Performing Art Archives • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture

The Art of the VJ Hits NYU Tisch School of the Arts

The NYU Tisch School of the Arts has announced The Art of the VJ, a hands-on workshop providing a full introduction to the artform and dynamic world of the Video Jockey. Participants will learn how to create and design a live VJ performance using VJ software, behind-the-scenes techniques, and collaborate with other industry professionals.... READ MORE...

LIVE WORKS: Performance Act Award Vol. 6

Dal 20 al 28 luglio a Centrale Fies si incontreranno performer, artisti, filosofi, curatori, sound designer, architetti, ricercatori, registi in procinto di riappropriarsi tanto delle tradizioni e dei simboli quanto del proprio futuro, aprendo nuove visioni, producendo biodiversità e complessità di segno, di contenuto, di nuovi sguardi.... READ MORE...

“Eavesdropping”: a collaboration between Liquid Architecture and Melbourne Law School

Curated by Joel Stern and Dr James Parker, Eavesdropping is a collaboration between Liquid Architecture, Melbourne Law School and the Ian Potter Museum of Art, comprising an exhibition, and a public program which explore the politics of listening through work by leading artists, researchers, writers and activists from Australia and around the world.... READ MORE...

Drodesera XXXVIII edizione: “SUPERCONTINENT²”

Quest'anno il festival Drodesera è Supercontinent due, anzi, al quadrato. Performer, artisti, filosofi, curatori, sound designer, architetti, ricercatori, registi si riapproprieranno non tanto delle tradizioni e dei simboli quanto del proprio futuro.... READ MORE...

Rebel Machines / Subversive Bodies. Unlearning automated behaviors

Il Macao di Milano presenta Real Machines/Subversive Bodies, due serate di discussione collettiva, dj set e performance audiovideo che riflettono sul ruolo delle tecnologie di controllo e informazione. In che modo l’indeterminazione e la non-prevedibilità possono essere usate per ri-territorializzare la geografia delle nostre identità fisiche e desideranti?... READ MORE...

LIVE WORKS Vol. 6

È uscita la sesta edizione del bando internazionale interamente dedicato alla performance art, indetto, promosso e sostenuto da Centrale Fies a cura di Barbara Boninsegna, Simone Frangi, Daniel Blanga Gubbay.... READ MORE...

Sondra Perry: Typhoon coming on

This spring, the Serpentine presents the first European solo exhibition of American artist Sondra Perry, who explores the intersection of black identity, digital culture and power structures through video, media, installation and performance. This new exhibition will include a site-specific installation at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery and an artist's 3D avatar.... READ MORE...

Alexandra Pirici: Co-natural

Conceived especially for the New Museum, Alexandra Pirici's new work is an ongoing action with live performers and a holographic image that uses sculpture, performance, and choreography to address the fragmentation of presence and self enabled by digital technologies and by modernity's division of nature from culture and individual from collective.... READ MORE...

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today

Organized by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee and Jeffrey De Blois, and featuring 60 artists, the first major thematic group exhibition in the United States to examine the radical impact of internet culture on visual art is opening today at ICA. The exhibition comprises over 70 works across a variety of mediums, including painting, performance, photography, video, web-based projects, and virtual reality.... READ MORE...

Transmediale announces “Face Value” and further highlights for 2018

Things are what they are—but could they be different? Under the title of face value, The 31st edition of transmediale festival directed by Kristoffer Gansing for the seventh time will seek possible new ways of deconstructing the alarming development of digital populism, the radicalization of net culture, and the new culture wars.... READ MORE...

CTM Festival 2018 – Turmoil

The theme of this 19th edition of CTM, Turmoil, explores the state of music and sound practices in comparison with a confused and critical present. Ten days of tumultuous non-stop festival in various venues in Berlin will be followed by the already announced closing concert with an afterparty and a final performance.... READ MORE...

Remedial Works

Currently on view at Perth Insititute of Contemporary Art a group exhibition presenting six Australian and international artists whose works explore the specific materials of contemporary global societies, and how they can affect human bodies and the environment, by asking what role can art making perform towards remediation and healing.... READ MORE...

Instrumentarium. Interview with Jean-François Laporte

The composer Jean-François Laporte assembles simple objects to transform them into real musical instruments, sometimes controlled by electronic devices. With their strong installation presence these artifacts are linked not only to the musical world but also to the performing arts and theatre, in a perfect balance on the line that connects the concepts of object, artifact and instrument.... READ MORE...

Janez Janša®

What is in a name? How do you relate to the property, legal status, perception and representation of ourselves? What is an artwork and what is the boundary between life, institutions and companies? Co-produced by Moderna galerija (MG+MSUM) and Aksioma - Institute for Contemporary Art in Ljubljana, Janez Janša® presents a selection of works produced by the three artists over the last ten years.... READ MORE...

Instructions for Humans

Instructions For Humans presents works from UK and international artists Pete Ashton, Kyle McDonald and Nye Thompson. The focus is on the connections between humans, surveillance systems and the machine in general. What is explored is the role of intrusive visual control and how it affects individual privacy in public spaces.... READ MORE...

This is Rattle – Two new digital artworks

The Barbican presents two new digital artworks as part of This is Rattle marking Sir Simon Rattle’s inaugural season as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, and as Artist-in-Association with the Barbican and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.... READ MORE...

Todaysart 2017: international festival for digital art and trans-disciplinary creativity

Following on the heels of the first performance and club headliners, TodaysArt introduces its adventurous programme of artworks, installations, interventions, workshops and panels. The festival gives stage to over 20 renowned artists presented within the context of digital culture and our contemporary moment.... READ MORE...

Radio Silence. A live performance and 10-episode radio show

Mural Arts Philadelphia presents Radio Silence, a new project by Iraqi–American artist Michael Rakowitz and curated by Elizabeth Thomas. Conceived specifically for Philadelphia, Radio Silence interweaves dreams and memories from Iraq, America, and in-between into a soundscape of the contemporary refugee experience... READ MORE...