MACHFELD (aka Michael Mastrototaro & Sabine Maier)
http://www.machfeld.net

JOYES
media.art.exhibition


Artist in Residence:
Marcus Neustetter / Stphan Hobbs
Johannesburg/South Africa


Opening: 
06.12.2007, 7 p.m.
Duration: 
07.12.2007 - 13.01.2008
Di - So 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

 
medien.kunstlabor im Kunsthaus Graz
Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz / Austria
Information:
+43(0)316/8017-9239

http://www.machfeld.net/joyes

http://www.medienkunstlabor.at


Is it necessary to have knowledge about "the foreigner" in a cross continental
communication process? Where does a transdisciplinary language intersect? What
does it overleapt? MACHFELD dedicated itself to these questions during their
stay in South Africa (Cape Town (X-Cape Biennale) and Johannesburg).

Formats of this artistic reflection are different art-works all related to the
main topic communication.

Although there have been multiple definitions of culture, the definition by
Hofstede is regarded as a fundamental. Hofstede defined culture as, “the
collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human
group from another. Including the definition of Hofstede, there is a general
notion that culture is based on shared values. As for the compositions of
culture, Parsons and Shils present that culture consists of a set of values,
norms, and symbols that guide individual behavior. Geertz presents that the
culture is composed of three layers: assumptions about existence, values and
norms, and explicit products and artifacts.

Credits:
Idea, artistic direction and implementation
MACHFELD [aka Michael Mastrototaro & Sabine Maier]
http://www.machfeld.net

Artist in Residence
Marcus Neustetter / Stephan Hobbs, Johannesburg / South Africa
http://www.onair.co.za

MAX MSP - Programing:
Oliver Stotz
http://pendler.klingt.org

Exhibition supported by: Land Steiermark - Kultur & Firma Schrottwolf
Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Graz/A

Project development supported by: bm:ukk