ARTe MEDIA: May 21, 2006

Ladybag

Si chiama Ladybag, si compra online e sfrutta la tecnologia RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification). Realizzata da 6 ricercatrici della Simon Fraser University, un ateneo immerso nel verde della British Columbia, la borsa basata su sensori a radiofrequenza comunica l'assenza di certi oggetti "essenziali".

Alla base delle nuove tecnologie c'è appunto la Rfid, oramai giunta alla sua seconda generazione. L'introduzione di Gen 2 (così si chiama l'evoluzione della Rfid) ha il vantaggio di aumentare la velocità di lettura, una migliore affidabilità e consistenza dei dati e una aumentata capacità di storage.

leggi tutto su Interfree

Rubano l'auto a Beckham. Colpa dell'Rfid

I sistemi antifurto via radio sono in realtà piuttosto vulnerabili ai ladri high-tech. La soluzione? Avvolgere la chiave nel foglio di alluminio.

E così hanno rubato un'altra volta l'auto al grande David Beckham. Al di là del problema di immagine per BMW (la sua S5 è stata rubata in garage, senza scasso, in pochi attimi) un generalizzato chissenefrega sarebbe giustificato. Non fosse che per il fatto che potrebbe capitare anche a noi, con un impatto sul bilancio familiare ben diverso.

....... Dal punto di vista tecnologico, non si tratta di uno sforzo particolarmente intenso, come è stato dimostrato da un esperimento condotto da un gruppo di studenti della Johns Hopkins University .Il loro attacco al sistema è stato condotto con un Pc e poco altro hardware, coniugato con un software ad hoc.

leggi tutto su apogeonline

Loving the Machine : The Art and Science of Japanese Robots

New BOOK
Loving the Machine : The Art and Science of Japanese Robots
by Timothy N. Hornyak

Japan stands out for its long love affair with humanoid robots, a phenomenon that is creating what will likely be the worlds first mass robot culture. While U.S. companies have produced robot vacuum cleaners and war machines, Japan has created warm and fuzzy life-like robot therapy pets.
While the U.S. makes movies like Robocop and The Terminator, Japan is responsible for the friendly Mighty Atom, Aibo and Asimo. While the U.S. sponsors robot-on-robot destruction contests, Japan's feature tasks that mimic nonviolent human activities. The Steven Spielberg film, AI, was a disaster at the world box officeexcept in Japan, where it was a huge hit. Why is this? What can account for Japan's unique relationship with robots as potential colleagues in life, rather than as potential adversaries? Loving the Machine attempts to answer this fundamental query by looking at Japan's historical connections with robots, its present fascination and leading technologies, and what the future holds. Through in-depth interviews with scientists, researchers, historians, artists, writers and others involved with or influenced by robots today, author Timothy N. Hornyak looks at robots in Japan from the perspectives of culture, psychology and history, as well as technology; and brings understanding to an endlessly evolving subject. From the Edo-period humanoid automatons, through popular animation icons and into the high tech labs of todays researchers into robotic action and intelligence, the author traces a fascinating trail of passion and development.

CD for YOU

piksel06

Piksel is an annual event for artists and developers working with free and open source audiovisual software. Part workshop, part festival, it is organised in Bergen, Norway, by the Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts (BEK) and involves participants from more than a dozen countries exchanging ideas, coding, presenting art and software projects, doing workshops, performances and discussions on the aesthetics and politics of free and open source software.

More info: http://www.piksel.no/piksel06

links:

[1] http://www.piksel.no
[2] http://www.bek.no
[3] http://www.kunstsenter.no

Interview with Gabrijel Savic Ra

What is your background?

If you referring to my national, religious or social background, I like to think that I don’t have it. I don’t like to determinate myself through this kind of categories, I can determinate myself only as a human being that uses his mind to create something, whether that’s work of art or something else. But, if you referring to my education background, I never studied Art Academy, when I was younger I have attended art classes but I have never found attempting to continue my education in that way. I have been interested for those kinds of art medias that usually you don’t study on Art Academy (especially in Belgrade at that time). So, I went to study philosophy because I always thought that theory is very important for art praxis and philosophy helped me to expand my interests and develop my own art works in many other directions.

When do you create?

There’s no specific moment when I sit and start to create, it’s more life process where I combine experiences with abstract of those experiences on metaphysical level. Every of my art works (performances, video, installations, music, paintings, photographs, poems) has starting point in life. I believe that every emotion (good or bad) is also part of creation process, but very important for creation today, at least my own, is indifference. I think that indifference became third emotion in contemporary society and in that way with this three emotions and all of the experiences I had I’m in position to create at any time.

Who inspires your work?

When I was a young artist I have been impressed with Wassily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko,Willem De Kooning, but after that I developed interest for other artistic expressions and become inspired by the works of Marina Abramovic, Gina Pane, Stelarc, Bill Viola, John Cage, Cris Burden, Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman and many other artists. Today I always like to see performances and other works of Ron Athey, Franco B, Kira O’Reily, Milica Lapcevic (from group “Artterror”) etc. But I have never been inspired with them in a way what I should do; it was more like I was looking at them as a support for what I’m doing. The real inspiration comes from life experiences and situations where absurdity of existence implodes in the current of thoughts. That gives one structure which is starting point for every of my work and in a way inspiration becomes art work by itself, not something that gives you urge to create.

What is art?

In present time declaration that something is art or it’s not does not have any kind of meaning. This time is Post time, something that’s happening after everything, so we don’t have real art stiles or anything that could bound creator with certain rules, in that way we have freedom more than before. But from the other side it could happen that freedom becomes something that it’s going to tide our hands to feel free. We are becoming slaves of our own freedom. One thesis could be: when something has potency to become art piece it’s already is, but from the other side why should be. I think that final product it’s not important as it use to be, it’s more about processing information’s from one system to another (human being to human being). Earlier problem with art was with its definitions, now days we don’t need definition because we have great specter of medias where any kind of explanation except technical one is more than sufficient. So, the question “What is art?” should be transformed in declaration sentence “Art is what”. By that we don’t need definition, we have situation that art is established in the word “what” and the process is the one that we all follow. Every artist can describe or say about the process of creation of his work, but without burden of question is his work piece of art or not. Maybe I’m wrong when I say this and I hope that I am, because only than I can say that I’m right and this change gives me possibility to go further.

Have you ever exposed in Italy ?

No, I have never exposed in Italy, I didn’t had chance to do that. Most of the galleries that I know of are exposing more suitable kind of art. But maybe one day, I don’t know. I had good experiences with many other countries in Europe and also in USA and Canada, so I believe that when I do expose in Italy it’s going to be something special.

How do you image your work in a city space ?

It depends on the media. I have lot of ideas that could work only in city space and also performances that I do are usually performed in the galleries, so I think that it would be interesting to do some of them in public space and to see reaction of passers by, not only of art audience.

Tell me more about your work.

In my work as said before I use everything that surrounds me physically and spiritually, I use philosophical theories, mythology, social engagement, occult mysteries, science and technological knowledge. All of this gives to my work different dimensions, sometimes hard for understanding, but it gives opportunity to spectators to experience something that could move them and change their perception or to question their knowledge of certain things. In my performances I subject my body to variety of extreme situations where my body is an object, not something that is alive, so I can make cut’s on it, scratch it until it starts to bleed, to sew one part to another, stay in one position for hours, walking barefoot on the broken glass, etc. But this action’s has meanings only if they are a part of the whole idea of what I want to present to audience. From the other side, I’m using possibilities of technology to connect my live actions with computer body, in a way to expand my body through machines. In other medias such as video, installation, painting and photography I have conceptual approach where during the process of creation I make technical mistakes in purposely, because I believe that perfection is not virtue but more defect that doesn’t allows to creation to developed itself.

Gabrijel Savic Ra

Short interview with Dario Kavara

Short interview with Dario Kavara

> What is your background ?
I was born and grow up in Herzegovina (Mostar,Bosnia),after secondary school went to study Art Academy in Sarajevo ,where i stayed until 93,after i was a refuge in Norway ,Oslo.

>When do you create ?
i work mostly in airplains,trains,like the motion,in
last ten yeaars not so much work was created in studio.
who ispires your work ? all the activities outside art world,political
situation today,socio psychological development,fashion,film,science

> What is art ?
Art is in the eye of the viewer,so depends who viewer is.

> Have you ever exhibited in Italy ?
Yes ,first time in Rome 96,last time in Torino 05,dove il lupo.

>How do you image your work in a city_space ?
i think of billboard now.

> tell me more about your work.
It is a lot of text on my web page
>www.dariokavara.com

Dario Kavara also joined gallery2006

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Short interview with Rajorshi Ghosh

Short interview with Rajorshi Ghosh

What is your background ?
My background is in media arts and photography. Previously I studied graphic design.

Where you from?
Born in India, currently living in Los Angeles

When do you create ?
There is no fixed time....I am a bit scattered on this...

Who inspires your work ?
In terms of artists......many....Tony Oursler, JamesTurrell, Robert Irwin to name a few

What is art ?
Coming from a classical design background, art for me has been anything but problem-solving....infact quite the contrary.

Have you ever exposed in Italy ?
No

How do you image your work in a city_space ?
I am interested in public space art, that may be embedded into the social/cultural/architectural fabric of our urban environment.

tell me more about your work-
I am interested in exploring the notion of simplicity and creating new awareness of the mundane

Rajorshi Ghosh also joined gallery2006

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Short Interview with Salvatore Iaconesi

Short Interview with Salvatore Iaconesi

What is your background ?

engineering and rave parties. mixed together.
together with an incredible love for those art expressions that are signs of their time. and with the physical need to make statements.

When do you create ?

i tend to be hyperactive, and i find myself switching context quite often during the day:
first i'm cleaning up the house, then maybe i stop and make some music or some software, then it's off for a walk with the dogs and maybe then i'll find myself programming in the middle of a park with my laptop and the dogs running around.
wherever and whenewer i feel like it, and i'm able to.

who inspires your work ?

maybe more a mix of who/what. i tend to see patterns in people's behaviour, and i get really excited when i recognize a new one or something that just doesn't fit in any of them.
so what i'm really inspired by is when the absence of patterns ( the noise) creates balance and calmness.
in many of my works noise, in its many manifestations, is used for this purpose.
as in nature.

What is art ?

:) it's a koan.

Have you ever exhibited in Italy ?

i did lots of things in public over the years. and one exposition in a gallery.

How do you image your work in a city_space ?

i would love to do something that works on the augmented reality theories.
and i'm currently looking for academic support on these issues.
strolling through the city along with unexpected appearances of wonder:
soundscapes, visions, all jusxtaposed to reality, in a way that doesn't seem out of place or innatural. something that "fits" the environment, in both positive and negative directions.

tell me more about your work-

i experienced different cycles of subjects and techniques. i started out with experimenting with music, then i worked on cinema and video, then on software projects, then bringing it all back into the physical world, letting software interact with it.
i lately concentrated on the concept of "not_human", studying and trying to represent "other" forms of mysticism, of alchemy, genetics, evolution. i work a lot on toys.

latest production can be found at http://www.artisopensource.net

Salvatore Iaconesi also joined gallery2006

TI INTENDI DI LETTERATURA ITALIANA?

TI INTENDI DI LETTERATURA ITALIANA? IL TEST DEL GUARDIAN ON LINE

Di recente, The Guardian ha proposto sul proprio sito web un test
sulla conoscenza della letteratura italiana.
Beh, dài un'occhiata alla prima domanda.
http://tinyurl.com/oshf6
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anche se non sono d'accordo con le tue idee, difenderò fino alla
morte il tuo diritto di stare zitto (luttazzi)

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NEUROGREEN
ecologie sociali, strategie radicali
negli anni zerozero della catastrofe
http://liste.rekombinant.org/wws/subrequest/neurogreen
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A scanner darkly remix contest

:// selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem

Media/Art/Cologne
http://www.mediaartcologne.org
is proud to announce its first project
--->
://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem
http://self.engad.org
--->
organized and curated by Agricola de Cologne
in the framework of the 10th anniversary of the
twincityship between the municipalities of
Cologne/Germany & Bethlehem/Palestine

CALL for papers and presentations!

CALL for papers and presentations!

ACM Multimedia 2006 Interactive Arts Program (Santa Barbara, CA - October 22-28, 2006). ACM Multimedia is the premier annual multimedia conference. The ACM MM Interactive Arts Program brings together the arts and multimedia communities to create the stage to explore, discuss, and push the limits for the advancement of both multimedia technology through the arts, and the arts through multimedia technology.

We invite artists working with digital media and researchers in technical areas to submit papers describing interactive multimedia artworks, tools, applications, and technical approaches for creative uses of multimedia content and technology.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2006.
For more information visit: http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/acmmm06/arts/

new entry on gallery2006 DON RELVEA

new entry on gallery2006

DON RELVEA

Don Relyea uses programming and modern technology to make art. His focus is currently on generative art and video. Relyea's experience in music influenced his art signifigantly. He stumbled into generative art by accident while programming visuals for several of the music projects he contributed to during the 90's.

Relyea's themes and imagery are influenced by western pop culture, modernism, Italian futurism, life experience, news networks, google.com, tv, scan lines, op art, Albers color theory, science, pure math, pseudo-science, superstition, insects, plants and natural forms. His colors are heavily influenced by Chicago artist Ed Paschke. Relyea had the opportunity to meet Mr. Paschke in the late 80's while he was here for an exhibition.

Over the years Relyea has developed and interest in algorithmic composition. Rather than creating algorithms as art in their own right, he strives to write algorithms that simulate his own creative process. He breaks down the process of designing, enlarging, and rendering an image on paper or canvas and tries to translate that to the digital realm.

>>> Postmodern Modernist Generators I,II,III

This project explores automating the artist's design process in a lighthearted manner. I systematically break down and simplify the design process for automation by an art generator.

Project Page:
http://www.donrelyea.com/resampled_lo_fi_hilberts.htm

Images frome Postmodern Modernist Generator:

>>> Space Filling Curve Art Generator

This project is an exploration of related points along a Hilbert space filling curve.

Project Page:
http://www.donrelyea.com/hilbert_algorithmic_art_menu.htm

Images from Space Curve Generator:

>>> Real Time Contextual Art Generator
http://www.donrelyea.com/contextual_art/contextual_art.htm

Images from Real Time Contextual Art Generator:

>>>>> New generative video project "Apparition of Norma Jean"
http://www.donrelyea.com/

> on gallery2006

59 SECONDS VIDEO FESTIVAL

59 SECONDS VIDEO FESTIVAL

1. 2006 Project 59 (USA) 2006, 59”

Just watch while wish comes true.

2. Run Herve Constant (UK) 2005, 59”

Rushing all the time, for whatever the reason. Very often for none. Looking very busy. Are we lost?

3. 59 languages Petri Ala-Maunus (Finland) 2005, 59”

59 languages in 59 seconds.

4. The stuntmen Carine Doerflinger (Germany) 2004, 59”

An incident in Paris.

5. Blind Spots Jenny Vogel (USA) 2005, 59”

A close-up of an eye with the reflection of a TV continuously switching channels. The reflection of the TV replaces the pupil as the eye is scanning the images.

6. Me to tango Lucia Warck Meister (Argentina/USA) 2005, 59”

A mirrored image of a woman dancing in front of a window depicts her loneliness.

7. Vienna in the desert Wago Kreider (USA) 59”

8. Pirts Franz Wanner (Germany) 2000, 59”

Occurrence in the summer in the fields, a hommage.

9. If you don’t call me back… Alain K (France) 2004, 59” camera: Sophie Pigeron

“Each separation related to our emotional life sends us back to separations which we experienced in our early childhood starting from separating from the mother’s breast.” Necessary Renunciations by Judith Viorst

10. Vibrato Jessie Stead (USA) 2005, sound by Jessie Stead

This allegorical narrative video demonstrates how you can make party confetti for the masses with killer bass using tools found in your own home.

11. A Littlle Meditation Myriam Thyes (Germany), 2002, Voice, Myriam Thyes

The animation of the Yin&Yang symbol shows in a playful way: Polarities/opposites complete and influence each other – the balance of both parts is only one moment within the changes of growing and fading away.

12. Gas Em (USA) 2005, 59”

Animated drawn paper cut outs explore the intersection of contemporary social constructs and attempt to walk through social boundaries .

13. Rituali Urbane Masimo Lovisco (Italy) 2005, 59”

Song of Milan supporters - Inspiration from asphalt football field where somebody wrote 59 Potenza Calcio.

14. hey, sweetheart Craig Downing (USA) 2005, 59”

Two people [Tim Brown and Ryan Davis] rebel against their parents' wishes. File under book club.

15. LIX Dubi Kaufmann (USA) 2005, 59” LIX is 59 in Roman numerals and it all started from there…

16. Bah Bah Are Hauffen (Norway) 2005, 59”

With an imbecile attitude towards life in rural areas, the sheep came to equal a something with four legs from a child's play in the garden.

17. Bee Petting David Lachman (USA) 2005, 59”

Bee Petting explores a childhood memory of petting bees.…

18. Rainstorm Akiko and Masako Takada (UK) 2004, 59”

A rainy urban city changing to a rainstorm. A tragic sense of narrative in the vanishing city, and yet the scene is at the end contained within a fictional space of a small glass.

19. Fly Gruppo Sinestetico (Italy)

http://www.viennashorts.com/index.html