From douglas at music.columbia.edu Wed Apr 2 14:48:18 2008 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Wed Apr 2 14:48:21 2008 Subject: [art+tech] E.A.T. this weekend! Message-ID: <47F3D4F2.3000404@music.columbia.edu> An amazing series of events celebrating the seminal E.A.T. collaborations, this weekend: http://www.harvestworks.org/cms/index.php/Newsflash/E.A.T.html -- ............................................... http://artbots.org .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp .......... repetto............. http://music.columbia.edu/organism ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas From douglas at music.columbia.edu Mon Apr 14 11:02:43 2008 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Mon Apr 14 11:02:41 2008 Subject: [art+tech] [Fwd: [ISIDM] 2nd Call for Submissions - ARTECH 2008] Message-ID: <48037213.8000801@music.columbia.edu> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ISIDM] 2nd Call for Submissions - ARTECH 2008 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:45:43 +0100 From: ?lvaro Barbosa Reply-To: Interactive Systems and Instrument Design in Music (ISIDM) To: ISIDM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Apologies for multiple postings _______________________________ ARTECH 2008, 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL ARTS 7, 8 November: Portuguese Catholic University - Porto, Portugal http://artes.ucp.pt/artech2008/ Call for Submissions Artech 2008 is the fourth international workshop held in Portugal and Galicia on the topic of Digital Arts. It aims to promote contacts between Iberian and International contributors concerned with the conception, production and dissemination of Digital and Electronic Art. Artech 2008 brings the scientific, technological and artistic community together, promoting the interest in the digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, a common space for discussion, an exchange of experiences, a forum for emerging digital artists and a way of understanding and appreciating new forms of cultural expression. Main Topics Main areas are related with sound, image, video, music, multimedia and other new media related topics, in the context of emerging practice of artistic creation. Although non exclusive, the main topics of the conference are: * Art and Science * Audio-Visual and Multimedia Design * Creativity Theory * Electronic Music * Generative and Algorithmic Art * Interactive Systems for Artistic Applications * Media Art history * Mobile Multimedia * Net Art and Digital Culture * New Experiences with New Media and New Applications * Tangible and Gesture Interfaces * Technology in Art Education * Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Submissions Authors are invited to submit: * A full paper of six to ten pages for oral presentation * A short paper up to four pages for poster presentations or Art Installations proposals Submissions are accepted in the conference official languages: English, Portuguese, Galician and Castilian. Format Artech 2008 has the format of a conference with technical sessions, invited talks and discussion panels as well an exposition area for installations. All the contributions are subject to a blind peer-review and evaluation by the International Programme Committee. All papers accepted for presentation will be published in a duly registered book (ISBN) and a selection of the best papers will be published in an appropriate scientific and technological academic journal. Important dates Full papers submission: 2 June 2008 Installations proposals and short papers submission: 9 June 2008 Full papers notice of acceptance: 7 July 2008 Installations proposal and short papers notice of acceptance: 14 July 2008 Organization [CITAR] Research Center for Science and Technology of the Arts [http://artes.ucp.pt/citar/] [UCP] Portuguese Catholic University - Porto, Portugal [http://artes.ucp.pt/] [UM] Minho University [http://www.uminho.pt/] Esta mensagem (incluindo quais quer anexos) pode conter informa??o confidencial ou legalmente protegida para uso exclusivo do destinat?rio. 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Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. -- ............................................... http://artbots.org .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp .......... repetto............. http://music.columbia.edu/organism ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas From douglas at music.columbia.edu Fri Apr 18 16:19:13 2008 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Fri Apr 18 16:19:14 2008 Subject: [art+tech] [Fwd: [video] Call For Entries - Video Art Festival 003] Message-ID: <48090241.7040009@music.columbia.edu> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [video] Call For Entries - Video Art Festival 003 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:22:33 -0400 From: Harvestworks Reply-To: info@harvestworks.org CALL FOR ENTRIES Harvestworks Digital Media Center ? Video Art Festival #003 Founded by artists in 1977, Harvestworks Digital Media Center has helped a generation of artists create new works using technology. The Center invitesartists to submit videos of all types (experimental, animation, music video, documentary, silent, short, etc) for a guest curated video art festival.Works selected from this call, as well as by private invitation, will be featured in a series of themed screenings in September 2008. The festival's main objective is to highlight inventive and visually rich video created in the twenty-first century. Though this solicitation is trulybroad, we are especially interested in highlighting the following: 1. A theme program exploring the notion of fa?ade (i.e. architecturally or in the sense of superficial appearance or illusion). 2. Videos exploring food, agriculture, and/or the environment. 3. Videos with a strong music or sound component; audiovisual collaborations. 4. Silent video works. 5. Videos made especially for viewing via the Web and/or mobile handheld device. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION Entry Deadline: postmark by JUNE 16, 2008 Send entries to: Harvestworks Digital Media Center, VIDEO ART FESTIVAL #003, 596 Broadway #602, New York, NY 10012. Eligibility All genres of video created between 2000 - 2008 are eligible. Video must becomplete at the time of submission. No more than 15 minutes in length (clearly indicate navigation to the most compelling chapter or 2-minute segment). Single-channel video only.* Entry Form Please download and fill out the entry form completely. http://www.harvestworks.org/cms/forms/Harvestworks_Video_Art_2008.pdf Entries by individuals, groups, collectives or organizations are acceptable. A separate entry form is required for each title. NO MORE THAN TWO ENTRIES PER ARTIST OR GROUP. No entry fee. Additional Materials In addition to your entry, please enclose a CV or resume, a short biography, and a brief description or synopsis of your video. Label each DVD with artist name(s), title of video, and total running time. Though not required, we strongly encourage you to include at least one photo still or digital image. Formats Preview copy: Entries should be submitted for preview on DVD (NTSC). Exhibition copy: Acceptable formats for exhibition include DVD or Mini-DV (NTSC only). *If video is to be viewed via the Web and/or by mobile handheld device, clearly state this condition in your description or synopsis. Most other workswill be shown by way of single-channel projection. Foreign language work must be subtitled in English. Authorization By entering the festival, the entrant authorizes a public screening of the work in the festival and agrees to provide an exhibition copy upon notification of acceptance and publicity material (including photographs) upon request. The entrant also authorizes Harvestworks to publish publicity materials in press releases, program notes and on our website, and to place a copyof the work in the permanent archive of the Harvestworks Media Collection. Notification If your entry is accepted for exhibition you will be notified in July 2008. Entries not accepted can be returned, provided that a self-addressed and stamped envelope is included with your entry. Submitted materials are not covered by insurance. The organizers assume no responsibility for possible damages to the entries. Receipt of Exhibition Copy: August 1, 2008 If your entry is accepted for exhibition, your exhibition copy must arrive at Harvestworks Digital Media Center by August 1, 2008. Festival Prizes Prizes to be determined, please inquire on our website soon Inquiries videofest003@harvestworks.org _______________________________________________________________________ Harvestworks is a nonprofit Digital Media Arts Center that provides resources for artists to learn digital tools and exhibit experimental work created with digital technologies. Our programs are made possible with funds from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowmentfor the Arts, the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Materials for the Arts, The Experimental TV Center, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, the Aaron Copland Fund, mediaThe foundation, the Foundation for Con- temporary Art, the Jerome Foundation, the Argosy Foundation and the New York State Music Fund. _______________________________________________________________________ HARVESTWORKS Digital Media Arts Center 596 Broadway, Suite 602 (at Houston St) New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-431-1130 http://www.harvestworks.org Subway: F/V Broadway/Lafayette, 6 Bleeker, W/R Prince _______________________________________________________________________ -- ............................................... http://artbots.org .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp .......... repetto............. http://music.columbia.edu/organism ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas From douglas at music.columbia.edu Tue Apr 22 16:54:35 2008 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Tue Apr 22 16:54:52 2008 Subject: [art+tech] [Fwd: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Tech Artists wanted for local event] Message-ID: <480E508B.7070202@music.columbia.edu> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Tech Artists wanted for local event Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:49:26 -0400 From: Christina Olson HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is held July 18-20 in midtown manhattan at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Held every two years, this three day event that has been covered by CNN and other news agencies for its unique gathering of hackers and tech people from around the country and sometimes the world. And HOPE needs your art! If you have an art project that has to do with electricity (of course, we are on dorkbot after all :), computers, data and information processing, electronic music, and can be displayed in a public setting where people may or may not touch it (we do have security detail), send an email to daravinne@gmail.com with your project idea, and links to your site or your project. I will get back to you asap. Also, we are looking for programmers who are can construct visualizations based off information stored in a database. if you can do or have done this and have the time to undertake this project (starting now) please get in touch. Thanks! Christina ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ -- ............................................... http://artbots.org .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp .......... repetto............. http://music.columbia.edu/organism ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas From douglas at music.columbia.edu Sun Apr 27 12:08:10 2008 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Sun Apr 27 12:08:14 2008 Subject: [art+tech] ArtBots 2008 Call for Works! Message-ID: <4814A4EA.1020601@music.columbia.edu> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS THIS WEEK! +++++++ ArtBots 2008 Call for Works ArtBots (http://artbots.org) is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008. Creators of talented robots are invited to submit their work for possible inclusion in the show. We have no fixed idea of what qualifies as robotic art; if you think it's a robot and you think it's art, we encourage you to submit your work. Regardless of whether it?s hi-tech, low-tech, or neg-tech, we?re interested in the ideas you?re working with, not just the gear. Proposals for workshops, performances, and other kinds of participation are also welcome. Each ArtBots is a bit different; the location changes and we invite new humans to co-curate the show with us. We hope that by changing the specifics of the show each year we can keep it accessible to a diverse range of people, works, and ideas. +++++++ This year?s co-curators are: Warren Ellis: author of novels, comics, video games, and screenplays; blogger and creator of numerous online forums Marie Redmond: computer science professor; director of the MSc Multimedia Systems Course, Trinity College; entrepreneur Douglas Repetto: artist and teacher; Director of Research at the Columbia University Computer Music Center, director and founder of ArtBots, dorkbot, organism, and music-dsp +++++++ ArtBots is a hands-on, community-oriented show, run by and for artists. Participating artists install their own work and are present during the show to meet one another, maintain their pieces, and talk with visitors. Each participant is given a 1000 Euro artist fee to help cover the cost of attending. All costs, including shipping, travel, lodging, meals, etc., are the responsibility of the artist. While we cannot provide additional monetary resources, we are happy to provide invitation letters or other documents that might help artists with local grant applications, sponsorships, etc. Important Dates: Deadline for entries: 1 May Acceptance notifications sent: 2 June Artists confirm participation by: 16 June Show load-in and installation: 16-18 September Show open: 19-21 September Breakdown and load-out: 22 September +++++++ To submit your work for consideration for ArtBots 2008, please fill out the following form. In addition to the form, please provide documentation (photos, video, sounds, plans, etc.) and a brief statement describing the work and your motivation for creating it. Tell us why the work is interesting, and help us understand how it fits in the context of the ArtBots show. We strongly encourage you to create a website with your entry materials in an easily viewable form. This will allow the three geographically separated curators to view the materials as you intend them to be viewed. Email attachments, printed documentation, slides, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and DVDs are all acceptable as documentation, but will make it more difficult for the curators to view your work. We regret that we cannot return submitted materials, so please do not send originals. Please send your entry form and documentation to: artbots@artbots.org or: ArtBots c/o Douglas Repetto Columbia University Computer Music Center 632 W 125th St. 318 Prentis Hall New York, NY 10027 USA Entries must be received by May 1st, 2008. There is no entry fee. We will send you confirmation via email when we receive your entry. Have fun! Douglas Repetto Marie Redmond Warren Ellis Curators, ArtBots 2008 +++++++ ArtBots 2008 is a joint production of The Science Gallery at Trinity College, ArtBots, and The Columbia University Computer Music Center. http://www.sciencegallery.ie http://artbots.org http://music.columbia.edu/cmc What is the Science Gallery? The Science Gallery is a new public science centre located in the heart of Dublin city. A place where ideas meet, the Gallery will bring together people with diverse interests and backgrounds including creative thinkers and young innovators, to connect, explore, create, debate and share ideas on science, technology and the arts, opening up these fields to new audiences. The Science Gallery ?space? consists of a 144-seater multimedia theatre, studios, caf? and stunning open gallery space, providing an ideal location for new emerging creative talent to be discovered through a programme of changing exhibitions, events and workshops. With a target audience of 15 year olds up and an emphasis on creating a collaborative community, the Science Gallery, which launched in February 2008 with LIGHTWAVE, a nine-day festival exploring the art and science of controlling light already has over 2000 members. For more information on the Science Gallery and our past and upcoming programmes visit www.sciencegallery.com +++++++ ArtBots 2008 Entry Form Title of work: Contact name: Contact email address: Mailing address and phone number: Other project members: +++++++ What are the physical dimensions of the work and its operating area? How is your work powered? Does it have any special power needs? Does your work require access to any resources (other than electrical power) that you cannot provide yourself (e.g. a sound system, video projector, net access, special lighting, compressed air, running water, etc.)? Is your work particularly loud, bright, or active, or does your work require extreme quiet, darkness, or other particular sound/light conditions? How long does it take you to set up your work, and how difficult is it to set up? Has the piece traveled before? Do you foresee any problems transporting the work? How long can your piece run reliably? Can it run continuously for several hours over the course of several days? Does it need frequent maintenance? Is this a completed work, or is it still being designed or built? If it is still in the planning stages, what is your timeline for completing the piece? List any elements of your work that are potentially dangerous or may cause fire/safety code problems in indoor spaces (gas engine, fire, hazardous chemicals, projectiles, etc.): Is there anything else you think we should know about your work? From douglas at music.columbia.edu Wed Apr 30 18:34:35 2008 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Wed Apr 30 18:34:54 2008 Subject: [art+tech] [Fwd: Flock Vision Toolkit for Max/MSP/Jitter] Message-ID: <4818F3FB.1090201@music.columbia.edu> From CMC alum Jason Freeman! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Flock Vision Toolkit for Max/MSP/Jitter Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:26:59 -0400 From: Jason Freeman [please forward] I'm pleased to announce the release of the Flock Vision Toolkit for Cycling '74's Max/MSP/Jitter multimedia development environment. This small collection of computer vision objects were developed by Mark Godfrey, an MS student in music technology at Georgia Tech, for use in Flock, my recent work for saxophone quartet, dancers, audience participation, real-time notation, electroacoustic sound, and video. * PARTICLEFILTER (mxj external) implements a (slightly simplified) version of the popular particle filtering tracking algorithm. Basically, particles of a given target sample the image. Those with high probability mass (i.e. over a target's pixel) are more likely to be sampled in the next frame. In this way, a target's particles tend to stick with it. We found this useful for tracking the saxophonists in Flock, since the tracker often had to deal with interference from other objects in the camera's image. * SKEW_CORRECTION uses a least-squared error transformation to correct for skew in an image, typically caused by the camera's perspective. This is based on correcting a warped calibration rectangle in the image to a true rectangle. * STITCHER finds a least-squared error transformation to warp one image into the space of another. This transform, in addition to a blending algorithm, can stitch images together, and it works well for panoramic images and multi-camera setups. * LENS_CORRECTION corrects for "barrel/pin" distortion, commonly resulting from fisheye lenses. We have tested these objects on Max versions 4.6 and 5.0 on both Mac and Windows. You can download the package (which includes detailed help files) at: http://www.jasonfreeman.net/flock/ Then click on the "software" link. Mark and I hope you find these tools useful! Best, --Jason -- Jason Freeman Assistant Professor, Music Department College of Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology http://www.jasonfreeman.net -- ............................................... http://artbots.org .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp .......... repetto............. http://music.columbia.edu/organism ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas From douglas at music.columbia.edu Wed Apr 30 18:44:17 2008 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Wed Apr 30 18:44:36 2008 Subject: [art+tech] The coherent and detectable dorkbot-nyc! Message-ID: <4818F641.8080706@music.columbia.edu> what: dorkbot-nyc meeting when: Wednesday, May 7th, 2008, 7-9pm where: Location One, Greene Street between Canal and Grand $$$: $FREE$ +++++ The 1895th dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at Location One in SoHo. This is the last meeting of the season! The meeting is free and open to the public. Please bring snacks to share. Also: we need more theme songs! Bring one and we'll post it on the website and play it at the beginning of the meeting. Also: dorkbot t-shirts! $15 in person, $17 online. Cute colors, cute cuts. Profits go to support our host, Location One! Featuring the coherent and detectable: Sean Montgomery: Vital Threads Biofeedback Apparel I began developing Vital Threads biofeedback apparel to open fashion to dynamic new forms of personal expression and interpersonal communication. I will debut three prototype pieces from my Vital Threads collection: heart-on shirt, truth wristband, and thinking cap. The heart-on shirt projects rhythmic pulses of light synchronized with the wearer's heart beat. The truth wristband displays the wearer's galvanic skin response as a continuous metric of his/her psycho-emotional response to the environment. The thinking cap measures brain activity from the wearer's scalp EEG and projects changes in neuronal synchrony on modular light arrays. http://www.produceconsumerobot.com/vitalthreads Brian House: TXTML TeXT message Markup Language and its software interpreter comprise a (beta!) DIY system for creating interactive text-messaging applications. It is the result of experimenting with text-messaging as a narrative and performative medium and designing story-systems for non-traditional contexts like Berlin's S-Bahn and the Statue of Liberty. TXTML also reflects my philosophical interest in inventing formal languages to reflect one's artistic biases. At the moment, TXTML is being used for "The Wrench", an art project that re-imagines Primo Levi's novel The Monkey's Wrench as a text-message exchange with an automated character. http://brianhouse.net http://txtml.org NYCResistor: Barbot NYCResistor is a new Brooklyn-based hacker collective that generates an endless stream of amusing objects. One of our current projects is the second iteration of our Barbot, a rack-mounted system designed to ensure that anywhere that data is served, tasty beverages can be as well. We'll also talk a bit about our new space, some of our other projects, and why a marshmallow cooked over a 15,000V electric arc just tastes better. http://www.nycresistor.com ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ......................... http://dorkbot.org ........................... ........................................................................