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Posted March 14 2014 09:35

Computers and Capital: The Rise of Digital Currency. By Rob Myers

"Computers and Capital: The Rise of Digital Currency" at Coinfest 2014 in Vancouver and online is a net art exploration of Bitcoin.

Rob Myers takes a look at how the artists involved rise to the task of visualising the social and technical complexities of the popular but troubled cryptocurrency.

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Posted March 11 2014 13:54

History of Computer Art, chapter VI.3 Net Art in the Web

The third part of the sixth chapter of "The History of Computer Art" is now online in the English translation. The missing chapters VII and VIII will follow.
Chapter VI.3 on HTML Art, Browser Art and Net Activism: URL: http://iasl.uni-muenchen.de/links/GCA-VI.3e.html

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Posted March 10 2014 14:55

Post-Postism?

I hear about post-digital/New Media/Internet/Human/etc, ad infinitum. I believe
that this only succeeds at placing us in a fatal strategy of opposition or
refusal and makes no suggestions. For all my distrust of it, at least
New Aestheticism posited something. Surfing clubs did. Post-ing does
not ...

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Posted March 1 2014 01:39

What are some basic/seminal artworks for either/or installation or netart?

I came back to Rhizome a few days ago. On the donation page, the Morphine Pill by Bunny Rogers and Filip Olszewski caught my attention, which then led to a study of Sister Unn's, their art installation for six months during 2011-2012. My grandparents owned a florist/wedding chapel and ...

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Posted Feb. 26 2014 08:30

Interview with Mari Velonaki - Kinetic sculptures & responsive installations

Interview with Mari Velonaki - Kinetic sculptures & responsive installations. By Eva Kekou.

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Eva Kekou speaks with Mari Velonaki about some of her robotic installations, as well as her experience of cross-disciplinary arts-led research. Velonaki is an ...

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Posted Feb. 24 2014 11:05

NEW PUBLICATION

Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou’s latest monograph "Mapping the Emergent Hybridities of Urbanism: New Spatial Praxis Types", LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, 2014, is now available from morebooks & other major booksellers worldwide (https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=fratzeskou)

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Posted Feb. 19 2014 06:39

We Need to Talk About Networked Disruption and Business: An interview with Tatiana Bazzichelli

We Need to Talk About Networked Disruption and Business: An interview with Tatiana Bazzichelli.

Marc Garrett interviews Tatiana Bazzichelli about her publication Networked Disruption: Rethinking Oppositions in Art, Hacktivism & the Business of Social Networking, on her ideas concerning disruptive business as a practice for hackers, artists, networkers and entrepreneurs ...

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Posted Feb. 16 2014 13:12

Critical review: Digital Analogue. Pioneers of New Media.

Personally, I suggest a revision around questions such as ethics, deontological code, professionalism, permission and authority in curatorial models and participatory practices in art, science and technology. Regarding the curating model used in the exhibition Digital Analogue: this is not what I do, this is not my curatorial line, this ...

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Posted Feb. 12 2014 11:03

transmediale 2014: afterglow - The Digicult report

Sorry for any crosspostings

afterglow: 27th transmediale, a nonlinear report
By Mario Margani

If you missed transmediale, festival for art and digital culture in Berlin, this is the chance to go back there to 'see' what happened. Commissioned works, performances, conferences, talks, and an Internet black market have spiced up ...

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Posted Feb. 10 2014 09:14

The 1,000 Drones Project: an interview with Joseph DeLappe

The 1,000 Drones Project: an interview with Joseph DeLappe

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http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/1000-drones-project-interview-joseph-delappe

Marc Garrett interviews Joseph DeLappe about his latest art venture ‘The 1,000 Drones Project - A Participatory Memorial’. He is ...

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Posted Feb. 3 2014 09:38

"Rediscovering the Meaning" solo show by Genco Gülan

Text by Sinan Eren Erk*

“We know there were worlds
So much older…
And they shall rise, and
Tell us much more the truth of man”
(Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune)

Conceptual artist Genco Gülan, has brought his new exhibition Untitled to light few days ago, January 21st, 2014. After ...

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Posted Jan. 30 2014 19:15

Helgi & Hroar - a Story of Murder & Revenge

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJyw7CqJuTI[/youtube]

Made in 2011 with two classes of young people from Southwark Park school in London.
The text was created by the performers, the music and direction are by Michael Szpakowski and the costumes and props are by Sophia Lovell Smith. The ...

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Posted Jan. 29 2014 16:31

History of Computer Art, chap.VI.2

The second part of the sixth chapter of "The History of Computer Art" is now online in the English translation. The missing chapters VI.3 to VIII will follow.
Chapter VI.2 on hypertext, hyperfiction, and collaborative writing projects: URL: http://iasl.uni-muenchen.de/links/GCA-VI.2e.html

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Posted Jan. 23 2014 09:08

Digital Art Week (DAW) in Asia: Augmented Reality and Social Reality meet

Digital Art Week (DAW) in Asia: Augmented Reality and Social Reality meet.

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Tamiko Thiel. ARt Critic Face Matrix" at Ion Orchard, Orchard Road, Singapore, (DAW Singapore 2013)

An interview with Art Clay by Eva Kekou.

Eva Kekou ...

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Posted Jan. 22 2014 05:04

Archive of Furtherfield radio interviews/broadcasts on Resonance FM 2010 – 2011.

Archive of Furtherfield radio interviews/broadcasts on Resonance FM 2010 – 2011.

These critically acclaimed broadcasts on Resonance FM, ran from 2010 – 2011. The live weekly series were an hour long. These interviews featured people working at the edge of contemporary practices, in art, technology & social change; discussing events and ...

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Posted Jan. 16 2014 11:12

_MON3Y AS AN 3RRROR | MON3Y.US | net art's depictions of "Money As Error"

_MON3Y AS AN 3RRROR | MON3Y.US | net art's depictions of "Money As Error"

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Review Rob Myers.

After the credit crunch, quantitative easing, austerity and the Bitcoin bubble a new online show takes a comprehensive look at ...

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