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FEATURE: “Clean” Feeds on Australian Artists

October 29th, 2008 · -- · Criticism, Resource, [1]Features and Reviews No comments

“Clean” Feeds on Australian Artists

The Australian Government will soon introduce a whole of Internet filtering system under the auspices of child Cyber-Safety, requiring Internet Service Providers to filter out content identified as prohibited by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). As every Australian home already has access to free filtering technology, the scheme not only provides meagre additional safety for children – it also could result in long-term damage to the Australian emerging media and new technologies industries.

The Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) Executive Director Dr Melinda Rackham comments “I strongly believe that this misguided scheme will have a severely adverse affect on our creativity, our culture and our economy.”

Whilst there is a need for additional protection for the worlds children online, perhaps more thought needs to be dedicated to this issue by the Government. Industry studies have shown that the mandatory filter could slow down network speeds significantly and block sites that are neither harmful nor inappropriate for children, nor illegal.

There is significant difficulty in identifying what would be banned material in streaming media or via Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing networks. Artists who traditionally work at the leading edge of new technologies will most likely be caught by the “inappropriate” net.

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) expressed alarm, with Spokesperson Colin Jacobs stating that “the Clean Feed will be mandatory in all homes, schools and libraries throughout the country – and concerns remain about who decides what is banned.”

Phoebe Knowles from the Human Rights Law Resource Centre comments: “The scheme would limit our rights to privacy by monitoring the information we access and our freedom of information. Free flow of information is essential to a healthy democracy, civic debate and artistic endeavor.”

She continues, “Protection of children is undeniably extremely important. However, in the absence of a federal Human Rights Act, this scheme is not rigorously justified as being necessary in all the circumstances having regard to the competing rights. Where the filter blocks material that is neither child related nor illegal, it would be an unnecessary and unjustified limitation on freedom of expression.”

Fee Plumley – ANAT’s portable platforms and emerging technologies Program Manager comments, “To ensure the world is a better place for Australian children, why not invest in widespread education and lower-cost access to the networks? These will enable children to use current and future systems responsibly and to learn how to protect themselves in our increasingly networked world.”

The Internet redresses our nation’s tyranny of distance, easily situating Australian creative content and intellectual property in the global domain; and to stifle that is a significant step backwards. Not only is our reputation for innovation in artistic and cultural arenas slipping, but our Human Rights Record – tarnished over the past decade of Desert Detention centers and the Pacific Solution, is looking decidedly unhealthy.

For more information and information on this policy and what you can do about it, visit the EFA clean-feed site http://nocleanfeed.com

www.anat.org.au

Call: The Best FLASH Works on the Net!

October 29th, 2008 · -- · Competition opportunity, Video, [2]News & Events No comments

Deadline: 2 March 2009

Cinematheque – streaming media project environments
http://cinema.nmartproject.net

is happy to launch the new call for 2009

\\
Flash & Thunder
Flash as a medium and tool for artistic creations
//

Since the Internet became popular in the late 90’s of 20th century, the software program “FLASH”, once developed and prepared for the commercial market by Macromedia, and now owned by Adobe, represents a vector based developing environment which enables the creator to combine different media and develop vector based animations especially for the Internet. .swf data file extension became a standard for animations online and offline, and Flash video and its .flv file format stands for “videostreaming” on the net.

As soon as the Internet started, artists captured it for artistic purposes, and the same is good for certain software used for the net, particularly Flash is predestined for developing artistic creations due to its intuitive use. It became one of the most popular software tools for the net, computer based animations and interactive applications like games. Flash based artworks entered media festivals, even festivals solely based on movies created in Flash are organised.

After Cinematheque – streaming media environments – explored in 2007 the capabilities of “Quicktime” as an artistic medium in the comprehensive show
\\Slowtime? Quicktime as an artistic medium// – its now the time to explore in 2009 the artistic potential of Flash in its own way in a big online show, as well.

Flash and Thunder
Flash as a medium and tool for artistic creations

Cinematheque is looking for the best artistic Flash movies created since 2000.

Please find the regulations and entry form on
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=408

Cinematheque -
streaming media project environments
http://cinema.nmartproject.net

The call is issued by
netEX – networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net

Call for Applications: Liminal Screen Co-production Residency

October 29th, 2008 · -- · Call for Papers, Competition opportunity, Video, [2]News & Events No comments

Program Dates: February 26 ~V March 29, 2009
Notification Date: December 8, 2008

Faculty: Kate Rich, Willy LeMaitre, and Nina Czegledy

The Liminal Screen Co-production Residency at The Banff Centre provides a unique take on video-based residency programs by engaging artists, developers, and researchers in a collective critical inquiry into video as a medium. The residency will focus its inquiry on the transitions between screen and life, as the screen reinforces its central position as a ubiquitous communicat zation surface and frame on an ever more meditated world.

The process of the residency is open-ended. In the company of peers participants can complete, develop, or experiment with screen-based work. The artists selected for the program will receive technical and programming support as needed. Dedicated studio time is supplemented with a program of group activities including peer critique, thematic screenings and discussion. Residents will also receive studio visits from senior artists, technicians and curators; and access to broader art-based resources of The Banff Centre.

http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=728

For more information and to apply:
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margin-left: 0px; “>107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Box 1020, Banff, Alberta
T1L 1H5, CANADA
1-800-565-9989 or 1-403-762-6180

Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca
www.banffcentre.ca

Ultimos dias/Last days: VISUALIZAR’08: DATABASE CITY Convocatoria para colaboradores/Call for collaborators

October 27th, 2008 · -- · Competition opportunity, Conference, Sound, [2]News & Events, software art, workshop No comments

MEDIALAB-PRADO: Plaza de las Letras
C/ Alameda, 15 · 28014 Madrid
+34 913 692 303
www.medialab-prado.es
Entrada gratuita
M – V: 10h – 20h
S: 11h – 20h
D: 11h – 15h

>Descagar programación hasta diciembre 2008

(English Below)

Taller Internacional de Producción de Proyectos
Convocatoria para colaboradores VISUALIZAR’08: DATABASE CITY
Cierre de inscripciones: 31 de octubre, 2008
Taller & Seminario: 3 – 18 de noviembre, 2008 en Medialab-Prado (Madrid, España)

Medialab-Prado publica una convocatoria para todos aquellos que quieran participar en el taller-seminario VISUALIZAR’08: DATABASE CITY como colaborador en alguno de los grupos de trabajo que desarrollarán las propuestas seleccionadas, que en esta edición se centran en el ámbito de la visualización de datos relacionados con los entornos urbanos. Visualizar’08 incluye también un programa de Seminario y la muestra pública final de los prototipos desarrollados (del 18 de noviembre al 11 de enero de 2009).

Perfil de los colaboradores: publicidad, periodismo, comunicación, didáctica, programación web, infografía, 3D, diseño gráfico, diseño web, Processing, Actionscript, Java, Javascript, HTML/CSS, diseño y programación de bases de datos, PHP y MySQL, OpenVisuals, matemáticas, modelos espaciales de representación, manejo de datos GIS, análisis sintáctico de RSS, biología molecular, química ambiental, toxicología, y cualquier otra persona interesada en la temática propuesta.

Bases de la convocatoria y formulario on-line (ingle?/español):
http://medialab-prado.es/article/taller_visualizar08_database_city_-_convocatoria_para_colaboradores

Lista de propuestas seleccionadas (ingle?/español):
http://medialab-prado.es/article/visualizar08_proyectos
Más información: www.medialab-prado.es/visualizar

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International Project Development Workshop
Call for Collaborators VISUALIZAR’08: DATABASE CITY
Deadline: October 31, 2008
Workshop & Seminar: November 3 – 18, 2008 at Medialab-Prado (Madrid, Spain)

Medialab-Prado issues a call for all those interested in taking part in the VISUALIZAR’08: DATABASE CITY international workshop, by collaborating in any of the teams that will develop the nine selected projects on data visualization applied to the urban context. Visualizar’08 will also include a Seminar Program and a public showcase of the developed prototypes (November 18 through January 11, 2009).

Profile of collaborators: maths, computer graphics, 3D, graphic design, web design, advertising, journalism, communication, didactics, web programming, Processing, Actionscript, Java, Javascript, HTML/CSS, design and database programming, PHP and MySQL, OpenVisuals, models of spatial representation, molecular biology, environmental chemistry, toxicology, management of GIS data, parsing of RSS data and google queries, among others.

Call Guidelines and Registration Form (English/Spanish):
http://medialab-prado.es/article/taller_visualizar08_database_city_-_convocatoria_para_colaboradores

List of selected proposals (English/Spanish):

http://medialab-prado.es/article/visualizar08_proyectos

More information: www.medialab-prado.es/visualizar

–
Nerea García Garmendia
Responsable de Comunicación
Medialab-Prado
Área de Las Artes, Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Plaza de las Letras
Alameda, 15 28014 Madrid
Tfno. +34 914 202 754
difusion@medialab-prado.es
www.medialab-prado.es

Election Day: a cura di Alessandro Trabucco

October 27th, 2008 · -- · Offline Exhibition, [2]News & Events No comments

Inaugurazione 4 novembre 2008 dalle ore 18

Fino a domenica 9 novembre

VILLA CAPRIGLIO
strada al traforo del Pino 67
10132 – Torino

http://www.villacapriglio.it/

La manifestazione fa parte del programma Contemporary Arts Torino Piemonte

Che queste Elezioni Presidenziali Americane rappresentino un evento epocale senza precedenti non lo mette in dubbio nessuno. Come viene vissuta dagli Europei questa attesa, entusiasmante, coinvolgente, snervante, carica di aspettative e speranze in un reale positivo cambiamento altrettanto storico? E dagli americani stessi? Dal mondo intero? Come farsi sfuggire un’occasione unica, irripetibile come questa per celebrare l’importante momento di passaggio da un’epoca che ha ormai detto tutto ciò che poteva ad una nuova era che ha la reale possibilità di rinnovamento? Ma stiamo veramente entrando in una nuovo tempo? Forse nemmeno nel 2012 ci troveremo di fronte ad un momento storico come quello messo in atto quest’anno. Obiettivamente per merito esclusivo del partito democratico che ha permesso alla prima donna e al primo afroamericano di candidarsi per la prima volta nella storia alla guida della maggiore potenza del mondo, patria della democrazia. Con questa esposizione di arte contemporanea intendiamo omaggiare queste Presidenziali Americane, senza alcuna pretesa esaustiva sulle problematiche elettorali e sui dilemmi politici e sociali che si appresterà ad affrontare il vincitore. L’arte ha da sempre rappresentato l’aspetto più avanzato della consapevolezza umana e i suoi rappresentanti, gli artisti, a volte hanno pagato cara la loro libertà creativa ed espressiva. Da qui, dall’Italia, l’evento viene filtrato per forza di cose dai media che probabilmente ne fanno emergere soltanto l’aspetto spettacolare tralasciando i problemi reali e quotidiani dei cittadini. Scendere per le strade e sentire le singole voci del popolo americano come fa Michael Moore sarebbe l’ideale, ma noi ci limitiamo ad interpretare le informazioni così come ci vengono date.

Gli artisti invitati sono:

Romano Baratta, Michele Bella, Fabrizio Braghieri, Giulia Caira, Leonida De Filippi, Nicola Di Caprio, Daniele Galliano, Francesco Garbelli, Daniele Girardi, Paolo Grassino, Paolo Leonardo, Bartolomeo Migliore, Barbara Nahmad, Andrej Mussa, Silvia Negrini, Francesco Sena, Kinki Texas, Alessia Zuccarello

In occasione della notte delle arti contemporanee dell’8 novembre e della mostra in corso “Election Day”, lo spazio sarà aperto dalle 21.30 alle 23 ad ingresso libero per la visita della mostra e, su invito, per il party notturno dalle 23. In questa occasione si esibiranno i gruppi musicali formati da alcuni artisti partecipanti alla mostra: i Superteste (noise – Milano) ed i Piq (indie – Torino). La festa prosegue con dj set.

Call: JavaMuseum – Netart Features 2009

October 27th, 2008 · -- · [2]News & Events, net art No comments

JavaMuseum – Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=329

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http://www.javamuseum.org
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DXARTS | PROFESSORSHIP in DIGITAL CINEMA and EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO

October 23rd, 2008 · -- · Job Opportunity, [2]News & Events No comments

www.dxarts.washington.edu

Pending budgetary approval, The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington is seeking to fill a tenured or tenure track faculty position in DIGITAL CINEMA and EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO. Rank is open, and we will consider hires from Assistant to Full Professor with tenure.

Established in 2001, DXARTS is a pioneering experimental arts unit with exciting undergraduate and doctoral degree programs. DXARTS brings together faculty from Art, Music, Dance, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Biology, History of Ideas and Design in a hybrid research environment dedicated to the invention and exploration of new forms of digital and experimental art.

The successful candidate should be prepared to pursue highly innovative research in their main field of study (DIGITAL CINEMA and EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO), and to teach introductory and advanced level graduate courses comprehensive studio practice in film making, digital cinema and experimental video, as well as the history and theory of the genre. Applicants for this position should at a minimum have a Masters Degree or equivalent experience, be broadly interdisciplinary with strong creative and technical skills, have substantial practical experience synthesized across multiple areas of experimental arts, with their primary focus emerging out of experimental film, cinema, and digital video genres. Further, applicants should be fluently versed in a wide array of digital cinema production and post-production techniques, including directing, field and studio lighting, cinematography, motion control, non-linear editing, visual fx & compositing, motion capture, motion graphics, art direction, and writing for film. Special attention will be given to artists who have capabilities in emerging experimental video areas such as custom electronics, machine vision, stereo 3D, AI, computer programming & image processing, interactive video installation, etc.

Applications must include: CV, artist statement, statement on pedagogy, and a cohesive portfolio of professional creative work. Support materials must include three references with phone numbers, mail and e-mail addresses, samples of previous course design and recent student work. Portfolio work should be formatted for viewing on any platform. Please include a SASE for return of materials. Also inform us if you will be attending the CAA conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Application materials should be addressed to: Chair, DIGITAL CINEMA and EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO Search Committee, DXARTS, 207 Raitt Hall, Box 353414, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-3414. Priority will be given to applications received before January 15, 2009. The University of Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty, and strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates. The University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.

A competitive recruitment and selection process is being conducted and if a U.S. worker is not selected pursuant to this process, an application for Alien Employment Certification may be filed on behalf of an alien to fill this job opportunity. Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application (such as information on available workers, wages, working terms and conditions, or other pertinent information) to either:

Employment Security Department
AEC Unit
P.O. Box 9046
Olympia, WA 98507-9046

OR

Employment & Training Administration
Region VI, U.S. Department of Labor
Certifying Officer
P.O.Box 193767
San Francisco, CA 94119-3767

DXARTS | PROFESSORSHIP in HYBRID ARTS PRACTICE

October 23rd, 2008 · -- · Job Opportunity, [2]News & Events No comments

www.dxarts.washington.edu

Pending budgetary approval, The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington is seeking to fill a tenured or tenure track faculty position in HYBRID ARTS PRACTICE. Rank is open, and we will consider hires from Assistant to Full Professor with tenure.

Established in 2001, DXARTS is a pioneering experimental arts unit with exciting undergraduate and doctoral degree programs. DXARTS brings together faculty from Art, Music, Dance, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Biology, History of Ideas, and Design in a hybrid research environment dedicated to the invention and exploration of new forms of digital and experimental art.

The successful candidate for this position should be an artist hybrid engaged in advanced generative digital and experimental arts practice, as well as integrating research on the epistemological and ontological questions raised by the broader art, science and technology discipline. Applicants for this position should at minimum hold a Masters Degree or equivalent experience and present a well documented career of significant creative accomplishments. The ideal candidate will have a strong and deeply integrated background blended across numerous creative, interpretive and technical fields such as art, music, film, design, dance, theater, computer science, cognitive science, engineering, history, psychology, and philosophy. Applicants should be prepared to pursue innovative art and technology research, as well as teach introductory and advanced courses in comprehensive studio practice, and the history and analysis of digital and experimental arts.

Applications must include: CV, artist statement, statement on pedagogy, and a cohesive portfolio of professional creative work. Support materials must include three references with phone numbers, mail and e-mail addresses, samples of previous course design and recent student work. Portfolio work should be formatted for viewing on any platform. Please include a SASE for return of materials. Also inform us if you will be attending the CAA conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Application materials should be addressed to: Chair, HYBRID ARTS PRACTICE Search Committee, DXARTS, 207 Raitt Hall, Box 353414, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-3414. Priority will be given to applications received before January 15, 2009. The University of Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty, and strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates. The University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.

A competitive recruitment and selection process is being conducted and if a U.S. worker is not selected pursuant to this process, an application for Alien Employment Certification may be filed on behalf of an alien to fill this job opportunity. Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application (such as information on available workers, wages, working terms and conditions, or other pertinent information) to either:

Employment Security Department
AEC Unit
P.O. Box 9046
Olympia, WA 98507-9046

OR

Employment & Training Administration
Region VI, U.S. Department of Labor
Certifying Officer
P.O.Box 193767
San Francisco, CA 94119-3767

Festival mondial vidéos Time is love (n°1) by Kisito Assangni

October 23rd, 2008 · -- · Festival, Film, Video, [2]News & Events No comments

le samedi 8 novembre 2008
de 10 h à 20 h
Pour recevoir
/TIME IS LOVE : BY KISITO ASSANGNI/
galerie octObre s’ouvre à l’espace urbain
en utilisant deux lieux d’exposition
:
galerie octObre & le quarante-huit
{24, rue René Boulanger, 75010} & {48, rue de la Fontaine au Roi, 75011}
Paris FR métro République & www.octobre.org

Kisito Assangni (Togo) a exposé galerie octObre en mars 2006 (exposition /Lumière antérieure/) et en janvier 2008 (exposition /Do you know Kisito ?/). Il a montré ses peintures (expositions personnelles) à la Kiaca Gallery de Colombus (U.S.A.) en janvier 2006 et à Washington (Alliance Française) en 2007 ; ses vidéos ont été vues lors d’expositions collectives à Londres, Pékin, Berlin, Kassel, New-York. Il fait partie régulièrement des expos du Musée des Arts Derniers à Paris.
Film
pour l’expo. /Lumière antérieure/ (3 mn 53 ; mars 2006) : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41ez_lumiere-anterieure
Réalisation VictorH / Musique originale Aleksi Aubry-Carlson / © galerie octObre

TIME IS LOVE : FESTIVAL VIDEOS BY KISITO ASSANGNI
samedi 08-11- 08 de 10 h à 20 h
Kisito Assangni invente TIME IS LOVE et nous offre la première édition d’un festival qu’il va envoyer à travers le monde
au fil de son parcours de peintre et de vidéaste. Kisito Assangni voyage énormément, à la vitesse de la lumière qu’il sait chercher au
plus profond de sa culture et de son énergie et qu’il fait jouer à la surface de ses toiles noires. Une “lumière antérieure” qui éclaire et fait
grandir. Pour ce Festival TIME IS LOVE, il s’empare du monde comme une métaphore de son travail pictural (une boule de feu, une sphère
d’énergie) et saura questionner la lumière qui affleure dans les vidéos qu’il choisira chaque année. Longue vie à TIME IS LOVE !

Kisito Assangni en Curator :
“Time is Love. Le temps est amour. La vidéo, un média de notre temps. Questionner ce qui ferait qu’une représentation a lieu : corps, identité, appartenance, élévation, relation à l’autre… Offrir une possibilité de transcendance par l’expérience esthétique. Rapprocher formellement et thématiquement des oeuvres d’artistes de générations différentes. Entrecroiser des temporalités variables. Porter un regard sur le familier et sur l’inconnu. Sortir de l’ordinaire pour mieux y rester. Inviter, séduire, contaminer, modifier l’opinion, créer une proximité. Semer un grain d’amour dans un univers de dépendance ultra déshumanisée. Evènement d’exploration audiovisuelle, Time is Love se joue des frontières pour donner des clés afin d’accéder à l’art vidéo dans un esprit convivial et ludique.”

Pour cette première édition 2008 de TIME IS LOVE, Kisito Assangni a retenu les vidéos de :

Perry BARD ( USA ) figure majeure de la scène new-yorkaise, elle pratique la vidéo et les installations dans les lieux publics. Ses oeuvres ont été accueillies dans des institutions prestigieuses telles que MoMA ( Museum of Modern Art ) & PS1 à New York, Reina Sofia Museum à Madrid, Bundeskunsthalle à Bonn, Stedelijk Museum à Amsterdam.

Denis BRUN ( 1966, France ) artiste inclassable, il ne pose aucune hiérarchie entre ces pratiques : peinture, dessin, photographie, écriture, musique, vidéo. Figurant dans les grandes collections, des expositions lui ont été consacrées aux Musée d’art contemporain de Nice, Logoscope à Monaco, Self Help Graphic à Los Angeles, Galerie Baudelaire à Anvers ( Belgique ).

Mark Boswell ( USA ) réalisateur de films expérimentaux, il a reçu en 2004 l’International Media Art Award par le musée ZKM de Karlsruhe ( Allemagne ). Ses films ont été projetés à l’Akademie Der Kunste à Berlin, Centre d’art contemporain de Barcelone, San Francisco Art Institute, Anna Akhmatova Museum à Saint-Petersbourg ( Russie ).

Sachiko HAYASHI (1962, Japon ) artiste multimédia, elle est internationalement connue pour ses vidéos et ses créations numériques interactives. Ses travaux ont été montrés aux Kulturhuset à Stockholm, Micro Museum à New York, Saitama Museum au Japon, Museum of contemporary art à Washington DC.

Jenny HYDE ( 1975, USA ) inscrit sa création dans une démarche multimédia en mélangeant le son, la vidéo et la photographie. Elle a exposé récemment à la Trade Center à Seattle ( USA ), Lohin Geduld Gallery à New York, Scope fair à Miami, Loop festival à Barcelone.

Ane LAN ( 1972, Norvège ) expérimente la vidéo, la performance et la photographie. Son travail a été présenté à la Biennale de Venise, Whitney Museum à New York, Astrup Fearnley Museum à Oslo, Victoria & Albert Museum à Londres.

Marie MAGESCAS ( France ) vidéaste, peintre et performeuse, elle a participé à de nombreux festivals et expositions comme le Portobello festival à Londres, la Biennale de l’image en mouvement à Genève, Glogau Air center à Berlin, Galerie Pecheur à Paris.

Till NOWAK ( 1981, Allemagne ) fondateur du studio Frame Box, il utilise la photographie et la 3D pour créer des illustrations animées hyperréalistes. Il collabore avec son frère vidéaste Nick NOWAK. Ses créations ont été vues notamment à l’ AFI Fest à Hollywood, Icon festival en Israel, Viper Basel en Suisse et NBK-Studio à Berlin.

Irena PASKALI ( 1969, Macedoine ) travaille avec la vidéo, la photographie et les installations en collaboration avec Nikola SIMANIC. Elle a déjà présenté ses travaux à l’ Institut of contemporary art à Londres, Hammer Museum à Los Angeles, Casino à Luxembourg, Kunsthaus Rhenania à Cologne.

Chiara PASSA ( 1973, Italie ) tournée vers les films d’animation et installation vidéo, elle a montré ses dernières réalisations à la Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna à Rome, Ex-Egges Gallery à New York, Bizart Center à Shanghai, Viper Basel en Suisse.

Jean-Gabriel PERIOT ( France ) jeune vidéaste, il a réalisé plus d’une quinzaine de films. Ses oeuvres sont programmées dans de nombreux festivals internationaux et centres d’art comme le London animation festival, Documentary film festival d’Amsterdam, Hiroshima Museum of Arts, Alliance Française de New York.

Joshua SANDLER ( 1977, USA ) enseignant à la Pratt University de New York, il s’est orienté dès ses debuts vers la photographie d’avant-garde et la vidéo. Il a dernièrement exposé à la Scope Basel en Suisse, Windows Gallery et McCaig-Welles Gallery à New York.

Farideh SHAHSAVARANI ( 1955, Iran ) artiste incontournable en Iran, ses recherches portent sur la vidéo, la photographie, la peinture et les installations. Ses expositions récentes ont eu lieu à la Cité Internationale des Arts à Paris, Teheran Museum of Arts, Barg Gallery à Teheran, Ginza Gallery à Tokyo.

Richard SIDEY ( 1983, Nouvelle Zélande ) utilise la vidéo et la photographie dans ses diverses créations numériques. Il a reçu plusieurs prix pour ses documentaires et exposé récemment au TE PAPA Museum à Wellington ( Nlle Zélande ).

Arthur TUOTO ( 1986, Brésil ) réalisateur indépendant et critique de cinéma, ses vidéos expérimentales ont fait le tour du monde à travers plusieurs festivals tels que le Movil Fest à Barcelone, Fringe festival à Melbourne, Electrochoc3 à Lyon et Naoussa short film en Grèce. Jules Van HULST ( 1984, Pays Bas ) travaille avec la vidéo et la peinture en collaboration avec

Miguel Dos Santos. Ses vidéos ont été projetées à la Scope fair de New york, Van Haren Museum à Heerenween ( Pays Bas ), Fondation Krana Polsky à Amsterdam, Centre de Produccio d’arts visuals à Barcelone.

Petra WARRASS ( 1970, Allemagne ) pratique la vidéo et la photographie et collabore avec Silke WAMRO. Elle a exposé à la Galerie im Kornerpark à Berlin, Museum Ludwig à Cologne, Galerie Fan Club à Amsterdam, Tsinghua University de Beijing ( Chine ). Bart WASEM ( 1972, Suisse ) vidéaste et réalisateur de court-métrages expérimentaux, il a reçu plusieurs distinctions pendant différents festivals ( CinéGlobe à Genève, Némo festival à Paris, MovieFest à Moscou, Motion Graphics Festival à Chicago ). Anders WEBERG ( 1968, Suède ) travaille avec la vidéo et le son combinant ceux-ci en des installations. Ses travaux ont été montrés aux Centre Pompidou à Paris, Museum of science and technology à Stockholm, Lincoln Center à New York, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Alison WILLIAMS ( 1967, Afrique du Sud ) utilise aussi bien la vidéo que la peinture dans ses commandes publiques. Ses réalisations ont été vues à la Scope Basel en Suisse, Chelsea Art Museum à New York, Casoria Museum à Naples, Al Kahf Gallery à Bethlehem… Simon WOOLHAM ( Angleterre ) expérimente diverses installations vidéo, les films d’animation et le dessin. Nombreuses expositions lui ont été consacrées notamment aux Museum of Garden History à Londres, Hammer Museum à Los Angeles, Plus Gallery à Dusseldorf, G39 Gallery à Cardiff.

Bree YENALAVITCH ( USA ) travaille particulièrement avec la vidéo. Son travail a été présenté à l’ Ithaca Gallery à New York, Bolsky Gallery à Los Angeles, University Art Museum de Santa Barbara ( USA ), Kunstvlaai à Amsterdam. Jody ZELLEN ( USA ) artiste pluridisciplinaire, elle se sert de la vidéo, de la photographie, du dessin, des installations et des animations pour explorer l’espace urbain. Elle a exposé à la Biennale de Sao Paolo ( Brésil ), Artists Space à New York, Susanne Vielmetter Projects à Los Angeles, Media Arts Festival à Tokyo.

Live Herring ´08 Media Art Exhibition at Jyväskylä Art Museum, The Lower Gallery, Holvi,October 29th – November 23rd, 2008

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Live Herring ´08 Media Art Exhibition
at Jyväskylä Art Museum, The Lower Gallery, Holvi
October 29th – November 23rd, 2008.

Opening hours: Tue-Sun 11-18. Free entrance to The Lower Gallery

Live Herring ´08 media art exhibition presents media art as diverse phenomenon, but it is concentrating to new media art. The exhibition space fill be filled with reflections and sounds. At the same time interactive art works invite visitor to participate and in Net dot lounge visitor can explore net art in privacy. In the exhibition there are pieces from nine artists living in Nordic countries. For Net dot lounge and Flash lounge there has been open call for submission for artists from all over the world.

Exhibition expands outside of the museum building when the artist Antti Laitinen continues art project Walk the Line in Jyväskylä. Laitinen will realize this self-portrait for the first time as a live performance. He will walk at the streets of the city with the GPS –navigator. The performance will start on October 27th, 2008 at 12 p.m. Helsinki time (gmt +02:00) / 10 a.m. London time (gmt +00:00) and it can be followed on the internet. The link for this performance will be announced later on the Live Herring website (www.liveherring.org) on October 24th. The outcome will be his self-portrait drawn with the help of navigator into the map of the Jyväskylä. Work will be exhibited in the exhibition along with the other pieces of series.

Another guest artist of the exhibition is media artist Mari Keski-Korsu. She will arrive for afternoon tee to Jyväskylä on Nov 7th at 4.30 p.m. She will tell about her work Mega with which she is participating to the exhibition, but also about art project Mikropaliskunta.

Live Herring ´08 will be visible also in outside of the museum building. As a part of the exhibition there will be also short screenings of media art from the window of Jyväskylä Art Museum to the Kauppakatu. In November Live Herring visits The Arctic & Fabulous film festival and House Games exhibition.

If you have questions about media art or you want guiding to exhibition, we invite you to meet “Live Herring media art adviser” who is on a call on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons at exhibition. Public guiding will be also organized on Saturday Nov 15th and on Sunday Nov 23rd at 2 p.m.

Live Herring working group is doing cooperation for the exhibition with local enterprises. Exhibition has been supported by AudioCenter, GPS-seuranta and Kopijyvä. For exhibition cooperation is also done with University of Jyväskylä, Department of Art and Culture Studies and Data Administration of City of Jyväskylä. Live Herring ´08 exhibition has been financially supported by Arts Council of Finland and The Finnish Cultural Foundation.

The name Live Herring comes from the Online Net Art Gallery Spirited Herring – the first Finnish open-to-all net art gallery, online since 1997. The production team of the Live Herring event and the Gallery Spirited Herring are the same.

More details and information about the exhibition or about the Live
Herring: www.liveherring.org

For more information contact
Soile Ollikainen
project secretary
info@liveherring.org
tel. +358 45 121 4886