Lecture

GOTO10 is a collective of international artists and programmers, dedicated to Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) and digital arts. GOTO10 aims to support and grow digital art projects and tools for artistic creation, located on the blurry line between software programming and art.

At http://vektordb.lafkon.net you can browse and download a collection of vector-based1 images. The database first was intended as an online storage facility for personal use, but also allowed use by third-party persons. During the years the archive got recognized by a bigger audience and a redesign became necessary. This redesign process led to a broader approach towards a Free/Libre/Open Source Software inspired graphics repository. The talk summarizes experiences made.

http://www.forkable.eu/
http://vektordb.lafkon.net

G.I.S.S. ( Global Independent Streaming Support ) is an international network of free media activists, working in building an open infrastructure for free media collectives, intenting to cover all problematics of free independent media with GPL tools, from the storage of contents, its programming and its broadcasting. More concretely, right now, the G.I.S.S.

The content of the workshop could cover following topics: (depending on time and participants) * Historical view of streaming GPL tools and techniques * Creation of Giss channels for audio or video * Use of simple programs ( Gstreamer, TSS, IDJC ) from the live cd Sa'habuntu for starting a stream in 5 minutes. * Complex streams with Pure Data * Introduction to the Distributed Multi-Media Database : publication of videos made easy. * Technical in-depths about G.I.S.S.

G.I.S.S. ( Global Independent Streaming Support ) is an international network of free media activists, working in building an open infrastructure for free media collectives, intenting to cover all problematics of free independent media with GPL tools, from the storage of contents, its programming and its broadcasting.

More concretely, right now, the G.I.S.S. is an infrastructure with different components and tools for setting up an independent radio or video channel easily.

Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study, share, and improve, is of vital importance to achieve those goals and guarantees a fair and permanent access to knowledge.

Digital technology is disrupting the world of entertainment as well as art. We will take a look at the impact of digitalization on filmmaking, film distribution and theatres, especially from a European and independent film perspective. Technical, economic as well as cultural aspects will be discussed. Special attention will be dedicated to the latest version of the Digital Cinema Initiative's (DCI) System Standard, an attempt by Hollywood majors to introduce a common specification for digital film.

Digital technology is disrupting the world of entertainment as well as art. We will take a look at the impact of digitalization on filmmaking, film distribution and theatres, especially from a European and independent film perspective. Technical, economic as well as cultural aspects will be discussed. Special attention will be dedicated to the latest version of the Digital Cinema Initiative's (DCI) System Standard, an attempt by Hollywood majors to introduce a common specification for digital film.

An entertaining view on a total crazy part of our society.

Maybe you never thought about what free software has to do with democracy. Maybe you wonder, what the fuss is all about. My first idea was just to tell you about what happens right now and, if you are an artist who has to do anything with computers, how your rights are already taken away from you. I'd tell you about a revolution not only against your purse, but against your democratic rights that creeps out of dusty office rooms.

An entertaining view on a totally crazy part of our society.