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RHIZOME DIGEST: 10.06.06

RHIZOME DIGEST: October 06, 2006 Content: +opportunity+ 1. [netEX]: NetEX: calls & deadlines 2. David Stent: DISPATX - Eminent Domain - Call for Proposals +announcement+ 3. Marisa Olson: The Copy and Paste Show 4. Franco Mattes: Unusual sign appeared overnight causes controversy 5. Marisa Olson: Tara Mateik & The Yes Men, Live Performances 6. Jason Van Anden: Compiled! Jason Van Anden @ MonkeyTown Friday the Thriteenth 7. Jemima Rellie: THE ART OF SLEEP +comment+ 8. Richard Rinehart: new white paper on digital art and copyright + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome is now offering Organizational Subscriptions, group memberships that can be purchased at the institutional level. These subscriptions allow participants at institutions to access Rhizome's services without having to purchase individual memberships. For a discounted rate, students or faculty at universities or visitors to art centers can have access to Rhizome?s archives of art and text as well as guides and educational tools to make navigation of this content easy. Rhizome is also offering subsidized Organizational Subscriptions to qualifying institutions in poor or excluded communities. Please visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/info/org.php">http://rhizome.org/info/org.php</a> for more information or contact Lauren Cornell at LaurenCornell@Rhizome.org + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 1. From: [netEX] <virtu@kulturserver-nrw.de> Date: Sep 29, 2006 Subject: NetEX: calls & deadlines NetEX- networked experience <a rel="nofollow" href="http://netex.nmartproject.net">http://netex.nmartproject.net</a> added recently some new calls in the external announcements section which might be of interest: —> New!! Deadline 15 November 1. Videomedeja Video and media art festival (Belgrade/Serbia) —> New!! 2. Deadline: 1 November One World Documentary Film Festival Prague (Czech Republik) —> Deadlines approaching–> 3. Deadline 6 October TIKINO - 2nd International Audiovisual Contest on the theme the gypsies, their culture and social reality Granada/Spain —> 4. Deadline 25 October 2006 Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina Digital photo, video, installation, performance, e-music 16,17, 18 November 2006 All details and the entry forms can be found on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25">http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25</a> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The "internal announcements" section released following calls —> Deadline 31 December 2006 Call: for media art for Women: Memory of Repression Argentina ——————————————- project about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and the "disappeared" people during the military dictatoships in Argentina . As persecuting people is widely practiced not only in totalitarian systems, the call is not only reduced to the theme of Argentina, but related to any place around the globe where people are/were persecuted for ethnic, religious, social or political reasons. More details and the entry form can be found on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=54">http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=54</a> Deadline 31 December 2006 Call for Papers: JAP - JavaMuseum Article Project ..articles & papers on questions of Internet based art - netart, technology used in Internet based art, art & technology in general, art & communicating technology, Internet culture etc…… —> All details on these and more calls and the entry forms can be found on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=54">http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=54</a> ******************************************************** NetEX - networked experience <a rel="nofollow" href="http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25">http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25</a> is the common weblog of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne www.nmartproject.net . info(at) nmartproject.net + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 2. From: David Stent <david@dispatx.com> Date: Oct 2, 2006 Subject: DISPATX - Eminent Domain - Call for Proposals In old English law, eminent domain refers to the power of the state to take private property without the owner?s consent. Since the mid-19th century it has been employed as part of large-scale development projects and urban renewal ? controversial practices that can be extremely destructive for local communities. The policy is often implemented when there is a perceived obstruction blocking the progress of a particular project and powers of override must force its conclusion. In investigating this theme we call for artists to recast the concept of eminent domain in the context of creative work. Here it becomes similar to recourse ? in the face of blockade, alternative and often radical tactics may be resorted to in order for an idea to move forward. At a point of critical mass existing systems begin to fail, invoking a form of negation and opening up a space of uncertainty. This uncertainty may force a radical reformulation of a work at a crucial moment of its incompletion and potential. The concept of regeneration is helpful in investigating this theme with regard to process revision and its relation to the creative method. Literally beginning again, regeneration suggests a recursive, self-referential procedure. It also indicates different approaches to revision: on one hand there can be subtle, incremental modifications of existing structures, systematically inching toward a result. On the other there can be a Kuhnian paradigm shift ? a more radical action that can demand a clean slate from which to begin from scratch. The interplay of these strategies and the conditions that formulate them are fascinating areas of exploration. To what extent are points of resistance and conflict essential for shaping creative decisions? Are great ideas born of frustration or along paths of least resistance? What kind of space does this recourse open up? In this context, the theme of eminent domain speaks not only to literal interpretations concerning revised landscapes, power relationships and innovation from decay, but also to a broader theoretical reading about the space opened up by an enforced change of approach. The use of these concepts, either as the subject of investigation or as a guide to process and methodology, will result in a fascinatingly diverse group of projects for the next edition of Dispatx. For more information on how to submit: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dispatx.com/wip/index.php?cat=32">http://dispatx.com/wip/index.php?cat=32</a> Dates : Final date for sending project proposals : 16 December 2006 Publication of collaborative project proposals : 15 January 2007 Details : Dispatx (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dispatx.com">http://www.dispatx.com</a>) provides the tools of a socialised internet for the development, organisation and presentation of contemporary art and literature. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 3. From: Marisa Olson <marisa@rhizome.org> Date: Oct 2, 2006 Subject: The Copy and Paste Show Rhizome is pleased to announce the opening of The Copy and Paste Show, guest-curated by Hanne Mugaas. This is our second online exhibition in the Time Shares series. THE COPY AND PASTE SHOW <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/events/timeshares/">http://rhizome.org/events/timeshares/</a> The Copy and Paste Show explores the evolution of copy-and-paste culture, where the copying of digital material has become a major technique in the construction of online identity and style. Featured artists include: Seth Price, 808, and artists collaborative, Ida Ekblad and Anders Nordby. Each explores how copy and paste techniques, paired with different digital tools, influence web aesthetics, music production, and relationships on and offline. TIME SHARES Organized by Rhizome and co-presented by the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Time Shares is a series of online exhibitions dedicated to exploring the diversity of contemporary art based on the Internet. Every six weeks, Rhizome and invited curators will launch a new exhibition featuring an international group of artists. The series is a component of Rhizome's Tenth Anniversary Festival of Art & Technology <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/events/tenyear/">http://rhizome.org/events/tenyear/</a> + + + Marisa Olson Editor & Curator Rhizome.org at the New Museum of Contemporary Art + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Support Rhizome: buy a hosting plan from BroadSpire <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/hosting/">http://rhizome.org/hosting/</a> Reliable, robust hosting plans from $65 per year. Purchasing hosting from BroadSpire contributes directly to Rhizome's fiscal well-being, so think about about the new Bundle pack, or any other plan, today! About BroadSpire BroadSpire is a mid-size commercial web hosting provider. After conducting a thorough review of the web hosting industry, we selected BroadSpire as our partner because they offer the right combination of affordable plans (prices start at $14.95 per month), dependable customer support, and a full range of services. We have been working with BroadSpire since June 2002, and have been very impressed with the quality of their service. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4. From: Franco Mattes <Propaganda@0100101110101101.org> Date: Oct 3, 2006 Subject: Unusual sign appeared overnight causes controversy October 3, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNUSUAL SIGN APPEARED OVERNIGHT CAUSES CONTROVERSY A new artwork by the Mattes duo (aka 0100101110101101.ORG) On the night of September the 20th 2006 a sign appeared on a building in the center of Viterbo, an ancient city in central Italy, not far from Rome. Apparently put by the City Council it has already caused quite a stir. The sign is in fact an art piece by controversial artist duo Eva and Franco Mattes (aka 0100101110101101.ORG). Looking as official as any other street sign, it reads: ———- An Ordinary Building This building was designed by an unknown architect in an irrelevant epoch and never belonged to an important person. The complex does not show any original architectural solutions, nor does it conserve any important works of art within. No memory is kept of any significant historical events occurring on this site. No known personality was born, lived or died here, nor is any excellent artist or sublime poet still working here. ———- Hundreds of unaware passersby have been staring at the sign: "It's brilliant!" comments an elderly woman "But I have no idea how to interpret it". While an outraged citizen living nearby comments "This is just unacceptable, look around, there are buildings much worse than this one, especially in the suburbs". When asked to give an explanation of the sign, Franco Mattes, currently in New York, declared "It means what it says". Italian curator Claudio Zecchi, who commissioned the work, comments: "This piece has a strong provocative nature like all their previous ones. The ideal stage for their art is not the official places where artworks get recognition and celebration like galleries and museums, but the city itself. It is only there that they can obtain the most genuine reaction". The artists plan to leave the sign on the building until mid October, but whether or not the City Council and citizens will allow this, is an open question. "History is not given" adds Eva Mattes "it has to be constructed, it's pure fiction, like in a novel". The Mattes are not new to this kind of interventions. Over the last decade they drawn worldwide acclaim - and contempt - for producing some of the most paradoxical artworks ever, including staging a hoax involving a completely made-up artist, challenging and defeating Nike Corporation in a legal battle for a fake advertisement campaign and inventing ?United We Stand', a non-existent Hollywood-style blockbuster. —- Info and contacts: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.0100101110101101.org">http://www.0100101110101101.org</a> Downloadable images: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.0100101110101101.ORG/download/ordinary.html">http://www.0100101110101101.ORG/download/ordinary.html</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 5. From: Marisa Olson <marisa@rhizome.org> Date: Oct 4, 2006 Subject: Tara Mateik & The Yes Men, Live Performances Hello. Please join us for this very special event… SHOW AND TELL: TARA MATEIK & THE YES MEN Tuesday, October 17, 6:30 p.m. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 In collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Rhizome is pleased to present "Show and Tell," an evening of humorous and political performance lectures. Activist artists Tara Mateik, founder of the Society for Biological Insurgents, and the Yes Men, an "identity correction" collective, will assume guises and give entertaining talks demonstrating their use of information and "disinformation" to shift balances of power. In his words, Tara Mateik's work "stategizes to overthrow institutions of compulsory gender? through performance, video, and intervention." In "Putting the Balls Away," he will reenact a legendary "Battle of the Sexes," Billie Jean King's 1973 defeat of the former Wimbledon men's champion, Bobby Riggs. By playing both roles in a video version of the match, and reviving remarks by sports commentators Howard Cosell and Rosie Casals, Mateik recalls the controversy sparked by the most watched televised sporting event of the era. The Yes Men will present the first public demonstration of their SurvivaBall, an advanced new technology designed to keep corporate managers safe, even when climate change makes life as we know it impossible. Recently unveiled at a corporate conference by Yes Men masquerading as Halliburton executives, the SurvivaBall is "designed to protect the corporate manager no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way." Curated by Marisa Olson, Editor and Curator, Rhizome.org, as a component of their 10th Anniversary Festival of Art & Technology. Rhizome is a leading new media arts organization, and an affiliate of the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Tickets $10, $7 for Rhizome or Guggenheim members, students, and seniors. For tickets, call 212-423-3587, M-F, 1-5 p.m. + + + Marisa Olson Editor & Curator Rhizome.org at the New Museum of Contemporary Art + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 6. From: Jason Van Anden <jason@smileproject.com> Date: Oct 6, 2006 Subject: Compiled! Jason Van Anden @ MonkeyTown Friday the Thriteenth Hello Community! I have been out of the loop for a while (been lurking though) - a quick shout out to let you know why. First off, I have a new improved website - same address but completely different look: www.smileproject.com. This is not my main reason for posting though … Not sure if you all have been following this thing I have been working on called IntelligentDesigner (ID) - I spoke about it at Dorkbot last May and promised I would do something with it in the fall, and I have! ID is a visual programming paradigm that I invented to enable my emotive robots (Neil and Iona) to interact improvisationally. This system evolved over time but only really made sense to me - until now. Over the summer I worked with eleven very different musicians selected by my friend Nat Hawks (half of the duo Christian Science Minotaur) to create eleven amazing living music compositions using ID. Following is the official announcement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMPILED DATE: Friday October 13th, 2006 LOCATION: Monkeytown 58 N. 3rd (btw. Wythe and Kent) L to Bedford <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.monkeytownhq.com">http://www.monkeytownhq.com</a> Williamsburg, Brooklyn <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.monkeytownhq.com/compiled.html">http://www.monkeytownhq.com/compiled.html</a> *reservations strongly suggested (can be made easily through venue website) TIME: (2 identical sets) 7:30pm and 10pm PRICE: $10 *admission includes a data CD containing the IntelligentDesigner software and interactive compositions from participating artists. EVENT DESCRIPTION: Brooklyn new media artist Jason Van Anden is unleashing his new interactive sound composition software, IntelligentDesigner, through an audience participation event at Williamsburg's A/V mecca Monkeytown. The I.D. software allows the user to manipulate the visual composition of an array of colorful bubbles, each with an assigned sound. It's an elegant minimalist videogame interface that runs "Living Music Composition 101." As the user alters the visual field, they alter the order in which the sounds are initiated, creating a living song of their own creation. At the Monkeytown event four interactive kiosks will allow the audience to manipulate a touch-screen versions of I.D. While participating artists will give the audience the sound palette, it will be up to the audience to construct these fragments into structures. As the four kiosks will be wired to enormous independent video screens, the audience will be submerged in the visual equivalent of the form they've chosen the compositions to live in. PARTICIPANTS An impressive slew of local and international sound artists have been invited to take this exciting new software for a test spin. *Leafcutter John (UK-renowned sound artist turned folk troubadour) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/leafcutterjohn">http://www.myspace.com/leafcutterjohn</a> *Datach'I (NYC-coveted post-jungle annihilist) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/datachi">http://www.myspace.com/datachi</a> *Nullsleep (NYC-world's favorite gameboy protégé) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/nullsleep">http://www.myspace.com/nullsleep</a> *Nonhorse (NYC-abstract tape collagist from the Vanishing Voice) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/nonhorse">http://www.myspace.com/nonhorse</a> *Lucky Dragons (Providence-tie died laptops of progressive flute cut-ups) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/luckydragons">http://www.myspace.com/luckydragons</a> *Jason Forrest (Berlin-propulsive prog math-up prince) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/jason_forrest">http://www.myspace.com/jason_forrest</a> *CloudlandCanyon (Germany-psychedelic casios bleed through digital fog) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/cloudlandcanyon">http://www.myspace.com/cloudlandcanyon</a> *Lullatone (Japan-heartbreaking tiny sounds) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/lullatone">http://www.myspace.com/lullatone</a> *Christian Science Minotaur (NYC-pastoral electro-acoustic) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/littlefurythingsrecords">http://www.myspace.com/littlefurythingsrecords</a> *Our Brother The Native (Michigan-fuzzy, blissful howling now on FatCat) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/ourbrotherthenative">http://www.myspace.com/ourbrotherthenative</a> *Flying (NYC- fun folk frenzied with pots and pans) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/flying">http://www.myspace.com/flying</a> Local participating artists will be on hand at the Monkeytown event. IntelligentDesigner software by Jason Van Anden: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.smileproject.com">http://www.smileproject.com</a> Compiled is curated by Nat Hawks for LittleFuryThings records: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/littlefurythingsrecords">http://www.myspace.com/littlefurythingsrecords</a> MonkeyTown: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.monkeytownhq.com/compiled.html">http://www.monkeytownhq.com/compiled.html</a> Informal again … If you really really want to come to this show, and I really really hope you do, you really really should make a reservation. The venue only holds 32 peeps. It will be fun ~ I hope to meet some of you there! Jason Van Anden + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 7. From: Jemima Rellie <jemima.rellie@tate.org.uk> Date: Oct 6, 2006 Subject: THE ART OF SLEEP A new net art commission by YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES launches at Tate Online on 6 October 2006 (www.tate.org.uk/netart). Called 'THE ART OF SLEEP', the work explores the international art market, while its launch coincides with the latest Frieze Art Fair in London. YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES are Young-Hae Chang, a Korean woman, and Marc Voge, an American man, who live and work in Seoul. Their work is Flash based and employs a mix of animated typography, jazzy music and humour. The artists were also invited to participate in an interview about their practice to accompany the Tate commission. In place of the standard video interview now found at Tate Online, YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES chose to create a second Flash piece called 'THE ART OF SILENCE', 2006, based on a selection of the questions supplied. An interpretive essay by Mark Tribe entitled 'An Ornithology of Net Art' accompanies the commission. Mark Tribe, an artist and curator, is Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media Studies at Brown University. He founded Rhizome.org, and is the author of ?New Media Art? (Taschen, 2006). + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome.org 2005-2006 Net Art Commissions The Rhizome Commissioning Program makes financial support available to artists for the creation of innovative new media art work via panel-awarded commissions. For the 2005-2006 Rhizome Commissions, eleven artists/groups were selected to create original works of net art. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/commissions/">http://rhizome.org/commissions/</a> The Rhizome Commissions Program is made possible by support from the Jerome Foundation in celebration of the Jerome Hill Centennial, the Greenwall Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support has been provided by members of the Rhizome community. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 8. From: Richard Rinehart <rinehart@berkeley.edu> Date: Sep 29, 2006 Subject: new white paper on digital art and copyright Hello Rhizomers, The Canadian Government has published a new white paper on digital art and copyright entitled, "Nailing Down Bits: Digital Art and Intellectual Property". You can find the full paper in HTML or PDF format online at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Intellectual_Property/Nailing_Down/pdf.html">http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Intellectual_Property/Nailing_Down/pdf.html</a> A short introduction to the paper follows… Nailing Down Bits: Digital Art and Intellectual Property This paper on digital art and intellectual property has been commissioned and published by Canadian Heritage Information Network CHIN), a special operating agency of the Department of Canadian Heritage. This paper is part of a larger series of papers on intellectual property and cultural heritage that have been commissioned by CHIN. This paper is not written from a legal perspective, but from a cultural heritage community perspective. This perspective is informed by legal professionals and publications and by direct experience with intellectual property issues that arise out of the daily practice of cultural professionals. One could say that this paper is an attempt to create a snapshot of the cultural heritage community's response to intellectual property law and practice regarding (digital) art. This paper is meant to ground that response not in terms of broad theories or abstract philosophies, but in terms of daily practice and real-world case studies. For that reason, the sources used for this paper are not mainly books, but instead more topical, conversational, and immediate sources such as digital art community websites, blogs, email discussion lists and extensive interviews with cultural heritage professionals in Canada and the United States ranging from artists to curators to educators. The intended audience for this paper is primarily the cultural heritage community who may benefit from the discussion and analysis of the issues and proposed paths of action. The legal community may also benefit from the case studies and articulation of how one area of law is playing out in the larger society whether it reaches the courts or not. – Richard Rinehart ————— Director of Digital Media Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive bampfa.berkeley.edu ————— University of California, Berkeley ————— 2625 Durant Ave. Berkeley, CA, 94720-2250 ph.510.642.5240 fx.510.642.5269 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome.org is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization and an affiliate of the New Museum of Contemporary Art. 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