CFC Media Lab community newsletter
< April, 2008 >
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Table of Contents
1.) CFC Media Lab Events
2.) CFC Media Lab Updates
3.) Alumni Updates
4.) Local and non-local Events, Calls & Deadlines 5.) Jobs 6.) Workshops
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We know a lot of you are doing amazing things and would love to hear about it! For those of you who haven’t filled out the annual survey yet please take a couple of minutes to complete it and let us know what you are up to.
iPod Touch contest has been extended! Please fill out the survey to be entered.
Thank you so much to the people who have already sent in their surveys! You are all automatically entered in the draw.
http://www.cfcmedialab.com/survey
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ New Residents + Drinks = Super-fun Party
IAEP Spring 2008 Meet the New Residents Party
They are all awesome. You are all awesome. What could be more fun than to network with other awesome people? That’s right. Not much. Come on down to The Central on April 24 to meet our new residents and have a drink.
Venue: The Central, 603 Markham Street in Mirvish Village
Date / Time: April 24, 8pm – 1am
Map: http://www.thecentral.ca/info.php
www.thecentral.ca <http://www.thecentral.ca>
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We have another fantastic group of resident for the Spring 2008 session. Their interests and skills range from theatre, music and sound art, programming, wireless networks, wearable textiles, film, interactive art, writing and on and on….They are:
Angella Mackey
Deiren Masterson
Jefferson Wright
Nicholas Longstaff
Patrick Dinnen
Rea McNamara
If you want to find out more about who these phenomenal people are please see attached bios.
Some of their extracurricular activities include:
Moonshine Cabaret w/ DJ ree raw [Rea McNamara]
Every Friday @ Margret (2952 Dundas W - near Pacific Ave.)
More?
A weekly Friday night party spinning post post post post-genre that
Junction asses have shaken to since Dec ‘07. Yeah, we’ve been around.
Also a low-fi fashionista dead supermodels tribute night. Depends on
your ready-to-wear, could possibly be none of the above. Choose your
own adventure.
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Fall 2007 Session Update
The Prototype Preview for the Fall 2007 IAEP residents was a great success, despite the howling storm that decided to descend that night! Three prototypes were presented and have received quite a bit of attention already! Two of the prototypes are in talks with prominent industry players who would like to take the prototypes to exhibit or to market. As well, at several of these recent alumni have landed jobs in the industry. Congratulations are in order for all the hard work they put in during the last session and also for the successes they have begun to rack up!
The prototypes are:
TRANSPORTED delivers a series of video and sound clips, which posit public transportation as a “third space” – a space that is neither home nor work, but where people spend an important part of their lives. These clips are found stories of encounters on public transit, and illuminate the quick insight people have into each other when they travel together. This project aims to convey that commuting can be an adventure, an occasion for human contact and romance. The clips are available for broadcast, podcasts, downloading or will be seen on interactive screens mounted in public spaces.
Created by: Isabella Stefanescu & Carlo Ghioni
Mytime is a set of physical objects that integrates with your computer to represent time. Each object has programmable characteristics that allow it to function in many different ways. Invent new possibilities to display time. Vary the combination for different effects.
Created by: Simone Maurice, Andrew Mallis, Ulysses Castellanos, Genevieve Godin, Tristen Brown
Greenwave is a facebook application that encourages and facilitates cooperative participation in environmentally friendly team challenges. Greenwave users invite their friends to join them in a commitment to simple actions that make a positive improvement on the environment. Visualizations that illustrate the collective impact of users’ cooperative action will demonstrate that small steps are making a positive impact on the environment. Challenges range from taking your reusable mug along with you to the coffee shop, to boycotting plastic and paper bags in favor of cloth ones, to giving up the car for your commute to work. It is our hope that by participating in our challenges, users will have fun changing their lifestyle for the environmental good and inspire others to ride the green wave.
Created by: Zan Chandler, Elliot Woolner, Sharon Rotman
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INFP – Late Fragment
“Brilliantly atmospheric, beautifully and lyrically made, “Late Fragment” might’ve been a strong movie, even without the interactive element. As it stands, it could be the prototype for a new kind of narrative experience, that is, if the viewer is up for the challenge. My guess is we’ll be hearing a lot about this movie in the months ahead, as it premieres worldwide on DVD this June or July.”
blog.jaman.com/?p=383
Late Fragment is continuing to receive high accolades as it tours film and interactive festivals worldwide including Whistler Film Festival, Victoria Film Festival, and Kingston Film Festival and Nuit Blanche Montreal. It recently had its US premiere at SxSW in Autin Texas and will be the headliner of the Future Films programme at the 01 Festival in San Jose, California.
MONGREL MEDIA has picked up Late Fragment for domestic distribution and are looking at a DVD release date of July 2008.
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CFC Media Lab Staff
Elliot Woolner is a recent addition to the CFC Media Lab roster. Before graduating from the IAEP Fall 2007 session, he attended the University of Waterloo, where he earned a Bachelor of Mathematics, majoring in Computer Science. He has a wide range of experience as both a software developer and quality assurance specialist. In addition to currently working part time at the CFC, Elliot is developing applications for Facebook, making Web 2.0 and Social Network Platforms the focus of his research and work.
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ALUMNI UPDATES
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Congratulations to IAEP Alumni Smiley Guy Studios
[www.oddjobjack.com] who recently won the Canadian Film and Television Producers Indie Award for Best Convergent New Media!
This was the first annual celebration of Canadian independent producers in film, television, and new media recognized outstanding Canadian producer achievement in ten categories of the film, television and new media industry.
The awards ceremony was the launch event for the CFTPA’s Prime Time in Ottawa - a must-attend industry event with over 600 delegates from all regions of the country. Sold-out each year, Prime Time in Ottawa plays host a broad cross-section of the production industry, as well as broadcasters, distributors, exhibitors, cable and satellite providers, government officials and the national media.
www.cftpa.ca
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IAEP Alumnus ANDREW MALLIS will be exhibiting an artwork as part of the:
5th TORONTO TIMERAISER
HOSTED BY AVI LEWIS
SATURDAY APRIL 5th, 2008
DISTILLERY DISTRICT, FERMENTING CELLAR
DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 PM
PLEDGE WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD (MIN. 20 HOURS)
GOAL IS TO RAISE 7,500 COMMUNITY HOURS!
To find out more….
http://www.timeraiser.ca/en/Toronto-2008
http://www.frameworkfoundation.ca
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++LOCAL & non_local EVENTS, CALLS & DEADLINES
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OGRES, HALFLINGS, NIGHT ELVES AND CHUCK NORRIS
Eddo Stern
Curated by Pablo de Ocampo and Dana Samuel
In conjunction with the 21st annual Images Festival
April 4- May 3, 2008
Opening Reception Friday, April 4, 8pm onward
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, 9 Ossington Avenue, Toronto
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BreakIT! at FITC Toronto: The Design + Technology Festival
April 19 - 22, 2008, Toronto Hilton, Toronto, Canada
Break your tools. Break your patterns. Break the norm. Break the standards.
New to this year’s program is the FITC “Get-A-Job” event, which takes place Saturday, April 19th at the Toronto Hilton. The Get-A-Job event is open to the general public (no festival pass required) and is organized to connect up-and-coming designers and developers with top Interactive agencies and technology companies. For more information, go to http://www.fitc.ca/getajob.
This is the 7th year for the three-day festival, which also includes a kick-ass Awards show, a speakers’ series devoted to experimental art and programming, a large scale interactive art exhibit as well as some very cool parties.
For more information, or to register, go to http://www.fitc.ca/toronto <http://www.fitc.ca/toronto> .
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Apr. 14 | First deadline for the Android Developer Challenge.
Want to develop applications for Google’s new Android mobile phone platform and make a cool $275,000? Google has put $10 million into a competition to do just that - develop a lot of original cool apps that are highly functional as well as usable. The apps need to access core Android functionality like location-based services, accelerometer and always-on networking. More info at code.google.com/android/adc.html
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Apr. 25 | Deadline to apply to the Product Assistance component of the Canada New Media Fund (CNMF).
This fund provides conditionally repayable advances for the development, production and marketing of Canadian interactive digital cultural content products - in both official languages - that are intended for the general public. See telefilm.gc.ca.
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Bend Over and Submit to InterAccess!
An Open Call for Recent Graduates!
Deadline: Friday April 25th, 2008.
Let us tie you up in an exhibition this summer. Submissions are now being accepted for the 8th annual Emerging Artists’ Exhibition. Since 2001, InterAccess has mounted an annual Emerging Artists’ Exhibition showcasing new media works by post-secondary students and/or recent graduates. This initiative aims to provide students and recent graduates with professional experience and exposure.
We are looking for submissions of electronic, interactive and new media work, including works related to artistic genres such as sculpture, installation, video and performance. Preference may be given to submissions exploring the relationship and/or interaction between human intimacy and technology, although due to the fluidity of an open call the theme is responsive and the curator develops an exhibition related to the submissions received.
www.interaccess.org
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Fresh Ground New Works
Harbourfront Centre’s National Commissioning Programme
Recognizing that some of the most creative and fascinating work being produced across the country today is the result of artists working in different ways and through non-traditional collaborations, as part of our 30th anniversary celebrations in 2004, we launched an exciting legacy programme entitled Fresh Ground new works: funding which aims to be the catalyst for new, collaborative artistic creations incorporating more than one discipline or field, to be presented or installed here at Harbourfront. With the generous support of several individual donors and the Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Fund, Harbourfront Centre has committed $200,000 toward the creation of a total of ten new, collaborative, multi-disciplinary, Canadian works to date.
This year, Harbourfront Centre is pleased to issue the third Call for Submissions for Fresh Ground new works. Thanks once again to the support of our donors and the Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Fund, a maximum of five separate projects will be selected to receive $20,000 each toward their creation and presentation during Harbourfront Centre’s 2009/2010 season.
For more information: http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/noflash/freshground/index.php
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Healthcare Perspectives on Digital Storytelling Retreat
May 20-22, 2008
Digital Storytelling is emerging throughout the world as a powerful tool for effectively capturing and sharing stories within the health sector. Many successful and innovative programs for implementing storytelling are underway, but not all are widely known or shared. Join us at a retreat to provide an opportunity for digital storytelling practises to be shared with and amongst health care practitioners, researchers, patients and policy makers. CDS Director Joe Lambert, Canadian Associate Michelle Spencer, and Patient Voices’ Pip Hardy from the UK will lead the dialogue. The goals of this retreat are to highlight initiatives throughout the world using digital stories in their work, bring together policy makers and health providers to build a community of health practitioners interested in partnering and supporting the work of digital storytelling. Provide a very practical and logistical understanding of digital storytelling to those interested in program implementation. The retreat will be held at Bowen Lodge by the Sea on Bowen Island. Located just a twenty minute ferry ride from West Vancouver’s Horseshoe Bay, Bowen Island offers quiet surroundings for boating, fishing, walking, kayaking and beach combing. Downtown Bowen Island is home to over 400 local artists and many galleries. www.bowenlodgebythesea.com <http://www.bowenlodgebythesea.com <http://www.bowenlodgebythesea.com> >
Cost: $595/per person includes registration, accommodation and meals
For more information: please contact Michelle Spencer michelle@storycenter.org. To register: workshop@storycenter.org <mailto:workshop@storycenter.org>
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With more than 200 stories (and more being uploaded every week) and forum discussions on everything from microphone recommendations to tips for recruiting youth for workshops, Stories for Change <http://www.storiesforchange.net <http://www.storiesforchange.net> > has become a dynamic community of digital storytellers from around the world! If you haven’t visited in awhile, please take a moment to stop by, check out some of our latest additions, share some tips and/or questions on the forum, or even upload a new story.
We are celebrating a part of a new initiative at Stories for Change <http://storiesforchange.net/ <http://storiesforchange.net/> > of sharing stories on particular themes, to coincide with various international days and celebrations. The goal of this initiative is to highlight both the diversity of voices on the site and the common social justice threads going on in the world of digital storytelling today. Through the initiative, we will be working to connect with other organization’s doing work on specific social justice issues and encourage them to become involved in the Stories for Change <http://storiesforchange.net/ <http://storiesforchange.net/> > community. For more information, please email: laura@storycenter.org.
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CivicActions Seeks Geeks for Good!
CivicActions is growing and we’re seeking passionate, talented and
creative team members to empower our clients - organizations actively
making the world a better place using Drupal in innovative and impactful
ways.
We’re out to protect the environment, advance peace, improve public
health, promote education, champion social and economic justice and
increase human potential. In short, we’re here to empower change in the
world using our knowledge, insight and artistry.
Our client list tells you the kinds of things that are important to us:
Amnesty International, the Witness Video Hub, SolveClimate, Mother
Jones, the Democratic Party, Jim Hightower, the ACLU and the Free
Software Foundation among many others.
We are actively seeking people who want to work from anywhere and as
much as they want (10-15/hrs per week minimum), who are committed to
doing great work for great clients, and who’ll join us in “being the
change” in the process.
Who we’d like to meet:
Project Managers
Drupal Developers / Web Engineers
Application Specialist (able to interface w/ clients, recommend and
configure modules & content types, etc.)
Themers
QA Engineers
Visual Designers specializing in Web 2.0 design. 2.1, anyone?
We’ve got an exciting pipeline of projects (there’s a whole lotta change
going on!), so get in touch with us today! Visit us at
http://www.civicactions.com/jobs <http://www.civicactions.com/jobs>
CivicActions Seeks Geeks for Good!
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Upcoming Workshops at the Rich Media Institute in Toronto
Our mission is to educate designers, developers and marketers in the rich media industry about the capabilities, software tools, best practices and technologies for the professional creation of digital media.
Rich media technologies and software have redefined business, entertainment, and personal communications. Our goal is to train developers to produce and deliver content that engages people anywhere at anytime. We constantly push the boundaries of the digital universe. As an institute we provide leadership in software education. We recognize and celebrate excellence in digital media development.
RMI Toronto was founded by industry leader Shawn Pucknell, Director of FITC Events <http://www.fitc.ca/> . RMI Toronto workshops are held at Element156 <http://element156.com/> , the digital media center in Kensington Market in downtown Toronto, Canada.
For more information, course descriptions and ticket sales, please see our website www.richmediainstitute.com or email jackie@richmediainstitute.com
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Registration is now open for the InterAccess Interactive Art Workshop Series: Ag Edition
WORKSHOPS FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL, 2008
InterAccess’s Interactive Art Workshop Series provides artists with the tools needed to begin exploring the creative uses of technology. Participants gain a solid technical foundation for realizing their artistic vision. Our workshops demonstrate how a computer can communicate with and integrate visuals, audio and electronics. InterAccess emphasizes production strategies for artworks that take place in real space and real time, including performance, interactive installation, audio, video, and kinetic or robotic sculpture and installation.
See interaccess.org for more information about these workshops.
ALUMNUS: ANITA DORON
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