Chris Joseph

Newly co-published by Furtherfield and The Hyperliterature Exchange: an appreciation of David Daniels, the great shape-poet, who died in May 2008.

“Daniels is one of those figures who straddles the divide between digital and pre-digital art and literature… His art is about liberation, uninhibited outpouring, spontaneity and fun.”

To read the whole article, go to http://www.hyperex.co.uk/reviewdaniels.php .

A page of tributes to David Daniels (entitled “Tributes to David Daniels by divers hands”) is also being compiled at http://hyperex.co.uk/reviewdanielstributes.php . If you would like to add a tribute of your own (in whatever form you prefer), please send it to edward at edwardpicot.com - a small prize will be sent to the best one received before 1st March 2009.

Eyebeam Residencies: Winter/ Spring 2009

You’ve got big ideas. You’re yearning to join NYC’s art and tech elite. You could use some time and money—not to mention support and inspiration—to create visionary projects. If any of these apply to you, then apply now for Eyebeam’s Winter/Spring 2009 Residency cycle. Residents are granted a $5,000 stipend and 24/7 access to Eyebeam’s Chelsea facility.

The program term is from February to June with the potential for extension and/or re-application. Residents will be selected from an open call, based on the quality of the work or research being proposed, the availability of the necessary tools and skills to support the work, and in consideration of the overarching research themes and activities of the organization.

About the Residency

Eyebeam residencies support the creative research, production and presentation of initiatives querying art, technology and culture. The residency is a period of concentration and immersion in artistic investigation, daring research or production of visionary, experimental applications and projects. Past initiatives have ranged from moving image, sound and physical computing works to technical prototypes, installations and public interventions. Check out our list of previous residents and their projects/ research here: http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=air

For more info on what the residency entails, including answers to FAQs and how to apply, please visit http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=calls

Interested in Creative, Cutting-Edge, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies?

If you are thinking about going to graduate school, passionate about helping people, and interested in shaping the future of technology, consider applying to the MIT Media Lab. The Media Lab has one of the best graduate programs in the US, one that offers unique opportunities to do creative, cutting-edge, and radically interdisciplinary research. It is one of the few places in the world where leading scientists, designers, and scholars — in fields as diverse as robotics, art, neuroscience, and education — work together to revolutionize how humans experience, and can be aided by, technology.

Students come to the Media Lab through the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, and all students receive full financial support (tuition, medical insurance, and a stipend). Each year, the program accepts approximately 35 new graduate students. Student backgrounds range from computer science to psychology, music to graphic design, architecture to mechanical engineering, to name a few.

Each graduate student works in one of the Media Lab’s 27 research groups under the guidance of a primary research advisor (see http://admissions.media.mit.edu/admissions/research). When you apply, you should specify up to 3 possible advisors whose research interests resonate with your own. To find out more about a particular research group, check out the group’s website.

For more information, see http://www.media.mit.edu/admissions. If you have questions, or would like to arrange a visit to the Media Lab, please send a message to admissions09 [at] media.mit.edu. Also feel free to email me with questions or if you are specifically interested in applying to my group.

Best,
Leah Buechley
Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences (starting January 2009)
Director, High-Low Tech Group
MIT Media Lab
http://www.media.mit.edu/~leah

UpStage is an open source web-based platform for live online interactive performance (cyberformance); logged-in players manipulate media (such as graphical avatars, backdrops, web cams, audio, drawing and text) in real time to create a theatrical performance for audience members, who require only a browser and standard internet connection. The audience interact with the players, the performance and each other via a text chat.

There will be an UpStage open walk-through on Wednesday 3 December (or Thursday 4th if you are in the front part of the world), and a Swaray will be held on Thursday 4th December.

The walk-through is for those who are new to UpStage and would like to learn the basic operation and features of the environment.

The Swaray is for those who already have some experience of UpStage, to get together and chat about UpStage, related projects, the concepts behind what we’re doing, and anything else we feel like - such as post 080808 thoughts, and thinking ahead to 090909 …

** Open Walk-through: Wed 3 December, 8pm UK time; Thurs 4 December, 9am NZ time. Find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/5cu6br and email info [at] upstage.org.nz to request a guest log-in.

** Swaray: Thursday 4 December, 8am UK time, 9pm NZ time. Find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/5ha5mx.

For more information about UpStage, visit http://www.upstage.org.nz