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RHIZOME DIGEST: June 09, 2006 Content: +opportunity+ 1. Eddie Shanken: CFP: Curatorial Proposals for LEF exhibition at CAA, Dallas, 2008 2. Greg Smith: Call for Participation: IEEE Visualization 2006 3. scott: Images Festival (Toronto) 2007 call for Installation, New Media, Performance submissions 4. Miguel Leal: Infovir 06.06 5. beastiecurator@gmail.com: call for submissions 6. christa.sommerer@ufg.ac.at: Masterstudy Interface Culture in Linz Austria - now accepting applications 7. melissa@theartscenter.org: call to artist +work+ 8. jimpunk: DVblogH4ck +announcement+ 9. alexkillough@gmail.com: Conglomco Media Network announces <a rel="nofollow" href="http://meta-cc.net">http://meta-cc.net</a> live 10. ryan griffis: Fwd: AREA Infrastructure Talk#2 (6.12.06): S.European HackLabs, Intellectual Property + Internet Activism 11. James Tunick: Studio IMC @ The Museum of TV & Radio 12. Jo-Anne Green: Turbulence Commission: "Monolith" by Michael Takeo Magruder + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 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: Eddie Shanken <giftwrap@yahoo.com> Date: Jun 6, 2006 Subject: CFP: Curatorial Proposals for LEF exhibition at CAA, Dallas, 2008 The Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) seeks curatorial proposals for an exhibition that will include, but not be limited to, work by members of LEF and/or CAA. The exhibition will coincide with the College Art Association annual conference in Dallas, February 20-23, 2008. Exhibition is eligible for $10,000 award from CAA plus another $5000 for a catalog. Curator will work with LEF Chairs to identify and confirm venue and submit proposal to CAA. Please submit 250 word statement describing the exhibition's theme, any special or timely significance, and proposed artists/works. Any suggestions for venues or additional sources of funding or in-kind support would be helpful. Please send proposal via e-mail by July 15, 2006 to Edward Shanken and Andrea Polli, LEF Vice-Chairs. E-mail lefexhcaa2008 "at" artexetra.com. More information about LEF: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/events/leonardocaa.html">http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/events/leonardocaa.html</a> More information about this CAA exhibition opportunity: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.collegeart.org/opportunities/listing/659/">http://www.collegeart.org/opportunities/listing/659/</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 2. From: Greg Smith <smith@serialconsign.com> Date: Jun 6, 2006 Subject: Call for Participation: IEEE Visualization 2006 Call for Participation IEEE Visualization 2006 Art Exhibit Submissions Information visualization is traditionally viewed as a tool for data exploration and hypothesis formation. Because of its roots in scientific reasoning, visualization work has, until recently, been limited to a role of analytical tool for sensemaking. In recent years, however, both the mainstreaming of computer graphics and the democratization of data sources on the Internet have had important repercussions in the field of information visualization. With the ability to create visual representations of data on home computers, artists and designers have taken matters into their own hands and expanded the conceptual horizon of infovis as artistic practice. In its first edition, the InfoVis Art Exhibit examines the merging of artistic intention and visualization technique. We are looking for artwork that reveals data patterns in aesthetic, innovative ways. The goal of the exhibit is to steer viewers towards greater introspection about what information is worth visualizing and why. The InfoVis Art Exhibit will consider the following types of work: interactive CD/DVD-ROM work interactive web-based work printed artwork Requirements Interactive pieces should run on a standard computer configuration (Windows Operating System, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive, 1024 by 768 pixels monitor resolution) as such systems will be available at the exhibit. If your artwork requires special hardware or software configurations, please contact the Art Exhibit chairs at infovis06-art@googlegroups.com. How to submit: Email the following materials to the Art Exhibit organizers infovis06-art@googlegroups.com: A filled-out InfoVis 2006 Art Exhibit Submission Form. Click here to download form. A two-page paper describing the concept behind the piece and its technical implementation. Please click here for formatting information. Physically mail the following materials to the Art Exhibit organizers: CD/DVDs for interactive pieces that are not web-based printed materials for still-image artwork Must be mailed to the address below by June 30th and must include the following printed information: piece title name(s) of author(s) all materials should be sent to: Fernanda Viégas IBM Research 1 Rogers Street, Room 5114 Cambridge, MA 02142, USA Note: if your interactive work is web-based, it suffices to include a link to your piece in the submission form. Chairs: Fernanda Viégas, IBM Research Martin Wattenberg, IBM Research Andrew Vande Moere, University of Sydney Deadline: Friday, June 30, 2006 5:00pm PST <a rel="nofollow" href="http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/art_show_c.html">http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/art_show_c.html</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 3. From: scott <scott@imagesfestival.com> Date: Jun 8, 2006 Subject: Images Festival (Toronto) 2007 call for Installation, New Media, Performance submissions CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS IMAGES FESTIVAL 2007 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA //INSTALLATION // NEW MEDIA// LIVE IMAGES // The Images Festival annually exhibits a selection of media arts installations, new media artworks and "Live Images" performance as part of our annual festival. Images works with several Toronto galleries and other alternative exhibition spaces to show media art installations which incorporate the moving image, interactive media and performativity. Please check our web archive for information on our exhibition history <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.imagesfestival.com">http://www.imagesfestival.com</a> Among the artists whose installations and new media works have been featured in past festivals: Harun Farocki, Pipilotti Rist, Steve McQueen, Stan Douglas,Bjørn Melhus, David Rokeby, Masashi Iwasaki & Tadasu Takamine, Jane & Louise Wilson, John Greyson, Bob Ostertag & Pierre Hébert, Gustavo Artigas, Carolee Schneemann, Judy Radul, Richard Fung, Luke Jerram, Paulette Phillips, Joe Kelly, Nell Tenhaaf, Jean-François Guiton, Daniel Olson, Deanna Bowen, Haruki Nishijima, Gebhard Sengmüller, Marion Coutts, Willy LeMaitre & Eric Rosenzweig, Adriana Arenas Ilian, Michael Snow, Althea Thauberger, Taras Polataiko, Dara Gellman & Leslie Peters, Michelle Teran, badpacket. DATES Early deadline for receipt of entries: 30 June 2006 (NO ENTRY FEE!) PDF's of submission & guideline forms are downloadable at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.imagesfestival.com/generic.php?id=28&heading=submissions">http://www.imagesfestival.com/generic.php?id=28&heading=submissions</a> For more information, or to have a submission form sent to you please contact <submissions@imagesfestival.com> Best regards, THE IMAGES FESTIVAL 448-401 Richmond Street West Toronto. Ontario M5V 3A8 Canada T 416.971.8405 F 416.971.7412 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.imagesfestival.com">http://www.imagesfestival.com</a> 20th Edition>>>> 5-14 April 2007 >>>>>> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 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. 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From: Miguel Leal <ml@virose.pt> Date: Jun 8, 2006 Subject: Infovir 06.06 =========== INFOVIR 06.06 =========== VIROSE ORG: informations, activities and updates [<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.virose.pt">http://www.virose.pt</a>] * === INFOVIR (distribution list with informations about virose.org's activities) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/infovir">https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/infovir</a> new archive: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://my.binhost.com/pipermail/infovir/">http://my.binhost.com/pipermail/infovir/</a> === ARENA (discussion list) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/arena">https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/arena</a> To send a message to this list, simply use this new e-mail address: arena@lists.virose.pt ** E-zine vector Series new issue [b#16 - May 2006]. It includes a project by Susana Mendes Silva [Sheet - 2006] , and texts by Lev Manovich [Remixiability], David M. Berry & John Pawlike [What Is code? A conversation with Deleuze, Guattari and code], and Krystian Woznick [In The Digital Valley: Net/language - B@bel, Aymara.org and the internet as a cemetery of languages]. We are still preparing the next issue (x#05 - LOCATIVE MEDIA) and looking for papers and projects. *** ===================================== VIROSE is a non-profit organization dedicated to art and media technology based in Porto, Portugal. ===================================== <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.virose.pt">http://www.virose.pt</a> | <a rel="nofollow" href="http://arch.virose.pt">http://arch.virose.pt</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 5. From: beastiecurator@gmail.com <beastiecurator@gmail.com> Date: Jun 8, 2006 Subject: call for submissions Call for Entries/Open Call Seton Hall University's Walsh Library Gallery is currently soliciting submissions for a group thematic exhibition, Interactive, to be shown November 8th, through December 15th, 2006. Open to all artists working in any media, this exhibition will include interactive art that requires the participation of the viewer in order for the full expression of the art to be realized. All variations of interactivity will be reviewed and considered. Please click on this link for further details; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://library.shu.edu/gallery/Call_for_Entries_Interactive.pdf">http://library.shu.edu/gallery/Call_for_Entries_Interactive.pdf</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome Exhibitions The GIF Show, open May 3-June 3, at San Francisco's Rx Gallery, takes the pulse of what some net surfers have dubbed ?GIF Luv,? a recent frenzy of file-sharing and creative muscle-flexing associated with GIFs (Graphic Interchange Format files). Curated by Rhizome Editor & Curator at Large, Marisa Olson, the show presents GIFs and GIF-based videos, prints, readymades, and sculptures by Cory Arcangel, Peter Baldes, Michael Bell-Smith, Jimpunk, Olia Lialina, Abe Linkoln, Guthrie Lonergan, Lovid, Tom Moody, Paper Rad, Paul Slocum, and Matt Smear (aka 893). GIFs have a rich cultural life on the internet and each bears specific stylistic markers. From Myspace graphics to advertising images to porn banners, and beyond, GIFs overcome resolution and bandwidth challenges in their pervasive population of the net. Animated GIFs, in particular, have evolved from a largely cinematic, cell-based form of art practice, and have more recently been incorporated in music videos and employed as stimulating narrative devices on blogs. From the flashy to the minimal, the sonic to the silent, the artists in The GIF Show demonstrate the diversity of forms to be found in GIFs, and many of them comment on the broader social life of these image files. Become MySpace friends with the exhibit! <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.myspace.com/gifshow">http://www.myspace.com/gifshow</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 6. From: christa.sommerer@ufg.ac.at <christa.sommerer@ufg.ac.at> Date: Jun 8, 2006 Subject: Masterstudy Interface Culture in Linz Austria - now accepting applications Master Study Interface Cultures at University of Art and Design in Linz Austria (4 semester) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/">http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/</a> The Interface Culture masters degree program, founded by media artists Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, is an artistic-scientific study to educated media artists and media researchers in creative and innovative interface and interaction design. The study lasts two years and concentrates on project-oriented and theory-based training in interactive digital media, combining art with research, the development of projects and prototypes with scholarly publication. Subjects thought include: interactive art, interaction design, game design, tangible interfaces, auditory interfaces, fashionable technologies, wearable devices, intelligent ambiences, sensor technologies, telecommunication and new experimental forms of human-machine, human-human and machine-machine interactions. Artistic expressions include among others: interactive art, net art, software art, robotic art, sound art, noise art, games and story telling, mobile art as well as new hybrid areas like genetic art, bio art, space art and nano art. A specialty of the program is its strong collaboration with the Ars Electronica in Linz, where students can show their projects on a yearly basis and thus get in contact with the top experts of the media art and design field. Previous projects of student works at Ars Electronica 2005 can be found at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/Ars2005/index.php">http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/Ars2005/index.php</a> Professors: Prof. Dr. Christa Sommerer, media artists and researchers Prof. Dr. Laurent Mignonneau, media artists and researchers Lecturers: Dipl.Ing. Martin Kaltenbrunner, Researcher / Ph.D. candidat Dipl. Ing. Christopher Lindinger, Computer Scientist / Media Artist, director of research and innovation of the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Mag. Sabine Seymour, Researcher/Designer in Fashionable Technologies TIMES UP, media art initiative Mag. Andreas Weixler, Composer / Media Artist in Audio-visual interaction Dr. Sabine Payr, Researcher in multimodal interfaces and e-learning Mag. Gebhart Sengmüller, Artist / Media Archaeologist, Vinyl Video Dipl. Ing. Robert Praxmarer, Researcher / Artist, Mag. Simon Bauer, media technician and developer Entrance Examination: July 6th and 7th 2006 Deadline for Application for Entrance Examination: June 23rd 2006 Application forms can be downloaded at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ufg.ac.at/portal/DE/zum_studium/studienabteilung/238.html">http://www.ufg.ac.at/portal/DE/zum_studium/studienabteilung/238.html</a> Please send your filled in application form & required documents (curriculum vitae & passport copy) by June 23 2006 to the study department to: Study Administration University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz Hauptplatz 8, first floor, room 1.24 4010 Linz, Austria Telephone: 0043/732/7898 Internet: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ufg.ac.at/studienabteilung">http://www.ufg.ac.at/studienabteilung</a> studien.office@ufg.ac.at Required materials for the entrance examination on July 6th and 7th 2006 Candidates are asked to bring examples of their digital works and digital productions, for example from their previous studies as well as a copy of their bachelor thesis and any other examples of their practical works as well as an expose (can be in written, image, auditory or interactive form) of what type of work and research they want to conduct during the Interface Culture master study program. More information about the Interface Culture study at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at">http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at</a> institut-medien.office@ufg.ac.at Interface Culture Brochure downloadable at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ufg.ac.at/files/17282/interface_brochure_6.pdf">http://www.ufg.ac.at/files/17282/interface_brochure_6.pdf</a> ================================================================ Dr. Christa Sommerer Professor for Interface Culture Institut for Media University of Art and Design Linz Sonnensteinstrasse 11-13 4040, Linz, Austria Tel: +43-732-7898324 christa.sommerer@ufg.ac.at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at">http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/christa-laurent">http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/christa-laurent</a> ================================================================ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 7. From: melissa@theartscenter.org <melissa@theartscenter.org> Date: Jun 9, 2006 Subject: call to artist Project Creo: Digital Divide/Digital Provide November 10 ? December 31, 2006 Call for Entries Deadline to submit proposals: August 15, 2006 Notification date: September 15, 2006 We?re looking for artists whose works explore ideas of how the digital revolution has improved and divided our society, utilizing the same technology they are critiquing. The Center is primarily seeking proposals that create interactive environments that will engage visitors to the space. All work is insured while on exhibition. Proposal must contain the following information: ? Current artist resume, including address, phone number and email ? Brief artist statement ? Proposed work or installation for Digital Divide/Digital Provide, including drawing of the proposed piece, approximate size, materials utilized, hardware needed, amount of time needed for installation, etc. ? Slides, video, cd or photographs of your current work ? Self addressed, stamped envelope ? Support materials, including past press (optional) Please contact Melissa Christiano, Project Creo Director with questions regarding submission at (727) 822-7872 or email Melissa@theartscenter.org Send all proposals to: The Arts Center Attn: Melissa Christiano 719 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, FL 33701 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 8. From: jimpunk <www@jimpunk.com> Date: Jun 6, 2006 Subject: DVblogH4ck DVblogH4ck <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dvblogh4ck.blogspot.com/">http://dvblogh4ck.blogspot.com/</a> QT rem:x of DVblog.org videos nato1_ 414 Ko nato2_ 644 Ko WilliamWegman-StevMartin 1258 Ko H4ckthefrenchdemocracy 62 Ko subterranean_ 486 Ko gijoe10.html 550 Ko journey 190 Ko mygeneration 949 Ko maltese_falcon 1128 Ko Stare02_ 180 Ko coffee_and_cigarettes_ 270 Ko essen_dortmund_lederhosen_ 236 Ko gta_lego_city 766 Ko attack_ofthe_50ft_woman 815 Ko trooper 614 Ko 1947 546 Ko NEED QuickT:me SEVEN <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dvblogh4ck.blogspot.com/atom.xml">http://dvblogh4ck.blogspot.com/atom.xml</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 9. From: alexkillough@gmail.com <alexkillough@gmail.com> Date: Jun 4, 2006 Subject: Conglomco Media Network announces <a rel="nofollow" href="http://meta-cc.net">http://meta-cc.net</a> live Conglomco Media Network is pleased to announce the official beta release of the META[CC] video engine at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://meta-cc.net">http://meta-cc.net</a>. META[CC] seeks to create an open forum for real time discussion, commentary, and cross-refrencing of electronic news and televised media. By combining strategies employed in web-based discussion forums, blogs , tele-text subtitling, on-demand video streaming, and search engines, the open captioning format employed by META[CC] will allow users to gain multiple perspectives and resources engaging current events. The system is adaptable for use with any cable or broadcast television network. We hope that you will take a moment from your viewing time to add the RSS feed of a blog you find noteworthy. As more information sources are supplied to META[CC], the more intelligent the system becomes. As such, the META[CC] search engine is apolitical and influenced only by the news and information sources supplied by its viewers/users. We apologize, but at this time podcasts and vlogs are not supported. Many thanks for your interest and participation, The META[CC] team <a rel="nofollow" href="http://meta-cc.net">http://meta-cc.net</a> META[CC]: Another fine CONGLOMCO project! <a rel="nofollow" href="http://conglomco.org">http://conglomco.org</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 10. From: ryan griffis <ryan.griffis@gmail.com> Date: Jun 6, 2006 Subject: Fwd: AREA Infrastructure Talk#2 (6.12.06): S.European HackLabs, Intellectual Property + Internet Activism Begin forwarded message: > Join the discussion! > > INFRASTRUCTURE SERIES : > "Hackmeeting and Hacklabs: technopolitics and reality hacking in > south-european autonomous networks" > > Presenter: Xabier Barandiaran - Series Talk #2 > Monday June 12, 7-9pm > Polvo - 1458 W. 18th St. 1R | Chicago IL | www.polvo.org > Co-Sponsored by AREA Chicago Art/Education/Activism and > CriticalArtWare > www.areachicago.com | www.criticalartware.net > > Details Below: > Title and Abstract of the talk > Short Bio of Xabier Barandiaran > About the INFRASTRUCTURE SERIES > —————————— > Title and Abstract of the talk: > "Hackmeeting and Hacklabs: technopolitics and reality hacking in > south-european autonomous networks" > > For the last 6 years a number of autonomous collectives called > HackLabs (hacker or hacktivist laboratories) have been created at > different squat social centers and other self-managed spaces around > europe. The network of hacklabs has now more than 40 nodes (most of > them located in Spain and Italy) dedicated to build-up community > based free-software and open access spaces for skill sharing and > collective intelligence, technopolitic experimentation and direct > action on several digital struggles (cybercontrol, digital rights, > intelectual property, etc.). HackLabs were born as a result of > Hackmeetings: underground self-organized hacktivist meetings where > grassroot activist and geek culture meet to discuss, exchange and > coordinate different knowledge, resources and initiatives around > technologies and politics. The talk will focus on a set of > trajectories within the hacklabs and hackmeeting networks: the > experience of Metabolik (one of the first hacklabs in europe), the > distributed and self-managed organization of spanish and european > hackmeetings and the recent direct action campaing against > intellectual property (CompartirEsBueno.Net). Emphasys will be made > on philosophical background, discussion on technopolitical tactics > and opportunities for coordination. > > > Some references: > <a rel="nofollow" href="http://hacklabs.org">http://hacklabs.org</a> > <a rel="nofollow" href="http://metabolik.hacklabs.org">http://metabolik.hacklabs.org</a> > <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sindominio.net/hackmeeting">http://sindominio.net/hackmeeting</a> > > > ——— > Presenter Bio > > Xabier Barandiaran is a PhD student and researcher on Cybernetics, > Neurophilosophy and Artificial Life at the University of the Basque > Country (Europe), member of the autonomous server SinDominio.Net, the > hacktivist laboratory Metabolik BioHacklab (located at the social > squat center Undondo Gaztetxea), the spanish and european > HackLabs.Org network and the recent copyleft activist campaing > "CompartirEsBueno.Net" (SharingIsGood: a spanish network of > hacktivists and media-activists against intelectual property regimes > and the media-culture industry). He has also been involved on other > grassroots movement such as alternative education, social > desobedience, anti-war movements and squatting. Xabier has also co- > organized and activelly participated on a number of HackMeetings > (self-managed technopolitical meetings that take place in squatted > social centers in europe), Copyleft Conferences and other parallel > events, workshops and seminars. His work has been devoted to > development and promotion of free-software tools for social > movements, direct action and coordination of autonomous > technopolitical networks as research on free technologies & culture, > community based digital self-management and hacktivism. > > ——— > About the INFRASTRUCTURE SERIES: > > AREA's ongoing and irregular "Infrastructure" series, which will > continue with meetings, screenings, shows, dinners, writings, readings > over the next few years. The framework of the series will focus on the > questions of longevity, sustainability, institution building, and > mutual aid relationships involved in the process of creating > self-organized infrastructure. To imagine an existence beyond the rent > gap speculation, beyond the non-profit (NGO) industrial-complex and > beyond the academy - we must imagine another Infrastructure! > > AREA Chicago is a biannual publication focusing on the intersections > of Art/Education/Activism in the city of Chicago. The website is > currently having technical difficulties but is generally available at > www.areachicago.com > > > ——— > ABOUT criticalartware: > > criticalartware is an [application/platform/concern] compiled at the > turn of the twenty first century to address hyperthreaded hystories > of new media, [software-as-art/art-as-software] and [connections/ > ruptures/dislocations] between early moments of {conceptual|code}- > based art forms such as artware and Video Art. By drawing [parallels/ > paths] between the [concepts/discourses] of these early moments, > criticalartware hopes to critically question and [re]connect the > current context to its rightful unruley past: a multitude of > [personal/subjective] hyperthreaded [her/hi/hy]stories. > > <a rel="nofollow" href="http://criticalartware.net">http://criticalartware.net</a> > > – > AREAchicago | www.areachicago.com | + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 11. From: James Tunick <JTunick@studioimc.com> Date: Jun 7, 2006 Subject: Studio IMC @ The Museum of TV & Radio The Museum of Television & Radio Presents Beyond TV: New Media Art from Studio IMC An Interactive Gallery Exhibit in the Spielberg Gallery, 6/2 - 8/31, 2006 The museum is at 25 West 52 Street (bet. 5th & 6th Ave) in Manhattan For more info see: www.MTR.org and www.StudioIMC.com Press release included below. Date of the official opening reception to be announced soon. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2006 The Museum of Television & Radio Presents Beyond TV: New Media Art from Studio IMC An Interactive Gallery Exhibit Showing from June 2 to August 31, 2006 Offers visitors the opportunity to experience technologies used in video games, the Internet, social software, and cell phones. New York, NY? The Museum of Television & Radio in New York, in conjunction with Studio IMC, will present the gallery exhibit Beyond TV: New Media Art from Studio IMC from June 2 to August 31, 2006. Comprised of five separate pieces, this exhibit of interactive art offers visitors the opportunity to experience technologies used in video games, the Internet, social software, and cell phones?all of which will ultimately have an impact on television as we know it today. From immersive environments similar to the Holodeck on Star Trek: The Next Generation to singing kinetic sculptures and video art-as-toy, this exhibit envisions the future of group entertainment and collaboration and demonstrates what's waiting for us beyond TV. Since the last major shift in media from radio to television in the late 1940s, the TV set has been at the center of the American home. Today, with the advent of ?new media,? the viewer is transformed into an active participant, and a seismic media shift is underway. Individual Piece Descriptions ?CINE 2.0 (Collaborative Immersive Networked Environment, pronounced "sign") Artists: James Tunick, Miro Kirov, and Houston Riley with Tony Rizzaro and Braden Weeks Earp CINE 2.0 is a mixed-media environment inspired by Star Trek: The Next Generation?s Holodeck. Multiple users fly through an urban datascape in an immersive environment by using body gestures. Participants in the environment can also collaborate to compose music and, in addition, people out in the city itself can send photographs from their cell phones to be incorporated into the datascape environment. CINE takes the computer screen out of the box and reconfigures it as a life-size environment. Control of visuals and sound takes place through full-body gestures rather than just mouse-clicks. As the traditional computer screen and mouse-keyboard interface transforms to fill the room, future entertainment platforms like CINE will enhance collaboration among multiple users, opening up whole new worlds of learning, art, creativity, and play. CINE is powered by a network of servers and computers that includes Studio IMC's BlackBox and IMCvote mobile technology. ?Swarm Artist: Daniel Shiffman Swarm paints a digital portrait of the viewer. Stationary viewers will see their portrait, while moving ones will produce an image more like an abstract painting. Swarm is an interactive video installation that implements the pattern of flocking birds (using Craig Reynold?s ?Boids? model) as a constantly moving brush stroke. Taking inspiration from Jackson Pollack?s ?drip and splash? technique of pouring a continuous stream of paint onto a canvas, Swarm smears colors captured from a live video input of the person looking at the screen, producing an organic painterly effect in real time. The person viewing the screen becomes part of the art. ?freeSTYLE Artist: Dana Karwas freeSTYLE is a music video created entirely from cell phones. Video clips and text messages are sent in by cell phone, which are then sequenced at random and mixed with music to create a living, abstract music video. Participants can send a video or text message to 1@dk22.com. Cell phones offer an extension of one's identity. Users can send messages to freeSTYLE and, in return, they will hear and see their messages free-styled back to them with an added beat. Guided by a hip-hop beat of choice, the user can hear and see their mobile presence in the form of a living music video. ?Zig Zag Muzig Block (ZZMB) Artist: Inhye Lee Going beyond the tradition of the children's mix-and-match toy, ZZMB allows the viewer to create new characters from four existing singing characters by rotating or sliding each block. Playing with ZZMB's blocks also creates new musical compositions. Each top, middle, and bottom block plays a different character's voice, harmony (chord), and rhythm (beat) of music, which are written as parts of complete scores. Users can make variations of the sound by applying different voices, chords, or rhythms from other blocks. When blocks are matched to compose one of the original, matching characters, users can hear the full original score. Slide the blocks to the side to make more musical variations. ?LifeForce Artist: James Tunick LifeForce transforms the cell phone into a digital paint brush and musical instrument. The work comes alive only when the viewer participates, waving a cell phone to "paint" with light and sound. Multiple users can control the pulsing visuals as well as push sounds across the space. Powered by Studio IMC's BlackBox media player and custom software, the installation invites viewers to collaborate utilizing a flatscreen, stereo sound, and cell phones. The work is a commentary on the need for more participatory art forms in contemporary museums, and strives to validate the mobile device as a tool for creative expression. LifeForce envisions a future in which such artistic tools are common to public spaces like city sidewalks and sides of buildings. This exhibit was curated and produced by Ellen O?Neill, David Bushman, Jack CK Chen, and Arthur Smith at The Museum of Television & Radio, and by James Tunick, Tony Rizzaro, and Brad Leinhardt from Studio IMC. Many thanks to Red Burns, Chair ITP Tisch NYU. Admission to Beyond TV: New Media Art from Studio IMC is included with the Museum?s suggested contribution: Members free; $10.00 for adults; $8.00 for senior citizens and students; and $5.00 for children under fourteen. Studio IMC (Interactive Multimedia Culture) is a New York City-based new media agency headed by James Tunick and Tony Rizzaro. Studio IMC is comprised of an international team of artists and software engineers focused on innovation. Studio IMC also produces a tradeshow called the IMCexpo with the aim of spurring innovation and showcasing its artists. More information can be found at www.StudioIMC.com and www.IMCexpo.net. The Museum of Television & Radio, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, is a nonprofit organization founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs and advertisements and to make them available to the public. Since opening in 1976, the Museum has organized exhibitions, screening and listening series, seminars, and education classes to showcase its collection of over 120,000 television and radio programs and advertisements. Programs in the Museum?s permanent collection are selected for their artistic, cultural, and historic significance. ### The Museum of Television & Radio in New York, located at 25 West 52 Street in Manhattan, is open Tuesdays through Sundays from noon to 6:00 p.m. and until 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays. The Museum of Television & Radio in California, located at 465 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills is open Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 5:00 p.m. Both Museums are closed on New Year?s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Suggested contribution: Members free; $10.00 for adults; $8.00 for senior citizens and students; and $5.00 for children under fourteen. Admission is free in Los Angeles. The public areas in both Museums are accessible to wheelchairs, and assisted listening devices are available. Programs are subject to change. You may call the Museum in New York at 212.621.6800, or in Los Angeles at 310.786.1000. Visit the Museum?s website at www.mtr.org. Press Contact: Loretta Ramos The Museum of Television & Radio (212) 621-6785 lramos@mtr.org + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 12. From: Turbulence <turbulence@turbulence.org> Date: Jun 7, 2006 Subject: Turbulence Commission: "Monolith" by Michael Takeo Magruder June 7, 2006 Turbulence Commission: "Monolith" by Michael Takeo Magruder <a rel="nofollow" href="http://turbulence.org/works/monoliths">http://turbulence.org/works/monoliths</a> Requirements: The technical specifications are detailed on the Setup/Help page. Please read them before proceeding. "Monolith" juxtaposes two icons of British culture: stone circles (Stonehenge in particular) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). "We are in a gravitational pull of past and future." (1) Lacking declarative evidence of its original purpose, Stonehenge is a site of contested meaning. "It suffers from polysemia, in that it signifies a range of meanings, discursively contested through image and text." (2) Visitors are kept at a distance, no longer permitted to walk among the stones and physically experience their immense scale. In "Monolith," Magruder has appropriated the perspective that many images of the monument give: that of the majestic site at a distance, the glow of the sunset or moonrise radiating from the horizon, its backdrop. But Magruder's virtual world IS approachable-indeed, the user may immerse herself in it or fly above it. As she does, the temporal and spatial dimensions of her own immediate environment are absorbed and rearranged into a constantly evolving virtual realm in which the history of the Information Age materializes. Formulated according to motifs and proportions of ancient architecture, infused with fundamental mathematics of modern digital communication systems, each genesis of the artwork's geometry is unique. Variables such as the time of day, the viewer's location on the Earth, and the position of the Earth around the sun are incorporated into the artwork, thus instilling into the realm functions of a rudimentary clock, global positioning system, and solar calendar. "Monolith" is a 2006 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. BIOGRAPHY Michael Takeo Magruder is an American artist based in the UK who received his formal education at the University of Virginia, USA, graduating with a degree in biological science. His artistic production has been exhibited worldwide and encompasses an eclectic mix of forms ranging from futuristic stained-glass windows, digital light-screens and modular sculptures, to architectural manipulations, ephemeral video projections and interactive net-installations. His work seeks to reflect upon the dualistic nature of media as both information source and cultural stimulant. References: (1) Jeanette Winterson, "Weight" (2) Andy Letcher, Jenny Blain, & Robert J. Wallis, "Re-viewing the Past: Discourse and Power in Images of Prehistory." For more information about Turbulence, please visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://turbulence.org">http://turbulence.org</a>. 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