introduction PixelACHE 2005 theme : “...the Net is not Yet a monolithic The Dot Org Boom broadcast medium. I remain wildly optimistic about it’s potential. The The Dot Org Boom is here to stay. It recent ascent of peer-to-peer net- is the non-profit version of Dot Com works, weblogs and free software Boom (RIP), fueled by the enthusias- could be a sign of a coming Internet tic efforts of inviduals which are ac- renaissance” cumulated together through infor- - Geert Lovink, My First Recession mal but elaborate structures. Some (2003) of the key components of this rap- idly growing boom are open source “In United States and Canada, for and open content initiatives, media example, almost everyone knows activist networks, ever growing blog- about the explosion of the dot-coms osphere and vast networks of NGOs - a much smaller phenomenon - but around the world. millions have not heard the big sto- ry: the worldwide explosion of dot- Putting together the PixelACHE Dot orgs. It is a story with far-reaching Org Boom program was not an ac- implications: By sharpening the role ademic research process but rath- of government, shifting practises and er a dive into grassroot networks in attitudes in business and opening up search for ideas and initiatives with waves of opportunity for people to strong energy and hopefully a bright apply their talents in new, positive future. PixelACHE Festival brings to- ways, the emerging citizen sector is gether a very diverse group of art- reorganising the way the work of so- ists, engineers, activists, architects ciety gets done.” and designers to discuss and devel- - David Bornstein, How to Change the op the future of Dot Org Boom. World (2004) Electronic art and subcultures “a browser is also an editor The Dot Org Boom theme will blend together with other PixelACHE Festival a desktop is also a server themes which are all experimenting with audiovisual technologies and push- a user is also a producer” ing the boundaries of creative disciplines. - Sarai media lab, free media lounge The PixelACHE 2005 subthemes are: (2005) ·VJ Culture and Audiovisual Performances ·Experimental Interaction and Electronics ·Interactive and Participatory Cinema PixelACHE Festival is also collaborating with the Particle/Wave hybrid radio workshop and various other events – read this publication to find out more! *You Boom, I Boom, Everybody Boom!* Juha Huuskonen on behalf of PixelACHE 2005 crew PixelACHE 2005 - Dot Org Boom! page 2 index Introduction.....................................2 Hecker + Blutleuchte & Cloama........9 Index................................................3 [RAM]7: Models of Collaboration.....69 Schedules.....................................4-7 Contested Commons......................71 Club Events....................................8 Mal AU Pixel 2006............................73 Share, Share Widely.......................11 Dot Org Boom! Generation Wired...........................16 Intermundos.org............................22 Disappeared in America..................18 Dodo.org........................................23 Wikipedia.org.................................19 WebCamTalk 1.0.............................24 Streamtime.org..............................20 Franco “Bifo” Berardi........................25 Used in India...................................21 Digitalopenandfree.org..................26 VJ Culture and Audiovisual Performances VJ Culture......................................28 Tempest.........................................30 Malfunctionalism...........................38 Studio Frank & Lisa...........................31 The World of PIKU...........................39 Respam - Inbox performance...........32 Amfibio + Selfish Shellfish..............40 A Day on Earth..............................33 Reline2..........................................41 PixelTANGO demo........................34 Vom Club ins Museum....................42 IIS:006...........................................35 BEK to the Future: pixel04...............43 Perm 36 Robovision........................36 Software Workshops....................46 Machinista.....................................37 VJ in Theatre.................................47 Experimental Interaction & Electronics Interactivity is the new pink..............49 Nuage Vert......................................55 LED Music Box...............................50 Chamber Music.............................56 ELF electronic-life-forms.................51 Verde.............................................57 Four Ophones................................53 Sketches and Routines...................58 Kick Ass Kung-Fu............................54 Workshops....................................59 Interactive & Participatory Cinema One Day Video...............................61 Lipstick Traces, a narrative study......62 Banananose Computer Movies......63 Particle/Wave Hybrid Radio Workshop ääniradio.org : 99.4 FM...................64 P/Wave Concert & Performances.....65 Particle/Wave Workshop.............67 PixelACHE 2005 - Dot Org Boom! page 3 9.30 - 16.00 The Dot Org Boom: TUESDAY A seminar on independent and net- worked media. 12 April Organised in Stockholm in collab- oration with Embassy of Finland in Stockholm. KIASMA WEDNESDAY Kiasma seminar room: 13 April 17.00 - 20.00 VJing and theatre workshop [page 47] (in Finnish!) also on Thursday KIASMA Sibelius Academy m-bar THURSDAY Kiasma seminar room: 10.00 VJing and theatre workshop 14 April [page 47] (in Finnish) - also on Wednesday 15.00 Dot Org Boom introduction + PixelACHE exhibition presenta- tions - Used in India [page 21] (Kathirkeya Acharya & Aditya Dev Sood / India) - Visual Environmental Argumenta- tion [page 23] (Dodo.org, Finland) - MusicBox [page 50] (Jin-Yo Mok & Gicheol Lee / US, presented by Ahmi Wolf / US) Kiasma Theatre: Sibelius Academy Concert Hall: PixelACHE Club [page 8] 13.00 Machinista 2004 19.45 Click! Particle/Wave concert 22.00 - 02.00 p.o.p. screening [page 37] [page 65] PixelACHE Opening Party with 17.00 TEMPEST [page 30] Particle/Wave [page 65] (Erich Berger, Norway) - International vj´s, sound artists 18.00 SF&L [page 31] (Netherlands) + and live streams. RESPAM [page 32] (US/Romania) performance PixelACHE 2005 - Dot Org Boom! festival schedule page 4 KIASMA Nifca (on the Suomenlinna island) FRIDAY Kiasma seminar room: Nifca project space #1: 10.00 - 17.00 13.00 - 17.00 15 April Particle/Wave workshops Dot Org Boom - Activist afternoon and discussions [page 67] - Streamtime.org [page 20] (Eleonora - Open discussions on current Oreggia & Cecile Landman / Netherlands) themes in experimental radio. - Intermundos.org [page 22] (Vanessa Goksch / Colombia) - Muslim Activists Rewire the Net [page 18] (Naeem Mohaiemen / US) - Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi [page 25] (Italy) Nifca project space #2: 11.00 - 18.00 Audiovisual per- formance tools workshopping 11.00 PiDiP workshop [page 46] (Yves Degoyon / Spain) 14.00 PixelTANGO workshop [page 46] (Ben Bogart / Canada) 17.00 Piksel04 presentation [page 43] (BEK / Norway) Nifca project space #3: 18.00 Verde, DIY instruments pres- entation & performance [page 57] (Mika Rintala, Finland) 19.00 Skisser och Rutiner perform- ance [page 58] (Daniel Skoglund, Sweden) 20.00 Selfish Shellfish + Amfibio performance [page 40] (Finland) SATELLITE EVENT: Club Bundolo [page 8] entrance 5€ (not included in passes) 22.00 - 04:00 PixelACHE VJs Sound: DJs Sampsa (Leftside Ensemble) & Kasio (Nuspirit HKI/Giant Robot) PixelACHE 2005 - Dot Org Boom! festival schedule page 5 KIASMA Nifca (on the Suomenlinna island) UMO Jazz House SATURDAY Kiasma seminar room: 10.00 - 16.00 16 April Dot Org Boom - Digital open & free 10.00 Wikipedia.org [page 19] (Florence Devouard / France ) 11.00 Digitalopenandfree.org [page 26] (Kai Kuikkaniemi / Finland) 13.00 Community Media as online programme platforms (Robert Stachel / Austria) 16.00 NewMediaEducation.org : Webcamtalk with Trebor Scholz [page 24] (USA) Kiasma Theatre: Nifca project spaces #1,#2,#3: 11.00 RELINE2 screening [page 41] 12.00 – 19.00 12.00 PixelTANGO demo + Experimental Interaction day performance [page 34] (Ben Bogart, 12:00 - 15:00 Bluetooth/mobile Thien & Yasuko, Christelle Franca / Canada) phone workshop [page 59] 14.00 Discussion: (Jürgen Scheible / Finland) VJ Culture searching for home 12:00 - 15:00 Microcontroller buf- - VJ Culture / Visual Sensations VJ fet + Sensor boogie [page 59] competition [page 28] (Tuomo Tammenpää / Finland) (Annet Dekker / Montevideo, Netherlands) 12:00 - 15:00 Chamber music for - vom club ins museum [page 42] one [page 56] (Teemu Kivikangas / Finland) (Peter Lang / Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Germany) 15:00 - 16:00 Hehe.org [page 55] - Video in theatre workshop (Heiko Hansen & Helen Evans / France) and [page 47] (Ville Hyvönen / Finland) Elf – Electronic life forms [page 51]] 16.00 A Day on Earth performance (Pascal Glissmann & Martina Höfflin / Germany) [page 33] (Canada) 16:00 - 18:00 Interactivity is the PixelACHE Club [page 8] 17.00 IIS:006 performance new pink [page 49] (discussion hosted by 21.00 - 02.00 [page 35] (RYBN collective / France) Erik Sandelin & Magnus Torstensson / Sweden) vom club ins museum screening 18.00 Interactive and Participatory [page 42] (Germany), Cinema screening Streamtime a/v performance Kino Montreal/Helsinki + One Day [page 20] (Netherlands/Iraq/international), Video [page 61] (Finland/International) Peerspex [page 8] (France), 19.00 Perm 36 ROBOVISION per- Memnon [page 8] (Finland), formance [page 36] (Pointless creations dj widerberg verhaverbeke with / UK) dj pillow