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**Piksel08: code dreams
december 4-7 2008
Bergen, Norway
How does code dream? What are the dreams of code?
Piksel08 examines the other side of code, an alternative side to a hard-coded
reality of work and play. Open hardware and free software project a utopic
vision, yet exist within economies of capital, the dream factory of
mainstream technology. Within the chance meeting of sewing machine and
umbrella on the dissecting table, hardware and software are flattened.
Piksel08: code dreams explores the dreams of this soft machine; bachelors
coding for pleasure, reverse engineering paranoiac constructs of the real,
automatic coding practice, soft hardware, and everyday magic.
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**open call:
1. Installations
Projects related to the code dreams theme including but not restricted to:
reverse engineering, soft hardware, code poetry, novel instruction sets,
invisible exploration, ghosted computation...
programmed by and running on free and open source software and/or open/DIY
hardware.
2. Audiovisual performance
Live art realised by the use of free and open source software. We specially
encourage live coding and DIY hardware projects to apply.
3. Software/Hardware
Innovative DIY hardware and audiovisual software tools or software art
released under an open licence.
<<<<<< Deadline - august 15. 2008 >>>>>>
Please use the online submit form at:
http://piksel.no/piksel08/subform.html
or send documentation material - preferably as a URL to online
documentation with images/video to piksel08 [AT] piksel [DOT] no
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**subsections:
**real code
real.co.[de][re] actively explores code which has strong effects on the real,
constructing the world through prediction and description. The twelve hour
real.co.[de][re] session will attempt the active construction of a working
code model (of any form) which addresses a flattening of the distinction
between software and hardware, to resolve a new political reference for real
core code.
**abstract code
Abstract code is software whose results can be invisible, a software
implementing different layers of action at the same time.
Abstract code is a connection to parallel worlds, a poetic formula dealing
with outer forces. Code is art, its action is subtile, effective, magic.
procedural text
maledictions, oracles, iambi, hymn, formula, refrains, hypnotic sentences,
prayers, and other.
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Piksel is supported by the Municipality of Bergen, Arts Council Norway,
Vestnorsk Filmsenter, Hordaland County Council and others.
More info: http://piksel.no
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MAKE ART 2008 - OpenOS
CALL FOR PROJECTS
Make Art is an international festival dedicated to the integration of
Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) in digital art.
The third edition of make art - OpenOS - will take place in
Poitiers (FR), from the 24th to the 30th of November 2008.
make art offers performances, presentations, workshops and an
exhibition, focused on the blurred line between art and software
programming.
We're currently seeking new, innovative FLOSS based works and
projects: music and audiovisual performances, presentations, software
demos, and installations.
This year make art focuses on the *OpenOS*: artistic, free, creative use
of the Operating System, hackability and modularity of FLOSS and
GNU/Linux, scripts as digital glue between applications, enhanced
possibilities for the technical expression of ideas, user empowerment and
artistic freedom.
For more details, please visit http://makeart.goto10.org/call
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MAKE ART 2008 - OpenOS
APPEL A PROJET
make art est un festival international dédié à l'intégration des
Logiciels Libres et Open Source (FLOSS[1]) dans l'art numérique.
La troisième édition de make art – OpenOS - se déroule
à Poitiers (FR), du 24 au 30 novembre 2008.
make art propose des performances, des présentations, des
workshops et une exposition, centrés sur la rencontre entre l'art
numérique et le logiciel libre.
Nous recherchons actuellement des projets récents, innovants, basés
sur des logiciels libres et open source : performances musicales et
audio-visuelles, présentations, démonstrations de logiciels et
installations.
Cette année make art portera une attention particulière à l'OpenOS:
l'utilisation artistique, libre, créative du système d'exploitation
(OS[2]), la "hackabilité" et la modularité des Logiciels Libre et Open
Source (FLOSS) et de GNU/Linux, les scripts comme glu numérique pour
interconnecter les applications, les possibilités accrues pour
l'expression technique des idées, l'autonomisation de l'utilisateur
(empowerment) et la liberté artistique.
[1] FLOSS: Free/Libre/Open Source Software
[2] OS:Operating System
Pour plus de détail, veuillez visiter l'adresse suivante :
http://makeart.goto10.org/call/index.fr.html
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Hi list,
not sure if this was mentioned here before (I hardly find the time to read
the LA* lists regularly these days), but someone from IRC let me know that
the VST/VSTi plugin suite by Paul Kellett has been released by its author
as source, see here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=230958
I don't have a Windows-based audio system so I cannot judge about the
quality of his plugins, but I am pretty confident (from what I know and read
about his work) that these could be pretty fine, perhaps an interesting
alternative or addendum to, say, the swh-plugins. Should be a cornucopia for
interested LADSPA/LV2 porters, anyway :-). As it seems, there is already a
binary of a ported package at http://linux-vst.com/download/mda_linux.tar.gz
No idea who managed to convince Paul to do this, but big thanks to both
of you for arranging this! This should be a quite valuable resource, for
DSP coders and finally also for users.
Regards,
Frank
Version 1.1 of libsmf can be downloaded from:
http://pin.if.uz.zgora.pl/~trasz/libsmf/libsmf-1.1.tar.gz
Libsmf is a library for loading and writing Standard MIDI Files, i.e.
files with the ".mid" extension. The only dependancy is glib. It was
tested under Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris.
Please note that, by default, libsmf is built with lots of asserts,
which make it slower; for example, inside smf_save, there is some code
that loads the newly saved file and compares it with what it was
supposed to save. If some operation takes noticeable amount of time,
try to recompile libsmf with -DNDEBUG to disable asserts.
http://pin.if.uz.zgora.pl/~trasz/libsmf/
API documentation is here:
http://pin.if.uz.zgora.pl/~trasz/libsmf/doc/
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If you cut off my head, what would I say? Me and my head, or me and my body?
Call for Participation
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Foundations of Open Media Software (FOMS)
Developer Workshop
Thursday 15 - Friday 16 January 2009
Hobart (Tasmania), Australia
http://www.annodex.org/events/foms2009/
Important Dates:
Submissions open: 11th June 2008
Submissions close: 15th August 2008
Notification: 30th September 2008
What is FOMS:
Foundations of Open Media Software (FOMS) is a developer workshop to
widen cooperation and interoperability among open source media
projects. Meet and discuss your plans for the next 12 months and forge
relationships with other developers to unwind the kinks, making open
media kick ever more ass.
This is a call for participation in the third FOMS meeting, which will
be held in Hobart, Australia over two days in January leading up to
linux.conf.au 2009.
The FOMS meeting is organised by developers for developers.
FOMS caters for developers with topics of interest in and related to:
* open audio & video codecs
* open audio & media frameworks
* audio infrastructure
* web video (HTML5 audio/video) and crossover with open source
* mobile video
* open audio & video applications
* open metadata
* open media standards
The proximity to linux.conf.au allows us also to discuss audio- and
video-related issues with the developers of Open Source kernel,
networking and desktop systems.
How to attend / submit:
FOMS attendees will be developers of open media software from the
community as well as professional delegates from companies with a
background and interest in this space. The attendance fee for
professional delegates is A$420 - community participation is free.
Attendees are expected to have a background in open media software.
If you would like to attend, please contact
foms-committee(at)lists.annodex.net and tell us why you should be
there. Also mention if you require travel assistance.
Coincident Conferences:
Since FOMS2009 is happening the week before linux.conf.au, in the same
city, you may want to consider submitting a proposal for that
conference as well.
Travel Funding:
FOMS highly values it's developer attendees. FOMS has provided a
limited number of sponsorships for travel funding for the best
developers since it's beginning. Further travel sponsorship can be
achieved by being an accepted speaker to linux.conf.au. The Linux
Foundation also has travel sponsorships to important events like FOMS
and LCA.
64 Studio is a GNU/Linux distribution tailor-made for digital content
creation, including audio, video, graphics and publishing tools. A remix
of Debian 4.0 'Etch', it comes in both AMD64/Intel64 and 32-bit
flavours, to run on nearly all PC hardware. We aim to combine the
stability and quality of Etch with a specialised real-time preemption
kernel and the latest creative tools demanded by multimedia artists. Our
tweaks to Debian include simplified installation and default settings
which help get production started quickly.
Version 2.1 is the first update to the second stable release of 64
Studio. It is named after a song by Jorge Ben, recorded by Os Mutantes
and covered by The Bees. New versions of applications such as Ardour and
Rosegarden are the main reason to upgrade, plus general bugfixes and
updates from Etch. It's not meant to be a bleeding edge release; it only
contains necessary changes. Some distros aim to give you the latest of
everything, but we prefer our stable branch to concentrate on long-term
usability. In that respect, it's similar to Debian stable or Ubuntu LTS.
It's a recommended upgrade for all 64 Studio users, without fear of
system breakage.
Upgrades from previous 64 Studio releases
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Full upgrade instructions for the command line or Synaptic are available
at: http://www.64studio.com/upgrade
A new apt mirror for the stable branch is now available at:
deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/64studio.com/apt/ 64studio main
Thanks to the Computer Science department at the University of Kent in
the UK - you guys rock, and roll :-)
New 64 Studio installations
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DVD-R image mirrors are listed here: http://www.64studio.com/download
Checking the integrity of your download with md5sum is strongly recommended.
Release notes are available in Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish - thanks
again to all our translators!
For users without a DVD burner, images for the 64 Studio 2.0 Live CD are
still available from our download mirrors. We also recommend the live CD
for users who want to check out 64 Studio without installing.
Contact the 64 Studio project
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For more details, to join our mailing lists and forums, or to post bug
reports, please visit:
http://www.64studio.com/
We hope you enjoy being creative with free software!
Howdy!
I am pleased to announce this new and long due release of QjackCtl, the
Qt GUI for the awesome JACK Audio Connection Kit.
Release highlights are mainly about final JACK-MIDI support for the
"evil" Patchbay, new Messages file logging and the most intriguing
application window instance uniqueness which will make X11 desktop life
easier for everyone (ie. no more duplicates as JACK server gets
auto-started as candy bonus:)
You can grab it from the project source as usual:
http://qjackctl.sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl
In case you need an upstream hug, you're free to visit my own forum:
http://www.rncbc.org
The change-log doesn't say much but... here it goes:
- Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of the ever
warning startup message, unless built in debug mode (transaction by
Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks).
- Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance, with
user configurable settings in Setup/Options/Logging.
- Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and running,
with immediate but graceful termination upon startup iif an already
running instance is detected, which will see its main widget shown up
and the server started automatically (Qt/X11 platform only).
- Finally, full JACK MIDI support sneaks into the patchbay; socket types
now differ in Audio, MIDI and ALSA, following the very same nomenclature
as found on the Connections widget tabs.
- Sun driver support (by Jacob Meuser).
- Delay window positioning at startup option is now being disabled, on
the Setup/Misc tab, when Minimize to system tray is enabled.
- Cosmetic fix: Setup/Settings tab, 'Input Device' text label was using
a slightly smaller font than the rest of the application (bug#1872545,
reported by Jouni Rinne).
Cheers && Enjoy
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org