[spectre] BALTIC Seminar: Data-based art, September 18, 2003

[Sarah Cook]

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> BALTIC and CRUMB are pleased to invite you to attend an upcoming new
> media event=85
>
> SEMINAR: DATA-BASED ART
>
> THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
> 10am =96 6pm
>
> This one-day seminar on information structures in new media art will
> outline the historical context and current landscape of =
database-driven
> art. It will feature presentations by curators, theorists, designers=20=

> and
> artists, including Cornelia Sollfrank (G), Steve Dietz (USA), Graham
> Harwood (UK), Sebastian Campion (NL) and BALTIC artist-in-residence =
Lev
> Manovich (USA). Chaired by Sarah Cook.
>
> For abstracts on the presentations and the speakers=92 bios please
> download the .pdf from www.balticmill.com
>
> Registration for this event is =A315 (includes lunch)
> Places are limited and pre-booking is essential.
> Email newmedia at balticmill.com or call 0191 478 1810
>
>
>
> Also, 3  free new media events=85
>
> 1- EXHIBITION: SOFT CINEMA by LEV MANOVICH
> THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
> 10am =96 10pm
> Level 1, Orientation Space
>
> Lev Manovich is a digital media artist and theorist currently in
> residence at BALTIC.
>
> Soft Cinema is an ambient cinema project that uses a large database to
> create short narrative films. It consists of two main parts =96 the
> generator and the display. As cinema it is Algorithmic (it has rules
> such as the number of frames), Macro (it uses high bandwidth and high
> resolution), Multimedia (it uses video and 2d animation, graphics and
> diagrams) and Database-driven (all the clips, colours, soundtracks are
> stored within it and the project generated from it).
>
> Manovich writes: =93Rather than beginning with a script and then =
creating
> media elements which visualise it, I investigate a different paradigm:
> starting with a large database and then generating narratives from it.
> In Soft Cinema, The media elements are selected from a database of a=20=

> few
> hundred video clips to construct a potentially unlimited number of
> different short films.=94
>
> Come and see the latest developments in this dynamic multimedia=20
> project. www.manovich.net/softcinema2
>
>
> 2- WORKSHOP: BRIAN DUFFY and THE MODIFIED TOY ORCHESTRA
> THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
> DROP IN between 10am and 6pm, no booking required
> Level 1, Cube Space
>
> Brian Duffy is a sound artist and performer based in Birmingham. His
> work includes recordings, installations, live performances and the
> creation of =91surplus value objects=92 often from old toys.
>
> Bring your own electronic sound toys (anything from keyboards to dolls
> with voice-boxes, except those made by the company v-tech) and work=20
> with
> Brian to rewire and reconfigure them to create new musical =
instruments.
> If you are unable to bring a toy to modify, drop in anyway and
> reconfigure one from Brian=92s collection of abandoned toys.
>
> Brian will play these instruments as part of a collaborative=20
> performance
> with Rupert Huber and Radiotopia at BALTIC at 8pm on September 18, =
2003
>
>
> 3- PERFORMANCE: RUPERT HUBER / RADIOTOPIA
> THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
> 8pm =96 10pm
> Level 1, Performance Space
>
> Rupert Huber is a composer and musician based in Vienna who uses a
> digital filesharing system to create electronic sound performances.
> Radiotopia is a sound network database created by August Black and
> Norbert Math in collaboration with Rupert Huber, consisting of sound,
> text and image files, incorporating a playlist of over 500 files. The
> database is divided into three parts: input, transformation and =
output.
> Sounds can be sent into the database, mixed and changed there, and=20
> taken
> out of the database for local broadcasting use. Using both his own
> archive of completed compositions and the Radiotopia database of
> archived sounds, Rupert Huber will live mix and seamlessly transition
> between solo work and collaborative work in his performance,
> incorporating sounds generated by Brian Duffy and the Modified Toy=20
> Orchestra.
>
>
>
> Organised by BALTIC and the University of Sunderland.
> With support from Arts Council England North East.
>
> BALTIC is funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England,
> Gateshead Council, European Regional Development Fund, One NorthEast
>
> BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art
> South Shore Road
> Gateshead
> NE8 3BA
> England
> info at balticmill.com
> www.balticmill.com
> Tel: +44 (0)191 478 1810
> Fax: +44 (0)191 478 1922
>
> Gallery opening hours:
> Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 19:00
> Thurs 10:00 - 22:00, Sun 10:00-17:00
> Free Admission
>
> For restaurant bookings please call McCoys on 0191 440 4949
>
> [If you receive this more than once please email=20
> hannahc at balticmill.com]
>
>
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