Presentation in the inauguration of the 8K Networked Media Lab at University of Essex. The topic is the new eInfrastructure for Arts and Culture. Anella Cultural is a Catalan experimental service for a Future Internet of Arts and Culture.

1. Artur Serra, Deputy Director i2cat. University of Essex 2009 UK. Anella Cultural: Building an eInfrastructure for Arts and Culture in Europe and beyond

3. Evolution of a project (1) 1999-2009: First strategic choice: From Research Networks to Network Research

4. Experimental Infrastructure since 2000

6. 2 nd choice: From ICT to ICT and media: a media network research Evolution of a project (2) 1999-2009:

7. V3/Media Experimental Plataform

8. A discovery: The most demanding community for ICT and media has been the arts and culture community. Evolution of a project (3) 1999-2009:

13. HD Gaudi, 2002 First HD live transmissió between Europa-USA over Internet at 270 mbps by i2CAT-Research Channel

14. Modelization of Gaudi architecture

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

20. 20/02/08 HPDMnet – ART FUTURA 2007 GDOM for Streaming Media The HPDM Testbed based on GDOM Multiple Sites Require High Performance, High Volume, High Definition Digital Media Streaming Simultaneously Among All Locations (Multi-Point to Multi-Point)‏ Optical Multicast Nortel Server SARA I2Cat Nortel (Ottawa)‏ ICAIR (Chicago)‏ Nortel ICAIR CRC CRC (Ottawa)‏ I2Cat ICAIR CRC I2CAT (Barcelona)‏ SARA I2Cat I2Cat eChallenge eCallenge Booth ICAIR CRC Nortel SARA Netherlight (Amsterdam)‏ Ne t work of OME6500 2 ways connections Interactivity requires low latency applications

22. Dança Telemàtica Univ. Bahia Prof. Ivani Santana

26. How to learn from the users, the citizens ?: The living lab approach Evolution of a project (4) 1999-2009:

27. The Cultural Ring project: A Living Lab for Future Internet and Art Centers

28. The project team: In collaboration with Ajuntament Barcelona

29. La Xarxa Transversal: a network of local cities interested in sharing culture

32. 3. Sharing cultural events Poetry festivals Guided tours Master Class Workshops Courses Conferences Artistic performances

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

34. Opera to the cities: first results 5 local theaters connected 3082 new spectators 5 operas from El Liceu 76% of occupancy

36. Metamembrana 2008, first Cultural Ring production

37. Marcel.lí Antunez

39. Inaugural Ceremony Olympics Games Barcelona 92

40. A major lesson for cultural programmers: Bi -directional flow between cultural centers thanks to networking technology.

41. Major lesson for technological people: Learning cultural programming!

42. A “repository” result: The Mediateca Anella http://portal.ac.i2cat.net:8080/MediaTeca/index.htm

43. Some conclusions

44. 1. RNs can develop a new networked media layer Research Networking: Lambda Networking,4G... eScience Computation: Supercomputació/GRIDs/Clouds eArts, eCultures Media: HD/3DVideo/Visualization/Telepresence

45. This new layer/platform could be organized in GEANT3 for arts and culture as soon as possible.

47. An Arts and Culture approach is also a good option also for Future Internet research testbeds

49. Thanks for your attention :-) Thanks a lot for your attention :-) Artur Serra, i2cat, artur.serra@i2cat.net