[x] Sunday July 8 at x: David Jhave Johnston

[erik]

Apologies if I've missed it, but what is the start time?  7pm?

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:

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> DAVID JHAVE JOHNSTON, SUNDAY JULY 8
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> Jhave Johnston is one of the leading lights of digital poetry. I'm happy
> to be able to introduce some of you to his work. I published some of his
> work at http://vispo.com/jhave and you can see more of his work on his
> site at http://glia.ca . Jhave has been a digital poet for a long time.
> Even before he did a degree at Concordia in Computer Science. He then did a
> Masters at SFU and SIAT. He recently finished his doctorate in Montreal at
> Concordia studying with Jason Lewis. He has focussed mainly on net art. He
> knows Flash and ActionScript inside and out.
>
> Alain Lioret from Paris may possibly join us at 10 pm via Skype. He
> teaches generative art at the U of Paris 8.
>
> JHAVE JOHNSTON BIO:
>
> Jhave is a Montreal-based digital-poet.
> Focus: Language-based online digital art. Combinatorial poetics,
> multimedia poetry. Currently, developing works that feature typographic
> experiments built through a synthesis of Flash, Mudbox, Vegas, Ableton,
> After Effects and Mr. Softie.
> Exhibition history: Agence Topo, Chambre Blanche, Champ Li bre , ELO,
> FILE, FOFA, Incident, Oboro, Turbulence among others. His work has been
> exhibited at 4 new media Biennales: Montreal '03, '09, '11 & Toronto '04.
> For more details see CV ( http://glia.ca/resume/David_**
> Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf <http://glia.ca/resume/David_Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf>)
> Education: an undergrad degree in Computer Science; a Masters of Science
> in interactive art; & a PhD from Concordia University where he works as a
> research affiliate with OBX, TML & NT 2 .
> Philosophy: Jhave uses algorithms as aesthetic tools; and believes that
> moist matter is quasisentient. His work is an attempt to harmoniously
> reconcile computation, emotion, concepts, and the ancient idea of artist as
> conduit. Since 1999, he has published language-art online (instead of on
> paper) at www.glia.ca . In the spring of 2011 he is releasing a usb-key
> version of a decade of this web-work.
>
> GROUP OF X TALK:
>
> I will show and discuss the making-of a set of recent works including MUPs
> (a mashup sound poetry gui), a short video-poem "Reading the Wind" made for
> the 2012 ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) conference, and an
> experiment built during last couple weeks. Talk will probably focus on the
> opportunities available and perils integral for literature as digital tools
> evolve.
>
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> LOCATION
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> The talk is at my place, which is at 811 Helmcken St. in the 'Imperial
> Tower' (!). Buzz 247. I am in #1502 on the 15th floor. I'm at 604 209 1728
> .
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> UNDERGROUND PARKING
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> If you're coming by car, there is underground parking. The entrance to the
> underground parking is off Helmcken. You turn into an alley between Howe
> and
> Hornby. You then see an underground entrance to your right. You take that
> and then buzz me at 247. Park in the visitor's section, proceed to the
> elevator area, and then buzz me again at 247 to get access to the elevator.
>
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> OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
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>
> Friday August 24: Steve DiPaola (unconfirmed)
> September: Dominic Lopes, author of A Philosophy of Computer Art
>
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