September 28th, 2009 – 12:46 am
On the other side of the world
Recently, Jordan and I both had the unique opportunity presented to us to pursue our PhD’s at the New Zealand School of Music Victoria University in Wellington. The program not only allows us to continue with our current work, but also continue working with Ajay Kapur, as well as Michael Norris and Dugal McKinnon.
We look forward to working with students, making new friends, and exploring new ideas about interactive design and sound. Additionally, the close proximity to both the engineering and computer science schools will hopefully produce some interesting collaborations, and allow Jordan and I to expand our technical skills.
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September 28th, 2009 – 12:40 am
This past June, Owen and I prepared our bodies for our upcoming travel to New Zealand by first flying to Europe. There were three destinations, Berlin, Paris and the Netherlands. While the latter two were more in the vain of seeing old friends and catching up over a couple beers, Berlin (though there was time for play too!) included the Berlin Open 2009 conference as well as a presentation at the Technical University of Berlin.
So, folks! Here it is, our long overdue thanks to everyone we met in Berlin. Firstly, we’d like to thank Bernd, Nikita, Ben, Ani and the rest of the Berlin-Open organizers, for inviting us to present our work. We’d also like to thank Wilm and friends at TU Berlin, we hope you have a touchable up and running and are excited to see where you might take it in regards to wavefield synthesis. Last but certainly not least, Jasmine, Mike and Erin, THANK YOU for giving us beds to sleep on, food to eat, and amazing memories to hold onto.
Berlin Open – Knowledge, Networking, Innovation
“The primary target is to convey the innovation potential of open policies and strategies – totally independent of the areas of expertise. To communicate examples where Openness is a fundamental alternative to traditional approaches…” (Berlin-open.org)
We presented on the open nature of much our work, and discussed exciting open technologies, philosophies and techniques being harnessed by music and multimedia engineering communities worldwide– many of which drive and inspire the work we do here at FlipMu. It was wonderful to hear conversation on the idea of “openness” from leading practitioners across multiple disciplines.
Main Berlin-Open Hall
