Dear list,
I thought the announcement below would be of some interest to list
members. This device, while it is for building electronic art, is an
interesting project not just for the end product it will produce but
for the mode of production. The project will be produced by local
and remote participants with the technical knowledge to do so, but in
deep collaboration and consultation with the user community -
artists. Some questions curators and presenters might pose: Should
presenters/curators also be collaborators during the production
process of this tool? Would a device such as this, that enables the
rapid prototyping of art works, be useful for curators to envision
final results? Is it a tool that could become standard equipment in
galleries and museums? In general, how does the GPL/open source
paradigm affect curators and collectors?
Best,
Michelle Kasprzak
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Calling all artists, educators, engineers and copyleft interventionists:
The Art Interface Device (AID) is a microprocessor platform for building
electronic installation art. It is a device that allows artists to
process a variety of inputs and outputs for use in interactive
installation and performance artworks.
All are invited to attend the an information session about the Art
Interface Device on Thursday, January 24 2002 at 7 PM, EST. The meeting
will be held at InterAccess, which is located at 401 Richmond St. W,
Suite 444, Toronto, Canada. We are very interested in having remote
participants involved in this project. You can join our meeting via
the iVisit conferencing software. Get the set-up and timezone details at:
http://www.interaccess.org/aid/ivisit.html
The associated AID web site will serve as a library of "worked" solutions
to common electronic sensing, control and interfacing requirements. From
this site the AID user community can download and contribute instructions,
parts lists, circuit diagrams and other information relevant to the
creation of electronic art.
The AID system will be distributed under the General Public License and
developed by the AID user community - that means you!
This information session will present the AID concept, recruit people
interested in creating, developing, and using this tool, and initiate the
project production cycle.
More detailed information is available at http://www.interaccess.org/aid/
AID is a project of InterAccess - Electronic Media Arts Centre, and is
funded by the Canada Council.
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