JOHN BOCK

JOHN BOCK, INSIDE BEYOND
Durata mostra: dal 29 Aprile al 24 Maggio 2008

http://www.giomarconi.com/


nel video - ecxtract from John Bock performance - lecture at galleria Gio' Marconi - Milano



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Multi Artist is Awarded the ARKEN Prize 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark�: www.art-directory.cn:
" The German multi artist John Bock is awarded the ARKEN Prize for daring the grotesque and absurd in his mad works."

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MATRIX

MATRIX
Gender | Relations | Revisions

13.03.2008 – 07.06.2008
Curated by: Sabine Mostegl and Gudrun Ratzinger

From March 2008 the exhibition MATRIX – gender | relations | revisions will display works from the collection of the City of Vienna that reflect on "gender" in a variety of ways. The exhibition shows works by some 40 artists from the last four decades and looks at their positions on gender/relations.

The inevitable starting point lies in the structuring of art by gender differences, as "the concepts and connotations of core categories of artistic production, such as 'genius', 'artist' and 'creativity', are gender-specific" (Anja Zimmermann). This fact has been analysed and examined repeatedly by female artists in particular, and since the 1970s it has become an important subject in their art production. Therefore the exhibition encompasses both works that examine the hierarchisation of genres and art techniques and pieces of art that question the concepts of authorship and gaze.

A central focus of the exhibition is on works in which artists stage themselves as the subject so as to demonstrate the current gender-based power structure and the inscription of social norms. A number of artists also explore the human body (often their own) and its visual representation. Works on sex that elude unequivocal interpretation and defy dichotomisation into "female" and "male" expand the possibilities for reflecting on gender relations.

The exhibition deliberately abstains from presenting a genealogy of "feminist art" as a timeline of development but instead chooses to place its emphasis on the motif of repetition. The works selected from the collection of the City of Vienna form a dense network of references in which motifs, questions and topics from different directions meet and form links and unexpected connections, only to drift apart again and sometimes also to contradict each other.

Featuring works by: a room of one's own, Renate Bertlmann, Christa Biedermann, Andy Chicken, Katrina Daschner, Carla Degenhardt, Carola Dertnig, Ines Doujak, Friedrich Eckhardt, VALIE EXPORT, Alex Gerbaulet, Ingeborg G. Pluhar, Eva Grubinger, Maria Hahnenkamp, Ilse Haider, Oliver Hangl, Lotte Hendrich-Hassmann, Matthias Herrmann, Lisa Holzer, Edgar Honetschläger, Ursula Hübner, Anna Jermolaewa, Birgit Jürgenssen, Dejan Kaludjerovic, Elke Krystufek, Friedl Kubelka, Marko Lulic, Sabine Marte, Marc Mer, Michaela Moscouw, Ulrike Müller, Sabine Müller, Margot Pilz, Michaela Pöschl, Karin Raitmayr, Sascha Reichstein, Lois Renner, Dorota Sadovská, Hans Scheirl, Markus Schinwald, Christoph Schmidberger, Stefanie Seibold, Magda Tothova

MUSA - Museum auf Abruf: Current Exibition

D.A.T.A. Group - Dublin, Ireland

DATA:EVENT:30 - * Special 30th Event Anniversary*

Where: Science gallery.
When: Tuesday, 29th April, 8pm.

Alessandro Ludovico (Italia):
Alessandro Ludovico, 1969, lives and works in Bari, Italy. He's a media critic and editor in chief of Neural magazine from 1993, (Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica 2004). He's one of the founding contributors of the Nettime community and one of the founders of 'Mag.Net (Electronic Cultural Publishers organization). He was also an advisor for the Documenta 12's Magazine Project and he teaches at the Academy of Art in Carrara. Since 2005 with Ubermorgen and Paolo Cirio he has realized art projects such as 'Google Will Eat Itself' (Honorary Mention Prix Ars Electronica 2005, Rhizome Commission 2005, nomination Transmediale Award 2006) and 'Amazon Noir' (2nd prize Transmediale Award 2008).

Jaime Villarreal (Mexico):
Jaime Villarreal is an artist, technologist and researcher whose work explores the use of emerging technologies and electronic media as tools for creative expression. He works at the Centro Multimedia of the National Center for Arts of Mexico where he researches and develops creative applications of computer graphics programming and electronics. He is 1/2 of the electropunk/hardcore band "555vs666" and 1/3 of the audiovisual performance group "rrr". Jaime will be performing with his collaborators Sonida RRR live from Mexico City using networked electronic instruments. Dublin heads will also be taking part using instruments they've built in local workshops at NCAD and the Science Gallery.

Ivan Twohig (Ireland):
Ivan Twohig is an artist and student of the Ncad (2nd year MA, Art in the Digital World) His work operates at the convergence between fine art, architectural design and pop culture.� He works across a range of media including electronic art, video, sculpture, installation, net art, drawing and text based work.

D.A.T.A. Group - Dublin, Ireland

Digital Media Valencia

Digital Media - Vicerectorat de Cultura - Universitat de Valencia

Digital Media és una iniciativa de la Universitat de València i la Sala Naranja, en col·laboració amb centres nacionals i internacionals d’art i noves tecnologies.

Més que una exposició, DIGITAL MEDIA serà un punt de trobada i un fòrum de debat entre artistes, experts i públic d’un gran nombre de països. Es planteja des de diversos nuclis o nodes: la intervenció en els diferents espais de la seu de l’antiga Universitat de València, concerts de música electroacústica, performances multimèdia, cicles de vídeo, laboratoris de so, jornades de debat i la web www.digitalmediavalencia.com creada específicament per a aquest esdeveniment i que naix amb la intenció de ser un portal de referència internacional d’art i de noves tecnologies. Un portal que perdurarà més enllà d’aquest esdeveniment i anirà evolucionant i creixent mitjançant la col·laboració de nombrosos centres de creació d’art digital, teòrics i artistes.

Hollow Nature

Karin Andersen
Hollow Nature



«Hollow Nature» e' la nuova personale di Karin Andersen, artista tedesca già presente presso lo Studio d'Arte Cannaviello nel 2002 con la mostra dal titolo «A Trip to Lamin Paloo», e nel 2005 con «Imperfect Life». Nata a Burghausen nel 1966, si trasferisce a Bologna nel 1986 dove si diploma all'Accademia delle Belle Arti e alla scuola del fumetto «La Nuova Eloisa». Già dal 1994 il suo talento si afferma in molte gallerie di Bologna, Milano e Roma. Partecipa inoltre a diverse collettive in tutto il mondo, da New York a Londra, dal Belgio al Cile. In collaborazione con Roberto Marchesini ha pubblicato nel 2003 «Animal Appeal, uno studio sul teriomorfismo», ovvero sulla fusione tra l'uomo e l'animale, sulla possibilità di un loro dialogo e scambio referenziale.

In questa nuova serie di lavori della Andersen la presenza di figure alienanti, di creature teriomorfe e di oggetti della quotidianità inseriti in ambientazioni urbane o paesaggi naturali riflessi e rovesciati spinge ad una nuova discussione sui confini tra il reale e l'immaginario. Il conoscibile si fonde con il paradossale in una serie di opere nate dall'interazione libera di fotografia, pittura e disegno digitali, come «Grotto», «Darkness» e «Hollow Horse», stampe lambda su forex realizzate nel 2007. Cio' che a prima vista puo' apparire scontato cela una verità altra: le immagini sfuggono alle regole del gioco della rappresentazione visiva convenzionale basata su verosimiglianza e coerenza spaziale.

Studio Cannaviello
via A. Stoppani 15 - Milano
Ingresso libero

SOCIAL NETWORKING CONFERENCE

SOCIAL NETWORKING CONFERENCE:

"The Social Networking Conference are the industry's largest events that covers business management for the Social Networking industry. The next event will be held on May 8 - 9, 2008 at the Palace Hotel Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo focuses on all the online community market in Japan and the Far East. The event will discuss: Japanese business strategies, mobile technologies in Japan, Asia and Social Networking, software, partnerships, venture capital, legal issues, Far East marketing and payments."

TAKEAWAY - the Festival of do it yourself Media

TAKEAWAY - the Festival of do it yourself Media:

"The 3rd TakeAway Festival hosted in the Dana centre is presenting the installation Listening Post created by Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin and next day, from 2pm till 9pm RFID workshop for artists and designers."

visioni digitali

VISIONI DIGITALI:

"Un festival sulla creatività digitale: anteprime internazionali, corti, animazioni, workshop e tour.

5-7 MAGGIO 2008
FABBRICA DEL VAPORE
Via Procaccini 4 Milano"

Ambient Intelligence for Better Buildings

YouTube - Ambient Intelligence for Better Buildings:

"A short introduction to a sensor network research project at MERL: http://www.merl.com/projects/ulrs/
Data from hundreds of sensors all over MERL ffeed work on better sensor hardware, better perceptual tools, better visualizations, and ultimately a better understanding of how people use buildings and how those buildings can help the people within them. Work completed 2006, video edited 2007. Christopher R. Wren, Yuri A. Ivanov, Darren Leigh, Jonathan Westhues, John Barnwell, Alexander Sorokin, Ishwinder Kaur, and Emmanuel Munguia Tapia."

via Smart Cameras

Moralische Fantasien

Die Ausstellung „Moralische Fantasien“ ist ein gemeinsames Ausstellungsprojekt des Berliner Ausstellungsmachers und Kritikers Raimar Stange und der Museumskuratorin Dorothee Messmer. Die Ausstellung umfasst 23 Positionen und wird in den Räumen des Kunstmuseums Thurgau ausgerichtet.

" Künstlerinnen und Künstler:
Beteiligte Künstlerinnen und Künstler (in Planung)
Ursula Biemann; de Rijke/de Rooij; Olafur Eliasson; Johannes Gees; Jeppe Hein; Christina Hemauer & Roman Keller Jonathan Horowitz; Christoph Keller
Leopold Kessler; Deborah Ligorio; Elke Marhöfer; Gordon Matta Clark; Gustav Metzger; Horse Art; Olaf Nicolai; Marjetica Potrc; relax; Chéri Samba; Santiago Sierra; Philippe Rahm; Rirkrit Tiravanija; Christine Würmell; The Yes Men"

Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau

Land of Human Rights

Land of Human Rights

Land of Human Rights …

… is a project dealing with the status quo of the human rights in Europe seen from the perspective of visual art. Starting by the end of 2007, over a period of three years analyses and visions of human rights issues in Europe will be developed and disseminated in the general public with the means of art. The planned activities – exhibitions inside and outside the gallery space, poster campaigns, media projects, film programmes, theoretical discourse etc – are supposed to reach a broad audience and shall make us aware of the following fact: In many respects the observance of human rights is not guaranteed “in front of our doors” too!

2move - Double Movement Migratory Aesthetics

Bringing together the work of international artists from different generations and origins, 2move explores the connections between video, mobility, migratory culture and our contemporary world. Today, the encounter with the traces of migration gives way to a plurality of sensory experiences which both transform and modify our everyday life, experiences that are themeselves ‘aesthetic'. The medium of video not only records these experiences, but also contribute to both imagine and construct them.

Artists&Works

http://www.doublemovement.org

how to destroy a gallery?

La Vitrine DESTROY IT !!!:

"son:DA and collective LaVitrine present group exhibition with open call 'how to destroy a gallery?'

because of the many reasons one of the most active gallery project in city of Maribor, Slovenia is closing down. collective La Vitrine who is running the small, hand-made gallery out of wood with two windows and covered with 'tarmacom', located in the cultural center Pekarna, invited us 'to destroy it' as the last project with this gallery; the question now is, how to destroy it alias the process of destroying it."

MIT Media Lab and Bank of America

MIT Media Lab and Bank of America announce Center for Future Banking - MIT News Office

"The MIT Media Laboratory and Bank of America today announced the creation of the Center for Future Banking, a five-year collaboration to which Bank of America has committed $3-5 million annually."

Surreal Systems

Surreal Systems

PDX Fest Video Installation Exhibit @ galleryHomeland
insideThe Ford Building, 2505 SE 11th, (corner of 11th and Division)
Opening Night Party: Wednesday April 30, 6PM - 12AM
Viewing Hours: Thursday May 1 - Monday May 5, 12PM - 6PM
curated by Mack McFarland and Stephen Slappe

For the third consecutive year, Portland artists Stephen Slappe and Mack McFarland have put together an exhibition of video art for the PDX Fest. Surreal Systems glimpses at artists working within the wide field of video installation, featuring work from fourteen artists and artist teams from the USA and Europe. What creates a system? Who dictates the rules? And what occurs when the rules fails? These are a few of the questions posed by the work in Surreal Systems. This show promises Portland's heaviest annual dose of installation-based moving images under one roof!

Installation, Sculpture, and Single Channel Videos:

untitled (sniper)
Lisa K. Blatt, San Francisco, CA
An investigation of perception and the intersection of nature and culture.

Cash Crop
Madison Brookshire, Los Angeles, CA
A simple score: when the loop is one frame long, it plays only once; when it is two frames long, it plays twice; three frames, three times; and so on.

Winter Tour (MO)
Terry Chatkupt, Portland, OR
Takes viewers through a dreamlike Midwestern landscape.

Squeeze, Ripple, Unsqueeze
Ryan Dunn, Portland, OR
Focuses on the relationship between time and fluid motion.

Self-Haunted and Synthetic
Tannaz Farsi, Eugene, OR
Uses the tropes of viewing paradigms, memory, and objects to construct post-apocalyptic identities and relate the fantasy of viewing paradigms not only to the reflection of our image, but also the objects that construct memory.

On Off
Timo Katz and Jan Fuchs, Leipzig, Germany
There is no external observation; the film generates itself.

UberVision Prototype Demonstration
Karl Lind and Ron Gassaway, Portland, OR
PDX UberVision Reps Ron Gassaway and Karl Lind will be on hand to demonstrate this 21st century photobooth for the soul (and soulless)...

What We As Humans Trying Fallibly Forever
Jeanne Liotta, New York, NY
A single dissolve extracted from the media haystack of the mid 20th century. Ad infinitum.

Import/Export
Melanie Nakaue, Portland, OR
An examination of three different histories: the history of contract labor in Hawaii, the European conquest of the Pekingese dog, and the endangered and rare plant, the Silversword; in order to explore the relationship between history, colonialism, representation, and aesthetics.

The Glass Whale
Leif Peterson, Portland, OR
A fairytale set in a half remembered land hidden beneath the dust of forgotten and repressed memories. The story of a father who is cursed to become a whale and is saved by his son.

Inertia Machine I, Inertia Machine II, Entropy Machine I
Renée Rhodes, Seattle, WA
Elaborately structured cycles are set to be repeated infinitely. What then is yielded? Growth and new ideas or stagnant even paced existence? The games of human societies will perpetuate onward forever.

Standing in a White Room, with Clothes On, Looking
Brian Rush, Bellingham, WA
Culminates in a bizarre and fleeting moment of vulnerability.

2 Poems
Cat Tyc, Portland, OR
This piece is about the artists’ relation to their work & the world. Economy & connection. The speech that lives within us all.

Transmissions To The Universe
Jess Wheelock, Cleveland, OH
Transmissions to the Universe is an animation that transforms video diaries accumulated from YouTube into the broadcasted messages of astronauts drifting through the cosmic ocean. The video reflects the moments of humor, absurdity, hope and futility seen within the musings of these wayfaring pioneers.

inside the PDX Fest

Collegians earn media award

Collegians earn media award:

"Moorpark College multimedia students won the 2008 Media Arts Award Competition sponsored by the Multimedia and Entertainment Initiative of the California Community Colleges' Economic and Workforce Development Program.

The students' category was web design. They won by creating the site FOOD: Fundamentals of Oral Delights at www.myfirstscrapbook.com."