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The Art of Difference. New self narratives

Marco MancusoJanuary 9, 2018

This is the curatorial text written by Marco Mancuso and Filippo Lorenzin for the Streaming Egos project by Goethe Institut, to reflect on the representations of the Self on the Net in Italy in the ‘10s of the new millennium ‒ which for the country is a time of severe economic crisis and deep changes in the political, cultural, economic and work sectors.... READ MORE...

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SIMPOSIO: Human conversations. Five monthly appointments by NONE Collective

Redazione DigicultJanuary 8, 2018

Simposio è un programma di incontri, performance e installazioni che indaga il rapporto tra uomo e macchina nella società contemporanea. Simposio è a cura di NONE collective e si svolge a partire da Gennaio 2018 fino a Giugno 2018, con un incontro al mese e con ospiti di varia estrazione e provenienza.... READ MORE...

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NONE collective presenta “GENESI” a La Festa di Roma

Redazione DigicultDecember 28, 2017

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“Dökk”, or the multimedia cosmic dance. The new project by fuse*

Federica PattiDecember 22, 2017

Modern physics has shown us that movement and rhythm are essential properties of matter; that all matter, both on Earth and in outer space, is involved in a continuous cosmic dance. These - and many other – suggestions gave rise to Dökk, the new live-media performance of fuse*, the new live-media performance of fuse*: an immersive multimedia narrative - in premiere on February 3rd at Teatro Testoni in Bologna.... READ MORE...

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Merike Estna e Maria Metsalu: Soft Scrub, Hard Body, Liquid Presence

Redazione DigicultDecember 19, 2017

A current exhibition at Art in General combines works and performances by Merike Estna and Maria Metsalu that - focusing in particular on the feminine perspective - explore the contemporary body in its new surroundings, between over-consumption of virtual space, stress of competition and a fractured understanding of the self.... READ MORE...

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Evidentiary Realism

Redazione DigicultDecember 18, 2017

Evidentiary Realism is a new collective show at NOME gallery in Berlin that aims to articulate a particular form of realism in art presenting investigative, forensic, and documentary artworks that investigate the notion of evidence and its modes of representation in post-9/11 era.... READ MORE...

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Claudia Hart: The Flower Matrix

Redazione DigicultDecember 15, 2017

The Flower Matrix from Claudia Hart represents a new kind of liminal space, a mixed-reality architecture embellished by decorative elements embracing an aesthetic of the fake in which technology has replaced nature. The work is presented at Wallplay’s VR “speakeasy” in the basement of Gallery 151 as part of the TRANSFER VR Commission.... READ MORE...

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Accademia Carrara di Bergamo: talk with Irene Fenara

Redazione DigicultDecember 11, 2017

The first talk within the Academic Year 2017-2018 of the Publishing for the Arts class, will be thursday 7 December 2017 with the artist Irene Fenara and with Cristina Rota, project manager at The Blank to introduce the book "Who Needs Eyes When You Have Sapphire Crystal Lenses?"... READ MORE...

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Critical Writing Workshop: Sonic Acts Academy | Deadline: 21/12/2017

Redazione DigicultDecember 6, 2017

A new edition of the Critical Writing Workshop will take place during Sonic Acts Academy 2018, from 23 to 25 February, facilitated by Jennifer Lucy Allan. During the workshop, we will focus on specific aspects of writing as a craft (language, style and focus) and how to shape the argument or perspective of a piece... READ MORE...

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Curating the HyperPavilion. Interview with Philippe Riss-Schmidt

Donata MarlettaDecember 4, 2017

Part of the 57th Venice Biennale, HyperPavilion presented a variety of site-specific projects, in which artists questioned both the consequences after the arrival of the digital, and the ongoing merging process between physical and virtual worlds. After the closing Donata Marletta reached the curator Philippe Riss-Schmidt to talk about this experience.... READ MORE...

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The Handbook of Visual Culture

Silvia BertolottiNovember 30, 2017

The Handbook of Visual Culture is now available in paperback format, edited by Bloomsbury Publishing. It includes several contributions by scholars and professionals challenging the vitality and complexity of visual culture research with a cross-disciplinary approach and a special interest in cyber and digital culture.... READ MORE...

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Beautiful new worlds: virtual realities in contemporary art

Redazione DigicultNovember 22, 2017

Virtual space images are already influencing different areas of our world and will continue to shape our future: Beautiful New Worlds addresses recent developments in image technology presenting 13 artists who address the relationship between virtual and physical spaces with a particular focus on the socio-political potential of virtual technologies.... READ MORE...

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Seminar on “Art and Future”: NABA New Academy of Fine Arts

Redazione DigicultNovember 10, 2017

Art Industries workshop, lead by Marco Mancuso, is run the weekend of 11-12 November. Built through a critical understanding of the most important media art projects, crossing fields of design, fashion and science scienza, the workshop comes to design of a complex artwork able to talk with the new hybrid contemporary art markets... READ MORE...

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Digitalife focuses on the future and investigates the relationship between art and science

Caterina TomeoNovember 8, 2017

The eighth edition of Digitalife, designed by Monique Veaute for Romaeuropa Festival and directed by Fabrizio Grifasi, has landed at Palazzo delle Esposizioni with a complex articulation of audiovisual architectures and multimedia installations curated by Richard Castelli.... READ MORE...

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Pipilotti Rist: Sip my Ocean

Redazione DigicultNovember 7, 2017

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia presents a major new exhibition by pioneering Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, exclusively in Sydney as part of the Sydney International Art Series. Incorporating video and sculpture, Rist's dazzling environments immerse visitors in colourful projections that explore the relationships between nature, body and technology.... READ MORE...

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Digicult Editions: Investigations on the Cultural Economy of Media Art, by Alessio Chierico

Redazione DigicultNovember 1, 2017

“Investigations on the Cultural Economy of Media Art” is a collection of the heterogeneous perspectives that are contributing to the current discussion about the economies of the Media Art field. The books includes papers and essays from (and interviews to) some of the most important curators and critics investigating the possible and impossible impacts of technologies on production, distribution, collection and market of media art pieces.... READ MORE...

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Investigations on the Cultural Economy of Media Art – The new book by Digicult Editions

Redazione DigicultOctober 30, 2017

Digicult Editions announces the release of its new book “Investigations on the Cultural Economy of Media Art”, edited by Alessio Chierico. With texts by Paolo Cirio, Annette Doms, Vincenzo Estremo, Steve Fletcher, Marialaura Ghidini, Wolf Lieser, Jonas Lund, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Marco Mancuso, Rebekah Modrak, Christiane Paul, Domenico Quaranta, Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, Gerfried Stocker, Pau Waelder... READ MORE...

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Bill Viola. Naissance à rebours

Redazione DigicultOctober 26, 2017

Naissance à rebours is the new exhibition by Bill Viola which is presented at the DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art in Montreal. The presentation consists of four flat panel videos as well as a projection work and the most recent major installation Inverted Birth, displayed for the first time in Canada.... READ MORE...

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