Down by that Ol' Mill Stream [ http://www.rekkedalgjestehus.no/ ], originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Down by that Ol' Mill Stream
Down by that Ol' Mill Stream [ http://www.rekkedalgjestehus.no/ ], originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Forest floor and flowers near Volda, Norway
Forest floor and flowers, originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
Late Spring/ early Summer scene near Volda, Norway, taken during my visit for the Game
Design and Research at the Høgskolen i Volda, 3-4 June 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Best wishes, Tanti auguri, Beste ønsker ...
to you all for a pleasant and peaceful Christmas and New Year 2010!
a tutti/e voi per un piacevole e pacifico Natale e Nuovo Anno 2010!
til dere alle sammen for en hyggelig og fredelig Jul- og Nyttår 2010!
Patrick & Patrizia
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Patmos 2009: Skala Port
The main Patmos port at Skala, seen from the entrance to the Chora Monastery
Chamonix 2009: Mont Blanc from Col de Miage
An unusual angle on Mont Blanc, when viewed from Col de Miage
Chamonix 2009: The valley of Le Balme
A view while walking back down the fair and fertile valley from Le Balme
Chamonix 2009: Summer rainbow
A surprise summer afternoon rainbow over the floor of the Chamonix Valley
Chamonix 2009: Aiguilles Vertes in the evening sun
An Ephemeral view of the Aiguille Vertes shrouded in evening clouds
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Sunlight through the trees , Vyshrad, Prague
Sunlight filtering through the trees in the verdant park at Vyshrad, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2009
Venerable volumes, Clementinium, Prague
Venerable volumes in the Baroque Library of the Clementinium, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Detail: Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou
Detail of window: Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou, China
Ornamental Stone pavement Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai
Detail of ornamental natural stone pavement Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Ornamental Stone Pavement, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai
Detail of ornamental natural stone pavement with tree shadows, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China
Massacre Memorial Gardens, Nanjing
Stone Garden arrangement at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Gardens, Nanjing China
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Panormitis Monastery, Symi, Greece
Panormitis Monastery, Symi, Greece, originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
The Panormitis Monastery by a blue lagoon at the south end of the island is worth a visit.
Harani Area, Symi, Greece
Harani Area, Symi, Greece, originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
Where we stayed in Symi, Villa Kristina is in the center of the image with blue shutters and beige marquees.
Les Drus Contrasts
Les Drus Contrasts, originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
Les Drus in a rather special weather and light setting. August 2008
Chamonix Sunset 2008
Chamonix Sunset 2008, originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
A closeup view of part of the Aiguilles Verts in the evening...
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Israel-Palestine womens' encounter project in Bologna, February 2008
Via Ca' Selvatica 2/3, Bologna, Italy, February 2nd, 2008
A group of happy dinner guests from Israeli and Palestinian womens' groups and centers at home with us. They had been invited to Bologna and hosted by the Orlando Women's Association for one of several project encounters designed to promote lasting peace and reconciliation in the Middle East.
We wish you all the very best of luck with your courageous and far-seeing cooperation project!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas, Julen, Natale 2007
Kjære venner og familie
Cari amici e famiglie
All our best wishes to you for Christmas and the New Year, 2008!!
Alle våre beste hilsner a dere for Julen e det Nye Året, 2008!!
Tanti auguri per Natale e l'Anno Nuovo, 2008!!
Patrick & Patrizia
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Pacific Coast horseback trip in Chile
Here's a video/ photo montage we made from a horseback trip we enjoyed while we were in Chile this summer, organised (excellently) by Ritoque Expediciones who are based near Concòn, just north of Valparaiso on the Pacific Coast.
Great experience, beautiful views and nice company, and thanks from us both to one and all who made it possible!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Pedalling the Po, June 10th 2007
The horizon is always long, low and very present as you cycle along the River Po. Here a view about 25 km from our starting point at Pontelagoscuro, not far north of Ferrara, heading downstream on the Right Hand Po Cycle Path
High water signs, originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
Right Bank of the Po, heading downstream. The water level of the Po is pretty high at the moment after heavy rains lately
Farm buildings, Right Bank of the Po, originally uploaded by Patrick Coppock.
Typical farm bulidings nestling safely behind the right bank of the Po
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Fem Camp, Bologna May 26th 2007
Live Stream from Fem Camp was by Robin Good TV
Robin Good's You Tube Archive
Photos from the event at Flickr, courtesy of dottavi
femcamp
barcamp per parlare di donne nelle tecnologie e tecnologie delle donne / barcamp to talk about women in technologies and technologies of women
Il FemCamp ha un tema: le nuove tecnologie per valorizzare "le voci, le visioni, le azioni delle donne". Analizziamo insieme, donne e uomini, come svelare i condizionamenti dei comportamenti culturali, messi in atto dalla società, ed evitare la conseguente stereotipizzazione di entrambi i sessi.
Il FemCamp si inserisce nell'ambito del convegno transnazionale "E-WIT" di TechnéDonne, progetto finanziato dall'Iniziativa Comunitaria Equal, che nei due anni di attività ha cercato di contrastare la segregazione professionale femminile nelle ICT, affrontando in maniera innovativa il gender digital divide.
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The FemCamp has a main theme: the use of technology to empower "women’s voices, visions, and actions". We want to analize together, women and men, how to unveil the social construction of cultural patterns our society enforces, and therefore find ways to avoid gender stereotypes.
The FemCamp is part of the transnational conference "E-WIT", organised within the European project TechnéDonne, financed by the EU Equal Programme. Throughout its two years of activity, the project has being fighting women's professional segregation within the ICT field, trying to find innovative strategies to cope with the gender digital divide.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
April 29th 2007: Political demonstration, Istanbul, Turkey
The other week (April 27th to May 1st), while we were in Turkey for a long weekend visit to Istanbul together with our Bologna friends Irene Ruggero and Carlo Coniglio, we had the interesting and inspiring experience of being able to mingle with the enormous crowds of turkish citizens of all age groups, with a very large component of young people, both male and female, who took part in a vast peaceful demonstration in support of a secular state.
The scene above is from a brief gathering with public appeals and speeches held around the Independence Memorial in Taksim Square, high up on the East bank of the Golden Horn.
The Taksim area itself is well worth a visit in any case in order to enjoy the excellent views of the old city center on the other bank of the Golden Horn with the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Topkapi Palace, and then to walk down the lively pedestrian precinct which meanders all the way back down to the waterfront again.
Friday, January 19, 2007
25-27.01.2007: Reggio Emilia: Game Philosophy Conference
The Philosophy of Computer Games:
An Interdisciplinary Conference
January 25th to 27th 2007
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Sciences
42100 Reggio Emilia
ITALY
Dear Friends, Colleages, Students
This is the second announcement for the international conference "The Philosophy of Computer Games. An Interdisciplinary Conference", to be held at the Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Sciences, Ex-Caserma Zucchi, Viale A. Allegri 9, Reggio Emilia from the 25th to 27th of January 2007
The purpose of the conference is to initiate an investigation into philosophical issues that is relevant to current research on computer games.
More detailed information is available on the conference website.
http://game.unimore.it
We hope to create a lively, informal and first and foremost interdisciplinary atmosphere, and you are cordially invited to attend and take part in the discussions.
A flyer for the event is enclosed with this mail, and we ask you to kindly circulate this, and otherwise publicise the event for those you know who may be interested in attending.
The whole conference has been recorded for web broadcasting and an edited video version is now available at http://tv.unimore.it
Registration may be carried out by sending an e-mail to olav.asheim@ifikk.uio.no.
There is no conference fee.
Welcome to Reggio Emilia!
Patrick Coppock
Locally Responsible in Reggio Emilia for the Organising Committee
Conference Programme
Thursday 25th
COMPUTER GAME ENTITIES
10.00 Registration
11.00 Introduction
11.10 Fictional, Simulated, Real: Towards an Ontology of Game Objects
Professor Espen Aarseth, Center for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
12.00 Lunch
13.30 The Reality of Game Objects
Ph.d. candidate John Richard Sageng, University of Oslo, Norway
14.00 Gaming as an Aide to Metaphysical Speculation
Richard Clarkson, University of Durham, UK
14.30 The Temporality of Gaming
Associate professor Hallvard Fossheim, University of Oslo, Norway
15.00 Break
16.00 Is our Actual World Interactive: Some Philosophical Reflections about Videogaming and Life
Ph.d. candidate Dario Compagno, University of Siena, Italy
16.30 The Ludic Parenthesis
Professor Olav Asheim, University of Oslo, Norway
Friday 26th
PLAYER EXPERIENCE
10.00 Videogames, Fiction, and Reality
Visiting Assistant Professor Jonathan Frome, School of Film and Digital Media, University of Central Florida, USA
10.30 On The Phenomenology of Virtual Worlds
Ph.d. candidate Tarjei Mandt Larsen, University of Tromsø, Norway
11.00 The Irreducible Self. Image Studies of First Person Perspective Computer Games
Dr. Stephan Guenzel, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
11.30 Visual Perception, Motor Action, and the Video Game Experience
Assistant Professor Ole Ertloev Hansen, VR Media Lab, Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Goals, Affects, and Empathy in Games
Research Assistant Petri Lankoski, Media Lab, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
14.00 Feeling So Real – a Phenomenological Exploration of the Realities of Emotions in Play
Olli Leino, Researcher, Dr. of Art candidate, Faculty of Art & Design, Dept. of Media, University of Lapland, Finland.
14.30 Ludic Reality: a construct for analysing meaning-mapping and epistemology in play
Dan Pinchbeck, Senior Lecturer, Department of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, UK
15.00 Break
16.00 Virtual Consciousness and the Imaginary: A Phenomenological Sketch
Assistant Professor Nicolas De Warren, Wellesley College, UK
16.30 "Gamescapes": Spatial Orientation Without Physical Objects.
Associate Professor Anita Leirfall, University of Bergen. Norway
17.00 Virtual Realism: Player, Perception and Action in Video Game Play
Hanna K. Sommerseth, Graduate School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
17.30 Playing Dress-Up: Costumes, roleplay and imagination
Ludica: Janine Fron, Independent Artist/Designer, Tracy Fullerton, University of Southern California, Jacquelyn Ford Morie, University of Southern California, Celia Pearce, Georgia Institute of Technology (presenter)
Saturday 27th
THE ETHICS OF COMPUTER GAMES
10.00 Gamers and the Good Life
Adam R. Briggle, The VICI Research Project: The Evaluation of the Cultural Quality of New Media, Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, Netherlands
10.30 Computer Games and Reality: Transworld Identities
Patrick Coppock, Researcher, Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
11.00 Virtual Ethics: The Ethics of Virtual Worlds
Edward H. Spence, The VICI Research Project: The Evaluation of the Cultural Quality of New Media, Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, Netherlands
11.30 Targeting the Kids: Computer Games as War Propaganda
Rune Ottosen, Oslo University College, Norway
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Severe Pain or Suffering: Videogames, Morality and Torture
MSc Student Peter Rauch, Comparative Media Studies. M.I.T., USA
14.00 Ethics and Practice in Virtual Worlds
Ren Reynolds
14.30 Instrumentalism and the Ethics of Videogame Play: The Tactical Iraqi Controversy
Writing Director Elizabeth Losh, University of California, USA
15.00-16.00 Closing Session
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Christmas, Julen, Natale 2006
Sunset, Solnedgang, Tramonto Vada Italy 2006
Dear friends and colleagues, kjære venner og kolleger, cari amici/he e colleghi/e
We wish you a pleasant and peaceful Christmas & New Year holiday, and best wishes for 2007!!
Våre varmeste ønsker for en hyggelig og fredfull julefeiringa, og til lykke med 2007!!
Auguriamo una piacevole e pacifica feste di natale e capod'anno, e tanti auguri per il 2007!
Patrick & Patrizia
We wish you a pleasant and peaceful Christmas & New Year holiday, and best wishes for 2007!!
Våre varmeste ønsker for en hyggelig og fredfull julefeiringa, og til lykke med 2007!!
Auguriamo una piacevole e pacifica feste di natale e capod'anno, e tanti auguri per il 2007!
Patrick & Patrizia
Friday, November 10, 2006
Bergeralm Pasture, Anterselva Valley, Italy
We passed this charming summer pasture cabin on our walk up towards the peaks of the Vedrette di Ries Range
Anterselva Valley, Italy
Looking towards the top end of the valley and Anterselva di Sopra from near Anterselva di Mezzo. We were there last weekend, and caught the first snows of the winter and some really beautiful (if chilly at times) weather.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Best wishes to one and all for a fine summer!
A forest path at the Passo del Eremo, close to Marradiand Palazzuolo sul Senio, Toscana, July 20th 2006
[When in Palazzuolo, we stayed at the Locanda Senio - to be recommended ]
The inner Apennines seen from Passo del Eremo.
A wonderful place of silence and beauty, ideal for quiet reflection in a turbulent world....
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Best wishes to one and all for 2006!
Les Drus, Chamonix, France
Here we are again, at the start of yet another year.
Time flies, but the clear, cool beauty of the mountains remains - so far at least....
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