Pillow Talk – a series of projection for performance documentaries, organized by Japanese media artist Yamaguchi Noriko.
“Performances cannot be shared by people of all the time, however much appreciation they received. Since they are consumed immediately and become “something that happened” very soon, their records should be all the more important. However, documentary movies of performing arts have not had frequent chances to be projected.
This exhibition is to create that opportunity for ourselves. Lying on the floor of a comfortable space with high ceiling, why donʼ t you enjoy these unexplored movies with us?”

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Pillow Talk #3 took place last Saturday at the KCUA, Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan.
The event included screenings of 3 performances hosted at this year WRO Biennale; namely, my audiovisual work I C::ntr::l Nature, along with works by Istvan Kantor, Megan May Daalder. The programme of Pillow Talk also included works by Ichihara Hiroko, Sako Kojima and Tomohiko Kyogoku.

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http://yamaguchinoriko.com/pt3/artist_wro.html
http://www.kcua.ac.jp/gallery/event/1948.html

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Job posted by Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics/ University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (23/11/2011)
PhD student in Sonification Research (Audio Engineering/ Climate Science)

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Applications are invited for a postgraduate student to join the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM, http://iem.kug.ac.at) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz for the FWF funded project SysSon – A systematic procedure to develop sonifications.

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The goal of SysSon is the systematic development of sonifications – from finding sound metaphors and creating a ‘sound library’ to aesthetic/scientific evaluation and finally the sonification tool ‘ClAudio-Climate Audio’. The procedure is developed with and tested on data from Climate Science. Main researchers of the project (and supervisors of the PhD) are R. Hoeldrich and K. Vogt at IEM, where the PhD student will be based.
Cooperation partners are the Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change and the Center for Systematic Musicology
(www.uni-graz.at/en/muwi99ww).

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The PhD will comprise the application of the procedure to data from climate science: handling data compatibility issues, sound synthesis, co-development of evaluation test design, finalizing of ClAudio, and supporting of sound installation.
The position is available from 1st February 2012 and financial support is guaranteed for 2 1?2 years (an additional half year of support for writing up the thesis is envisaged). Salary will be paid according to
www.fwf.ac.at.

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The closing date for applications is 25th December 2011.
(Skype) interviews are planned for January. Female applicants are preferentially considered in case of equal qualification.

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We expect:
+ A Master?s degree in audio engineering and electrical engineering or computer science or similar, who have a solid scientific background in acoustics, sound synthesis and auditory perception. An additional background in sciences (physics/ climate science) is beneficial.
Candidates about to earn their degree are welcome to apply.
+ Familiarity with programming languages (either SuperCollider3 or Pure Data; plus other programs such as Max MSP, MATLAB, etc.) is a precondition.
+ High motivation for interdisciplinary and application-oriented work and a special interest for sonification research.
+ An integrative and cooperative personality.
+ Very good communication skills in English.

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We offer:
+ A top-level research environment at the edge of technology and the arts; the IEM is considered to be Austria?s leading research institution in the field of audio engineering with the three research areas Artistic Research, Signal Processing and Acoustics, and Computer Music (including sonification).
+ Efficient supervision by an interdisciplinary team of supervisors, strong communication and interaction between the involved institutions.
+ The location in Graz, a city of five universities (two are involved in SysSon) and cultural capital of Europe 2003, hosting internationally renowned festivals such as steirischer herbst and Elevate.

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Please send your applications (in English or German) to vogt(at)iem.at including:
+ letter of motivation or re?sume?
+ CV
+ copy of relevant university diplomas
+ a short expose? (1-2 pages) on a previous project related to audio
engineering, sonification or similar
(sound examples ?or their links- are welcome)

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The Pixelache Software of the Year 2012 title is this time given to din – din is noise.

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din is a Free software musical instrument exclusively for the GNU/ Linux operating system made by the Indian programmer S. Jagannathan.
din – din is noise presents an innovative way of generating live music from a simple visual interface based on Bezier curves, and is a good example of how creative and DIY technologies can foster new approaches and solutions that escapes the leading rules of the software industry.

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It forgets history,
To not repeat it.
It doesnt hide analog music hardware,
In digital music software.

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You had pulse, sine, triangle and sawtooth,
And went forth and made electronic music.

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Now there is just the Bezier curve.

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Pixelache Software of the Year is an initiative by Pixelache Network, started in 2008. The chosen software for the first year was Animata, a live animation software by Kitchen Budapest. In 2010 it was divided between the live CD distributions pure:dyne by GOTO10 and APODIO by APO33.

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More information:
www.piksel.no
www.pixelache.ac
din – din is noise: http://dinisnoise.org

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WHO: International Artists
WHAT: 1-3 month residency
WHERE: APO33, Platforme Intermedia – Nantes, FRANCE
WHEN: Mid April – May or August – October 2012

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APO33 a not-for-profit association/artists collective founded in 1997 in Nantes, France. APO33 research practices cross philosophy, poetry, visual, architecture, sonic arts and anything else that may arrive through collaborative working. APO33 projects often use networked and physical spaces, develop tools (hardware/software) for its creative projects and the FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) community of artists and programmers.

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RESIDENCY: APO33 invites artists annually to develop new work in situ. The resident will have the opportunity to work towards an exhibition, presentation, experimentation reflecting on these working methods and forms of collaboration, depending on the proposal. The residency usually entails two levels of development: a first preparation stage (approximately 1 month) installation, performance … or to realise a performance project or architectural construction and a second stage where space is open to the public (visit, participate and feedback). APO33 will provide technical assistance to artists and expert assistance to those using digital media open to exploring FLOSS software and programming tools. In addition artists are invited to give a public talk around their practice and project at APO33. We will give preference to those applicants with a strong desire to exchange and collaborate with the APO33 project as a whole.

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APO33 will provide accommodation, pay travel costs, sustenance and a small production budget. http://www.apo33.org

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HOW TO APPLY:
Send a PDF* with the following information included to: apo33.proposal2012@gmail.com
FULL NAME (+ ALIAS if applicable)
EMAIL
COUNTRY & CITY OF RESIDENCE
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
MOTIVATION
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
URL
ANY OTHER INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF YOUR APPLICATION

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*PDF should be no more than 2MB

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DEADLINE: 9 DECEMBER 2011

From http://giss.tv/wiki/index.php/Android_Streamer_:_Giss_Mp3 :
GISS Mp3 v 1.0.0

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This is the first GISS Audio Streamer application in .mp3 format as this is the format supported on any version of Android.

You should enter your stream parameters and type ‘Start’ to start your stream.

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Synopsis

Enter the stream server parameters in the main screen, than go to ‘Stream quality’ screen and enter the parameters you request :

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Audio bitrate : the bitrate of your stream.
Audio channels : the number of requested channels ( usually mono is enough with a phone ).
Mp3 quality : the quality of encoding from 1 to 9.
Audio rate : the rate of the recording, on small models this should be put to a lower value of 8000 Hz, as a higher rate requires more processing power.
Finally, enter your stream metadata in the ‘Meta Data’ screen :

Name : name of the stream
Description : description of the stream
Genre : genre
More info : an url that describes more your project.
Then, click the ‘Start’ button and the stream should start.

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Notes

On small android models, use a low value for recording ( 8000 Hz ), it has been tested with this value on an HTC Tattoo and was working fine.

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License

To use this aplication, you need to respect the Terms Of Use of giss.tv.

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The code published here can be studied, modified, used by anyone that provides all the original credits and sources in derivative projects.

There are restrictions on its use, it cannot be used for :
military and/or repressive use
commercial installations and products
any project that promotes : racism, nationalism, xenophobia, sexism,
homophobia, religious hatred or missionarism .. ( expandable list)

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This is not a standard license.
Download
Download version 1.0.0 : Giss Mp3

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Source code
The source code can be downloaded from our CVS :

export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@giss.tv:/home/cvs
cvs co GissMp3

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have fun!
sevy@GISS team

After Re:Wire the forth international Media Art History Conference held this October in Liverpool International Artists and Scholars published a Declaration for international and sustainable Support for Media Art Research, Documentation and Preservation.

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To add your signature go to
www.mediaarthistory.org

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MEDIA ART NEEDS GLOBAL NETWORKED ORGANISATION & SUPPORT –
International Declaration

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State of Affairs

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“Digital technology has fundamentally changed the way art is made. Over the last forty years, Media Art has become a significant part of our networked information society. Although there are well-attended international festivals, collaborative research projects, exhibitions and database documentation resources, Media Art research is still marginal in universities, museums and archives. It remains largely under-resourced in our core cultural institutions.

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As a result of rapid changes in technology, many major works made even 10 years ago can no longer be shown or are disappearing without a trace. If this situation is not addressed, we face losing an art form that is a central part of our post-industrial digital culture. To date, systematic global preservation and documentation campaigns do not exist. Many important online documentation and research projects are also disappearing from the web. As they falter, we risk losing their valuable material forever. Contemporary scientific research relies on access to shared data. The same is true of the Arts and Humanities, which lack a concerted international policy for sustainability and support of the digital heritage, such as exists partly in the natural sciences…”

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In few days I’ll be gladly coming back to Bergen, Norway to perform the interactive music piece for enhanced body Music for Flesh II and present the free, open source biophysical technology Xth Sense.
Below the full and exciting program of this year edition. Don’t miss some of the finest and most inspiring free, open source based performances and installations!

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Piksel11 — re:public
The 9th annual Piksel Festival for Electronic Art and Technological Freedom.
- Exhibitions – workshops – live art – presentations
- November 17th-20th, Bergen (NO)
- http://piksel.no/p11

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The 9th edition of the Piksel Festival takes place on November 17th-20th 2011. The festival subtitle re:public connects to various strategies for rethinking and redefinig public space, both as a concrete physical space, and in a larger social and political context.

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Programme:

EXHIBITIONS @ Galleri 3,14, KNIPSU & Kafe Knøderen
http://www.piksel.no/p11/installations11

Gordan Savicic, Jenny Pickett, Julien Poidevin, Romain Papion, blablabLAB, Linda Hilfling, Andy Gracie, Dave Griffiths, Marloes de Valk, Aymeric Mansoux,  Mey Lean Kronemann, HsienYu Cheng, Wayne Clements, Danja Vasiliev, Ben Baker-Smith, Delia Cristina Gheorghiu, Paul Eugen Popescu, John Bowers, Aditya Zalewski, Marleen Andela, Eva van der Velden

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URBAN INTERVENTIONS @ Bergen centre
http://www.piksel.no/p11/urban-interventions

The Impossible City, Be Your Own Souvenir!, City Fireflies, UKI game level one - infect the city

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PERFORMANCES @ Landmark & StudioUSF
http://www.piksel.no/p11/performances11

S∆G∆∆N, Wanda and Nova deViator, Alejandra Maria Perez, Luka Frelih, Christian Galarreta, APO33/ALOARDI, Cristiano Rosa, Daniel Llermaly, Oscar Martin Correa, Jason Glen Levine, Ryan Jordan, Gisle Fr0ysland, Brendan Howell, Marco Donnarumma, Malte Steiner, Agnese Trocchi, Federico Bonelli, Wendy Ann Mansilla, Paula Pin, Maria Mitsopoulou, Alex McLean, Jake Harries, Jørgen Træen, Elin Vister, Signe Lidén

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PRESENTATIONS @ StudioUSF & KNIPSU
http://www.piksel.no/p11/presentations11

din is noise, Streaming Experiences, A Popular Guide to Unpopular Cinema, LumiBots, Human Mobile Medium, Cube Cola Lab, Xth Sense, wearable, biophysical open source technology, ICECSTREAM – a new free software in the live streaming world!, Zero Dollar Laptop, Cámara Lúcida, Re-framing the World Wide Web, Ecology of Precariousness, Pueblo Nómade, Network Topology as a Site of Resistance

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WORKSHOPS @ KNIPSU, PikselHut & Kafe Knøderen
http://www.piksel.no/p11/workshops11

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ELECTROMAGNETIC CITYSCAPE , Visual Live Coding with Texture, Schmutz Disrupter analog tools, the 120days of *buntu, Sudamerica Experimental Workshop, SonicDrift, din is noise, C/Overt operations with CCTV sniffing , Using the Milkymist One video synthesizer, OHANDA working session , UKI game level one [infect the city] workshop
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more info and complete festival program:
http://piksel.no/p11
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Piksel11 is supported by The Norwegian Art Council, Bergen Municipality, Hordaland County, PNEK, BEK, Bergen Kunsthall/Landmark and KORO.

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PIKSEL :: FREE AS IN ART!
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Piksel is an international event for artists and developers working with free and open technologies in artistic practice.
Part workshop, part festival, it is organised in Bergen, Norway, and involves participants from more than a dozen countries exchanging ideas, coding, presenting art and software projects, doing workshops, performances and discussions on the aesthetics and politics of free technologies & art.
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Rodrigo Costanzo, a Spanish-American avid performer based in Manchester is teaching a free circuit bending workshop. All you have to do is bring along what you want to hack!

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“If you want to sign-up or drop in, check it out:

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Title: Circuit Bending Workshop
Location: MadLab
Description: If you’ve ever wanted to get into circuit-bending or DIY electronics in general, this circuit-bending workshop, presented by The Noise Upstairs, will give you an introduction into the art of bending. Over the course of two sessions you will learn some basic electronics and soldering, and end up with your very own circuit-bent toy!
*You must provide the toy and components yourself.”

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Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2011-11-26
End Time: 16:00

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http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/11/circuit-bending-part-2/
http://www.rodrigoconstanzo.com
http://www.madlab.org.uk