[school-discuss] Call for Projects

[Joel Kahn <jj2kk4@xxxxxxxxx>]

*MEDIALAB-PRADO*
Ãrea de Las Artes del Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Arts Department of the Madrid City Council
http://medialab-prado.es*
* *

ÂInteractivos?Â12 Ljubljana. Obsolete Technologies of the Future
 ÂCall for Projects

Ljudmila, Digital Medialab of Ljubjliana, in collaboration with SGMK of
Zurich and Medialab-Prado are seeking for proposals for an upcoming
workshops in collaborative prototyping which will be hold in Ljubljana
(September 5 - 15, 2012) with the participation of advisors, technical
assistants.

Deadline: June 8, 2012
Call for Collaborators: starting July 2, 2012
Project development(workshop): September 5- 15, 2012

Suggested areas of focus include:

 Â*   ÂProjects that suggest different usages of existing urban
  Âtechnological infrastructures
 Â*   ÂRethinking outdated technologies and recycling the computer
  Âand IT wasteland.
 Â*   ÂProjects which allow people to interact with technology to
  Âprovoke new ways of perceiving the surrounding, the self, the
  Âvisual, the material, and stimulate aesthetic experience.
 Â*   ÂParticular attention will be paid to projects which promote
  Âopen source communities, collaborative work and collective modes
  Âof behavior.
 Â*   ÂPlaying with data - submissions for works, which connect data
  Âforms and physically embody data streams, bridging Åon and ÅoffÂ
  Âline worlds.
 Â*   ÂProducts and services that provide sustainable solutions for
  Âour needs, including the use of open data, data mash ups and remixes.


We are seeking proposals for:

 Â*   ÂInstallations (interactive, responsive, generative)
 Â*   ÂPerformances (participatory, gesticular, dance)
 Â*   ÂVisualisations (moving images, generative, projections,
  Âholograms)
 Â*   ÂFree Software (FLOSS) / Open Hardware / Open Design /
  ÂServices / Start-ups / Apps / Devices


The open call is aimed at designers, artists, engineers, coders,
sociologists, architects, city planners, teachers, programmers,
psychologists, journalists, environmentalists... or to any other person
interested in the theme of the workshop.

Complete information and guidelines:
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos12_ljubljana_future_obsolete_te
chnologies

Advisors: Luka Frelih, Ida Hirsenfelder, Chris Sugrue and Yago Torroja.

**Activity within the framework of Studiolab European project:
http://www.studiolabproject.eu/
http://medialab-prado.es
http://www.sciencegallery.com/


--
Nerea GarcÃa Garmendia
ComunicaciÃn / Press
Medialab-Prado
Intermediae Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14 28045 Madrid
(Temporary Location)
Tel. +34 915 177 288
difusion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.medialab-prado.es



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