish and maintain contacts with artists, festivals, and institutions on regional, national, and international levels. The POSITION OPENING: Full-Time Curator for Time-Based Visual Arts curator is also tasked with the development of programming strategies that engage the campus community of Rensselaer, and the region. QUALIFICATIONS Applicants must possess curatorial and production experience on the national level, with international experience preferred. Qualified candidates will have a solid background in the time-based visual arts and ability to contextualize a project within art history. Candidate must have experience in project management of commissions and new productions, effective communication skills, and the capacity to manage multiple simultaneous projects. A bachelor’s degree is necessary, with a master’s degree preferred. Active artists seeking to continue their artistic work while being curator are requested to rethink their possible application. Full-time relocation to Troy, NY is required. APPLICATION DEADLINE Open May 28, 2012 until filled. Informal inquiries are welcome by email to Johannes Goebel (goe...@rpi.edu), director of EMPAC with cc: gar...@rpi.edu. To be considered an applicant, interested parties who meet qualifications must visit rpijobs.rpi.edu, job number 20120195, and follow the
[spectre] Internationaler Museumtag am 20. Mai 2012
Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde des EDITH-RUSS-HAUSES für Medienkunst, wir laden euch/Sie herzlich ein zum Internationalen Museumstag 2012 Sonntag, 20. Mai 2012, 10- 18 Uhr Programm: Präsentation der Installation Electrostatic Bell Choir der kanadischen Künstlerin Darsha Hewitt am Sonntag zwischen 10- 18 Uhr im Veranstaltungsraum des EDITH-RUSS-HAUSES für Medienkunst. Die Performance wird durch ein einführendes Grußwort des Interims-Leiters Ingmar Lähnemann um 12 Uhr eröffnet. Wie klingt ein Fernseher und weshalb kann man mit LCD-Bildschirmen keine Musik machen? Für das EDITH-RUSS-HAUS realisiert die kanadische Künstlerin Darsha Hewitt die Installation Electrostatic Bell Choir, die voll ironischer Poesie die elektrostatische Aufladung von alten Kathodenstrahl-Fernsehern nutzt. Das Ein- und Ausschalten der Fernseher wird zum Auslöser eines Glockenspiels, welches durch die elektrostatische Aufladung der Bildschirme betrieben wird. Es entsteht ein quasi-melodischer Chor, in welchem sich mechanisches und elektronisches Zeitalter trifft und sich alte und neue Ästhetik aneinander ausprobieren. Darsha Hewitt entwickelt den Electrostatic Bell Choir im Rahmen des Stipendiums für Medienkunst der Stiftung Niedersachsen und des EDITH-RUSS-Hauses. Das Projekt Electrostatic Bell Choir wird weiterhin vom 22. bis zum 28. Mai im Pulverturm Schlosswall zu sehen sein. Immer Di-Fr von 14 * 18 Uhr und Sa, So und Pfingstmontag 11 - 18 Uhr außerdem: Letzter Ausstelungstag! Der Internationale Museumstag bietet außerdem freien Eintritt in unsere aktuelle Ausstellung *Das Digitale Unheimliche* sowie vier freie Führungen um 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 und 17:00 Uhr. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch und stehen Ihnen gerne für Rückfragen zur Verfügung, Ihr EDITH-RUSS-HAUS Team darüber hinaus: *WORKSHOP** Es sind noch Plätze frei im Elektronik Klang Workshop Wechselstromorchester / Alternating Current Orchestra mit Darsha Hewitt am Samstag, 2. 6. 2012, 11 16 Uhr Klang und Elektronik interessierte Künstler_innen, Studierende und Lehrer_innen mit und ohne Vorkenntnisse können sich bis 23.5. unter: vermittlung-...@web.de anmelden. Mehr Informationen unter: http://www.edith-russ-haus.de/kunstvermittlung/kunstvermittlung/aktuelles programm und konzept.html *sorry, no English version available*** Infos zu Ausstellung und Rahmenprogramm / Info about our exhibitions and educational programme: EDITH-RUSS-HAUS für Medienkunst EDITH-RUSS-HAUS for Media Art Katharinenstraße 23 26121 Oldenburg +49/(0)441-235 3208 i...@edith-russ-haus.de www.edith-russ-haus.de ( http://www.edith-russ-haus.de/ ) 23. Februar 2012 bis 20. Mai 2012: Das Digitale Unheimliche The Digital Uncanny Gruppenausstellung Sollten Sie keinen Newsletter mehr von uns erhalten wollen, benachrichtigen Sie uns bitte unter unserer email-Adresse: i...@edith-russ-haus.de __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] UPDATE: SoundBoxes Workshop Berlin
Hi folks, I wanted to inform you that there are still places in the Soundboxes workshop available, and that the public presentation will be held at O'Tannenbaum, near Hermannplatz in Berlin-Neukoelln on Sunday 27 May at 20:00. I will also play a short live set for DIY electronics, found objects and speakerbox. Hope to see you there! Best, Derek *** SOUNDBOXES WORKSHOP with DEREK HOLZER Workshop: May 26 27, 2012, Time 11-19 Workshop Venue: NK Projekt, Elsenstr. 52 2HH 2Etage, Berlin Neukoelln Presentation + live Macumbista set: Sunday May 27 2012, Time 20.00 Presentation Venue: O’Tannenbaum, Sonnenallee 27, Berlin Neukoelln Discover the hidden sonic qualities of objects from our everyday world in this workshop, combining the arts of electronics, noise, sculpture and collage. The basic elements we will employ are a wooden box, a speaker, a small audio amplifier, and a contact microphone. To this, brave box-builders will add their own found objects, graphics, images, memories and ideas to create a unique electroacoustic cabinet of curiosities. No previous electronics experience is necessary for this workshop. Each participant is required to bring several items to the workshop, please see below. TIMETABLE Day One: Introduction to simple noise/electroacoustic electronics, circuit soldering. Day Two: Box-building, decoration and collage, experimentation with found objects as sound sources. Final Presentation: All participants will present their finished soundboxes to the public at the end of the second day! WHAT TO BRING I will provide most of the tools and materials necessary for constructing the box, however there are a few things you should bring yourself: 1) A BOX: This should be made of thin wood or very strong cardboard. Plastic can be also used, but it doesn’t sound very good. And please, no metal! It is too difficult to cut and drill with the tools we will have. This box should be a minimum of 10x10x4cm, or bigger if you want to use a larger speaker or have more room to decorate and add objects. Cigar boxes, small suitcases, instrument cases or jewelry/silverware boxes are all good things to look for. At least one side of the box should be no more than 5mm thick, to allow the hardware to be mounted. 2) A SPEAKER (OPTIONAL): I will have a selection of speakers for participants to use. However, if you have something special please bring it along, but please make sure it fits in the box you have chosen! 3) FOUND OBJECTS: Please bring as many found objects as you can to decorate your soundbox or use as a sound source via the contact microphone. Bones, shells, small sticks, bells, strings, wires, springs (especially!) or anything else made out of solid yet resonant material make great sound sources. Photographs, cloth, leather, paper or any other kind of material can be useful for covering the box and making collages. Paint, markers and pens may also be useful. 4) EFFECTS PEDALS (OPTIONAL): Any kind of battery-powered effects pedals, such as distortions, filters or delays, can be very useful in creating more nonlinearities in the feedback loop. FURTHER INFO: The NK Projekt’s page for this workshop: http://www.nkprojekt.de/soundboxes-workshop-with-derek-holzer/ You can see videos and photos from previous SoundBoxes workshops here: http://macumbista.net/?page_id=1897 Or use the “soundboxes” tag to see all posts related to SoundBoxes: http://macumbista.net/?tag=soundboxes ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Derek Holzer (1972) is an American sound artist based in Berlin, whose current interests include DIY analog electronics, sound art, field recording and the meeting points of electroacoustic, noise, improv and extreme music. He has played live experimental sound, as well as taught workshops in noise art technology, across Europe, North America, Brazil and New Zealand. http://macumbista.net/ BASIC INFO: Fee: EUR 35 (participation) + EUR 10 (materials) Registration is required and can be done by sending an email to i...@nkprojekt.de with the subject line “SoundBoxes” Number of Participants: Minimum 6/Maximum 14 Location: NK Projekt Elsenstr. 52 2HH 2Etage 12059 Berlin +49(0)17620626386 -- derek holzer noise.art.technology http://macumbista.net __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] 30 Years V2_ Party at DEAF2012
EDWIN VAN DER HEIDE STARTS 30Y V2_ NIGHT WITH INTENSE SOUND PERFORMANCE Location: WORM V2_ | 23:00 - 05:00 | Sat. May 20 | Admission: Festival pass / single tickets 15 EUR http://deaf.nl/program/modules/30y-v2_ *Jimmy Edgar Live LED Show | Conforce | The Sight Below | D44N | Marcel Haug | Pierre Bastien | Edwin van der Heide | Noorderlicht010 (Visuals)* The DEAF2012's closing club night at WORM on Saturday, May 19, will pay special homage to V2_'s 30th birthday. The artist and researcher Edwin van der Heide has created a performance for the occasion in which he will play with visitors' experience of sound, space and the body. /Shape-V2/_ will take place at 11pm on the ground floor of V2_, which will be accessible via the WORM building. As the club night next door gets under way, a select company will take their places in a darkened room at V2_. An eight-speaker installation will be set up around them, and Van der Heide will use it to play with space and sound in a live performance. By varying time delays between the speakers, he will create patterns of rhythms and tones that sound far away one moment and nearby the next. Listeners will become aware of the physical and spatial experience of listening. It's almost impossible to express the experience of/Shape-V2_/in words, but Van der Heide has a reputation to live up to. A number of his installations and performances have appeared at V2_ and past DEAF festivals. For instance, he opened the 1994 edition of DEAF with his performance/Captured/. He has also exhibited in renowned venues such as SMAK in Ghent, Belgium; the Ars Electronica Festival, in Linz, Austria; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; ICC in Tokyo; NAMOC in Beijing; Transmediale in Berlin; SONAR in Barcelona; FILE in Rio de Janero; and SFMOMA in San Francisco. *In order to prevent disruption of the effect of the performance, we will not permit visitors to enter the room while it is going on. So be sure to be on time for this unique sensory experience. * __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] CFP: Electromagnetic Field 2012, Milton Keynes UK
EMF 2012 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION About the Event Electromagnetic Field 2012 is a three-day camping festival in the UK for people with an inquisitive mind and an interest in science, engineering, DIY, technology, arts, or crafts. It will be a cross between a tech conference and a music festival, with talks and workshops on a wide range of subjects. A great opportunity to meet like-minded people, to learn, to teach, to play, and have a drink with a stranger. A festival for anyone interested in 3D printing, DIYBio, textiles, electronics, Internet culture, music hacking, space, lockpicking, homebrewing, computer security, robots, UAVs, mind hacking, radio, and pretty much anything else you can think of... in a field! http://www.emfcamp.org Talks A 1h presentation about a topic in science, engineering, DIY, technology, arts, or crafts. The allocated time includes QA, setup, and teardown. Workshops A 1h, 2h, or 3h workshop involving practices in science, engineering, DIY, technology, arts, or crafts. The allocated time includes setup and teardown. We hope to have enough desk space and chairs for everyone, but details are yet to be determined. If you prefer to hold open-ended workshops then we encourage you to start or join a village: see below for details. Performances Musical performances, DJ sets, artistic performances, general evening entertainment, ... We will provide a stage area in a tent and a basic PA. Villages Villages are dedicated camping areas for particular groups, with shared access to power and Internet. You can form a village for your local hackerspace, art form, project, or any other community. This makes it easier for people to get to know each other and encourages collaboration while at the festival, be it for cooking sessions or to build ambitious installations. Villages are not planned through our submissions system. Instead you can register your village here: http://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Villages You may also be interested in our mailing list and IRC channel: http://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Contact Venue Details EMF 2012 is a camping festival in a field. The venue is Pineham Park, near Milton Keynes in the UK. We plan to have two event tents with an audience capacity of about 100 each, both with access to power and Internet, each with a projector, and at least one of the tents will have a PA for larger presentations. We also aim to have camp-wide wifi, and ethernet ports in key locations. We will attempt to stream the talks and performances and publish the recordings after the event. Budget and Travel expenses The EMF camp is a non-profit event produced entirely by volunteers, and speakers are not paid. Unfortunately we can not subsidise your entry ticket, and we do not have a travel budget for contributors either; due to the nature of the event we expect that everyone pays. We may be able to make a few very rare exceptions, but don't count on it. Dates and Deadlines The deadline for submission is Friday 29 June 2012, 23:59 UTC. Notification of acceptance will be sent by e-mail as early as possible, but on Friday 13 July 2012 the latest. Electromagnetic Field 2012 is held between Friday 31 August and Sunday 2 September 2012. Submissions All proposals for talks, workshops and performances must be submitted online using our submission system at http://pentabarf.emfcamp.org/submission/EMF2012. Please follow the instructions, and state if you have special requirements besides the basics mentioned there. If you have any questions regarding your submission you can contact us at eve...@emfcamp.org For more details about the event in general see our wiki at http://wiki.emfcamp.org Please note that much of this may be subject to changes, in which case we will make corresponding announcements. To stay up do date follow @emfcamp, or have a look at our mailing list and IRC channel: http://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Contact. -- http://yaxu.org/ __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] kickstart me
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bbrace/global-islands-project Global Islands Project -- ongoing series of multi-media pdf-ebooks/field-recordings -- a pastoral, pictorial and phonic elicitation of island parameters. An intensive examination of small islands and their paradigmatic solutions to globalism... Ethnographically a shared world of historical experience -- not the romanticized and divided universe of them and us. Your feudal-world is based on mutual relief at your common corruption. Maybe some cultures are based on even worse. But that wouldn't change the bad faith of it and as years go by, you wake at night in terror of your whole life being an act of bad faith, where everything is self-interest and nothing more, where every human interaction is driven by a silent, even subconscious calculation of some ulterior motive, to the point that a sea of bad faith has taken over your whole life, there's no small island left from which you can even try to build a bridge of good faith, because even that effort becomes suspect, even good faith is nothing but self-interested, even altruism is nothing but solipsistic, even your professed agonizing right here right now is nothing but a gesture, made to the conscience in order to assure it that it exists. http://bradbrace.net/id.html http://bbrace.net/id.html Island 1.0 is Ambergris Caye, Belize Island 2.0 is Koh Si Chang, Thailand Island 3.0 is Lamu, Kenya Island 4.0 is Narikel Jingira, Bangladesh Island 5.0 is Isla Mais, Nicaragua Island 6.0 are The Grenadines, West Indies Island 7.0 is Hateruma (Yaeyama), Japan Island 8.0 is Waya (Yasawa), Fiji http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bbrace/global-islands-project __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
Re: [spectre] kickstart me
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solipsistic
And then what?
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Tamas St.Turba
(Trust.ee in bankruptcy of IPUT
/International Parallel Union of Telecommunications/),
Agent of NETRAF
/Neo-Socialist. Realist. IPUT's Global Counter Arthist.ory-Falsifiers Front/)
On May 18, 2012, at 7:07 PM, { brad brace } wrote:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bbrace/global-islands-project
Global Islands Project -- ongoing series of multi-media
pdf-ebooks/field-recordings -- a pastoral, pictorial and phonic
elicitation of island parameters. An intensive examination of small
islands and their paradigmatic solutions to globalism... Ethnographically
a shared world of historical experience -- not the romanticized and
divided universe of them and us.
Your feudal-world is based on mutual relief at your common corruption.
Maybe some cultures are based on even worse. But that wouldn't change the
bad faith of it and as years go by, you wake at night in terror of your
whole life being an act of bad faith, where everything is self-interest
and nothing more, where every human interaction is driven by a silent,
even subconscious calculation of some ulterior motive, to the point that a
sea of bad faith has taken over your whole life, there's no small island
left from which you can even try to build a bridge of good faith, because
even that effort becomes suspect, even good faith is nothing but
self-interested, even altruism is nothing but solipsistic, even your
professed agonizing right here right now is nothing but a gesture, made to
the conscience in order to assure it that it exists.
http://bradbrace.net/id.html
http://bbrace.net/id.html
Island 1.0 is Ambergris Caye, Belize
Island 2.0 is Koh Si Chang, Thailand
Island 3.0 is Lamu, Kenya
Island 4.0 is Narikel Jingira, Bangladesh
Island 5.0 is Isla Mais, Nicaragua
Island 6.0 are The Grenadines, West Indies
Island 7.0 is Hateruma (Yaeyama), Japan
Island 8.0 is Waya (Yasawa), Fiji
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bbrace/global-islands-project
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