1. artnetweb NEWS
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ARTNETWEB.COM and MOOBIRD.COM were included in
"The Internet Design Project: The Best of
Graphic Art on the Web" (Universe Publishing),
a sourcebook for designers, art directors and
new media consultants.
ROBBIN MURPHY (co-founder of ANW) will be
part of a panel on legal aspects of art and
the Internet at the "Virtual Museums
on the Internet" Symposium organized by the
ARCH Foundation in Salzburg, Austria
May 8-10, 1998, in collaboration with the
Guggenheim Museum, ZKM, Illuminations,
University of Applied Arts, Vienna and
Techno-Z.
http://www.arch.at
G.H. HOVAGIMYAN (Art Dirt) and PETER SINCLAIR's
"A Soa(p Op)era for Laptops" was a big hit at
the Musee D'art Contemporain in Marseille, France
-- they had to do a second performance to meet
the demand. Next stop for G.H. will be UC Irvine
to do the performance of "Theory Play" with HANS
BREDER for an international conference of philosophers.
Keep up with G.H. through his ART DIRT site on
Pseudo's ChannelP:
http://channelp.com
BEYOND INTERFACE is the on-line exhibition
organized by STEVE DIETZ -- Director of New
Media Initiatives at the Walker Art Center
-- for the recent "Museums and the Web
Conference '98" in Toronto. More than
another collection of art links Dietz
provides a curatorial interface with comments
by the jurors and background material from
the artists. Among the works in
Beyond Interface are:
Robbin Murphy's PROJECT TUMBLEWEED,
an evolving multi-dimensional on-line
virtual environment for a planned
"museum of me".
(http://artnetweb.com/iola/tumbleweed/)
and PEEK-A-BOO by CARY PEPPERMINT,
who describes his project as "Intermittent
exposures from the other sides of here."
and "A continuing series of telematic media
'mixes'".
(http://www.artnetweb.com/peppermint/peek)
The BEYOND INTERFACE exhibition on-line:
http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/beyondinterface/
Media Breeder EBON FISHER will speak at the
AIGA (Association for Independent Graphic
Artists) New Media Conference, May 8-9, 1998
in Seattle: (206) 362-4007.
Articles on Ebon's AlulA Dimension can be
found in the January '98 "Performing Arts
Journal" (PAJ) and the February issue of the
Italian architecture magazine, DOMUS, as well
as on-line at the current edition of SANDBOX:
http://www.echonyc.com/~sandbox/
Ebon's homepage:
http://www.users.interport.net/~outpost/ebon.html
JERELYN HANRAHAN will present her New York
installation of "Gesture As Value" in the center
of the financial district in the
lobby of The New York Information Technology
Center at 55 Broad Street May 6 - 27, 1998.
Hanrahan collects original gestures --
paintings, drawings, xeroxes, etc.
from a multilingual/multidisciplinary
international community -- on small pieces
of paper the size of an American dollar and
distributes them through bank ATM machines.
The individual using the ATM must deposit
their own gesture in order to receive another.
For more information about how to participate
and future installation sites:
http://artnetweb.com/gesture.html
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CLASSES at the ED-CENTER
426 Broome Street
New York, NY, US 10013
http://ed-center.com
ONLINE Class:
Microsoft FrontPage 98
STOREFRONT Classes:
1) HTML: Web Page Design
2) Introduction to 3d Studio Max
For more information visit the ED-CENTER site,
or email remo@artnetweb.com
2. INTELLIGENT AGENT NEWS
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Intelligent Agent is a quarterly print magazine
on interactive media in arts and education. The
current issue (vol. 2 no. 2) is available
in bookstores throughout the US.
Selections from the articles featured in the
magazine are available at the Intelligent Agent
website: http://www.intelligent-agent.com
If you're interested in subscribing to the
Intelligent Agent print magazine, please check
out the information at the end of this newsletter.
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For INTELLIGENT AGENT, spring began with "jury duty"
at THAW 98, the festival of independent film, video
and digital media at the University of Iowa
(http://www.uiowa.edu/~thaw/). THAW is one of
the few festivals that considers digital media
part of the "moving image," which opened up space
for interesting discussions between filmmakers
and digital artists. The festival's digital show
still was comparatively small, but drew a large
audience and provided an interesting venue for
showcasing digital art in a crossover environment.
(The first prize in the digital category went to
Ken Kobland's "Menazh Square 1:20 PM / Sept.16
1990" -- http://www.mindspring.com/~vonkob).
Propelled by the enthusiastic responses to the
current issue, the Intelligent Agent team is
now busy creating a worthy successor. The
next issue will cover a wide array of topics
including immersive environments, soundscapes,
VRML/3D and a profile of the 3D character
animation group at the Academy of Media Arts
in Cologne; a "short" history of net art and
reflections on the Terrible Twins of western
culture, Art and Science; as well as an
interview with artist Krzystof Wodiczko
who created various communication tools for
immigrants and "strangers" and is working
on the next, "gesture-sensitive" generation
of his "portable public address equipment"
Alien Staff, which resembles a biblical
shepherd's rod and is equipped with
communications tools.
3. REVIEWS (WEB)
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Featured in vol. 2 no. 2 of INTELLIGENT AGENT
Judging by the number of websites that focus on
"survival of the fittest," Darwin seems to be
experiencing a Web-revival; the trend doesn't
come as a surprise considering that we live in
the age of electronic reproduction. Among the
sites that explore personal evolution in the
digital realm:
"An artists kit for survival"
http://www.melig.co.il/questions/
"An artists kit for survival," compiled by
Shoshana Cohen, focuses on the constituents
determining the survival of the artistically
fittest. The kit provides a framework of data
relevant to the current situation and survival
of the artist. The organizational structure
covers basic elements of story-telling--who,
what, how, where/when and why--and leads into
a network of visual/textual elements and diagrams
that offer models for describing the complex
interelationship between content, context, media,
interaction etc. The decisively analytical
approach may not provide for a kit of practical
tools but it visualizes the network of complexity
any artistic enterprise is embedded in.
"Alter Ego"
http://panoramix.univ-paris1.fr/UFR04/rhizome/ateliers/reynet/files/reynald.htm
Taking a more literal approach to the geography
of the artist's ego, Reynald Drouhin's Alter Ego
focuses on bodyscapes. A series of body scans,
quicktime movies, gif animations and "scenery
projections" explores allegories of narrowness
and space between all me/others/me and the other.
"The Persistant Data Confidante"
http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~pdc
Combining montage and innermost feelings with
reproduction, "The Persistant Data Confidante"
(by Paul Vanouse, Lisa Hutton & Eric Nyberg)
fuses several elements of the above mentioned
sites. It could be described as an exercise
in democratic confidentiality. "The Persistant
Data Confidante" provides an anonymous forum
for those who long to indulge in confessions
and secrets with people they've never met.
The project is strictly user-curated: anybody
can post a secret, and the approval ratings
of visitors decide how long a confession
survives. Secrets that don't find the
community's approval are democratically
eradicated by low ratings. The retelling
of secrets by nature leads to distortion,
and "The Persistant Data Confidante"
democratizes the process: as secrets are
retold and age, they become capable of
producing offspring. Secrets that have
experienced many re-tellings and belong
to the top 10% in popularity, will mate
with a secret of similar content --
producing an offspring composed of major
clauses from the two parents. Newborn
secrets then try to survive the harsh
environment of the database by gaining
user approval.
"American History Online"
http://longman.awl.com/history/home.htm
Educational publisher Longman (an imprint
of Addison Wesley Longman) has taken full
advantage of the Web by using it both to
promote their American history textbooks
and to create a database that builds on
those texts with interactive practice
tests, downloadable maps, primary sources,
activities and extensive links to other
sites on the Web. A well-designed interface
and good search engine make the database
easy to navigate and the result is an
excellent resource for anyone with an
interest in American history--even if
they aren't teachers--and a bonanza for
students who may need some guidance
when searching for material online.
"Literature of the Holocaust"
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/holhome.html
This is an extensive collection of links
culled from the Internet and other
resources by Alan Filreis, Professor of
English at the University of Pennsylvania,
for his class on "The Literature of the
Holocaust." The theme of holocaust is taken
in its broadest context -- from African slave
trade to recent controversies over Gay and
Lesbian rights--so a simple but useful word
search engine aids visitors to locate material
that may be of particular interest to them.
A helpful "News" section highlights the most
recent additions, and a visit to Prof. Filreis'
homepage explains his interesting ideas about
using the Internet as an educational tool.
4. ANNOUNCEMENTS & CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
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[Festival]
HACK-IT 98
June 5-7, 1998
Florence, Italy
An open-air festival, a meeting, a hacking
party, a pause for reflection, an occasion
of public learning, an act of rebellion and
an exchange of ideas, experiences, dreams,
utopias and love.
Contact:
Mailing List:
You can join the mailing list
hackmeetin@kyuzz.org
Send a message at majordomo@kyuzz.org
writing in the body field
'subscribe hackmeeting'
URL: http://www.ecn.org/hackit98
EMAIL: hackit98@ecn.org
[Call for Entries]
QUEER ARTS RESOURCE
Net Art Exhibition
September 1998
http://www.queer-arts.org
Open to queer artists with Internet-based work.
Jurors: Aaron Betsky, Curator of Architecture
and Design, SFMOMA, Shu Lea Cheang, installation
artist/filmmaker/cyber homesteader, Amsterdam,
Alex Galloway, Rhizome Internet, New York,
Rachel Greene, Rhizome Communications, New York,
Ed Gilbert, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco,
Robert Atkins, author/critic.
Entry deadline: July 1. No entry fee.
Contact:
EMAIL: curators@queer-arts.org
[Call for Proposals]
BOSTON CYBERFEST
New Art Center
Newton, Mass, U.S.A.
April 2 - May 23, 1999
Curatorial proposals for a seven week exhibition
in the Main Gallery in conjunction with the
Boston Cyberarts Festival. Can encompass any
artistic endeavor in which computer technology is
used to expand the artistic possibilities - that
is, where the computer and it's associated software
are an element of the creative process in the same
way that paint or film have always been used to
express an artist's vision.
Proposal deadline: June 12, 1998
Contact for guidelines:
PHONE: Pat Kellogg Friedman (617) 964-3424
EMAIL: Masellamin@aol.com
[Call for Entries]
DEMANDING THE IMPOSSIBLE
Mail/E-Mail Art Exhibition
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
June 4 - 19, 1998
Non-curated exhibition - all work received
will be included and all contributed work
given away when the show ends. Contributors
will receive illustrated documentation including
samples of work from the show and the names
and addresses of all participants.
The theme is the exploration of the relationship
between art, anarchy and protest. However, the
first rule of anarchy being that there are no
rules, this needn't be too literal.
Entry deadline: 31 May 1998 (although
works received during the exhibition will
also be included.
Mail entries to:
Demanding the Impossible
66 Blessington Street
Dublin 7
email: crighton@bigfoot.com
Contact: Gary Crighton
EMAIL: crighton@bigfoot.com
URL: http://www.dmc.dit.ie/gary/demand
[Call for Entries]
MUU MEDIA FESTIVAL'98
Helsinki, Finland
October 9 - 18.1998
Annual Nordic media arts festival at the
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, the
Otso Gallery and the Cable Gallery.
Interesting venue, well-funded,
well-documented, in a technically savvy
location.
Contact:
URL: http://www.av-arkki.fi/mmf
[Call for Entries]
SEAFair '98
Soros Center for Contemporary Arts
Skopje, Macedonia
October 2 - 9, 1998
VR, WWW, Net-Linked, CD-ROM exhibition
bringing together International web artists,
multimedia artists, media critics, theorists,
and philosophers, as well as the interested audience.
Entry deadline: July 15, 1998
Contact:
URL: http://www.scca.org.mk
EMAIL: scca@soros.org.mk, mpandil@soros.org.mk
[Call for Entries]
47th MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Melbourne, Australia
July 23 - August 9, 1998
Festival plans to include an exhibition of
interactive cd-roms and a screening program
of new computer animation shorts and videos,
along with a number of artists talks and
forums on digital filmmaking and interactive
media and it's impact on screen culture.
Entry deadline: May 20, 1998
Contact: Martine Corompt or Ian Haig
EMAIL: Martine@rmit.edu.au or I.HAIG@rmit.edu.au
URL: http://cs.art.rmit.edu.au/media_arts/Ian_Haig/fest.html
[Call for Entries]
L'IMMAGINE LEGGERA 98
3rd International Videoart, Film and Media Festival
Palermo, Italy
October 2 - 10, 1998
Entry deadline: July 31, 1998
Contact:
URL: http://www.imprese.com/immagineleggera
EMAIL: 00253aaa@mbox.infcom.it
[Conference]
MUSEUM COMPUTER NETWORK
Santa Monica, California, USA
September 23 - 26, 1998
"Knowledge Creation - Knowledge Sharing -
Knowledge Preservation" is the theme for the
annual conference, a key professional event
for all concerned with information technology
and museums
Contact:
URL: http://www.mcn.edu
EMAIL: Leslie Johnston, lesliej@leland.stanford.edu
[Call for Papers]
SPECIAL SESSION ON VIRTUAL WORLD HERITAGE
The International Conference on VSMM'98
"FutureFusion: Application Realities for the Virtual Age"
November 18 - 20, 1998
Gifu, Japan
Specifically focused on the use of virtual
reality in World Heritage applications.
Topics include but not limited to:
Architectural and artifact construction,
complex adaptive environments, education,
entertainment, historical information
presentation, planning and simulation,
3D Geography & remote sensing, restoration,
tourism.
Abstracts Due Date: 30 June 1998
Notice of Acceptance: 30 July 1998
Manuscript Due Date: 25 September 1998
Contact:
URL: http://www.vsmm.vsl.gifu-u.ac.jp/vsmm98
5. BOOKMARKS
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http://artnetweb.com/resource/new.html
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
Searchable database from Jeremy Hylton.
Up to 625
http://www.sgg.ch/mullican/
Matt Mullican Web piece originally on the
Documenta X site.
Futurism: Manifestos and Other Resources
http://shoga.wwa.com/~sluggo/futurism/
F.T. Marinetti and friends embrace the
exciting new world of speed, noise, machines,
pollution, and cities in 1909.
SYMBOLS.com
http://www.SYMBOLS.com/index.html
Encyclopedia of graphical symbols
and their meanings.
Zoetrope: All-Story
http://www.zoetrope-stories.com/index1.html
Print and on-line magazine, founded by
Francis Ford Coppola, dedicated to finding
and publishing the best new voices in
short fiction.
Ellen: Architect of Change
http://home.luna.nl/~ellen
Autobiography of Ellen Pronk from Rotterdam.
Artangel
http://www.ecna.org/artangel/home.html
Private art patronage scheme from
Britain best known for commissioning
Rachel Whiteread's "House".
A Handshake in Thought
http://van-gogh.org/
The life and letters of Vincent van Gogh.
American Literary Classics
http://www.americanliterature.com/MAIN.HTML
Mellville, Poe, Twain, Alcott and
others plus a special "Chapter a Day".
Marx/Engels Internet Archive
http://csf.Colorado.EDU/psn/marx/
Searchable research material and/or
general reading pleasure for those
interested in this epoch-shaping
stream of thought.
The National Initiative for a Networked
Cultural Heritage (NINCH)
http://www-ninch.cni.org/
A broad coalition of arts, humanities and
social science organizations formed to
assure the fullest possible participation
of the cultural sector in the new digitally
networked environment.
Stanford Presidential Lecture Series
http://prelectur.stanford.edu
Individual Web sites developed for
lecturers including Christo and
Jeanne-Claude, Peter Eisenman,
Helene Cixous, and Harold Bloom.
If you have suggestions or contributions send them to:
murph@artnetweb.com
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