Domenico Quaranta

Member Since September 18, 2005

Website:domenicoquaranta.com/

Domenico Quaranta is an art critic and curator. He is a regular contributor to Flash Art and Artpulse. He is the editor (with M. Bittanti) of the book GameScenes: Art in the Age of Videogames (2006) and the author of Media, New Media, Postmedia (2010) and In Your Computer (2011). He has curated various exhibitions, including Holy Fire: Art of the Digital Age (Bruxelles 2008, with Y. Bernard), Playlist (Gijon 2009 and Bruxelles 2010) and Collect the WWWorld (Brescia 2011 and Basel 2012). He is a co-founder of the Link Center for the Arts of the Information Age (http://www.linkartcenter.eu/).
June 3 2014 14:51 on Five Years Later, Kev Has a New Website
Last year Marcin Ramocki sent me the link to a new website by Kevin, Treasure Hall of the Misterious Monk: http://www.treasurehallofthemysteriousmonk.com. The site is currently not available ...
Dec. 7 2012 05:48 on What's (Really) Specific about New Media Art? Curating in the Information Age
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Dear Sarah,

thanks for your comment! Let me start saying that, if compared with the amount of ...
Jan. 21 2012 04:23 on Karen Archey on a Panel with Hans Ulrich Obrist at DLD12
Wonderful! Karen PLEASE write a report :-)
Feb. 6 2011 12:12 on The Postmedia Perspective
hi rhizomers,
just a short note to let you know that the text above is available in spanish here: http://www.tintank.es/?p=1196
Domenico
Jan. 16 2011 09:01 on The Postmedia Perspective
Dear all,
thank you very much for your feedback. It was really appreciated and I look forward for more thoughtful comments.
Of course, I'm working on a possible english version ...
Aug. 15 2010 06:17 on Required Reading
The funny thing of this discussion is that it perfectly fits in the first polar opposition discussed by Davis. While Ben Davis / Artnet represent the art field (authoritative, top down ...
July 1 2010 12:51 on New Media, New Modes: On "Rethinking Curating: Art after New Media"
I'm reading the book, and I agree with Nathaniel - it's definitely a worthy read. I've just finished reading chapter 3, so it's really too early for any thoughtful comment. By ...
Feb. 5 2010 13:43 on Will Gompertz on Net Art
Dears,
I'd not talk about ignorance here. To make it clearer, I post below what I wrote on Will Gompertz's blog:

I had some funny time reading this article and ...
June 15 2009 17:03 on A Whole New World? On the 53rd Venice Biennale
Hi Daniel,

even if I tried to support the project, I can't but agree with one of the artists in the show. If the artists are unhappy, the project is ...
June 13 2009 05:43 on A Whole New World? On the 53rd Venice Biennale
Hi Ceci,

thank you for the nice and long review. It was a pity not to meet in Venice…

I agree with most of the things you say, but I ...
June 5 2009 15:15 on Wired Misses the Marx
Google an example of digital socialism? ahah!

the following happened this night to me… sorry for submitting a personal case, but I think it can be significant.

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April 10 2008 17:52 on The Rematerialization of Art
Well, if it is only about convincing collectors that they can buy new media art, I agree with you: Holy Fire is a miserable show. But this is just one ...
April 10 2008 08:12 on The Rematerialization of Art
"I think that making a show about the non-separation of New Media Art from the rest of the art practice is counter-productive."

yeah, maybe it is. Many others seem ...
April 4 2008 06:15 on The Rematerialization of Art
Hi Dears,

this morning I woke up and I found out in my inbox a plenty of emails coming from Rhizome about Holy Fire. Even if Tom, on his blog ...
April 3 2008 07:23 on The Rematerialization of Art
Hi Dears,

I'm happy that a discussion is getting started, even if I would expect something more on Rhizome. You are right, this is a boring concept. A boring concept ...