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:: Monday, June 30, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Trade & Row, Raising Awareness of Current Issues



Vision
To raise awareness of current issues

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:: Monday, June 16, 2008 ::

FEATURE: New Book, Art et Internet



Quel rapport entretient le Net.Art avec les formes anterieures d'art ?
En quoi est-il semblable, ou radicalement autre ?

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:: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 ::

FEATURE: Brumaria -- Artistic, Aesthetic and Political Practices Latin-American Video Art. A Critical View



Editor: Laura Baigorri

Latin America has been widely neglected in North American and European history of video art. In fact, not even Spanish video art has taken it into account.

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:: Thursday, June 05, 2008 ::

FEATURE: The Getty's "Video Revolutionaries" Website Attacked by Digital Artists and "Overthrown"!



http://videorevolutionaries.com: Descendants or Bastard Children of the Getty's "California Video" exhibit?


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:: Monday, May 26, 2008 ::

New Media Arts blog at the Berkeley Art Museum



[...] Serving as a civic cultural forum for this broad and diverse community is a natural role for a public museum and a public university. In this spirit, this blog will be open to public participation at all levels (top-level posts, comments, events) in addition to featuring bloggers drawn from the DMAX and BCNM programs. [...]

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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, August 01, 2008 ::

SUMMER BREAK: newmedaFIX Enters Summer Mode



newmediaFIX will be taking the month of August off. Please comeback in the beginning of September. NMF will offer a new set of features and interviews, as well as releases on events.


:: Thursday, July 31, 2008 ::

'The Young and Evil' on www.tank.tv, Curated by Stuart Comer



14th July 2008 - 21st September 2008
The second part of this exhibition will be screened at Tate Modern on the 20th September 2008, 19.00.

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netEX: calls and deadlines - August 2008



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calls & deadlines
04 Calls: 2008 deadlines internal
14 Calls: August deadlines external
11 Calls: ongoing external/internal

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Hologlyphic movie showings this summer in Bay Area



Hologlyphics combines elements of holography, music, video synthesis, visionary film, sculpture and improvisation to create a unique new artform.

The Hologlyphic Funkalizer is a performance based video synthesis system, that displays moving true 3D images, intertwined with music and spatial sound.

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:: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 ::

Turbulence Commission: "Lumens" by Matthew Belanger, Sean Riley and Ven Voisey



July 10 - October 31, 2008
Venues: GREYLOCK ARTS, 93 Summer Street, Adams, Massachusetts; MCLA GALLERY51 ANNEX, 65 Main Street, North Adams, Massachusetts; and TURBULENCE, http://turbulence.org/works/newadams/lumens/

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Avalanche Collective in "STATE OF THE CITY"




Avalanche Collective sets up camp at RoCo for the group exhibition "State of the City", running from August 1st to September 21st. Nestled atop a quarter-ton of crystal salt, Avalanche constructs a makeshift tent comprised of decaying wooden planks.

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IFC/Media Lab Studios - Short Film Contest, AFI Festival



Contest is sponsored by The Independent Film Channel LLC and Absolut.

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Un'intervista per parlare d'arte contemporanea. Questo mese: SUKRAN MORAL



Sukran Moral (Terme, Turkey) is an artist who works between Istanbul and Rome. She is specialized in works which illustrate the condition of women in Turkey, dealing with issues of social exclusion, justice and religion.

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:: Friday, July 25, 2008 ::

Continuity and Innovation: Contemporary Film Form and Film Criticism



5th - 7th September 2008, University of Reading Film Conference

REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL 28th JULY 2008

PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT: We are delighted to announce there is now a draft schedule for the conference available on our website

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Eject 2: Second International Videoperformance Festival Of Mexico City



(English and French below)

Con la finalidad de alentar el uso del video como soporte para generar piezas de performance, el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes a traves de Ex Teresa Arte Actual, el Centro Cultural Estacion Indianilla y P3RFORM4NC3 convocan a los artistas y grupos dedicados al performance y otras disciplinas a participar en [...]

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The Soft Epic or; Savages of the Pacific West - Saturday - July 26



Nadia Hironaka + Matthew Suib

Exhibition: July 26 - August 23
Opening reception: Saturday, July 26 from 6-9pm

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:: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 ::

International Short Film Festival and Photographic Contest of L'Aquila



Associazione "L'Idea di Cleves"

L’Idea di Cleves has planned its own activities for 2008.

* 2o International Short Film Festival of l’Aquila
* 2o International Photo Contest "A photo in Red"
* Cine Review "Human Rights Violations"
* Archive "Gio' Kappa" and National Journalistic Award "Gio' Kappa", entitled to the journalist Giuseppe Massari

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Last Call: Second Workshop Sicily Lab 08



Programma

All'interno dell'ambito generale d'indagine del Sicily Lab, l'attenzione del seminario del 2008 si basa sulla scommessa che 1 + 1 faraTre!

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BLISSFUL DIALOGUES: Common Ground for CuratorsM



New media art often crosses boundaries between art forms and disciplines, but sometimes does not cross the boundaries into contemporary art in general. With the current art interest in relational art and social networks, these social events aim to share curatorial knowledge across the boundaries.

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:: Friday, July 18, 2008 ::

MEDIATOPIA/ISEA SINGAPORE 2008: Call for Participation



Submit any media files, playlists, links,node coordinates, live webcasts or URLs.
Please read criteria for Border Transmissions at ISEA 2008 Singapore for related context.

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JavaMuseum in July 2008



JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
http://www.javamuseum.org

News

1. New interviews on: JIP. JavaMuseum Interview Project
2. New call for: Netart Features 2009


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Bit Bang - Digital arts & Expanded Media Festival - Firenze 18/19 luglio



BIT BANG
Digital arts & Expanded Media Festival

Firenze, Museo Stibbert -- 18 e 19 luglio 2008 Bitg Bang festival, due giorni dedicati ai new media con incontri, installazioni, performance musicali e un party finale. Un appuntamento unico, ad ingresso gratuito, in programma il 18 e 19 luglio nella suggestiva cornice del Museo Stibbert che per la prima volta apre i suoi spazi ad un'iniziativa esterna.

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CALLING FOR:TAGALLERY | CONT3XT.NET.NEWS #06.08




Since January 2007 TAGallery asks "What if a link turns into the representative of the artefact, the context and the exhibition at once?". Until now - July 2008 - there are 500 different answers, represented by 438 artists, 473 artworks, 483 tags, a dozen of curators and still 999 exhibitons to come.

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:: Monday, July 14, 2008 ::

Avecom/ Square Eyes Festival Call for Submissions



Avecom/ Square Eyes Festival Call for Submissions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
AveCom “It’s all in the game”
October 3rd - 26th 2008, Arnhem - Nijmegen, The Netherlands

‘Interactivity’ is a word that seems to gain more importance and magic everyday. In 2008 AveCom focuses on an audiovisual phenomenon that is indisputable connected to interactivity: games.

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BIT BANG: Digital arts & Expanded Media Festival



Firenze, Museo Stibbert - 18 e 19 luglio 2008
Bitg Bang festival, due giorni dedicati ai new media con incontri, installazioni, performance musicali e un party finale. Un appuntamento unico, ad ingresso gratuito, in programma il 18 e 19 luglio nella suggestiva cornice del Museo Stibbert che per la prima volta apre i suoi spazi ad un'iniziativa esterna.

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:: Thursday, May 15, 2008 ::

TEXT: Review of Net Art in Colombia: It's Ugly and Doesn't like the Cursor, by Eduardo Navas



This text is published in collaboration with Latinart.com; originally published on March 5, 2008.

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Nanotecnologia, nuevo espacio para la responsabilidad



(Spanish only)

This text is released in collaboration with Escaner Cultural, an online magazine based in Santiago de Chile. It was originally published on June, 23 2001.

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INTERVIEW: Miya Masaoka, by Helen Thorington



This interview is republished in collaboration with Turbulence.org. It was released in Networked Music Review on 05/21/07. Only the text is reproduced here. To access audio and video as well as proper links related to this interview, please go to http://transition.turbulence.org/
networked_music_review/2007/05/21/
interview-miya-masaoka/


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TEXT: a minima:: feature, "Not-Art" by Antonio Cerveira Pinto



This PDF file is released in collaboration with a minima:: new media magazine, published in Spanish and English. It was previously republished in Net Art Review in August, 2005 For more information, please visit aminima.net.

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INTERVIEW & TEXT: Daniel Rozin, Mirror of the Soul, By Marco Mancuso



This text is republished in collaboration with Digicult.it. It was released in May 2005. It appears as originally published.

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INTERVIEW: Mark Amerika, by Rick Silva



This text is republished in collaboration with Rhizome.org. It was released in Rhizome Digest on 11/21/07 and appears here as it was originally posted.

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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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