FoAM - civil liberties http://x4.fo.am/taxonomy/term/430/0 en Research Gathering with Angelo Vermeulen http://x4.fo.am/translucent_futures_gathering <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-start"><label>Start: </label>2008-10-31 18:00 <span class="tz">Europe/Brussels</span></div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-end"><label>End: </label>2008-10-31 21:00 <span class="tz">Europe/Brussels</span></div></div> <p>During this research gathering Angelo Vermeulen will present a round-up of Translucent Futures, a project he started at FoAM in June and continued at a residency at [nadine] in September and October, supported by the Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators. The meeting starts with a short introduction outlining the project’s main goals and research approach through mind-mapping, wiki-building and collaboration with specialists from different fields.</p> <p>Apart from functioning as an activist/artistic platform, Translucent Futures also functions as a base for the creation of new art projects. During his residency at [nadine] Vermeulen started the pre-production of a live documentary dealing with issues raised in Translucent Futures. As such, his research focus shifted from the strictly theoretical to a more practical, applied context. Two specific topics are explored in more detail: representation of the digital and dystopia in cyberpunk from the late 80s/early 90s, and hacking culture. Both serve as inspirational background material to shape the documentary project.</p> <p>The presentation will conclude with a personal selection of video clips of cyberpunk/dystopian movies.</p> <p><a href="http://x4.fo.am/translucent_futures" title="http://x4.fo.am/translucent_futures">http://x4.fo.am/translucent_futures</a></p> <p>The evening will continue with gRig's <a href="http://x4.fo.am/all_hallows_eve">All Hallow's Eve</a></p> <p><span class="inline inline-left"><a href="/node/1548"><img src="http://f0.am/files/images/Cyberpunk covers photomontage_v2.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="68" /></a></span></p> <div class="image-clear"></div> residency brussels research gathering translocal xmedk civil liberties security surveillance Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:50:52 +0000 maja 484 at http://fo.am