LGRU June 2013

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LGRU Porto feedback
by Manuel Schmalstieg 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Hey LGRU list, Already one month has passed since the wonderful LGRU meeting in Porto. And summer arrived, finally, sort of. I was planning a proper writeup, but of course this didn't materialize - so instead of a long report, here is a raw list of things / links / topics / ideas / action items that may (or may not) be followed-up and evolve. ## Stuff done at the LGRU meeting Porto: - Tons of notes were taken across various etherpad instances (links below). - A hardware/software survey was conducted: <http://greyscalepress.com/2013/news/lgru-laptops/> - Some photos were taken: <http://pix.4o4.ch/photos/album-2/list> - Delicious fried eggplants with garlic were consumed. - Did a "foundry in a box" worksession with Manufactura Independente - resulting, among many prospective ideas, in a proportional version of Inconsolata (in the Day4 folder here: <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/debr1idr7bza7gl/mS6Nmzcw2b>). ## Random ideas: - Idea for Floss Manuals FR: do a manual on "running an art collective". - Idea from Femke: "How to run an LGM" -- do a "methodology and guidelines" writing sprint. ## Stuff to follow up: - Upcoming Libre Graphics Magazine with M.I. - Foundry-In-A-Box project. - Article by Pierre/OSP about their recent CSS-to-Print experiments, addressing the web standards community (ALAP & al.). ## Recordings: - Aymeric's talk, "Sandbox Culture", and the introduction talk of the "Books with an attitude" exhibition can be found here: <http://sound.constantvzw.org/LGRU/>. - Btw, Aymeric's previous talk on "Software Exile" is also there, in the file friday-28-sept-1.ogg in the <http://sound.constantvzw.org/LGRU/abstracting-craft/> folder. Live notes are in <http://lgru.pad.constantvzw.org:8000/104> - where is part 1 of the trilogy (on "open design")? :-0 ## Links & Pads: Overview: http://lgru.pad.constantvzw.org:8000/144 Wednesday 22 May http://lgru.pad.constantvzw.org:8000/159 Thursday 23 May http://lgru.pad.constantvzw.org:8000/160 + http://osp.titanpad.com/232 (Co-position + Superglue) Friday 24 May http://lgru.pad.constantvzw.org:8000/161 Saturday 25 May 11:00 Two parallel worksessions with Manufactura Independente, OSP, Greyscale Press, FLOSS-manuals: Translation sprint (Translating the FontForge FLOSS-manual into Portuguese) + Foundry-in-a-box brainstorm http://osp.constantvzw.org:9001/p/porto-translation http://osp.constantvzw.org:9001/p/foundry-box Books with an attitude: http://bookswithanattitude.org/ ## The LGRU Reader: The print version should come later this year, designed by Steph and Alex, published by b42. The online version is here: http://reader.lgru.net/ Some non-free texts can be read only when logging in: http://reader.lgru.net/admin/ (user+pass = lgru) ## Some follow-ups: - Inspired by the discussion that followed Danja Vasiliev's "SuperGlue" presentation, I compiled a list of recent distributed/offline/peer2peer/unhosted (post)(networked)art projects & hacks: <http://ms-studio.net/?p=3016> - you're welcome to consolidate that movement by writing some serious theory about it, or maybe a manifesto. - A recent LGM follow-up: with Ale Rimoldi, we did a Libre Graphics worksession at Dock18/Zurich last friday, where USB-keys filled with LGM-videos and libre fonts were distributed (and maps of european FLOSS and libre type classification were drafted into alpha status). ## --- ## Report done! Good night & till soon, Manuel

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The Official Report: Libre Graphics Meeting 2013
by Nerea García Garmendia 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: The Official Report: Libre Graphics Meeting 2013 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:31:22 +0200 From: Redazione Digicult <redazione(a)digicult.it> To: Nerea García Garmendia <nerea(a)medialab-prado.es> CC: donatella(a)constantvzw.org, marcos(a)medialab-prado.es, peter(a)constantvzw.org, Loretta Borrelli <loretta.borrelli(a)yahoo.it> Hi Nerea, hello to everybody Marco Mancuso speaking from Digicult, goodmorning here we are with the report written by Loretta, this is the link and you can use it as you like and want: everything its free, I only ask you to respect the CC license advises reporting the name of the authors, the source from Digicult and the direct link: http://www.digicult.it/news/libre-graphics-meeting-and-interactivos13-tools… let us know your feedbacks and I really hope to have soon another chance to work togheter maybe also on some curatorial specific projects my very best mk 2013/3/12 Redazione Digicult <redazione(a)digicult.it <mailto:redazione@digicult.it>> Dear Nerea, dear people at Medialab-Prado this quick email just to introduce you Loretta Borrelli. As I told you she's one of the max expert I know of editorial system for online publishing and content sharing. She's also an activitst and core member of the AHA list. Finally, she's also an author from Digicult Network and my partner in crime at the Bergamo Academy class of "New editorial system for the arts" where she will lead the laboratory part of the course this is what we could do, just to recup what we discussed about: - if you will invite Loretta to the Libre Graphics workshop in Madrid, covering costs for flight + accomodation - she will be my eyes, and much more than that. she's the best person to have there, much more than me. she will report about the event, and we will publish it on Digicult. Of course, I will also help you to promote the event through Digicult itself, it will be a pleasure - after learing new systems at the workshop, my idea is also that she will be able to bring the learning back in the laboratory part of the class. Side by side with other systems she will teach, the ones from LGM will be included - finally, it could be the chance to introduce Medialab Prado and the workshop itself at the Academy. It means that, the next year, there will be maybe the chance for you to be invited ot have the workshop directly in the Academy and maybe also in some other venues we could find in Milan itself (and Italy) through Digicult networks I think it's enough for now, any more ideas are welcome My best mk 2013/3/12 Nerea García Garmendia <nerea(a)medialab-prado.es <mailto:nerea@medialab-prado.es>> Dear Marco, My name is Nerea García and I work for Medialab-Prado in the communication department. We know and follow Digicult for a long time now, that's why, funnily enough, you were already on the list of expert journalists we would like to invite to the event. Therefore we are very pleased that you showed interest in coming to LGM through your colleage Loretta Borrelli. We need to go through the travel and accomodation budget first and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. All the best, Nerea On 08/03/13 11:40, Redazione Digicult wrote: > Hello Donatella, hello people at LGRU and Medialab Prado > > my name is Marco Mancuso, I'm an Italian critic, curator and > founder at Digicult (www.digicult.it > <http://www.digicult.it>), online observatori and platform > around the impact of digital technologies on art, design and > culture. We had some contacts with you guys at Medialab, we > visited you a couple of years ago and we always try to support > your great activities through our platforms in which you can > find not simply news, but a lot of interviews, reports and essays > > I'm writing you because I would love to speak with you about > the possible chance of collaboration for your very interesting > next meeting around Libre Graphics. I try to explain you my > idea point by point: > > - I'm teaching, among others, a very challenging class at > Accademia di Bergamo (http://www.accademiabellearti.bg.it/) in > Italy around "New editorial systems for art and culture", > around the impact of digital technologies on editorial > systems, publishing and so on. It's a very long class, having > also a lab part inside, to teach the students the new tools > for online publishing and art critic > > - The co-teacher following the lab is Loretta Borrelli, who is > not simply an author on Digicult, but its one of the most > important expert in Italy around the field > > - We think it would be fantastic if Loretta Borrelli would > join the workshop, from 10 to 13 April 2013. The goals could > be: 1) to learn your instruments and than include them in > their laboratory part within the class + 2) Having a report of > the event to be published on Digicult in order to promote you > and the event itself + 3) Having an interview with you to > support all your activities + 4) Running a future teaching > partnership also with the Academy in Bergamo within my class > for the next year > > - We wanted to ask you the chance to invite Loretta to join > the Workshop, from 10 to 13 April 2013. As you maybe know, > Digicult is an indipendent project and we have no money from > any funding. We were thiking if you could invite her covering > flight + hostel (or similar). She comes from Milan, so I think > would be not an expensive flight > > Let me know if you like the idea and all my best > mk > > > _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > Marco Mancuso > Digital Art, Design & Culture > Digicult Director | Critic, Curator and Professor > Largo Murani 4, 20133, Milan (Italy) > Mob. +39.340.8371816 | Skype. Sostakovich > http://www.digicult.it <http://www.digicult.it/> -- Nerea García Garmendia Medialab-Prado Área de Las Artes, Ayuntamiento de Madrid Intermediae Matadero Madrid Paseo de la Chopera, 14 28045 Madrid Tel. 915177288 (interno 57288) nerea(a)medialab-prado.es <mailto:nerea@medialab-prado.es> www.medialab-prado.es <http://www.medialab-prado.es> Durante las obras que tienen lugar en MEDIALAB-PRADO (Plaza de las Letras. Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid) el personal y la actividad se trasladan temporalmente a Paseo de la Chopera, 14. 28045 Madrid (Intermediae-Matadero-Madrid). http://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid Twitter: @medialabprado "Antes de imprimir este documento asegúrate de que es realmente necesario. ¡Gracias por tu colaboración!" -- _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marco Mancuso Digital Art, Design & Culture Digicult Director | Critic, Curator and Professor Largo Murani 4, 20133, Milan (Italy) Mob. +39.340.8371816 | Skype. Sostakovich http://www.digicult.it <http://www.digicult.it/> -- _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marco Mancuso Digital Art, Design & Culture Digicult Director | Critic, Curator and Professor Largo Murani 4, 20133, Milan (Italy) Mob. +39.340.8371816 | Skype. Sostakovich http://www.digicult.it <http://www.digicult.it/> -- Nerea García Garmendia Medialab-Prado Plaza de las Letras Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid nerea(a)medialab-prado.es http://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid Twitter: @medialabprado <https://twitter.com/medialabprado> /"Antes de imprimir este documento asegúrate de que es realmente necesario. ¡Gracias por tu colaboración!"/

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RELEARN - Libre Graphics Summer School
by Femke Snelting 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

The design caravan Open Source Publishing invites you for a design education experiment this summer — from 26 until 30 August 2013 By and large, graphic design students bring a laptop to school, and create their work using digital software tools. This hard- and software represents a technological and cultural heritage that is seldomly questioned, and a potential that goes unexploited. Using free and open source software and engaging in its culture provides an alternative by making a design practice possible with a more intimate and experimental relation to its toolbox. Beyond the implications for design practice, the culture of free and open source software challenges traditional education paradigms because knowledge is exchanged outside institutional borders, and participants move between roles easily (teacher, student, developer, user). Following from their series of workshops and Print Parties, OSP proposes a summer school experiment. Welcome! http://osp.constantvzw.org/summer-school-2013/

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