Create a short video remix that explains what Remix Culture means to you. Using video footage from any source, including Public Domain and Creative Commons licensed work, we want you to produce a creative, educational and entertaining video remix that communicates a clear message to a wide audience. The video is to be no shorter than 30 seconds and no longer then 3 minutes in duration.
This contest is open to anyone of any age from any part of the world. The judges are Larry Lessig, Henry Jenkins, Pat Aufderheide, JD Lasica, Kembrew McLeod, Mark Hosler and Luminosity.
The contest will begin in May ’08 and will be open for 1 month. Public Voting will begin in June and will remain open for 2 weeks, after which the best 10 videos will be put forward into the final and the Judging Panel will vote on each one. The winner will be announced in July ’08.
Isral DeBruin sent me this link. Also seen at the World Making Conference last month, presented by Anne Friedberg.
Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an architect at Microsoft Live Labs, architect of Seadragon, and the co-creator of Photosynth, a monumental piece of software capable of assembling static photos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces. Too bad (but of course) it's not available for anything but Windows operating systems.
LOCALLY GROAN - You Have Homework To Do! Ta Da! at UWM Union Theater
On May 8, 2008, The Archaeology of the Recent Future Association presents Locally Groan, You Have Homework To Do! Ta Da! ‐ an evening of new films, videos, and live performance by over 25 local Milwaukee artists. “Locally Grown” screenings, held at the UWM Union Theater, are always free & open to the public. This year’s festival will be a little different in that local artists were asked to complete an “assignment”, and make a new piece especially for the show. So, instead of curating, the curators handed out some homework. Specifically, participants were asked to complete one of two assignments: Using only one 100-foot roll of 16mm film or three minutes of video, create a film and present it with a recorded or live soundtrack. Inspired by Dadaist exquisite corpses and madcap collaborations, the hope is that the assignment's "rules" will create a joyful challenge for the makers as well as inspire an unexpected new piece for us all to enjoy. The results will be revealed at a screening on MAY 8, 2008, in a celebration of our community's ingenuity, sweetness, humor, and talent.
Participating Artists: Jesus Ali, Sam Augustine, Trevor Berman, Jeremy Bessoff, Anne Bisone, Robyn Braun, Ray Chi, Portia Cobb, Brent Coughenour, Jamal Currie, Allison Halter, Kati Katchever, Kelly Kirshtner, Laura Klein, Xav Leplae, Andrea Maio, A. Bill Miller, Erik Peterson, Kate Raney, Mat Rapaport, Joseph Reeves, Ryan Szarnowski, Marc Tasman, Chris Thompson, Renato Umali, Celeste Verhelst, Steve Wetzel
For more information, visit: citizenandneighbor.blogspot.com, or email: citizenandneighbor@gmail.com
Fifteen animated Poetry Everywhere films created by students working with docUWM, a documentary media center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the university's creative writing program, in association with the Poetry Foundation, will debut online and on Transit TV throughout the coming months. Aiming to focus a new generation of filmmakers on poetry as subject matter, the project encouraged film students to read widely from the canon of contemporary poetry and, working closely with poets and scholars, effectively translate poetry to the screen using an array of film and animation techniques. The docUWM films feature a wide range of contemporary poems and poets, including Lucille Clifton's "mulberry fields," Robert Creeley's "The Language," and Lyn Hejinian's "Eleven Eyes."
David's lecture is on Friday 18 April from 7:30-9:00 pm in Curtin 175. He will be discussing his ongoing film project about the Russian Space Program, and will show his work in the special way that only David Wilson can. This is a lecture not to be missed!
Sound Effects: Gender, Race and the Cultural Work of NPR
Via Carol Stabile:
This Friday, April 4: Jason Loviglio, Director of Media and Communications Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County will speak in the History conference room, Holton 341, 3:30-5.
"Sound Effects: Gender, Race and the Cultural Work of NPR"
This talk is sponsored by: the History Department, Cultures and Communities, Journalism & Mass Communication, and Comparative Ethnic Studies. Light refreshments will be served.
Seeing Green: Art, Ecology, and Activism opens Saturday, April 12, 5:00-9:00pm at Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI. Seeing Green encourages artists to leave the confines of the studio and take an active role with the community, to collaborate and address issues of the environment, and to open a dialog with the public. Guest curator Nicolas Lampert invited over 40 local artists to work on a project for the duration of eight months. During the month of April, 2008 the show will be exhibited at Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where the gallery will serve as a hub space, informing the viewer and the public of the many environmental projects taking place throughout the city, exhibiting visual work and books, screening films and holding discussions and events based around the exhibition.
Calendar: Seeing Green opens at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI.) on Saturday, April 12, 2008, 5:00-9:00pm
Additional events: Reading by California author Rebecca Solnit, Sunday, March 30th, 2:00pm
Curator talk by Nicolas Lampert 4:30-6:00 / Film Screening, Wednesday, April 16th, 7:00-9:00pm (Screening of 5 minute films and videos on urban ecology issues by: Lane Hall, Lisa Moline, Lindsay Holden, Brandon Bauer, Ray Chi, Laura Klein, Eddee Daniel, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Spencer Tepper, Zachary Nesgoda). Artist/Scientist/Community Activist talk, Wednesday, April 23rd, 7:00-9:00pm (presentations by Susan Simensky-Bietila, Chris Cornelius, RiverPulse)
Artist/Scientist/Community Activist talk, Wednesday, April 30th, 7:00-9:00pm (presentations by Raoul Deal and Larry Adams; Mary Osmundsen, Andrea Fuentes, Jose’ Medina, Monica Gonzalez and Adolfo Garcia; Lane Hall, Lisa Moline and Dr. Rudi Strickler)
Seeing Green is co-sponsored by UWM Cultures and Communities/Institute for Service Learning Co-Sponsorship Award, the Milwaukee Arts Board, and the Windhover Foundation.
The Atlas Effect: Image Collection and Circulation in Contemporary Art
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 Visiting artist Charles Green talks about The Atlas Effect: Image Collection and Circulation in Contemporary Art at 2:30 pm in the Golda Meir Library (4th floor Conference Center ). Green, associate professor of contemporary art at the University of Melbourne in Australia , will discuss the ways contemporary artists use archives and archival strategies in their work. FREE! More info: www.uwm.edu/Library/News/atlas.html
“Milwaukee Moments” Photo Contest Calls for City’s Most Memorable Snapshots - Winners to be Featured at 162nd City Birthday Party, January 29 -
The Milwaukee Press Club announces a photo contest for the 162nd City of Milwaukee Birthday Party to be held January 29, 2008 at The Pfister Hotel. “No doubt many in our city will be prompted to pull out the shoe box or dust off the photo album to pick out photos that represent the fun times and memorable moments that they’ve had with family and friends in Milwaukee,” said Julie Pedretti, chair of the City Birthday Party committee for The Milwaukee Press Club. “The popularity of electronic photos makes this contest so easy to enter.” Enter Photo Contest at www.MilwaukeeMoments.com Residents and media can view contest rules and entry instructions on the contest Web site: www.MilwaukeeMoments.com. Submissions must be uploaded electronically. All FedEx/Kinko’s locations throughout Metro Milwaukee are available to scan photos and assist residents in submitting their snapshots. “Images have always been a powerful storytelling tool and our modern-day version of the folk tale,” said Pedretti. “Photos shared by those who were there often play a role in defining key moments in Milwaukee’s history. This year, the Milwaukee Press Club would like its members and the community of Milwaukee to celebrate that role.”
