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Upgrade! is an international, emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural divides. Its decentralized, non-hierarchical structure ensures that Upgrade! (i) operates according to local interests and their available resources; and (ii) reflects current creative engagement with cutting edge technologies. While individual nodes present new media projects, engage in informal critique, and foster dialogue and collaboration between individual artists, Upgrade! International functions as an online, global network that gathers annually in different cities to meet one another, showcase local art, and work on the agenda for the following year.
Current Nodes: Boston (United States), Chicago (United States), Lisbon (Portugal), Johannesburg (South Africa), Istanbul (Turkey), Montreal (Canada), Munich (Germany), New York (United States), Oklahoma City (United States), Scotland, Seoul (South Korea), Sofia (Bulgaria), Tel Aviv (Israel), and Vancouver (Canada).
Background: Since April 1999, a group of new media artists and curators have gathered in New York City. The first meeting took place at a bar in the east village with Tim Whidden & Mark River [MTAA], Mark Napier and founder Yael Kanarek. Upgrade! New York partnered with Eyebeam in March 2000.
some events in july
Upgrade Montréal is pleased to present two projects that translate the choreography of
bodies in space into mediated dance movements on screen.
From LARTech (UQAM’s Department of Dance), a collaborative team of artist-researchers will present their work in progress “No body dance: a 3-D Rite of Spring in infochoreography of particles for screen.”
Using movement detectors, the dancers’ bodies are transformed into a visible expression of movement, now discernible only through particles. Gesture, not the body, becomes the marker of identity. Along side the project chief-collaborators, Martine Époque and Denis Poulin, are Jean-Jacques Maine, Normand Marcy and Fédérick Gravel, who will each discuss their individual contributions to what they have termed a “paradigm of dance without bodies.”
The second presenter is Desh Fernando. Fernando explores how film can create a unique interpretation of the interaction between bodies in space. Fernando and his collaborators, Teoma Naccarato (choreographer) and Merlin Ettore (percussionist), will present some of their works in progress, as well as Fernando’s past film projects, including Lola & Me, a multidisciplinary film and comedic parody of the corporate world.
The event will culminate with a round table discussion between the artists and public. The
free event is open to all, starting at 7:00 PM. The presentations begin promptly at 7:20 PM
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Upgrade! Munich ist ein monatliches Treffen von Medienkünstlern und Kuratoren, das von Tamiko Thiel und Horst Konietzny organisiert und an verschiedenen Orten Münchens abgehalten wird. Wenn Sie Interesse haben, Ihre Arbeit zu präsentieren, bitte emailen Sie uns!
A monthly gathering of artists and curators interested in new media held at varying locations in Munich, organized by Tamiko Thiel and Horst Konietzny. If you are interested in presenting, send us email!------------------------------------------------------------------------
Upgrade! Boston and Turbulence.org
in partnership with Art Interactive
proudly present
EXCHANGE 2006
EXCHANGE 2006 replaces the studio with roads, truck stops,
border crossings and cities. For 6 to 9 months Nisbet’s Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) tagged and inventoried personal
belongings are being hauled in a commercial shipping container
to be freely traded throughout Canada, the United States and
Mexico. The performance includes the day-to-day travel and
activities associated with driving a commercial transport truck
and the contact with people and communities along the way.
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[[ UPGRADE GOES LIVE ]] in Amsterdam -
14-06-06 live cinema and coding
Gasten:
Tobias c. van Veen (CDN)
Tobias c. van Veen is een rebelse theoreticus & piraat, techno-turntablist en auteur uit Montreal. Hij is conceptingenieur aan de SAT en projectleider van de geluidsscene in het mobiele digitale commons netwerk. Hij organiseert Upgrade! Montreal en promoveert in de filosofie en communicatiewetenschappen aan de McGill Universiteit.
download PRESENTATION
download TEXT
Van Veen at Mutek06 (mutek on youtube)
http://www.quadrantcrossing.org/
www.quadrantcrossing.org/blog
http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/
Trace Reddell (US)
Trace Reddell is Assistent Professor Digitale Media Studies aan de Universiteit van Denver en directeur van het postgraduaat in Digitale Media Studies. Hij nam deel aan wereldwijde webcasting projecten en is redacteur van het katern van de Electronic Book Review over muziek/audio/noise. Tevens produceert hij programma's voor Alt-X Audio.
www.du.edu/~treddell
http://dms.du.edu/
www.altx.com/audio
Martijn van Boven (NL)
Is mediakunstenaar en werkt als free-lance curator film en video, met een focus op avant-garde en abstracte film. Hij doceert audiovisueel ontwerp aan de kunstacademie te Arnhem en was
mede-oprichter in 2003 van het mediakunst platform in Den Haag: <>TAG.
http://www.tag004.nl/
Jan-Kees van Kampen (NL)
Studeerde muziektechnologie en verdiepte zich in live compositie en genetwerkt spel. Hij speelt in Powerbooks Unplugged, een 4-koppig laptopbandje, maakt deel uit van het goto10 collectief en werkt als technicus voor Waag Society in Amsterdam.
http://vacca.goto10.org/
http://pbup.goto10.org/
http://www.goto10.org/
