[Scottish] "FOSS tools for artists" - a talk by Derek Holzer, Glasgow

[Simon Yuill]

"FOSS tools for artists"
a talk by Derek Holzer

Tuesday 30th November, 7pm
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St., Glasgow, G2 3JD
free


"In my work as an artist in digital media, I have found that ideas from 
the
FOSS (Free Open Source Software) programming community--such as the
collaboration of different systems, the distribution of specialized 
tasks and
the unrestricted sharing of both processes and products--fit in very 
well with
my ideas of how art can be made, and how people can work together. In 
this
talk, I will discuss various projects I am involved in, how they relate 
to the
FOSS ethos, and give an overview of some of the various Free + Open 
Source
tools for artists which comes out of this very active community."
- Derek Holzer


ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Derek Holzer
http://www.umatic.nl/info_derek.html
http://www.visiblesound.nl/

Holzer [USA 1972] is a sound and radio artist with a background in free
radio, net.radio and streaming media technologies. Recently, his work 
has
focused on capturing and transforming small, unnoticed sounds from 
various
natural and urban locations, on the electromagnetic resonances in our
everyday environment, and on the use of free software such as Linux and
Pure Data for collaborative projects. He is currently based in the
Netherlands.


The talk is part of the YOUR MACHINES project:

http://www.yourmachines.org


Derek is also speaking as part of Variant's "THIS IS SERBIA CALLING", 
on Wednesday 1st December, 7pm onwards, CCA upstairs bar.