A month after the Third PdCon is over, I think I have finally recovered from the firehose of exchange that occured. I have been fortunate enough to attend all three and have been fascinated to see both the evolution of the Pd community and how the personality of each local group is expressed in the […]
The Third International Pure Data Convention in São Paulo
September 8th, 2009Sublte Technologies : Where art and science meet, hang out and catch up on things.
June 20th, 2009I was fortunate enough to visit Toronto for a festival that could be seen as the yin to the yang of Mutek and Elektra. Subtle Technologies focuses on the unique space where science and art meet. This year’s theme was networks, and the presentations ranged from theoretical mathematicians presenting on collaborative problem solving, to TV […]
MUTEK_10 review (part 1)
June 7th, 2009It was with a degree of apprehension that I approached the announcement of this year’s Mutek festival. Since my first visit to Montreal for the 2003 edition of the festival devoted to the “dissemination and development of digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art.”, my annual treks to Montreal were shortening as fewer events […]
Art, Object-ness and how 1 + 1 = 3
March 8th, 2009Ahhhhh, chillerman . . . I see we may be on different wavelengths, my learned friend. When you wrote, “the idea that more and more things I enjoy are becoming more and more intangible is something that often gets my attention”, it got me to thinking. I understand the sentiment . . . and it […]
Eje te dare…
November 14th, 2008So coume steur yé de boune heure encore. Hiâre au swoir, j’étais à SAW pour les fields électriques pis Ryan, head honcho de s’t’affaire icette m’a coume daré de blogguer avant 7am…eje disais coument eje travaillais de boune heure pis tout’. So there! Y fait coume still noîre dé’hors pis tout’. Pou’ ceusse qui y’était […]
Battle of the Surfers
June 4th, 2008Fridays web launch was a great party and we thank every body for coming and out, especially our 8 battle teams. The final winner was the team from CKCU – Thematics made up of Tarek Al-Z and Armen Ashekian. It was a battle to the death with two over time rounds. Despite Team Stefaniques awkard […]
ELECTROMA!
January 23rd, 2008The Mayfair screening of Daft Punk’s Electroma was a fantastic event. We almost sold out the theater, but the real numbers are hard to tell cos we actually ran out of printed tickets! So thanks to everyone who came out….including our board member robots. And a special thanks to Jokers of the Scene for their […]
Holiday Closure
December 19th, 2007Hello all Artenginophyles, Artengine will be closed from Friday, December 21st, to January 2nd. We wish you all a very happy holiday season, and can’t wait to see you in the New Year. Be sure to save the date for our fundraising screening of Daft Punk’s ELECTROMA on January 11Also watch for new workshops (and […]
Happy Holidays Everyone!
December 14th, 2007ARTENGINE AVAILABLE LIGHT SCREENING COLLECTIVE CENTRE PRODUCTION DAÏMÕN GALLERY 101 GALERIE GALERIE SAW GALLERY INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE OF OTTAWA (IFCO) OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (OIAF) SAW VIDEO PRESENTS: THE BEST ____________ HOLIDAY PARTY EVER!!! ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH @ 7:00PM:LOCATION: Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street Join us for: GLÖGG POT LUCK KARAOKEEEEEEE! SLAMMING DJs 50/50 […]
DAFT PUNK ELECTROMA
November 28th, 2007Artengine is presenting the Ottawa premiere of Daft Punk’s newest feature film project, Electroma, as a fundraiser to kick off the 2008 year. The film is the story of two robots searching for their humanity, so here we are an electronic arts center presenting this live action 35mm film tongue firmly planted in cheek. But […]