Darmstadt 21.05. 2001 : Workshop on Technology Platforms for Cultural and Artistic Creative Expression

Wolfgang Strauss/Monika Fleischmann

MARS - Media Arts & Research Studies

GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology

http://imk.gmd.de/mars, http://netzspannung.org, http://netzspannung.org/journal

...platform for media staging, artistic production and inter-media research

MARS >> exploratory Media Lab / GMD /IMK / MARS

* 1997 : 02 personen 2001 : 33 international members : media artists / scientists / entrepreneurs

including 4 docs, 2 post-docs

budget : 2.5 M Euro/Anno / 85 % Third-party / 15 % basic funding

expertise: Mixed Reality, Advanced Interfaces, Distributed Systems, Ci-neTV

projects : eRENA • electronic arenas for art, culture, entertainment (EU): Song • Sites of Next Generation (EU): Safira • emotion based toolkit (EU): Awake • awareness for knowledge discovery (BMBF): CAT • communication of Art & Technology (BMBF)

funding: 2, 2 Mio Euro

• Medienlandschaft darstellen, in Beziehung setzen

• Techniken & Interfaces entwickeln

• Archiv, Kommunikations- und Produktionsmittel anbieten

tools & techniques for creators

• information / connected archives• communication / knowledge discovery• production / cooperative production

Internet medialab >

distributed architecture >

: user tailored applications / connected archives

eMUSE

i2tv

carryOn

Server Kern für eine Struktur dezentraler Datenbank & Applikations Server

Mobile Einheiten als frei flottierende Medienlabore

netzspannung.org/systemThe netzspannung.org system comprises the following

elements:Distributed Community Engine,

Authoring Toolbox for Networked Concepts,

Open Interface Toolkit.

Distributed Community EngineThe Distributed Community Engine is based on

the three-tier model for the separation of interface, application and database layers. This

enables the deployment of multiple independent database and application servers, as well as

decentral y managed interfaces, as part of the overall distributed system of netzspannung.org.

Each user can run his/her own server with an own set of functionalities. The distributed engine

supports CORBA, SOAP and HTTP as communication protocols between individual

modules.

elements >> virtual platform & mobile unit

: Server Kernel for a distributed database/application server

: mobile units (different sizes) as free floating medialabs

internet medialab Input/output tools + connected archives =

Input/output channels >

...pilotprojects

• Connecting Archives (Partner: ZKM, Ars Electronica,

SWF) semantic web & neuronal networks• Murmuring Fields, i2TV

experimental mediaformats on shared creating

• artists using the platform Shu Lea Cheang:Carry On Helen Evans: Weather ProjectChristiane Büchner: Listening Voices

..…actual productions and events

• Cast01 : living in mixed realitiesConference 21./22. September 2001Castle of Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin, Germany

• digital sparksmapping media education : best student media projects

• netzspannung.org/journalonline and print Journal

cast01 // „Living in Mixed Realities“

covering three areas Conference on artistic, cultural and scientific aspects of experimental media spaces http://netzspannung.org/cast01

art -IST projects digital sparksIST projects

cast01 // „Living in Mixed Realities“

four major topics

categories : paper, blueprint, poster submission deadline // 31.05.01

- proceedings- electronic library ACM

http://netzspannung.org/cast01

agents multi-user archive (i)tv

cast01 // „Living in Mixed Realities“

demo programme : immersion & mixing

CAVE / Panorama / Virtual Studio / Mixed Reality lounge

-non every day technologies http://netzspannung.org/cast01

http://netzspannung.org/journalhttp://imk.gmd.de/mars