Hi all,
I'm experimenting with crossovers of public spaces, Internet and
gallery space. Last year I curated a show, a wifi gallery in Copenhagen,
Denmark, to connect a wifi hotspot:public space, gallery space (where
there were a wifi reaching out in public space-the Royal Park across
the street, and the Internet. A way to interconnect Local space and
global space, with critical art......
info here:
http://www.ORBremote.com
now my new project is "s.t.r.u.k.t.u.r.", a exhibit located at
artist::network,
NYC.
at the exhibit there will be a comment board, Public Desktop by Jonah
Bruckner-Cohen, where you all are invited to post your feedback on
structures in network, art and collaboration and in the future.
It will start May 7.2004
any feedback is welcome
-eva sjuve*******************
s.t.r.u.k.t.u.r.
The concept of the show is a critical exploration of structures in art and
communication, with an emphasis on creations of the future.
s.t.r.u.k.t.u.r. can be viewed as a way to expose the arrangement of the
parts of the structure and the action of looking towards the future.
Practice, theory and open structures as in network, discussion, and
exchange act as a starting point for the artists involved, as a dynamic
communicative process. To use the gallery as a space for meeting,
exchange of ideas, and make a crossover between the global network,
public space, and the gallery space, is one of the aims of the exhibition. ………………….
"PublicDesktop" project, by Jonah Bruckner-Cohen (IR), Research
Fellow at
Human Connectedness Group, Media Lab Europe, PhD Candidate
Trinity College Dublin.
Email: jon-*at*coin-operated.com
http://www.coin-operated.com/publicdesktop
Public Desktop is a project that looks at expanding the seemingly
closed off desktop background of the computer into a public one that
can be annotated by anyone online. The idea is to add sociability to the
desktop through a public web form that turns your desktop into a public
graffiti wall where people can leave messages, post thoughts, or use
as a chat client. The real aim of the work is to create a sense of
connectedness among people in a background way where glancing at
your screen might reveal a new message someone has left. This is
different from conventional messaging systems since it requires no
direct action of communication from the person who has the PD
application running. They can simply install the project and watch as
their desktop is annotated in real-time by people visiting their website.
PublicDesktop is a free, downloadable application that runs on Mac
OSX.
The global community will be invited to participate with their comments
on the overall topic at s.t.r.u.k.u.r.
………………………..
David Goldenberg with Ilze Black and Wim Salki (London, UK) will
create a Think Tank for dynamic exchange of theoretical and practical
suggestion for the future of art practice, involving on theories of German
theorist artists Michel Lingner. The future of Post Autonomous Practice.
…………………………
Jim Costanza (NYC) will create work data_map, where his movements
are geographically mapped using new technologies, as records of
credit card transactions by ATM's and GPS.
The datamap is based on the data that is generated by those of us
privileged to be plug into the global economy. Activities that are based
on electronic transactions that we take for granted: credit and bank
card transactions; grocery purchases; Internet activity; as well as the
E–Zpass and METRO CARD. The datamap highlights the
consequences of the Electronic Information Age, as data becomes
more accessible our rights to privacy, one of the foundations of
democracy, are eroded by government surveillance and commercial
exploitation.
…………………………….
s.t.r.u.k.t.u.r. will open Friday May 7th and close Saturday June 5th.
the:artist:network new york
424 Broadway
6th Floor
New York, NY 10013
……………………………..
Curated by Eva Sjuve,
M.A., M.P.S.
Media artist, composer and curator
ev-*at*moomonkey.com
http://moomonkey.com
other curated shows has been "ORB::remote", a wifi gallery, and a
online exhibit, to make a crossover between internet, public space and
gallery space, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://ORBremote.comthe:artist:network new york
Directors Marc and Alexandra Hungerbühler
424 Broadway
6th Floor
New York, NY 10013
http://www.theartistnetwork.org/
ma-*at*theartistnetwork.org
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