[Nettime-bold] RADIO FRO PROJECT AT ARS ELECTRONICA 2001

["Alexander Baratsits" <alex@fro.at>]

TAKE OVER SYSTEMS/CONNECT SYSTEMS
Independent Media Networking

A project by RADIO FRO in cooperation with the ARS ELECTRONICA Festival 2001

2. - 3. September 2001, Linz (A)
http://www.fro.at/connect_systems/

1. CONTENT
2. TIMETABLE PANELS
3. THE CULTURAL CHANNEL (radioqualia/ NZ)
4. WORKSHOPS


1. CONTENT
Formats, software solutions and communication routes for international
program and content exchange:

Participants from  the Audio Festival the Free Radios of Switzerland,
Germany and Austria, different content providers as Onda and representatives
from independent media networks such as Indymedia will discuss and present
different solutions and approaches.
As test run for an international art and culture channel making use of
streaming technologies and the link-up of various audio databanks a cultural
channel will be set up during the ARS ELECTRONICA Festival 2001.
Streaming workshops and guided tours will give an insight in practical work
with software systems and video- and audiostreaming technologies..


2. TIMETABLE PANELS
Language: English

PANEL A. TECHNICAL COLLABORATION
Monday, 3rd September 2001: 10.30 till 13.00, Hörsaal A/ T.O.C.

Presentations by Thomax Kaulmann (meta.orang.org/Berlin), Thomas Horner
(Cultural Broadcasting Archive, Fromat/Radio FRO/Linz), Timo Stadler
(www.freieradios.net /Bundesverband Freier Radios Deutschland), Ljiljana
Neskovic (ANEM/ Belgrad), Walter van der Cruijsen (desk.org), Christian Koch
(TU Illmenau, BRD), Zeljko Blace (ogg.vorbis)

Presentation of content-exchange models. How could/must systems be
developed, so that they can be used for automatic content exchange?

Host: Alexander Baratsits (Radio FRO/Linz)


PANEL B. CONTENT EXCHANGE:
Monday, 3rd September 2001: 14.30 till 17.00, Hörsaal A/ T.O.C.

Presentations by Helmut Peissl (Verband Freier Radios Österreich), Honor
Harger (radioqualia/AUS), Kathi Hahn (Europäisches Bürgerforum/AIM), Winnie
Enderlein (ONDA, asked)

Presentation of an evaluation concerning program- and content exchange
within free radios in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Philosophy in the
Xchange surrounding, crosscultural and international background. Discussion
of formal and contentwise questions (language, duration, actuality ...) What
could be the target groups of certain formats and programs and broadcasts?

Host: Helmut Peissl


PANEL C. SUSTAINABLE NETWORKING
Tuesday, 4th September 2001: 10.30 till 13.00, Hörsaal A/ T.O.C.

Presentations by Adam Hyde (Cultural Channel/ Open Source Streaming
Alliance), Micz Flor (Campsite, Cz), Mike Riemel (clubradio.de), N.N. (no
border - no nation), N.N. (VolxTheaterKarawane)

What are the economic base conditions of Independent Media? Is it possible
to build up an economic platform for lasting and independent public-domain
infrastructures/exchange networks based on mixed financing,
bartering/content-exchange in todays society?

Host: Guenther Hopfgartner

3. THE CULTURAL CHANNEL
Through a cultural channel an example for free space within the media sector
will be presented. The concept is by the two protagonists of radioqualia,
Honor Hager and Adam Hyde. The channel is a continuous independent net.radio
and streaming video program platform that is run through international
collaboration. The linked metadatabase and radiocontrolsystem frequencyclock
connects different contentsources in the internet, databases such as
orang.orang.org, livecasts, websites. A small production-group with members
of the Xchange-network will set up this channel.
Through the Open Source Streaming Alliance, a network of streamingservers in
Sidney, New York and Amsterdam there will be an international relaying of
the program.The goal to investigate processes for making arts and cultural
streaming content visible on the internet. The cultural channel will be
launched at the Ars Electronica Festival 2001 and be continued as managed
artist project.


4. WORKSHOPS
Besides the panels and guiding tours there is the possibility for the
attendants of the Ars Electronica Festival to take part in various workshops
at different points of the program, creating the program itself actively
according to the means of Open Access.

WORKSHOP STREAMING TECHNOLOGY
Hosts: Oliver Neumann and Karin Heide

The workshops will be offered for Beginners on Sunday, 2. September 2001
from 15.00 till 18.00 P.M. and for Advanced on Tuesday, 4th from 15:00 to
18:00 PM. Fee is ATS 150, -  For inscriptions please mail to:
barbaraw@fro.at

Audio- and Videostreamingtechnology, Video- and Audioengineering for the
Internet, Actual work on, Traineeworkstations, Different backgrounds of
softwarecodes, Productionguidelines for Streaming Audio/Video,
Compressability of various Imagecontents (Compression in Mediacleaner,
Rendering with different Codes/Datastreams)
Embedding of a video in a html-page, Technical Background of Video- and
Audiostreaming


WORKSHOP CULTURAL CHANNEL
Attendants of the ARS can furthermore work out together with the team of
Adam Hyde on the functioning, contentwise and technical basics of the
cultural channels, cocreating  the programming and actual running of the CC
themselves and launch an own channel. Participation is free. No inscription
needed.

Background and Working with frequencyclock software Collecting, Filtering
and Organizing relevant Content for the Cultural Channel, Programming of a
Realaudiostream, Launching an own Cultural Channel




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