(A few) A&U activities in Europe

I2 & NWS Performance and MasterClass Production WS 2010

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May 2005

Pisa - Miami

GARR_05Conference

An Historic Overview

http://www.garr.it/conf_05/ram/Violista.ram

http://www.garr.it/conf_05/ram/Violista.ram

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Jan 2006

RomeMiami

NWS andLuigi Alberto Bianchi (viola)


9:00 (0:53)

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Mar 2006 Rome - Miami

Roma3Orchestra &NWS




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May 2007 Rome-Cassino UbiQuiLab 1


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Oct 2007 net-music live jam

TriesteRome

GARRNetworkHumanitatis


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What exists over there...



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Slide 8

About TERENA (by Valentino Cavalli, TERENA CTO)

TERENA offers a forum to collaborate, innovate and share knowledge in order to foster the development of Internet technology, infrastructure and services to be used by the research and education community.

TERENA is first and foremost a collaborative organisation.

Its core business is to bring together managers, technical specialists and other people in the research networking community with their counterparts from other countries in Europe, mobilising the expertise and experience of hundreds of professionals in the research and education networking area.

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10 years in Voice and Video TF-Stream

1999-2001 - use of audio/video streaming and conferencing over the Internet

TF-Netcast 2003-2004 – portal for live streaming announcements IP Telephony Cookbook

TF-VVC (Voice, Video and Collaboration) 2004-2006 – suitability of voice, video and collaboration

technologies for NRENs GDS admin table

TF-VSS (Videoconference Service Studies) 2006-2007 - Europe-wide videoconferencing service for the

higher education and research communities TF-ECS (Enhanced Communication Services)

2006-2008 – collaboration tools and technologies that go beyond simple voice and video conferencing

Achievements: NRENum.net service, N-ECS server image and SIP Handbook

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User Requirements in A&U and Social Sciences

Network to support content-centric activities and to retrieve information or sources of inspiration

Intensification of Internet technologies in multi-disciplinary scientific projects, users in Humanities and Social Sciences working

together with researchers from Computer Science or Engineering departments

3 types of usage came out from EARNEST study: performing arts (dance, music, theater..) virtual environment, simulation access to information repositories

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Application areas

Categories of advanced applications clustered based on technical requirements Real-Time Collaboration technologies (video

conferencing, virtual environment) Live performances – music and dance (streaming,

video) Libraries and digital repositories AA Infrastructures and Trust (secure federated

environment) Peer to peer technologies Online surveys

NRENs are instrumental : provide high bandwidth and QoS

Network is part of the creative work, and new trends in the Arts lead to pedagogical changes in student curriculum

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Media management & Distribution

TF-Media task force Media Management and Distribution

Workshop and Task Force Workshop January 2009 – 45+ participants,

lot of interest Topics:

1) Video Content Management Systems 2) Federating Media Repositories

http://www.terena.org/activities/media/

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Performing Arts Production Workshops

Let’s take THIS wonderful activity in Europe!

http://www.garr.it/eventiGARR/papws/programme.html





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Courtersy by Justin Hourigan (HEAnet)

Conference XP session (special overnight delivery!)

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Courtersy by Justin Hourigan (HEAnet)

How to look like a TV Star...

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Courtersy by Giuseppe Silvi (VITE3)

Social networking meets dining relax!

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Courtersy by Giuseppe Silvi (VITE3)

... and even “artists” went involved (trapped) with technology.

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Second Edition is on its way!

IRCAM, Paris, 22-24 November 2010



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Slide 19

About GÉANT

GÉANT is the high speed European communication network dedicated to research and education. In

combination with its NREN partners, GÉANT creates a secure, high speed (up to 10 Gbps) research infrastructure that serves 40 million researchers in over 8,000 institutions across 40 European countries.

...but this is NOT only wires and bandiwidth...

http://www.geant.net/Users/Communities/Pages/ArtsandCulture.aspx

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Slide 20

A&U around GÉANT: ASTRA

Ancient Intruments Sound Reconstruction

http://www.astraproject.org

uses computer-intensive modelling techniques to reconstruct the sound and timbre of ancient musical instruments.

ASTRA relies on the GÉANT and EUMEDCONNECT networks to link high-capacity computers across Europe and the Mediterranean.

... let see (concertdemo.mov) (2:43)



http://www.astraproject.org/

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Slide 21

A&U around GÉANT: Volcano Dance

“The mountain” performance http://www.volcanodance.org/

Converting Volcano Seismograms into Music - Why & Who?

To make volcano seismograms audible To correlate seismic stages with melodies

and/or sounds To discover the “signature tune” of an

eruption To save human lives! Italy (Mount Etna) 2001, Ecuador (Mount

Tungurahua) 2006, Philippines (Mts. Mayon & Pinatubo) 2008/9

Sonification in Computing Grids ... lets see the CityDance Ensemble

in action... (2:00)



http://www.volcanodance.org/

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Slide 22

A&U around GÉANT: music - dance

The GÉANT Launch event (Dec 2009) http://www.geant.net/Events/LaunchE

vent/Pages/CulturalPerformance.aspx The LostSound Orchestra in Stockholm The Arts Exchange dancers in Kuala

Lumpur 9300 Km, DVTS and a single live

perfomance. The Barbiton (ASTRA) joins the

Epigonion Sonification of Network Management

Data

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http://www.geant.net/Events/LaunchEvent/Pages/CulturalPerformance.aspx

http://www.geant.net/Events/LaunchEvent/Pages/CulturalPerformance.aspx

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Opera ObertaQuickTime™ and a


http://www.opera-oberta.org (from 2001): an academic course of Opera with multicast

live transmissions from Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona.

Each university organizes its own course to prepare the operas before the transmissions from the theatre.

High definition and a bandwidth of 10 Mbps (audio + video). Contents encrypted (agreement with Liceu). More than 50 participating universities, more than 5,000

attendants for each transmission.

http://www.opera-oberta.org/

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Catalunia Desktop Orchestrahttp://barcelonalaptoporchestra.blogspot.coman orchestra of laptops that has done several performances in Catalonia.

Performances are halfway between a demo concert and a sonic installation, and deeply focused on technical challenges, like real-time audio&video manipulation with custom interfaces and wireless networked laptops playing live-coded streams in sync.

They are looking forward to find collaboration from other laptop orchestras

http://barcelonalaptoporchestra.blogspot.com/

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http://www.eu2010.es/es/agenda/agendacultural/evento0096.html

Connect on the network the bigger cultural installations of Catalonia with territorial institutions

Produce, experiments, knowledge and creativity exchange in a constant ideas circulation.

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Digital Archives (Barcelona, Milan, ...)



http://hemerotecadigital.institutdelteatre.cat/ Institut del Teatre Archives.

... Intranet !!!!!Teatro alla Scala & Archivio Storico Ricordi

... others...



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Around theatre...http://ubiquilab.ning.com/http://www.vite3.it/Ubiquilab networked performances production & VITE3 videotheathre

http://www.east15.ac.uk/East 15 Acting School, Essex, UKexploring current and future networked performances at very high quality... and bejond.

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The way beyond: 4K/3D, 8K...

http://hpn.essex.ac.uk/facilities/netmediafacilities.php?mn=fa

Essex University Networked Media Laboratory

advanced media acquisition and presentation facilities (4K, 8K, 3D)

extensive network connectivity facility (dark fibers)

implement and demonstrate services specifically created for very high quality networked media

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Up in Scotland...http://www.glasgowcityofmusic.com/a UNESCO initiative, looking for partners

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/bbcsso

remote music education for childrenhttp://tnc2007.terena.org/programme/sessions/showc5b0.html

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Music and Arts education



http://www.muspe.unibo.it/attivita/cimes/

Bologna University: Centro Musica e Spettacolo

Ethnic Music International Festival

http://www.mdw.ac.at/?pageid=1University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

DVTS tests with Wiener Phylarmoniker

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LOLA (work in progress)QuickTime™ and a


LOw LAtency audio/video performance the challenge:

Real time musical distributed performance

The stat of the art: 110Km GigaEthernet circuit, 450Mbps used 60 frames per second video, 640*480 Audio 44100 24 bit stereo 60ms roundtrip (Nov 2009, piano duo test) new version (lab tests: 30-40ms roundtrip) brainstorming with CCRMA Stanford University next piano duo test: Feb 4th 2010 ... stay tuned!

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LOLA (work in progress)QuickTime™ and a


http://www.trevisanzaccaria.it/biografia.php?lang=enA public “thank you” to Teresa and Flavio for their

work, precious feedbacs and suggestions!


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