networked performance

From One by one: Brandon Ballengée’s malformed amphibian project by Lucy R. Lippard, Plastik #02: [...] “With his scientific training, Ballengée finds himself in a new vanguard. If artists are usually “hands-on,” he is knee deep, or up to his neck. (I’m thinking of a photograph I’ve seen where he is collecting specimens, wading chest [...]

[Ida Ekblad collecting material. Photographed by Rune Saevig, 2010] In Europe, in our “post-industrial” era, we are increasingly distanced from the production of the goods we consume. Our downing of tools seems linked to a change in our relationship with the material world, provoking a more passive attitude towards the things with which we surround [...]

LIFE 2.0 Salon — an intimate exploration of the connections between Synthetic Biology and Art :: July 8, 2011; 6:00 - 7:00 pm :: Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus), Adelaide :: FREE but booking is necessary.The evening will be hosted by Dr Lisa Bailey, RiAus Program Manager, who is passionate about promoting public understanding of [...]

CREW presents Terra Nova — Radical confluence of immersion and theatre @ Festival d’Avignon :: July 6-14, 2011; daily @ 3:00 and 6:00 pm :: La Chartreuse, Villeneuve lez Avignon. Terra Nova, a remarkable mixture of theatre and state-of-the-art image technology, will have its premiere at the Rencontres d’été of La Chartreuse, organized in [...]

July 2011 on –empyre soft-skinned space: Reclaiming Creativity as Agent of Change :: Moderated by Simon Biggs (UK/ Australia) with co-moderator and discussant Magnus Lawrie (UK) and invited discussants, Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan/ USA/ France), Paolo Cirio (Italy), Jussi Parikka (Finland/ UK), Saul Albert (UK), Julian Oliver (NZ), Michel Bauwens (Belgium) and Simon Yuill (UK).Established [...]

PWRT (The Psychoeconomy War Room Table) by Gustavo Romano, with Chema Diez del Corral, Álvaro Jesús Osuna Martín — part of Project Showcase, Visualizar’11: Understanding Infrastructures :: until July 30, 2011 :: Medialab Prado, Plaza de las Letras. C/ Alameda, 15 · 28014, Madrid.The PWRT is built on the metaphor of the plotting table of [...]

From Video Cache – Activating the Archive: An interview with Mél Hogan: “…In archives (traditionally) the emphasis has been on long-term preservation, which more often than not has meant rendering ‘originals’ inaccessible in the present as a means to protect or safeguard them for the future. Because archival discourse and practice have come a long [...]

[Image: Heath Bunting, Identity Bureau, photography Stefanie Grätz] SKOR NetArtWorks First Commissions: Heath Bunting, Lernert & Sander, MouchetteSKOR has a superb reputation in the field of art and the public space. Until now artworks and discussions about them have mainly focused on public art in the ‘real’ world. Although just as real, the virtual world [...]

Gender Circuits: Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age by Eve Shapiro, Routledge:Gender Circuits explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals through substantive sociological analysis and in-depth case studies. Examining the complex intersections between gender ideologies, social scripts, information and biomedical technologies, and embodied identities, this book explores whether and [...]

A Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites: Papacharissi, Zizi (Editor), Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo (Introduction by), Routledge:A Networked Self examines self presentation and social connection in the digital age. This collection brings together new theory and research on online social networks by leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. Topics addressed include self [...]

ISEA 2011 presents Open Culture + Wearables Skillshare with Valérie Lamontagne and Mika Satomi :: September 18, 2011; 9:00 am - 6:00 pm :: Karakoy Communication Center Terrace, Sabanci University, Orhanli, Tuzla 34956 Istanbul.We propose to organize a workshop focused on skillsharing between wearables technologists and the local craft-based Istanbul textiles community. We are interested [...]

Public 2.0: Culture, Creativity and Audience in an Era of Information Openness :: July 21, 2011; 10:30 am - 8:00 pm :: Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW.In recent years significant changes in the technological, social and media landscapes have redrawn relationships between cultural producers of all stripes and the people previously called [...]

Neural #39: Multiplied Identities: interviews: . ZTOHOVEN . Matthias Fritsch . Lynn Hershman . Evan Baden . Paul Vanouse :: articles: . Who’s Who on the Chinese Free Speech Internet? . Codable identities in TV series . Genesis P-Orridge . Fictitious Identities in electronic dance . Face to Facebook :: reports: . Transmediale 2011 . [...]

Käthe-Kollwitz-Prize 2011: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller — Award Ceremony and opening of Pariser Platz :: June 28, 2011; 7:00 pm :: Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz, Plenarsaal, Berlin.The Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2011 has been awarded jointly to Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. On this occasion the artist duo from Canada will be [...]

[Image: Insurance.AES256 by Michael Takeo Magruder. See video below.] All That Fits: The Aesthetics of Journalism — Curated by Alfredo Cramerotti & Simon Sheikh :: until July 31, 2011 :: QUAD Gallery, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS.The exhibition All that Fits: The Aesthetics of Journalism presents the provocative idea that art and journalism [...]

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. is now accepting proposals for its Turbulence.org Commissions Program. Deadline: June 30, 2011. The Application Guidelines are here.Turbulence is the oldest and most consistent net art commissions site in the world. Now celebrating 15 years it has commissioned, exhibited and archived over 200 works. We are also in [...]

Post-Fordisms and Culture by Brian Holmes, moderated by Yates McKee — Part of Living as Form :: June 30, 2011; 6:30 - 8:00 pm :: The Cooper Union - Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY.Brian Holmes is an American Born (California) theorist, writer and translator living in Chicago, Illinois. He is a Professor [...]

Manifesto vs Manifesto — performance, concert, lecture, publication of Crash [Manifesto] and Italian Transhumanist Manifesto in a special issue of the magazine Rita Baum :: June 30, 2011; 7:00 - 10:00 pm :: Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland.The performance and meeting is a clash between two manifestos, and two approaches to the [...]

[Image: Rinko Kawauchi, Murmuration, 2010*] Voices of the Sea Artists Commissions :: Call for expressions of interest — Deadline: July 11, 2011.Voices of the Sea is a unique commissioning opportunity created by a partnership of arts organisations. In Brighton and Hove, UK: Fabrica, Blast Theory, Brighton Festival, Lighthouse, Photoworks, the University of Brighton and in [...]