SoftWhere: Software Studies Workshop :: May 21-22, 2008 :: Atkinson Hall, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA.

Following on the first Software Studies Workshop organized by Matthew Fuller (Rotterdam, 2006), the Software Studies Workshop @ UCSD is a foundational event bringing together key U.S. scholars in this emerging area. The workshop will discuss what it means to study software cultures, and the direction and goals of Software Studies as an emerging movement. Our goal is for the workshop to result in publishing a founding statement on the field, as well as initiate a set of interdisciplinary project collaborations. Continue reading

Interactivos? @ Eyebeam: Better than the real thing :: June 26-July 12, 2008 :: New York City :: Call for Workshop Projects and Collaborators :: Application Deadline: April 25 :: Notification of acceptance: May 15.

The theme of this workshop is centered around exploring the tension of real versus fake. What is authentic in the realm of the digital? Can something be so fake that it moves into the realm of the real? As an urban art+tech research facility, Eyebeam supports experimental ways of thinking about what constitutes the “real” and “public space”; located in New York, Eyebeam is interested in presenting work that extends beyond the confines of the gallery and explores the theme of Interactivos? in relation to the urban environment. Continue reading

Brentford Biopsy :: April 5- June 15, 2008 :: :: Watermans Gallery, 40 High Street, Brentford, London.

Watermans gallery will be converted into a live design / mapping studio where investigatory, locative media artist Christian Nold together with the designer Daniela Boraschi will be working with local residents to gather information for digital and physical visualizations of the ecological, cultural and economic ‘health’ of Brentford. Continue reading

Spacecowboys - a workshop about hybrid spaces :: May 6-7, 2008 :: Z33, Hasselt, Belgium :: 15-20 participants within a wide range of disciplines Free.

Our feeling of space and place changes and refreshes constantly through the interaction and communication possibilities of new media. Locations and environments may be altered from public to a private and from concrete to virtual through mobile technologies. These hybrid spaces create emotional and aesthetic possibilities for artists to experiment with. How do artists work with hybrid space and how do they make us aware of the social and cultural implications?

This workshop will be moderated by John Hopkins. Speakers & guests: Armin Medosh, Anne Nigten, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Eric Kluitenberg, Kurt Vanhoutte, Peter Westenberg, Maja Kuzmanovic and Pieter van Bogaert. Continue reading

Wearables Master Class - Design the symbiosis of digital components and clothing :: April 15-18, 2008 :: Mediamatic, Oosterdokskade 5, Post CS building, 5th floor South, Amsterdam :: Participants should have experience in (fashion) design, physical computing or (basic) programming skills.

A world class team, consisting of Leah Buechley, the very creator of the Lilypad Arduino, and wearable computing experts Maurin Donneaud and Vincent Roudaut, guide workshop participants in the development of their own eFashion item or hybrid wearable. In four days participants conceptualize and materialize their project prototype, assisted by fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht as well as physical computing specialist and Fritzing developer Dirk van Oosterbosch.

TOSMItraining in open source, multimedia instruments at InterSpace. The 2008 training will cover the fields of 3D CGI, post-production, animation and special effects, media content for the web, web TV and e-marketing. The training is mainly based on open source software and provides skills in innovative and efficient tools and distribution channels allowing for achieving quality production and/or education process at low expenses. Therefore we believe the sessions can be of advantage to professionals, managers and trainers in the audiovisual production and marketing. Continue reading

Light, Space, and Perception is workshop/work group led by Daniel Canogar, Julian Oliver and Pablo Valbuena that aims to conduct research and experiments with the use of light, projection, and visual perception in different settings, gathering people from fields including architecture, visual arts, urbanism, stage and set design, programming, physics, optics, psychology, and the physiology of perception :: Medialab - Prado, Plaza de las Letras. C/ Alameda, 15, 28014 Madrid :: Sessions: April, 3, May 24, and June 26, 2008 (to be continued in the Fall). Online registration deadline: March 26.

The meetings will focus on conceptual discussions and project presentations and, as far as possible, on the development of prototypes and tools. Continue reading

Cleotronica: Festival for Media, Art, and Socio-Culture :: Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF), 10 Hussein Hassab Street, Flat 6, Azarita, Alexandria, Egypt.

Cleotronica 08 is the inaugural version of Cleotronica a festival for media, art, and socio-culture organized by Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF) an alternative initiative for art and culture based in Egypt’s second largest city. Cleotronica 08 is planned as a monthly series of public art projects, workshops, lectures, performances, and exhibitions that commenced in January 2008 gradually building up to an international symposium in May. The festival presents a diverse set of projects, mediums, and issues, ranging from net art to tactical media and from public intervention to design. Continue reading

IF YOU LIVE IN ADAMS OR NORTH ADAMS (MASS), YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A TURBULENCE COMMISSION AND/OR A TOM IGOE WORKSHOP. READ ON!

Turbulence, MCLA Gallery 51, and Greylock Arts are collaborating to create an interactive art and technology project that connects physical spaces in Adams and North Adams Massachusetts via the Internet. Over the past several months, they have been working together to bring forward a series of exciting events, exhibitions, and opportunities to Northern Berkshire County. This collaboration, entitled Networked Realities: (Re)Connecting the Adamses, has been made possible through the generous support of Turbulence with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Continue reading

NODE08 Cinema – Forum For Digital Arts :: April 5 - 12, 2008 :: Extended Call for Submissions :: Deadline: March 16, 2008. Please send your submission to: node08 [at] vvvv.org :: NODE08 is part of the Luminale light art festival which takes place at the same time in Frankfurt. More than just the first large-scale vvvv user meeting, NODE08 joins people working across the disciplines of applied and artistic media in a week-long event.

The main NODE08 exhibition hall in the Diakoniekirche also features a large projection screen. We kindly ask you to submit generative work or videos only, that are in accordance with the festivals topics. An informal jury will select the pieces for the screening. Continue reading