2010/9/7 Schrijver <[email protected]> > Superduper! >
:) > > I’ll try hard to make it there. > Good ! > > Quoting John Cruz on the Libre Graphics Day Australia: > > > Probably the first thing I can recommend is to be sure to try to reach > any local artistic communities that you can. > > > I read the description of the Montreal proposal and among the local > partners I did not see an arts organisation. I think that would be shame. > Don’ worry ! We’ll have artists in LGM 2011. > > For me it was important in Brussels; the connection to Constant vzw and to > the Networked Media Program of the Piet Zwart Institute. If there wouldn’t > have been these links I do not know if I as an artist would have dared to > attend. > > It enables a connection between worlds that can benefit from each other > (and also clash, but that’s good too!). > > If I understand it correctly, reaching out to artists is also one of the > goals of LGM. > > Montréal: > > > Its media arts centres and products, the remarkable contribution of its > universities, the diversity and renown of its cybercultural thinkers, the > ingenuity of its researchers, and the number and quality of its e-magazines, > have bestowed on Montréal an enviable international reputation in the world > of cyberculture. > > > > http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=4517,7008351&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL > > So for me it would be great if we could make some connection to the media > art scene. > > What do you think? > > Anyone have contacts there? > We do have contacts and you’ll be amazed by LGM 2011 ! And yes, please, feel free to add your voice ! Please refrain from using words like "shame" 9 months prior to the event. We’re actually building the conference ! ;) Cheers ! Louis > > It’s of course a bit short term to arrange any kind of collaboration, but > at the very least the artistic world could be made aware of what’s going on > so interested people can join and see the lectures. > > As a connection point, Libre graphics does not only have a relation to the > traditional graphic processes but also I think to developments like > generative design and software art. You can see this in projects like > Shoebot and Nodebox but for example also the ‘processing’ language > http://processing.org/ —that’s an important software tool in this respect > and its a free and open source project. Actually maybe we could invite > someone from their team? > > This generative approach is gaining some steam, > For example, > http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/ > This book was the top selling book on the German Amazon, > there will be an English version too. > > And a new text-book on software in art and design was just released by > Princeton Architectural Press which is meant for art education: > http://formandcode.com/ > > Some thoughts. > > What do you think? > > Best, > > Eric > > > Op 7 sep 2010, om 21:12 heeft Louis Desjardins het volgende geschreven: > > > Hi all ! > > > > The 6th edition of the Libre Graphics Meeting will take place in Montreal > on May 10-13, 2011. > > > > More to come soon. Please stay tuned! > > > > Cheers! > > > > Louis _______________________________________________ > > CREATE mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >
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