Call: LOSS Livecode Festival

> Call for participation
> LOSS Livecode Festival
>
> in association with Access Space, Toplap and lurk.
> Sheffield, UK 20-22 July 2007
>
> A small festival bringing together some of the most dynamic and exciting
> digital musicians in the Uk and beyond. Over the 2 days, it will include
> workshops, presentations, impromptu performances and a special live event.
>
> Livecoding is dynamically creating audio or video by changing software or
> code as it executes. It began during the 1980s, primarily with FORTH and
> Lisp. In recent years new live coding environments and languages such as
> Chuck, Fluxus, Impromptu and SuperCollider 3 have appeared, with
> enthusiastic communities growing around them. Live Coding performances
> have also used PureData, Scheme, Perl, Haskell, Ruby, Python...
>
> Further information and background can be found at
> http://livecode.access-space.org
>
> **Call for Participation**
> Calling all Livecoders and those who are interested. We want your:
> *peformances
> *presentations
> *workshops
> *Input
> to help make this a superb and exciting meeting of livecoders. We have
> some small bursaries availableto contribute towards travel and
> accomodation and we will do our best to help get as many people here as
> possible. Money is however short and
>
> **Call for Commissions**
> We have a limited pot of money for commissioning new works for the
> festival. If you would like time or resources to develop a new way of
> performing, some new language or software feature, or something else
> interesting then please include a short estimated budget in your brief,
> which may include an artist fee. Note that due to funding constraints the
> project should have a strong audio component. The maximum commission will
> be of £1000 (about 1470 euro).
>
> For more information and application details please refer to
> http://livecode.access-space.org
>
> Access Space is the UK's first "Free Media Lab" - a community space
> equipped with locally recycled computers running free, open source
> software. We provide a framework, resources and support for
> self-directed learning, arts and creativity. Taking part is totally free,
> and anyone can walk in and contribute. http://access-space.org
>
> TOPLAP is the Transnational Organisation for the Proliferation of Live
> Algorithm Programming, formed in 2003 to discuss and promote livecoding.
> This will be the third TOPLAP associated international meeting of
> livecoders. http://www.toplap.org/
>
> LOSS Livecode is funded by Arts Council England, Yorkshire, The PRS
> Foundation and Access Space.
>
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> Jim Prevett | 1 Sidney St
> Digital Arts Programme Manager | Sheffield, S1 4RG
> |
> ACCESS SPACE | t: +44 (0)114 249 5522
> Reg. Charity 1103837 | w: www.access-space.org
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