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Disscusing online music @ UFRJ

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On 21th of March a disscussion, as a part of Chappa, was organized at UFRJ with the focus on online radios and podcasting

Chappa is devided in themes that disscus: music production in Rio, online radios and podcast, artists, new music and its independent market. Giuliano Bonardi was speeking about free rradio concept and principles of sharing.
Free radio network FRSM from Croatia was introduced and the network model disscused. ‘Podcasting association of Brazil’ members were disscussing possiblities of charging podcasters and podcasting alike, and observations about necessity for new laws about charging independent web sites with music downloads suggested. Overall feeling is that marketing and financial structures were domminating the conversation.

FILE

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(File International Electronic Festival) is electronic art festival sponsored by companies such as OI, one of the bigest IT companies in Brasil. FILE has been concerned with artist that use electronic art as media. Among others there were lectures and presentations by Ted Nelson

(inventor of Xanadu) who was questioning systems of browsing developed by PC and MAC industrie (folders and hyperlinking)

and Machiko Kusahara who presented ‘Device Art’, re-examining art-science-technology relationships.

She raised questions about technology and art used by some artist in Japan.

Of course, exhibition run in this way always has technical problems

Even if some of the artists and presenters mention free licencing and open source used in some works, it is more as a follow up to trend than an idea of collaborative and open work. General feeling was that technollogy in art means playfulnes and interaction for purpose of itself, fun and leizure, where artist have a role of (tech) specialists that will humore consumers and market their goods.

Radio Janela and Radio Interferencia

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Radio Janela is project that works as radio transmission(s) decentralized from it’s source. It is mixture of multiple radio transmissions and street sound systems. Information (sound) comes from internet radio and is transmitted with small transmitters locally, using sound systems so it can be publicly accessed.
Radio Janela is Djadjah (Giuliano Bonardini) idea that he has been practicing with other people in Brazil.

Radio Interferencia (Radio Interferance) is another free web and FM radio project located in UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). Radio is powered by 50 watts transmitter and is accesible in some parts of the Rio.

On Wednesday 21th of March a program was aired on Radio Interferencia focusing on Free Open Culture exchange between Croatia and Brasil. Also, bands like Negativeland and concepts of plunderphonics were disscused.

Monsanto propaganda

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mnsnt-airport.JPGOn the airport of Curitiba we found a great example of subtle propaganda. Monsanto has a video stand with cellular phone recharging box.

We couldn’t miss this photo oportunity.

Video playing on the screen is showing the beauty of the nature, smilling faces of the farmers and scientist in their sterile enviroment and white outfits.