Ecsite Annual Conference 2012 :: Space and Time, Unlimited #France #science #technology #geekgirl

Ecsite Annual Conference 2012 :: Space and Time, Unlimited_ _31 May – 2 June 2012 :: Toulouse, France ::

Submissions due 25 October 2011

Space and time pervade contemporary science and technology; from cosmic exploration to minute nanotechnologies, or the plodding tempo of evolution to the speed of light. Some of the most intriguing scientific inquiry and discovery has, and continues to be, built on principles of space and time.  These two concepts literally and symbolically challenge science centres and museums with endless options and opportunities. Exhibitions and collections, institutional strategising, communications and marketing, education, learning and social presence & time and space have unlimited influence over all facets of our work. The 2012 Ecsite Annual Conference 
will seek to address how science centres and museums can use time and space to communicate science in new and innovative ways to remain relevant to audiences and whether institutional spaces keep up with the times in an unlimited way.  Submit session ideas to the 2012 Ecsite Annual Conference and share your vision of how to make science centres and museums timeless spaces. 
http://www.ecsite.eu/ 
http://www.ecsite.eu/annual_conference/call-for-proposal

Network Nerds #Melbourne #geekgirl

MELBOURNE: SIGNAL IS LAUNCHING NEW PROJECT – NETWORK NERDS
Signal is launching it’s new social media program –  Network Nerds. This   project
offers young people the opportunity to work alongside social  media  guru, Craig  Lambie, who will share his knowledge and experience  of social  networking using
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr  and  beyond. The first Workshop will be held Saturday 22 October 2011 from 11am to 3pm and then every Thursday evening from 5 – 7pm until 1 December 2011. Contact Signal http://melbourne.Vic.au/signal

Media Art History REWIRE Conference #mediaart #rewire #UK #geekgirl

   _MediaArtHistory REWIRE Conference _  _28 – 30 September 2011 :: Liverpool, UK_
  
The Rewire conference will increase the voltage and ignite key debates within the internationally distributed network of histories, and will illuminate the global phenomena of media art by discussing new paradigms for media art histories including Science and Technology Studies and Cybernetics, the connections between such histories and those of new technologies and computing, the relations between media art and craft, media archaeology, and institutional and curatorial responses to media art. Rewire will be supplemented with performances, book launches, workshops and special events, and runs concurrently with the AND Festival which will be hosted at numerous sites across Liverpool. http://www.mediaarthistory.org/

Eyebeam Summer School Art Hack Weekend:: New York #hackers #hackathon #arts #geekgirl

_Eyebeam Summer School Art Hack Weekend _Free Event :: 5 – 7 August 2011 :: New York _

Artists, designers, and developers can join Eyebeam Art & Technology Center and The Creators Project August 5th-7th for Art Hack Weekend, a two-day,
open-source hackathon that celebrates new artistic experiences.  Design, code and prototype projects that re-imagine the way we create, consume, and
interact with media.  The project is interested in exploring how new technological advancements in fields like motion tracking, depth mapping, holographics and 3D visuals, gesture control, augmented reality, projection mapping, and networked environments can be transformed into tools that help change the way we experience and connect with art both on and offline, and/or creating entirely new artistic experiments.

http://eyebeam.org/events/art-hack-weekend

Turing Centenary 2012: Invitation to New Media Artists Call for Expressions #code #geekgirl

Due 29 July 2011

2012 is the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, the renowned mathematician, code-breaker and computer pioneer. This will be marked by an extensive series of events, which is being coordinated by the Turing Centenary Advisory Committee. As Turing worked at the University of Manchester for the last six years of his life, Manchester is one of the two main centres of this events programme – the other being London, where he was born.

The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) plans to celebrate the Turing centenary throughout 2012. As Turing was a great innovator, MOSI is keen for its events to feature innovative creative works inspired by Turing and utilising the digital media made possible by the achievements of the early computer pioneers. MOSI invites written expressions of interest in this project which should include a description of the nature of the proposed work, how it links to Turing and the likely hardware requirement.

Contact Pauline Webb
Collections Manager MOSI
p.webb@mosi.org.uk
http://www.turingcentenary.eu/

Splinterfields: Mathematickal Arts #programming #mathematics #textiles #machineart #geekgirl

http://fo.am/mathematickal_arts ///

Start: 2011-07-23 00:00 GMT+2
End: 2011-07-25 00:00 GMT+2

What: Mathematics, Textiles & Computer Programming workshop
When: 23rd – 25th of July 2011
Where: FoAM, Koolmijnenkaai 30-34, 1080 Brussels, Belgium

Mathematician & machine artist Tim Boykett (Time’s Up, AT) and textile designer & educator Carole Collet (Central Saint Martin’s, UK) will lead a 3 day workshop bringing together The Arts of Mathematics, Textiles and Computer Programming.

Mathematickal Arts workshop investigates the tangible, abstract and conceptual threads binding materials and machines in a series of practical and theoretical experiments. Participants will use knots, weaving, sorting algorithms, notation and geometry to explore unfamiliar territories of mathematics or crafts using familiar practices of artistic and technological experimentation.

If you are interested in taking part in this workshop, places are limited, so please send an email to info@fo.am with a brief statement of intent before 12th of July.

“To me the simple act of tying a knot is an adventure in unlimited space. A bit of string affords the dimensional latitude that is unique among the entities [...] another dimension is added which provides an opportunity that is limited only by the scope of our own imagery and the length of a ropemakers coil.”
–Clifford W Ashley, The Book of Knots.

This workshop is a part of Resilients (http://fo.am/resilients) and
Splinterfields (http://fo.am/splinterfields)

Honor Harger – now that’s the kind of Big Bang I’m talking about! #planets #pulsars #geekgirl

Artist-technologist Honor Harger listens to the weird and wonderful noises of stars and planets and pulsars. In her work, she tracks the radio waves emitted by ancient celestial objects and turns them into sound, including “the oldest song you will ever hear,” the sound of cosmic rays left over from the Big Bang.

http://tinyurl.com/675oupw

Venice: The Invisible Pavilion at the Venice Biennale #invisible #geekgirl

THE INVISIBLE PAVILION

The Invisible Pavilion [http://tinyurl.com/424yt54] is a non-invitation, experimental, hallucinatory augmented reality experience that will run for the duration of the Venice Art Biennale (1 June – 30 November 2011) as a squatted stage on which a performance flow of artworks will fill the whole area of the Giardini. Anyone with a smart-phone (iPhone or any other Android-based phone and Layar) will be able to move around the traditional pavilions in the Giardini area of the Biennale and see, through their phone screens, another immaterial/invisible exhibition.

1 June – 30 November 2011

BarCamp Geelong #barcamp #geektalk #geekgirl

SATURDAY 9th JULY, GEELONG

BarCampGeelong 2011 is happening from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 9th July, 2011 at Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront Campus in central Geelong – a short walk from Geelong’s main train station.

BarCampGeelong exists to support the grassroots technology community in and around Geelong and Victoria by providing a laid-back, informal environment for knowledge sharing, open discussion and networking. Jeans and t-shirts, lots of gadgets and geek talk will be the order of the day. More details at http://barcampgeelong.org/

WHAT IS A BARCAMP?

“They are open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants”.
Come along to learn and teach others. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp  for more details

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?

What is on the program? That will depend on the participants, who can propose and vote on presentations before the conference. The schedule is finalised on the first morning of the conference. Suggested topics include hardware and hardware hacking, networking, programming, development tools and methodologies, business issues,… you name it- if it’s technical, it’s likely to be at BarCampGeelong! …. The list will totally depend on offers from participants.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

BarCampGeelong attendance is $10 to help cover costs and there are limited places due to the size of facilities. Registrations are now open at https://register.eventarc.com/event/view/3679/tickets/barcampgeelong-2011

BarCampGeelong is made possible by very generous sponsors – so far we have Deakin University, Linux Australia and Duxtel on board.
 
AWESOME! WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO NEXT?

 1. Book the date in your diary
 2. Follow @BarCampGeelong on Twitter or Identi.ca or email info@barcampgeelong.org  for more information
 3. Think about how you will participate in the day – such as through giving a presentation, a lightning talk or leading a discussion

Library:/hack/ competition #hack #competition #mashup #geekgirl

Libraryhack is a mashup competition with great prizes designed to encourage the creative and innovative re-use of library data and digital content.

The competition is being run by the National, State and Territory libraries of Australia and New Zealand. (NSLA)

For the competition, participating libraries are making some of their collections and data freely available for anyone to mash up, remix and repurpose and create something new! This competition gives National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) the opportunity to collaborate with new communities of users and encourage them to use library content and other freely available data in inventive ways for research, creative or personal use. There are a range of competition categories to encourage people from a range of communities (developers, artists, digital content creators, historians, researchers and members of the public) to participate.

Libraryhack begins with an ideas competition that opens on 8 February 2011 and closes on 30 April 2011.

Entries in the mashup and apps categories open on 1 May 2011 and close on 31 May 2011.

LibraryHack events will be held across Australia in May 2011.

Many events will be scheduled to coincide with Library and Information Week: 23 – 29 May 2011.

You can find out about events by checking on the Libraryhack website in the coming months.

To find out more information, logon to http://libraryhack.org/