Via: "xavier cahen pourinfos.org"

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pourinfos.org
l'actualite du monde de l'art / daily Art news

Via: "Turbulence"

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|<| FLOATING POINTS 3: UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING [02.08.06 + 03.15.06] |>|
|<<| RELATIONALITY VS AUTONOMY IN MEDIA ART [02.23.06] |>>|
|<<<| UPGRADE! BOSTON: MARISA S. OLSON [02.24.06] |>>>|
|<<<<| NET ART AND NETWORKED HYBRID ART COMPETITION [NOW UNTIL 02.28.06]
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|<<<<<| UPGRADE! BOSTON: BROOKE A. KNIGHT [03.02.06] |>>>>>|
|<<<<<<| TURBULENCE FUNDRAISER [NOW] |>>>>>>|

|<| FLOATING POINTS 3: UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING |>|
In partnership with Emerson College
http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/
February 8 and March 15, 7:00 p.m.

Floating Points 3 will address the subject of "Ubiquitous Computing" or
"Ubicomp," where computing and wireless capabilities are so integrated
into
the fabric of everyday life (clothing, cars, homes, and offices) that
the
technologies recede into the background and become indistinguishable
from
everyday activities. Panel 1 will focus on responsive environments and
systems, and Panel 2 will concentrate on networked devices such as
barcodes
and RFID tags and creative strategies to subvert the ever-enlarging
practice
of surveillance and data mining.

|<<| FROM DATABASE AND PLACE TO BIO-TECH AND BOTS: RELATIONALITY VS
AUTONOMY
IN MEDIA ART |>>|
Turbulence's Helen Thorington, Panelist
College Arts Association, Boston
http://conference.collegeart.org/2006/sessions/thu/
February 23, 2006, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

Moderator: Marisa Olson
Panelists: Tad Hirsch, Warren Sack, Brett Stalbaum, and Helen Thorington

|<<<| UPGRADE! BOSTON: MARISA S. OLSON |>>>|
In partnership with Art Interactive
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/02_06MSO.html
February 24, 7:00 p.m.

Marisa S. Olson is a San Francisco-based artist and is also Editor &
Curator
at Large of Rhizome. She has most recently performed or exhibited at the
Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, New Langton Arts, Southern
Exposure, Pond, Foxy Productions, Debs & Co, and the international
Futuresonic, Electrofringe, Machinista, and VIPER festivals. While Wired

has
called her both funny and humorous, the New York Times has called her
"anything but stupid."

|<<<<| TURBULENCE NEW ENGLAND INITIATIVE II: NET ART AND NETWORKED
HYBRID
ART COMPETITION |>>>>|
In partnership with Art Interactive; funded by the LEF Foundation
http://www.turbulence.org/ne2/guidelines.html
Deadline: February 28

|<<<<<| UPGRADE! BOSTON: BROOKE A. KNIGHT |>>>>>|
In partnership with Art Interactive
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/03_06BK.html
March 2, 7:00 p.m.

Brooke A. Knight is an artist and educator who has been working with
digital
media for over a dozen years. His current areas of interest include
webcams,
the landscape, and text in all forms. He is an Assistant Professor in
the
Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College in Boston, where
he
teaches classes in interactive media. He received his MFA in photography
from CalArts in 1995.

|<<<<<<| TURBULENCE FUNDRAISER |>>>>>>|
http://www.turbulence.org/fundraiser_05/index.html
It's not too late to contribute!

Thanks for your Support.

Jo and Helen

Via: "pieter-paul mortier|stuk|artefact"

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13 > 18 February 2006
STUK arts centre Leuven en provincie Vlaams-Brabant present
ARTEFACT FESTIVAL
ART & NEW MEDIA

During the ARTEFACT festival for art and new media, the STUK building
will be reinvented by Belgian and international artists. For six days
they will use images, sounds and technology to build a fascinating and=

poetic world.

The program consists of installations, concerts, theatre &
performances, a symposium and a software / video exhibition. ARTEFACT
will connect to other locations over the internet, one of the
highlights of the selection will, to a large extent, be an online
experience.

Physical space and how it is perceived will be the common element in
the program. All participating artists are looking for surprising forms=

of presentation, sublime moments, corporeal experiences and emotional
technology. Artists and scientists will research space, place &
distance and translate it into new forms.

The varied musical program of ARTEFACT features the encounter of
architecture and music: sounds become places, and spaces become music.

more info & program: www.artefact-festival.be
tickets: www.stuk.be

/// INSTALLATIONS
Lawrence Malstaf (BE) - Kurt d' Haeseleer (BE) - Mateusz Herczka (PL) -=

Dominique Leroy (FR) Tale of Tales (BE/US) - LAb[au] (BE) - Ief
Spincemaille (BE) - Michael J. Schumacher (US)

/// THEATRE/PERFORMANCE
Crew (BE) Orthographe (IT)

/// SOFTWARE SPACE
Casey Reas (US) - Peter Luining (NL) Seidel & Stiermann (AT) - =
Justin
Manor (US) - Eddo Stern (IS/US) - Stewart Smith (US) - Bas Van Koolwijk=

(NL)

/// MUSIC
Maryanne Amacher (US) Michael J. Schumacher (US) - Chris Watson (UK)=

- Olivia Block (US) - Pole (DE) Jan Jelinek (DE) Andrew Pekler=

(DE) - Apparat (DE) - Rotorscoop (BE) - Champ d=92Action (BE) - Carsten=

Nicolai (DE) - aMute (BE) - Ricardo Villalobos (CL) - Rhythm & Sound
(DE)

/// SYMPOSIUM
lectures by Timothy Druckey (US) - Simon Pope (UK) - Tale of Tales
(BE/US) - Thomas Laureyssens (BE)
i.s.m. K.U.Leuven en Digitaal Platform - IAK/IBK

Via: "alain bieber "

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St. Gilgen Media Award Call for Entries
> > > http://www.MEDIA-AWARD.com

He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without
lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light
without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson


The St. Gilgen International School in Austria proudly presents the
first
international Media Award. With special emphasis on communication and
media education the St. Gilgen International School supports innovative
and creative ideas in the field of New Media.

All entries are under the Creative Commons Licence and are free to be
developed further for an international Open Source and Open Idea Network
and Archive of the best international ideas. The theme of the 2006
competition is Lifecycle of Knowledge. Entries are accepted in the
categories: Audio, Video, Image and Interactive.

Prizes include two main prizes Best Media Contribution of 10.00
0
each, six prizes Best Contribution per Category of 3.000 each,
and
full and partial scholarships at the St.Gilgen International School.
Participation is free of charge.

Join the New Media World and develop with us great ideas for the
future. All information about the award and the application procedures
at
:
http://www.MEDIA-AWARD.com and
http://www.stgilgen-international-school.a
t

Deadline for submissions is May 1st, 2006!

Please help us build an Open Source and Open Idea Network and Archive
for educational purposes. Send along this email to all those who
might benefit from this information!

Thank you!
Nico Serda
Media Award Coordinator

Via: "Andrea Polli"

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Please distribute widely - apologies for cross-postings

You are invited to participate in the Space Art Track
held as a part of the proceedings of the 25th International Space
Development Conference 2006, co-sponsored by the National Space Society
and the Planetary Society, taking place May 4 - 7, 2006, at the Sheraton
Gateway Hotel at Los Angeles International Airport In Los Angeles,
California.

This email will provide you with information on conference registration,
presentation, exhibition and volunteer opportunities.

The Zero Gravity Arts Consortiums (ZGAC) International Conference
Program in collaboration with the STUDIO For Creative Inquiry at the
College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University will help organize
this Space Art Track, with Lowry Burgess and Frank Pietronigro serving
the community as Co-Chairs. Based in part upon the program model that
was created to support the Workshop for Space Artist's Residencies and
Collaborations, that took place February 2005 at Carnegie Mellon
University West at the NASA Ames Research, it is our intention that
internet, private working sessions and public activities take place as a

part of the Space Art Track.


FOR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:

http://isdc.nss.org/2006/register.html


INVITATION TO PRESENT - ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2006
(Note: the deadline of February 1, 2006 listed on the ISDC website will
be extended and please note that the Co-Chairs cannot fund participant
travel fees).


To submit an abstract please visit the conference website at:

http://isdc2005.xisp.net/~kmiller/isdc_archive/


We seek abstracts for presentations that relate to any of one of the
three following topics:

1. In the spirit of the theme of the 25th International Space
Development
Conference 'Exploring New Worlds' we seek presentations that relate to
the fortification of participation in space art projects and
collaborations that include the diversity and cultural richness of our
global community as reflected in the population of the conference's host

city Los Angeles.

The Space Art practice is a global, human cultural endeavor that
transcends national boundaries and as artists we are Exploring New
Worlds in order to create our work. All human experience the force of
gravity and people from all parts of the world look up to the sky, from
their unique cultural viewpoints.

2. Presentations that relate to the theme Gravity Pulse may also be used
as a guide during the development of presentation abstracts.

Gravity Pulse is a theme for proposed alternating gravity flight
campaigns formed to embrace all of the acceleration conditions of
parabolic flight: 1G earth gravity , microgravity, and above 1G
acceleration states. It is meant to extend the range of artistic
creativity and meditation on the interacting continuum bet

Via: "Projekt30"

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News From Projekt30:

We would like to invite you to participate in the curating process of
Projekt30's February Exhibition. Please stop by, it only takes a
minute, and it's fun to help curate an art show.

Go to:

http://www.projekt30.com

...and follow the "help jury the february show" link. All work will be
online for jurying until January 31st, the results will go online
on February 1st. If you have any questions regarding the jurying
process please see the jurying faq located at:

http://www.projekt30.com/juror_questions.html

If you are interested in any of the featured artists for any reason
please feel free to use the "contact this artist" link below their work.

Happy Holidays, we hope you enjoy the show!

Projekt30:

Projekt30 is an artist run arts organization. It is our mission is to
expose artists to "brick and mortar" galleries interested in presenting
their work. We are expanding the marketing tools available by providing
easy to build websites for emerging artists. We are helping shape the
art world in the twenty-first century by using our public jury system to
encourage broader public interest in the fine arts.

Projekt30 1191 Broadway, Suite 2A Brooklyn, NY 11221

Via: "lotu5"

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//please forward to interested groups/people//

http://deletetheborder.org/node/579

Invitation to a Network: Freedom of Movement / Libertad de Movimiento

PROPOSAL: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT A North American No Border Network

Through our work we have met some amazing sisters and brothers in
struggle in Mexico, Canada, the United States and all across the world.
We have begun to learn about each other and as a result, learn more
about other groups and struggles emanating from what we believe to be
similar and related causes.

//

PROPUESTA: LIBERTAD DE MOVIMIENTO Una Red Norteamericana que dice No
a
las Fronteras

Por medio de nuestro trabajo hemos conocido algunas / os hermanas y
hermanos en la lucha en M=E9xico, Canad=E1, los Estados Unidos y por
todo=
el
mundo. Hemos comenzado a aprender acerca de uno y el otro y como
resultado, aprendido mas acerca de otros grupos y luchas surgiendo de lo
que nosotros creemos ser causas similares y relacionadas.

[es sigue]

As we know, the War on Terror has escalated an already ongoing war
against immigrants and many other groups deemed undesirable or
exploitable. Meanwhile, people around the world are attempting to d=
eal
with war, ecological crisis, and both historical and ongoing
colonization. Migration is one of the primary ways of dealing with these
horrors. Criminalized by the state, exploited by bosses, migrants are
denied freedom before they even arrive. We believe, however, that
freedom isn't something derived from any government; it is created from
below, beyond borders. Hence, freedom of movement must be fundamental
to any movement for collective liberation.

Working with the principle that no one is illegal, our intent is to help
amplify struggles for immigrant rights and dignity and more effectively
counter the rising racism and repression in our communities in a variety
of ways. Whether people are working against militarized borders,
deportations, detentions, free trade, racism or for decolonization,=
we
feel that we can aid each other in our common struggle for freedom of
movement and the right to stay for all.

We are therefore proposing the creation of a no border activist network
between groups in Mexico, Canada and the U.S. We have taken only a few
steps toward the realization of this network. This is obviously a huge
and complex endeavor, so our goal is to place enough tangible
information before you so that many aspects can be developed more
collectively and organic

Via: "Joe Lockard"

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Iraq War Culture - Edited Volume
Call for Papers

This is an edited volume of critical analyses of Iraq War culture. We =
are searching for 15-20 mid-length to longer essays (4000-8000 words) =
that explore the cultural origins, phenomena and effects of the war. =
The range of topical essays of possible interest include analyses of US
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evangelical and neo-conservative ideologies and their cultural =
manifestations; broadcast media representations of the war ('Over =
There', Fox, Military Channel); new media (Internet, blogs) and their =
political function; video-gaming Iraq and empire-building; cultural =
readings of US military and guerilla violence (Abu Ghraib, video =
executions); and treatments in print media, music, literature, drama, =
art, comedy and dance. The co-editors are interested in political =
essays that work to explain the revolving economy between violent =
imagery and US imperialism, as well as essays that highlight US cultural
=
resistance against the Iraq War.

Essays including 100-150 word abstracts due May 15, 2006. Inquiries =
with abstracts concerning proposed papers are welcome. Use APA style, =
with endnotes and bibliography. Limited number of images possible.

Send essays or abstracts to both Cynthia Fuchs [cfuchs@gmu.edu] =
(English, George Mason University) and Joe Lockard [Joe.Lockard@asu.edu]
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(English, Arizona State University).

Via: "CULTURETV"

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CULTURETV NEWS

Our playlist of this week presents the new site-specific installation by
Ne
w York-based artist Jon Kessler,especiallly created for P.S.1 in NY.
Refere
ncing issues relevant to contemporary society; including politics, war,
adv
ertising, propaganda and surveillance. KesslerB4s work thrusts the viewer

directly into a complex visual experience. Though sources of inspiration
an
d information are varied and include reality television such as "The
Swan"
,kabuki and "Apocalypse Now".

The Unseen Video, from Daniel Scheibel & Ferdinand Weinrother (D).A
weather
controlled, dynamic music video for Mike Milosh's - You Make Me Feel.
The
Unseen Video is much more than a normal, static music video. It is a
video
that is affected by the weather and local time from the position of the
vie
wer.

Also this week we show you works made by one of the new Chinese artists
Zha
o Bo is from Chongqing, Sichuan province in south-central China. Zhao Bo
ha
s captured this life on the streets - the clash of communist and
capitalist
, east and west, the ridiculous, the sly, the ludicrous and the
overwhelmin
g feeling that everyone is on the make.

The video and photo installation Relax by Ralph Kämena. The starting
p
oint of Relax is the utopian lay-out of a Vinex district (i.e. a new
housin
g estate on the outskirts of a town): the idea that an environment could
be
invented on a drawing board. Relax is a work in progress, in which the
art
ificiality of the Vinex architecture will be connected with the intimacy
of
homely interiors in a lyrical way.

Last week we already announced the first video of a serie from Valentina
Ni
si. The Media Portrait of the Liberties concerns the development,
productio
n, and interactive delivery of multiple short stories about the Dublin
Libe
rties community.

The famous filmscene and song of Gene Kelly has been translated by Peter
Wi
lliam Holden into an installation/ballet. Autogene is made of 8 umbrellas
i
n circle which dance to the sound Singin' In the Rain.

Hope you will enjoy the videos.

Greetings
CULTURETV http://www.culturetv.tv

Via: "Carol J. Hobson"

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D E A D L I N E R E M I N D E R :

ISEA2006 Workshop Proposals - Jan. 31, 2006

This a reminder to artists, designers and technologists to propose
part-day and full-day hands-on workshops under the banner: At the
Crossroads for the ISEA2006 Symposium and ZeroOne San Jose: A Global
Festival of Art on the Edge, in San Jose. August 7-8, 2006.

For full CFP and submittal directions, go to:
http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/workshopscall/

ALSO NOTE: For northern CA artists, arts organizations, centers and
institutions, we are looking to promote parallel workshops under the
ISEA2006 banner. If you are interested in hosting your own workshop on
Aug. 7 and 8, or to act as the site for an ISEA sponsored workshop,
please submit a proposal to that effect. Questions regarding hosting
your own workshop or acting as an ISEA workshop site may be directed to
the ISEA Workshop Committee Chair, Carol J. Hobson at hobson@ucla.edu.

X X X

Apologies for cross-postings. Please forward to interested parties.