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 5 Sep 2003 @ 09:49Free Publicity for Misogyny By Kristen Kidder, PopMatters August 28, 2003 Although his $10,000 safaris were fake, the publicity generated by the "Hunting for Bambi" stories wasn't, and the controversy clearly boosted sales of the company's video. The hunts were, in fact, newsworthy, because the very possibility of their existence raises the issue of an increasingly violent consumer culture. But news organizations failed to get the real story: Why was it so easy for Michael Burdick to reach a captive audience for the offensive merchandise of Real Men Outdoor Productions, Inc.? And why were the media so quick to jump on the story, pillory it, and then refuse to acknowledge their own participation in producing and promoting the hoax? Now that would be a story worthy of the nightly news. Full StoryMore > |
| Astronauts Love To Play Music In Space | 0 comments |
 5 Sep 2003 @ 09:41NASA Science News September 4, 2003 A surprising number of astronauts are also musicians--and they love to play in space. FULL STORY |
| Music Software Innovations | 0 comments |
 5 Sep 2003 @ 09:31Max/MSP Max/MSP is a graphical environment for music, audio, and multimedia. In use worldwide for over fifteen years by performers, composers, artists, teachers, and students, Max/MSP is the way to make your computer do things that reflect your individual ideas and dreams. Max/MSP Annotated Resource Guide M M is an updated version of the classic composition program originally published in the mid 1980s. Composing music with M is radically different from writing music on paper or recording into a tape recorder or MIDI sequencer. Instead of merely playing back what you've already composed, M becomes a part of the actual process of composition. You enter your basic musical ideas and materials as melodies, chords, and rhythms, and then work with M to transform those ideas into finished compositions. M's powerful tools and musical controls let you work so quickly and interactively that the line between composing and performing becomes blurred. You're composing and performing at the same time, and with a vast array of controls. You can control your music by clicking and dragging the mouse on the computer screen, by "conducting" in a Conducting Grid, by pressing keys on your computer keyboard, or by playing specific notes on your MIDI keyboard. When working with M, you hear the musical results of everything you do while you're doing it, so you can try new things and explore musical ideas without the computer getting in your way. radiaL radiaL is based on loop channels represented by circular displays, each with its own performable multi-filter and pitch shifting/time scaling. Almost every aspect of the system can be configured for live performance, studio recording, or sound exploration, controlled from a variety of sources (control surfaces, MIDI, keyboard or mouse). |
| Art, Science, Computer Network | 0 comments |
 5 Sep 2003 @ 09:22The netzspannung.org is an information, communication and production platform for art, culture and new media. Its significance lies in the development of a productive network of relationships between artists, scientists and computer experts, as well as in the creation of an information interface between the media culture scene and the TIME industries. The aim is to bundle existing activities and create the basis for a melting pot forging innovations in media culture. |
| The Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) | 0 comments |
 5 Sep 2003 @ 09:18The Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) The Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) at the University of Southern California (USC) is the National Science Foundation's Exclusive Engineering Research Center for multimedia and Internet research. IMSC carries out a successful cross-disciplinary program of research, education, outreach, industry collaboration and technology transfer. As a leader in the multimedia and Internet field, IMSC has developed such unique immersive technologies as 3D face modeling and animation, immersivision panoramic video technology, and immersive audio. Major progress is also being made in haptics (touch-related technologies), data compression and wireless communications. IMSC's integrated research approach is progressing toward Immersipresence, the Center's vision for the future of the Internet. IMSC views Immersipresence as the next great breakthrough in our digital era that will dramatically change our world within this decade, transforming our 2D world of computers, TV and film into 3D immersive environments. |