[Nettime-bold] Waag Newsletter January 2002

2       SP      Makers en knoppen
3       SP      Milia 2002
4       SP      Radical Lab 2
5       IA      Cyburg

WAAG SOCIETY / CREATIVE LEARNING
Research and development for a continuous learning process

1.KEY-J
Mid-January the prototype of Key-J was delivered; a sensory multimedia machine allowing children to become a VJ. The VJs have to move in one of the twelve spotlights to generate sounds and images. These are projected directly on to a big screen. In late spring Key-J will be available at NEMO, the Amsterdam based science centre.

http://www.newmet.nl

WAAG SOCIETY / SENSING PRESENCE
Research and development of communications technology for performances

2.WORKSHOP SENSING PRESENCE
Big theatre companies use new techologies in their performances more and more frequently, whereas young theatremakers cannot afford to do so. For that reason Theaterworkshop Het Gasthuis (Amsterdam) organised a workshop on new technologies. Eleven programmers, new media artists, writers, performers and designers experiment this week and next with the theatrical possibilities of KeyStroke. They are supported by Waag Society's Sensing Presence team. A public performance takes place at 9 pm on 25 January.

Booking: http://www.theatergasthuis.nl/knoppen

3.MILIA 2002
RADICAL will be present at MILIA 2002, a conference and exhibition for interactive content held yearly in Cannes, France. It is RADICAL's mission to enhance the cooperation between creatives, scientists and industry experts.

http://www.milia.com
http ://www.get-radical.net

4.RADICAL LAB 2
The second RADICAL Lab will take place in Angoulême, France. The overall theme of the RADICAL Labs, three of which are held, is the input of creatives into application development and how this can lead to more flexible design. Participants of this second Lab are young French artists studying at the École Supérieure de l'Image, the location of the Lab. Performance tools will be evaluated and documented in several working groups. The results are to be published on the RADICAL site. The Lab will test commercial multimedia software as well as more eclectic artist-designed and artist designated tools. Special attention will be given to KeyStroke.

http://www.waag.org/radical (see France)

WAAG SOCIETY / INTERFACING ACCESS
Customized intuitive interfaces

5.CYBURG
In the Amsterdam district Zeeburg a so-called 'digital breeding-ground' will start on 14February: Cyburg. Waag Society's user interfaces for the elderly are part of the Cyburg project. Waag Society is also involved in the setting-up of an E-lab, a virtual centre in which the expertise of providers will be showcased.

http://www.cyburg.org