Chris Joseph

for remix_runran, from trash + close encounters of the third kind

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Mortal Ghost - http://mortalghost.blogspot.com
Podcast - http://lleelowe.com
Blog - http://lowebrow.blogspot.com

I’ve had this one sitting in my inbox for a shocking amount of time now (sorry Lee), and I’ve spent most of that time dithering over whether to post it here or not. I’ll quickly add, that’s not because it’s bad! I definitely recommend it to anyone interested in young adult fantasy. Lee offers a range of formats to experience the novel (blog, pdf or podcasts), and he has released the novel under a Creative Commons license. Both of these elements - the chance to comment directly as the story is posted, and the CC license, suggest he is much more forward-thinking than almost all the big-name authors out there.

I’ve procrastinated on posting because this residency blog is supposed to be about those types of electronic literature that can’t be reproduced in print. But what’s the point of having rules if you can’t break them now and again? Nice one Lee, good luck with the new novel… and I’ll try to be more prompt next time around!

We are looking for articles, essays, graphics, cartoons, cut-up stuff for the next multi-issue of our non-commercial yearbook series “monochrom”. We’ll publish the entire book in English, a fact that might be highly interesting for many monolingual Angloamerican folks.

There is no maximum or minimum length for articles or essays. There is no general topic whatsoever. You write about things you find interesting. Or boring. Your text could be about radical constructivism. Or fish and chips. Or hacking your toilet. Or blowing up Mercury. Or HTML. Or Mormon theology and Battlestar Galactica. You’ll find your topic!

A big section of the publication will be dedicated to reviews. And we review everyhing. Want to review a certain medieval war? Or arctic sea protozoans? Laws of nature? Climate zones? Ways to die? Lava streams? Spam headers? Demonstrations? Sumerian gods? Neon feelings? A crisis? The different types of snow in Stephen King novels? Book shelves in porn movies? Kosher hot dogs? Axiology? Sperm? Johann Sebastian Bach? German officers in American movies who shout “Schweinerei”? Russian oil pumps? Calvinistic prayers? Trash cans in Kansas and/or Lithuania? Anal sex? The Northwest as an ontological entity? Perfect! Go on!

So, please send your suggestions or finished works to mono AT monochrom.at

Deadline is September 15, 2007.
Preferred format for text files: RTF files. Preferred format for graphics: Greyscale JPEGs, maximum quality, 300 dpi.
Please don’t forget to mention your name and snailmail address.

We hope we’ll be able to publish monochrom #26-34 in spring 2008.

From Karla S. Brunet:

I am working on new experimental project: Peculiaris.net, a collaborative moblog that questions identity and self-representation. For that I want your participation, your self-portrait made with mobile camera

It is easy to participate, you just have send your self-portrait photo via mms or email to the website email. Please, see www.peculiaris.net for more information.

Thanks
Karla

http://livecode.access-space.org

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A small festival bringing together cutting edge livecoding musicians and a/v artists from around the UK and beyond. Livecoding is where computer programming becomes a performance art; improvising a performance using the text of a dynamic programming language.

Access Space has commissioned new works specifically for LOSS Livecode and the 2 days will feature performances, workshops, talks and informal presentations. The daytime sessions will include introductory workshops and presentations on cutting edge music and video livecoding environments including Fluxus, IXI Quarks, SuperCollider, Impromptu and ChucK. The evening sessions will feature performances by livecoding pioneers as well as collaborative jamming sessions.

Performers and presenters include; Robert Atwood, Jan Berkel, Oliver Bown, Alberto de Campo, Graham Coleman, Nick Collins, Jamie Forth, Karsten Gebbert, Dave Griffiths, Tom Hall, Martin Howse, Ryan Jordan, Jan-Kees van Kampen, Jonathan Kemp, Craig Latta, Thor Magnusson, Mattin, Alex McLean, Fabrice Mogini, Click Nilson, Fredrik Olofsson, Julian Rohrhuber, Andrew Sorensen, Adrian Ward, Luke Whitmore, Renate Wieser, Matthew Yee-King.

More details of the events can be found at: http://livecode.access-space.org

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24/7: DIY Video Summit
University of Southern California (USC)

Entry Deadline: September 15, 2007 (+ earlier!!)

This three-day event in February 2008 will bring together DIY video creators, activists, policy makers, internet companies, and scholars to celebrate new forms of creative practice. During the event, we will showcase new genres of DIY media, including political remix videos.

Political remix videos are critical or satirical media works focussing on political, social or cultural topics (such as race, class and gender) created by remixing footage from movies, TV shows, commercials and/or broadcast news. Because political remix videos are critical commentaries, they commonly rely on fair use and the First Amendment, and creators do not ask for permission to remix works.

We are looking for innovative and interesting work that represents the best current offerings (made in 2006-2007) or is of historical significance to political remix practice.

A competitive selection process will be conducted by a diverse team of creator/curators. Selected Festival works will be featured in large-scale screenings at USC campus venues, on kiosks and via links on the 24/7 site.

We will primarily screen shorter works (5-15 minutes) and excerpts from longer works.

Please submit your entry online at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fSIQfEtfNEgp5DwmmdqKcg_3d_3d

For consideration, works should be currently streaming on a public site (youtube, google, yahoo, myspace, etc.) or on your own website. If the work was removed from the web, please note that in the comments section of the online entry form.

There is no entry fee to submit work.

Contact curator Jonathan McIntosh with questions at jonnymcitntosh@gmail.com

Watch political remix video: http://politicalremix.wordpress.com/

The Electronic Arts and Video Festival, Transitio_mx is the most relevant platform in Mexico for the expression and analysis of the contemporary artistic practices with electronic media and the digital culture. The title for the current edition of the festival is Nomadic Borders, making reference to the electronic/media arts through two metaphors: on the one hand, the border as the symbolic site that lies in the limit itself; on the other, the nomadic as an image of what is mobile, that which lacks a specific location. At the nomadic frontier there is no belonging, the communities developed there are always about to be built. From that idea, the conceptual axes of the festival are derived: Communities in Process and Processes in Community. The main objective of the Festival is to support, recognize and spread production and current research around the artistic electronic media, in an inclusive and expansive environment, by means of an exhibition, a symposium and a competition.

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Victory Media Network® invites digital motion artists from around the world to enter its 2nd Annual Juried Arts Competition with over $10,000 in cash prizes. Currently showcasing over 200 digital artworks from artists in 15 countries, Victory Media Network® is an unparalleled space for digital art and film. To be entered into the competition, you must submit your artwork to one of the following categories by August 21, 2007.

FUNNYBONE – Playful animation, fun live action and anything else that gets the whole family laughing. Must be G-rated.

HERE’S THE STORY – Art with a storyline. Fact or fiction, linear or dreamlike, fantastic or realistic, it’s the story that counts.

ART BURN – Art without a storyline. Pure, visually-stunning creativity. Wow us with your eye-popping graphics and computer-generated art.

GOING GLOBAL – Visions and insights from faraway places and cultures. Can either be driven by narrative or purely visual.

FACE THE MUSIC – Music videos and other music-driven motion arts - label or no label.

PICTURE THIS – Independent film shorts, up to 30 minutes in length, about anything, from anywhere. Films will be presented in a festival context. Final submissions must be in HDCam format.

* Please note that all submissions, except those to Picture This, must be less than 8 minutes in length and final submissions will be requested in HD.

For all entry details, please visit http://www.victorymedianetwork.com/page.php?page_id=94

For questions, email info@victorymedianetwork.com

Agricola de Cologne is the master curator and artist behind many large net art collections and exhibitions over the past seven years, such as the [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork], JavaMuseum, the Cologne Online Film Festival, SoundLAB, and the Violence Online Festival - to name a few.

This interview in English or Spanish is by the Argentinian online art platform Plastica Argentina.