Sincere apologies for cross posting
——————————————————
fAf Executive Editor attracts UK research funding
fAf is delighted to announce that a team of outstanding researchers,
including fAf's Executive Editor Paul Brown, Dr Charlie Gere from the
School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media at Birkbeck,
University of London, and George Mallen, the co-founder of the
Computer Arts Society, has been awarded over half million US dollar
by UK's Arts and Humanities Research Board, to research, document,
contextualise and archive the history of the computer arts in Britain
from the 1950s to 1980. This piece of exciting news features in the
June issue of fAf (http://www.fineartforum.org).
Curated by our Editor-In-Chief nisar keshvani, faf's 15th Anniversary
screening program 'fineArt in Motion' is on the move. Featuring 14
works from across the globe, the program has been screened in
Brisbane, Hong Kong and Manila. On 20 June, The Substation in
Singapore present fineArt in Motion as part of its film program,
Moving Images. Next stop >dlux's d'art festival 2002 in Adelaide, and
incubation @ trAce UK. More information available in fAf's June issue
and screen website: http://www.fineartforum.org/screen
In this month's Text section of fAf:
———————————————–
:: Jay Koh discusses the fact and fiction of multiculturalism online
in 'Multiculti on the Net'.
:: Five Singapore-based writers respond to the Nokia Cyberarts:
Intersections between art and technology held @ the Singapore Art
Musuem early this year
:: Esther Tan Kai Lin addresses the implications of Singapore's
cultural development in 'The Esplanade'
:: David Cox considers the meaning of detention, spectacle and
reality in 'The Ethnic Other Show'
:: Olga Gorienova and Alexei Shulgin discuss 'software art' in
'Artistic Software for Dummies'
:: Linda Carroli reviews 'Politics of a Digital Present: An Inventory
of Australian Net Culture, Criticism and Theory' published by
fibreculture.
***************************************************************************=
*******************************
EXCLUSIVE ONLY TO fAf SUBSCRIBERS THIS MONTH: A special discounted
subscription price for Leonardo - Journal of Arts, Sciences &
Technology & the Leonardo Music Journal (save upto US$20). Check
website for details S.
***************************************************************************=
*******************************
PLUS all the usual news and information - upfront, events, opps and stuff.
editor@fineartforum.org
——————————–
fAf can be viewed at fAf's Australian based URL:
http://www.cdes.qut.edu.au/Fineart_Online/
Or elsewhere at:
http://www.fineartforum.org
To subscribe to the fAf digest, go to:
http://www.fineartforum.org/aboutus/subscrip.html
This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through
the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
http://www.ozco.gov.au
