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SFAI Design+Technology Salon: The Strange Destiny of Open Source in the Nation State
San Francisco Art Institute's Center for Media Culture and Leonardo, The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, will co-sponsor the next SFAI Design + Technology Salon on April 6 from 7 - 9:30 PM at SFAI's Cafe at 800 Chestnut St in San Francisco, CA (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=800+chestnut+st,+sf,+ca). During the event the RAQs Collective will initiate a discussion on the topic of "The Strange Destiny of Open Source in the Nation State" accompanied by a presentation on intellectual property issues by San Jose based writer and librarian Steve Cisler. The salon will consist of short 20-minute presentations followed by an “open mic” and a lively Q&A. An open wine bar and food will precede the presentations and dessert will follow.
(PRWEB) March 31, 2006 -- San Francisco Art Institute's Center for Media Culture and Leonardo, The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, will co-sponsor the next SFAI Design + Technology Salon on April 6 from 7 - 9:30 PM at SFAI's Cafe at 800 Chestnut St in San Francisco, CA (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=800+chestnut+st,+sf,+ca).
During the event the RAQs Collective will initiate a discussion on the topic of "The Strange Destiny of Open Source in the Nation State" accompanied by a presentation on intellectual property issues by San Jose based writer and librarian Steve Cisler. The salon will consist of short 20-minute presentations followed by an “open mic” and a lively Q&A. An open wine bar and food will precede the presentations and dessert will follow.
Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta of Raqs Media Collective from New Delhi are the Spring 2006 Fellows of SFAI's Center for Media Culture. Raqs is a collective of artists who work in new media and digital art practice, documentary filmmaking, photography, media theory, research, criticism, and curating. Their work has been exhibited at the Guangzhou Triennial, China; the Venice Biennale; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Walker Art Center; and Documenta 11, Germany.
This Design + Technology Salon follows up on the first successful event in November which featured Amy Franceschini of Future Farmers, Ian McDonald, and Scott Snibbe all helping to define what is design + technology in contemporary society. This event expands upon this initial discussion by moving the focus from contemporary practictioners to the topic of Open Source and Open Content.
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