Yah those guys are my friends. I invited last year...should try again this year. On Sep 9, 2010 2:58 AM, "ricardo lafuente" <<a href="mailto:bollecs@sollec.org">bollecs@sollec.org</a>> wrote: > On 09/07/2010 11:41 PM, Schrijver wrote: >> As a connection point, Libre graphics does not only have a relation to the traditional graphic processes but also I think to developments like generative design and software art. You can see this in projects like Shoebot and Nodebox but for example also the ‘processing’ language <a href="http://processing.org/">http://processing.org/</a> —that’s an important software tool in this respect and its a free and open source project. Actually maybe we could invite someone from their team? >> >> This generative approach is gaining some steam, >> For example, >> <a href="http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/">http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/</a> >> This book was the top selling book on the German Amazon, >> there will be an English version too. >> >> And a new text-book on software in art and design was just released by Princeton Architectural Press which is meant for art education: >> <a href="http://formandcode.com/">http://formandcode.com/</a> > > I strongly back this suggestion. > > Processing is a tool that has been gaining a *lot* of ground inside of > art circles, as a means to introduce coding to artists and designers, > and it's been around for quite a while. My interest in coding came about > the day a forward-thinking teacher taught the basics of Processing to > our design class, around 6 years ago. > > It also has a sizable community which, in my view, is somewhat > disconnected from the free software ecosystem as a whole. You often see > installations and projects running Processing inside a proprietary > software stack -- which is a good thing, seeing the proprietary crowd > adopting a FLOSS tool. This also happens in the audio scene with > software like Pure Data or SuperCollider, which are widely used by > 'traditional' professionals not because they're FLOSS, but because > they're really good tools. > > So this is a very good opportunity to try and tie those ends together, > making bridges to bring Processing closer to the Libre Graphics > community, as well as the other way around -- i've met quite a lot of > Libre Graphics people who sadly had never heard of it. > > I believe it's worth making an approach to the Processing team to see if > they would be present at the LGM; it's IMO one of the next logical steps > to strengthen the Libre Graphics community. > > And there are a few somewhat-related projects that might warrant a > closer look, and which might be a great fit to the Libre Graphics posse: > - OpenFrameworks : <a href="http://openframeworks.cc/">http://openframeworks.cc/</a> > - Love : <a href="http://love2d.org/">http://love2d.org/</a> > - PyGame : <a href="http://pygame.org">http://pygame.org</a> (i remember Joao S.O. Bueno doing beautiful > things with this at LGM 2010) > - Pure Data : <a href="http://puredata.info">http://puredata.info</a> > > :r > > >> >> Op 7 sep 2010, om 21:12 heeft Louis Desjardins het volgende geschreven: >> >>> Hi all ! >>> >>> The 6th edition of the Libre Graphics Meeting will take place in Montreal on May 10-13, 2011. >>> >>> More to come soon. Please stay tuned! >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> Louis _______________________________________________ >>> CREATE mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> >>> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> >> > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a>