DASH Archives - July 2008
Ancel news 08
From: Franck Ancel <info@FRANCK-ANCEL.COM>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:40:09 +0200
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Enjoy here my next actions! "No Space for this Time" communication @ ISEA Symposium - Singapore 25-31/07/08 http://www.isea2008singapore.org "Dharma > The Red Breath < Initiative" work in progress @ Cellsbutton Festival - Yogyakarta 10-19/08/08 http://www.natural-fiber.com "GPS Light # 1" installation @ Mazarine Bookshop - Paris 09/09/08 http://www.lamazarine.fr "1958-2008 : from Philips Pavilion to Explorer Art" performance @ Cyberspace - Internet 19/10/08 http://www.franck-ancel.com/atx "Du corps physique à la virtualité contemporaine" communication @ IN3 Symposium - Basel 20-23/11/08 http://www.in3.ch Namasté. FA Contacts Franck Ancel Paris +33 676 470 610 info@franck-ancel.com
cfp: 2008 Film & History Conference | =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=93Film?= & S cience: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond (Ch icago)
From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:23:12 +1000
Forwarded from the Diatrope list (see below): CFP Deadline: August 1, 2008 More information: SCIENTIFIC ICONS Area, see http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory More information: Women in the Sciences Area, see http://www.filmandhistory.org 2008 Film & History Conference “Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond” October 30-November 2, 2008 Chicago, Illinois ________________________________________________________________ This message was from the Diatrope Art & Science discussion. For information, archives, or to subscribe, please see http://webexhibits.org/about/diatrope.html ==== Paul Brown - based in OZ 4-23 July 08 mailto:paul@paul-brown.com == http://www.paul-brown.com OZ Landline +61 (0)7 5443 3491 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900 OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown ==== Visiting Professor - Sussex University http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html ====
Bletchley Park Sells its Broken Roof Slates to Raise Funds
From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:26:28 +1000
Own a bit of history. See: http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/523520 Bletchley Park Sells its Broken Roof Slates to Raise Funds Released : 13 June 2008 Buy a genuine piece of Bletchley Park and raise funds for Bletchley Park Trust On 28 May Bletchley Park Trust reported the desperate state of some of its historically remarkable buildings, including some of the symbolic Codebreaking Huts. The iconic Victorian Mansion requires in the region of £1,000,000 for repairs to the roof, but whilst the Trust works tirelessly to raise funds to pay for this, some interim patching up is being done, simply to stop the rain from pouring in. Now some of the Bletchley Park Volunteers have come up with a fund raising plan; to sell the pieces of slate that are being replaced to souvenir- hunters as a genuinely unique piece of history. So if you would like to be the proud owner of a piece of Bletchley Park and help raise valuable funds to preserve it, please contact the Bletchley Park Shop click on this link http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/view_product.rhtm/130858/524668/detail.html for a £5 small piece of slate and this link http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/view_product.rhtm/130858/524672/detail.html for a £10 larger piece. Each purchase includes a certificate of authenticity. To make on online donation to Bletchley Park Trust, please go to http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/changeDonate.rhtm/-1 Petition lobbying the Prime Minister to act to help preserve Bletchley Park please go to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/ ï® ENDS – Media Contacts;- • Kelsey Griffin, Events and Publicity Manager, Bletchley Park Trust, 01908 640404, kgriffin@bletchleypark.org.uk • Caroline Murdoch, Redworks PR, 01869 810 443, caroline@redworks.co.uk. ==== Paul Brown - based in OZ 4-23 July 08 mailto:paul@paul-brown.com == http://www.paul-brown.com OZ Landline +61 (0)7 5443 3491 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900 OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown ==== Visiting Professor - Sussex University http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html ====
cfp: Science and Technology in World History (Special Issue)
From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:07:02 +1000
The World History Bulletin is still accepting materials for the Fall 2008 issue focusing on Science and Technology in World History. Authors should send articles, classroom lessons, and/or mini-essays to Micheal Tarver at either mtarver@atu.edu or bulletin@thewha.org. The deadline for submissions is 15 September 2008. Submission guidelines are available online at www.thewha.org/WHB.pdf ==== Paul Brown - based in OZ 4-23 July 08 mailto:paul@paul-brown.com == http://www.paul-brown.com OZ Landline +61 (0)7 5443 3491 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900 OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown ==== Visiting Professor - Sussex University http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html ====
Special Offer: A Computer in the Art Room
From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:11:43 +1000
A new book on the history of British digital arts is published this month: A Computer in the Art Room: the origins of British computer arts 1950-80 by Catherine Mason with a Foreword by Professor Clive Richards Coventry School of Art & Design published by JJG: 2008 SPECIAL OFFER FOR CAS / DASH LIST: £17.50 to include UK & Europe postage (to US, Canada & Australia - postage £10.00) Order from http://www.catherinemason.co.uk/ and pay with Paypal This book uncovers the little-known history of early British computer arts. An amazing story, it is hard to comprehend that before the onset of personal computers, propriety software and the internet there was a real struggle for access which touched off an explosion of true British pioneering spirit. The art schools which played a crucial role in fostering these important cross-disciplinary digital collaborations are described for the first time here, along with over 140 illustrations, many not seen in print before. Based on four years of research and numerous interviews with practitioners, the book introduces British artists in the post-war period who were inspired by science and began to consider the use of computing. They found the requisite technology and expertise at innovative art schools including the Royal College of Art, the Slade School of Art and regional polytechnics. The battle for acceptance may have been won but the provenance of computer arts and its direct links back to cybernetics in the 1950s and 1960s is a unique and previously unpublished period of art history. These pioneers had a real vision of the arts and sciences coming together for greater understanding and creativity on both sides. With the opening chapters titled “White Heat” and “British Art Postwar” the nine chapters conclude with “Computer animation” and include biographical essays on the likes of Roy Ascott, Richard Hamilton, Edward Ihnatowicz, Darrell Viner, Stephen Willats and other protagonists. This develops into a scholarly source book laced with exciting elements of artistic adventure. About the author: Catherine Mason began researching the history of British computer arts at Birkbeck, University of London with the CACHe Project (Computer Arts, Contexts, Histories, etc.), funded by the UK’s Arts & Humanities Research Council. In 2006 she produced Bits in Motion, a screening of early British computer animation, at London’s National Film Theatre. She has contributed to Futures Past: Twenty Years of Arts Computing published by Intellect, 2007 and White Heat, Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960-1980, forthcoming MIT Press. ==== Paul Brown - based in OZ 4-23 July 08 mailto:paul@paul-brown.com == http://www.paul-brown.com OZ Landline +61 (0)7 5443 3491 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900 OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown ==== Visiting Professor - Sussex University http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html ====
GAZING INTO THE 21st CENTURY
From: Oliver Grau <oliver.grau@DONAU-UNI.AC.AT>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:40:32 +0200
GAZING INTO THE 21st CENTURY Second international conference on Image Science in Goettweig October 16th -18th 2008 www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis Never before has the world of images changed so fast and the way images are produced transformed so drastically as in recent times. Second Life, Micromovies, Flickr, Virtual Reality, YouTube, Visual Music, Scientific Visualisation, Google Earth etc. are keywords standing for a multitude of new possibilities for individual producing, projecting and distributing of visual material. The images’ historical development between innovation, reflection and iconoclasm reaches a new level of global complexity in the 21st century. These transformations have hit society to a large extent unprepared. Nevertheless we have to recognize that we will not be able to handle the knowledge burst of our time without further development of new forms of visualization and “orders of visibility”. What inspiration do these new worlds of images gain from art? What influence does the medium have on the iconic character of the image? What chances and challenges do image dealers and museums face with the “liquidity” of the image? Together with international colleagues from science and art and keynotes by Felice FRANKEL (Harvard University, MIT), Barbara STAFFORD (Chicago) and Peter WEIBEL (ZKM) the conference will discuss the inventory, classification and historiography of the recent worlds of images concerning the worlds of art, popular culture and science. The lectures and discussions will cover the following topics: * NEW IMAGE FORMS AND TECHNIQUES * NEW STRATEGIES IN VISUAL ARGUMENTATION * NEW PRACTICES OF IMAGE TRANSFER Lectures among others by: Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise ANGERER, KHM; Dr. Elize BISANZ, University Lueneburg; Prof. Dr. Oliver GRAU, Danube University; Dr. Stefan HEIDENREICH, Humboldt-University Berlin; Mag. Jan HENSELDER, Berlin; Dr. Susanne HOLSCHBACH, HGB Leipzig; Dr. Harald KRAEMER, University Bern; Prof. Dr. Ann-Sophie LEHMANN, University Utrecht; Mag. Katja MAYER, University Vienna; Prof. Michael NAIMARK, University of Southern California; Michael NAIJAR, Berlin; Tim Otto ROTH, Koeln; Susanne SCHUMACHER MA, University Zuerich; Dr. David STEINMAN, University of Toronto; Dr. Dolores STEINMAN, University of Toronto; Prof. Dr. Nicolay VAN DER MEULEN, University Basel; Dr. Ingeborg REICHLE, BBAW Berlin; PD Dr. Martin SCHULZ, HfG Karlsruhe. At the same time an exhibition of scholarly POSTERS chosen by a jury from the international call with applicants from 19 countries is taking place at the DIS. Information and registration: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis/goettweig2008 * * * The DEPARTMENT FOR IMAGE SCIENCE is situated in the Goettweig Monastery in the UNESCO World Heritage Wachau near Vienna. * * * ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS of the Department for Image Science (DIS) * www.donau-uni.ac.at/dbw * Mag. Carl AIGNER (St. Poelten), Prof. Dr. Brigitte FELDERER (Vienna), Prof. Dr. Felice FRANKEL (Boston), Dr. Harald KRAEMER (Bern), Prof. Dr. Goetz POCHAT (Graz), Prof. Dr. Wolf SINGER (Frankfurt), Prof. Dr. Christa SOMMERER (Linz); Prof. Dr. Wolfgang WELSCH (Jena)