Andrew will present an introductory lecture, Open and Portable, describing how open licenses and the web are creating new means for film-makers to create and and have their work seen and valued by audiences world-wide.

The Portable Film Festival, now in its third year, is an international festival of film and user created content. It works in the same way as other film festivals - the only difference is that it is delivered completely online and distributed through portable video devices. Anyone with an Internet connection of modest ability can access all programs curated by the Portable Film Festival for free and unlimited download to a laptop, iPod, PSP, or 3G capable mobile phone.


Andrew Garton is a writer, composer, performer and media arts producer. Andrew has a history in Australia’s community broadcasting going back to the mid-70’s. From the late 80s to mid-90s he was extensively involved in the coordination and establishment of independent media / computer networks throughout Australia, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Andrew was co-founder of the new media artists collective, Toy Satellite, the net label Secession, and was the inaugural Program Director of Australia’s leading screen resource centre, OPEN CHANNEL.

Andrew’s own electronic and acoustic art works, entailing a combination of generative processes and in recent years, the design and production of live Machinima (films made with computer game engines) in collaboration with the artist, John Power, have been broadcast, installed and/or performed throughout Europe, Indo-China, Latin America, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.

A strong advocate for open platforms, Andrew is also a supporter of flexible licenses for all forms of cultural practice and learning. He is co-founder of Open Spectrum Australia and serves as Board Secretary of the international ICT and Internet rights organisation, the Association for Progressive Communications, and is a founding Director of its Australian member, apc.au.

http://agarton.org/ Twitter : freq_ghost