Hi all, This announcement is addressed mainly to Polish-speaking readers of LAU. I've posted it here to let you know about Linux audio users community in Poland. Warsaw Electronic Festival 2005 "Creativity in Motion" october 16. - november 5. 2005 Warsaw Electronic Festival [1] is an annual event for artists -- especially musicians -- exploring new media technologies. It takes place in Warsaw, Poland. Among tens (hundreds?) of lectures and workshops WEF 2005 will feature presentations of open source projects: - Plasma [2] -- remastered Linux distribution (Knoppix) containing audio software; prepared especially for musicians visiting WEF 2005; package developed in cooperation with Polish Linux & Music site [3], - EyesWeb [4] -- Open Source modular audio / video software. Time and locations of these events are listed below. All lectures & workshops will be given in Polish (Sorry). Excerpt from official WEF 2005 press note [5]: "The WEF is international festival which reveals music created with and under the influence of technology. A the Festival you can experience both electronic music and new media art. One of our goals is to show the context in which all these things are brought to life. This is why we also invite professors and experts who show you how they perceive the rapidly moving progress and new art. The WEF is an annual event and dates back to 2002. As always also this year it takes place in Warsaw." A few words about workshops focused on the open source software: "Plasma -- Alternative Operating System for Musicians" oct 16., 16:00 local time (part I); oct 23., 16:00 local time (part II) "Presentation and workshop of the multimedia Plasma operating system (Linux based) which contains a full set of solutions for musicians. Developed [...] at the initiative of WEF2005". "EyesWeb" nov 5., 12:00 local time "Workshop on the basics of the Open Source audio / video modular software." All lectures & workshops will be held in "Zacheta" National Gallery of Art -- pl. Malachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warsaw, Poland Useful links: [1] Warsaw Electronic Festival [in English] http://www.wef.pl/2005/?lang=en [2] Plasma -- distribution prepared for the WEF 2005 workshops [in Polish] http://linux-muzyka.ixion.pl/tekst.php?id=25078 [3] Linux, Sound & Music -- Polish site [in Polish] http://linux-muzyka.ixion.pl/ [4] EyesWeb -- The EyesWeb project [in English] http://www.eyesweb.org/ [5] Warsaw Electronic Festival 2005 -- Press Materials [in English] http://www.syntezatory.pl/gfx/download/WEF05presskit_en.zip Regards, Pawel Wolniewicz
