Open Source Exhibition open today

RIGHT CLICK: Open Source New Media Exhibition

24/5 – 13/6/2007
Venue 展出地點： Kapok Gallery
B/F, 9 Dragon Road, Tin Hau (next to Tin Hau Temple Road) [map]
Opening 開幕派對： 24/5/2007
7:00 pm with oversea artists’ attendance
Date 日期： 24/5 - 13/6/2007
10:00 am - 8:00 pm (Mon-Fri)；12:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Sat-Sun) * free admission
Inquiry 查詢： Jeff LEUNG (read.jeff@gmail.com / 96451104) ;
Kapok (info@ka-pok.com / 2549-9254)
Curator 展覽策劃 ： GuLLDY+Jeff LEUNG

Seminars 專題講座

Seminar 1 : OPEN SOURCE: FOUNDATIONS, SITUATIONS AND DIRECTIONS
Seminar 2 : Open Source Software Development: A case on Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
Seminar 3 : Artist Seminars
Seminar 4 : Who says “working-in-progress” cannot be opened? -Workshops Progress Sharing

Open Source in New Media Art

DIY (Do-It-Yourself) is not new to most design and art lovers. But when DIY goes digital, it is not as easy as it seems to be truly self-initiated without commercial software. The spirits of Open Source are to provide an open platform for digital media users to upload and download programming sources free of charge, and allow them to individualize these sources as their own designs and applications. Such free exchange of ideas and information ultimately gather collective experiences and creativities, which is much more meaningful then just doing things on one’s own.

GuLLDY and their co-curator Jeff LEUNG are pleased to present the exhibition “Right Click：Open Source New Media Art Exhibition”. Three international creative parties will present their interactive new media artworks based on Open Source programming and technology. What will be showcased are not only the completed works of art but also the entire processes as well as sources of the technology and the conceptual ideas applied to these works. In short, the exhibition aims to open and share with audiences every step involved in the productions of the exhibits, promoting the very spirits of DIY(Do-It-Yourself) and Creative Commons.

Creative parties including Daniel Shiffman (USA), Josh Minor (USA), mirco+playground (Taiwan) will present their works in the exhibition. Among these parties, Josh Minor and mirco+playground will come from aboard for the opening party and seminars, sharing their creations and creativities with audiences.

The exhibition is part of GuLLDY’s media art programme series subsidized by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. It will commence on 24 May at Kapok Gallery and will last until 13 June.

對不少設計或藝術愛好者而言，DIY(Do-It-Yourself) 不是新課題，但面對設計精密的數碼媒體，要不倚賴商業軟件去DIY 創作，卻可能是一大難題。「開放源碼」(Open Source) 的精神是為數碼媒體使用者提供免費平台，讓他們自由上載下載程式源碼，繼而自行轉化成個人化的使用和設計；又正如「資源共享」(Creative Commons) 所鼓吹的宗旨，難得是這種開放式的自由交流匯聚了集體創意和智慧，比一般的DIY 一人創作更有意思。

由GuLLDY( 玖樓陸兜友) 及策展人梁展峰共同策劃的「Right Click ：開放源碼新媒體展覽」將展示多位來自本地及海外的新媒體創作人以開放源碼為基礎的互動數碼設計。展覽除了展出他們的製作成品之外，還會由始到末的完全展示他們創作源頭和過程，當中可能包括原創的程式源碼或由其他人的源碼所改造和轉化的新程式，參觀者在參觀之餘還可以參與其中，回家DIY 創作，親身體會由開放源碼引發的無限創意。