■■  PIKSEL_PLENUM [seminar]

Electronic art is more closely connected to the development of technology than any other art genre. New technology creates new opportunities for artists and developers, and with that follows the discussion of copyright, IPR and
distribution rights.

In an up and coming seminar series, Piksel_Plenum, Piksel will set focus on such socio-political questions by inviting various thinkers and artists to give presentations at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall.

From 2009 Piksel aims to host 2-3 Plenum events every year.

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Upcoming:
■■  PIKSEL PLENUM ¤3: The Virtual Eye

■ Landmark 7th September 2010:
Using Computer Vision technologies as a starting point we will investigate the introduction of the Virtual Eye, computer generated vision in art, through presentations, panel debate and live installations.
This year we work with ambient seminar as the form for the Plenum events. The immersive character of this type of seminar places the audience in the centre of attention, and in addition  to presentations the evenings will include visual and musical references presented through a relevant selection of media and communication
technology.’ More info will come soon…

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Archive:

■■  PIKSEL PLENUM ¤2: Open Artistic Production

■ Landmark 21st November 2009: 
Open Artistic Production: Blueprints, Archiving and Open Source Technology

Lounge talk with Angela Plohman, Wendi Ann Mansilla, Jordi Puig and Julien Ottavi.
Moderator: Elisabeth Nesheim

In this Piksel Plenum panel, we invite you to participate in a lounge talk where we explore how processes of artistic production can be shared beyond pure archiving and documentation.
This talk is directly connected to Piksel’s collaboration with Baltan Laboratories in Eindhoven (NL) which have been running from September til November 2009. Artists Wendy Ann Mansilla and Jordi Puig have partaken in workshops and carried out an artist residency at Baltan Labs. Here they have worked with developers from the Piksel network towards a commissioned work, Flick Flock, which is to be exhibited at Baltan Laboratories and this year’s Piksel festival.
An important criteria for this project is a reflection of how work processes can be opened and shared in art production. We ask Baltan Lab director, Angela Plohman and the two artists to share their experiences from the residency. We have also invited Julien Ottavi from art and technology network APO33, to share insights from his research and experience on open and free technologies and how such tools can stimulate to collective creative processes.

■■  PIKSEL PLENUM ¤1: Piracy & Sustainable sharing

■ Landmark 15th October 2009:  Piratkopiering, bæredyktig deling og kunstproduksjon