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RHIZOME DIGEST: 1.21.05

RHIZOME DIGEST: January 21, 2005 Content: +announcement+ 1. Kevin McGarry: Rhizome.org announces second ArtBase Exhibition 2. Francis Hwang: Rhizome.org launches 2005 Net Art Commissions 3. Ivan Pope: The Long Tail of Art Webring +opportunity+ 4. Nisar Keshvani: Job Notice in Conceptual/ Information Arts - San Francisco State University 5. Doug Easterly: 1-day Guest Lecturer / Syracuse University 6. Rachel Greene: Eyebeam Social Sculpture Commission 7. Elisa Harkins: Version>05 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 8. Joy Garnett: FW: Call for Media Based work that engages policy, planning and ecosystems +work+ 9. Jo-Anne Green: Turbulence Commission: "getawayexperiment.net" by Nathaniel Stern and Marcus Neustetter 10. valery.grancher: art in space 11. Jim Andrews: Michiel Knaven: Survival Kit (interactive audio) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 1. Date: 1.19.05 From: Kevin McGarry <kevin@rhizome.org> Subject: Rhizome.org announces second ArtBase Exhibition Rhizome.org Announces Second ArtBase Exhibition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 19, 2005 CONTACT Kevin McGarry, Rhizome.org Phone: 212.219.1288 X220 Email: kevin@rhizome.org NEW YORK, NY?Rhizome.org is pleased to announce the opening of our second online exhibition curated from works in the Rhizome ArtBase, an archive of over 1400 new media artworks established in 1999. The show is entitled ³Location is Everything² and is curated by New York City artist and curator Jillian Mcdonald, co-director of Pace University Digital Gallery. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/art/exhibition/location_is_everything/">http://rhizome.org/art/exhibition/location_is_everything/</a> Works included in this exhibition are ³PdPal² (2003) by Julian Bleecker, Scott Paterson and Marina Zurkow, ³[murmur]² (2003) by Shawn Micallef, ³Louisiana Walk #14² (1996) by Janet Cardiff, ³Atmospherics/Weather Works² (2003) by Andrea Polli, ³GPS Drawing² (2000) by Jeremy Wood, ³Hlemmur in C² (2004) by Pall Thayer, ³Survey Field² (2003) by Germaine Koh, and ³Infrasonic Soundscape² (2001) by Hidekazu Minami. ³Location is Everything² explores ways in which artists repurpose mapping as a creative medium; or perhaps it reframes mapping as a procedure that is intrinsically creative. The cartographic forms in these projects are drawn according to, as Mcdonald explains, ³personal or collective experiences, some informed by external factors like weather data or pop-culture references, and some allowing the map itself or local residents to inform them.² These reciprocal actions of forming and informing effect both maps and their makers, suggesting that ³who?² and ³why?² are equally important questions to pose when interpreting a map as simply ³where?.² ³For more than five years Rhizome.org has been preserving and archiving new media art works in the ArtBase,² said Rachel Greene, Executive Director of Rhizome.org. ³Producing these curated exhibitions, that contextualize these artworks and bring them to life next to one another, is a wonderful new program for us. Rhizome-sponsored exhibitions offer a different but important form of support for new media artists, who often have limited opportunities to show with institutions. And, given how much excitement there is about locative media right now, I am thrilled that Kevin and Jillian have produced such a timely, relevant exhibition.² Rhizome Exhibitions is a program begun in November 2004, which invites international artists, curators, and writers to curate online exhibitions from works in the ArtBase. Member-curated Exhibits is a companion program also launched in November 2004, which allows Rhizome members to curate and interlink their own online exhibits from works in the ArtBase, using a web-based curating tool. Links to member-curated exhibits are interspersed throughout rhizome.org via member pages and included artworks. As they are added, member-curated exhibits will also appear here: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/art/member-curated/">http://rhizome.org/art/member-curated/</a> For more information please contact: Kevin McGarry, Rhizome.org Phone: 212.219.1288 X220 Email: kevin@rhizome.org + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 2. Date: 1.19.05 From: Francis Hwang <francis@rhizome.org> Subject: Rhizome.org launches 2005 Net Art Commissions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RHIZOME.ORG LAUNCHES 2005 NET ART COMMISSIONS      NEW YORK, NY, January 19,2005 Rhizome.org, an online platform for new media art and discussion, today launched its 2005 Net Art Commissions at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/commissions">http://rhizome.org/commissions</a>. The Rhizome.org 2005 Net Art Commissions will also be presented at the New Museum of Contemporary Art on June 28, 2005. + About the Rhizome.org Commissioning Program +    The Rhizome Commissioning Program makes financial support available to artists for the creation of innovative new media art via panel-awarded commissions. For the 2005 cycle, artists were invited to submit proposals relating to ³games² as defined by the website dictionary.com. ³Since 1996, Rhizome has been supporting the new media art community by providing a place where artists and others can share information, present work and engage in dialogue,² said Rachel Greene, Executive Director of Rhizome.org. ³We are thrilled to be able to provide direct financial support to artists engaging with timely themes, such as ?games.¹ New media artists have a limited ability to sell their work, so commissioning and promoting these artworks is a different but very important form of support for them.² A panel of jurors, Yukiko Shikata, an independent curator based in Tokyo, artist Natalie Bookchin, Francis Hwang of Rhizome.org, and Rachel Greene of Rhizome.org, selected seven winners from a pool of more than fifty proposals submitted by members of the Rhizome.org community. Rhizome members were also invited to jury and award one commission.    Paul Catanese, Warren Sack, Jason van Anden, Luis Hernandez Galvanand Carlo Zanniwill receive awards of $2,500-2,900 each. Commissions of $1,750 will be awarded to Kabir Carterand C-Level. Carlo Zanni¹s project was commissioned by members of the Rhizome community that voted using secure web-based forms. The Rhizome Commissioning Program is made possible with funding by the Greenwall Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support has been provided by members of the Rhizome community. + About the Commissioned Projects + + Listen by Kabir Carter+ Listen is embedded within the tradition of Adventure or Interactive Fiction games, except that in it visual descriptions are accompanied by descriptions of sound events. The game uses simple text commands germane to Interactive Fiction: Look, Take, North, Wait, and?particular to the game?Listen. Kabir Carter¹s compositions, performances, and sound installations have been presented at Atlantic Center for the Arts; PS122 Gallery, and d.u.m.b.o. arts center. He continues to realize Walking in the City, a net art project first commissioned by the Miami-based music festival Subtropics. Carter is currently a guest composer in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Create @ iEAR residency program. + Misplaced Reliquary by Paul Catanese + Misplaced Reliquary is a handheld curiosity cabinet of relics collected by an eccentric curator. The relics are contained within a virtual repository taking the form of a gameboy advance ROM that can be "played" online or downloaded to any gameboy advance (with the correct transfer hardware). An artist's edition of five game cartridges has also been created. Paul Catanese is a Hybrid Media Artist and Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University. His work focuses on the creation of ³hybrids² - art forms that re-imagine uses for various technologies to reveal hidden cosmologies. More information can be found at www.paulcatanese.com. + Oversaturation by Luis Hernandez Galvan + Available space is always at stake: be it media-space, psychic space or  physical space. This game is about keeping personal space clear, and as in life, it's theoretically an infinite process. The objective of the game is to keep the continuously growing structural patterns from oversaturating your space by passing through, and thereby annihilating them. The longer the structures remain untouched, the more they'll grow in thickness and strength, and the older the segments become, the more difficult they are to pass, or even impossible. Luis Hernandez Galvan studied architecture in Mexico City. His practice ranges from installation, to architecture, to game modifications. He has been published in architectural journals and participated in public art programs. Some work can be seen at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://heterarquia.org">http://heterarquia.org</a>. Currently he is working on a piece on the San Diego- Tijuana Border along with Anne-Marie Schleiner. + Agonistics: A Language Game by Warren Sack + The images and actions used metaphorically by political theorists to understand democratic discussion as a game or competition – "agonistic democracy" – can be instantiated as interactive, graphical objects and dynamics. ³Agonistics: A Language Game² is a literal instantiation of these metaphors that can played by posting messages to a public, online discussion forum. Warren Sack is a software designer and media theorist whose work explores theories and designs for online public space and public discussion. + Farklempt! By Jason Van Anden + Farklempt! challenges its players to manage their emotional-health through the skillful manipulation of feelings against other players attempting to do the same. Equal parts addictive videogame and compelling visual art, Farklempt! continues artist Jason Van Anden¹s aesthetic investigation of how our emotional states impact the world around us. + Media Blackout by Michael Wilson, a member of c-level + Media Blackout is a 3D computer game in which the player is confronted with corporate interests, religious fundamentalism and military aggression through the deliberate manipulations of corporate media. Surrounded by media noise, government propaganda, spectacular phenomena and a sea of oil, the player¹s character attempts to maintain psychological resistance and ultimately transcend the media threat escaping 'corporatized consciousness'. Media Blackout creates an allegorical environment through new media technologies attempting to immerse both player and viewer in the true 'psychological operations' of our time. Michael Wilson is a member of the new media co-operative c-level. He is an expanded media artist who employs operational aesthetics to re-imagine contexts, networks or systems. + Average Shoveler by Carlo Zanni + Inspired by the graphics of Leisure-Suit-Larry (1987), AVERAGE SHOVELER is an online game challenging the boundaries between photo, paintings, game and short movie. It's snowing, and you have to keep your path clean. Each flake of snow contains an image taken live from news/politics/sport/ web channels: you have to shovel pumping news from your head, as your life suffers from news overload. Average Shoveler includes two prestigious collaborations: famous composer Gabriel Yared ("Cold Mountain") scored the game, while Siri Kuptamethee's "Indigo People" created outfits for the character of the videogame. Note: FlashPlayer7 required. It is recommended to shut down any other application and to turn speakers on. Carlo Zanni is an Italian-born artist whose work is focused on the intersection of computation and representation. His work has been shown in galleries and museums, among them: P.S.1 - NY, Chelsea Museum NY, Analix Forever gallery Geneva. His first (net) retrospective is scheduled for October 2005 at the ICA in London. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zanni.org/&#xA0">http://www.zanni.org/ </a>; + About Rhizome.org + Rhizome.org is a nonprofit organization that provides an online platform for the global new media art community. Founded in 1996, Rhizome.org serves as a grass-roots community center for new media artists, curators, students, educators, writers and enthusiasts. Rhizome.org's programs support the creation, presentation, discussion and preservation of contemporary art that uses new technologies in significant ways. Rhizome.org takes its name from the botanical term for an underground stem that connects plants into living networks, a metaphor for the organization's non-hierarchical structure. Widely considered to be the world's leading online resource for and about new media artists and their work, Rhizome.org connects, supports, and educates the new media art community and the public through programs including email-based discussion groups and publications, online archives for new media art works and writings, a new media calendar and opportunity listings, and a new media art commissioning program. Rhizome.org is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are accepted online at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/support">http://rhizome.org/support</a>. Checks and money orders may made payable to Rhizome.org and send to the address below. CONTACT: Rachel Greene, Executive Director c/o New Museum, 210 Eleventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 Email: Rachel@rhizome.org Tel:   212.219.1222 X208 Fax:   212-431.5328 URL:   <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/commissions &#xA0">http://rhizome.org/commissions </a>; + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 3. Date: 1.20.05 From:Ivan Pope <ivan2@ivanpope.com> Subject: The Long Tail of Art Webring >From my blog Absent Without Leave <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.ivanpope.com/awol/2005/01/the_50_print.html">http://blog.ivanpope.com/awol/2005/01/the_50_print.html</a> The Long Tail of Art Webring January 19, 2005 The Long Tail of Art <<a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.ivanpope.com/awol/the_long_tail_of_art/index.html">http://blog.ivanpope.com/awol/the_long_tail_of_art/index.html</a>> This Long Tail of Art thing has three parts: 1. Serious artists who are making some form of relatively inexpensive work available over the Web 2. A loose network of these artists 3. A casual agreement to cross promote the network, and a desire to create a value-space so that others can point people to the loose network. The idea is that we will build up our sMedia Capital over the long term and we will end up with a rollling income from selling work. sMedia Capital is the traffic that accrues over time to an interesting site - it takes a while for promotional work to embed itself within the networks of interest, but once that promotion is embedded, it tends to have a slow decay time. The loose network is a casual arrangement to create valuable destination(s) that are worth other building links to. So, anyone within this loose network must offer something above and beyond the sale of art. For this initial (experimental) project, I am creating a Web Ring that I will control access to. The Web Ring is called the Long Tail Web Ring (LTWR). It has some simple rules that are in flux, i.e. they will evolve by discussion: 1. Members of the LTWR are active art producers who are selling some form of work via the Web 2. Member sites of the LTWR offer some online value beyond the selling of work, e.g. an art blog, personal art site, archive etc, whatever 3. Members of the LTWR agree to cross promote the LTWR to others. This is informal, i.e. mention it, link to it, point to it, put it in your email sig 4. Members agree to place the LTWR webring buttons ABOVE THE FOLD on the front page of their web site. This means it is visible on when someone arrives at the site. Members are encouraged to put the links on every page, but hey, no pressure. That's it for now. The LTWR is an experiment. I'm interested in what sort of work people will offer within LTWR. I don't expect it to be huge oil paintings, but I've got no real view of what will work and what won't. I'm doing digital prints and signing them, but anything from drawings to sound files to conceptual work should be fine. Try me. As my contribution to my research into the Long Tail of Art (here, passim), I decided to sell prints from my work at a flat rate $50 per print (plus postage). I didn't want to do anything complicated, but I thought I had an obligation to start my ball rolling. I'm using Flickr.com to show all my images and I've made a group called $50 <<a rel="nofollow" href="http://flickr.com/photos/ivan/sets/87912/">http://flickr.com/photos/ivan/sets/87912/</a>> prints where I'm putting all the available work More about how this will work soon. I'm going to put up a page about the LTWR and make some link buttons etc. As soon as I've got two more members I'll open up the ring and we can take it from there. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.ivanpope.com/awol/2005/01/the_50_print.html">http://blog.ivanpope.com/awol/2005/01/the_50_print.html</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome is now offering organizational subscriptions, memberships purchased at the institutional level. These subscriptions allow participants of an institution to access Rhizome's services without having to purchase individual memberships. (Rhizome is also offering subsidized memberships 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 Kevin McGarry at Kevin@Rhizome.org or Rachel Greene at Rachel@Rhizome.org. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4. Date: 1.15.05 From: Nisar Keshvani <nisarh@keshvani.com> Subject: Job Notice in Conceptual/ Information Arts - San Francisco State University Job Opportunity Art Department, San Francisco State University Conceptual /Information Arts (Sabbatical Leave Replacement) Fall,2005 and Spring 2006 Lecturer Level Conceptual/Information Arts (CIA) is dedicated to preparing artists and media experimentors to work at the cutting edge of technology. It is one of several areas within the Art Department, located within a large, urban university. Students in CIA learn contemporary digital production skills, work with newly emerging technologies, explore social and cultural impact of technology and study historical art practices, theoretical and conceptual ideas relevant to this area of the arts. Established in 1980, CIA has a long history as a pioneer program in providing students with opportunities to work with and study emerging technologies, as well as conceptual and critical approaches to art practice. Principal faculty include professors Paula Levine and Stephen Wilson. Information about the CIA is available at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~infoarts/">http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~infoarts/</a> One of the principal professors in the area is taking a sabbatical leave AY 2005-2006. A one year replacement is sought. Possible examples of courses to be taught include: Conceptual Strategies, Robotics & Electronics, Interactive Media, Web Design, Digital Video, Biological Systems, Explorations in Word and Image. Practice and Theory in Emerging Technologies, Director/Lingo Programming, Theory Experiments in Narrative, Telecommunications based Art, Remote and Wireless systems. In addition, particular specialized courses can be adapted in response to the candidate's expertise. The candidate is expected to have both practical and theoretical knowledge in the field of emerging technologies, cultural theory and contemporary art. The candidate will teach 3 courses each semester. *MFA or Phd in relevant area *Knowledge of digital technologies and relevant art theory *Experience teaching courses in art & new technologies *Exhibition record of recent artworks exploring art/technology/culture (** Note the area is searching for candidates whose knowledge and interest go beyond use of new technology merely as presentation format ) Salary level: Because of budget restraints, this position is only funded at the lowest lecturer level 31-36,000/yr (unfortunately with no room to negotiate) Period of Appointment: Applications will be accepted for either full year or one semester. Deadline for Applications: February 15 or until filled Materials Requested: Mail cover letter (detailing background, interest in the CIA program, and courses that could be taught), curriculum vita, and url (if available). No other documentation is requested at this time. Additional documentation may be requested of candidates advancing to next round. Mail to: CIA Sabbatical Position, Art Department, 1600 Holloway, San Francisco State University, SF, CA 94132. CIA Web information available at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~infoarts">http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~infoarts</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 5. Date: 1.16.04 From: Doug Easterly <playfight@mac.com> Subject:1-day Guest Lecturer / Syracuse University The Computer Art program at Syracuse University is seeking a guest artist whose work utilizes Flash Actionscripting for an afternoon or early evening presentation/demo. Preferably, your work holds a combination of the following qualities: â?¢ interesting conceptually â?¢ unique technical approaches â?¢ uses Flash ActionScript (preferably AS 2.0) â?¢ demonstrable techniques connecting Actionscript with the Teleo SDK and/or multi-user applications (i.e. Unity 2) and/or internet data mining We will cover your airfare (or other travel), hotel (if needed) and meals + approximately $500 artist fee. The lecture will be public, but composed mainly of students enrolled in my Interactive Multimedia course. Ideally you can visit in late January, early February, or early March at the latest. The day of the week is fairly open, but must be between Monday-Thursday. Inquire by sending an email with your name, contact information and URL to: Doug Easterly playfight@mac.com + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome Member-curated Exhibits <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/art/member-curated/">http://rhizome.org/art/member-curated/</a> View online exhibits Rhizome members have curated from works in the ArtBase, or learn how to create your own exhibit. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 6. Date: 1.19.05 From: Rachel Greene <rachel@rhizome.org> Subject: Fwd: Eyebeam Social Sculpture Commission > —————————————– > > Eyebeam and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) would like to > announce an open call for a Social Sculpture Commission, supporting > work > that engages the public in new ways. The program, running from March - > August '05, provides a 6 month grant of digital production services at > Eyebeam's studios (including moving image / sound production, > programming > and systems design), a stipend of $20,000 for producing the work, and > public > development support from LMCC. > > The term Social Sculpture was coined in the 1970's by Joseph Beuys to > refer > to socially engaged, interdisciplinary, artistic actions where the > community > would be collaborators and art works could be an environment or set of > rules > by which to engage. Work supported by the commission can take a > variety of > forms, including gaming, tactical media, network, interactive > installation, > moving image or conceptual projects that blur traditional boundaries > between > production, education, performance and exhibition. > > More information can be found on line at > <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.eyebeam.org/production/MID/commission/socialsculpture.html">http://www.eyebeam.org/production/MID/commission/socialsculpture.html</a> > > Applications, due February 13th, can be found at > <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.eyebeam.org/production/AIR/onlineapp/join_detail.php">http://www.eyebeam.org/production/AIR/onlineapp/join_detail.php</a>? > program_id=4 > 96693 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 7. Date: 1.20.05 From: Elisa Harkins <info@digitaldisobedients.com> Subject: Version>05 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION CALL FOR PARTICIPATION SEND US YOUR IDEAS AND PROPOSALS FOR: papers, workshops, films, street art (stickers, cut-outs, xeroxable pages, stencils), anti-corporate actions, tactical media projects, culture jamming activities, public art interventions, micro actions, billboard modifications, DIY urbanism, office pranks, social and technology hacking ideas, agit prop posters, how-to guides, creative disturbances in public space, profiles of space invaders and hijackers, lists of tactics and strategies, psychogeographic adventures. You may mail your proposal and work to: Version>05 960 W 31st St Chicago Il 60608 USA Please use the online submission form (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://versionfest.org/submissions">http://versionfest.org/submissions</a>)to submit a thumbnail sketch of your project. Multiple submissions are encouraged. All online submissions are open for viewing by the public. DEADLINE: February 28, 2005. There are a few sections of Version that are regularly featured: GENERAL PROJECT PROPOSALS Alterations of everyday life. Space hijackings and invasions, occupations and disruptions in corporate space: Psychogeographers, writers, artists, performance artists, tactical mediaticians, and creative interventionists are invited to share their ideas and proposals for projects to be realized at this year1s Version. Please use the online submission form to provide a brief description of the work. VERSION NFO ART XPO For SPACES AND COLLECTIVES AND DOCUMENTATIONS Alternative spaces are hubs for encouraging little utopias. Social and cultural places act as laboratories for collaboration and explorations of emerging cultures. Version>05 will be hosting an NFO ART EXPO and space summit. We extend an invitation to members of artist run spaces, alternative institutions, cultural and social spaces, open universities, and individual artists and activists to present their work and mission within a booth or table at the version expo. A space summit will be organized to share stories, strategies and methods of survival and connectivity. Please use the online submission form or contact Ed Marszewski directly at ed@lumpen.com for further information. TECHNOLOGY AND NET BASED SUBMISSIONS An online/offline network of projects that are selected for wider dissemination and exhibition. Please use the online submission form to provide a brief description of the work. CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS Discussions, presentations and documentations of projects, ideas, theories and situations. Email texts directly to ed@Lumpen.com FILM AND VIDEO We are seeking work to screen in microcinemas, theaters, the net and to broadcast on cable access tv and low power UHF tv. Shorts, features, experimental and documentary work is preferred. We encourage submissions from individual curators, festivals or media collectives. Television programs can be 28.5 minutes and 58.5 minutes long. When submitting video work please mail us your work along with the following information: Title Year made Director Country of orgin Running time Description of work [up to 500 words] Contact information (your name, address, phone number, email address, web site) Moving image entries may be produced on any film or video format, however they must be submitted on DVD (NTSC only), Mini DV (NTSC only), or VHS (NTSC only). Each film or video must be accompanied by a bio, description and stills. PERFORMANCE: Experimental presentations, new forms of audio visual engagement, live musical performances. Submit urls or send cds to the Version address listed above. VERSION RADIO: Audio projects of up to 90 minutes will be accepted for broadcast on our low watt radio and web streaming stations during the convergence. Send Cds to the address above. Disclaimer: We will be unable to return any submitted works. So please do not send original or masters. For an idea of the types of projects that have been featured at past Version festivals please check out Version>04 submissions (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://submissions.versionfest.org/submissions/view_submissions.php">http://submissions.versionfest.org/submissions/view_submissions.php</a>). + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 8. Date: 1.21.05 From: wolfgang muench <wolfgang.muench@lasallesia.edu.sg> Subject: FW: Call for Media Based work that engages policy, planning and ecosystems FYI: ————-forwarded message————— Call for media-based artwork: "Groundworks" The exhibition "Groundworks: Environmental Collaboration in Contemporary Art" is being organized at the Regina Miller Gallery at Carnegie-Mellon University for the fall of 2005. The exhibition will include a range of collaborative projects addressing environmental issues both nationally and internationally. Work is sought for the media component of this exhibition, which will be presented in a dedicated media gallery space. We seek collaborative, media-based projects (either original media pieces or documentation of completed collaborative projects) that creatively engage the mechanisms of policy and planning used to govern a given ecosystem. A diverse range of of ecosystems may be considered, including urban, rural, uninhabited, or virtual (e.g. internet) systems. Engagement may include direct renewal of the system, strategies of agency and social participation, or others, but should strive to be conscious of its aesthetic and ethical framework. We are especially seeking web-based, computer-based or video pieces (DVD, VHS, etc.). Send proposals and inquiries to: Patrick Deegan Dept. of Art History VIS 0084 UCSD La Jolla, CA 92093 or email: pdeegan@ucsd.edu + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 9. Date: 1.17.05 From: Jo-Anne Green <jo@turbulence.org> Subject: Turbulence Commission: "getawayexperiment.net" by Nathaniel Stern and Marcus Neustetter January 17, 2005 Turbulence Commission: "getawayexperiment.net" by Nathaniel Stern and Marcus Neustetter <a rel="nofollow" href="http://turbulence.org/works/getawayexperiment/index.php">http://turbulence.org/works/getawayexperiment/index.php</a> "getawayexperiment.net" proposes a dialogue between the virtual and physical processes of sign and site design and perception. Stern and Neustetter have transformed several information-based web pages into collaboratively constructed communication sites; they commissioned local sign-makers in Johannesburg, South Africa to "re-mix" five websites (Fox News, Google Images, joburg.org.za, Solidarity and Turbulence) by painting stylized versions of each image on their main pages. The hand-painted signs were then scanned, prepared for the web, and uploaded. Each of the five sites can be seen in three ways: 1) the original site (on its original server); 2) the "getaway" site in edit mode; and 3) the "getaway" site in non-edit mode. In edit mode, participants from anywhere in the world can click on an image in any one of the "getaway" pages and upload their own replacement images. In non-edit mode each individual image is randomly pulled from the site's database, thereby transforming the "getaways" into dynamic collages that signify something completely new. Concept, Artists/Designers: Nathaniel Stern, Marcus Neustetter; Information Architecture: Templar Wales; Programming/Scripting: BlinkNewMedia; Core Sign-Writers: Mduduzi Manyoni, Tebogo Phafudi, Bongani Nkou, Kasa Thamae, and Nkosana. "getawayexperiment.net" is a 2005 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from The Greenwall Foundation. BIOGRAPHIES NATHANIEL STERN (NYC/Johannesburg) is an internationally exhibited installation artist, net.artist and performance poet. His interactive installations have won awards in New York, South Africa and Australia, and his net.art has been featured in festivals all over Europe, Asia and the US. Stern¹s collaborative physical theatre and multimedia performance work has won three FNB Vita Awards - including Best Presentation of a New Contemporary Work - and has been featured on the main stage at the Grahamstown Festival (South Africa). His poetry repertoire includes the US National Poetry Slam competition and the RSA HIV/AIDS Arts, Media & Film Festival. MARCUS NEUSTETTER has been developing projects that address the relationship between art and technology. These take the form of mobile, installation, and web artworks tackling the translation of data through different online and offline platforms. In this process he has been exploring the digital and analogue ways of representing virtual experiences. Neustetter has exhibited and been actively involved in developing opportunities and platforms for local digital art through projects in South Africa and Europe. These include ARS Electronica (Austria), Transmadiale.03 (Germany) and E-tester (Spain). As director (with Stephen Hobbs) of The Trinity Session and sanman (southern african new media art network) and The Gallery PREMISES, Neustetter is actively involved in developing cultural strategies through a range of projects. Currently he is a consultant for UNESCO DigiArts Africa. For more information about Turbulence, please visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://turbulence.org">http://turbulence.org</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 10. Date: 1.19.05 From: valery.grancher <valery.grancher@wanadoo.fr> Subject: art in space Hello, Bonjour, I have the pleasure to invite you to see my last piece called "found sculpture on mars" : <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nomemory.org/data2/mars">http://www.nomemory.org/data2/mars</a> You can get art editions dealing withy this project here: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cafepress.com/vgrancher/477773">http://www.cafepress.com/vgrancher/477773</a> And to check the new chapter of nomemory.org called 'art in space': <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nomemory.org/data2/space.htm">http://www.nomemory.org/data2/space.htm</a> —————————————————————— J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter à venir voir ma dernière pièce nommée "found sculpture on mars": <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nomemory.org/data2/mars">http://www.nomemory.org/data2/mars</a> Vous pouvez acquérir des éditions liées à ce projet ici: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cafepress.com/vgrancher/477773">http://www.cafepress.com/vgrancher/477773</a> et de visiter un nouveau chapitre de nomemory.org nommé 'art in space': <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nomemory.org/data2/espace.htm">http://www.nomemory.org/data2/espace.htm</a> Thank you // merci + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 11. Date: 1.14.05 From: Jim Andrews <jim@vispo.com> Subject: Michiel Knaven: Survival Kit (interactive audio) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.michaelmedia.org/desert/survivalkit.htm">http://www.michaelmedia.org/desert/survivalkit.htm</a> is an interactive audio piece by Michiel Knaven". "The desert survivalkit is a homage on Bach's "kunst der fuge"." 4 9 2 3 5 7 8 1 6 ja <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vispo.com">http://vispo.com</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome.org is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization and an affiliate of the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Rhizome Digest is supported by grants from The Charles Engelhard Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome Digest is filtered by Kevin McGarry (kevin@rhizome.org). ISSN: 1525-9110. 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