[mtp-teoria] more matters

[gívan belá]

so..

> http://www.naipublishers.nl/art/interact_e.html
> anybody had chance to read it?

yes, it is the usual deaf-conference people who contributed in it with  
lots of difficult words, but some stuff is interesting for people who  
are more theoretically interested in media arts, new scientific  
approaches and new architecture...

another thing is that V2 lab got its funding refused by the city, there  
is a big row going on; then also steim got in trouble with the  
subsidies same thing, which seems to point to a general dutch policy  
change, giving preference to the more public and semi-commercial  
institutions, above the longtime and more behind the curtains working  
laboratory-style organizations... (dj vj easy stuff and poshy big or  
popular festival style organisations win the most here) of course in  
the framework of media art in europa, this is devastating for most of  
the experimentally oriented and non-commercial/not-for-profit  
organizations are having a harder time over the last years to survive!

and finally more sad news, yesterday got the news michel waisvisz died  
in amsterdam, director of steim, one of the places that supported  
uncountable experimental musicians, composers and media artists...  
michel himself invented the crazy cracklebox and worked for more than  
15 years developing a complex haptic interface for performing called  
"the hands"... for me it is rather emotional because 15 years ago I got  
to know him, and after  working at steim for a couple of years (we  
basically made 2 cd's there under the band name "young farmers claim  
future") we remained friends, meeting once in a while in amsterdam  
passing through steim, or elsewhere when we were on the same festivals  
or conferences... he is one of the persons that influenced many people,  
probably half of the current artists in the media arts passed through  
steim to realize some technological or conceptual thing, which I am  
proud to admit here too ...

for people interested read http://www.steim.org/steim/texts.php
and about the crackle box and hands: http://crackle.org/




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Subject: [ STEIM ] Michel Waisvisz 1949 - 2008
From:    "STEIM" <knock at steim.nl>
Date:    Fri, June 20, 2008 10:16 pm
To:      steim at list.xs4all.nl
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Michel Waisvisz died peacefully in his home on Wednesday June 18 after
fighting the mean cells in his body for the last eight months.

He was born on the 8th of July 1949 and lead STEIM as Director for 27  
years.
He left us on a day when artists and friends from around the world  
gathered
downstairs to perform for a full-house season-closing concert.

Michel was a musician, visionary and occasional gardener - touched by  
sound
and forever happy to be surprised. He was the source of an enormous  
surge of
energy that continues to flow through STEIM into the world.

We will miss his touch, crackle, inspiration and constant improvisation  
of
the now.

You can leave condolances at http://www.steim.org/michel/.


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STEIM
(studio for electro instrumental music)
(studio voor elektro instrumentale muziek)

Achtergracht 19
1017 WL Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel: 020-6228690
Fax: 020-6264262
Email: knock at steim.nl
Website:＿www.steim.nl

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