Studio XX Newsletter 31 - September 2006

> New @ Studio XX
> Event X [October 5-6]
> HTMlles : EXPORT 2[October 18-31]
> Resident artist :: Isabelle Choinière
> REMINDER :: MAX & Microcontroller Workshop [September 11]
> Workshops to come at Studio XX
> Upgrade Montréal [September 13]
> Call for Artists "Sound Of Musing" show [September 11]
> Open Call to Net Audio Performers [October 15]




New @ Studio XX

Studio XX is delighted to welcome Myriam Yates who, since the beginning of Septembre, is the Studio’s new programming coordinator. Myriam is a well known media artist is in the Montréal art scene and we are very pleased to have her as part of our team.

We would like to thank Sophie Le-Phat Ho and Jake Moore who were the interim programming coordinators during the 2005-2006 season. We would like to highlight the quality of the programming they developed during their presence at the Studio and would like to show our gratitude to both of them for their great generosity and dedication. We wish them the best of success with their future projects.




Event X : A Whole Decade of Feminism in Art and Technology!
5-6 October 2006, at Monument National



In 1996, Studio XX became the first feminist artist-run centre in North America as a non-profit organisation with the main objective of supporting technological creation, exploration and critique by women. In order to highlight its 10th anniversary, Studio XX invites the public and all people engaged in the media arts to a conference on October 5th and 6th 2006 that will look back on the last ten years so as to inspire the ten years to come! Event X will feature lectures and panels by local and international artists and curators, as well as performances by Canadian artists, at the Café and Hydro-Québec Studio of the Monument National (1182, St-Laurent Blvd.).

In a world where an increasingly large number of women are technologically savvy, but where the expression “cyberfeminism” still leads to confusion, it is of special relevance to be thinking about the present state of affairs by measuring the distance achieved over the last ten years. Inspired by an article on new technologies that featured in Wired magazine and was entitled “10 Years that Changed the World”, Studio XX wants to examine its effect and affect as a site of education, production, information, dissemination and exchange within the networks that it contributed to build, in order to optimise its action for the upcoming decade.

Cocktail and conference with:
Chœur Maha
La Centrale
Diane Willow (USA)
Ernestine Daubner
Groupe intervention vidéo
(GIV)
Isabelle Choinière
Kim Sawchuck
Kathy Kennedy
Karmen Franinovic
Mélina Bernier
Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA)

Nancy Tobin
Nat Muller (Netherlands)
Patricia Kearns
Sheryl Hamilton
5 October (5pm*) and 6 October (starting 10am)
Free admission

Closing evening show with:
Love, Forgiveness and Other Disasters
dempsey/millan (Winnipeg)
Morse Alphabet Soup
Diane Landry (Québec)
6 October 8.30pm
Tickets $12 (at the door, 7.30pm)

Please see our website for the complete program:
http://www.studioxx.org/newsletter/evenX.html

* please note a new time (5pm) as opposed to the previously annouced time (7.30pm).

Conseil des arts du Canada


HTMlles : EXPORT 2

From the 18th to the 31st of October a group of artists and works from the 7th edition of the HTMlles Festival: Peripheries + Proximities will go on tour to Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The artists will present their works in the format of interactive workshops, artists talks, performances and short exhibitions. The main goal of the travel is the interaction with local artists and curators.

The collaborating partners for the HTMlles EXPORT 2 project include:

Istanbul :
Basak Senova - curator and director of NOMAD new media art organization
Platform Garanti Gallery and director Vasif Kortun
Selda Assal – initiator of The Apartment Project

Belgrade :
The Upgrade Belgrade, curator Maja Ciric
Remont Independent Art Organization/Magazine, curator Miroslav Karic
OZONE Gallery, curator Milica Pekic Conev
Kontekst Young Artists Center, curators Ivana Marjanovic and Vida Knezevic

Sofia :
The Red House director Tzvetelina Iossifova & curator Vesela Nozharova
CULT.bg Portal for Bulgarian Art and Culture – director Margarita Dorovska
Radio.Cult.bg
The Upgrade Sofia, curators Ivo Ivanov & Yana Kostova
The Upgrade Skopje, curator Elena Veljanovska

Works Included in the tour :
The Lies Project – Emily Hermant
The Phantom of the Operator – Caroline Martel
Flatlandia – Michelle Teran & Amanda Ramos
I Dream Eye – Raylene Campbell
Oral Histories – Chantal Dumas & Valerie Walker
Distributive Justice – Andreja Kuluncic
Bioteknica – Jennifer Willet & Sean Bailey
XS Labs – Joey Berzowska
Front 3.0 : The Millefiore Effect – Jessica Findley, Margot Jacobs & Ralph Borland

More info : http://www.htmlles.net



Resident Artist :: Isabelle Choinière

La résidence d'Isabelle Choinière porte sur le développement et la mise au point d’un processus de spatialisation sonore. L'intention qui entoure le projet met en relation le mouvement du son avec le concept chorégraphique qui aborde la présence des corps comme une masse humaine interconnectée. Cette masse sera lisible par un système interactif issu « du vivant » c'est-à-dire qui utilise les phénomènes acoustiques et électromagnétiques naturels qui nous entourent. Le concept chorégraphique porte sur l'influence qu'a le mouvement rythmique et spatial des corps sur la réponse d'un environnement amplifié. La thématique de mobilité priorisée par le Studio XX est rencontrée dans un travail qui se base sur l’intercommunication entre le déplacement du corps, la réaction des phénomènes naturels environnants et leurs transformations.

Biographie :
Après des études en Beaux arts, spécialisation chorégraphie à l’Université Concordia, Isabelle Choinière s’intéresse dès 1984 à l’hybridation des langages entre la danse et les arts numériques. Dès la présentation de sa première création, «Communion», la critique reconnaît son travail comme une oeuvre de pionnière et d’avant-gardiste. Elle développe une écriture spécifique qui explore les limites physiques et psychiques du corps naturel et du corps synthétique. Ses spectacles intègrent avec raffinement une réflexion sur le temps et l’espace d’où émerge une conception élargie du corps.




Call for submission [September 11]
Media space – MAX/MSP/Jitter & microcontroller workshop


- Training on the audio, visual and interactive components of multi-media production.

Studio XX requests proposals for interactive audio and/or video projects to be produced within the framework of two professional development workshops intended for female artists.

Proposals for the first session should be straightforward and possible to realize in the context of the beginners’ workshop starting October 2006.

Please send your proposals and CV to
ateliers@studioxx.org

A request for proposals will be made in November 2006 for the advanced workshop beginning January 2007.


Workshop 1 (October 2006): Beginners

The general aim of the workshop is for female artists to learn about the various audio, visual and interactive components of multimedia production by creating a digital work using MAX software. Using MAX is essential in terms of understanding the technical language and manipulating the basic audio, video and interactive tools used in digital creation.

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Le Studio XX ne distribue pas MAX. Vous devez soit posséder une license de ce logiciel, soit utiliser les stations informatiques disponibles pour les participantes.
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Contents : Workshop 1

_Image
DV camera, CODEC, colour processing, spatial processing, ratios, digital video in general except editing.

_Audio
Spatialization, file format, digital conversion, synthesis, time and spectral processing.

Dates
September 11: deadline for project proposals
September 11–15: participant selection period
Course starts: week beginning October 1st.
Course duration: 12 weeks
Cost: $175

For further information please contact us : 514 845 7934 or ateliers@studioxx.org
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Workshop 2 (January 2007): Advanced

A practical Max workshop where participants will learn how (Basic Stamp and Arduino) microcontrollers work and how to construct small electronic circuits to carry out programmed functions. The workshop will enable the artists to master the tools necessary to fully realize all aspects of multimedia projects.

Contents: Workshop 2

_Interactivity
Interface-user, motion tracking, sound tracking, sensors, MIDI protocol and OSC, computer networks, and Internet.

_Circuits
Basic Stamp, electronic components, reading graphs, constructing sensors, motor control circuits.

The submissions deadline for the second workshop will be announced in November 2006.

These two workshops are designed to develop the professional skills necessary to using new technology as a creative tool.

The training provided by Patrice Coulombe will allow participants to increase their artistic and professional skills by learning:
- to use Max software with a view to creating a digital work the language specific to audio, video and interactive creation
- sensor construction techniques simple electronic circuit construction techniques
- about the functioning of microcontrollers.

Studio XX will present the resulting works within the framework of a Femmes br@nchées salon.





Workshops coming at Studio XX

Upon interest from a number of active members of Montreal’s media arts community, Studio XX has developed new workshops and is in the process of gathering participants. There are still a few spots available in the two workshops that will start in the coming weeks. These workshops will be held weekday evenings. * Join us to discover the endless possibilities of the FREEWARE interactive programming environment PURE DATA!
Come familiarise yourself with electronics, put together your own microcontrollers and learn how to program them using the Basic Stamp and Arduino languages in Patrice Coulomb’s new workshop.

Contact us quickly to reserve your spot:
By e mail ateliers@studioxx.org
By phone 514 845 0289

* The exact dates will be announced soon




:: UPGRADE MONTREAL :: !!
[[ http://upgrademtl.org ]]
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WEDNESDAY, September 13th, 2006
(!) ... EXPLOSIVE ELECTRO_SOUNDS /
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:: LIEU ::
Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
- 1195 St. Laurent
=== HORAIRE ===
^ 19h00: doors open
^ 19h20: Fishead
^ 20h00: questions pour Fishead
^ 20h10: Francisco Lopez
^ 20h50: questions pour Francisco Lopez
^ 20h45: Discussion
^ 21h00: ouverture du bar musique avec
tobias c. van Veen (dj) & Fishead==||==

infos : http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/index.php?p=33




Call for Artists
Nov-Dec 2006 "Sound Of Musing" show:

The Small Gallery @ Eyedrum is seeking artists who delve in the world of sound; and this ain't no American Idol! Between November 11 and December 23, 2006, the Small Gallery will provide an intimate setting for visitors to get comfortable while listening to your sounds through headphones. Visitors will then be encouraged to record their thoughts on paper while listening to the work, hence the "musing". This sound show will be a multi-artist
installation and is open to all sound artists whether you design digitally or capture clandestinely. Artists are encouraged to submit more than one track. Please note, all
submissions are considered final, and will be presented as such. Mail or drop off cds in paper or jewel tone case with title, artists' name and contact information clearly written on face of cd.

Deadline: September 11, 2006.

For more info: smallgallery@gmail.com
The Sound of Musing
Small Gallery
c/o Eyedrum
290 MLK Jr Dr, suite 8
Atlanta, GA 30312
http://www.eyedrum.org




( ( ( N O M U S I C ) ) ) F E S T I V A L X
* * * Open Call to Net Audio Performers * * *
* http://www.nomusic.org - festival@nomusic.org *

-< 48 Participants >-
-< 24h Continuous Audio Streaming Festival >-
-< Realtime Simultaneous Dual Live >-
-< Audio Live Performing only via Internet >-
-< Creative Commons Audio License - No Archivz >-
-< Stream Live Audio - Double/Split Channel >-

Stream Start :
13th December 2006 (00h00 / 00:00am) [GMT+0 Greenwich Time]
Stream End :
13th December 2006 (23h59 / 11:59pm) [GMT+0 Greenwich Time]

Join Now the (((NOMUSIC))) FESTIVAL X !
Submit JOIN FORM Here :
http://www.nomusic.org > and then click JOIN
[Deadline : 15th October, 2006]
[Line-up results : 15th November, 2006]