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:: Monday, May 12, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Support for VICTIMS of Cyclone Nargis



22,464 Dead(official); 100,000 Dead(estimated); 41,054 Missing (official);1 million Homeless (estimated)

We are NICA - Networking & Initiatives for Culture & the Arts - an independent, artist-run and not-for-profit resource development and cultural organisation, the first to work inside Burma (Myanmar) since 2003, with a history of researching and networking inside Burma dating back to 1997.

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:: Thursday, May 01, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Selection of Recent Online and Offline Projects, May 08



The following are online and offline projects which have been circulating in various online communities. They are gathered here in no particular order.

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:: Thursday, April 03, 2008 ::

FEATURE: +39: CALL FOR ITALY



Live Performances, Video Screenings, Design Installations from contemporary Italian Audiovisual Art

Nemo Festival 2008
10th - 20th of April 2008
Elysees Biarritz - Paris

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:: Friday, March 14, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Rhizome Commissions Program



Deadline for applications: midnight, March 31, 2008

Rhizome supports: New Media Art, by which we mean projects that creatively engage new and networked technologies and also works that reflect on the impact of these tools and media in a variety of forms.

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:: Friday, March 07, 2008 ::

FEATURE: LX 2.0. A Four Part Curatorial Series. Fourth Feature: Lastwishes by Space Race #1 by Andre Sier



A four part curatorial series by Luis Silva

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:: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Creative Capital. Grants in Emerging Fields, Innovative Literature and Performing Arts



OPEN FOR SUBMISSION: FEBRUARY 4 - MARCH 4, 2008

If you are working on an exciting emerging fields, literature, or performing arts project we encourage you to apply in our upcoming grant round. For general information and guidelines, please visit: http://creative-capital.org/
application/


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:: Friday, February 01, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Iraqi Memorial



Iraqimemorial.org is an online exhibition of and ongoing call for participation to artists, designers, architects or other interested creative individuals or collaborators to propose concepts for the creation of memorials to the many thousands of Iraqi civilians killed in the War in Iraq.

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:: Friday, January 18, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Selection of Recent Online and Offline Projects, January 08



The following are online and offline projects which have been circulating in various online communities. They are gathered here in no particular order.

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:: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 ::

Taller Internacional de produccion de proyectos



Interactivos? Mexico'08: Tecnologias de la risa
Del 1 al 16 de agosto de 2008
Envío de proyectos: hasta el 8 de junio

(English below)

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PHYSICAL EXHIBITION AND CALL FOR ONLINE PARTICIPATION | CONT3XT.NET.NEWS #04.08




YOU OWN ME NOW UNTIL YOU FORGET ABOUT ME.

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OPENING RECEPTION: 15 May 2008, 8 pm
EXHIBITION DURATION: 16 May - 22 June 2008
HOSTING INSTITUTION: Mala galerija - Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana
LOCATION: Slovenska cesta 35, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
WEBSITE: http://www.youownmenow.net

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:: Monday, May 12, 2008 ::

Open Ear in Cardiff - Final Call for Works, deadline Friday 16/05/08


:: Open Ear ::

Open Ear (http://openear.wordpress.com/) is a loose collaborative group formed in 2006 by Paul Adams, Garrett Lynch and Matt Wright with the purpose of creating audio-visual art and organising live events within club, gallery, open air or site-specific venues.

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Oslo Screen Festival - Call for entries




http://www.screenfestival.no/

Oslo Screen Festival is an event organized in the year of Cultural Diversity 2008 in Norway. Screen focuses on innovative and experimental works within the field of video art, and this year encourages artists and filmmakers to approach the theme of alterity / identity in their works.

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:: Friday, May 09, 2008 ::

My [public] space* at the Netherlands Media Art Institute



May 24 – June 21, 2008
opening May 23, 5:00 p.m.
Netherlands Media Art Institute

Aram Bartholl, Hasan Elahi, Martijn Engelbregt, Kota Ezawa, Dora Garcia, Susan Hartig, Jill Magid, Eva and Franco Mattes a.k.a. **0100101110101101.ORG**, Eduardo Navas, Guy Ben-Ner, Marisa Olson.

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International Touring Exhibition: A New Vernacular Terrain



VT2 is the title of a new exhibition that presents vibrant, innovative screen-based and photo-media works from international and Indigenous Australian new-media artists, building on 2007’s Vernacular Terrain exhibition.

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:: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 ::

"MIMIC" End of Year Computation Arts Exhibition



dmsa@ecaconcordia.ca http://exposed.concordia.ca
Concordia University's Design and Computation Arts department, in collaboration with the Concordia Digital Media Student Association (DMSA), is proud to present the 2008 edition of the annual student exhibition, EXPOSED: MIMIC.

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5D: THE FUTURE OF IMMERSIVE DESIGN



October 4-5, 2008
FILM / TV / ANIMATION / INTERACTIVE / ENVIRONMENT
The culture of design is being redefined.
The Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Long Beach, California
On the web at www.5dconference.com

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Reading the Remnant: The 43rd Annual UCLA Art History Graduate Student Symposium



Friday, October 24, 2008
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Pohl, Curator of the Arts of the Americas, UCLA Fowler Museum

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:: Friday, May 02, 2008 ::

Stone Summer Theory Institute at the Art Institute of Chicago, July 2008



What is an Image? Fellowship opportunities
Fifteen places are available for Fellows; accommodation is provided, and there are funds for travel expenses. Fellows attend 27 hours of closed seminars with the Faculty; there are also public panel discussions and evening lectures. A full schedule is on our website: www.stonesummertheoryinstitute.org

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CALIFORNIA-based, EMERGING Artist Commissions



Call online at http://01sj.org/?p=492

It's not too late to participate in the 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge (June 4-8, 2008)
http://01SJ.org

With support from the James Irvine Foundation, ZERO1 is seeking to commission the new presentation of two works for the 01SJ Festival by emerging, California-based artists.

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:: Thursday, May 01, 2008 ::

Frieze Writer's Prize 2008



http://www.frieze.com

Frieze magazine writer's prize is an annual award to discover and promote new art critics. The award will be judged in 2008 by Tate Triennial curator Nicolas Bourriaud, frieze co-editor Jennifer Higgie and Guardian critic Adrian Searle.

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Convocatoria sexta edicion Festival Cero Latitud - Ecuador



9 al 19 de octubre de 2008

Fecha límite de entrega de obras: 25 de agosto de 2008

http://www.cerolatitud.com/index.php?idC=82¬Id=32

El festival Cero Latitud es un evento anual de exhibición de cine latinoamericano de autor, así como de actividades que giran en torno a la creación y la producción de ese cine. El festival se realiza en Quito y tiene réplicas en otras ciudades del Ecuador.

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[CTHEORY] 1000 Days of Theory: Scar Tissue



Scar Tissue
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Marko Zlomislic

Cinema means pulling a uniform over our eyes, warned Kafka

-- Paul Virilio, _Open Sky_

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:: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 ::

Sarai Releases 3 Publications Online



SARAI READER 07: FRONTIERS
http://www.sarai.net/publications/
readers/sarai-reader-07-frontiers

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SENSOR - CENSUS - SENSOR:
Investigating Circuits of Information, Registering Changes of State
http://www.sarai.net/publications/
occasional/sensor-census-censor

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WORKING QUESTIONS
The Sarai CSDS Fellowship Programme - 2002-2007
http://www.sarai.net/publications/
occasional/working-questions


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LEON FERRARI. ANTOLOGICA | JUAN GRELA. OBRA GRAFICA



Inauguraciones

http://www.macromuseo.org.ar/newsletter/04.25.08_sendra.htm

Castagnino

LEON FERRARI. ANTOLOGICA
En una muestra con carácter retrospectivo, el conjunto mas importante de obras del artista que existe en Argentina sera exhibido en el Museo Castagnino [...]

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FESTIVAL LOOP BARCELONA: EL 10 DE MAYO 2008 UNICO DIA



AUDITORIO CAIXA FORUM

MORIR POR EL VIDEO

VIDEO PERFORMANCES DE LOS ARTISTAS ARGENTINOS
EUGENIA CALVO Y GALINDO

CURADORA GRACIELA TAQUINI

Dos caras del video de acción de artistas de la misma generación de dos lugares de una Argentina en perpetua crisis; el lumpen conourbano bonaerense en el caso de Galindo y la ciudad de Rosario en la Provincia de Santa Fe, de Argentina, cuna de una estable clase media.

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:: Monday, February 25, 2008 ::

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



Interview with Media theorist Jussi Parikka, published in English and Spanish.

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INTERVIEW: PIrandelo e il BOX Multimedialte by Bertram Niessen



(Italian only)

This text is republished in collaboration with Digicult.it. It was released in February 2005 (First Digimag Issue).

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TEXT: a minima Feature on Reinhard Nestelbacher (DNA-Consult Sciencetainment), Gerfried Stocker (Ars Electronica Center)



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine, published in English and Spanish. It was originally published in a minima:: #15 For more information on the publication, please visit aminima.net

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INTERVIEW: Amit Pitaru, by Helen Thorington



This interview is republished in collaboration with Turbulence.org. It was released in Networked Music Review on 05/18/07. Only the text is reproduced here. To hear audio and access proper links related to this interview, please go to http://transition.turbulence.org/
networked_music_review/
2007/05/18/interview-
amit-pitaru/


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INTERVIEW: Michael Smith, by Ceci Moss



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released in Rhizome Digest on 01/23/08 and appears here as it was originally posted.

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:: Monday, December 17, 2007 ::

TEXT: a minima:: Feature on Romy Achituv and Camille Uterback



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine. For more information on the publication, please visit aminima.net

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TEXT: The Theatre of Electronic Surveilance, by Annamaria Monteverdi



This text is republished in collaboration with Digicult.it. It was released in October 2007.

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INTERVIEW: Networked Music Review, Jason Freeman



This interview is republished in collaboration with Turbulence.org. It was released in Networked Music Review on 03/11/07 . Only the text is reproduced here. To hear audio related to this interview, please go to http://transition.turbulence.org/
networked_music_review/2007/
03/11/interview-jason-freeman/


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TEXT: Death, Bowling With Pigeons and Exploding Furniture, by Ulysses Catellanos



This text was written for the "Artery", gallery 1313's publication, Summer 2007. Ulysses Castellanos was one of the artist of "Space Invaders" aluCine's media insttallatinos May 31st -June 24th, 2007.

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TEXT: The Messy, Dirty, Silly Interplay of Art and Activism: Artivistic 2007, by Micha Cardenas



The following is a critical review of Artivistic, originally published on Techno Tranny Slut,and republished here with Permission.

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TEXT: Porque a algunos artistas nos interesa el software libre? by Lila Pagola



(Spanish only)

This text is released in collaboration with Escaner Cultural, an online magazine based in Santiago de Chile. It was originally published in October, 2007.

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TEXT: For An Art Against the Cartography of Everyday Life



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released in Rhizome Digest on 10/03/07 and appears here as it was originally posted.

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:: Monday, October 29, 2007 ::

TEXT: A Visit to the "Electronic Aquarium" (El Acuario Electronico), by Pablo Hadis

Image: Humanized jellyfish (bis)

Wandering down the halls and inner forking paths of the Centro Cultural Recoleta (CCR) in Buenos Aires is a pleasant experience, every door leads to some type of art display that stimulates the senses.

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TEXT: IF/THEN: Jussi Parikka' s Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses by Joseph Nechvatal



One could be forgiven for assuming that a book with the title Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses would be of sole interest to those sniggering hornrimmed programmers who harbor an erudite loathing of Bill Gates and an affection for the Viennese witch-doctor.

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TEXT: Arte Correo, una idea en proceso, por Jota Medeiros



(Spanish only)

This text is released in collaboration with Escaner Cultural, an online magazine based in Santiago de Chile. It was originally published in Issue 90, February 2007.

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TEXT: a minima Feature on Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine. For more information on the publication, please visit aminima.net

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INTERVIEW: Eddo Stern, by Thomas Beard



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released in Rhizome Digest on 12/13/06 and appears here as it was originally posted.

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:: Friday, September 28, 2007 ::

TEXT: Sumrell and Varnelis's Blue Monday. Book Review by Molly Hankwitz, co-editor



AUDC's book, Blue Monday is a provocative, preliminary probe into the fall out culture of Empire from the perspective of architecture and urbanism.

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INTERVIEW: N. Katherine Hayles, Material Girl, by Roy Christopher



This interview is released in collaboration with Front Wheel Drive. It was originally published on March 11, 2003, and is also published in the recent book Follow for Now: Interviews with Friends and Heroes, edited by Roy Christopher. Make sure to visit the publisher's website wellredbear.com to learn more about the book and other interviews.

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INTERVIEW: Displaced Familiarity. Interview with Scott Kildall, by Domenico Quaranta



This interview was orginally published in Domenico Quaranta's blog , Spawn of the Surreal on August 31, 2007. It is republished with permission.

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TEXT: a minima:: Feature on Kathleen Rogers



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine. For more information on the publication, please visit aminima.net

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INTERVIEW: Natalie Bewernitz and Marek Goldowski, by Miguel Amado



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released in Rhizome Digest on 4/25/07 and appears here as it was originally posted.

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:: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 ::

REVIEW: Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin's Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media, by David Cox



Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media elucidates many of the techniques, approaches and philosophies of role playing based games, media and art.

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INTERVIEW: Mikomikona, Archeologia Dei Media, by Bertram Niessen



(Italian only)
This text is republished in collaboration with Digicult.it. It was released in March 2005.

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INTERVIEW: Charlie Gere, Christiane Paul, Jemima Rellie, by Lauren Cornell



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released in two parts in Rhizome Digest, 06/20/07 and 6/27/07, and appears here as it was originally posted.

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TEXT: a minima Feature on Gerfried Stocker, "The Art of Tomorrow"



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine, published in English and Spanish. For more information on the publication, please visit aminima.net

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:: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 ::

TEXT: NeMe, Immersive Sight Within the Third Space by Jeremy Hight



Our field of vision is a continual, multi-tiered number crunching. Bicameral sight is always being processed, interpreted, reacted to, adjusted for focus[...]

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INTERVIEW: Viral Communication Hotbed, by Claudia D'Alonso / Translation: Ian BoltonZ



This text is republished in collaboration with Digicult.it. It was released on March 2006, and has been edited for republication.

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TEXT: a minima Feature on Molleindustria



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine, published in English and Spanish. For more information on the publication, please visit aminima.net

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INTERVIEW: "The Last Avant-Garde" Domenico Quaranta interviews Mark Tribe & Reena Jana



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released on Rhizome Digest, 11/08/06, and appears here as it was originally posted.

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:: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 ::

TEXT: Media Art - A Mixed History, book review by Horea AVRAM



Media Art Histories, edited by Oliver Grau aims to occupy a central position among an increasing number of edited volumes of essays or overview histories dedicated to new media art.

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TEXT: DIGITALIA, Incontri e scenari tra arte elettronica e cultura digitale, A cura di Marco Mancuso



Special contribution by Marco Mancuso, Chief Editor of Digicult.it

(Italian only)

"La cultura digitale elettronica e le corrispondenti forme d’arte hanno la caratteristiche di essere implosive, policulturali, politemporali, globali e caratterizzate da un rovesciamento delle prospettive. [...]

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TEXT: a minima Feature on George Gessert



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine, published in English and Spanish. For more information on the publication please visit aminima.net

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TEXT: "A Leap Into the Void: Interview with Second Front" by Domenico Quaranta



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released in Rhizome Digest, 2/14/07, and appears here as it was originally posted.

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