[x] Sunday July 8 (7pm) at x: David Jhave Johnston

[David Ayre]

Hi Jim !

Regretfully I won't be able to make it this evening.   I've got some ugly
bug in my system and don't want to kill off the majority of Canada's best
net artists with a casual visit and a few misdirected coughs.    I was very
much looking forward to seeing Jhave again and meeting Sophia.

I'm sure it will be a great evening !

d





On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:

> Just a reminder of tonight's event (Sunday July 8 at 7pm): David Jhave
> Johnston. Should be very interesting. Hope to see you at my place!
>
> ja
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Andrews" <jim at vispo.com>
> To: "x" <x at vispo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:37 PM
> Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 at x: David Jhave Johnston
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>  **************************************************
>> DAVID JHAVE JOHNSTON, SUNDAY JULY 8
>> **************************************************
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> *****************************
>> LOCATION
>> *****************************
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> *****************************
>> UNDERGROUND PARKING
>> *****************************
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> *****************************
>> OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
>> *****************************
>>
>> Friday August 24: Steve DiPaola (unconfirmed)
>> September: Dominic Lopes, author of A Philosophy of Computer Art
>>
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