News from the Daniel Langlois Foundation

Grants for Researchers in Residence: August 31, 2005 deadline

As it does every year, the Daniel Langlois Foundation is currently offering research grants. The proposals selected will see researchers conduct work at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation. And while the program does not impose research themes per se, the Foundation would like to direct one of the two grants to research on the "Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage," the focus of a major research effort led by the Foundation.

Individuals wishing to submit a research proposal are asked to read the program's guidelines:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage1

The Daniel Langlois Foundation announces its new and revised programs

After more than a year of evaluation, consultation and reflection, the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology announces the progressive resumption of its programs, effective September 2005. The mandate of the Foundation has not changed at all; its purpose is to further artistic and scientific knowledge by fostering the meeting of art and science in the field of technologies. The Foundation seeks to nurture a critical awareness of technology's implications for human beings and their natural and cultural environments and to promote the exploration of aesthetics suited to environments shaped by human beings.
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/pdf/e/pressrelease.pdf

Workshops with professor Yvonne Spielmann (Ph.D.)

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is pleased to provide online access to a pedagogical document recounting the history of experimental video and electronic and digital imaging. This document includes excerpts from a three-day workshop given by Professor Yvonne Spielmann (Ph.D.), which was held at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) from September 29 to October 1, 2004. It also contains excerpts of works by artists such as Steina and Woody Vasulka, Bill Etra, Dan Sandin, John F. Simon Jr. and Granular Synthesis:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPageR5



Sonia Landy Sheridan fonds

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is proud to make available the personal archives of Sonia Landy Sheridan. This fonds constitutes a major addition to the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) collection.

Born in 1925 in Newark, Ohio, Sonia Landy Sheridan is one of the few women to have worked in technological arts in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Sonia Landy Sheridan fonds primarily contains archive folders, manuscripts, notebooks, slides, photographs, video and audio records, films, exhibition catalogues and books, digital records and numerous colour and black and white reprographic works.

The works of Ms. Sheridan can be found in the collections of many museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Fundacion Telefonica in Madrid. The largest collection brings together more than 600 of her works at the Dartmouth College Hood Museum in Hanover, New Hampshire:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPageq8

The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology


Sylvie Lacerte, Accredited Researcher 2005

The Foundation is pleased to announce the publication on its Web site of the text 9 Evenings and Experiments in Art and Technology: a gap to fill in art history's recent chronicles, by Sylvie Lacerte. In Spring 2005, Ms. Lacerte was an accredited researcher with the Foundation, where she prepared a paper that she delivered at REFRESH! The First International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, held at the Banff New Media Institute from September 28 to October 3, 2005. Following her in-depth research into the many activities conducted by EAT to support artists in their experiments with technology in the 1960's and 1970's, Ms. Lacerte asks why the chronicles of this groundbreaking organisation have been largely overlooked by the majority of works that examine art history of the past four decades. In her text, she offers a few hypothesis to help explain this mystery:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage16


DOCAM: Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage

The DOCAM research Alliance announces the launch of its new Web site http://www.docam.ca/
Initiated by the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology, DOCAM's primary objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting technological and electronic works of art. The DOCAM Web site allows visitors to explore the research alliance's key areas of focus:
- The conservation of works of art featuring technological components
- Documentation strategies and structures adapted to these works of art
- A typology and historical listing of the technologies deployed by the artists
- Catalogue structures and methods for works featuring technological components
- Terminological tools and structures for the electronic arts
The DOCAM Web site also offers a list of related research committees and their members, information on DOCAM events, and electronic and media art conservation and documentation resource directories. Research reports and articles on case studies conducted by DOCAM will also be added regularly to the site. And finally, a thematic scan of the key research areas targeted by DOCAM is accessible from the site.



Daniel Provost
Agent de recherche / Research agent
la fondation Daniel Langlois
pour l'art, la science et la technologie
t: (514) 987-7177 (4201)
f: (514) 987-7492
[email protected]
www.fondation-langlois.org

Online resource: The Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) database

The CR+D database is an important electronic digital media arts research to=
ol. A repository for documentation, international projects of the Daniel La=
nglois Foundation and various CR+D techwatch and research activities, the d=
atabase contains extensive information on the history, works and practices =
associated with the media, electronic and digital arts:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Url=CRD/search.xml

The following are a few examples of database usage:

A search conducted in the EVENT module, for example, allows a list of audio=
art events to be produced.
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Url=XML/eve_liste_xml=
.php?Sujet=t000032~Art+audio

Each entry on the list of the more than 100 events displayed provides acces=
s to a data block on the particular event and allows you to research a part=
icipant, exhibited work or document associated with the event. For example,=
go to the data block on the BitStreams exhibition presented at the Whitney=
Museum in 2001:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumEnregEve=e00003026

The DOCUMENT module allows you to search for resources in both the CR+D col=
lection and on the Web. For example, a search on the Pockets Full of Memori=
es project by George Legrady produces a list of documents available at the =
CR+D, on the DLF Web site and elsewhere on the Internet:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Url=XML/doc_liste_xml=
.php?NumProSujet=pr0000060~Pockets+Full+of+Memories

Researchers interested in a particular artist can access a data block via t=
he INDIVIDUAL module, which displays all items related to the artist in que=
stion. The data block on Jim Campbell, for example, contains links to 260 d=
ocuments on the artist, 21 documents by the artist, 61 works by the artist,=
and 105 events in which the artist participated:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumEnregIco=i00000756

Clicking on the link to the artist's 61 works leads you to a list of these =
works. Clicking on the title of a work produces a data block on that work, =
which includes information on accessible images or video:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumEnregOeu=o00000045

Database user guide:

A user guide is also available to help you become familiar with the many da=
tabase functions:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage=530

Morning Conference: Saturday, May 27, 2006, 10:30 a.m. at Ex-Centris

The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology is pleased to invite you to Voyageurs etonnes, chercheurs et createurs au seuil de l'inconnu, a conference presented in French by Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist, and his son Nicolas Reeves, an artist and designer who was supported by the Foundation in 1998. The conference also marks the 5th anniversary of the Daniel Langlois Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D):
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/matinees/index-en.html

Open House: Friday, May 26, 2006, 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Daniel Langlois Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D), we invite you to join us at our Open House. The Centre is open to the public and is dedicated to promoting research and providing information on the arts, sciences, new technology and the environment:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/matinees/index-en.html

Survey on the Langlois Foundation Web site and electronic newsletter

We are currently conducting an online survey to gather your opinions and comments on our principal communication tools - our Web site and monthly electronic newsletter. The survey results are intended for internal use only. In appreciation, the Foundation will hold a draw for 12 DVD-ROMs of Michael Snow's anarchive 2: Digital Snow. The draw will take place once the survey results have been compiled. The winners will be contacted by e-mail:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/survey/

Research Results: 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering by Clarisse Bardiot

Each year, the Researchers in Residence Grant Program allows the Foundation to offer two researchers the chance to work at its Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) and explore its fonds and collections. Clarisse Bardiot (Ph.D.) was a resident at the CR+D in 2005 and focused her research primarily on the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds. A result of her research, this Web publication explores the technological aspects of the festival presented in New York in 1966, which brought together 10 artists, including Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Lucinda Childs, and many others, as well as some 30 engineers from Bell Telephone Laboratories (Murray Hill, N.J., U.S.). Ms. Bardiot's project hinges on the diagrams produced by engineer Herb Schneider. In the publication, she offers an analysis of their content by comparing them to visual material (notably the factual footage produced by Alfons Schilling), eyewitness accounts of the festival, and archival documents:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPageW1

9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966 at the MIT

From May 4 to July 9, 2006, the MIT List Visual Center (Cambridge, MA, U.S.) will present 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966. Organized by independent curator Catherine Morris, the exhibition will showcase extensive archival material associated with this event and offer various points of view of the 10 performances presented at the 69th Regiment Armory in 1966. The Foundation has loaned a number of objects and materials from its 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds to the exhibition, including, among others, a collection of factual footage produced by Alfons Schilling, stage props, technological components, and technical drawings by engineer Fred Waldhauer. An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

Morning Conference and Open House: May 26 & 27, 2006

Saturday May 27, the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology is pleased to invite you to Voyageurs etonnes, chercheurs et createurs au seuil de l'inconnu, a conference presented in French by Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist, and his son Nicolas Reeves, an artist and designer who was supported by the Foundation in 1998. The conference also marks the 5th anniversary of the Daniel Langlois Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D). Friday, May 26, the CR+D wil be open to the public, and at 7:30 p.m. Steina Vasulka will give a free performance of Violin Power:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/matinees/

New recipients of financial support from the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology

Strategic Grants for Organisations:

Through this program, the Foundation supports non-profit organisations in their strategic development projects. To learn more about the 2006 projects that have received support to date under the Strategic Grants for Organisations program:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Section=proj&SousSection=pro&TypeIco=col&Annee 06

Research and Experimentation Grants in Art+Science+Technology:

Under this program, the Foundation receives proposals from artists and researchers who work in areas targeted by the Foundation. Each year, the proposal deadline is January 31. To learn more about the projects by artists and researchers selected by the Foundation for 2006:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Section=proj&SousSection=pro&TypeIco=ind&Annee 06

The program's guidelines are available on the Foundation's Web site:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPageQ5

Research and Experimentation Residencies in Montreal

The project proposal submission deadline for Research and Experimentation Residencies in Montreal for Professional Artists from Emerging Countries or Regions is September 30, 2006. A new online application form is now available on our Web site and must be used by all individuals wishing to apply for this program. The Daniel Langlois Foundation offers this program in collaboration with OBORO, an artist-run centre in Montreal. Two residency grants will be offered to professional artists from emerging countries. These grants aim to help the successful applicants in their research, experiments and project development, while allowing them to work in a different environment than their region or country of origin.

To access the online application form and the program guidelines:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/programmes/obo/menu.html

To access the OBORO New Media Laboratory:
http://www.oboro.net/lab/index_e.html

Centre for Research and Documentation fifth anniversary

On May 26, the Daniel Langlois Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) celebrated its fifth anniversary. During the event, Steina Vasulka performed her work Violin Power. On May 27, Hubert and Nicolas Reeves presented a conference entitled Voyageurs etonnes, chercheurs et createurs au seuil de l'inconnu as part of the Foundation's Matinees-conferences series:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage22


Catalina Briceno appointed Program Officer

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is pleased to announce that Catalina Briceno, who has been Assistant to the Executive Director since 2003, was appointed Program Officer on July 3, 2006. Ms. Briceno has extensive experience in film and new media production project analysis and management. Her new functions will most notably see her manage programs involving individual artists and researchers and monitor evaluations and supported projects according to the program criteria.

For a more detailed biography of Catalina Briceno:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPagei9

To consult the list of programs and their guidelines:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPageQ5


9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds: finding aids

The Foundation is pleased to announce that the finding aids of the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds are now online. The fonds consists mainly of original factual footage (16 mm and 35 mm film) of the nine evenings as well as some audio recordings on magnetic tape. These finding aids include a detailed record of the fonds in its entirety, records of each of the series in the fonds, and an exhaustive list of its contents. In addition, the CR+D provides access via the finding aids to documentary resources that complement the fonds: press review of the event, performance descriptions accompanied by bibliographies, biographies and bibliographies of the participants (engineers and artists), etc:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage41

Grants for Researchers in Residence: Deadline October 31, 2006

This year, the deadline for submission of research proposals for the Grants for Researchers in Residence Program is October 31, 2006.

A number of changes were recently made to this program, including the introduction of two research components: CR+D documentary collections and archival fonds and Information architecture and online publishing. As in previous years, the Daniel Langlois Foundation will award two research grants for 2007. The proposals selected will allow researchers to work at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D). Anyone interested in submitting a research proposal is asked to read the new program guidelines, which can be found at:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/pdf/e/prog_res.pdf

Please note: an online form is now available on our site and must be used by anyone wishing to apply for this program:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/programmes/res/menu.html

To view the list of researchers supported by the Foundation:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage8


New CR+D Watch Bulletin

Beginning in September, a new CR+D Watch Bulletin will be accessible on the Foundation's Web site. This bulletin is produced by the Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) team as part of the activities surrounding the identification and processing of numerous documents that pertain to the CR+D's research subjects.

Each month, the CR+D Watch Bulletin will offer a list of newly referenced documents and recent or upcoming events. We hope that you find the bulletin useful and that it helps you discover new documentary resources and key events in the electronic arts domain:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPageq3


Second Annual DOCAM Summit

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is pleased to announce that the second annual summit of the DOCAM Research Alliance (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage) will be held at the McGill University Schulich School of Music in Montreal on October 26, 2006.

DOCAM is a major multidisciplinary research endeavour initiated by the Daniel Langlois Foundation in collaboration with numerous national and international partners and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The second annual summit will provide an opportunity for members of the DOCAM research committees to report on the progress of research into the challenges of preserving and documenting technology-based works of art. Among the guest speakers slated to appear at the summit are Pip Laurenson of the Tate Modern in London, Mona Jimenez from New York University, and Hans Dieter Huber from the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart. The complete summit program will be published in early October.

For more information on DOCAM, please consult the Alliance's Web site at:
http://www.docam.ca/

2nd Morning Conference presented by the Daniel Langlois Foundation

The artists and engineers of 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, New York, 1966 Saturday, October 28, 2006, 10:30 a.m., Fellini Theatre, Ex-Centris Complex, 3536 St-Laurent Blvd., Montreal. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. - no reserved seating. Free admission. Passes available (maximum 2 per person) beginning October 14, 2006, at the Festival du nouveau cinema box office, located at the Just for Laughs Museum.

The Daniel Langlois Foundation joins the Festival du nouveau cinema in presenting its second Morning Conference, with Ms. Clarisse Bardiot, a 2005 researcher in residence at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D).

Ms. Clarisse Bardiot will present the findings of her research into 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering. This unprecedented event brought together the two seemingly different worlds of artists and engineers in a "new media" experience before the term itself even existed. The conference will feature photos, plans and diagrams, excerpts of film shot during the performances, and the Web site created by Ms. Clarisse Bardiot and the Foundation during her residency:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/matinees/index-en.html


Research Results: And then it was now, by Frances Dyson

Each year, the Grants for Researchers in Residence program provides two researchers with an opportunity to work at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) as well as access to its archive fonds and collections.

Frances Dyson (Ph.D.) was a CR+D researcher in residence in 2004. She primarily focused her work on the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds and the collection of documents published by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.). In this publication, Dyson analyzes the discourse on art and technology and the social utopias surrounding E.A.T. projects between 1966 and 1972. Ms. Dyson also examines the aspect of sound in the performances of John Cage, Alex Hay and David Tudor during 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, held in 1966:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage75


2nd DOCAM Annual Summit : Montreal, October 26, 2006

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is pleased to announce that the second annual summit of the DOCAM Research Alliance (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage) will be held at the McGill University Schulich School of Music in Montreal on October 26, 2006.

DOCAM is a major multidisciplinary research endeavour initiated by the Daniel Langlois Foundation in collaboration with numerous national and international partners and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The second annual summit will provide an opportunity for members of the DOCAM research committees to report on the progress of research into the challenges of preserving and documenting technology-based works of art.

Among the guest speakers slated to appear at the summit are Pip Laurenson of the Tate Modern in London, Mona Jimenez from New York University, Hans Dieter Huber from the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart, Matthew Biederman, video performance artist and technologist, and Canadian artist Vera Frenkel.

For more information and the complete summit program, please consult the Alliance's Web site at: http://www.docam.ca/


Surajit Sarkar begins residency at the OBORO New Media Laboratory

In December 2005, the Foundation announced that Surajit Sarkar (India) had been named the first grant recipient for the Research and Experimentation Residencies in Montreal for Professional Artists from Emerging Countries or Regions. This residency program is jointly offered by the Daniel Langlois Foundation and OBORO, a Montreal art centre supporting the creation and presentation of artworks, contemporary practices and new media.

Mr. Sarkar arrived from New Delhi on September 22 to begin his residency in Montreal and will work at the OBORO laboratory until early November. The objective of his residency is to bring together digital Internet streaming technologies, performance arts and GSI (Geographic Information System) mapping techniques in order to create a working prototype to serve as the basis for the Ring of Blue project:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPaget4

Please note that September 30 was the application deadline for this program. Residency recipients for 2007 will be announced by the end of 2006.


Grants for Researchers in Residence: Deadline October 31, 2006

This year, the deadline for submission of research proposals for the Grants for Researchers in Residence Program is October 31, 2006.

A number of changes were recently made to this program, including the introduction of two research components: CR+D documentary collections and archival fonds and Information architecture and online publishing. As in previous years, the Daniel Langlois Foundation will award two research grants for 2007. The proposals selected will allow researchers to work at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D). Anyone interested in submitting a research proposal is asked to read the new program guidelines, which can be found at:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/pdf/e/prog_res.pdf

Please note: an online form is now available on our site and must be used by anyone wishing to apply for this program:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/programmes/res/menu.html

Interview with Per Biorn

During 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, presented from October 13 to 23, 1966, at the 69th Regiment Armory (New York, NY, U.S.), engineer Per Biorn designed technological components to control various elements (projectors, objects, lights) used in the performance Carriage Discreteness by Yvonne Rainer. He also built a number of TEEM decoders and contributed to the development of the Ground Effect Machine, a compressed air module used in Vehicle by Lucinda Childs. Following 9 Evenings, in addition to his work with Bell Telephone Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ, U.S.), Biorn continued to design and build technological components for numerous artists. He also restored a number of works of art.

This interview with Mr. Biorn, produced by the Daniel Langlois Foundation, was taped on August 25, 2004, in Berkeley Heights (NJ, U.S.). Present at the interview were Julie Martin, Vincent Bonin and Eric Legendre.

The interview has been divided into chapters to facilitate navigation and listening:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage40



Research and Experimentation Grants in Art+Science+Technology

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is resuming its research and experimentation grant program for individuals or research groups. Call for proposals start on November 1st 2006.

This program offers grants to individuals of all nationalities who make exceptional contributions to the advancement of knowledge at the crossroads of art, science, technology and the environment, or to candidates whose projects show a high level of originality and innovation in these domains. These research and experimentation grants carry a maximum value of $ 75,000 CAD and are intended to assist these people in the research, exploration and the development of their projects.

The deadline to submit a proposal is January 31st, 2007. It is mandatory to use the on-line form:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/programmes/ind/menu.html

Please consult the program guidelines for more information (PDF format) :
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/pdf/e/prog_ind.pdf



Radical Software

From 1970 to 1974, the magazine Radical Software published 11 issues, which, over time, became a pre-eminent source of information on the pioneers of the video age. During this short period, Radical Software was witness to the birth of the video movement and certain intellectual undercurrents from this era that drew together video, cybernetics, information technology, social activism, counterculture and art. The various issues featured contributions by Nam June Paik, Douglas Davis, Paul Ryan, Frank Gillette, Beryl Korot, Ira Schneider, R. Buckminster Fuller, Gregory Bateson, Gene Youngblood, Ant Farm, and many others.

Since 2003, the Daniel Langlois Foundation has made the entire content of Radical Software available on the Internet, complemented by essays by Davidson Gigliotti and David A. Ross, and a search engine that allows visitors to explore the magazine's content in depth. Interest in Radical Software continues to grow. The September 2006 issue of British magazine Frieze features an interesting article on Radical Software by Will Bradley entitled Turn On, Tune In. We invite you to discover, or rediscover, the extraordinary wealth of information in Radical Software:
http://www.radicalsoftware.org/



The artists and engineers of 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, New York, 1966

On October 28, the Daniel Langlois Foundation presented the conference by Clarisse Bardiot, a 2005 researcher in residence at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D). Ms. Bardiot presented the Montreal public with her research findings on 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, the unprecedented event that brought together the worlds of art and engineering in a "new media" experiment that was well ahead of its time.

We invite you to consult the Web site 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering created by Ms. Bardiot and the Foundation during her residency:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/f/index.php?NumPageW1

New additions to the DOCAM Web site

Videos of the presentations and conferences of the second annual DOCAM International Summit, held in Montreal in October 2006, are now available on the Web site of the DOCAM Research Alliance, which focuses on the documentation and conservation of the media arts heritage.

Included are presentations on the progress to date of the various DOCAM committees as well as the seminars led by Mona Jimenez (New York University, New York), Hans Dieter Huber (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Stuttgart), Matthew Biederman (Montreal), and Pip Laurenson (Tate, London). The closing conference, given by Canadian artist Vera Frenkel, is also available for viewing.

Among the themes featured are the teaching of the documentation and conservation of technology-based artworks and the "restoration" of these artistic practices:
http://www.docam.ca/en/?pV

The DOCAM Web site also offers essays written by some of the students who attended the first DOCAM seminar, held last winter at the Daniel Langlois Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D).

The seminar was organized by Will Straw of the Art History and Communication Studies Department at McGill University in Montreal.

Aligned to the DOCAM research themes, these essays focus on subjects that include the conservation of networked art, the documentation of electronic art, and the collecting of new media art by museums, to name just a few:
http://www.docam.ca/en/?pb



Research and Experimentation Grants in Art+Science+Technology

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is resuming its research and experimentation grant program for individuals or research groups. Call for proposals started on November 1st 2006.

This program offers grants to individuals of all nationalities who make exceptional contributions to the advancement of knowledge at the crossroads of art, science, technology and the environment, or to candidates whose projects show a high level of originality and innovation in these domains.

The deadline to submit a proposal is January 31st, 2007. It is mandatory to use the on-line form:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/programmes/ind/menu.html

Please consult the program guidelines for more information (PDF format):
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/pdf/e/prog_ind.pdf

New additions to the DOCAM Web site

Videos of the presentations and conferences of the second annual DOCAM International Summit, held in Montreal in October 2006, are now available on the Web site of the DOCAM Research Alliance, which focuses on the documentation and conservation of the media arts heritage.

Included are presentations on the progress to date of the various DOCAM committees as well as the seminars led by Mona Jimenez (New York University, New York), Hans Dieter Huber (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Stuttgart), Matthew Biederman (Montreal), and Pip Laurenson (Tate, London). The closing conference, given by Canadian artist Vera Frenkel, is also available for viewing.

Among the themes featured are the teaching of the documentation and conservation of technology-based artworks and the "restoration" of these artistic practices:
http://www.docam.ca/en/?pV

The DOCAM Web site also offers essays written by some of the students who attended the first DOCAM seminar, held last winter at the Daniel Langlois Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D).

The seminar was organized by Will Straw of the Art History and Communication Studies Department at McGill University in Montreal.

Aligned to the DOCAM research themes, these essays focus on subjects that include the conservation of networked art, the documentation of electronic art, and the collecting of new media art by museums, to name just a few:
http://www.docam.ca/en/?pb



Research and Experimentation Grants in Art+Science+Technology

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is resuming its research and experimentation grant program for individuals or research groups. Call for proposals started on November 1st 2006.

This program offers grants to individuals of all nationalities who make exceptional contributions to the advancement of knowledge at the crossroads of art, science, technology and the environment, or to candidates whose projects show a high level of originality and innovation in these domains.

The deadline to submit a proposal is January 31st, 2007. It is mandatory to use the on-line form:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/programmes/ind/menu.html

Please consult the program guidelines for more information (PDF format):
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/pdf/e/prog_ind.pdf

2007 Researchers in Residence

The Foundation is pleased to announce the three 2007 recipients for residencies in Montreal:

Lizzie Muller (Sydney, Australia) and Caitlin Jones (New York, NY, United States) were selected for the Grants for Researchers in Residence program. The residencies will be conducted at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) in Montreal.

Vishal Rawlley, an artist from Mumbai (India), was selected for the Research and Experimentation Residencies in Montreal for Professional Artists from Emerging Countries or Regions. This residency is offered jointly by the Foundation and the Montreal based artist-run centre OBORO. Beginning in April 2007, the recipient will spend two months in Montreal conducting research and technical experimentation at OBORO's studios and laboratories:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage8


9 Evenings Reconsidered at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery (Montreal)

Through its financial support and the loan of artifacts from its collection, the Foundation has made possible the presentation in Montreal of the exhibition 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966.

Originally presented at the MIT List Visual Center (Cambridge, MA, U.S.) in 2006, 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966 will be featured at Concordia University's Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery from March 7 to April 21, 2007.

Organized by independent curator Catherine Morris, the exhibition will showcase extensive archival material associated with this event and offer various viewpoints of the 10 performances presented at the 69th Regiment Armory in 1966. The Foundation has loaned a number of objects and materials from its 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds to the exhibition, including, among others, a sample of the factual footage produced by Alfons Schilling, stage props, technological components, and technical drawings by engineer Fred Waldhauer.

Conferences and round table discussions will also be held during the 9 Evenings Reconsidered exhibition. An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.For more information, please consult the Web site of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery:
http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/


Video documentation of the 2006 Matinees-Conferences

In 2006, the Foundation held two conferences in the Fellini Theatre of the Ex-Centris Complex, and video footage of these is now available online.

On May 27, 2006, Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist, and Nicolas Reeves, artist and designer, presented Voyageurs etonnes, chercheurs et createurs au seuil de l'inconnu.

On October 28, 2006, Clarisse Bardiot, a 2005 researcher in residence at the Foundation, presented Les artistes et les ingenieurs dans 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, New York, 1966 :
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage83


Digitized documents in the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds

Digitized versions of documents pertaining to the engineer Fred Waldhauer in the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds are accessible on the Foundation's CR+D web site.

For 9 Evenings, Waldhauer created the Proportional Control System (P.C.S.) used by David Tudor in Bandoneon! (a combine). This interface was comprised of a plotting board, 16 receivers and an electronic pen to allow numerous components in the Armory to be remotely controlled. Notably, Tudor used the device to spatialize the sound tracks and adjust the volume from one speaker to another:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPageV6

Vishal Rawlley begins residency at OBORO New Media Laboratory

In February 2007, the Foundation was pleased to announce that Vishal Rawlley (India) had been named the grant recipient of the Research and Experimentation Residency in Montreal for Professional Artists from Emerging Countries or Regions. This residency program is offered jointly by the Daniel Langlois Foundation and OBORO, a Montreal centre promoting the production and presentation of contemporary and new media art and art practices.

Mr. Rawlley arrived in Montreal on February 26 to begin his residency, and he will work at the OBORO lab until the end of April. The objective of his residency is to develop the three technical components of his Voice Wave project (formerly known as Legend of the Sea Lord), notably:
A) the telecommunications component, which includes an interactive voice response (IVR) system and a voice mail management system;
B) the submersible lighting device
C) the synchronization system for the two previous components.
More: http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage86



9 Evenings Reconsidered at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery (Montreal)

Through its financial support and the loan of artifacts from its collection, the Foundation has made possible the presentation in Montreal of the exhibition 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966.

Originally presented at the MIT List Visual Center (Cambridge, MA, U.S.) in 2006, 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966 will be featured at Concordia University's Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery from March 9 to April 21, 2007.

Organized by independent curator Catherine Morris, the exhibition will showcase extensive archival material associated with this event and offer various viewpoints of the 10 performances presented at the 69th Regiment Armory in 1966. The Foundation has loaned a number of objects and materials from its 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds to the exhibition, including, among others, a sample of the factual footage produced by Alfons Schilling, stage props, technological components, and technical drawings by engineer Fred Waldhauer.

Conferences and panel discussions will also be held during the 9 Evenings Reconsidered exhibition, among them:

Wednesday, March 21, at 5:30 p.m.: When Artists and Engineers Meet: Divergencies in Concept and Process. Panel discussion with professors Joey Berzowska, Ana Cappelluto, Sudhir Mudur, Reza Soleymani and Leila Sujir. Moderator: Sylvie Lacerte.

An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition. For more information, please consult the Web site of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery:
http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/

Centro Bartolome de Las Casas, Amauta Project, (Cusco, Peru)

The Amauta project has its roots in the Andean culture. It seeks to develop and support educational, artistic and cultural art-based media projects that will take root and flourish in Andean communities:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage18


UNESCO, Digi-Arts, (Dakar, Senegal)

As part of the Dak'Art_Lab, the art and technology laboratory of the Dak'Art Biennale 2006 (May 5 to June 5, 2006), a special program on the creation of digital art in Africa was implemented by UNESCO and its DigiArts program team through the DigiArts Africa network:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage36

Research findings: Generative Systems by Kathryn Farley

Each year, the Grants for Researchers in Residence Program offers researchers the possibility of working at the Foundation's Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) and provides them access to its fonds and collections.

Kathryn Farley (Ph.D.) was a resident at the CR+D in 2006 and focused primarily on the Sonia Landy Sheridan fonds. This publication contains the findings of Farley's research and describes the singular methods of instruction used by Sheridan in her Generative Systems courses. This groundbreaking academic program, founded in 1970 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, U.S.) allowed students to explore the implications of emerging communications technologies on art production. Drawing on diverse items in the fonds (course syllabi, lesson plans, administrative documents, photographs of class sessions, student assessment questionnaires and copies of assignments, video and audiotape documentation of instructional activities) and recent interviews with Sheridan, the study attempts to offer a comprehensive account of the evolution of Generative Systems and link its development to the emergence of art and technology studies at the post-secondary level:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?NumPage91