Here's a good reason to stay in Austin on Monday night.
In 2001, Jon Lebkowsky and Cory threw the first annual Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) party during SXSW Interactive, hosted by EFF-Austin. This party became annual tradition, and morphed over the last four years into Plutopia, a multifaceted extravaganza of music, performances, art, and talks, this year based on "The Science of Music." The event is Monday night, March 15, at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin.
Plutopia 2010 is an amazing convergence of technology, DIY, music, art, and academics. In addition to standard party fare, performance and the arts will play a major role alongside exhibits and talks in presenting the ideas in a way that will make this yet another memorable, stimulating, and fun SXSW after event.
Way beyond the run-of-the-mill "booze and schmooze" after-party mixer, Plutopia is an ever-evolving multimedia experiment of Austin-tatious proportions dedicated to a playful, yet masterful cross-pollination across verticals to bring you an immersive interactive experience event.
This year's Plutopian theme explores the role of technology, sound and digital media in changing the landscape and narrative of music in the information age.
The science refers to everything from immersive listening and the expanding of audio boundaries and experimentation, to new forms of instrumentation, sampling and remixing and emerging creative processes; and from integrated multisensory systems and interfaces with intelligent networks, to the transformations of aesthetics and the changing rhythm of nature.
Monday, March 15, 2010
7pm - midnight
Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River St. Austin, TX
FREE to SXSW Interactive and Platinum Badge Holders; $15 General PublicFEATURED ARTISTS:
Bruce Sterling
Xiao He
DJ Spooky
Black Pig Liberation Front
White
Dr. Strangevibe
and also featuring the Edible Austin Foodie Fest and Tipsy Texan Cocktail Bar!Unique to this and only this event, Edible Austin magazine is bringing the heart and soul of Austin's local foodie scene and cutting edge mixology to Plutopia and will be hosting out-of-town guests from Eat Well Guide. Full list of food and drink participants here.
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No matter where you live, there always seems to be someplace hipper where cool shit happens.
Damn lucky Austinites!
Everything comes with a price - there is a reason I have gotten out of town during SXSW almost every year for a decade now. I'm glad the city has it for a number of reasons but Austin is far more enjoyable the rest of the year.
Austin right now is its own evil twin.
To be honest: there is nowhere hipper than Austin. Not even Amsterdam, though it comes damn close. It's not just 6th street, it's the whole city, and the attitude of everyone. Hippies in the south, geeks in the north, and a city slogan of "Keep Austin Weird!"
Even men flying planes into buildings doesn't make the city any less cool.
Cool stuff like this event just rubs in my enforced stay in the UK until I can get my visa and be with my wife, cats, and Austin again.
Hey, I'm just in Austin from Amsterdam. They've got some cool experimental sound stuff there as well.
Anyway, I'll be at the Plutopia thing. If any Boingers (err, Boingsters? BBers? Folks reading this blog) want to meet up, get me on @AndrewDavies
Something about that Plutopia logo is really cool with the font and that blue mobius strip graphic. Really dig it.
There's more about Plutopia Productions at http://plutopiaproductions.com, and you can follow us at @plutopia. A longer complete rundown of the event is here: http://plutopia.org/2010/03/plutopia/official-plutopia-press-release-with-run-of-show/
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