pixelache is great fun, and helsinki is good too- it's worth attending just
to go to sauna bar...oh, and there are some small funds to cover expenses.
I can send in the usual bumpf if people want to go for it. Any takers?
--On Sunday, October 24, 2004 11:32 am -0700 Amy Alexander
<amy_at_plagiarist.org> wrote:
> anyone interested in this one for some toplappery? deadline is nov. 15.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:51:28 +0300
> From: juha huuskonen <juhuu_at_juhuu.nu>
> Reply-To: p1k53l workshop <piksel_at_bek.no>
> To: p1k53l workshop <piksel_at_bek.no>
> Subject: [piksel] PixelACHE 2005 : Dot Org Boom!
>
>
> PixelACHE 2005
> Electronic art and subcultures festival
> 14-17 April, Helsinki
> www.pixelache.ac
>
> :----
>
> CALL FOR PROJECTS
>
> PixelACHE explores again the fringe areas of electronic art. The festival
> program consists of concerts, clubs, project showcases, workshops and
> panel discussions.
>
> We invite artists and designers, engineers and architects, researchers and
> activists, professionals and students - all kinds of people involved in
> experimenting with new and old technologies - to send us project
> descriptions and ideas! The deadline for proposals for PixelACHE 2005
> is November 15th 2004! More information about the submission
> process is available on the PixelACHE website at www.pixelache.ac.
>
> :----
>
> THEME 2005 : DOT ORG BOOM
>
> * The Boom that happened when the media wasn't listening *
>
> The years around the turn of the millennium were the glory days of the dot
> coms. New media industry promised a shiny future and acted as a platform
> for a great gamble which involved fantastic sums of real and virtual
> money. These days seem like a distant past when one listens to the news
> today - reports of downsizing and fear of economic depression have
> replaced the once optimistic views of the future.
>
> Hidden from the radar of the mainstream media, another boom has been
> silently growing and gaining a stronger position in the development of
> media, technology and culture. Dot Org Boom is the non-profit, cultural
> version of the dot com boom. It brings together voluntary efforts of a
> massive amount of individual people and is based on the ideology
> of sharing instead of the ideology of owning.
>
> :----
>
> PIXELACHE SUBTHEMES
>
> PixelACHE festival program will be based on a new structure this year. In
> addition to the program which is based on the annual theme (Dot Org Boom),
> we have decided to include some additional program categories. These
> categories are:
>
> - Experimental sound & interaction and electronics
> - VJ culture
> - Interactive and participatory cinema
> - Grassroot networks and politics of media / technology
>
> The projects in these categories do not necessarily have to be related to
> the Dot Org Boom theme - we are interested in all kinds of innovative and
> experimental projects. In the same way as before, we also take into
> consideration project concepts which are still in the early planning
> stage.
>
> :----
>
> PIXELACHE WORKSHOPS
>
> PixelACHE festival will feature several workshops organized together with
> both local and international collaborators. Currently confirmed workshops
> are the particle/wave hybrid radio workshop, PixelACHE goes Television
> workshop and VJ culture and audiovisual performance tools workshop.
>
> particle/wave hybrid radio workshop explores the interface between the
> creative traditions of terrestial radio broadcasting and emerging
> practices of internet radiomaking. particle/wave rethinks community radio
> practices through distributed and participatory networks of sonic
> exchange, open content models and new radiomaking tools. It examines the
> dual nature of radio as wave/packet, network/sound,
> transmission/reception. particle/wave is coordinated by Sophea Lerner and
> organised in collaboration with Sibelius Academy, Centre for Music &
> Technology.
> http://aura.siba.fi/particlewave
>
> VJ culture and audiovisual storytelling workshop explores the connections
> between VJ culture, filmmaking and theatre. The workshop tutors include
> theatre directors, audiovisual designers and participants from the
> piksel04 event (www.piksel.no), an annual workshop which specializes in
> developing open source audiovisual performance software. The workshop
> also connects to the PixelACHE goes Television workshop.
>
> Pixelache goes Television workshop will search for new and fresh
> approaches to an old medium. The local television channel called Dina in
> Arabia district of Helsinki is open for projects to be broadcasted. The
> area of Arabia is the Art and Design campus of Helsinki, consisting of
> four design schools and a Jazz academy. Most of the residents of the area
> are closely connected to art, design and entertainment industries. The
> projects for Dina channel during Pixelache 2005 are expected to push the
> boundaries of traditional television. The workshop will be hosted by
> Teijo Pellinen, lecturer of interactive television production at
> University of Art and Design Helsinki.
>
> :----
>
> PIXELACHE ARTIST RESIDENCY
>
> PixelACHE Helsinki also features a two-month long artist residency in
> collaboration with NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art. Artists
> can apply for the residency with the PixelACHE 2005 project submission
> form.
>
> :----
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION
>
> More information about PixelACHE 2005 and previous
> PixelACHE editions available at www.pixelache.ac
>
> Address:
> PikseliÄHKY // PixelACHE festival
> Laivurinrinne 1
> 00120 Helsinki
> Finland
>
> e-mail: contact at pixelache.ac
> tel +358-9-622 79 667 - fax +358-9-622 79 669
>
> :----
>
>
>
>
Received on Thu Oct 28 2004 - 19:18:26 BST