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....

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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....