Chris Joseph Electronic writer and artist

16Jun/080

Call for art competition, The Open Wall – deadline 15 September 2008

THE OPEN WALL

http://org.ntnu.no/thewall

The Open Wall, a 80 x 30 pixels resolution 201 inch LED screen.

ITovation, a project by the Faculty for Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NTNU, and Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre, TEKS, invites you to an open art competition!

The Open Wall is a wall-mounted LED installation consisting of 96 circuit boards containing 25 orange LED lights each, 2400 in total, with 5 cm distance in all directions to the next light. The wall is 480 cm long and 180 cm high. One goal of the Open Wall project is to inspire reflection about Information and Communication Technology with focus on openness, copyrights, and authorship. The source code governing the Open Wall is available as an open source project on sourceforge.

11Jun/080

Refugee Week 2008 event: Conflight, Flight, Sanctuary? Leicester, 16th June 2008, 5pm – 7.30pm



Part of Refugee Week 2008 ( www.refugeeweek.org.uk)

Conflict, Flight, and Sanctuary?

Monday 16th June 2008, 5pm – 7.30pm
Clephan Building – Room 0.03
De Montfort University
Bonners Lane (from Oxford Street, first gateway on the right through the courtyard)
Leicester LE1 9BH

An opportunity to explore the journey of an asylum seeker through discussion and creativity:

  • International Red Cross speaker – conflicts around the world
  • Navigating Safety – options for flight
  • The Destitution of Refused Asylum Seekers – reaching ‘sanctuary’?
  • ‘Flight Paths: a networked novel’ – exploring the themes of asylum and flight through multimedia – www.flightpaths.net
  • Panel question and answer session

Refreshments will be available from 5pm ready for a 5.30pm start

Places are limited, and can be reserved by contacting: leicester@cityofsanctuary.com / 07716 073403