DASH Archives - September 2009

cfp: AIC Electronic Media Group

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:43:14 +0100

(These people are really on the ball!  The deadline is Thursday.)

Apologies for cross-posting.

The Electronic Media Group of the American Institute for Conservation is
seeking additional papers for the 2010 Annual Meeting in Milwaukee.  The
deadline for abstract submission has been extended to Thursday,  
September
10th.  Please check here for full submission guidelines.

The theme of the 2010 meeting is "The Conservation Continuum:  
Examining the
Past/Envisioning the Future."  However, EMG welcomes innovative papers  
on
all topics related to electronic media in its varied forms of both  
practical
and philosophical in nature.  Past topics have included large scale
digitization projects, digital documentation, installation art,  
emulation
vs. migration, digital standards, education, surveys, metadata  
collection,
and exhibition issues.

All inquiries should be directed to Fletcher Durant, the EMG Program
Officer, at fletcher.durant@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you in Milwaukee for another ground-breaking  
session!

====
Paul Brown - based in the UK July - Sept 2009
mailto:paul@paul-brown.com == http://www.paul-brown.com
UK Mobile +44 (0)794 104 8228 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900
Skype paul-g-brown
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Visiting Professor - Sussex University
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html
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FW: High Volume Digitisation: Issues, Trends & Innovative Robot Tech: Free Workshop, 23rd September, Birmingham

From: Beverley Dodd <Beverley.Dodd@BCU.AC.UK>

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:48:42 +0100

 

*** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ***
   

Dear Colleague,


I am writing to invite you to attend a FREE workshop.

 

High Volume Digitisation: Issues, Trends & Innovative Robot Tech

 

Location:         The New Technology Institute, Birmingham http://www.ntibirmingham.co.uk/facilities/

 

Date:               Wed 23rd September 2009 (all day)

 

Sponsored by JISC

 

 

Who Should Attend

 

This workshop focuses on high-volume digitisation of bound materials e.g. books, manuscripts, newspapers, magazines, registers and ephemera.

 

This is a growing area of interest for technical and project managers, practitioners, researchers and useful for anyone interested in what is also known as ‘mass’ or Large Scale Digitisation Initiatives (LSDIs).

 

Bringing together experts, UK and European case studies, the latest technical developments and good practices; the day is intended to provide an outline awareness of what is involved in planning LSDIs for digital preservation or digital access. This includes LSDI feasibility, logistics, scaling, outsourcing, costing, risks, quality, metadata, OCR and FAQs.

 

The day will include real-time demos of robotic-arm scanners with opportunities for two way dialogue and open questions. 

 

More Information & How to Register

For more details and the workshop programme please click here . Alternatively, email dcs@bcu.ac.uk or tel.  (0)121 331 6350 and ask for Bev Dodd or Beth Delwiche for information or to register.

Deadline for registration is Fri 18th September 2009. Attendance is free until the deadline, but places are limited so attendees are urged to reserve places early and avoid possible disappointment ! 

Hope to see you there!

 

 

Best wishes

 

Bev Dodd,

DCS, Library & Learning Resources,

Birmingham City University

Tel. 0121 331 6350

www.bcu.ac.uk/dcs

 

 

 

 



 

*** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ***
   

Dear Colleague, 


I am writing to invite you to attend a FREE workshop. 

 

High Volume Digitisation: Issues, Trends & Innovative Robot Tech

 

Location:         The New Technology Institute, Birmingham
http://www.ntibirmingham.co.uk/facilities/ 

 

Date:               Wed 23rd September 2009 (all day)

 

Sponsored by JISC
 

 

 

Who Should Attend

 

This workshop focuses on high-volume digitisation of bound materials
e.g. books, manuscripts, newspapers, magazines, registers and ephemera. 

 

This is a growing area of interest for technical and project managers,
practitioners, researchers and useful for anyone interested in what is
also known as 'mass' or Large Scale Digitisation Initiatives (LSDIs). 

 

Bringing together experts, UK and European case studies, the latest
technical developments and good practices; the day is intended to
provide an outline awareness of what is involved in planning LSDIs for
digital preservation or digital access. This includes LSDI feasibility,
logistics, scaling, outsourcing, costing, risks, quality, metadata, OCR
and FAQs.

 

The day will include real-time demos of robotic-arm scanners with
opportunities for two way dialogue and open questions.  

 

More Information & How to Register

For more details and the workshop programme please click here
  . Alternatively, email
dcs@bcu.ac.uk   or tel.  (0)121 331 6350 and ask
for Bev Dodd or Beth Delwiche for information or to register. 

Deadline for registration is Fri 18th September 2009. Attendance is free
until the deadline, but places are limited so attendees are urged to
reserve places early and avoid possible disappointment !  

Hope to see you there!

 

 

Best wishes

 

Bev Dodd,

DCS, Library & Learning Resources,

Birmingham City University

Tel. 0121 331 6350

www.bcu.ac.uk/dcs

 

 

 

 



::Curating::Exhibiting::Collecting:: MediaArtHistories, CP

From: Image Science <image.science@DONAU-UNI.AC.AT>

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:40:24 +0200

The next MediaArtHistories modules in November 2009 and May 2010 will
focus on Curating, Exhibiting and Collecting Media Art with the best
experts in the field like Steve DIETZ, Christiane PAUL, Gunalan
NADARAJAN, and others.  These two modules complete a Certified Program
in MediaArtHistories :: fully accredited with 30 ECTS (post graduate),
offered low residency, parallel to employment, in English. The CP can
later be extended to complete the full Master of Arts program in
MediaArtHistories or used as study-abroad credits. 
www.donau-uni.ac.at/mah-cp 

The November module will start with an excursion to Berlin and end in a
workshop with Lev MANOVICH. The May module will include a excursion to
the relevant Ars Electronica sites and workshops with main players in
Linz.

Module 1.  Nov 2-12, 2009
Berlin and Goettweig/Krems

Module 2. May 1-11, 2010
Goettweig/Krems and Linz


The postgraduate program MediaArtHistories opens a passageway into the
most important developments of contemporary art through a network of
renowned international theorists, artists, curators and many others.
Using online databases and other modern analysis instruments, knowledge
of computer animation, net art, interactive, telematic and genetic art
as well as the most recent reflections on nano art, CAVE installations,
augmented reality and wearables are examined. Historical derivations
that go far back into art and media history are researched in intriguing
ways with media art. Important approaches and methods from Image
Science, Media Archaeology and the History of Science & Technology are
extensively integrated into the program.

The MediaArtHistories MA modules are based on the international
practice and expertise in Curation, Collecting, Preserving and Archiving
and Researching in the Media Arts. Thus setting the conditions necessary
for wider consideration of media art works and the integration of new
media into the international contemporary art scene. New databases and
other scientific tools structuring and visualizing data provide the
contexts to enhance and develop new understanding in the histories of
media art.

DANUBE UNIVERSITY - located in a UNESCO world heritage site is the
first public university in Europe which specializes in advanced
continuing education offering low-residency degree programs for working
professionals and lifelong learners. Students come twice a year for 2
week blocks to Monastery Göttweig in Austria. The Wachau is voted #1
Places Rated by National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/pdf/destination-scorecard.pdf

 

http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/mah 
http://www.virtualart.at 
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/telelectures 


Department for Image Science
Danube University Krems

Contact - application information
Andrea Haberson
andrea.haberson@donau-uni.ac.at 

Contact - course and content questions
Wendy Coones
wendy.coones@donau-uni.ac.at 

Reduced Rate Deadline 1 October - CHArt 2009 Conference: Object and Identity in a Digital Age, 12-13 November 2009.

From: "Gardiner, Hazel" <hazel.gardiner@KCL.AC.UK>

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:51:00 +0100

REDUCED RATE DEADLINE 1 OCTOBER 2009


Dear Colleagues,

This is just to remind you that the reduced rate deadline (1 October 2009) for booking a place at the CHArt 2009 conference is fast approaching.


CHArt TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

OBJECT AND IDENTITY IN A DIGITAL AGE

Thursday 12 - Friday 13 November 2009

Birkbeck, University of London, Clore Lecture Theatre, Clore Management Centre, Torrington Square, London, WC1 7HX.

THEME

This year's CHArt conference engages with the idea of object and identity in relation to art practice, production, consumption, representation and display. The conference will explore new notions of the identity of the artist, including those involving collaboration and anonymity; new conceptions and ontologies of the art object, as processual, virtual, or hybrid; new means of consumption and reception, whether in galleries and museums, in public spaces, or over networks of broadcast and narrowcast; and the challenges these transformations bring to the display of art and to its curation and access.

Places are limited so early booking is recommended.

The booking form is available online on www.chart.ac.uk.  Bookings made before 1 October 2009 will be entitled to a discount.  Conference fees (pounds sterling) - include coffee/tea breaks and lunch.


PROGRAMME

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER

KEYNOTE – Frieder Nake, University of Bremen, Germany.
Only Artist. Only Engineer. Only Critic. Transcending Disciplines in Early Digital Art.


SESSION 1

Patterns of Movement in Live Languages.
Alex McLean, Geraint Wiggins, Goldsmiths, University of London.

The Software in Art.
Ernest Edmonds, University of Technology Sydney.

Interfaces of Performance.
Maria Chatzichristodoulou (Maria X), University of Hull; Janis Jefferies, Goldsmiths, University of London; Rachel Zerihan, Queen Mary University of London.

The Screaming Head: Making the Most of the Random Attributes of Sensors in the Construction of a Virtual Performer.
Mary Oliver, University of Salford.


SESSION 2

Making Connections: Children, Objects, Meanings and Museums.
Helena Tomlin and Irit Narkiss, The Manchester Museum.

Art and Orphan Works:  Ownership and Discovery.
Annette Ward, University of Dundee; Annsley Merelle Ward, Gallant Macmillan LLP; James Stevenson, Victoria and Albert Museum; Stephen McKenna, Ian Ricketts, University of Dundee.


Emergent questions: Digitisation, Cultural Heritage and the Social Agency of Images.
Devorah Romanek, The British Museum.

Cut and Paste Art History: Image Manipulation as Spurious Art Historical Proof of the Face of Shakespeare.
Marcus Risdell, Garrick Club.


SESSION 3

Re-Materialisation of the Art Object.
Dew Harrison, University of Wolverhampton.

Puppeteers, Performers or Avatars: A Perceptual Difference in Telematic Space.
Paul Sermon, University of Salford.

The Work of Art in the Age of Virtual Production.
Andrew Sempere, IBM Watson Research.

The Creative Use of Online Social Networking Sites to Increase Public Engagement and Participation in the Professional Arts Through Collaborative Involvement in Creative Practice.
Sophy Smith, De Montfort University, Leicester.


(The CHArt Annual General Meeting will take place at the end of day 1)


FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER


SESSION 4

The Role of Art in Computer Game Design.
Colin B. Price, June S. Moore, University of Worcester.

The Artist as Designer, the Artist as User: Developing a Collaborative Framework for Artistic Engagement in ICT Design.
Frederik Lesage, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Big Bird is Watching You! Art, Activism and Technology in the Public Arena.
Denitsa Petrova, Edinburgh College of Art.

Are You Clean? Parasitic Art and Privacy.
Jeremy Pilcher, Lancaster University.


SESSION 5

Art and Software Entropy.
Wayne Clements, Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Databasing the Arts:The Enactment of Art Objects in Networked Infrastructures.
Sarah de Rijcke, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

ArtLog: An Electronic Archive of Artistic Process
Yvonne Desmond, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Try to Get that Kindle Signed: The Comic Book as Cultural Interface
Ernesto Priego, University College London.


SESSION 6

The Case of Liberation Aesthetics Versus Digital Identit(ies).
Timothy Allen Jackson, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA.

Performing Information.
Christoph Klütsch, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA.

Putting Lipstick on the Golem?
John Lifton, Lifton Zoline International LLC and Institut Slavonice.

Curation as High-Level Programming.
Gabriel Menotti, Goldsmiths, University of London.


BOOKING FEE

CHArt Member: TWO DAYS £120 (£100 before 1 Oct 2009)
CHArt Member: ONE DAY £80 (£70 before 1 Oct 2009)
Non-member: TWO DAYS £160 (£140 before 1 Oct 2009)
Non-member: ONE DAY £110 (£100 before 1 Oct 2009)
CHArt Student Member: TWO DAYS £65 £45 before 1 Oct 2009)
CHArt Student Member: ONE DAY £45(£35 before 1 Oct 2009)
Student Non-member: TWO DAYS £85 (£65 before 1 Oct 2009)
Student Non-member: ONE DAY £55 (£45 before 1 Oct 2009)




..........................................
Hazel Gardiner
Centre for Computing in the Humanities
King's College London
26-29 Drury Lane
London
WC2 5RL

hazel.gardiner@kcl.ac.uk

+44 020 7848 2013

October workshops from JISC Digital Media

From: Dave Kilbey <d.kilbey@BRISTOL.AC.UK>

Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:46 +0100

Dear all

This October JISC Digital Media is running 5 exciting courses in Bristol:

06 October 2009
Digitising Analogue Video Recordings

This workshop investigates the challenges associated with the preservation of 
videotapes. Through practical exercises, we will look at how digitising 
materials to archival standards can both safeguard and help develop a 
collection. 


07 October 2009
Building a Departmental Image Collection

This course will provide you with a hands-on experience of creating, managing 
and delivering a departmental image collection. You will acquire the foundation 
knowledge required to make well informed decisions about building an image 
library.


13 October 2009
Finding Free-to-Use Images Online

If you’ve ever needed to find images online that you can use in your work 
materials then this course is for you. It will guide you to all the best places to 
locate free-to-use, copyright cleared images for use in both teaching and 
learning. You’ll never use Google to find images again!


27 October 2009
Digital Photography - Getting started with your SLR

This entry level course will provide you with an understanding of the 
techniques and skills needed to produce great quality images from a digital SLR 
camera with ease. Some illuminating background theory will be supported by 
hands-on practical exercises in photography.  Weather permitting you'll be 
doing some photography outside to hone your skills.


28 October 2009
Digital Photography - Taking Control of your SLR

This action packed course looks in depth at using a digital SLR's creative 
controls to put you in charge of your photography. You will also have plenty 
of hands-on practice with the camera and be shown how to effectively 
illuminate 2D and 3D objects using tungsten and fluorescent studio lighting.

To see a full listing of our courses up until Christmas please visit:

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/

If you have any questions about our training programme please feel free to 
contact me.

Best wishes

Dave Kilbey

........................................................................

Training Officer and Co-ordinator
JISC Digital Media - A JISC Advisory Service

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