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Posted March 5 2008 13:41

Manifesto

The great battle of Art is the struggle against conformity. Artists throughout the ages overthrow the models of their time. Debussy blew apart music. Duchamp challenged the concept of what art can be.

The only thing left to reject is technology completely.

The Rejectionist Manifesto is, plainly:

Rejection of computers ...

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Posted March 5 2008 10:47

The Networking Biennial

Hey Max:

You should check out a review I found in ArtNet Magazine on the Whitney Biennial.
The writer didn't even go.

BIENNIAL FOR ONE
by Charlie Finch

I’m in bed with the flu (again!), so must forego the tiring press-party tour today of the latest edition of the ...

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Posted March 5 2008 05:32

from April 10th to 20th

The Mapping Festival is getting actively prepared! It will take place in Geneva (CH) from April 10th to 20th.

The Mapping Festival has been promoting VJing and live video mixing for 4 years. As a digital creation laboratory, the festival has won an international reference status in the world of ...

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Posted March 4 2008 19:00

RHIZOME DIGEST: 3.5.08

RHIZOME DIGEST: March 5, 2008 Content: +opportunity+ 1. Julian Bleecker- Call For Proposals: Convergence CFP- Special Issue on Digital Cultures and California: Extended Submission Deadline 2. Rhizomer- Call For Artist- THe 809 International New Image Art Festival 3. Maria Roussou- Call For Papers ...

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Posted March 4 2008 16:05

Puzzled

Am I being very dense? I want to comment on this announcement :

http://rhizome.org/announce/view/51105#comment

so I follow the link from the mail in my inbox and I get the post ( which incidentally doesn't show up in the list of posts on Edward's profile) but there's ...

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Posted March 3 2008 13:15

Explanation of Announcement Flow

Dear Rhizome Announce Subscribers,

There was a bug affecting some subscribers to the announcement list,
which would have blocked you from receiving these emails over the past
week and a half. I located and fixed the bug today. For those it was
affecting you should receive many emails from Rhizome ...

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Posted March 3 2008 06:22

Opening Tonight at MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art

[img]http://www.sightsoundmica.org/images/SSI1.jpg[/img]

[size=25]Today is the opening of SIGHT.SOUND [INTERACTION] 2 curated by Jason Sloan at MICA, Maryland Institute College of Arts.

Web cam and more info here: http://www.sightsoundmica.org/ [/size]

+ aaron brewer [MD]
+ colin ford [MD]
+ fladry + jones ...

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Posted March 1 2008 21:55

Steve Read Dies

We at slanderous have broken our silence. After 6 months of waiting and watching we can now pronounce Steve Read DOA.

The artist Steve Read of Denver Colorado has died from complications of a skin disorder that had left him virtually helpless and homeless.

In his last hours Steve made ...

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Posted Feb. 28 2008 10:32

A Life in Art, Technology, and Criticism

Dolmetsch, (Eugene) Arnold (1858-1940), maker of musical instruments, was born at Le Mans, France, on 24 February 1858. He came from a family of musicians. His grandfather, of Bohemian origin, settled in Zurich in 1808. There his father, Rudolf Arnold Dolmetsch, was born and became a piano maker; he was ...

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Posted Feb. 28 2008 04:45

Nuage Vert - Reading the clouds

This looks like a very cool piece that uses lasers(?) to trace emission clouds from a Finnish power station (if I understand everything correctly). Anyway, they have video and it looks really cool.

http://www.pixelache.ac/nuage-blog/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=1

http://www ...

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Posted Feb. 26 2008 19:00

RHIZOME DIGEST: 2.27.08

RHIZOME DIGEST: February 27, 2008 Content: +opportunity+ 1. Rhizomer: European Sound Delta 2. Rhizomer: Elsewhere 2008 Summer Residencies 3. Rhizomer: DEADLINE EXTENDED - Eyebeam Summer 2008 Residency 4. Jennifer: Climate Clock San Jose +announcement+ 5. Tom Hapgood: Private Property 6 ...

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Posted Feb. 26 2008 11:07

I am dying so please supporting my art.

Dear Beloved.

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met.
I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any pains.As you read this,
I don't want you to feel sorry for me,because, I ...

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Posted Feb. 26 2008 08:42

Mary Flanagan Interview

The following text complements the exhibition "An 8-bit Moment in Gameplay: [giantJoystick]," currently on view at gallery@calit2, located in Calit2, UCSD.

Please visit the gallery's website to learn more about the exhibition:
http://gallery.calit2.net/
Calit2's main website:
http://calit2.net

Mary Flanagan Interview:
Social Change, Video ...

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Posted Feb. 26 2008 08:36

Interview with Jussi Parikka

INTERVIEW: Virus / Body / Signal Transmissions. Interview with Jussi Parikka, by Ignacio Nieto

Spanish http://newmediafix.net/daily/?p=1866
English version: http://newmediafix.net/daily/?p=1867
newmediaFIX: http://newmediafix.net

Jussi Parikka, author of Digital Contagions is interviewed by Ignacio Nieto.

Spanish text

[Ignacio Nieto]: I am very interested ...

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Posted Feb. 24 2008 04:03

Absolut sound art installations

I haven't seen <a href="http://absolut.com/absolutmachines">these sculptures</a> mentioned in the usual places–perhaps because of the corporate sponsorship? Absolut imposing its name on the works' titles does seems overly intrusive.

The NYC piece allows a web-visitor to enter a melody, which it plays and develops ...

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Posted Feb. 23 2008 21:31

Pop Mantra

http://deepyoung.org/radio/

Hi all. Here is documentation of recent performance pieces.

4 pop songs. 1 short fragment selected from each song. Each fragment repeatedly performed live for between 42-50 minutes. 3 total hours.

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[technical note: if you're on a mac and it will only play the first ...

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