[Scottish] Machinista 2004 festival: micro presentation at febuary meeting?

Wed Feb 25 21:38:02 GMT 2004

i dunno, 

id kinda be intresting in hearing about this :) but im only 1 of the
whole list, and i havnt actually attended a meeting as yet, tomorrow is
supposed to be my first if all goes well :D


On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 20:33, machinista host wrote:
> Dear LUG list,
> 
> As you may or may not know, the Machinista
> <arts+science> festival is coming to Glasgow on the
> 7-9th of may 2004.
> 
> We have 130 online projects that have been submitted
> to the online gallery over the last month at:
> http://www.machinista.org
> submission deadlines is saturday 28th of feb. 2004
> (call for entries at the end of this mail).
> 
> This year's programme will showcase several Open
> Source projects and there will be  a side project
> called the FOSS cafe curated by Simon Yuill.
> We hope this project may be of interest to members of
> the ScottishLUG with possible room for  involvement as
> the project develops.
> 
> Simon Yuill is a Glasgow-based artist (currently in
> working residency in Holland) who works with code. He
> is interested in both the formal aesthetics of code
> and its relationships to societal structures. He makes
> software, organises public events engaging in these
> issues and writes. He is part of the code art group
> slateford.
> www.spring-alpha.org
> www.slateford.org
> www.lipparosa.org
> www.livingzeroes.org
> 
> 
> As one of the Machinista Glasgow organisers, I would
> be happy to fill you in on the project so far and. I
> know it's short notice and that there is a  schedule
> for tomorrow's meeting, but i was wondering if there
> would be a 10 minute slot at some point in this to
> introduce Machinista+ quick Q/A session. 
> 
> CAN ANYONE SUGGEST AN APPROPRIATE TIME? 
> 
> (start or end of Livingstone Tower Session ,
> after-session pub meeting or next month?).
> I have to add that I am a Linux novice, my practice
> being mostly music/visual hardware design+performance
> and event organising.
> You can find links about my other projects from this
> page:
> http://www.expo2002.org.uk
> 
> Most info relating to Machinista can be found online.
> our report on last year's first Machinista festival in
> Perm (russia) can be found at:
> http://www.thesoundsurgery.co.uk/pointless/machinista/page1.html
> 
> 
> thanks a lot for your time and may be see you
> tomorrow.
> David Bernard.
> 
> *** START ***
> FOSS Cafe
> 
> FOSS stands for Free and Open Source Software.  FOSS
> Cafe will run as 
> part of the MACHINISTA festival in Glasgow, 2004.  It
> is intended as an 
> informal meeting ground for people interested in all
> aspects of FOSS, 
> from dedicated Linux hackers to the curious.  It is
> hoped that the cafe 
> will help bring together FOSS practitioners from
> across Scotland and 
> the international scene.  Some guest speakers are
> being invited as are 
> all the artists participating in MACHINISTA.
> 
> FOSS Cafe will be the first of an ongoing series of
> events called YOUR 
> MACHINES which will be a series of talks and workshops
> introducing 
> people to the ideas and practices of FOSS.  These will
> include hands-on 
> workshops in FOSS audio and video tools (such as Pure
> Data and the 
> dynebolic broadcast system), DIY wireless networks and
> PC recycling.
> 
> YOUR MACHINES events will take place in the weeks and
> months following 
> MACHINISTA.  They will bring some of the key
> developers and 
> practitioners from the field to Scotland.  They are
> particularly 
> intended to make FOSS available to artists, media
> practitioners and 
> non-profit groups but are open to everyone.
> 
> *** END ***
> 
> Apologies for cross-posting
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Call For Entries -  DEADLINE: 28th February 2004
> -------------------------------------------------
> MACHINISTA 2004
> Submissions for the following three themes are
> welcomed in all media.
> 
> 1. "Art from the Machine: gleams of the inhuman" 
> Works created completely or mostly by a machine or an
> artificial intelligence system.
> 
> 2. "Artists Against Machinic Standards"
> Breaking, destroying, hacking, unexpected
> (non-utilitarian?) usage of customary programs as an
> art experiment.
> 
> 3. "Full-Screen Robovision" 
> Moving image works (experimental/scientific imaging,
> audiovisual code, short films, animation and VJ mixes)
> illustrating "the world as seen by machines" 
> 
> see http://www.machinista.org for more details and how
> to participate. 
> (Deadline: 28th February 2004)
> Machinista is a yearly unmediated open-submission
> online exhibition.
> Creative and technological practices including visual
> and software art, science and design projects, moving
> image, experimental music and performance are featured
> in various scales and stages of development ranging
> from documentation of prototypes and exploratory
> installations to fully operational systems.
> 
> In 2003 there were 128 submissions featured in
> Machinista plus offline events in Moscow and Perm in
> the Urals.
> 
> MACHINISTA GLASGOW*
> An offline festival each year in a different host city
> showcases key entries to the online exhibition.
> Participants in www.machinista.org are commissioned to
> travel and present/ exhibit/install/ perform to wide
> audiences.  This year, Machinista talkes place in
> Glasgow, Scotland on the weekend of May 7-9 2004 with
> some additional events later in the year in Perm,
> Urals.
> 
> Machinista 2004
> http://www.machinista.org
> 
> Machinista 2003 
> htttp://www.machinista.ru  (Russian)
> http://www.machinista.ru/en (English)
> 
> 
> 
> *Supported by the Scottish Arts Council & CCA Glasgow 
> (please forward)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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