Why does future internet need e-Culture?

Why does Future Internet

need e-Culture?Artur Serra

Fundació i2cat

TEIN3, KAIST October 20-21 2010

1. Old and new Internet

The Internet of technologists and scientists

First Internet generation: – Internet of technologists and scientists.– The English only Internet– few people using high bandwitdh, – many people using low bandwitdh.– Science and technology are based in

universities

The Internet of Arts and Cultures

Current Internet: Music and video overflow the Net.The Internet of languages.Many people using high bandwidthMany people can experiment with high bandwidthArts and media contents are coming mostly from

outside of Universities and research centers

e-ArtsDigitalization of traditional arts

(Performing arts Cultural heritage,...)

New forms of art

Performance art,Videoart, Netart,videogames, serious games,...

Internet evolution from cultural anthropology

1st. 1970s-80s The Internet of the computer scientists and technological people ( email,ftp,telnet,...) (6 M people)

2nd. 90s-2010s The Internet of scientists and literated people. ( WWW, Grid, Blogs, Wikipedia...). (1000 M people)

3rd. 2010s-2030s The Internet of artists and vocal and visual communities. (VoIP, HD,videoconf,...) (6.000 M people)

Future Internet and Arts

eScienceComputation:

Supercomputació/GRIDs/Clouds

eArts, eCulturesMedia:

HD/3DVideo/Visualization/Telepresence

Research Networking: Lambda Networking,4G...

After 500 yearsThe Leonardo's

Dream

2. Different approachesto the Internet of Arts and Cultures

a). The University approach.(1995-...)

Internet 2, Arts and Humanities Initiatives at

Universities 1998. Seattle

Characteristics

Leadership from Fine Arts schools from Universities.

Performing ArtsUniversity to University communicationMaster classes,Interactive demonstrations,Relatively low bandwidth (around 100 mbps)Strong support from IT academic services

Dança TelemàticaUniv. BahiaProf. Ivani SantanaRNP

b). The Technologist's Approach

CINEGRID (2006)

Cinegrid

Visionary approach from technology Technology push: more bits, more bandwidth,

“very high quality media over photonic networks”Virtual reality, telepresence, 4k,8k and beyondStrenght in scientific visualization.Cinegrid Exchange: Amsterdam, Chicago,

Monterey, Prague, San Diego, Tokyo, and Toronto

Interest from technological companies

c). The Community Approach

HD Dancing Q from Seoul to Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona. 2005

Characteristics

Universities should agree with cultural centers outside campuses.

Opening up the NREN to cultural centersPerforming Arts initially. Cultural Heritage

follows...Master classes, cultural performances from

cultural centers to universitiesSupport from Ministries of Culture.

The Anella Cultural, the Cultural Ring

Catalonia, Spain (2006-2008)

The user-driven innovationto Internet of arts

The team

Sponsors

Aj.Barcelona

La Anella CulturalThe Cultural Ring

La Xarxa Transversal: a network of cultural programmers in cities

1. Connecting their cultural centers

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Teatre Bartrina - Reus

Teatre de l’Escorxador - Lleida

Teatre Principal - Olot

Teatre Monumental - Mataró

•IP network, from 5Mbps to 1Gbps symmetrics

2. Transforming into media studios

• 2 portable PCs• 1 audio card• 1 HD projector• Power amplifier• Audio system. • Audio mixer. • Sony Anycast station

3. Sharing cultural events

Poetry festivals

Guided tours

Master Class

Workshops

Courses

Conferences

Artistic performances

“Difussion is where technology offers major opportunities to the opera in the XXI century” J. Matabosch.

Exploring new art formatsMetamembrana 2008,

Marcel.lí Antunez

Exploring new educational programsMusicLab (Citilab 2009)

The main lesson: sharing

muldirectional communication between cultural centers

http://portal.ac.i2cat.net:8080/MediaTeca/index.htm

Anilla CulturalLatinoamerica-Europa

2009-2010...

Dirección de contenidos: Dirección tecnológica

Opening RNs in LA and Europe for Arts and Media experiments

Participants

Collaborating institutions

Next steps...

Europe-Asia Cultural Ringon Performing Arts and Cultural Heritage

Thank you :-)Artur Serra,

i2cat, artur.serra@i2cat.net