Just got this email, figured I'd pass it along. Looks like a really cool event, it's a shame I won't be in town for this. R ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Charlotte Landrum <CLandrum@xxxxxxxx> Date: Dec 13, 2007 4:54 PM Subject: Free culture, video and open source technology next week at the Gardner Museum To: miserlou@xxxxxxxxx *Hi Rich:** * I'm getting touch to let you know about a just-scheduled talk here at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston *next Thursday, December 20th with EFF Pioneer Award-winner Drazen Pantic and video artist Cliff Evans*, which I thought might be of interest to folks involved in Free Culture at BU. Drazen and Cliff worked together on the show *Empyrean *currently on view in the gallery here, a video collage made up entirely of images excerpted from the Internet and projected in five HD channels onto a massive 20 by 7 foot set of panels in the gallery. The playback of *Empyrean* is made possible through the use of Drazen's platform open-PLAYER, a completely open source program for the playback of digital HD streams like this, as well as with many other applications. The show itself is all about free culture—reusing, as it does, images from the internet to create a new artistic work. The two will talk next week about the software and other technological issues surrounding *Empyrean* as well as the art and its commentary on the Internet. Evans will also talk with George Fifield, Founder of Boston Cyberarts, Inc., giving visitors two different perspectives on the show's use of new media. Information about the talks is online at http://gardnermuseum.org/calendar/detail.asp?filtid=813 and attached to this message as a pdf. *We'd greatly appreciate it if you could post to your blog, distribute through your email list, or help us get the word out however else you think would be appropriate and effective. * Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions. I've attached an image, but am happy to provide others; just get in touch if you'd like anything more. If you use this image, please provide the following caption: Installation view of "Empyrean," Cliff Evans, 2007. Photo by Clements/Howcroft, courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Thanks for your help, and hope to see you there. All the best, Charlotte *CHARLOTTE LANDRUM* MUSIC MARKETING MANAGER & PR ASSOCIATE PODCAST PROJECT MANAGER TEL 617.278.5106 FAX 617.264.6096 CELL 914.645.0162 ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM 280 THE FENWAY BOSTON MA 02115 WWW.GARDNERMUSEUM.ORG <http://www.GARDNERMUSEUM.ORG> WHAT WILL YOU DISCOVER AFTER HOURS? WWW.GARDNERMUSEUM.ORG/AFTERHOURS <http://www.GARDNERMUSEUM.ORG/AFTERHOURS>
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