metabiosis

‘hello process’ lectures: in rand() we trust!
13 March 2008, 20.00 - 22.30
Sign, Winschoterkade 10, Groningen
Guests: Florian Cramer, Arie Altena, Adger Stokvisch, Aymeric Mansoux, and Marloes de Valk

During this evening we will be questioning the nature and purpose of generative art. With 4 lectures and an open talk, we investigate whether or not generative art is indeed an art form or just a technique. Is it possible to make a distinction between generative processes, applications of generative processes and generative processes as a conceptual ground for software art? Does the term generative art apply to screen savers, alife, fractal art,, conceptual software/code art and poetry alike? Is it even important to make this distinction? The term generative art has been around for a while now, and is applied to extremely diverse works and opposite artistic approaches. No more! It’s time to fork! (again!)

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Openlab Groningen
11, 13, 18, 20, 25 and 27 March 2008
between 14.00 and 18.00
Sign, Winschoterkade 10, Groningen
Costs: free!

Join us for 6 afternoon sessions of Openlab Groningen! The Openlab is a workspace equipped with 6 workstations running a wide variety of open source software for artists and designers. The goal of the lab is to kick start a community in Groningen that brings together local artists/designers/programmers that work with or are interested to work with open source software.

Special session 13th of March: Dave Griffiths’ crash course Fluxus!!! http://www.pawfal.org/dave

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Workshop ‘Hello Process’
5-6-7 March 2008
10:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 17:00
Sign, Winschoterkade 10, Groningen, NL
Costs: Free!

Chaos theory, finite state machines, randomness, entropy, non linear systems and non deterministic automata, l-systems, self-similar series, recursions and iterations. WTF? LOLZ

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Some sites to look at during the workshop:

iteration and recursion in design: http://www.theverymany.net
l-systems: http://www.chriscoyne.com/wordpress
l-systems in architecture: http://www.mh-portfolio.com/L_Systems/lsi.html
fractals in design: http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/invaderfractal
particles: http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/bubblechamber/index.php
automata: http://www.solaas.com.ar/dreamlines/
alife: http://blog.metaphorical.net/page-plankton
chaos in crafts: http://www.generatorx.no/tag/chaos

Metabiosis will visit the sign gallery in Groningen (NL) from the 3rd of March til the 3rd of April 2008. The project we’ll be developing there is called hello process. We’ll be working on a new installation and are planning a series of public events in the gallery: a workshop on generative and algorithmic art, 6 Openlab sessions, a lecture evening and a final presentation. We’ll post more news soon!

This Wednesday, December 19th, we’re presenting the work and research we did this fall during our residency at Waag Society on the meshy project. If you can’t make it there is a stream produced by KillerTV, and if you can make it, there are some drinks ;)

Date: 19 December 2007, 8 pm.
Location: Theatrum Anatomicum, Waag Society, Nieuwmarkt 4, 1012 CR, Amsterdam.

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