SURVIVALL, ‘Sur-viv-all’, is a word which reflects the 3 languages used during the project, which formed part of Andre Lemos’ sabbatical research at University of Alberta - English, French and Portuguese. The joint interest of the artists was to reflect on the relationship between the virtual territories of cyberspace, abstract representations of our worlds and the material conditions of life. In this case, the videos collected along the way show not only suburbia in winter snow but the blanket of private wifi signals, both closed and open which were detected at the beginning and end of each ‘letter’. Continue reading

Hidden Histories :: Launch: March 14, 2008; 11:00 am - open ended :: The walk begins in and around the proposed ‘Cultural Quarter’ on Above Bar Street and the Civic Centre complex. You can experience the walk 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through any FM radio receiver or mobile phone with radio capacity. Route maps and radio units can be hired from Southampton’s Tourist Information Centre from March 17. A limited number of or radios will be available for borrowing. Please bring a portable radio or an FM enabled mobile phone.

The Solent Centre for Architecture + Design, in partnership with London based media art innovators Hive Networks and artist Armin Medosch, have been working with Southampton City Council’s Oral History Unit on Hidden Histories, a unique project that turns the city itself into a giant outdoor gallery. Continue reading

The new project by RECYCLISM ™ is hitting, as many media artists are doing yet, the prosperous muse of wireless technologies. 2.4Ghz™ exploits wireless netcams populating the urban space in a very simple but interesting way. BNJMN™ GAULON (alias Benjamin Gaulon) has been riding the streets of a few European cities with a wireless video receiver, like the ones used by parents to remotely watch over their babies. His aim was to detect and record the floating video signals emitted by those network cameras like in the historical work Life’s a User’s Manual by Michelle Teran. Continue reading

Performing Space - A hybrid event organized by Frank Abbott, School of Art and Design, The Nottingham Trent University :: February 22, 2008 :: Nottingham.

Speakers / Presenters: Steven Benford, Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham :: David Crouch, Cultural Geographer, University of Derby :: Jonathan Hale, Architect, University of Nottingham :: Angharad Wynne-Jones, Director of Lift International Festival of Theatre :: John Newling, Artist, Nottingham Trent University :: Heath Bunting, Artist :: Active Ingredient, Artists :: Andrew Brown, Artist :: Mirjam Struppek, Researcher, Urban Screens :: Anette Schäfer, Curator, Trampoline / Radiator Festival :: The WiMAX Forest :: Open City :: Tour Of Tokyo. Continue reading

Chat by Aram Bartholl - The Chat project is a mobile performance installation that can be played by two people at a time. Just like in World of Warcraft or Second Life, the two participants communicate with each other in the form of brief text messages input via keyboard. Immediately after they’ve been entered, the written communiqués appear in comic-strip-like dialogue balloons projected above the speaker’s head. Continue reading

INCLUSIVA-NET: Digital Networks and Physical Space :: Open Call - Deadline: January 30, 2008 :: The purpose of this open participation meeting is to explore the relationship between digital networks and physical space in the context of the increasingly widespread use of portable technology and Web applications in connection with the production and management of geographic information.

In this meeting, the impact of these devices and platforms on the development of new dynamics and experiences of communicative interaction will be analyzed from the perspective of a broad range of fields including art, anthropology, journalism, politics, sociology, and urban development. Continue reading

FreqOUT! is an innovative London based community education programme for young people. It seeks to explore the artistic and educational potential of wireless technology in order to engage socially excluded young people living in the 20% most deprived areas of the UK. Artists, tutors and youth workers facilitate activities that enable the young people to discuss and create responses to current issues and technologies. Through involvement with technology, exposure to artists, members of the business community and statutory service providers we aim to increase the young people’s opportunities for work and further education. Continue reading

[Image: Transborder Immigrant Tool] Locative Media Art: Towards New Types of “Hybrid” Places for Communicating Meaning - A moderated discussion on YASMIN beginning on December 3, 2007 :: with Dimitris Charitos , Martin Rieser and Yanna Vogiazou.

The convergence of new mobile telecommunication networks along with geographical positioning systems and interactive graphical interfaces on mobile devices, are beginning to extend the potential of media technologies for supporting communication among mobile individuals. Continue reading

NOW 2008 :: November 29 – December 1, 2007 :: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Montalegre, 5. 08001 Barcelona, Spain.

This fourth edition of NOW explores three dimensions of the new urban condition: the conquest of the radio-electric space, the recovery of the public space and the city as an ecological challenge. Imminent changes in the way digital society is managed, resistance to the depoliticised city and the challenge of sustainable urban development are three interconnected processes that require greater knowledge, creativity and commitment from more and more citizens. Continue reading

Two Machine Project Workshops - 1200 D North Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA: 1. Do-It-Yourself Community Wireless Networking Workshop taught by Ryan O’Toole :: November 17, 2007; 12:00 - 5:00 pm :: $115, wireless router included in class fee.

This is a workshop on creating community networks using captive portals. A captive portal is like a home page for your network, so that anyone who connects to your wireless and tries to browse the internet will be sent to your intranet’s home page first. Allow them click a button and accept your terms of service; promote your organization, project, or underwriters; share your favorite cat photos; provide a feedback loop through a wiki or bulletin board. Continue reading