Organizations: THE ART OF THE UNCONFERENCE ::: Meta-Installation From Circlism to Spherism : Metamedia Cooperation III, 2007

Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 12:34 AM

:) EMERGING BITS AND PEACES FROM...
Metamedia Cooperation III, (2007)

Wiki : Meta Media wiki by Ward Cunningham, 12/20/2008.
"This December, 2008...was devoted to the extension of the human self... We first presented this material in 2007 at the third MetaMedia Cooperation, Eugene, Oregon."

Possibilities for Transformational Conference. (CC) NC-SA 3.0 PDF by Tree Bressen
with Debby Sugerman and Sunrise Facilitation Collective, 1/10/2008.
"....And further, we found and developed tools for participatory events that we were able to apply more fully at other happenings, such as the “Metamedia Cooperation.” What is proposed here arises out of that experience and more... We want to spread tools to help bring the new paradigm to life. With that experience in mind... "

Un-museum for the Imaginify Metamedia III by Kaliya Hamlin, Unconference Blog, 4/24/2007.
"...an amazing event that I had the honor of facilitating a small part of... been to all three annual Metamedia Cooperations so far and this one was again mind expanding... a whirl of visionary art, transformational Music, stimulating interdisciplinary academic/research and community offerings. The museum opened it self up to visionary art on the ceiling and walls and amazing music...."

Pass my congratulations on by Mary Unruh, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, 4/6/2007.
"...a great success. I've heard nothing but good feedback, including from people involved with the Schnitzer Museum. I think it is incredible how Metamedia has continued to grow and still maintatin the energy of the first one..."

Participant Reflection by Jack Semura, Physics, Portland State University, 3/15/2007.
"Thank you for the stimulation of Metamedia 3. The entire experience was a full spectrum of kaleidoscopic impressions. The final evening performance was deeply beautiful..."

Eugene Weekly, 3/8/2007.
"...this past weekend saw a remarkable collection of visual artists, dancers, musicians, culture scholars, filmmakers, scientists, philosophers, poets and ecologists coming together at the museum for an interactive experience called Metamedia3. The "happening," for lack of a better word, came in conjunction with the PIELC [Public Interest Environmental Law Conference], plugging art into legal activism as well. This is what a living art museum is all about: bringing a diversity of people together in creative ways through art, and planting seeds of connection and hope for the future..."
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Metamedia 2007 by Diana, Myspace Blogs, 3/8/2007.
"I went to this event at the UO called metamedia last saturday. Based on the flyer which I had picked up at a gallery I thought I was attending some sort of art show and talk about how artists and scientists are collaborating. What I found was much more than an art show, and it apparently happens annually. There were professors there from Stanford, Portland State University, the UO, LCC, and some college in Pennsylvania I think. There were designers and scientists as well. The artists hung their art up, a collaborative installation took place, and strange airy music was played. The ideas broached there were fascinating, it was like being part of a giant think tank that was planning the future..."

Participant Reflection by Kurt Fendt, Comparative Media Studies, and Metamedia, MIT, 3/7/2007.
"It was truly a great experience and your concept of bringing a diverse group of people together to discuss a range of issues on a broader, interdisciplinary scale certainly worked very well. I met some really interesting and nice people and I hope some of the conversations will continue... Thanks again for a wonderful experience."

re: Metamedia 3 by Attendee, 3/7/2007.
"Wow... I can only imagine all the work and determination and love it took to make it happen. Of course I missed the first two MMCs but I am glad I caught this one (especially as it may be the last?). I've been working so hard these recent months with my jobs and such that I've scarcely gone out at all. But to make it to this event meant a lot to me... I felt called. "Metamedia" encompasses most everything I'm passionate about. And I fully support your vision/intention..."

Participant Reflection by Klaus Krippendorff, Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3/6/2007.
"... it was surely not what I expected, but you predicted it to be an emergent event and it was. I enjoyed many installations and the care people took to be innovative and appealing. I enjoyed the conversations and I was glad that my 12 minute presentation triggered lots of discussions and caused many subsequent encounters..."


by Thomas Knoblauch, Public Domain

Year of the Circle.
message from Tom Marioni
Conceptual Artist, Sculptor, & Metamedia2 collaborator, 3/3/2007.

"100 years ago in 1907 Picasso invented cubism.
For me this year is the year of the circle or to connect with cubism, spherism.
One definition of circle is "a group of people" like my "The Act of
Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art", (1970).
Since 1977 we have been in a neo period.
What goes around comes around.
I am only drawing circles this year."

(photo coming soon)

Glassroots Organization (Worldview), 2007
David Willis featuring Karma Moffett
Prince Lucien Campbell Memorial Courtyard

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Special Thank You to our Sponsors:

• Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA)
• Fenario Gallery
• Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA)
• Nancy's Yogurt
• University of Oregon (UO)
••• Cultural Forum (CF)
••• Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences
••••• Complexity And Nonlinear Dynamics Focus Group (CAND)
••••• Music Cognition Reading Focus Group (MCRG)
••• School of Law
••••• Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC)
••• School of Architecture & Allied Arts (A&AA)
••••• Art Department
••••• Arts & Administration (AAD)
••••••• Institute for Community Arts Studies (ICAS)
••• School of Music and Dance

SPECIAL MAHALO!

Lisa Abia-Smith, UO JSMA
Lindy Beres, River School
Doug Blandy, UO AAD
Frances Bronet, UO AAA
Tree Bressen, Dynamic Facilitation
Kurt Fendt, MIT Metamedia
Lawrence Fong, UO JSMA
James Jack, Peripatetic Artist
Sharon Kaplan, JSMA
Alan Mitchell Kapuler aka Mushroom, Peace Seeds
Stephanie Pearl Kimmel, Marché
Klaus Krippendorff, Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Steve Larson, UO Music Cognition
Tom Marioni, Conceptual Artist
Karma Moffett, Musician
Carole Patterson, DIVA Liaison
Alex Pfefferkuch, JSMA
Brent Rosskopf, Fenario Gallery
Howard Rheingold, USC & Stanford University
Mary Unruh, DIVA
David Willis, Glass Artist

THANK YOU TO THE PARTICIPANTS!

Nora Bateson, Lindy Beres, Douglas Blandy, Frances Bronet, Dianne Brause, Stuart Cowan,
Ward Cunningham, Kurt Fendt, James Jack, Klaus Krippendorff, Steve Larson,
Paula Noel, Thomas McFarlane, Tom Munnecke, Pramod Parajuli,
Jack Semura, Bonnie Simoa, Thea Vandervoort, David Willis

THANK YOU TO THE COLLABORATORS!

Art Curating/Co-Coordinators :
Aaron Howard, EMU Visual Arts Coordinator, UO
Jair, Imaginify Community Network
Alex Pfefferkuch, JSMA
Brent Rosskopf, Fenario Gallery

Audio Engineering : Cultural Forum, UO

Collaborating Organizations :
Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California (USC)
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Autopoiesis LLC, Portland, OR
ArtsBridge, University of Oregon
Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Dance Department, Continuum Movement, Lane Community College
Department of Philosophy, Portland State University
Department of Physics, Cosmology & Complexity, Portland State University
Digital Journalism, Stanford University
Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, OR
Eclipse Foundation, Portland, OR
Electric Sheep: Dreams in High Fidelity, San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
Emerging Arts Leaders Creative Conversations, Americans for the Arts, LaneArts Council
International Association of Color Consultants/Designers, North America (IACCNA)
Lost Valley Intentional Community & Education Center, Dexter, OR
Metamedia Project, MIT
Metamedia Collaboratory, Stanford Humanities Lab
MindFreedom International, Eugene, OR
Oregon Country Fair, Community Village, Lorane, OR
Portland International Initiative for Leadership, Ecology, Culture and Learning, Portland State University
Pod Collective, Lightbox Online, San Francisco, CA
River School, Napa, CA

Experience Dialogue Facilitation :
Tree Bressen
Kaliya Hamlin
Debby Sugarman

Experience Hospitality Organic Food and Drink :
Genesis Juice
Marché Museum Café, Jessica MacMurray Blaine
Nancy's Yogurt, Nancy Van Brasch Hamren

Experience Liaison : Rebeccah White

Experience Pre-Production :
Lawrence Fong, JSMA
Sharon Kaplan, JSMA
Kurt Neugebauer, JSMA
Alex Pfefferkuch, JSMA

Experience Process Design :
Tree Bressen, TreeGroup
Jair, Imaginify Community Network

Experience Scheduling Coordinators :
Darrel Kau, Cultural Forum, UO
Debbie Williamson-Smith, Public Relations, JSMA

Experience Support Lead Coordinator : Alex Pfefferkuch, JSMA

Fiscal Sponsor : Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts

Glass Art Installations :
Mark Lammi
David Willis

Liaisons :
Lisa Abia-Smith, JSMA
Miriam Alexis Jordan, JSMA
Carole Patterson, DIVA

Music°Spheres Coordinator : Nate Hogan, City Repair [pdx]

Photography :
Kaliya Hamlin
Scott Huette
James Jack
Tara Nikzi
[more to come]

Publicity :
Eclipse Foundation
Eugene Weekly
Omidyar Network
The Register-Guard
Unconference.net

Poster Design : Rocketeye Designs

Paper & Printing :
Alternative Graphics
Living Tree Paper (Tree-Free)

Videography Coordinator : Scott Huette, UO Arts & Administration Adjunct

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Previews & Posts

Metamedia Cooperation 3 by Kevin Kelly, The Home Galaxy, 3/3/2007
"Upcoming Community Events... Kevin takes part in a number of community events which might be of interest to you... Enjoy."
Metamedia by Ward Cunningham, Eclipse Foundation, 3/2/2007
"MetaMedia 3 convenes tomorrow at the University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. I'm speaking. I'll borrow the photographic concept of "seeing" and promote it as a useful programming activity. I'll tie this to wiki, of course, but I'll show a few other mind tickling gems like this one. This six month exposure was raster scanned by the motion of the sun. It shows my brother's backyard trees in silhouette. The computer's patience, some spherical geometry, and his aesthetic sense combine to remind us that there is always another way to look at any information."
Event Celebrates Creative Cooperation, Performance Notes, Register-Guard, 3/1/2007
"The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon will host "Metamedia Cooperation 3,'' a celebration of the connections between creative concepts and practices in art, science and community. The presentation will feature dialogues with academics from the fields of communication, dance, ecology, music, physics and positive psychology..."

Metamedia Cooperation 3 by Tom Munnecke, Omidyar Network, 1/30/2007
"I'll be speaking at the Metamedia Cooperation 3 in Eugene, Oregon, Mar 3, 2007 on the topic of Uplift and Appreciative Inquiry. This should be a very interesting gathering of folks."

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Title: Metamedia Cooperation 3, 2007

Presented by: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the UO, University of Oregon Cultural Forum, Arts and Administration & Art Department, Institute for Community Arts Studies, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Insititue of Cognitive & Decision Sciences, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, The Fenario Gallery, Nancy's Yogurt, Marché Museum Café
Space: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
Place: 1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, Oregon, 97403
Time: Saturday, March 3, 2007. Experience begins at 1:00 pm. Arrive Early.
Price: Suggested Donation $10 - ?
Web: http://jsma.uoregon.edu/events/calendar
Tag: MMC3

"This year's doorway to cooperative landscapes and thoughtscapes acknowledges connections in Deep Time. These metalogues and installations explore common visions: from enviro-conservation to free customizable software, to patterns, rhythms and rhymes. With the capacity for learning, unlearning and relearning from the open internet, and the wisdom of organic systems, we can further efforts to "take care of" and heal our relations and our home, the Earth. Emerging from the previous two themes of "free culture," and "the analog and the digital," Metamedia Cooperation 3 will encourage integrative fields and regenerative practices, modulating a Living Learning Archive."

All ages are welcome.

OPEN • EMERGE • THRIVE • CREATE

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