Applications are now open for participation in a week-long masterclass with the Graffiti Research Lab (NY), from 3-7 March, 2008 at Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre. Evan Roth and James Powderly (Graffiti Research Lab, NY) are dedicated to outfitting street artists with open source technologies for urban communication. The goal of GRL is to technologically empower individuals to creatively alter and reclaim their surroundings from unchecked development and corporate visual culture. GRL http://www.graffitiresearch.com have been touring the globe (SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, Numusic Festival, Art Rotterdam) demonstrating and teaching new graffiti technologies and DIY skills to diverse public audiences. Their work has been featured in the NY Times, Wooster Collective, TIME Magazine, Visual Resistance and The Village Voice. In 2006, Ars Electronica presented GRL with an Award of Distinction in Interactive Art.
For further information please contact Annemarie Kohn on 08 8267 5111 or kohn@carclew.org.au
Application forms for the masterclass can be downloaded from the Carlclew website. Presented by Carclew Youth Arts in association with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts and ANAT. There are 9 places for SA participants, with ANAT providing places in the masterclass for 5 national participants as part of their annual emerging technology labs program.
Applications close November 16, 2007
http://www.carclew.com.au
A fun website by artist Craig Robinson, which is best described in his own words – “Here’s a brief intro that might help you find your way around [the site]. So, where does one begin? Well, it depends on your needs. If you require a quick bit of ooh-ing and aah-ing, it’s probably a good idea to go the Minipops section. This is the most famous part of FFF, the part that’s had lots of stuff written about it in magazines and newspapers around the world. It’s basically some pictures of famous people drawn really small. It doesn’t sound too impressive, huh, but people seem to like it. Another good place to begin is Fun Fun Fun, which works on the same tiny scale. This section presents possible ways for you to have some fun. If you like all the stuff and need more, maybe you should sign up for the newsletter, which kinda delivers more stuff, but directly into your inbox at vague intervals.”
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/
“Cool Media Hot Talk Show” is a series of do-it-yourself interactive talk shows, where the public proposes and selects the topics, speakers, questions, and determines the final scenarios of the show, using the project interface on the internet. The live show that results from this public selection takes place at De Balie – Center for Culture and Politics in Amsterdam, and is streamed live via the internet. The public can participate in the live event either by using the web interface or mobile phones: submit and select immediate questions and comments, evaluate speakers’ performance. The system is fully automated: The selection process of proposals and the decision making is based on direct voting by participants.
One of the current topics is “New Media Art Subsidies and Alternative Support Models”.
http://www.coolmediahottalk.net/
An explosion of new research is vastly changing scientists’ understanding of diabetes and giving new clues about how to attack it.The fifth leading killer of Americans, with 73,000 deaths a year, diabetes is a disease in which the body’s failure to regulate glucose, or blood sugar, can lead to serious and even fatal complications. Until very recently, the regulation of glucose — how much sugar is present in a person’s blood, how much is taken up by cells for fuel, and how much is released from energy stores — was regarded as a conversation between a few key players: the pancreas, the liver, muscle and fat.
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The very latest and greatest in electronic games when the expo opens at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on Friday 16 November, 2007. With the chance to play Halo 3, Crysis, Fury, and the latest Wii and Sony titles, avid gamers may well be mistaken for thinking that they are in ‘games heaven’ when they visit the expo.
Expo opening hours are Friday 16 November, 12pm to 6pm, Saturday 17 November, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 18 November, 10am to 5pm.
This year, eGames ’07 will be staged concurrently with the Game Developers’ Association of Australia’s annual conference – GameConnect Asia Pacific (GCAP). More details can be found on their website, www.gameconnectap.com.au
For more information on the eGames & Entertainment Expo, please visit www.egamesexpo.com.au
