The thirty-sixth edition of the international forum for computer arts “Computer space” includes a competition part and a festival program. The festival program will be held from 24.10.2024 (Thursday) to 26.10.2024 (Saturday) in the National Student House, Sofia.
All events in the programme are free but prior registration is necessary. Register to receive an invitation to the in-person events.
Get an invitation| Programme: 1. About 2. Exhibitions 3. Festival part Awarding ceremony Thursday – 24.10.2024 Friday- 25.10.2024 Saturday – 26.10.2024 4. Partners and organizers 5. Contacts |
2. Exhibitions
Location: National student house, ground floor, Pl. Narodno sabranie 10, Sofia
All events in the programme are free but prior registration is necessary. Register to receive an invitation to the in-person events – click here to get an invitation.
| Thursday 24.10.2024 | Friday 25.10.2024 | Saturday 26.10.2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00 – 18:00 | 13:00 – 18:00 | 13:00 – 18:00 |
Retro graphics editors, interfaces and computer monitors
Student Computer Art Society
For a long time, the first computers did not have screens. This is information that may surprise some people. The idea that computers must have some kind of display was not convincing enough for inventors, for whom a typewriter or some kind of printer was enough to fill the role of a peripheral device. The history of the development of computer screens is long and complex, but their impact on many aspects of art (and more) is undeniable.
The Retro Graphics Editors, Interfaces and Computer Screens exhibition showcases a range of vintage computers and their displays that represent some of the key moments in the history and development of computers and computer graphics, both from a global and regional perspective. It is impossible not to pay attention to Pravets 82, which, following the computer architecture of the Apple II, played an important role in the introduction of personal computers in Eastern Europe. Together with it goes IMKO 2, which can be called its earlier version. The exhibition also includes other models from the Pravets series, such as Pravets 8M and Pravets 16, which represent the efforts to create powerful yet affordable computers for educational and business purposes in the 1980s.
For its part, the Apple IIe was a cornerstone of the PC revolution in the West, alongside the colorful and innovative iMac G3 and its successor, the iMac G4, which introduced a bold new approach to PC design and usability in the late 1990s. and the beginning of the 2000s. Professional workstations such as Silicon Graphics Indy and Sun SPARC round out the lineup, introducing the high-frequency computing capability that has been critical to the development of fields such as computer graphics and animation, design, and scientific research.
Last but not least, the exhibition is also dedicated to the graphic editors of these computers. Some Bulgarian “retro” games will also be demonstrated.
The exhibition will be available for viewing on October 24-26, 2024, from 13:00 to 18:00 in the ground floor of the National Student House, 10 Narodno Sabranie Sq., Sofia.
On 26.10.2024, we invite all researchers and lovers of old technologies to the seminar “Retro graphical interfaces and graphic programs”, which will present in more detail the history of the exhibits and their graphic software and displays.
Some of the exhibits: Pravets 82, Pravets 8M, IMKO 2, Pravets 16, Pravets XT, Apple IIe, iMac G3, iMac G4, SGI Indu
Graphical refactors for these computers including Bulgarian editors, Bulgarian games, etc.
3. Festival part
All events in the programme are free but prior registration is necessary. Register to receive an invitation to the in-person events – click here to get an invitation
Thursday – 24.10.2024
Thursday – 24.10.2024 Location: National student house, ground floor, Pl. Narodno sabranie 10, Sofia
13:00 – 15:30
Computer Space 2024 awarding ceremony
Forum opening and awarding ceremony for the winners of the competition part of “Computer space 2024”. Invitation only event, request your invitation below.
Hall “Kamerna zala”, National Student House.
16:00
Exhibition opening
Official opening of the exhibition part of Computer Space 2024. The participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the exhibits and their authors.
Computer And Electronic Music
15:30 – 16:30
A Listening Society
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
https://budhaditya.org/
Language of the lecture: English
In this talk, I investigate how the mindful, subjective, and the collaborative aspects of listening practices and methodologies as termed “hyper-listening” and “co-listening” respectively, help focus on the contemplation and capacity for reciprocity of the listener in regard to their situational contexts. Hyper-listening and co-listening operate as a set of individual and collective exercises and experiments in sonic medi(t)ation that intends to encourage listening to self and others without making immediate judgments, transcending ontological and epistemological constraints of sound as foregrounded in the (western) canonical fields of sound studies. Challenging the Western modernist idea of listening as immediate meaning-making to navigate the everyday by arriving at deductive conclusions, I discuss how hyper-listening and co-listening together underscore emancipatory acts of listening towards building an equal, reciprocal society.
Biography:
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay is a media artist, researcher, and writer. His works have been widely exhibited, performed, or presented across the globe. Chattopadhyay is the author of five books, including The Nomadic Listener (2020), The Auditory Setting (2021), and Sound Practices in the Global South (2022). Chattopadhyay holds a PhD in Artistic Research and Sound Studies from the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Critical Media Lab, Basel, Switzerland, and a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at The Art Academy, University of Bergen, Norway. Website: https://budhaditya.org
Computer Animation
17:00 – 18:00
Connected
Simeon Sokerov and Sofia Sokerova
Language of the lecture: Bulgarian
“Connected” is a short animation created by the father and daughter team – Simeon and Sofia Sokerovi. The animation sends us to a dystopian world in which the main character is looking for her place.
After a brief presentation and screening, the creators of the animation will tell us more about the creation process, touching on different types of technologies – from classic to modern.
- Meeting with the audience, short presentation – about 5-8 min.
- Screening – 13 min.
- 30 min lecture
- 10+ min questions and answers.
Friday – 26.10.2024
Location: National student house, ground floor, Pl. Narodno sabranie 10, Sofia
The segment is organized in the frame of the project European Centre of Vocational Excellence in Microelectronics (ECoVEM – – ecovem.eu )
15:00 – 18:30
Electronics Workshop “Light, Sound and Code”
Workshop leaders: Rosen Vitanov and Vladimir Garistov
Electronics workshop “Light, Sound and Code” within the framework of the “Computer Art” festival and the ECoVEM project. Participation in the workshop is free, but only after registration. If interested, please email: info@computerspace.org.
Participants will work on an interactive installation using Arduino.
National Student House, Sofia
A prize is provided for the workshop participants.
The workshop was organized with the help of the School of Technology “Electronic Systems” at TU-Sofia, as well as the National Vocational School of Printing and Photography.
The ECoVEM project – European centre of vocational excellence in microelectronics
The ECoVEM project brings together Vocational Education and Training (VET) centres, polytechnics, industrial associations, social partners to establish the European Cooperation platform of Vocational Excellence in Microelectronics to tackle the challenges of digitalisation, artificial intelligence, green technologies, gender equality and technology and integration of migrants. ECoVEM builds on and complements the strengths of national VET systems in countries with more-advanced VET and supports the not so advanced regions to achieve VET excellence. ECoVEM implements innovative instructional approaches towards life-long capacity to self-regulate learning, hard skills and soft skills using the ecosystems-based theoretical models and performance support systems.
Saturday – 26.10.2024
Location: National student house, ground floor, Pl. Narodno sabranie 10, Sofia
Graphical interfaces and graphical programs
14:00 – 16:00
Retro graphical interfaces and graphic programs
With the development and improvement of computer screens and the computing power of computers, the phenomenon of computer graphics appeared, which, as soon as it was born, began to influence many spheres of art.
What are the roadside stones that mark the important moments in the history of the development of graphics programs, what are the main innovations that transform some entire industries – all these questions will be addressed in the seminar dedicated to graphic interfaces and graphics programs.
14:00 – 14:30
History of computer monitors – Rosen Petkov
14:30 – 15:00
UNIX workstations — the giants of the 90s – Stoyan Angelov
15:00 – 15:30
Development of computer interfaces – from the green text to the thin lines of “modern interfaces” – Valentin Milev
15:30 – 16:00
The factory for information carriers in Pazardzhik – main features – Anton Orush
16:00
Questions and answers
4. Partners and organizers
SCAS is the creator of “Computer Space” and is responsible for the very existence of the forum since its beginning. SCAS and Center for the Development of Computer Technologies and Arts are the main organizers of the competition as well as the festival part of “Computer Space”. Every year it provides the traditional statuette of the forum for the winners in the competition part, as well as certificates and other material and financial prizes. SCAS organizes the awarding ceremony and selects the seminar participants. Independent jury from well known experts will evaluate the submitted projects in the contest part.
National Culture fund of Bulgaria
The project is implemented with the financial support of the National Fund “Culture” under the program “RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF AMATEUR ART”
Computer Space is included in the Calendar of Cultural Events of Sofia Municipality
Partners:
“Computer space 2024” is part of the Cultural Events Calendar of Sofia Municipality and is organized with the support of the Sofia Municipality.
The event is also supported by the National Student House at the Ministry of Education and Science.
The competition part is organized with the support of Bulgarian design group.
Part of the exhibition is organized with the support of the New Bulgarian University.
The workshop is organized with the help of the School of Technology “Electronic Systems” at TU-Sofia, as well as the National Vocational School of Polygraphy and Photography.
5. Contacts
info@computerspace.org
+359 88 8709488 (13:30 – 18:00, ЕЕТ)