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Media Lab Events 2003
Season's Greetings 2003 An animated Christmas greeting awaits you at http://mlab.uiah.fi/merry_christmas2003/ Merry Christmas from the Media Lab, University of Art and Design, Helsinki ................ Media Lab graduates, December 2003 Picture here!................ Christmas Demos 2003 ................ New doctoral students in the Media Lab 2.12.03
Anttila, Akseli ................ INiCS received the Academy of Finland grant Recent decision (14.11.2003) in the Academy of Finland: http://www.aka.fi/fin/rp/ky/20031114.HTM
Vuorovaikutteinen kerronta monimediajärjestelmissä (Interactive narrative in multiple media) Meaning that we have two new researchers for three years in the Media Lab: Leena Saarinen and Karri Ahonius - also our own doctoral students, naturally. Read more in the Crucible site. ................ MINDTREK WINNERS FROM THE MEDIA LAB SANKARI - Grand Prix 20 000 e in Tampere MindTrek competition 13.11.2003. Other winners, among them ANIMAATIOKONE, got 2 000 e each. Congrats, roses, kisses etc!
More info in Finnish. ................ ANIMAATIOKONE IN ATHENS Prix Möbius International in Athens 5.-8.11.2003 Prix Special de Jury - Animaatiokone by Mikko Lindholm (Mlab), Perttu Hämäläinen (Mlab grad.) and Ari Nykänen (TMO). Congrats! ................ MINDTREK FINALISTS Some of them also from - or at least connected to - the Media Lab: http://www.mindtrek.org/kilpailu/finalistit/ - see Animaatiokone, EUDeaf2003 and Sankari! (What is MindTrek, in English.)................ No mail traffic at all on 29.9.03? The computer center is working on it. But it's very possible that you don't get any replies to your mails which we don't receive today :) Sorry................. Welcome to the Game On 28.9.03 SAGAs Interactive Fiction Workshop - the protype demos on Sunday 28.9.2003 at 15:00 in the Game On exhibition, Tennispalatsi Media Lab and Crucible Studio host the SAGAs Interactive Fiction Prototyping workshop 23-29.9.2003. The participants from all over Europe have already been selected and their production prototypes will be introduced and exhibited in the Game On exhibition in Tennispalatsi, Helsinki, on Sunday, September 28, starting at 15:00. The prototypes include interactive television programs and an interactive narrative space installation. The workshop is tutored by Media Lab's lecturer and the Aquarium interactive television program developer Teijo Pellinen, Hyperbole Studios' artistic director and the X-files game's developer Greg Roach and Mika Tuomola, artistic director of Crucible Studio. The SAGAs workshop is coordinated by Brunhild Bunshoff and Juhani Tenhunen.
and more links: ................ AWARE IN AMSTERDAM A Media Lab based project AWARE is selected for e-culture fair in Amsterdam, 23rd - 24th October 2003. Organised by the Virtueel Platform (a network for cooperation and policy in the field of new media and culture in Nederlands) the e-culture fair is a unique event which brings together 35 european research projects that cross the boundaries between culture, industry, education and science. To demo alternative approaches to ways of living, communicating, learning and working, the emphasis of the fair is upon hands-on activities and the visitors to the fair are challenged to test out the prototypes on offer. http://www.e-culturefair.nl/site/index_en.html The 'aware' platform [http://aware.uiah.fi/] was selected to take part in the e-culture fair. The linked text describes the project and indicates the plan for the event................. NEW PROJECTS ON LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS The Learning Environments for Progressive Inquiry research group has two new projects: 1. YDC/WATER - "Young Digital Creator / Our Sound of Our Water" funded by UNESCO; and 2. UNIVe - "Creating network-based e-university model for the small countries in the context of e-learning in Europe" funded by Europe Union's Socrates programme (Minerva). YDC/WATER PROJECT YDC/WATER is one of the Young Digital Creators programmes, which is a UNESCO web-based initiative that invites young people of different cultures to express their creative minds with digital tools and connect with each other in exploring issues of our society. The participants will be actively engaged in the programme from the start by recording sound clips related to water. These sound clips will be saved on the web-based sound bank for use of all the participants. In order to continue to creative production of digital water songs, the procedure of browsing and listening to different soundtracks from the audio clip database, which are made by the other participants, will be equally essential. With the selection of favourite sound clips, the young digital creators will be able to explore creative editing and mixing and compose their own "water song", "water soundscape". These artistic audio pieces will also be uploaded to the web-based database, where there will be an archive of collected creative productions. The creative experience will be a shared one, as the participant will be requested to listen to other water music pieces and to discuss the pieces with the other participants on the online community website. The YDC/Water project is recycling the Tram-n-Bus concept (http://tram-n-bus.uiah.fi/) originally developed by the Media Lab students Alexander Budde, Kiia Kallio, Mari Keski-Korsu, Mika Meskanen Aleksi Nuuja and Riikka Puustinen. UNIVe PROJECT UNIVe project is aiming at achieving the following specific objectives:
1) to implement the outcomes of 9 independent projects in 6 core e-learning areas;
2) to develop the model of small state e-university; The target groups of UNIVe are: groups related to the test-country Estonia (learners, teaching and supporting staff; universities; decision makers); potential users of the developed small state e-university model (other states and universities) and European universities covered by the project network and relevant parties in the field of ODL and ICT. ................ Wanted: Research assistant
Title: Research assistant
1. Excellent communication skills: Written and oral, Finnish and English. Master's degree or equivalent experience in design required. Application should include:
1. Short letter of introduction that summarizes the applicant's background, experience, and reason(s) why s/he is interested in this position. Applications should be received July 11, 2003. Please send applications via email to Kirjaamo: kirjaamo@uiah.fi Or by regular mail to:
TaiK, Kirjaamo After initial evaluation, personal interviews will be arranged during the period of July 28-31, 2003. ................ MA03 - new names Hyväksytty, welcome
Achren Joakim Tomas Johan Varasijoilla, lining up
1. Lepoluoto Ari Mikael ................ ...aaaand WE have a winner! Three projects competed for up to USD 10,000 in development funding, courtesy of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund in the Telefilm Canada presents The Banff Centre New Media CyberPitch competition. The winner was Accidental Lovers presented by Mika "Lumi" Tuomola, Leena Saarinen and Elukka Eskelinen of Crucible Studio, Helsinki, Finland. Leena Saarinen is one of the Media Lab's doctoral students, and Mika Tuomola is teaching here in the Lab. Roses, roses! More info in Finnish. ................ The study programme 2003-04 published http://www.mlab.uiah.fi/2studies/21.html ................ Our Demo Day 15.5.2003 programme published We warmly welcome you to join us on our Spring Demo Day on Thursday 15th of May, in the afternoon beginning at 13.00.
The place: Studio Theatre, Media Center Lume This event is our way of showing each other, as well as a few friends and the media, what we've been up to during the academic year 2002-03. Before the event, welcome to join a guided tour in Lume and in the Media Lab, by Jon Nykänen. The meeting point will be in Lume Gallery corridor near the school's main entrance. The tour will be starting at 12.00. RSVP (both events or which one only) by Monday 12.5. at 14.00 to Anna Arsniva, email arsniva@uiah.fi or tel. (+358 9) 756 30 404. Thanks in advance & welcome! ................ Animaatiokone in Belgium Greetings from Belgium! Animaatiokone is on tour in Kunsthalle Lophem, next to the historical city of Brugge. The exhibition was opened last Saturday and it will last until the mid May. http://www.kunsthallelophem.be Update 5.5.2003: new pics! ................ Study project Immediate, DL 11.5.
Something is happening. Immediate is a rich media publishing concept for collaborative journalism in the context of digital media. The project aims at exploring the possibilities of the concept through a prototyping process resulting in an experimental end product (DVD, web based, streaming, broadcasting). As the content and the context of this experiment we will utilise the conference The Good, The Bad and The Irrelevant, dealing with the user and the design of information and communication technologies. To meet interesting people, to develop and test a process of rapid production in a compact context and to explore the possibilities and limitations of the digital media, join the Immediate crew. Themes
The trans-disciplinary Immediate project will develop concepts
through three main design approaches to collaborative journalism and
publishing: Resources For your production you will have training and access to LUME and Media Lab facilities (TV and film studios, digital authoring equipment and computer facilities). Schedule The project consists of a number of introductory lectures and planning and tutoring sessions during the following days: 20-21 May, 3-4 June, 12 June and 19 August in the afternoons. Place: Media Lab, 4th floor, University of Art and Design Helsinki. Please note that you are expected to work in teams also between the official meetings. The students will implement their developed concepts during an intensive five-day production period 1-5 September 2003 in the context of the conference "The Good, The Bad and The Irrelevant" taking place in the Media Centre Lume, University of Art and Design Helsinki. A short and intensive post-production period will follow immediately after the event (September) and the final results will be presented in the Media Lab Demo Day in December. Credits The number of credits you can expect from the active participation (80% presence during the sessions and a completed production) in the development of Immediate is 4-5. The acceptance of Immediate related credits as part of the student's degree is a matter to be negotiated between the student and his/her home department. JOO agreement can be used for students outside UIAH. Requirements
We expect from you Applications Please send your applications as soon as possible but before 11 May 2003 to the following email address: immediate(a-T)uiah.fi and they should contain the following information: As the subject of the message please enter: your name / application In the body of the message please mention: - Your name, address, phone, email. - Describe your studies in general: university, program, courses, credits so far. - Explain in detail your experience in and relationship to new media including the following: background, studies, practical projects. - Explain why you would like to participate in the intended study project, indicating your special areas of interest and experience in the field. Organisers The project is organised by the ARKI research group of the Media Lab UIAH and the Media and Design Research focus area of the MA programme, in collaboration with Media Centre LUME and an advisory group with representatives from media and technology companies.
http://arki.uiah.fi/immediate The project is co-ordinated by Teriina Lindblom (teriina.lindblom@uiah.fi). You can also address queries concerning the project to Marjaana Laakkonen (marjaana.laakkonen@uiah.fi). ................ Are you 18-27 years old? You also speak Finnish and are eager to perform and play? Good - read more in Finnish................. Good / Bad / Irrelevant Media Lab and ARKI will be hosting an international conference with the COST 269 network in LUME in 3-5 September 2003. We hope this will bring many interesting people to Helsinki and give great opportunities to show, see, do and discuss for everyone concerned. Please also consider sending an abstract for a paper to the Good/Bad/Irrelevant conference - the deadline is the 10th or April. The call for papers and other information is available at the official COST 269 conference site (http://www.cost269.org/conference.html) and our own conference site (http://goodbad.uiah.fi) - here as html, word and pdf formats. best regards, ARKI
Kari-Hans Kommonen ................ Minor subject studies 2003-04 updated Go to see http://www.mlab.uiah.fi/2studies/28.html. Application time by 31.7. as usual. Nevertheless, please don't hurry with your application before Midsummer because the information material will surely change somewhat................. No mail traffic in/out on Sat 5.4. The mail server will be changed between 10 and 18. UIAH people can't send any mails during that time; incoming mails will stay stored but probably you can't read them on Saturday, yet................. 24.3. Maureen Thomas' opening lecture
On Monday 24.3.2003 at 13.00 - 14.30
STUDIA GENERALIA Visiting Lecture An interesting public lecture as a part of Thomas' workshop "Logics, Grammars and Rhetorics: solid structures, clear communication and engaging expression" for the Interactive Audiovisual Narrative (IAN) focus area in the Media Lab. Read more... ................ Mlab Media Launch up-to-date The tender and rare moment of having it up-to-date :-)http://mlab.uiah.fi/5medialaunch/ ................ Helsinki Summer School 4.-15.8.2003 Design Thinking,http://summerschool.helsinki.fi/kurssit2003/course_1_design.html ................ Suomen Kuvalehti 5/2003
SK 31.1.2003, pages 58-61, "HÄN" this time ................ Prix Möbius Nordica results http://www.prixmobiusnordica.org/
MENTION SPÉCIALE DU JURY: ................ Media Lab application procedure up-to-date Our application procedure has been updated 22.1.03. Please note that the applications should be delivered by the end of February this year. Also note that the Media Lab interviews for the MA studies 2003-2005 will NOT be conducted according to the UIAH timetable stated in the UIAH Study Application Guide. http://www.mlab.uiah.fi/2studies/22.html#application................ The latest award The Media Lab UIAH has been proposed for the Educational Top Unit award. First of all a big thank you to those that helped and worked on the application - it was great teamwork. But, of course, the application was only trying to communicate the realities of our MA education here in the Lab, the efforts we've made to tackle a new field of study and a new professional field of creative production during the last years as well as our efforts to introduce new pedagogical thinking and practice in general. So my thanks goes to all of you for the work you've done in the last years. This award will ensure that we can continue to develop the Lab's education in 2004-06. In addition to the Lab's award TaiK/UIAH also was proposed for the Artistic Top Unit (Department of Spatial and Furniture Design) and Adult Education Top Unit (Centre for extended Studies). Philip Dean ................ PRIX MÖBIUS NORDICA 2003 in Lume PMN PREVIEW EXHIBITION OPENS 16.1. AT 6 PM IN MEDIA CENTRE LUME The ten finalist works of the international interactive media culture competition Prix Möbius Nordica are presented in the exhibition held in Media Centre Lume of the University of Art and Design Helsinki. The exhibition is open on weekdays from 8 am to 8 pm, on Saturday January 18th from 9 am to 2 pm and on Saturday January 25th from 9 am to 8 pm. Free entrance. On Saturday January 25th, 2003 (12 am Š 8 pm) the ten finalists will present their works at a Zapping event organized in the Media centre Lume. The Nordic Jury pronounces the winners of the Prizes the same evening.
The finalist works are: Welcome!
Additional information: Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski Partners: The Nordic Culture Fund, Ministry of Education, AVEK - The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture, FRAME - Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Media Centre LUME of the University of Arts and Design Helsinki, The French Cultural Center in Helsinki, Mac & Carry, Media Lab UIAH Prix Möbius Nordica is organized in co-operation with Media Centre Lume and Media Culture Association m-cult. Medeia Oy is responsible for practical organization work. ................ The Prix Möbius Nordica semifinal (update 10.1.03: not any more semifinalists but finalists :) You can download the press release as a Word document from this link.)Semifinal - Chosen works: (proposition 15.12.2002)
..clip.. http://www.prixmobiusnordica.org ................
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