[-empyre-] July on empyre: Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

[Simon Biggs]

We would like to thanks all those who have contributed to this month's
empyre discussion till now and welcome two further colleagues for the third
week's discussion, Saul Albert and Julian Oliver. Saul is an artist active
in the development of peer to peer culture. Julian is an artist and engineer
who has undertaken projects from alternate inclusive gaming scenarios to
open source augmented reality. We hope that our previous guests continue to
complement the discussion with their thoughts.

Saul Albert is a PhD researcher at Queen Mary University, London, on the
Media and Arts Technology Programme (http://qmat.net/saul) where he is
working on Conversational Aesthetics. He works with The People Speak
(http://theps.net) creating 'tools for the world to take over itself', and
co-organises Dorkbot London (http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotlondon), a local
chapter of a global group of 'people doing strange things with electricity'.

Julian Oliver is a New Zealander based in Berlin. Not just an Artist but a
Critical Engineer, working since 1998. His work has been presented at many
museums, electronic-art events and conferences, including Tate Modern,
Transmediale, Ars Electronica and the Japan Media Arts Festival. His work
has received several awards, including the Golden Nica at this year's Prix
Ars Electronica for a collaborative project with his studio partner Danja
Vasiliev. Julian has given numerous workshops in software art, hacking,
artistic game-development, information visualisation, UNIX/Linux and open
source development practices. He is an advocate of free software, working
exclusively with free and open source software in his own practice.
http://julianoliver.com

The July edition of empyre " Reclaiming creativity as agent of change" is
co-moderated by Simon Biggs (UK/Aus) and Magnus Lawrie (UK).


Simon Biggs | simon at littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk

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