web 3.0

i just came across a semantic media wiki... so here is the link ...

elevate2008

heeello out there!

i know its far too late by now, but the elevate festival took place this last weekend in graz and - as always - it was a wonderful weekend... and it will be coming back next year for sure!

so it is a 4 days festival combining electronic music, digital media and up-to-date political issues. besides the sonic seduces you'll get to see and hear incredible people talk on stage, like percy schmeiser the nobelprice winner or get first hand tips and tricks from musicians and visualists, how to do the first steps in music or visuals.

it has been  really well-rounded 4 days of new influences and people... there is always  a very special atmosphere around the city while such festivals take place. graz as a very artistic not too arty-farty, its decent and for this rather small city pretty impressive though. so suddenly the city gets international - usually this happens only during the holiday, when the city is packed with tourists... but now in autumn its rather quiet and it got pretty cold as well the last last days, very typical austrian autumn weather, rainy, cloudy, grey and cold...

but it didn't keep festival people from elevating! ;)

first two days have been free of entrance fee. wednesday we saw amazing bands. locals started off first was mimu, a great sort of 'one-girl-show', she took us through loves funeral with stunning melodies, vioce and visuals. 

second was another local act, more a poppy electronic music, followed by the fuckbuttons. music-wise complete other direction but really great, very noisy and freaked out - very cool!

felix kubin completed the evening with an undanceable set and clara moto another local act finished the night!

MTV - digital heores

tv-tip! ;)
it's about video and online games and it's heroes... quite interesting ..... lots of interviews with gamers, designers.... etc... eg. assassin's creed producer: jade raymond....

if you are interested in watching and missed the air-date you can find all the videos on mtv.de!

augartenfest 08

every year I´m looking forward to spend my time with my friends at the location, which is called augarten to enjoy the "augartenfest". There are lots of fantasic bands and singers, if you get it just to listen the music and enjoy the summer time. I hope the wheater will be nice, but in real I don´t care about it. So its coming closer and closer it will be a grat time, I´m sure...

la strada

La Strada 2008 1 to 9 of August 2008

Well of course the other 51 weeks aren’t bad either. There’s always your birthday or a holiday after all, you can look forward to family get-togethers and the UEFA cup. But this one particular week… It’s special. At least I think so. Exactly, must put it into my diary right away. Now, where’s my 2008 diary? Bother, where have I put it this time ... Ah yes, there, thank God. So: 1st to the 9th of August 2008, LA STRADA

first of all the text wasn´t written by me, if are you interested in turn to page http://www.lastrada.at/

there you can find bit more information about the festival of music includied theatre and dance

digital ethnography

http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/



this is michael wenschs blog for ethnology classes at kansas universtiy.
we have seen on of the outcomes of this class today and i wanted to add the blog link here - as i think the work is really great.
in his class are more than 200 students each year and its hard to imagine how they organized their work on the video and research, and keep constantly good quality!

it is worth checking out and in addition it keeps you up-dated on current new media stuff....

how to leave a comment

kurzer wegweiser, wie du hier einen kommentar hinterlassen kannst!

1. klicke auf den link 'comment' den du im grauen feld unter jedem beitrag im blog finden kannst - es öffnet sich ein neues fenster 'leave your comment'
2. kommentar ins kleine fenster schreiben,
   
3. nach dem schreiben des kommentars,
4. diese kryptischen buschstaben eintippen dann
5. am besten 'name/URL' wählen und deinen namen eingeben, oder gmail account oä angeben
6. dann 'publish post' klicken,
7. im fenster einscheint dann die meldung
   Your comment has been saved and will be visible after blog owner approval.

so sollts funktionieren!

Gruppenarbeit

wir wünschen euch viel spaß beim schmökern!!!!!


bei fragen oder problemen sind wir gerne für euch da!!


eure comments könnt ihr gleich an den entsprechenden beitrag hängen oder hier kommentieren.

vielen danke!

g24

if you want to know what's going on in the cultural underground in graz - like music, art, or even politics you are in the right place at g24.at!
it's a web community from/in graz and it's based on a discussion board and calendar mainly.
basically the idea was to provide all sorts of information about events in graz... but as it is a community, also the community members are contributors, authors, journalists, reviewer, etc.
the calendar involved is a real pleasure! at a single glance you can check all upcoming events, art exhibitions, concerts, discussion, and so on taking place in and around graz.
and this huge community is participating a lot on this board and eager to keep everything updated.
last year in the beginning of june g24 organized their 5th birthday party, based on open discussions on the board, brainstorming about bands, djs, visuals, etc.... of course it was a 24 hour party - what else ;)
and here is the cake ..... and happy birthday ;)

netlabels

a lot of young, solo-artists especially doing electonic music are releasing their stuff on a netlabel. the advantage of netlabels are on both sides the artist/label and listeners. artists don't have to pay a fortune to get a record, neither does the label. only a few graphic designs like a cover and that's it! and as everthing is on the web the music is accessible all over the world without distributors - the most difficult thing .....
the listener can download the mp3 or whole album for free and enjoy listening!
an

as you might notice, there is not a lot of money to earn with that, so more likley people with an diy attidute are involved in these kind of releasing.
but alot of downloads are always good recommendation.

find one of many examples above:
simon/off is an electronic music artist from graz releasing on plainaudio!

kultur macht mensch!

only a few days ago this poster campaign was started in graz - so you might have already noticed the billboard!
styrian artists, organizers, associations, and art houses got together and want to draw attention to the awkward financial situation for culture and art in styria/austria.

in general a good idea, it just makes me suspicious if the big houses like "grazer oper", "list halle", "la strada" are taking part in these campaigns - because they definitly already get a lot of fundings.

web 3.0

an interesting find during my research!

first i thought it's just a typing mistake or a joke 3.0 what the hell!!!! ?????

BUT ..... seek and you will find!

mr. tim berners-lee, right here in the picture, inventor of the world wide web researching at MIT, takes it further.....
web 3.0 or the semantic web is going to be the next step......
honestly i came across this obscure 'thing' through a real fun event called 'powerpoint karaoke' ...... people are coming to this event, willing to present infront of the rest of the audience some never seen before powerpoint slides - of course their is also alcohol involved ;)
and one of these ppt was titeled web 3.0
and here you can find the slides

more helpful could be watching the interview with tim berners-lee ... the idea is not so difficult to understand, it is about 'clever' web ≈ connecting information according to my interest , like google giving me the exact result for my research.....

http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

last.fm

last.fm is a prime example for what social web can do!
like on myspace artists can design their own webpages and upload music. fans are able to get in touch with the band or other fans.... you can tag your favorites and create your own radio station... lovley ;)

at the show

the world wide web is especially helpful for small underground youth cultures, and one of these is the hardcore scene.
while in the early years of hardcore tours have been booked via telephone or writing letters with people who are close to each other, physically, emotionally etc.
today every kid who is interested in hardcore and participating in the scene can join easily through this tight knitted social network!
now it is possible to do a simple fanzine online with some friends and people all over the world would have access. or just like a few kids in austria – you can put your pictures from the show online!
the kids in this case started with little knowledge about photography, but wanted to fetch the moment of action, feelings and emotions in such concerts. and till now they have been grown to excellent photographers, traveling through europe, taking pictures at hardcore shows – nice, isn't it?? ;)

euro 2008

well, its not about art.... as you can guess from the picture it is about soccer!
soccer is right now the most interesting event in austria - not for everyone, but it is just simply everywhere!
we can watch and hear discussions on football and related topics like sex-work, nationalism, hooligans, homophobia etc.
and this blog is covering some of the topic from a rather critical, and cynical point of view. the bloggers put together a collection of video and audio material, wrote posts and did some research_______________also interesing if you are not into football!

cast your art

a stunning interview with marten spangberg, he is talking about his perfermance 'slow fall'

mtv rar blog

here the link to mtv's 'rock am ring' live blog... nice picture and a lot of background information....

politcamp graz 2008

assembly Das Designfestival in Graz

may of 30th - june of 6th 2008

assembly, the styrian design festival, is happening for the 5th consecutive time already. It was initialized to offer national along with international designers a presentation platform. Consistent development and realization secured a continual growth of participants and visitors alike. Throughout the years interesting contents and developments were offered to the audience. This year assembly set its goal to revive Annenstrasse (which used to be THE shopping street besides Herrengasse) starting at Kunsthaus and extending all the way to central station. Temporary shops and an extensive surrounding program are planned to achieve this objective. Furthermore assembly will be one of the leit-projects for the title ‚city of design’ which will be awarded by UNESCO.

Designzone Annenstraße, GrazFashion Design – Product Design – Graphic Design – Architecture - Art

www.assembly-festival.at

gill egender

eGender: Gill Kirkup: Viewing the elearning landscape through the lens of gender

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Gill Kirkup (Institute of Educational Technology Open University, Milton Keynes):
In Universities we are busy dealing with the impact of elearning tools and pedagogies on our students and our staff and our knowledge domains. We know that elearning can create opportunities; we worry that it also creates barriers. But who benefits and who is disadvantaged is not yet clear. In this new higher education landscape the complexities of gender can be overlooked because our attention is fully occupied with new structures, technologies, practices, markets, and too few resources. Women students, on the other hand, don’t cause us worry; overall they appear to be performing well. However, it is possible to lose the gender equality gains that have been achieved in the last thirty years in the complexities of change. In this lecture I will argue that the new elearning landscape needs to be examined through the lens of gender. I will review what is known about women’s access to, and use of the technologies of elearning, and relate this to what we know about gender and higher education. I will discuss how gender mainstreaming principles can be integrated into good practices in the design and delivery of elearning, to increase the opportunities for all.


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'krocha'

well 'krochen' is the brand-new youth phenomenon in austria, to be geographicaly more precise 'wr. neustadt' and the suburbs of vienna, but spreading around. but against the common assumption this penomenon was not born in viennas suburbs, but this culture found a very special apperance in this region. in other european countries this style is known as jumpstyle or hardstyle and first appeared in belgium.

the jumpstyler are my no. 1 media konstruct 2008!
i think it is just amazing how fast this style flooded europe and parts of asia

devices

in contrast to interfaces i will use the term devices for super-cool technics like an iphone/ipod touch, nokia communicator etc... which provides internet access where ever you are, which means you are carrying the web in your pocked (i guess a quote by an apple engineer)
most of these include some calendar applications, e-mail apps and webbrowser and much more, so actually you are able to surfe the net - just like on a laptop - on the bus, in classroom, at a friends place, in a bar or on the toilett, reading news, latest blog entries, check dates or lecture information and even download documents - brave new world!!!

to stop infiltrating your consumers mind .... there could also occure some technical challanges - as you need data for all sorts of operating systems ....

some studies show, that people who are useing this kind of devices are more active in microblogging or blogging anyways....

interfaces

interfaces are a 'super-hero' topic for me ;)
i don't really know how these things work - from a technical perspective and i guess this makes it much more interesting to me.
if i'm talking about interfaces i now mean gadgets to make music with, so this could be a simple touch-pad in all different sorts of apperance, but the more interesting 'instruments' are interfaces responding to light, vibrations and body movements..... like a theremin ... wow!!!

i am working on a relation to our main content - besides technological development blablabla..

just click on the pic and find some damn cool examples!

e_gender & e_education lectures

these lectures are a result of the project called delta 3 in 2006/2007.
participants in this project were the academy of fine art in vienna (akademie der bildenden künste) , vienna university of technology (technische uni, wien) and the university of natural resources in vienna (boku wien).

starting point for these lectures are the different dimensions of e-learning, namely:
technology, didactics, design and useability


so you can imagine that this is a rather scientific approach to the topic of e-learning, e-gender and e-education - and also quite callanging, as it employs many different theoretical aspects and brings them together in a spoken statement of 90min .....
unfotunately not all the slides are available online and also the video material shows only the lecturer, so it is even more difficult to keep trak with all this weird assumptions and world constructions and out-of-space realities.

but it is defenitely worth listening and/or looking at these lectures.
so if you have a nerve click on the picture and enjoy!









and here you can find some slide-shows.

cast your art

cast your art is an austrian art platform (organised as a bolg) focused on austrian artists or events happening in austria. the aim is to open the space of art for interested people.
by subscribing the weekly podcast episodes you will get insights of the work of an artist and his/her interpretation his/her art - which might be the most interesting part anyhow.

get a glimpse of there work just right now!

donaufestival - krems

here you can find one of the most amazing festivals in austria:
the 'donaufestival' in krems.......
it started rather small, was constantly growing the last years and probably found its peak two years ago with festival day curated by mike patten (former singer of faith no more).
but the festival is not only about amazing music its about art and all its spectacular, breathtaking versions of contemporary performance, theater, music etc.
i guess this festival is transforming this small, beautiful city of krems in to a magical, shine space - where everything seems possible - at least for the moment.
if you are open for new things, give it a try!!! you'll be fascinated!!!

so here the trailer....



and here some video report on the festival by students of FH krems







if you are still not satisfied read articels here....


or get your ticket next year ;)

ENJOY

life and art

take a look around the world, maybe you will find what are you looking for...

deviantART

www.deviantart.com

blogtheatre

käthe schönle

an artist, who lives in vienna.
http://www.schoenle.artfolder.net/home.html

iTunes

Since its launch, the iTunes Store has crossed many milestones. In the first 18 hours, the store sold about 275,000 tracks and more than 1,000,000 in its first 5 days. When released for Windows in October 2003, iTunes was downloaded more than 1,000,000 times in the first 3 days, selling more than 1,000,000 songs in that period. On December 15, 2003 Apple announced that it had crossed 25 million songs sold.

On April 9, 2007 Apple announced that the iTunes Store had sold more than 2.5 billion songs.^[29]

On April 11, 2007 Apple announced that the iTunes Store had sold more than two million movies, making it the world’s most popular online movie store.^[30]

On July 31, 2007 Apple announced that the iTunes Store had sold more than 3 billion songs.^[31]

On January 15, 2008 Apple announced that the iTunes Store had sold more than 4 billion songs.

On February 26, 2008 Apple announced that iTunes Store surpassed Best Buy to become the 2nd biggest music seller behind Wal-Mart.

On April 3, 2008 it was announced that the iTunes store had surpassed Wal-Mart to become the biggest music retailer in the US.^[1]

mySpace

Music

MySpace profiles for musicians are different from normal profiles in that artists are allowed to upload up to six MP3 songs. The uploader must have rights to use the songs (e.g their own work, permission granted, etc). Unsigned musicians can use MySpace to post and sell music using SNOCAP, which has proven popular among MySpace users. Shortly after MySpace was sold to Rupert Murdoch the owner of Fox news and 20th Century Fox in 2005 ^[29]they launched their own record label, MySpace Records, in an effort to discover unknown talent currently on MySpace Music. MySpace Music is a section of the website that allows its users to display their songs. It doesn’t matter if the artist is already famous or still looking for a break into the industry; aspiring artists can load their songs onto MySpace and have access to millions of people on a daily basis. Some well known singers such as Lilly Allen and Sean Kingston gained fame through MySpace. The availability of music on this website continues to develop in the foundation of young talent. Over eight million artists have been discovered by MySpace, and many more continue to be discovered daily ^[30]

see also : http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/11234/myspace-to-sell-music-from-unsigned-
bands
http://www.myspace.com/myspacerecords

podcasting in plain english

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c

ncc festival

http://ncc05.mur.at/
follow the link and find the program and documantation of ncc festival 2005...

the reason why i picked this one:
a discussion was with nomad was part of the program, which is an interesting project and some people where not able to cross some borders, so they participated via live transmission/stream from turkey!
more information here: http://nomad-tv.net/

see also ncc2007
http://ncc07.mur.at/modules/module3/roberta/?searchterm=zu

the beginning

this blog was created by two studens of educational sciences in graz for a course on new media.

we will collect all sorts of information about art and new media, which could be podcasts, videos, links and so on.......

we hope you will like it!!!

enjoy our blog ;)