Liwoli 2009 hacklab for art and open source
23 – 26 April 2009
Art University Linz

http://linz.linuxwochen.at

Liwoli 2009 is a three day long Hacklab and an open invitation to everyone who would like to participate in an active process of learning, producing and sharing ideas around the areas of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) and DIY practices in digital art and culture. FLOSS developers, software artists such as the collective GOTO10, activists from HAIP (Hack Act Interact Progress) and many others form the basis for the event and will share their knowledge in the form of workshops, presentations, installations and performances.

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Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 19.30 – 21.30h
With presentations by: Aymeric Mansoux, Marloes de Valk, Florian Cramer, Michael van Schaik, Femke Snelting and Rio Kierkels
Location: Willem de Kooning Academy / Crosslab  |  Blaak 10  | 3011 TA Rotterdam
http://blog.wdka.nl/crosslab

FLOSS+Art is the first book to cover Free and Open Source software (FLOSS) for artists and designers not just as a technical tool, but as an artistic medium that works differently and has its own philosophy, politics and aesthetics.

Thu, 29.1.2009 – 15:30-17:30
Location: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

Hosted by: Aymeric Mansoux, with Gisle Frøysland (Piksel), Massimo Banzi (tinker.it, arduino), Martin Howse (XXXXX), Matthew Ratto (critical making), Reto Wettach (Fritzing) and Adam Somlai-Fischer (kitchen budapest).

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.

new release, leek and potato!

pure:dyne is an operating system developed to provide media artists with a complete set of tools for realtime audio and video processing. pure:dyne is a live distribution, you don’t need to install anything.
Simply boot your computer using the liveCD/DVD or liveUSB and you’re ready to start using software such as Pure Data, Supercollider, Icecast, Csound, Fluxus, Processing, Arduino and much much more.

Get pure:dyne now!!!
(CD/DVD ISO, liveUSB, Debian packages, etc)
https://code.goto10.org/projects/puredyne/wiki/GetPureDyne

Galleri 3,14
12/12/08 – 25/1/09

http://www.stiftelsen314.com

hello process! will be running in the main exhibition of the 2008 edition of the piksel festival in Bergen. The latest node from the Metabiosis project will be shown next to other great works such as Cyclic evolution of a discourse (by Voldemars Johansons, Daniil Umanski, Federico Sangati), Expanded Eye
(by Anaisa Franco), and exist.pl from Pall Thayer, that we had the chance to show a week ago during make art.

For more information about the piksel festival and its huge program, check http://piksel.no !

0xA will be performing at the after party of the big question conference in Taipei on the 15th of November. For more detail, please visit here

When: 29 – 30 November 08 – 10am to 3pm
Where: Lighthouse, Brighton, UK
Teachers: Rob Canning, Barbara Kukovec
Cost: £15

‘Liberating Your Film: Editing with Free Software’ is a two day workshop which will introduce participants to pure:dyne, an essential tool created to provide a complete, custom and ready-made computer environment for media artists. These workshops will be run to coincide with the Brighton Film Festival, Cinecity, and are aimed at filmmakers and media artists wanting to make an active move away from Final Cut/Avid towards free software.

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GOTO10 is glad to announce the opening of make art 2008 website.
make art is an international festival dedicated to the integration of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS), open practices and free culture in digital arts. The third edition will take place in Poitiers (France), from the 25th to the 30th of November 2008.

GOTO10 est heureux de vous annoncer l’ouverture du site web de make art 2008.
make art est un festival international dédié à l’intégration du Logiciel Libre et Open Source (FLOSS), des pratiques ouvertes et de la culture libre dans les arts numériques.
La troisième édition de make art se déroule à Poitiers (France) du 25 au 30 novembre 2008.

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WALLED GARDEN
Working conference on communities and networks post Web 2.0
by Virtueel Platform
20 & 21 November 2008, Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam

Virtueel Platform invites you to take part in WALLED GARDEN. This international working conference will approach the development and future challenges of the current Web 2.0 through exploration, experimentation and exchange of knowledge. Our goal: a blueprint for policy makers, funders and practitioners that works towards a public garden.

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teacher: Andy Farnell (GB) assisted by Stéphane Léveillé (FR), dates: 25th-26th-27th November 2008 – 9h-12h30 / 14h-17h30, venue: Maison de l’Architecture. Poitiers, France

This 3-days workshop taught by Andy Farnell and assisted by Stéphane Léveillé is focused on sound design and Pure Data software. It aims to familiarize with the basics of sound, audio synthesis and effects using Pd. While learning how to build their own sounds and musical tools, the participants will end up playing all together over the local network.

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