[spectre] Recent News from the Daniel Langlois Foundation - February 2003

[Dominique Fontaine]

French version / Version fran=E7aise :
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/f/nouvelles/index.html=20


[ Apologies for cross-posting / veuillez excuser les envois multiples ]

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*RECENT NEWS - FEBRUARY 2003*


*New Program at the Foundation* - The Foundation is proud to announce =
its
new program, STRATEGIC GRANTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS.

Press release:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/informations/nouvelles/index.html=20

To consult the program's guidelines:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/programmes/program_org.html


*ANARCHIVE 2: DIGITAL SNOW Launched in Toronto*

After an initial launch of ANARCHIVE 2: DIGITAL SNOW in Montreal and =
Paris
last October, the Daniel Langlois Foundation and =C9poxy Communications =
will
hold a second launch in Toronto on February 7.

Press release:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/informations/nouvelles/index2.html=20


*New Acquisitions by the Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D)*

As we do every month, we're publishing a bibliography of the latest =
current
acquisitions made by the Foundation's Centre for Research and =
Documentation.

New Acquisitions List:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/CRD/acquisitions/index.html=20


*REMINDER*

*Descriptions of funded projects from organizations in 2002*

Following its last call for projects within its two programs for
organizations (the EXHIBITION, DISTRIBUTION AND PERFORMANCE PROGRAM FOR
ORGANIZATIONS and the PROGRAM FOR ORGANIZATIONS FROM EMERGING REGIONS, =
both
of which have now been suspended), the Foundation selected 19 projects, =
six
from Canada, three from the United Kingdom, two from Columbia, two from =
the
United States, and one from each of the following countries: Brazil, =
Ghana,
Latvia, Peru, the Netherlands and Sweden.=20
You will find a more detailed description of the funded projects and =
their
participants here: =
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/projets/index.html=20


*Three researchers in residence at the Centre for Research and =
Documentation

(CR+D) in 2003*

In response to a call for research proposals in its Program of Grants =
for
Researchers in Residence, the Foundation is happy to announce that =
three
eminent researchers are coming to Montreal. The three are Mona Jimenez
(United States)
[http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/crd/residences/jimenez.html], =
Yvonne
Spielman (Germany)
[http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/crd/residences/spielman.html] and
Ricardo Dal Farra (Argentina)
[http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/crd/residences/dalfarra.html]. =
This
program is open to historians, curators, critics, independent =
researchers,
artists and scientists, including those working in computer science and
related fields in the humanities and social sciences. The research must =
be
conducted at the Foundation and focused on its documentation or archive
collections. Nevertheless, a research project may include activities =
outside
the CR+D (field work, laboratory activities, a workshop) and draw on
resources outside the Foundation. One of the program's aims is to =
develop
knowledge on the impact of new digital technologies on man and society.
Hence, grant recipients are invited to publish their research findings =
on
our Web site or place digitized documents on-line after first
contextualizing and interpreting them.=20


*The 9 EVENINGS OF THEATRE AND ENGINEERING FONDS*

The Foundation is pleased to announce that it has acquired the 9 =
EVENINGS OF
THEATRE AND ENGINEERING FONDS. In 1965, with help from Robert =
Rauschenberg,
Billy Kl=FCver sought out the expertise of engineers at Bell =
Laboratories
research centre (Murray Hills, New Jersey, U.S.) to carry out an
interdisciplinary project blending avant-garde theatre, dance and new
technologies. The artists John Cage, Lucinda Childs, =D6yvind =
Fahlstr=F6m, Alex
Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, =
David
Tudor and Robert Whitman each produced an original performance piece.
Engineers were paired with the 10 artists to develop the technical
components used on stage by the participants (dancers, actors, =
musicians). 9
EVENINGS OF THEATRE AND ENGINEERING was to be presented within the =
Stockholm
Festival of Art and Technology in 1966. When the festival's American =
program
was cancelled, Billy Kl=FCver moved the performance series to the 69th
Regiment Armory in New York, where it ran from October 13 to 23, 1966.

These archives include in particular 35 and 16 mm films, sound =
recordings,
photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, technical drawings, and =
various
artifacts used as performance props.

Please take note that in date of December 2002, the Foundation has only
received part of these archives which include audio-visual documents =
used in
the making of two documentary films on performances by =D6yvind =
Fahlstr=F6m and
Robert Rauschenberg, respectively entitled Kisses Sweeter than Wine and =
Open
Score. A more detailled description of these archives will be available =
on
our Web site during the course of 2003.

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*About the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology*

The Daniel Langlois Foundation's purpose is to further artistic and
scientific knowledge by fostering the meeting of art and science in the
field of technologies. The Foundation seeks to nurture a critical =
awareness
of technology's implications for human beings and their natural and =
cultural
environments, and to promote the exploration of aesthetics suited to
evolving human environments. The Centre for Research and Documentation
(CR+D) seeks to document history, artworks and practices associated =
with
electronic and digital media arts and to make this information =
available to
researchers in an innovative manner through data communications.

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