From geert at xs4all.nl  Sun Nov  2 11:31:58 2008
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 11:31:58 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> youtube a la multilingual
Message-ID: <B72002E0-B21D-455F-B4C8-120736A8232B@xs4all.nl>

http://www.reelseo.com/autotranslate-youtube-captions/


From geert at xs4all.nl  Sun Nov  9 10:36:49 2008
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:36:49 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> make.tv
Message-ID: <71BBA023-2F99-459F-A92E-38614FCA59A3@xs4all.nl>

Tornado Insider: German IP-TV startup receives funding to enable  
online broadcasting

The German start-up company make.tv is looking to shake up the web-TV  
sector with new cash from High-Tech Gr?nderfonds and existing  
shareholders. The second round follows an initial investment just  
after the company?s creation in November last year. The backers in  
that early round were: Andrin Bachmann (co-founder of Glocalnet,  
venture partner of M/C Venture Partners and investor in QXL), Greg  
Lockwood (former chairman of betfair.com) and other private investors.  
Dr. Schwarz-Schilling & Partners advised in the deal.

make.tv enables users to produce their own live show on the Web  
without the need for conventional broadcast technology. They can do  
this either alone or in a team, use multiple cameras and air whatever  
they want: be it music concerts, news shows or presentations. The  
virtual studio is operated from the user?s computer, running in the  
Internet browser.

TV networks are increasingly launching special-interest channels and  
using the Internet as another distribution channel. But the make.tv  
team are not impressed with strategies that only use the Internet as a  
medium for the downstream exploitation of existing content. According  
to them, the Internet requires new formats that are produced  
specifically for it and use the possibilities of the medium. And now  
they provide the tools to do just that.

make.tv?s allows producers to decide for themselves whether they want  
to charge an entry fee or offer their shows for free. The service also  
enables products or electronic media to be sold during online shows.

make.tv was founded by Andreas Meyer (also founder of  
fotocommunity.de) and Georg Lenzen. The company launched the service  
late September 2008, after it had already been confronted with some  
unusual pre-launch inquiries, including a renowned opera company that  
wanted to broadcast every performance on the Internet, anti-nuclear  
activists looking to set up a channel to broadcast their  
demonstrations live, and an international special interest channel for  
graffiti artists.




From geert at xs4all.nl  Tue Nov 11 14:40:47 2008
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:40:47 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> Upload Cinema (Amsterdam)
Message-ID: <B44AB595-D1DB-4160-A3F3-2A79D9A12DD9@xs4all.nl>

http://www.uploadcinema.nl/about.php

ABOUT UPLOAD CINEMA

Upload Cinema is a film club that takes the best web films to the big  
screen. Every fist Monday of the month at 9.30 PM a fresh program of  
Internet shorts is screened at movie theater De Uitkijk in Amsterdam.

Upload Cinema is a cozy get-together for people who enjoy watching,  
sharing and making web films. Our aim is simple: to offer each month  
an inspiring and entertaining one-hour program of Internet shorts.

We don?t have a fixed formula. It seems fun to start with a monthly  
theme to which everyone can contribute. But we might also invite a  
guest curator to compile his/her own film program. Or have a ?no  
concept? mix of crazy stuff that we?ve seen online.

Upload Cinema is for members only. The movie theater is small and we  
appreciate a friendly and committed crowd. You can become a member by  
invitation only, or by entering a film that has been accepted in the  
program.
WHY?

The web is changing film. Not only the way film content is being  
distributed, but also the way film is being produced and watched. The  
whole interactive process of making, mixing, choosing, uploading,  
commenting, recommending and reacting is what is truly revolutionizing  
the industry.

Film is becoming more and more a collaborative, social activity. But  
unfortunately this activity is taking place behind the computer at  
home or at work. Which is, lets face it, not the best possible place  
to enjoy movies.

Upload Cinema wants take this exciting new way of making and sharing  
film out of the domestic realm, away from the internet and the tiny  
computer screen and into a space that?s designed for a collective  
experience: the cinema.

WHO?
Upload Cinema is initiated by Dagan Cohen and Barbara de Wijn and  
presented by movie theater De Uitkijk - the oldest art house cinema in  
the Netherlands. Advertising agency Draftfcb is our proud sponsor.

START YOUR OWN UPLOAD CINEMA
Shouldn?t every creative city in the world have an Upload Cinema? If  
you are triggered by this idea and have an old and cozy cinema in your  
town, don?t hesitate to drop us a line. We?ll be happy to provide you  
with everything you need to get started.

info at uploadcinema.nl 

From namoet2 at gmail.com  Fri Nov 14 20:48:34 2008
From: namoet2 at gmail.com (teoman madra)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:48:34 -0800
Subject: <videovortex> [Invitation] design cinema conference 2008 @ Fri Nov
	14, 2008 	(videovortex@listcultures.org)
Message-ID: <0015174c1aacb8e64d045bab83b7@google.com>

videovortex at listcultures.org, you are invited to

Title: design cinema conference 2008
Time: Fri Nov 14, 2008 (Timezone: Istanbul)
Where: IT?
Calendar: videovortex at listcultures.org
Description:  
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teomanmadra/3028492242/www.designcinema2008.orgNEW  
MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, ENHANCEMENTS AND ART TODAYa-
experimental photography works, progressive appproaches to figurative
and other narrative shootings and new media communicationsb- contemporary  
art centers, new design groups and new music sites in the internet
c- 11 years of uploads , transfers as a bloggings archive in the internet  
within own managed site www.newmediakitchen.com d- New media cafe projects  
involvments through 1999-2008 sequences  
http://newmediakitchen.com/CyberPlatforms13_files/redir.html
d- Visuals and new music selections in multi media and photography with  
freehand 9 software mixups www.anatolia2010gi.blogspot.com e- jcage,  
mmcluhan, jbeuys, bfuller, pvirilio quotes re new media  
http://www.studioquantuma.com
f- multi media video cds and performances -1964-2008  
http://newmediakitchen.com/teoCV3a.htmlg- new media music clips archive  
2003-08 in dvd, vcd ve mpeg formats www.flickr.com/teomanmadra  
www.spq2.blogspot.com (and links) www.myspace.com/studioquantum ,  
www.youtube.com/tmadra
upon the participants familiarizations with the above items, then the
following flow on of the workshop program will be much better adjusted
for creative schemes of nice workouts and possible  
changes------------------------------these below are early CV notes in  
1998---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ww3a teoman madra &amp; thomas b?sch ... TEOMAN MADRA NEW MEDIA KITCHEN  
SOFYALI SOKAK 26C/8A 2926744 spq at turk.net  
www.abone.turk.net/btmadra/ww3abc5.htm  
www.abone.turk.net/btmadra/ww3abc5.htm ? Save
http://abone.turk.net/btmadra/teoCV.htm 15,02,2000
curriculum vitae Teoman Madra -photography and multi media artist new
media kitchen sofyali sokak 26C/8A 80050 t? nel Istanbul Tel - 2926744
see Beral Madra web site .&lt;spq at turk.net&gt;, ...
http://abone.turk.net/btmadra/teoCV.htm abone.turk.net/btmadra/teoCV.htm ?  
Save More Results from abone.turk.net
CASPAR Digital Preservation User Community Contact: teoman madra Phone:  
05327109268 www.casparpreserves.eu/Members/teoman  
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http://newmediakitchen.com/At_Sinassos2008.htm  
http://newmediakitchen.com/phdornot2.html  
http://newmediakitchen.com/moreonsynergetics.htm  
http://newmediakitchen.com/flowerandplus.htm  
http://newmediakitchen.com/realvirtual10.htm  
http://newmediakitchen.com/historiography.htm  
http://newmediakitchen.com/CyberPlatforms13_files/redir.html  
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http://newmediakitchen.com/prestoAASa.htm  
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http://wetheblog.org/archive/000071.html  
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http://newmediakitchen.com/senolteomansoylesi2007.htm  
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From sabine at networkcultures.org  Wed Nov 19 15:54:18 2008
From: sabine at networkcultures.org (Sabine Niederer)
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:18 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> A Search Engine With a Real Eye for Videos
Message-ID: <EEE7D418-63A7-419C-A5DE-AB8F75650B65@networkcultures.org>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122705795052039617.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
best, sabine


A Search Engine With a Real Eye for Videos
By KATHERINE BOEHRET
Web video has transformed the way the Internet is used, but finding  
the exact clip you want can be incredibly hard. And it's no wonder,  
considering that sites like YouTube conduct their hunts by looking at  
a clip's "contextual metadata" -- tags, video title and description --  
and thus can often be misled by false information. For example, a  
homemade video about cooking might be inaccurately tagged with a  
popular search word like "Obama" so as to get more traction.

This week I tested VideoSurf.com, a site that claims to be the first  
to search videos by "seeing" images that appear in these videos. The  
company says its technology can analyze a clip's visual content, as  
well as its metadata -- especially when searching for people.  
VideoSurf has analyzed and categorized more than 12 billion visual  
moments on the Web to understand who the most important characters and  
scenes are in a video, and it uses this knowledge to sort clips  
according to relevancy.

Search results on VideoSurf spread out videos in a filmstrip-like  
format, distinguishing one scene from the next. Users can choose an  
option to show only faces, which helps if you're looking for a  
specific person in a long video or movie. And when looking at videos  
from certain sources, you can select a scene from the filmstrip and  
jump ahead to that scene rather than sit through the entire clip.

When it works, VideoSurf is one of those technologies that make you  
wonder why someone didn't think of it sooner. The site aggregates  
content from about 60 sources, including YouTube, CNN Video, Hulu,  
ESPN and Comedy Central, and a sorting tool weeds out unwanted results  
like the irksome slideshows that are labeled as videos. VideoSurf can  
find videos on all kinds of subjects, but it really shines when it  
finds well-known people.

But VideoSurf has some rough edges and doesn't always work as it  
should. In its defense, the site is still in its public beta, or  
trial, stage, and plans to be full-blown by early next year. Right  
now, one of its best features, the ability to jump ahead to specific  
scenes, works with video from only a handful of sources including  
YouTube, MetaCafe, DailyMotion and Google Video. Videos from Hulu.com  
confusingly allow jumping ahead only from certain screens.

Additionally, I came across a couple of videos that were no longer  
available, though they were listed in search results. And a  
customizable VideoSurf home page for users with accounts on the site  
saves searches but not specific clips; VideoSurf plans to fix this  
next week by adding a favorites page where users can store and share  
favorite videos with others.

Still, I really grew to like VideoSurf's clear way of displaying  
content that would be otherwise buried within videos. Rather than  
trying to guess a video's contents by looking at a single  
representative image, VideoSurf's filmstrip views showed me exactly  
what I'd be watching. In many cases, I viewed a video I might not have  
otherwise watched because its filmstrip showed shots of scenes that  
looked interesting.

On the left-hand side of the search-results page, VideoSurf users can  
narrow results according to Content Type, Categories and Video Sources  
to see just what they're looking for -- or, often more important, what  
they're not looking for. Content Type, for example, includes  
slideshows, Web series, full television episodes and full movies; a  
search can include only videos in a particular category (say,  
slideshows) or exclude that category altogether by unmarking the box  
beside it.

Most search-results pages include tiled still images at the top  
representing the characters in the videos. By selecting one of these  
characters, users can refine search results to show only videos with  
that character. For example, I typed the title of a favorite  
television show, "Brothers and Sisters," into the search box and saw  
the names and images of seven actors on the show at the top of the  
screen. I selected Sally Field and was redirected to results of videos  
featuring only the mother she plays on the show.

I used VideoSurf to search for Beyonce's "Single Ladies" music video,  
and then changed the date parameters to find only videos posted this  
week. This retrieved a Saturday Night Live skit in which the pop  
singer spoofs her own video with help from three men in tights --  
including Justin Timberlake. While the SNL skit ran, a list of related  
videos appeared in a column on the right, including clips of J.T.'s  
past SNL skits.

Occasionally, annotations appear on videos, but these come from the  
source -- not VideoSurf. If overlaid text appears on YouTube videos,  
it can be turned off using an icon in the bottom right of the YouTube  
screen. Video-sharing sites that use introductory pages such as pre- 
rolls before each video will still show those pages.

VideoSurf makes it easy to send specific clips of videos to friends. I  
did so by selecting a Share option and adjusting slide bars to trim  
the clip to start and end at scenes I preferred. Clips shared with  
friends via email are sent with the VideoSurf filmstrip, giving others  
the ability to also know what the video will include so that they,  
too, can discern whether or not they want to watch it.

Clips can be shared on social-networking sites like del.icio.us,  
MySpace and Facebook, though VideoSurf's helpful filmstrip didn't show  
up on these sites like it did in emails.

I also tested an add-on for the Mozilla Firefox browser called  
Greasemonkey that works with VideoSurf. When installed, this displays  
VideoSurf's helpful filmstrip beneath search results from Google  
Video, YouTube, Yahoo or CBS.com. Once installed, filmstrips  
illustrating important scenes appear along with the normal text  
results for videos, and some of the filmstrips enable jumping ahead to  
specific scenes. This somewhat techie Greasemonkey extension can save  
people the extra step of making a separate visit to VideoSurf.com to  
watch a specific clip.

VideoSurf uses smart technology that can save people the aggravation  
of watching videos that aren't what they appear to be. Since so much  
Web content now includes videos, a visual search tool that can better  
assess videos like VideoSurf is a good idea. When this site improves  
its now-flaky ability to jump ahead to specific scenes in videos, it  
will be even more valuable.

?Edited by Walter S. Mossberg
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From michael at michaelverdi.com  Wed Nov 19 16:24:37 2008
From: michael at michaelverdi.com (Michael Verdi)
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:24:37 -0600
Subject: <videovortex> A Search Engine With a Real Eye for Videos
In-Reply-To: <EEE7D418-63A7-419C-A5DE-AB8F75650B65@networkcultures.org>
References: <EEE7D418-63A7-419C-A5DE-AB8F75650B65@networkcultures.org>
Message-ID: <94b4a6520811190724y3b30139bg3f1b59459b827ef3@mail.gmail.com>

Here's an interesting article from ReadWriteWeb about YouTube as the
next Google:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_youtube_the_next_google.php

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Sabine Niederer
<sabine at networkcultures.org> wrote:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122705795052039617.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
> best, sabine
>
> A Search Engine With a Real Eye for Videos
>
> By KATHERINE BOEHRET
>
> Web video has transformed the way the Internet is used, but finding the
> exact clip you want can be incredibly hard. And it's no wonder, considering
> that sites like YouTube conduct their hunts by looking at a clip's
> "contextual metadata" -- tags, video title and description -- and thus can
> often be misled by false information. For example, a homemade video about
> cooking might be inaccurately tagged with a popular search word like "Obama"
> so as to get more traction.
>
> This week I tested VideoSurf.com, a site that claims to be the first to
> search videos by "seeing" images that appear in these videos. The company
> says its technology can analyze a clip's visual content, as well as its
> metadata -- especially when searching for people. VideoSurf has analyzed and
> categorized more than 12 billion visual moments on the Web to understand who
> the most important characters and scenes are in a video, and it uses this
> knowledge to sort clips according to relevancy.
>
> Search results on VideoSurf spread out videos in a filmstrip-like format,
> distinguishing one scene from the next. Users can choose an option to show
> only faces, which helps if you're looking for a specific person in a long
> video or movie. And when looking at videos from certain sources, you can
> select a scene from the filmstrip and jump ahead to that scene rather than
> sit through the entire clip.
>
> When it works, VideoSurf is one of those technologies that make you wonder
> why someone didn't think of it sooner. The site aggregates content from
> about 60 sources, including YouTube, CNN Video, Hulu, ESPN and Comedy
> Central, and a sorting tool weeds out unwanted results like the irksome
> slideshows that are labeled as videos. VideoSurf can find videos on all
> kinds of subjects, but it really shines when it finds well-known people.
>
> But VideoSurf has some rough edges and doesn't always work as it should. In
> its defense, the site is still in its public beta, or trial, stage, and
> plans to be full-blown by early next year. Right now, one of its best
> features, the ability to jump ahead to specific scenes, works with video
> from only a handful of sources including YouTube, MetaCafe, DailyMotion and
> Google Video. Videos from Hulu.com confusingly allow jumping ahead only from
> certain screens.
>
> Additionally, I came across a couple of videos that were no longer
> available, though they were listed in search results. And a customizable
> VideoSurf home page for users with accounts on the site saves searches but
> not specific clips; VideoSurf plans to fix this next week by adding a
> favorites page where users can store and share favorite videos with others.
>
> Still, I really grew to like VideoSurf's clear way of displaying content
> that would be otherwise buried within videos. Rather than trying to guess a
> video's contents by looking at a single representative image, VideoSurf's
> filmstrip views showed me exactly what I'd be watching. In many cases, I
> viewed a video I might not have otherwise watched because its filmstrip
> showed shots of scenes that looked interesting.
>
> On the left-hand side of the search-results page, VideoSurf users can narrow
> results according to Content Type, Categories and Video Sources to see just
> what they're looking for -- or, often more important, what they're not
> looking for. Content Type, for example, includes slideshows, Web series,
> full television episodes and full movies; a search can include only videos
> in a particular category (say, slideshows) or exclude that category
> altogether by unmarking the box beside it.
>
> Most search-results pages include tiled still images at the top representing
> the characters in the videos. By selecting one of these characters, users
> can refine search results to show only videos with that character. For
> example, I typed the title of a favorite television show, "Brothers and
> Sisters," into the search box and saw the names and images of seven actors
> on the show at the top of the screen. I selected Sally Field and was
> redirected to results of videos featuring only the mother she plays on the
> show.
>
> I used VideoSurf to search for Beyonce's "Single Ladies" music video, and
> then changed the date parameters to find only videos posted this week. This
> retrieved a Saturday Night Live skit in which the pop singer spoofs her own
> video with help from three men in tights -- including Justin Timberlake.
> While the SNL skit ran, a list of related videos appeared in a column on the
> right, including clips of J.T.'s past SNL skits.
>
> Occasionally, annotations appear on videos, but these come from the source
> -- not VideoSurf. If overlaid text appears on YouTube videos, it can be
> turned off using an icon in the bottom right of the YouTube screen.
> Video-sharing sites that use introductory pages such as pre-rolls before
> each video will still show those pages.
>
> VideoSurf makes it easy to send specific clips of videos to friends. I did
> so by selecting a Share option and adjusting slide bars to trim the clip to
> start and end at scenes I preferred. Clips shared with friends via email are
> sent with the VideoSurf filmstrip, giving others the ability to also know
> what the video will include so that they, too, can discern whether or not
> they want to watch it.
>
> Clips can be shared on social-networking sites like del.icio.us, MySpace and
> Facebook, though VideoSurf's helpful filmstrip didn't show up on these sites
> like it did in emails.
>
> I also tested an add-on for the Mozilla Firefox browser called Greasemonkey
> that works with VideoSurf. When installed, this displays VideoSurf's helpful
> filmstrip beneath search results from Google Video, YouTube, Yahoo or
> CBS.com. Once installed, filmstrips illustrating important scenes appear
> along with the normal text results for videos, and some of the filmstrips
> enable jumping ahead to specific scenes. This somewhat techie Greasemonkey
> extension can save people the extra step of making a separate visit to
> VideoSurf.com to watch a specific clip.
>
> VideoSurf uses smart technology that can save people the aggravation of
> watching videos that aren't what they appear to be. Since so much Web
> content now includes videos, a visual search tool that can better assess
> videos like VideoSurf is a good idea. When this site improves its now-flaky
> ability to jump ahead to specific scenes in videos, it will be even more
> valuable.
>
> ?Edited by Walter S. Mossberg
> -----
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From geert at xs4all.nl  Mon Nov 24 21:29:57 2008
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:29:57 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> Queen Rania spoofs Letterman's Top 10 while accepting
	award at YouTube Live
Message-ID: <2E7496A8-F962-4A76-9E47-B400DE5CA843@xs4all.nl>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z-aQAEA7U8&feature=channel

Queen Rania spoofs Letterman's Top 10 while accepting award at YouTube  
Live ?
By Joi Ito
Nov 23, 2008 - 23:40 UTC

As most people already know, Queen Ranai of Jordan won the YouTube  
Visionary Award for her channel on YouTube. Here's her awesome  
acceptance speech a la Letterman style. It's really funny.

I love how many members of the royal family of Jordan have such a  
great sense of humor. I remember a talk by Prince Abdullah at a  
conference I once attended and he opened with the line, "We find  
ourselves between Iraq and a hard place." ;-)

Jordan is quickly becoming one of my favorite countries and I can't  
wait to go back. My visit with Princess Rym when I was there was  
really inspiring and her work in promoting journalism and film are  
important and inspiring. I think the openness and the skill with which  
the leaders communicate with the rest of the world goes a long way in  
dispelling some of the unreasonable stereotypes that the West has  
about the Arab world.

Congratulations Queen Rania and Jordan!






From sethkeen at internode.on.net  Thu Nov 27 00:44:12 2008
From: sethkeen at internode.on.net (Seth Keen)
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:44:12 +1100
Subject: <videovortex> Internet Attractions: online video and user-generated
	ephemera
References: <5eca9f760811261429u4ac5de16u27502dfeb476fde0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9EA9F652-84D2-42E2-9013-1F5EB96ED563@internode.on.net>

> DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS ? 10th DECEMBER 2008
>
> Internet Attractions: online video and user-generated ephemera
>
> AHRC workshop on ephemeral media, University of Nottingham, 23-24  
> June 2009
>
> http://www.ephemeralmedia.co.uk/
>
> key speakers: Professor Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths), Professor Barbara
> Klinger (Indiana), Hugh Hancock (Strange Company), Emily Renshaw-Smith
> (Current TV - to be confirmed)
>
>
>
> The emergence of new media technologies in the 1990s and 2000s,
> specifically the rise of digital and Internet technology, has been
> linked to fundamental changes in the media environment, shaping newly
> emerging circuits of production and consumption and propagating a
> cultural landscape where media seem available everywhere and all the
> time. This AHRC-sponsored workshop examines a particular feature of
> our accelerated media world - the growth of the brief or 'ephemeral'
> texts that exist beyond and between the films, television programmes,
> and radio broadcasts more commonly isolated for analysis.
>
> What does ephemeral mean? In the context of the workshop it connotes
> short-form media (i.e. texts that are no more than a few minutes long)
> but also media which are fleeting in the way they circulate, or that
> are often overlooked within mainstream academic study. 'Ephemeral
> media' offers a rubric to designate and explore some of the key
> strategies, forms and practices that are helping producers and publics
> alike to negotiate today's fast-changing mediascape. More generally,
> it invites historical and theoretical reflection on the significance
> of screen ephemera - on those forms of screen culture that, whilst
> momentary, remain active components of media experience.
>
> The first workshop in the series focuses on user-generated ephemera,
> in particular the proliferation of online video. The emerging digital
> media environment has created new opportunities for user-generated
> content to achieve broad distribution and so create a public of users.
> This has been typified, and enabled, by recent phenomena such as
> YouTube. The fleeting and competing nature of user-generated content
> has placed particular emphasis on the role of media performance - what
> can be understood broadly as a display of communicative competence for
> assessment by an audience. The workshop will examine the status and
> significance of user-generated ephemera (in particular online video)
> and the kinds of performance inscribed herein.
>
> Questions under discussion might include: How is performance framed in
> user-generated ephemera? How is user-generated ephemera assessed and
> discussed by audiences? How does the temporality of circulation on the
> Internet shape the kind of publics that are convened around
> user-generated ephemera? How do ephemeral media performances represent
> national, regional, ethnic identity? How are questions of authorship
> understood in forms that frequently involve the reworking of existing
> material? What role do "gatekeepers" play in filtering the
> user-generated performances that are distributed to online audiences?
>
> The workshop is interested in, but not limited to, the following media
> forms and issues:
>
>
>
> Production and genre ? creative amateur practices, technologies,
> genres involved in making online video; the relation between amateur
> and professional media production
> Performance and address ? styles of online acting, dance, musical
> performance; projections of gesture and voice within online video and
> other user-generated ephemera (e.g. webcams, online pornography,
> blogging)
> Sensory communication ? the use of sound and image: audiovisual
> methods and strategies
> media environments - the relation of user-generated ephemera to
> continuities/changes in the media landscape; historical precursors to
> online video and user-generated ephemera
> Audiences ? online communities and the construction of user
> hierarchies; questions of authorship and negotiation in "bottom up"
> forms of ephemeral media; dynamics of cultural borrowing and
> authorship in online remakes, mashups, and machinima
> Distribution and Intellectual Property - the role of gate keepers and
> cultural intermediaries; questions of censorship, policy and
> legislation relating to ephemeral media production, distribution and
> consumption
> critical methodologies ? the means and possibilities of studying
> user-generated ephemera
>
>
>
> The ephemeral media workshop is part of the AHRC's 'Beyond Text'
> research programme and is designed to facilitate discussion in a small
> group environment. It can provide travel (up to ?100), accommodation,
> and subsistence costs to all accepted participants. To apply for the
> workshop, please send a 250 word paper proposal and a short biography
> highlighting relevant research interests or publications to
> generalenquiries at ephemeralmedia.co.uk by 10th December 2008.
>
>
>
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>
> -- 
> Nate Tkacz
> School of Culture and Communication
> University of Melbourne
>
> Contact:
> nathanieltkacz at gmail.com

best
Seth Keen
seth.keen at rmit.edu.au
http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/
http://videodefunct.net/




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