JamNation News

• The ACID Network Jamming team launched jam2jam establishing six global testing and research sites. Developing the social network and client software.
• The ACID Network Jamming team ran Powerjam workshops at Brisbane Powerhouse over the school holidays. This work develops the Community model of the software.
• Luton eLearning centre will be using jam2jam with 2 electronic white boards to create live performances over the UK summer holidays.
• Presentations of the latest versions of jam2jam are taking place in Rome this week at the ISME Community Music Activity Commission Seminar.
• Presentations and research sites have been established in Malmo Sweden and the home of Dance music- Manchester in the UK.
• Further presentations will be given at ISME in Bologna.
• Andrew Brown & Steve Dillon have been invited to present Jam2jam at the Performing The World Conference in New York City in October 2008.
• In September jam2jam will be working with a dual location jam with Indigenous Communities in Cairns, Far North Queensland, and Glenala, in suburban Brisbane as, part of the National Indigenous Health and New Media Forum.

The AV-Jam system was used for a series of workshops with children as part of the Brisbane Powerhouse's school holiday arts program in July 2008. In conjunction with CreActive these workshops were run with children from about 4 to 10 years of age. The AV-Jam system uses generative music and video technologies developed at ACID and is built with Impromptu to enable an interactive media performance experience.