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Table of Contents: Scott deLahunta <sdela@ahk.nl> Announcing The Net.Wurk Series::_][ad][Dressed in a Skin C.ode_ <...> "][motion capt.[ure]][" <netwurker@hotkey.net.au> MAKROLAB 2002 CALLS FOR PROPOSALS marko peljhan <marxx@mail.ljudmila.org> [transmediale] Global Public: Al Jazeera Vertreter bei der transmediale.02 "transmediale" <info@transmediale.de> Job Vacancies "Lachlan Brown" <lachlan@london.com> Free Radio Linux - audio distribition of Linux - launching 03.02.02 r a d i o q u a l i a <honor@va.com.au> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:30:03 -0500 From: Scott deLahunta <sdela@ahk.nl> Subject: rhein.tanzmedia.web // statement of the jury *************************************************** rhein.tanzmedia.web // statement of the jury *************************************************** We would like to thank the artists for participating in the first rhein.tanzmedia.web (http://www.rheintanzmedia.net/) international competition for net/ dance/ performance. The entries were extraordinarily diverse in the ways in which they proposed to explore the relationship between dance and the internet or related online communication systems. This has made the experience of selecting amongst them a difficult as well as fascinating one, and the decisions we have made after one and half days of deliberation reflect this variety. The Jury awarded 3 prizes: the rhein.tanzmedia.net-Prize for production and presentation of the project, the Förderpreis der rhein land ag and a special research award of the jury. For the rhein.tanzmedia.net-Prize, we have selected the proposal of media artist Rebecca Allen with choreographers/ performers Hannah Sim and Mark Steger of the performance group Osseus Labyrint. This project will comprise an interactive media art installation linked to a live performance in another location with a simultaneous presentation via the web. There were several entries proposing to work with similar ideas, but in our opinion the collaboration of Rebecca Allen and Osseus Labyrint put forward the strongest integration of the raw corporeality of live performance with remote and mediated presences in which the shifting definition of audience, viewer and/ or participant is explored. For the Förderpreis der rhein land ag, we have selected the proposal of choreographer/ researcher Ivar Hagendoorn entitled "The Fisher Account" in which the financial data that is moving continuously across the Internet is dynamically linked to a database of pre-recorded movement and movement sequences. Appropriating different forms of streaming data found on the internet to manipulate digital materials resident on a server's hard drive is a formal strategy explored by net and media artists for some time now. However, to our knowledge the connection between dance composition and choreographic ideas and what is essentially the live (electronic) presence of the internet had not been explicitly made. To choose to do this using the flowing pattern of bits from something as rich in significance as the world's financial markets presents a unique set of possibilities, and we look forward to seeing the realisation of this project on the web. Although these two projects will be produced by the organisers of the competition (with a total amount of approx. 90.000,- Euro), the rhein.tanzmedia.web prize was intended to be a "competition of ideas" rather than finished productions. There were a number of interesting proposals from young artists that we felt could be more fruitfully explored in the context of 'research' without the expectation of final production or presentation. Therefore the Jury argued for and was given the opportunity to confer upon Stephanie Thiersch and Micha Purucker a special award for continuing their research into "the possibilities of representations of kinaesthetic and sensuous experiences without their actual presence". This special award of the jury has a purse of 5000,- Euro. The jury would like to thank the organisers of the competition for their hard work and vision in setting up this opportunity to further the inter-disciplinary explorations within the field of dance overlapping with emerging technologies. We look forward to seeing the outcomes of the three projects selected for the support provided by the competition. Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Angerer (Kunsthochschule für Medien, Köln) Scott deLahunta (Dartington College of Arts, UK) François Raffinot (IRCAM/Département Chorégraphique, Paris) Gerfried Stocker (ars electronica, Linz) Bonn, January 20, 2002 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:55:16 +1100 From: "][motion capt.[ure]][" <netwurker@hotkey.net.au> Subject: Announcing The Net.Wurk Series::_][ad][Dressed in a Skin C.ode_ + JavaMuseum - [mez] solo show [please x.cuse cross-posting...this somehow flew by the nettime [moderator] announcer crew so i'm resending in the hope that it will make the next announcer.] ********************************************** The Net.Wurk Series:: _][ad][Dressed in a Skin C.ode_ http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/netwurker/ >>_][ad][Dressed in a Skin Code_ holistically documents select phases of the mezangelle language system and its ][r][evolution [1995-2001]. the texts presented @ http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/netwurker/ act as residual traces from net.wurk practices that thrive, react and shift according to fluctuations in the online environment in which they ][initially][ gestated. >>You have the option of viewing these net.wurks as singular _texts_ or selected _n.hanced_ packages. the _n.hanced_ wurks contain various interactive elements that require you [the user] to x.plore & x.tract meaning via mouseovers, clickable regions, audio fragments & x.tended "click-&-hold" areas. please be rigorous & patient during yr x.plorations. >>the_n.hanced_ net.wurks use javascript [please make sure it's enabled in your +4 browser] & Flash [please ensure you have the plugin] :: sound is [more than] relevant so please use your volume dial accordingly. if you can avoid using netscape 6 - 6.2 to view the wurks, do so - however, x.pect only slightly reduced functionality if viewing with netscape 6 - 6.2. >>Thanks to The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture for hosting _][ad][Dressed In a Skin C.ode_. This project has been funded by Connelly Temple & the Studio Residency Program @ Wollongong City Gallery, as well as being assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. ************************************************ 2002 JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art www.javamuseum.org (JAVA =Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs) proudly presents - as the start into the new exciting year - the third of three solo online exhibitions dedicated to the JavaArtist of the Year 2001 Award winners. After Tiia Johannson and Jody Zellen in autumn 2001, the solo show of '[mez) - Mary-Anne Breeze' is online now on 21 January 2002. Mez- [Mary-Anne Breeze] belongs to a new generation of artists who use the environment of the Internet as their artistic medium. She has been described as one of "the original net.artists" who is "...without doubt one of the most consistent, prolific, innovative artists working in new media today. Mez's work with language has had a considerable effect on the language of many.". The impact of her unique net.wurks [constructed via her pioneering net.language "mezangelle"] has been equated with the work of Shakespeare, James Joyce, Emily Dickinson, e.e. cummings and Larry Wall. Mez has exhibited extensively since the early 90's - both via the internet and in "realtime" [e.g CTHEORY's Digital Dirt, Prague's Goethe Institute, Digitarts '96, Experimenta Media Arts, ISEA_97 Chicago, ARS Electronica_97, trAce, The Metropolitan Museum Tokyo, SIGGRAPH_99&00, d>Art 00&01, _hybrid<life>forms_01, and in _Under_Score_ @ The Brooklyn Academy of Music 01 ]. Mez also participates vicariously in a multitude of conferences [she describes her input as being the product of a "virtual jillaroo"] and is a freelance journalist and co-moderator of the _arc.hive_ experimental mailing list. She was awarded the 2001 VIF Prize by the Humboldt-Universitat in Berlin, was shortlisted for the prestigious 2001 Electronic Literature Organisation's Fiction Award, and was a JavaMuseums' Artist Of The Year 2001 recipient. Take some time and enjoy her works. Her solo online show on JavaMuseum www.javamuseum.org would like to give an overview over her multi-faceted art working from 1995-2002. Take also the opportunity and visit the shows of the year 2001. ***Soloshow Tiia Johannson (Award winner and net artist from Estonia) ***Solo show Jody Zellen (Award winner and net artist from USA) ***1st of Java - Perspectives on New Media the result of the 1st online competition including following works of following artists ............................................................................ ........... Yael Kanarek*, Jody Zellen*, Doron Golan*, Jacki Danielchuk*, Ian David Aronson* Marily Watelet*, Giacomo Verde*, Toni Mestrovic*, Valerie Grancher* Fernandpo Llanos*, Patrick Lichty*, Eldar Karhalev*, Atle Barcley*, Jaka Zelesnikar*, George Alamidis* Leander Seige*, Roman Minaev*, 80/81*, Brooke A.Knight*, Yifat Gat* John Cavendish*, Christina McPhee*, sfear bebopanaut*, Digital Sisters Indeed*, Trebor Scholz/Carol Flax* Wolf Kahlen*, WOWM.org*, Marek Gibney*, OXIMORIS*, Armelle Aulestia* Tiia Johanson*, Nicole Stenger*, Olga Kisseleva*, Alexandra Globokar*, Robert F. Krawczyk* MEZ [mary-anne breeze]*, Ashley Holmes/Matthew Hawker* ............................................................................ ............ JavaMuseum Magazine (access via start page) gives you all relevant additional information. Announcement for the next event: In February 2002 the show 'Visions up and down' will go online including following artists: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, The Red Team, Myron Turner Maya Kalogera, j.t.wine, Calin Man Wilfried Agricola de Cologne press@javamuseum.org www.javamuseum.org JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art (JAVA=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs) . . .... ..... net.wurker][mez][ .][E][mot][E][ion capt][l][ure.goes.here. xXXx ./. www.cddc.vt.edu/host/netwurker/ www.hotkey.net.au/~netwurker .... . .??? ....... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:21:49 +0100 From: marko peljhan <marxx@mail.ljudmila.org> Subject: MAKROLAB 2002 CALLS FOR PROPOSALS makrolab 2002 has two calls for proposals: - - for artist, strategic and tactical information analysts - - scientists and social scientists go to http://www.artscatalyst.org/htm/scientistscall.htm Please review both. Deadline for submissions to Projekt Atol extented until FEBRUARY 28, 2002. International Art / Science / Strategy / Tactics Research Residency Programme: Call for Proposals MAKROLAB - Summer 2002 Atholl Estate, Perthshire, Scotland The Arts Catalyst and Projekt Atol, offer research residencies at the MAKROLAB in May, June, and July 2002 on the Atholl Estate in Perthshire, Scotland. This opportunity takes place during the International Year of Mountains, declared by the UN General Assembly. The aim of the residency programme is to provide artists, strategic and tactical information analysts, scientists and social scientists (separate information sheet for scientists - see www.artscatalyst.org/htm/scientistscall.htm) - with space and facilities to undertake their own research in the global systems of: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WEATHER AND CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE and MIGRATIONS and give them the opportunity to fully concentrate on their work and interact in a creative and challenging dialogue with other members of the crew. We are also interested to receive proposals from artists for residencies to develop activities and projects with the local community and schools exploring these themes. This work could be the sole aspect of your application or alongside your research. The MAKROLAB is a temporary sustainable research base, with living space for 4 - 6 people. It will be connected to the internet through a microwave link and equipped for transmitting signals on HF, VHF, UHF ranges and receiving signals in the ranges of 0.1 - 2000 MHz and the C and Ku bands. The Atholl Estate is one of the largest estates in Scotland, situated on the edge of the Cairngorm mountains. The MAKROLAB will be situated in the Clunes Beat of the Atholl Estate. This is an area of rolling heather moorland with steep slopes nearby rising to the high tops of the southern side of the Cairngorm massif. We are looking for participants who will welcome the opportunity not only to undertake their own research in this environment, but who are also interested in the interdisciplinary aspects of this project. Details of Opportunity Length of stay on MAKROLAB: between 2 weeks to 3 months, depending on the requirements of the research to be undertaken. Stipend: £100 per week. Food and accommodation provided on the MAKROLAB. Travel will be provided from within the UK. Overseas applicants will have to pay for their own travel to the UK. Special travel grants could be provided on a case to case basis by Projekt Atol. The duties of participants are to fully take part in the MAKROLAB daily task activities, which include: - - one daily video conference with the interested audience and observers; - - systems management, repair and overhaul; - - writing a diary of their daily work, schedule and publishing their results on the MAKROLAB web-site. All personally produced material remains in the ownership of the participants, but they must agree to share all the material with the MAKROLAB project partners and crew. The participants must be aware that they will work and live in a very small, concentrated and challenging environment. Participants are encouraged to bring their own networkable computers, preferably notebooks, and any other equipment required for their research that is not provided as standard on the MAKROLAB. Participants are selected on a competitive basis. Background Information The MAKROLAB is a high-tech, art-science project designed by Slovenian artist Marko Peljhan and managed by the Projekt Atol Institute. It is a temporary sustainable laboratory designed to support 4 - 6 artists and scientists working and living alongside each other in isolation for periods of up to 120 days. The project is organised by UK science-art agency, the Arts Catalyst, with Projekt Atol, Slovenia, in partnership with the Atholl Estate, the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College (an Academic Partner of the UHI Millennium Institute) and the Tramway in Glasgow. The MAKROLAB models a new kind of activity, sitting astride the traditional disciplinary divides. Its presence at Atholl Estate is intended to be high-impact in the realm of artistic and scientific information and education, yet low-profile in the physical environment. It arrives in a container and after set up is plugged into communications networks and satellite links. It produces its own power from wind and solar panels. MAKROLAB will be sited in the Tramway, Glasgow for two weeks in April 2002 prior to moving to the Atholl Estate. For further information about Makrolab, see http://makrolab.ljudmila.org. How to Apply Please send your proposal by 28 February 2002. Proposals are to be sent to both addresses: Makrolab Research Residencies The Arts Catalyst Toynbee Studios 28 Commercial Street London E1 6LS email: makrolab@artscatalyst.org Makrolab Research Residencies Zavod PROJEKT ATOL Ane Ziherlove 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana SLOVENIA email: makrolab@mail.ljudmila.org Proposals must include: 1. Name and contact 2. Description of research interests for working in the MAKROLAB and/or interest in developing activities and projects with local communities and schools (max. 3 pages) 3. Statement of interest in participating in the MAKROLAB as an interdisciplinary project (max. 2 pages) 4. Brief biography with education, employment and experience background, and an artistic portfolio or documentation 5. Length of required residencies and preference for dates, if any If necessary, interviews will be held in February-March 2002. - --------------------------- marko peljhan projekt atol ane ziherlove 2 1000 ljubljana slovenia ph: +386-1-4340702 answ+fax: +386-1-4340703 current position: ljubljana.si - --------------------------- - -- - --------------------------- marko peljhan projekt atol ane ziherlove 2 1000 ljubljana slovenia ph: +386-1-4340702 answ+fax: +386-1-4340703 current position: ljubljana.si - --------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 11:07:29 +0100 From: "transmediale" <info@transmediale.de> Subject: [transmediale] Global Public: Al Jazeera Vertreter bei der transmediale.02 (please scroll down for English version) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + t r a n s m e d i a l e + + + PRESSEMITTEILUNG + + + 01.02.02 + + + t r a n s m e d i a l e . 0 2 + + + international media art festival + + + 5.-10. Februar 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- transmediale.02 Konferenz Global Public The New World Order of Broadcasting Donnerstag, 7.2., 20.30 Uhr Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin in Kooperation mit der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Am kommenden Donnerstag wird Ibrahim M. Helal, der Chefredakteur des arabischen Senders Al Dschasira aus Katar, im Berliner Haus der Kulturen der Welt an einer Konferenz über die 'Neue Weltordnung des Rundfunks' teilnehmen. Gemeinsam mit Günter Knabe, Leiter der Asien-Redaktion bei der Deutschen Welle, und Han Soete, dem Sprecher des Indymedia-Netzwerks Belgien, wird Helal über Globalisierung und Digitalisierung in den Medien diskutieren. Die Konferenz, eine Kooperation von transmediale und Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, wird moderiert von Claudia Henne (SFB Radio Kultur) und behandelt das Entstehen einer 'Welt-Öffentlichkeit' und die kulturellen Folgen einer beschleunigten, von Satellit und Internet gestützten Berichterstattung. Die Globalisierung ist nicht allein ein ökonomisches und politisches Phänomen. Sie ereignet sich auch ganz maßgeblich in den Medien, die immer häufiger eine mediale Weltöffentlichkeit an globalen Ereignissen teilnehmen lassen. Schätzungen behaupten, dass am 11. September 2001 innerhalb von weniger als einer Stunde über 1 Milliarde Menschen Live-Bilder des Angriffs auf das World Trade Center in New York gesehen haben. Die Rahmenbedingungen globaler Medienberichterstattung haben sich in den letzten Jahren tiefgreifend geändert. Dabei verschwinden durch das Nebeneinander von Satelliten-, Internet- und terrestrischen Übertragungskanälen die Grenzen zwischen weltumspannenden Konzernen wie BBC oder CNN, regionalen Medien wie dem arabischen Sender Al Jazeera oder dem medienaktivistischen Netzwerk Indymedia. Al Jazeera zeichnet sich dabei durch eine für die arabische Welt ungewöhnliche Offenheit aus und schafft einen neuen Zusammenhalt in der internationalen arabischen Diaspora, bei Exilanten wie Arbeitsmigranten. Nachrichten und Berichterstattung stoßen an ihre Grenzen, wenn sich die damit verbundenen Inhalte nicht mehr eindeutig vermitteln lassen - was bedeutet ein Videoband von Osama Bin Laden in Kabul, in Gaza, in Washington, in Berlin? Wie lassen sich weltweit gültige Inhalte vermitteln, wenn die Bilder sich stärker beschleunigen als ihr Verständnis? Erwartet uns eine globale Homogenisierung der Medien oder eine Vervielfältigung kulturell spezifischer Kanäle, die jeweils nur von bestimmten Publikumsgruppen verstanden werden? Vertreter verschiedener Medien diskutieren die 'neue Weltordnung' des Rundfunks. Teilnehmer - Global Public The New World Order of Broadcasting Ibrahim M. Helal, Chefredakteur, Al Dschasira/Katar Günter Knabe, Deutsche Welle - Asien-Abteilung Han Soete, Indymedia.org/Belgien Moderation Claudia Henne, Sender Freies Berlin/Radio Kultur mit Simultanübersetzung Karten EUR 10 / 7 (Reservierungen 0049-30-3978 7175) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH VERSION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + t r a n s m e d i a l e . 0 2 + + + PRESS RELEASE + + + 01-02-02 + + + t r a n s m e d i a l e . 0 2 + + + international media art festival + + + Feb. 5-10th, 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- transmediale.02 conference Global Public The New World Order of Broadcasting Thursday, 7.2., 20.30 hrs Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin in cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Next Thursday, Ibrahim M. Helal, Chief Editor of the Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera from Qatar, will be participating in a conference about the 'New World Order of Broadcasting' at Berlin's House of World Cultures. Together with Günter Knabe, Head of the Asia Department of Deutsche Welle, and Han Soete, Speaker of Indymedia Belgium, Helal will be discussing globalisation and digitaisation in the media. The conference - a cooperation of transmediale and Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung - will be moderated by Claudia Henne of SFB Radio and will deal with the emergence of a 'Global Public' and the cultural effects of accelerated, satellite- and internet-supported reporting. Globalisation is not merely an economic and political phenomenon. It is also taking place to a substantial degree in the media which increasingly enable a connected audience worldwide to take part live in global events. Estimates say that on September 11, 2001, more than 1 Billion spectators watched the live-broadcast images of the attack against the World Trade Center in New York. The conditions for global media reportage have changed fundamentally over the past years. The co-existence of satellite, internet, and terrestrial broadcasting channels has led to the disappearance of the boundaries between global concerns such as CNN or the BBC, regional stations such as the Arabic network Al Jazeera, or the media activist network Indymedia. Al Jazeera is characterized by a, by Arabian standards, unusually straightforward coverage and creates a new cohesion within the international Arabic diaspora, among exiles as well as working migrants. News broadcasting and reporting reach their limits when their contents can no longer be communicated with a clear and singular meaning - which connotation does a video-tape of Osama Bin Laden have in Kabul, in Gaza, in Washington, in Berlin? How to procure globally significant contents when images accelerated faster than their comprehension? Should we expect a global homogenisation of the media, or a multiplication of channels, each with a specific cultural background which can only be understood by the respective audiences? Representatives of different media discuss the 'new world order' of broadcasting. Participants - Global Public The New World Order of Broadcasting Ibrahim M. Helal, Chief Editor, Al Jazeera/Qatar Günter Knabe, Deutsche Welle, Asia Department/Germany Han Soete, Indymedia.org/Belgium Moderation Claudia Henne, SFB Radio Kultur/Germany with simultaneous translation Tickets EUR 10 / 7 (Reservation 0049-30-3978 7175) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- transmediale.02 +++ newsletter 08 +++ annette schaefer +++ press office +++ presse@transmediale.de +++ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ the information list of transmediale international media art festival berlin transmediale: http://www.transmediale.de list-info: http://mailman.transmediale.in-berlin.de/mailman/listinfo/newsletter ------------------------------ Date: 01 Feb 2002 15:54:37 -0500 From: Mail System Internal Data <MAILER-DAEMON@bbs.thing.net> Subject: DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA This text is part of the internal format of your mail folder, and is not a real message. It is created automatically by the mail system software. If deleted, important folder data will be lost, and it will be re-created with the data reset to initial values. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 14:44:08 -0500 From: "Lachlan Brown" <lachlan@london.com> Subject: Job Vacancies Vacancies have come up in my life for Two more Queens of Cultural Studies to complete the deck. The positions for the UK and for Canada are already taken. Prospective candidates, hopefully more au fait with contemporary culture, please apply to editors@london.com Lachlan Brown - -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Win a ski trip! http://www.nowcode.com/register.asp?affiliate=1net2phone3a ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 00:31:39 +0000 From: r a d i o q u a l i a <honor@va.com.au> Subject: Free Radio Linux - audio distribition of Linux - launching 03.02.02 Hi there, Just wanted to let you know about a new project, Free Radio Linux - a net.radio distribution of the Linux Kernal. You can read about it below, or at Linux Today: http://www.linuxtoday.com/ best Honor Harger FREE RADIO LINUX ON: r a d i o q u a l i a ((o)) http://www.radioqualia.net/freeradiolinux 03.02.02 -> 2003 0000 [ GMT ] 0100 [ Central European Time ] 1900 [ US Eastern Standard Time - 02.02.02 ] 0530 [ Indian Standard Time ] 1100 [ Australian Eastern Summer Time ] 1300 [ New Zealand Time ] The time is GMT 00:30, 03.02.02. It's February 3, the fourth anniversary of the day the Open Source Initiative <http://www.opensource.org/> coined the term 'open source' as a label for freely published source code <http://www.opensource.org/docs/history.html>. To mark this occasion, r a d i o q u a l i a are launching the first net.radio distribution of the world's most popular open source software - the operating system, Linux. Free Radio Linux is an online and on-air radio station. The sound transmission is a computerised reading of the entire source code used to create the Linux Kernel, the basis of all distributions of Linux. Each line of code is read by an automated computer voice - a speech.bot utility built by r a d i o q u a l i a. The speech.bot's output is encoded into an audio stream, using the open source codec, Ogg Vorbis <http://www.vorbis.com>, and sent out live on the internet. FM, AM and Shortwave radio stations from around the world will also relay the audio stream on various occasions. The Linux kernel contains 4,141,432 millions lines of code. Reading the entire kernel will take an estimated 14253.43 hours, or 593.89 days. Listeners can track the progress of Free Radio Linux by listening to the audio stream, or checking the text-based progress field in the ./listen section of the website <http://www.radioqualia.net/freeradiolinux> ./ BACKGROUND : LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE Since Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds <http://www.cs.Helsinki.FI/u/torvalds/> started development of the operating system, Linux in 1991, the collaborative model of software development has reached profound new heights. Consisting of millions of lines of source code, Linux has been mutated, improved and sent spiraling off into new directions by literally thousands of programmers from all around the world. This is because Torvalds promoted a simple approach to the development of Linux: he made the code available for users of the operating system to read, view and alter. Sharing their ideas on the software and potential improvements was a core part of Torvalds' ethic. Due to the extraordinary success of Linux, the ethic of code sharing has reached new heights of popularity. Code sharing is no longer a process specific to computer science, rather it has become an ideology embraced by business, the computer using public, and a multitude of cultural, artistic and academic sectors. When Linux won one of electronic art's most prestigious prizes, the Prix Ars Electronica <http://prixars.aec.at/history/net/1999/E99net_01.htm> for .net excellence in 1999, Open Source completed its journey from a prosaic functional process to a phenomenon verging on art. ./ FREE RADIO MEETS FREE SOFTWARE In the hierarchy of media, radio reigns. There are more computers than modems, more phones than computers, and more radios than phones. Radio is the closest we have to an egalitarian method of information distribution. Free Radio Linux advocates that radio is the best method for distributing the world's most popular free software. Free Radio Linux is therefore be a networked broadcast system, transmitting on ether-net via open source audio codec, Ogg Vorbis and relayed on AM, Shortwave and FM frequencies, by a collection of ham radio amateurs and radio professionals. Free Radio Linux also continues the tradition of FM 'code stations' of the early-mid eighties. These stations were pirate broadcasters who distributed bootleg software programmes via radio transmitters, allowing early hackers with home computers, such as Sinclair ZX80-81s, Commodore 64s, and Acorns, to demodulate the signal through a modem and run the code. The modern day equivalent, Free Radio Linux, similarly enables anyone with notepad to transcribe the code and utilise it at his or her convenience. ./ TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS To listen to Free Radio Linux online, users must have: - - a computer - - an internet connection - - an MP3 Player - - the Ogg Vorbis codec MP3 players and the Ogg Vorbis codec can be downloaded from the ./listen section of the Free Radio Linux website: <http://www.radioqualia.net/freeradiolinux> Ogg Vorbis is compatible with Linux, Windows and Max OSX operating systems. - --------------> Ogg Vorbis + Icecast Free Radio Linux utilises Ogg Vorbis because it is one of the only open source streaming audio codecs available. Whereas, MP3 is a patented technology (owned by Fraunhofer IIS-A <http://www.iis.fhg.de/>, Thomson, and others ) Ogg Vorbis is a free, open, and unpatented. Encoding is enabled using the free Oddsock DSP plugin for Winamp. This encoder converts the live audio input from the speech.bot into a streaming Ogg Vorbis file. This file is then sent as a 'continuous stream' to the server. Free Radio Linux is served via a Icecast2 <http://www.icecast.org/> server for Unix, located at Montevideo <http://www.montevideo.nl/> in Amsterdam. This server is part of the Open Source Streaming Alliance <http://www.location1.org/ossa/ossa.html>. - --------------> Speech.bot Free Radio Linux is enabled by a speech.bot, which opens each individual page of the Linux kernel and converts the text to speech. Punctuation and special characters are read as Latin Unicode . For example '=' is read as 'equals sign'. ./ CREDITS Free Radio Linux is commissioned by Gallery 9/Walker Art Center <http://www.walkerart.org> with the support of the Jerome Foundation, USA. - - Streaming server provided by Montevideo Time Based Arts, Netherlands. - - website design by Vedran Gulin, mi2lab, Croatia. - - r a d i o q u a l i a would also like to thank : Robert Geus, Virtual Artists, Elizabeth Zimmerman/Kunstradio, Oliver Thuns/radiostudio.org, oddsock.org, Rene Leithof, Michael Jordan/Linux.org, Matthew Leonard/Radio NZ, XS4ALL, Dave Mandl/WMFU, Micz Flor, Ted Byfield, Susan Kennard/Radio 90, Georgie Knight, Chris Barker, Nik Gaffney, Mr.Snow, Brian Proffitt/Linux Today, Jenny Marketou, and Steve Dietz. ./ INFO email: radioqualia@va.com.au ph: +44 20 76841859 URL: http://www.radioqualia.net/freeradiolinux __________________________________________ r a d i o q u a l i a ((o)) f r e q u e n c y s h i f t i n g p a r a d i g m s i n s t r e a m i n g a u d i o radioqualia@va.com.au http://www.radioqualia.va.com.au/ supported by virtual artists (VA) http://www.va.com.au ------------------------------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net