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  • Some art, new media, film, festivals and galleries in: the Netherlands; the U.K., the U.S.A., Canada, New Zealand / Aotearoa, Germany, etc. You can click on more countries on this site by choosing a country under "profiles".
New media
  • NetBehaviour - a Networked Artist's Community -an open email list community engaged in the process of sharing and actively evolving critical approaches, methods and ideas focused around contemporary networked media arts practice. It is coordinated by Ruth Catlow + Marc Garrett of furtherfield.org
  • where do I go to from here -art project by U.K. based artist Geoff Broadway. After years of correspondence we finally met in 2004. Check out the rest of his site. There is a lot of amazing stuff.
  • Helen Varley Jamieson - about her project swim
  • americanart.si.edu/helios/newmedia: web art project
  • Rhizome Artbase: - an online database of web projects and articles about these.
  • Electronic Arts and New Media Search Engine and Database:
  • Radioqualia are New Zealanders, Honor and Adam. They experiment with netcasting, among other things. Check out their projects.
  • Selectparks run since 1998 by New Zealander software developer, composer and media theorist, Julian Oliver is a game-based media lab. Selectparks has grown to be a hub for the independent game development community, hosting an international game art archives. Selectparks' current developmental interest is in game-based hypothetical architecture and site-specific reinventions of public space.
  • Heath Bunting - now lives in Bristol. I met him at Banff in 1998 when he was doing his "How to be Community Radio Station" project. -database oriented stuff, unusual associations, networking or linking.
  • Finnish multi-media artist Marita Liulia
  • Subtle dance/arts site based on seven centres of energy alignment that are connected with the human body (chakra's) which connect the individual to external energy fields providing circumstances that forces a person to react.
  • Webproject: by Kristin Bergaust
  • Webproject: 'Between a Rock and a Hard Drive' by Kristin Lucas
  • Webproject: by Melinda Rackham, a journey through fragments of memory internal and external landscapes that are common to us all.
  • Web Art: -by Arcangel Constantini (Mexico City) -playful interactive image / sound pages.
  • Web Art
  • "Some of My Favourite Websites are Art" -a survey of internet art curated by Rachel Greene & Alex Galloway.
  • jodi -web art by the Belgian-based duo Joan van Hermskerk & Dirk Paesmans. What happens here changes regularly and usually the browser seems to take a life of its own. An earlier project by JODI and flashing moving browser windows
  • Web Art -a pink witty site where a 13 year old girl is your net artist.
  • Sculpture & Video -Homepage of Nicola Schröder, Berlin, Germany, artist working with sculpture and video.
  • Web Art -by London-based designer/artist, Jake Tilson.
  • Web Art: - by Peter Luining (UK) -once you get past the immoblie black square by clicking on it, there are some clever sites linked or connected to this site.
  • The Mobile Gaze: -about video and web art.
  • The Glasshead: -a multi-user collaborative musical interface by John Klime.
  • Web Art -move your cursor over the green background to activate some effective applets.
  • Maria Blondeel , Gent, Belgium, artist working with light and sound.
  • "Build your private home in the global village ..."
  • Nicola Schröder -Berlin, Germany, artist working with sculpture and video.
  • Sound Web Art -Tilman Kuentzel, artist working with sound and light images, sound interactive sites, one with a singing fly.
  • Stephen Heron´s VRML stuff.
  • PVA: Multi-media Arts Organization based in Bridport, U.K.
  • The Rockabit: -Ralph's speciality is in programming in actionscript but he does much more.
  • Canadian Creative Innovation Initiatives: New media projects co-produced by the BANFF centre for the arts.
art / media / game / social theory : aesthetics : philosophy
  • Essays about the culture of net art
  • ADA: Aotearoa Digital Artsnew media list: theory related as well as references to practical projects.
  • Danny Butt: media theorist based in New Zealand.
  • -empyre-: Australian-based e-list/website, facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media by inviting guests -key new media artists, curators, theorists, producers and others to participate in thematic discussions.
  • Papers from the previous: Symposium of Interactive Media Design - Istanbul, Turkey
  • womeningames.com: U.K.
  • Center for Computer Games Research : IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • portal for new media projects.
Blogs or Forums I visit on occasion
  • Monday Runner has various Leiden Uni. Media Technology related info and links to various new media related issues.
  • HomoZappiens.nl run by Wim Veen
  • Rob van Gerwen's weblog - culture studies / philosophy, aesthetics...
art galleries / institutes and artists
  • The Moscow WWWArt Centre: -a mix of web art (by various net artists) and a site showing work in more traditional media by Russian artists.
  • a-site -a worldwide platform for exchange between artists -presents artist projects and contributions. Eine Plattform fur weltweite Kommunikation unter KünstlerInnen: - a-site präsentiert Beitrage van KünstlerInnen.
  • Dutch arts collective -"By the Way" are 5 artists whose projects involve some form of travel.
  • The New York Times arts section
  • Contemporary Art in Norway
  • Topical Art News, Conferences in Sweden
  • Net Gallery Net-Art Gallery initiated by Axel Plöger, Lima, Peru.
  • Artist-run Gallery, Hong Kong
  • Arts Site, Singapore
  • Katrin Sigurdardottir, artist from Iceland
  • Ingemar Thalin, artist from Sweden (participated in 9Dragon Heads in 19??)
Music
  • www.kathtait.com, NZ singer-songwriter based in London
  • www.mandolincafe.com
  • Neil Adam + Judy Turner, acoustic folk, Australia. Check out the mp3 clips.
  • New Zealand Folk music -links to musicians, an e-list, music and festivals.
  • Some Maori music - Etahi waiata maaori - Maori music site by John Archer. Do NOT rely on the information to be factual. Some false information is here, but the site is useful for getting an impression of some of the songs.
  • www.mandolincafe.com
  • The Museum of Musical Instruments - This site focuses on virtual collections of guitars, mandolins, and musicians of the last two centuries, with photographs, audio files, and exhibits.
  • John Hartford. Listen to the sound files from a 6 hour tribute documentary to this fiddler
  • Sean Hayes: American (Kentucky) music, folk with some African spice.
  • Barry McLoughlin: Canadian folk singer/songwriter.
  • Folk Songs - Words & Tunes as MIDIs - from Ireland, England and the U.S.
  • Folk Songs / Music Clips by Brit, Mike Harding
  • uk folk and acoustic clubs, shows and informative site on folk musicians - BBC radio program by Mike Harding.
  • Musicals Traditions - varied and interesting articles, everything from East Anglian Melodian Playing to CantoMetrics...
  • Guitar Chords and hearing the chord-sound.
  • Celtic Hornpipes
Aotearoa / New Zealand
  • Intro toTe Reo Maaori - The Maaori Language
  • Reddfish has a special interest in developing Maaori language software.
  • Lectures by Bruce Biggs and references on Maori language and literature.
  • Flying Piglets: organizes music / art events.
  • Folk Concert Itinery: organized by John Archer.
  • www.propertystuff.co.nz
  • www.netcheck.co.nz
  • Taranaki Tourism
  • Teaching Positions in NZ
  • Teaching in NZ
  • Victoria University, Wellington.
Nederland
  • TeleacNOT(only in Dutch): waar ik als web designer werkte (1999-2007)
  • Art Galleries and Museums in The Netherlands / Musea, etc, in Nederland
  • BMB con:(Roelf Toxopeus, Wikke `t Hooft, Justin Bennett) perform with all sorts of things (mirrors, microphones, trees, fire, ice) in all sorts of places (museums, forests, boats, concert halls, water tanks).
  • The Amsterdam Times
  • Kindernet
  • Kennisnet
  • Eerste Webschool van Nederland
  • Leiden.nu
  • ViaVia
  • Quiz Dierlijk, mineraal, of plantaardig? Speel een spelletje van 20 vragen met een neuraal netwerk dat al meer dan 10 jaar dit spelletje heeft gespeeld, met alle mogelijke mensen. Het neurale netwerk heeft daar van geleerd, en wanneer jij speelt kan je het netwerk zien "denken", wanneer het bij iedere "zet" alle mogelijke oplossingen op een rijtje zet. Als het spelletje gespeeld is krijg je van het netwerk te horen of je slimmer of dommer hebt gespeeld dan je voorgangers.
  • Gebarentaal
  • Harmke's Links -to dutch language webdesign, search engines, etc.
Fun, Travel, Health, etc
  • NS -Dutch train timetables, info, etc.
  • www.emapsite.com -city, street maps, etc.
  • www.openroads.com -search function for places and streets in 6 EEC countries & the U.S.
  • EasyJet -flight info
  • Info about travelling to or in Australia and New Zealand
  • Lonely Planet guide in Australia
  • Expedia Travel
  • Yahoo TraveloCity
  • Orbitz Travel
  • worldwide reservations
  • anwb-reizen
  • Public Health Image Library
Educationally Related
  • BBC education
  • ADBUSTERS MEDIA FOUNDATION -a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs. The organization is based in Vancouver. Adbusters is dedicated to reinventing the outdated paradigms of our consumer culture and building a brave new understanding of living.
  • Ascribe -an internet press office which collects all the info from various sources for Universities, Institutes and Science Organizations. You search on a topic for what you want.
Web Work Related Resources :: games/design :: fonts :: Open Source
  • Gary Rosenzweig -buy his books! - flash codes and ideas.
  • OS Flash - flash codes, intergration with other appl., etc.
  • www.flashkit.com -flash developer site.
  • www.moock.org -flash scripts, links.
  • www.actionscripts.org -flash source files.
  • www.hotscripts.com -various source files, php, JS, flash, asp, etc.
  • www.flashplanet.com -flash source files.
  • Flash Fruit -Flash resources.
  • Flash & Sound Resources
  • Find Sounds -search engine for sound effects and samples.
  • Royalty free sounds -search engine for sound effects and samples.
  • Java Scripts -a list of sites with royalty free javascripts and applets.
  • javascript.internet.com -a cut and paste JavaScript library of free scripts.
  • www.infohiway.com -over 200 cut and paste JS scripts.
  • www.webcoder.com -JavaScript tutorials and scripts.
  • DLL and CDrom driver downloads
  • Software Library - Audio Editors
  • Windows tips and tricks by Anit Fadia
  • MUDs (multi User dimensions) -explanations on how to make one.
  • MR Monday Runner is web developer + designer, Tim van Bosch, with a host of links and articles.
  • RockABit: Ralph Kok: actionscriptor + web developer
  • Rick Companje: another excellent actionscriptor + web developer.
Fonts
  • www.1001fonts.com
  • Russian fonts and encodings
Open Source related
  • Ubuntu Linux -Linux out of South Africa. Ubuntu is an old African term for humaneness - for caring, sharing and being in harmony with all of creation. As an ideal, it promotes co-operation between individuals, cultures and nations.
  • Ubuntu Linux set for educational use
  • codeweavers.com -This site has info about crossing over to Linux while keeping ones options open in the familiar. Also info about using flash in linux.
  • Jaromil and others -Linux run from a cdrom application
  • Processing is an open source programming language and environment for images, animation, and sound. It is used by students, artists, designers, architects, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. The beta version was released in April 2005. Processing is free to download and available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Processing is an open project initiated by Ben Fry and Casey Reas. Processing evolved from ideas explored in the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab.
  • oscP5 is an osc (open source control) implementation for the programming environment processing. Osc is a network protocol developed at cnmat, uc Berkeley. Open sound control is a protocol for communication among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is optimized for modern networking technology and has been used in many application areas. for further specifications and application implementations. The official osc site.
  • Edit Plus: text editor with some functions such as save and coloured coding. Shareware.
  • Pure Data: sound tool similiar to maxMSP runs on Linux, pc, and mac. See Andy's practical sound tutorials: www.obiwannabe.co.uk/tutorials
Games, Interactive experiences, imaginative web design, etc.
  • www.praystation.com -meditative sounds and forms that gradually change and a calendar of new medias conferences by New York state based artist, Joshua Davis.
  • Ijsfontein: Amsterdam based interactive media company with a focus on the educational
  • www.orisinal.org: a wonderful collection of interactive games.
  • flash movie.
  • Hillman Curtis: nice selection of flash movies to look at - mostly analogue with a soothing feel to them.
  • Juxt Interactive: San Francisco based, interesting design, especially the self-portrait flash movie.
  • www.6168.org -animations in shockwave of moonflowers that grow and laugh on being touched, and a clever 3-D sky experience with sounds. Frédéric Durieu, Kristine Malden, Jean-Jacques Birgé are the makers.
  • www.futurefarmers.com - A new media collective with a new age twist and who make highly creative stuff and aim to cultivate consciousness, based in San Fransisco.They make interactive CDs and sites and run a residency programme (for 6 weeks onwards). Click on "stimuli" for some game-like experiences in shockwave. There's a Korsovo bombing game where you have to stop the bombs.
  • www.6168.org -Games on the Teletoons site.
  • www.6168.org -Flash site by visual artist, Peter Horvath.
  • JibJab -witty flash movies with a monty python flavour.
  • Hoving.com flash animations: -clever often tacky subject matter. This is linked to a car that falls apart.
  • bbc games for children
  • flash animations
  • Smooth flash & graphics by boston lad, Christopher J.Georgenes.
  • Gentle witty games in flash
  • www.pianographique.com
  • Tom van Teijlingen's site -with some games in flash.
  • interactive artwork
  • flash communication server example - you can see move letters, and see other users moving letters at the same time as you are.
  • http://www.d-art.ch
  • www.ultrashock.com
  • yugop.com/ver2
  • Mike Kellog maker of the amazing ice game.
  • Shockwave interactivity -your mouse is a ribbon that continuiously unwinds.
  • www.askjeeves.com -child friendly search engine.
  • Michael Atavar's -e-say windows - virtual reality, plasticity and a world beyond interface on the bbc site.
  • www.philbrown.bc.ca -nice design solely made in flash.
Bahá´í Related
  • Baquia's journalistic current affairs-like Bahai Blog : Bahai Rants
  • Kalimat Press for various Bahai books -from devotional to the academic.
  • Ahang R's essays -academic, history + translations.
  • Mishah's blog -on culture, science, the human condition...
  • About Juan Cole + his "Informed comment" blog -articles on the Middle East, History, and Religion
Nature or Science Related
  • BBC Wild Life Magazine
  • Wild Life Photographer of the Year Natural History Museum, London.
  • Richard Dawkins A Zoologist, Britian's foremost populariser of science, and inventer of the word "meme" as in dream (on).

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