http://www.criticalartware.net

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criticalartware
version.1.0.1
first public release
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INTRODUCING
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Introducing criticalartware, an application/platform for the discussion and development of contemporary code-based art theorypractices:

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ARTWARE
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We are interested in "software" as a construct and context during the late 1960's/early 1970's and the recent present. We pair these two art historical moments to analyze the ways in which software functions as art and art functions as software. We are interested in early Video Art and it's relationship to current software-art or artware approaches.

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V.1.0.1
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Version.1.0.1 of criticalartware intertwines interviews with Kate Horsfield of the Video Data Bank (www.vdb.org) and the founding members of Low-Fi (www.low-fi.org.uk). Building discourse between artists, activists and theorists, criticalartware will offer, intertwine and juxtapose interviews, experiences, tools, systems and documents from people who have been instrumental in these moments. In this manner, criticalartware will become a shared and open system of community resources.

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INVITATION
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We invite artists, activists, developers, reverse engineers, theorists, programmers, contemporary historians, archivists, codeworkers and cultural agents of all kinds to join us. Share your perspectives and contribute to discussions and developments in these developing fields and histories. Responding to your input, our contributions and your responses, criticalartware will reshape and map those outcomes, providing a resource for dynamically determining contemporary histories and exploring current practices.

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OPEN.CONNECTION
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http://www.criticalartware.net

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CORE.DEVELOPERS
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Jon Cates
Jon Satrom
Ben Syverson

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CONTRIBUTING.DEVELOPERS
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Aaron Baumle
Nick Hornby
Blithe Riley
Christian Ryan

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CONTINUING.DEVELOPMENT
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http://www.criticalartware.net

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END.MESSAGE
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