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Posted April 24 1997 21:00

to demystify technology

Today, Barbara London's essay seems refreshing [see http://www.tech90s.net
and "virtual artistry," RHIZOME CONTENTBASE, 4.25.97] – she places the new
media artist smack dab in the historical continuum… just like a painter.
The theme of Tech90s, it is worth mentioning, is to demystify technology.

But ...

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Posted April 23 1997 21:00

expectation & degradation (from TECH90s)

New media artists, and work, encounter different expectations from
artists who work with old media. I wouldn't say it's easier to be a
painter than a new media artist, but the following discussion (taken
from the Tech90s BBS at www.tech90s.net) touches on some of the ways
technology complicates ...

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Posted April 22 1997 21:00

Techno reflections on Newgrange as an immersive experience

It was a consequential experience to me, as being inside Newgrange I
discovered an antediluvian region of the human mind which contains
principles of the bliss of sexual union, of scientific discovery, of
artistic creation, of physical conquest, and of mental expansion and of
death. Its immersive consciousness was one ...

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Posted April 22 1997 21:00

Retrospective of Interactive Art

I wanted to recomend a very interesting exhibition in Duisburg Germany
in the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum which will open this Sunday to those in
the area. The participiants are Myron Krueger, Jeffrey Shaw, Christa
Sommerer, Paik, etc.. It's the first retrospective of Interactive Art
from the 70's to now. In ...

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Posted April 22 1997 21:00

European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck

EUROPEN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL
7-11 May

For the tenth time this year, Osnabrueck is going to be meeting-place
for the media-arts.

Between 7th and 11th of May, the European Media Art Festival (EMAF) will
present innovative works from the world of film and video, installation,
performance, CD-Rom and the internet ...

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Posted April 22 1997 21:00

on-screen thinking & shooting ? networking everyday life?

call for participation!

viewing distance:
24 hours in front of the screen - a virtual project about realities

just re-member:

1909:
Joyce attempts to project the full 24 hours of a totally normal day onto
a town map of Dublin.

1968:
(1. May 12 00 Hrs) A group of situationists get ...

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Posted April 22 1997 21:00

reading the Feingold lecture

After hearing Rachel Greene's call for discussion ["Ken Feingold at the
Tech90s lecture series," RHIZOME CONTENTBASE, 4.23.97], Joseph Nechvatal
wrote:

Ken [Feingold]'s piece brought to mind the fact that ninety years ago El
Lissitsky wanted to create an art which would remake the relationship
between the ...

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Posted April 21 1997 21:00

"Day-Dream"

A roll of the snare drum, an explosion of text, an old Apple logo
blurring out of focus, a gestural line-art character animation… this
is the pleasant assault that awaits you at the bi-monthly installment of
www.day-dream.com.

Created by Israeli-born, NYC artist/designer David Oppenheim, Day-Dream
is a ...

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Posted April 21 1997 21:00

a coded identity

Replying to recent discussions of radical "anti-art" movements, posted
on the nettime email list, David Garcia wrote:

Although they [anti-artists] deal in a language as symbolic as art;
"code", the hacker ethic revives the situationist proposal of an
alternative type of creativity. A creativity which starts where art
leaves off ...

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Posted April 20 1997 21:00

distance and knowledge

re: Lev Manovich's distance and aura essay ["<a href="/cgi-local/query.cgi?action=grab_object&kt=kt0528">Distance and
Aura</a>," RHIZOME CONTENTBASE, 3.29.97]

i liked it lots.
furthermore:

i agree that the differences between the human and the technological
have become blurred by the introduction of communication technologies ...

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Posted April 20 1997 21:00

Hybrid-Art V. Web

Hello everyone,

I'd like to announce that I'll be hosting / teaching a workshop at the
Cooper Union for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences here in New
York City.

The title of the workshop is Hybrid-Art V. Web. It runs from June 2nd to
July 2nd and is part ...

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Posted April 17 1997 21:00

FEMMES BR@NCH

bonjour les xxeuses / hello xx'ers,

just so you'll know..

FEMMES BR@NCH

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Posted April 16 1997 21:00

MESH CONFERENCE

MESH (Multimedia Education Showcase) CONFERENCE:

London 1 & 2 October 1997

MESH will investigate and demonstrate the uses of multimedia systems in
delivering learning materials and information over networks within art
and design education practice.

MESH will present research (from the UK, Europe and beyond) which
involve developing and utilising ...

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Posted April 16 1997 21:00

VJDJ Zero Zero

I'll be doing a live netcast as VJDJ Zero Zero this Friday night, April
18th, starting at 9pm PST U.S.

http://www.sirius.com/~shag/spaz/

or, open this location in realaudio:
pnm://206.204.3.46/spazlive.ra

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from Center For Electronic Art …deep in the heart of ...

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Posted April 16 1997 21:00

Seattle CyberArt in the 70s

Here is a summary of a talk I gave about an earlier era of cyberart:

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Summary of the Feb 5th, 1997 NORTHWEST CYBERARTISTS PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTATION:

Burt Webb: Seattle CyberArt in the 70s

At the Speakeasy Internet Cafe Backroom

I am a computer consultant in Seattle. My current interests include
writing ...

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Posted April 14 1997 21:00

love letters from a world of awe

"Love Letters from a World of Awe,"
http://www.thebluedot.com/loveletters, is the Web component of a
multi-disciplinary project by artist Yael Kanarek. Including painting,
written words, sculpture and found objects, "Love Letters" has been in
the making for several years, and will probably evolve for several more ...

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