For the next two weeks photographer and performance artist Barbara Kukovec will be working with Rob Canning (GOTO10) as Artist in Residence in Access-Space, Sheffield UK.  The theme of the workshop is based around DIY photography involving Victorian  techniques such as pinhole photography, cyanotype and self made photographic emulsions.  This will be combined with a digital methodology where the  FLOSS photography tools in puredyne will be used to complete the work-flow to create large analog negatives for contact printing. Both the cameras and the negatives will be constructed from recycled computers.

During the course of the residency there will be workshops on pinhole photography and alternative photography techniques as well as workshops in FLOSS tools for the photographer in puredyne.  The residency will culminate in an exhibition on the 13th of November 2009.

More details can be found on http://barbarakukovec.com and you can also follow the residency on Barbara’s and Access-Space’s identi.ca microblogging account

http://identi.ca/barkuk

http://identi.ca/group/aspace

For more details about the workshops contact Access Space

Access Space,
1 Sidney Street,
Sheffield
S1 4RG
U.K.

44 (0)114 2495522

Talk by Marloes de Valk at the Plan09 Open Source Planning Workshop Ehrenfeld. For an overview of the talk, please have a look here.

plan09 – forum for contemporary architecture
25.09.–02.10.2009

The exhibition and event program “plan” was launched in 1999 with the goal of creating a new mode of communication for architecture and urban development – an annual cultural occasion which is aimed equally at “insiders” from all sectors of architecture and at the general public. The “Forum for Contemporary Architecture” offers a network situation which serves not only to facilitate direct contact between those involved in architectural and urban development processes, but also to promote more public involvement with architecture, urban planning and building culture.

The central theme of plan09 continues to be “Urbanism”, which was also the focus of plan07 and plan08. People worldwide are once again attaching great importance and urgency to defining the ideals of cities and urban life – talk of the “renaissance of the city” is no longer limited to professional circles. Our forum for contemporary architecture this year will once again be dealing with the international debates about what the future holds for cities and urban life. How can, and should, cities in Europe and elsewhere around the globe develop, from enormous growth on one hand to shrinkage on the other? How do we define urbanity today, and how do urban planning and architectural concepts influence this definition? How can intelligent transportation structures be used to improve urban infrastructures and the quality of life? And what role will ecological concepts play in urban planning and action in future?

Not only will we take a look at the state of affairs in Germany, but we will also compare it with the situation in other countries, inviting international experts from the worlds of theory and practice to participate in presentations, discussions, symposia and workshops. Exhibitions, installations and events designed and implemented by curators, architects, municipal planners and artists from around the world will deal with and communicate the full breadth of this theme in diverse ways – in cooperation with German and international institutes and universities.

Unlike software possible to build hardware that is not just a collection of simple primitive electrical systems, or on the other hand, an assemblage of industry built low level components. So what is open about open source hardware? Many embraced Open Source for political reasons, and do the same now with open source hardware. But isn’t that too simple? It is time to shed some light onto the dark side of Open Source hardware.