| Erich Berger on Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:37:13 +0200 (CEST) |
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| <nettime-ann> [ann] Workshop participation: Mobile Troops - Urban Jungle / Mobile media |
. Call for workshop participation Mobile Troops - Urban Jungle / Mobile media art Tuesday 12th of September - Friday 15th of September at Atelier Nord Oslo/Norway by Laura Beloff & Erich Berger Free participation Application deadline Friday 18th of August Send applications with CV to [email protected] + The recent years have witnessed the emergence of mobile and wireless art works in the media arts. The somewhat blurry definition "mobile art" is commonly used as a reference to works, which are incorporating a mobile device (phone, pda, gps) as a part of the work or which are made to be viewed on a screen of a mobile device. Various mobile devices, wireless networks and the concept of technologically enabeld presence are conditions for this kind of art works. The wide variety of works (locative media, wearables etc) under the category of "mobile art" share usually at least two similarities, they have a technological component as a vital part of them and they are related to a physical object. Works, which use mobile media as a critical artistic medium are not necessarily always inventing new functions or features for the devices, but are transforming existing possibilities and by doing it they are exposing the characteristics of these devices, networks, and the society using them. "Mobile troops" ironically points to the fact that we tend to increasingly equip us with all kinds of necessary interfaces for surviving the urban jungle. The electronic car key is as important as mobile phone and credit card. Mobile troops is a workshop about media art which is mobile, (possibly) networked, and experimenting with new ideas and artistic concepts. Utilizing everyday objects and interfaces, like the mobile phone, the workshop introduces strategies, concepts and technologies for artists, designers and practitioners who are interested in mobile art and or working with mobile and networked devices. The workshop will consist of: * Introduction into the theory and history of mobile art * Introduction into the technology of mobile art * Technological infrastructure * Potential for mobile art * Concept development and discussions * Hands on experiments, research and presentations There is no technological preknowledge necessary. Tools employed: Java and Symbian based mobile phones Mobile Processing Pure Data Arduino physical computing platform + WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION Participation is free of charge. Artists, designers and practitioners interested in participating are asked to apply with a CV to [email protected] Application deadline Friday 18th of August + Workshop directors and producer: Laura Beloff(FI) http://www.saunalahti.fi/~off/off Erich Berger(AT/FI) http://randomseed.org + Mobile Troops is part of the Interface and Society project at Atelier Nord, http://anart.no/projects/interface-and-society/ . + Upcoming: Interface and Society conference 10th,11th of November and exhibition 10th - 19th of November - Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Oslo / Norway. + ATELIER NORD PHONE +47 23060880 FAX +47 23060884 E-MAIL [email protected] URL http://anart.no MAIL Lakkegata 55 D, N-0187 Oslo, Norway _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann