[CREATE] Art & Montréal (was Re: LGM 2011 - Montreal - May 10-11-12-13)

[Louis Desjardins]

Hi all !

Here’s a rough update (and a new page too):
http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/6th_Libre_Graphics_Meeting_Montreal_2011

Again, feel free to edit.

Cheers !

Louis

2010/9/9 Louis Desjardins <louis_desjardins at mardigrafe.com>

> Le 10-09-09 05:58, ricardo lafuente a écrit :
>
>  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 http://processing.org/ —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,
>>> http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/
>>> 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:
>>> http://formandcode.com/
>>>
>>
>> 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 : http://openframeworks.cc/
>> - Love : http://love2d.org/
>> - PyGame : http://pygame.org (i remember Joao S.O. Bueno doing beautiful
>> things with this at LGM 2010)
>> - Pure Data : http://puredata.info
>>
>
> Hi Ricardo and all !
>
> Please feel free to add to the create wiki in the Montreal page. We need
> that information readily available as it will help keep track of all the
> actions we take towards LGM 6.
>
> http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Montréal_Bid<http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Montr%C3%A9al_Bid>
>
> Plus, whenever possible, add a contact name and an email <@> ddress.
>
> I have not much time to add more here today but will be back very soon.
>
> Cheers !
>
> Louis
>
>
>
>> :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!
>>>>
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