[sqil:org] [Studio XX] Newsletter 40 - November 2007

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  Studio XX Newsletter 40 - November 2007

    * :: Femmes br at nchées 66 Salon <#1> [Dec. 13]
    * :: New Team at Studio XX <#2>
    * :: New Resident Artist: Magali Babin <#3> [november]
    * :: Digital Autonomy and Activism Workshop :: its not too late to
      register! <#4>
    * :: Festival HTMlles 8 2007 <#5>
    * :: Take Back the Tech! <#6>
    * :: Used iMacs, Tables and Switches for Sale <#7>
    * :: New Grant Program Aimed at Supporting Emerging Artists <#8>
    * :: Women Directors: An Endangered Species? <#9>
    * :: Compagnie F Winter 2008 Workshops <#10>


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    Femmes br at nchées 66 Salon [Dec. 13] :: Top Chrono

Thursday December 13th 2007, 5h30 to 7h30 PM @ *Studio XX :: 4001 Berri 
St., Suite 201*
Entrance fee : 5$, free for XX members.

*Top chrono.*

10 women artists will participate in our Top Chrono 2007.

The rules of the game are simple: the artists will introduce us to their 
work or perform live. The only limitation will be their imagination. 
However, the length of their session will be determined by the cast of a 
dice!

With: *Myriam Bessette, Annie Briard, Constanza Camelo Suarez, Natacha 
Clitandre, Patricia A. Duquette, Anna Friz, Ximena Holuigue, Séverine 
Hubard, Delphine Maestroch, Helena Martin Franco.*

Special Event: Launch of the 10th edition of *.dpi*: our electronic 
magazine http://dpi.studioxx.org + The best of the *HTMlles 8 Festival* 
http://www.htmlles.net

details... <http://www.studioxx.org/newsletter/fb_annonce66.html>

*STUDIO XX*
4001 Berri St., Suite 201, Montreal (Quebec) H2L 4H2
between Roy and Duluth Sherbrooke Metro, or the 24 bus (Sherbrooke)
http://www.studioxx.org

*Information :: 514.845.7934 :: info at studioxx.org 
<mailto:info at studioxx.org>*


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    New Team at Studio XX:

In early November, Studio XX welcomed aboard *Paulina Abarca-Cantin* as 
Director General. Paulina has worked in the areas of film, television, 
3D animation, digital visual effects, IMAX, theatre and live performance 
for over twenty years. After graduating from the University of Toronto 
and the National Theatre School of Canada, she followed her first love 
of theatre, acting and directing numerous productions across Canada, 
notably at the Shaw and Stratford Festivals. In 2005, she launched Women 
in Film and Television International's (WIFTI) annual Short Film 
Showcase held in over fifteen cities worldwide, an event she continues 
to produce. She has produced 3D animated short films, virtual characters 
and digital visual effects projects, notably for Darwin Dimensions, Big 
Bang FX/Animation, CDMED and the BBC. She is a member of ACTRA and UDA 
and most recently held key positions on the boards of Québec AnimFX, 
ELAN, FCTNM, QDF and WIFTI.

We take this opportunity to thank Studio XX's outgoing Director General 
*Marie-Christiane Mathieu* who was at the helm from 2004 from 2007, for 
her inspired work, creativity and dedication. Among her many 
contributions, Marie-Christiane was instrumental in spearheading 
endeavours and events such as Event X, designed to mark Studio XX's 10 
years of existence in their full magnitude. We wish her the very best in 
all future undertakings.

Studio XX also welcomed a new Board of Directors this month comprised of 
President *Deborah VanSlet*, Vice-President *Hélène Prévost*, Secretary 
*Corina Macdonald*, Treasurer *Lucie Marchand* and Administrators 
*Alexandra Guité* and *Julie Leblanc*. A heartfelt thank you to all of 
the Studio's departing Board members for their precious contributions 
and in particular, to Past President *Reisa Levine* and Past 
Vice-President *Sharon Hackett* for their energy, ideas and generous spirit.

The Studio warmly welcomes back *Stéphanie Lagueux* as Webmistress and 
Coordinator of the Martricules archiving initiative. The talented *Annie 
Bonsaint* and *Sara Mandana Tizhouch* join her aboard this project. Many 
thanks to *Brooke Van Mossel-Forrester* for her exemplary work as 
Interim Webmistress this past year. Last but not least, we thank our 
devoted departing system administrator *Mark Heckman* and welcome aboard 
*Izaak Branderhorst*.

Studio XX weathered major transitions this year and we recognize and 
salute the efforts of Production Director *Bérengère Marin-Dubuard*, 
Programming Coordinator *Chantal Dumas* and Administrative Assistant 
*Maria Pires*.

 


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    New Resident Artist :: Magali Babin

Mid-November 2007 until end of January 2008

Magali Babin is a well-known Montreal sound artist, admired for her 
delicate and minimalistic style.

During her residency, Magali will set-up her technical playstation for a 
future audio and visual interactive performance, inspired by TOR. TOR 
(The Onion Router) is a decentralized network enabling the user to 
render internet connections anonymous through an onion router technique 
(via superimposition). Conceptually, Magali questions the relationship 
to intimacy, both within a technological context or a public 
environment. Her residency will allow her to become familiar with Pure 
Data software which will be used to create an interactive environment. 
This research project will result in a working set-up for further 
experimentation regarding surveillance techniques, simulation concepts 
and technological hoaxes.

Magali will present the results of her research as a live performance in 
the near future. Stay tuned...!

+ details... 
<http://www.studioxx.org/e/production/residencies/2007/res_mbabin.php>


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    Digital Autonomy and Activism Beginners :: Multimedia Design on
    Linux :: :: with Linux Install, Blender 3D, Ardour et Drupal::

Linux Installation:: December 8th and 15th 2007 from 9am - 12noon
Blender 3D, Ardour and Drupal:: January 12th to April 5th 2008
Price : $170, includes all the workshops: Ubuntu - Blender 3D - Ardour - 
Drupal Installation

Location : Studio XX:: 4001 Berri Street, Suite #201

Information / Registration 514.845.7934 :: ateliers at studioxx.org 
<mailto:ateliers at studioxx.org>

There are still a few spots left and it's not too late!

Are you a multimedia arts practitioner ready to make the leap to free 
and open source software (FOSS)? Studio XX is hosting a series of 
workshops based on open source tools for artistic creation. The series 
starts with an introduction to the Linux operating system then focuses 
on practical software for graphics and audio processing along with 3D 
imaging. Studio XX seeks to educate 12 artists about the Linux operating 
system so they can produce their artwork using Open Source tools.

Studio XX has a new dual boot Ubuntu/and Mac OSX computer lab with six 
24" screen computers available for our workshop attendees and for our 
members. Become a member <http://www.studioxx.org/e/studioxx/member.php> 
and sign up for a workshop to profit from this great acquisition!

*It's great value for the price, the best deal in town...so don't miss 
the opportunity!*

details... 
<http://studioxx.org/newsletter/annonce_projects_gimpblenderardour07.html>



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    HTMlles 8 Festival 2007

Studio XX's HTMlles 8 Festival concluded to rave reviews! This year's 
programming theme of crowd control addressed issues of mobility and 
migration and invited artists and practitioners to provide 
contextualizing interpretations.

The migration of products, people and ideas, and creative activists 
caught in the current maelstrom of differing state censorship and 
intellectual property laws pertaining to the still state-less World Wide 
Web were elemental through-lines in a variety of stellar works presented 
by artists such as Freida Abtan 
<http://www.htmlles.net/2007/en/Freida_Abtan_e>, Mylena Bergeron et 
Caroline Hayeur 
<http://www.htmlles.net/2007/en/Caroline_Hayeur_Mylena_Bergeron_e>, 
Analog Tara <http://htmlles.net/2007/en/Analog_Tara_e>, AGF 
<http://htmlles.net/2007/en/Antye_Greie_AGF_e>, Kayle Brandon 
<http://htmlles.net/2007/en/Kayle_Brandon_Heath_Bunting_e> and Alejandra 
Perez Nunez <http://htmlles.net/2007/en/Alejandra_Maria_Perez_Nunez_e>.

*HTMlles 8* benefited from a diverse, ecclectic audience and inspired 
synergy with the *FNC*, the *SAT* and partners such as *La Centrale*, 
*GIV*, *Galerie Oboro*, *Artivistic*, *Galerie Yergeau* and the 
*Monument National*, resulting in unforgettable encounters.

An HTMlles 8 Festival DVD Catalogue is being produced comprising artist 
biographies and web-links and photographs, as well as recorded video 
documentation. This DVD will be ready for downloading directly from the 
fabulous www.htmlles.net <http://www.htmlles.net> site by mid-December. 
Excerpts will be launched to a live audience at the December 13th Femmes 
br at nchées 66 Salon <fb_annonce66.html>.

Studio XX congratulates and thanks the hard-working HTMlles team on a 
magnificent undertaking as well as its partners and sponsors for their 
support.


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Take Back The Tech <%20http://www.takebackthetech.net>


    "Take Back The Tech!" :: http://www.takebackthetech.net/

25 Nov to 10 Dec 2007 *Reclaiming ICT's to End Violence Against Women*.

This 16-day campaign aims to engage greater participation by all civil 
society, especially grrls and women ICT-users, to think about this issue 
in diverse contexts and realities. By calling for all users to reclaim 
control over technology, we are asking for the right to define, access, 
use and shape ICTs for its potential to transform power relations, 
towards a vision and reality of equality.

"Take Back The Tech!" is initiated and organised by the Association for 
Progressive Communications, Women's Networking Support Programme (APC 
WNSP). We are a global network of women who support women networking for 
social change and women's empowerment, through the use of information 
and communication technologies (ICTs). We promote gender equality in the 
design, development, implementation, access to and use of ICTs, and in 
the policy decisions and frameworks that regulate them. 
http://www.takebackthetech.net/

French campaign (http://www.techsansviolence.net/) in Québec in 
association with Alternatives, l'Association mondiale des 
radiodiffuseurs communautaires (AMARC), le Centre de documentation sur 
l'éducation des adultes et la condition féminine (CDÉACF), 
Communautique, Cybersolidaires, Koumbit, L'R des centres de femmes du 
Québec, Stella, *Studio XX*, l'Observatoire sur le développement 
régional and l'analyse différenciée selon les sexes (ORÉGAND).

 

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    Used iMac, Table and Switches for Sale

Studio XX is selling:

- 2 used iMacs with table, for $50 each. Power PC 750, Processor 350 
MHZ, 320 MB Memory, 6 GB Disk space, Linux Ubuntu installed. *Without mouse!

- 5 switches IOGear MiniView Extreme GCS1732 for $50 each IOGEAR 
MiniView Extreme Multimedia 2-Port KVMP Switch - 2 x 1 - 2 x HD-15

Information :: Contact Ximena at 514.845.7934


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    New CALQ Grant Program Aimed at Supporting Emerging Artists

Studio XX was pleased to attend the most recent Rendez-vous novembre 
2007 - Montréal métropole culturelle where Mme. Christine St-Pierre, 
Minister of Culture Communications and the Status of Women announced the 
launch of a new grant program aimed at supporting up-and-coming artists, 
new media artists among them.

The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec's (CALQ) new Grant program 
will assist artists and writers with five or fewer years of practice who 
have never received financial support from the Conseil. The program 
compliments the Conseil's regular Grant program. It is intended to 
enable upcoming artists and writers to obtain initial recognition from 
their peers and a first grant from an organization recognized for its 
dedication to the development of the arts and literature.

The deadline for applications is December 14, 2007. Registration forms 
and detailed information are available in English and French from the 
CALQ offices as well as on the website 
http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/releve.htm

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    Female Directors: An Endangered Species?

Did you know that according to an unpublished study, women directors 
currently receive a mere 11% of funding from Telefilm Canada's Feature 
Film Fund? At SODEC, directors reaped 14% of available funding alloted 
to all production funds. At Societé Radio-Canada, only 1.5% of dramatic 
series are directed by women. As of five years, projects directed by 
women, be they documentary, drama or auteur cinema, have greatly 
diminished, along with the size of their budgets. There are no signs 
that this trend is about to change. The results of the study, undertaken 
by sociologist Francine Descarrieres, will be presented at an upcoming 
symposium focusing on the topic of women in the director's chair. This 
event will allow us to examine more closely the reasons behind this 
phenomenon and to allow for a positive exchange. Action points and 
solutions will be tabled.

Les Réalisatrices Équitables (www.realisatrices-equitables.org) et 
l'ARRQ (www.arrq.qc.ca) cordially invite all female directors working in 
Québec to this important meeting. Women working in documentary, drama, 
animation, film, video or in new media are all welcome. We need your 
input and ideas!

Saturday, December 8 2007 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm, followed by a 5 at 7 at the 
Maison Parent-Roback: 110 rue Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal MÉTRO CHAMPS DE 
MARS One street south of Notre-Dame, east of Boul. St-Laurent btw 
St-Vincent and St-Gabriel Entrance fee: 10$ Please RSVP at: 
realisatricesequitables at gmail.com <mailto:realisatricesequitables at gmail.com>

www.realisatrices-equitables.org <http://www.realisatrices-equitables.org>

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    Formations offertes à Compagnie F Hiver 2008

*Femmes entrepreneures* : Formation   d'initiation à   
l'entrepreneurship destinée aux   femmes désirant vérifier leur 
potentiel entrepreneurial   et   préciser   leur projet professionnel.
Séances d'information : Les 8, 10, 15 et 17 janvier 9 h00 à 12 h
Début de la formation: Lundi le 21 janvier 2008

*Coaching d'entreprises *: Formation *Générale * en lancement d'une 
entreprise et Formation *Arts-Affaires *pour les femmes artistes ou 
artisanes.
Séances d'information : 9, 16 et 25 janvier, 1er et 8 février, 14 et 28 
mars 9h30 à 12h. Avec coaching individuel.
Début des formations: Janvier et février 2008

*Programme Aurora* (pour femmes anglophones) : Une formation 
d'entrepreneurship et de développement    d'un     plan   d'affaires, 
coaching    individuel et    *l'accessibilité aux cercles d'emprunt *  
pour   démarrer une entreprise.
Séances d'information : 23, 30 janvier, 5, 12 février à 14h. 28 janvier 
et 18 février à 17h.* 
*Début de la formation: 20 février 2008

*Programme de suivi *: Accompagnement individuel et ressources de 
soutien pour permettre aux   femmes de consolider leur entreprise et 
leur autonomie financière.
Inscription continue. Rencontres au besoin. Max 12 (en affaires depuis 1 an)

*Promotion F : * Programme qui a pour but de former et d'outiller   les 
  micro-entrepreneures    en stratégies   promotionnelles   par   le 
biais de formations et de promotion active.

Les places sont limitées. Réservez votre place à l'une séance 
d'information en laissant vos coordonnées (nom et no de téléphone) par 
téléphone au 514-381-7333 poste 201 .

http://www.compagnie-f.org/

 

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STUDIO XX

4001 Berri St., Suite 201 . Montréal . Québec . H2L 4H2 . tél: 514-845-7934
http://www.studioxx.org Information: info at studioxx.org 
<mailto:info at studioxx.org>

Founded in 1996, Studio XX is Montreal's foremost women's digital art 
centre. Through a variety of creative activities and initiatives, the 
Studio works with women to demystify digital technologies, to critically 
examine their social aspects, to facilitate access and to create and 
exhibit innovative digital artworks by women.

Studio XX thanks its members and partners for their continued generous 
and invaluable support : the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, 
The Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts de Montréal.


Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Conseil des arts du 
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