[PD-announce] Linux/PD workshop in Amsterdam

[derek holzer]

Places are filling up fast, but I wanted to post this one more time to 
the list.... last chance! --derek
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Amsterdam: Workshop -- Open Source Multimedia Tools

10 t/m 13 april 2003

Costs: 100,- [Contact: marloes at montevideo.nl ]

Max Participants: 25
Bring your own laptop or use machines from the medialab at Montevideo.

Guests: Guenter Geiger, Andrey Savitsky, Iohannes Zmoelnig, Johannes 
Taelman, Thomas Musil and Derek Holzer


This workshop will focus on Open Source software for the real-time 
manipulation of audio and video. The dual package of Pure Data and GEM, 
offer a complete set of tools for sound, multimedia and VJ purposes. 
Topics will include: real-time audio and video processing, creating a 
custom user-interface, using and creating external objects, an overview 
of other free and open source audio and video tools for Linux.


Discussion and presentation workshop

Sunday April 13

15.00 hrs

Admission: free

A discussion on open source software versus commercial software, the 
artistic use of multimedia tools and the future of open source. After 
the discussion a short presentation of the workshop will take place.

Participants: Robert de Geus, Derek Holzer, Guenter Geiger, Andrey 
Savitsky, Iohannes Zmoelnig, Thomas Musil, Johannes Taelman + others TBA

Links:

Montevideo/ Netherlands Media Arts Institute
http://www.montevideo.nl/

PD
http://iem.at/pd/
http://www.pure-data.org/

GEM
http://gem.iem.at/

Demudi
http://www.demudi.org/

Guenter Geiger
http://gige.xdv.org/

Andrey Savitsky
http://www.hhtp.org/

IOhannes Zmoelnig
http://gem.iem.at/

Johannes Taelman
http://www.ipem.rug.ac.be/staff/johannes/johannes.html
http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~jtaelman/

Thomas Musil
http://iem.at/pd/iemlib/

Derek Holzer
http://acoustic.space.re-lab.net/lab/
http://www.gracies.org/derek/
http://karosta.edworks.net/


Details:


----thurs april 10:
-introduction PD, GEM: installation, configuration, learning your way 
around, focus on data structures, tables + audio
-introduction DeMuDi: installation, basic configuration, package overview
-discussion: other open-source audio-visual tools: various packages + DeMuDi

----fri april 11:
-intermediate PD, GEM: making instruments, various libraries, live 
processing, focus on matrices + video
-intermediate DeMuDi: more configuration, Jack, Ardour, Ecasound [other 
important sound apps?]
-discussion: working artists who use open source tools

---sat april 12:
-advanced PD, GEM: "patchmanship" [creating efficient + usable patches], 
new user interfaces, using and creating externals, networking with OSC
-advanced DeMuDi: advanced configuration, getting the bugs out, 
Cinerella/Broadcast + other video tools
-discussion: hardware "reclaimation"--old hardware, game/portable 
hardware [PDA, XBox, mobile phone..? etc], ultrasound, sonar, 
accelerometers...

---sun april 13:
-discussion: "open source: it just tastes better" [overview of open 
source multimedia philosphy + tools for general audience]
-open source jam: participants and guests rock out with ideas worked on 
over past 3 days. not a "performance", just informal + fun!