[aether] last transmission of the year

[1.1-1904]

hi aethernauts,

last transmission before the end of 2k7!

-TOPIC:VIDEO_MONTAGE. - i'm currently 
re-editing/re-assembling the video captures of 
the ghost-trio performance, using the full 
recording by chris as a timing reference, and 
mapping on it the videos in higher resolution 
that were recorded at some locations (geneva and 
brussels), as well as judy's orginial sound.

- paula and nathalie, did you record your own 
video part with the max patch? in this case 
please upload the file to the 
~aether/archive/2007.12.novi_sad directory

-TOPIC:ARCHIVE+BUDGET
this is a list of all the people who participated 
in the performance + their roles (as far as i 
know, please correct if i forgot anything):

* Yorba Linda, upper frame (#2)
Christiaan Cruz: video, acting
* NYC, sound
Judy Nylon: audio
Jonathan Goldstein: audio
* Brussels, middle frame (#5)
Laure de Selys: concept, directing
Boris Kish: directing
Richard Milan: actor
Chloé Cramer: concept, live text (frames #1 and #3)
* Geneva, left frame (#4)
Manuel Schmalstieg: html code, acting
Anna Popek: assistance
* Medellin, right frame (#6)
Paula Vélez: directing
Viviana Palacio: assistance
Juan Guillermo Caicedo: acting (man, right frame)
Pedro Hermelin: acting (kid)
* Brussels, lower frames (#7-8-9)
Nathalie Fougeras: video
* Novi Sad
luka princic: sound mix
cym: presentation, setup + travel

this brings us also to the question of how to 
determine the fees... we were discussing some 
months ago the possibility of a "credits" system, 
but we didn't came to a definitive working 
conclusion yet.

the other option would be to attribute to each 
performance a given amount, for example 2000 CHF, 
which we then shared among the participants (in 
this case that's an average of 125 CHF). in this 
case, it could maybe make sense to have two 
"categories" of participants (to reflect the 
amount of time/energy involved):
- "full participation" for people who took part 
intensively, in several rehearsals.
- "partial participation" for people who weren't 
fully involved in several rehearsals, or had a 
comparably small task.

Which, for the ghost-performance, would give this:

*full participation (incl.rehearsals):
Cym: presentation, setup + travel
Paula Vélez: directing
Chloé Cramer: concept, live text
Manuel Schmalstieg: html code, acting
Boris Kish: directing
Nathalie Fougeras: video
Laure de Selys: concept, directing
Richard Milan: acting
Judy Nylon: audio
Jonathan Goldstein: audio
Christiaan Cruz: video, acting
(11 ppl)

*partial participation (no/few rehearsals):
Luka Princic: sound mix
Viviana Palacio: assistance
Juan Guillermo Caicedo: acting
Pedro Hermelin: acting
Anna Popek: assistance
(5 ppl)

Please give some feedback of what you think about 
that options. Of course, it would be somehow 
cooler to develop our credit system, but while in 
theory it sounded nice, it doesnt seem to work so 
well with this one massive one-time grant. Maybe 
we can come up with a sort of hybrid system, 
where participants can either get paid cash or 
acquire an equal amount of "aether-shares"...? 
(see the etoy.SHARE system for a reference, but i 
never really understood the benefit of owning 
those shares...)

as a reminder, for the participants in the 
Rotterdam performance (02.07.2007), there are 
still some funds that haven't been requested yet:
Nathalie, Cym, Paula, Luka, Alejo (32,59 CHF / 20 credits each)
Chris (48,89 CHF / 30 credits)

some other mixed news:

- TOPIC: Ghost-Trio-Feedback: Helen V.J. wrote 
after the Novi Sad performance: "i watched the 
show last weekend from new zealand, it was very 
interesting : )  i know a lot of beckett's work 
but actually was not familiar with ghost trio. 
his work is almost written for the web (we did 
come & go at the upstage festival)."
Helen is btw the mastermind of 
AvatarBodyCollision and the 
http://upstage.org.nz/ project, which Lucy and 
some others already mentioned. Interesting, 
somehow similar but also quite different from our 
approach. Certainly worth of trying it out, there 
are "walkthroughs" for beginners announced on the 
website from time to time (or just contact her if 
you're interested).

- TOPIC: PUREDATA. we talked with boris about 
exploring further the possibilities of using the 
aether system with (the open-source) PureData 
rather than max.. we also had the idea that, if 
necessary, we could use part of our budget to pay 
some skilled person to develop a cross-platform 
Upload-Download object for PD (similar to 
jit.uldl, but better...). however, this would 
make only sense if some of us start to become 
familiar with PD.. so as a start, in your free 
time time, download PureData 
http://puredata.info/downloads/ - and play around 
with some of these patches - 
http://1904.cc/~aether/kode/puredata_streaming/

- TOPIC: PERFORMANCE in April 08 at Mapping Festival.
I'm going to submit aether for a performance at 
Mapping Festival in April 2008, between 10 and 
20th April (for me between 15th and 20th will be 
best). That's where everything started... ;)
I have the idea of proposing a collaboration with 
a music group playing experimental drone 
soundscapes (guitars + electronics + sometimes 
percussion), or as they describe it: "super 
modern country". so there would be a live music 
part.. i think this would fit well for this 
festival, and it's nice to try different 
settings. the band's name is Bliscappen Van 
Maria, their webpage: 
http://www.10111.org/bliscappenvanmaria/
they are of course good friends of me, and we 
worked sometimes together. they watched some 
aether9 performances, and are interested... we 
talked about having them appearing in one frame, 
as part of the storyline, but that's up for 
discussion still. let's maybe see first how the 
Brussels performance for February develops...

good wishes to all of you,
manuel