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Published by Luis Silva in Rhizome, on August 20th, 2008. Image: detail of Marta de Menezes, Nature? (Modified butterfly from installation / performance), 2007

There is an interesting article in Art Journal Vol 67 No 2 summer 2008 p55 by T'ai Smith called "Anonymous Textiles, patented domains: The Invention (and Death) of an author". The article describes the work of Otti Berger, a student and teacher at the Bauhaus. She filed, and obtained a patent No 594075 in Nov 6 1934, the patent concerns weaving synthetic materials into textiles. The article describes the discussion going on in the Bauhaus in the 1930s about the nature of intellectual property and many issues that connect directly to the open source discussions today.
Image: Otti Berger by Luciy Moholy (detail). Taken from www.bauhaus.de

From Artsactive network we are establishing a list of artists that have filed patents. If it is your case, or if you know artists that have done it, please send us a mail to info[@]artsactive.net.
[Image: from IPKat Blog]

Located at the School of Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia, SymbioticA is an artistic laboratory dedicated to the research, learning and critique of life sciences. SymbioticA has just joined the network as organisers of collaboration programs.

SymbioticA

Ectopia (Portugal) is a laboratory hosting artists from different backgrounds interested in exploring the intersection of art and science. It fosters the development of collaborative projects involving artists and researchers. TransGenesis (Czech Republic) aims to explore the territory between gallery and laboratory, artistic representation and technical visualization, between the scientific emphasis on discovering the reality and the artistic insistence on re-creating and transforming it.

Workshop: 18-21 2008. Public discussion: Saturday 22nd Nov 2008. DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 15th September 2008. SymbioticA’s Biological Art Workshop is a workshop dealing with hands on exploration of biological technologies and issues stemming from their use. The workshop is part of Article|08 – biannual exhibition for unstable and electronic art forms taking place in Stavanger (Norway). Attendance at the workshop will be by selection through open submission or by invitation. The selection will be made by Hege Tapio from i/o/lab, Jens Hauser co-curator of Article|08 and Oron Catts from SymbioticA. For more information: hege@iolab.no.

The public presentation will introduce the local arts/science community to the national and international opportunities and models of arts/science organisations. Speakers include Denisa Kera (Transgenesis, Czech Republic), Marta de Menezes (Ectopia, Portugal), Anne Kienhuis (Arts & Genomics Center, Netherlands), Vicki Sowry (Australian Network for Art and Technology), Oron Catts (SymbioticA, Australia). For more information: amanda[at]symbiotica.uwa.edu.au

Artsactive will be holding a think-tank over three days in July to interrogate the issues impacting upon the success and sustainability of art/science residency programs now and into the future.

The think-tank is being hosted by SymbioticA in Perth, Australia. As well as the formal sessions, the participants will also tour SymbioticA's lab facilities at the University of Western Australia and undertake a field trip to Lake Clifton - home to largest lake-bound thrombolite reef in the Southern Hemisphere.

The think-tank outcomes - a set of best-practices for the delivery of residency programs involving artists and scientists/researchers in academic and industry settings - will be disseminated immediately through an invited panel session at ISEA 2008 (25 - 31 July 2008). The panel, being co-presented by ANAT and artsactive, will be held from 2pm - 4pm on Saturday 26 July in the Ngee Ann Kongsi auditorium, Singapore Management University.

For further information on the think-tank, please contact Jane Coakley (SymbioticA) jane [at] symbiotica.uwa.edu.au
For further information about the ISEA panel, please contact Vicki Sowry (ANAT) ars [at] anat.org.au

Digital\'08: Imagination On Behalf Of Our Planet 10th International Digital Print Open Competition/Exhibition at the New York Hall of Science October 4, 2008 - January 25, 2009 Organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI). Deadline: August 10, 2008
Details: http://www.asci.org/artikel981.html. ASCI is a 20-year old nonprofit based in NYC.

The international call is open for artists to develop research projects with companies and organisations located in the Basque Country (Spain) between October 2008 and July 2009 (2008-09 round). If you want to collaborate with Bultzaki, Ezarri, Kutxa, Proiek, Seguros Lagun Aro, Vitoria-Gasteiz Town Council, the Faculty of Engineering of Mondragon, Tecnológico Fundación Deusto - S3Lab Laboratory for Smartess, Semantics and Security, or with EiTB, check out the investigations that hope to be carried out, consult the requirements for participation, and send the registration form, along with your candidature dossier, to izenematea [@] disonancias.com before Monday 7 July, 2008, at 09.00 (local time).