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Hi, I hope this project will be of interest to the list and is within the etiquette of such posts. Field Broadcast West is a project by the artists Rebecca Birch and Rob Smith that we have helped to fund through Creative Citizen initiative at Bournemouth University. Originally established with SCAN, this is an element of some research into the development of the software by artists that can then be used in a variety of contexts from citizen media to citizen science, as well as the arts. In addition to practical help by directly assisting those working in the difficult field of media arts in the UK at this time, the project seeks to find sustainable and socially engaged new media practices that stand in their own right as well as providing models for engagements by scientists and journalists to help communities create their own public policy documents. The project as a whole is a collaboration with the Extreme Citizen Science Research Centre at UCL. We believe this kind of innovative work can go beyond any political byline of 'big society' (UK Coalition Government speak for cutting state services underpinned by the so-called radical thinking of red conservative Phillip Blonde). Creative thinking through new media, open tools, systems and networks can potentially lead to ways of giving voice to remote, unconnected and unrepresented in our society, creating documents, data and evidence as we see a shift towards open societal models of participation. It might not be what they are expecting, but as they asked, we should oblige. So in the spirit of participation and as professionals interested in new media arts audience, if you want to receive some live unscheduled broadcasts care of Field Broadcast West direct to your computer desktop or laptop - simply download the widget. See details below. Please feel free to forward. We hope you enjoy. Best regards, Neal White Associate Professor Director of Experimental Media Research Group - Emerge The Media School Bournemouth University Tel: 0044 (0)1202 961452 [log in to unmask] Room W202 ********************* Field Broadcast West: Seven Sunsets LIVE from 21st July- 2nd August 2011 Broadcasting Artists are: Bram Thomas Arnold, Sarah Bowker-Jones, Dan Coopey, Hamilton and St Amand, Steve Rowell of Office of Experiments, Matthew Tickle and Dan Walwin Field Broadcast West offers viewers the opportunity to experience seven artists’ work broadcast live to your computer desktop, direct from the remote landscapes in which they are being created. The seven artists will create new works in response to the curatorial theme of sunsets. This familiar, and valuable currency in landscape art, tourist iconography and advertising, experienced through picture postcards, travel brochures and throughout art history will be re- examined through the prism of twenty-first century technology. To view the broadcasts from the seven artists you will need to do download the Field Broadcast pinger from our website www.fieldbroadcast.org install the software and make sure you have your computer switched on at sunset! The Seven broadcasts will be made during the 13 days, the exact days will not be announced- you will have to be there! You can however follow us on Twitter @fieldbroadcast http://twitter.com/fieldbroadcast This series of broadcasts is made possible through commissioning by Creative Citizen Project in association with Emerge - the Experimental Media Research Group at Bournemouth University. Part of the Digital Hub, the project seeks to help support sustainable citizen arts, media and science projects and to develop creative social capital and enterprise in remote communities through digital media. Field Broadcast is developed and produced by artists Rebecca Birch and Rob Smith. Launched in 2010 as part of Wysing Arts Contemporary: Presents at Wysing Art Centre, Cambridge. It was presented live through the field broadcast software and in the gallery. Field Broadcast has featured over forty artists including Ed Atkins, Susan Collins, Juan Cruz, Sean Edwards, Simon Faithfull and Laura Wilson. Field Broadcast is a live broadcasting network/ project/ platform/ contraption that enables artists to make artworks that forge a direct link between the place they are broadcasting from and their audience. For further information please contact: [log in to unmask] / 07719976830 Follow us on Twitter via twitter.com/fieldbroadcast Rob Smith www.robsmith.me.uk [log in to unmask] 2 Castle Farm Cottages Castle St Ongar CM5 9JT This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. 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