<br />RHIZOME DIGEST: June 7, 2002<br /><br />Content:<br /><br />+announcement+ <br />1. Wolfgang Staehle: Auction for the Thing<br />2. Beverly Tang: LA Siggraph + Rhizome.LA Party [6/14]<br />3. Pierre Robert: | a r c h é e | 05_2002 | sommaire<br /><br />+opportunity+ <br />4. Joan Freedman: Position at Hopkins Digital Media<br />Center<br /><br />+work+ <br />5. Barbara Lattanzi: HF Critical Mass software<br />6. Eryk Salvaggio: Net.Art Portrait of Edie Sedgwick<br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />1.<br /><br />Date: 6.6.02 <br />From: Wolfgang Staehle (wolfgangsta@thing.net)<br />Subject: AUCTION FOR THE THING<br /><br />AUCTION FOR THE THING Online art auction at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://auction.thing.net">http://auction.thing.net</a><br />JUNE 6 - JUNE 16, 2002<br /><br />Participating artists as of June 5, 2002:<br /><br />0100101110101101.org, Cory Arcangel, Peter Coffin, Vuk Cosic, Christoph<br />Draeger, Ken Feingold, Peter Fend, Rainer Ganahl, Janine Gordon, Johan<br />Grimonprez, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Heidrun Holzfeind, Simone Huelser, Serge<br />Kliaving, Richard Kongrosian, Joseph Kosuth, Philipp Lachenmann, Joerg<br />Lohse, Miltos Manetas, Paul Myoda, Stephan Pascher, Gabriele Picco,<br />Cesare Pietroiusti, Walid Raad, Erwin Redl, Karin Sander, Max Schumann,<br />Frank Schroder, John Simon, Beat Streuli, Gwenn Thomas, Oliver Wasow,<br />Lawrence Weiner, David West, Hartmut Wilkening and Carlo Zanni.<br /><br />Since 1991 THE THING has provided an ongoing venue for developing,<br />supporting, and presenting innovative media art and criticism.<br /><br />>From sponsoring a prescient electronic edition by the noted artist Peter<br />Halley in 1993, the ranks of artists who were among the earliest to<br />explore the possibilities of electronic networks through THE THING<br />include Beat Streuli, Mariko Mori, Rainer Ganahl, Craig Kalpakjian and<br />Daniel Pflumm. Similarly, notable curators such as Benjamin Weil and<br />Jordan Crandall undertook many of their foundational projects in<br />conjunction with THE THING.<br /><br />THE THING has served as a workplace with access to production and<br />network facilities for visiting artists, cultural workers, and<br />technicians; as a space for ad hoc gatherings, events, and exhibitions;<br />and as the publisher and maintainer of a series of arts-oriented<br />newsletters and publicly accessible websites, most notably the THE THING<br />BBS at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bbs.thing.net">http://bbs.thing.net</a>.<br /><br />Please contribute to this ongoing, innovative cultural project.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://auction.thing.net">http://auction.thing.net</a><br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />2.<br /><br />Date: 6.3.2002 <br />From: Beverly Tang (b@sublimina.com)<br />Subject: LA Siggraph + Rhizome.LA Party [6/14]<br /><br />Friday, june 14th, 2002<br />Giddy Up & Code<br /> <br />L.A. Siggraph and Rhizome.la present<br />Giddy Up & Code<br />a networking extravaganza hosted by Discreet featuring DJ Wolfie, DJ<br />Jason Seville, & DJ Reverend Dan sound artists: Inerex, F100, j.frede,<br />Marleah Tobin, Josh Russell, and DJ Zhao and more performers plus our<br />2nd annual BYOV (Bring Your Own Video) screening of original digital<br />animation shorts by local artists<br /> <br />the program:<br />No Host Bar!<br />7pm-8pm social hour with Chipotle's Guacamole Bar<br />8pm-8:30pm the 2nd Annual BYOV showcase<br />8:30pm-2am DJ's, sound artists and performers throughout the night<br /> <br />location:<br />The Pool Room at the Hollywood Athletic Club<br />(enter thru gated patio on Sunset Blvd.)<br />6525 W. Sunset Blvd. (between Highland Ave. and Vine St.)<br /> <br />the parking: (parking fee from $7-$10)<br />two parking lots are on Schrader Blvd. (side street just west of the<br />club)<br />- one lot is the club's parking lot<br />- the other is across the street from club's parking lot<br /> <br />admission:<br />free to L.A. ACM SIGGRAPH members<br />members get priority entry at 7pm<br />$10 for non-members dressed in southwestern attire<br />$15 for non-members if not dressed in southwestern attire<br />doors open for non-members at 7:30pm<br />early entry is one of the benefits of membership<br /> <br />visit our website for more information: www.la.siggraph.org<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.la.siggraph.org">http://www.la.siggraph.org</a><br /> <br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />3. <br /><br />Date: 6.4.2002 <br />From: Pierre Robert (pierre.robert@archee.qc.ca)<br />Subject: | a r c h é e | 05_2002 | sommaire<br />Actualisez la page d'accueil !!!<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/">http://archee.qc.ca/</a><br /><br />——-<br />Bienvenue aux nouveaux abonnés!<br />Merci aux fidèles amis-es d'a r c h é e!<br />————————<br /><br />Internet au service d'une nouvelle triangulation dynamique<br />«artiste-oeuvre-spectateur »: Nouvelles médiations et nouveaux critères<br />de légitimation<br /><br />« Âge, clivages sexuels, origine. nombreux sont les "caractères<br />secondaires" des auteurs qui oblitèrent encore souvent la reconnaissance<br />d'une oeuvre en agissant comme critères de validation ou d'invalidation<br />du travail artistique. Internet semble aujourd'hui pouvoir pallier ces<br />discriminations, notamment par la réorganisation des conditions de<br />visibilité et de légitimation du travail des artistes. »<br /><br />Un texte d'Elsa Olu<br /><br />| <a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=185¬e=ok">http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=185¬e=ok</a><br />+———————————————————–+<br /><br />- > « Science Fair : Feminist Configurations in Cyberspace »<br /><br />Un compte rendu de Caroline Loncol Daigneault mettant en relief les<br />travaux de huit artistes dans le cadre d'un projet thématique « art,<br />science et femmes » produit par le Studio XX de Montréal, un organisme<br />dédié aux femmes et aux nouvelles technologies.<br /><br />Un texte de Caroline Loncol Daigneault<br /><br />| <a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=186¬e=ok">http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=186¬e=ok</a><br />+———————————————————–+<br /><br />+-+<br />|<br />|— > Statut documentaire et médiologie du spectacle vivant sur<br />Internet<br /><br />Un développement théorique inédit portant,entre autres, sur la mutation<br />cinématographique du théâtre sur le Web.<br /><br />Un texte de Jean-Claude Chirollet<br /><br />| <a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=187¬e=ok">http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=187¬e=ok</a><br />+———————————————————–+<br /><br />+-+<br />|<br />|— > Cybercosme 5_2<br /><br /> Regard de Xavier Cahen<br /> 010101 : Art in Technological Times - SFMoMa<br /> Forty Flowers par Katinka Matson<br /> Edge<br /> Matière + Mémoire<br /> Le projet ADaM<br /> World-Information.org<br /> Arts Catalyst<br /><br /> Par Pierre Robert<br /><br />| <a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=188¬e=ok">http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php4?btn=texte&no=188¬e=ok</a><br />+———————————————————–+<br /><br />***** COLLABORATION *****<br /><br />a r c h é e est toujours à l'affût de nouveaux collaborateurs. Où que<br />vous soyez dans le cyberespace, nous accueillons vos propositions avec<br />intérêt. Pour des informations supplémentaires consultez la page<br />COLLABORATION : <a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/collaboration.htm">http://archee.qc.ca/collaboration.htm</a> ou écrivez à la<br />rédaction : <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:redaction@archee.qc.ca">mailto:redaction@archee.qc.ca</a> Au plaisir de vous lire et de<br />vous publier.<br /><br />>> p.s. Archée offre un cachet pour les articles inédits.<br /><br />Pierre Robert<br />Directeur et rédacteur en chef<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/">http://archee.qc.ca/</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://archee.qc.ca/liste_envoi/inscription.htm">http://archee.qc.ca/liste_envoi/inscription.htm</a><br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />4.<br /><br />Date: 5.31.2002 <br />From: Joan Freedman (freedman@jhu.edu)<br />Subject: Digital Audio Specialist position at Hopkins Digital Media<br />Center<br /><br />The Johns Hopkins University Digital Media Center is looking for a<br />Digital Audio/Music Artist who is interested in assisting students with<br />audio projects and teaching workshops. Please pass this job announcement<br />on to anyone who may be qualified for this position.<br /><br />JOB TITLE: Digital Media Specialist (Audio) GRADE: 90 REQUISITION #:<br />L02-7358 SALARY: Competitive HOURS: 28 hours per week including some<br />evenings and weekends LOCATION: Mattin Center DEPARTMENT: Digital Media<br />Center<br /><br />General Description: The Digital Media Specialist (Audio) will be<br />responsible for the maintenance of digital audio studio and instruct<br />students in the use of digital audio hardware and software. This<br />position requires the incumbent to be able to work independently with<br />little supervision; design and conduct workshops and tutorials; inspire<br />and model creative use of technology in the creation of art; keep up<br />with new technologies; be available for on-call back-up for lab<br />monitors; assist with other duties as assigned.<br /><br />Qualifications: MS, MA, or MFA with emphasis in music or recording<br />engineering. Incumbent must have superior people skills; ability to<br />exercise good judgment; take initiative and handle multiple tasks; be<br />able to learn new information quickly; have strong written and verbal<br />communication skills; be organized, have superior knowledge of digital<br />music hardware such as Kurzweil Synthesizer, Yamaha 12-channel mixer,<br />Tascam DAT and CD recorder, MIDI Time AV; have superior knowledge of<br />digital music software such as Digital Performer (with Librarian),<br />Digidesign Pro Tools, Sound Designer II, Finale, MSP MAX. Incumbent must<br />have the ability to work with guest artists and technicians and to<br />assist students in the creation of inter-disciplinary, multi-media works<br />of digital art. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with multimedia,<br />web authoring (database/cold fusion), Photoshop; extensive system-level<br />knowledge of both Macs and PCs; ability to read and write music. Please<br />apply online at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://jobs.jhu.edu/">http://jobs.jhu.edu/</a> and send a resume to<br />digitalmedia@jhu.edu –<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://digitalmedia.jhu.edu">http://digitalmedia.jhu.edu</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://jobs.jhu.edu/">http://jobs.jhu.edu/</a><br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />+ad+<br /><br />**MUTE MAGAZINE NEW ISSUE** Coco Fusco/Ricardo Dominguez on activism and<br />art; JJ King on the US military's response to asymmetry and Gregor<br />Claude on the digital commons. Matthew Hyland on David Blunkett, Flint<br />Michigan and Brandon Labelle on musique concrete and 'Very Cyberfeminist<br />International'. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.metamute.com/mutemagazine/issue23/index.htm">http://www.metamute.com/mutemagazine/issue23/index.htm</a><br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />5. <br /><br />Date: 6.3.2002<br />From: Barbara Lattanzi (threads@pce.net)<br />Subject: HF Critical Mass software<br /><br />=_ =_ =_ =_ =_ =_ =_=<br /><br />_ _ _ _ _H_F _ _ _ _ _<br /><br /> _C_R_I_T_I_C_A_L_<br /><br /> _ _ _ M_A _S _S _ _<br />v1.0 SOFTWARE<br /><br />HF CRITICAL MASS is freely available software, which is based on a 1971<br />film by Hollis Frampton titled "Critical Mass".<br /><br />HF CRITICAL MASS adopts the structure of the earlier film as an<br />interface for improvising playback of digital video (quicktime movies).<br /><br />Mac and Windows versions for download at:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wildernesspuppets.net/hfcm/">http://www.wildernesspuppets.net/hfcm/</a><br /><br />=_ =_ =_ =_ =_ =_ =_=<br /><br />The films of the late Hollis Frampton spanned the late 1960s through the<br />early 1980s. His work, Critical Mass, is one of a series of films<br />collectively titled "Hapax Legomena" that investigate "the specific<br />conditions of cinematic representation and the limitations and paradoxes<br />of visual description and narrative." (description by Steve Polta - San<br />Francisco Cinemateque, 2002)<br /><br />=_ =_ =_ =_ =_ =_ =_=<br /><br />Barbara Lattanzi<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wildernesspuppets.net">http://www.wildernesspuppets.net</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wildernesspuppets.net/hfcm/">http://www.wildernesspuppets.net/hfcm/</a><br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />6.<br /><br />Date: 6.5.2002<br />From: Eryk Salvaggio (eryk@maine.rr.com)<br />Subject: Net.Art Portrait of Edie Sedgwick<br /><br />Net.Art Portrait of Edie Sedgwick<br />A Single-Page, Six Rule Compliant Work of Net.Art<br />by Eryk Salvaggio<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.salsabomb.com/edie/edie.html">http://www.salsabomb.com/edie/edie.html</a><br /><br />As a note, I'd like to say that this piece develops slowly, and does<br />more than you might expect at first glance. I've grown very fond of it<br />aesthetically but sat on it for a while because it seems derivitive-<br />JODI's code, Warhol's Photo- but I've grown to like it more for that<br />exact reason. I just think it's a remarkably pretty piece, once it<br />really gets going.<br /><br />Feedback Appreciated.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />-e.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.salsabomb.com/edie/edie.html">http://www.salsabomb.com/edie/edie.html</a><br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /><br />+ad+<br /><br />The time has arrived to pick up the new Leonardo Music Journal,<br />(LMJ),Volume 11, including a double CD titled "Not Necessarily 'English<br />Music.'" The journal and CD feature pieces from pioneering U.K.composers<br />and performers from the late 60s through the mid-70s. 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