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FACT: the first arts organisation in the UK to accept Bitcoin donations

Redazione DigicultJuly 8, 2015

FACT in Liverpool is the first arts venue in the UK to start accepting Bitcoin donations. The option to use Bitcoins for donations has been introduced to coincide with FACT’s pilot project FACTLab, which is a pioneering workshop space where visitors of all ages are invited to explore the possibilities of creative technology... READ MORE...

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Systems. Edited by Edward A. Shanken

Redazione DigicultJune 25, 2015

Systems traces a radical shift in sofware aesthetics from its roots in mid twentieth-century general systems theory, cybernetics, and artificial intelligence to the cutting-edge science of the present. The collected texts examine the connections between advanced technological systems, our bodies and minds... READ MORE...

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A stream of junk: interview with Sašo Sedlaček

Filippo LorenzinJune 18, 2015

Sašo Sedlaček, Slovenian artist interested in obsolescence long before it became one of the hottest topics of the discussions of these years, presented his first solo exhibition in Italy about these and other issues. Curated by Domenico Quaranta and opened since May 16 in the spaces of Ultra (Udine)... READ MORE...

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New curatorial commission: Streaming Egos, Goethe Institut

Redazione DigicultJune 4, 2015

Digicult was commissioned by Goethe Institut to curate the Italian Pavillion for the Streaming Egos project. Marco Mancuso and Filippo Lorenzin are the official curators... READ MORE...

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Have you protested, yet?

Redazione DigicultMay 29, 2015

We live in a state of mental distress, but what opportunities do artists, hacktivists and political groups have in order to lead the way out of the state of anxiety? Ahead of the Protest Workshop at FACT on 18 June, Joanna Straczowski considers the siutation... READ MORE...

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Surveillance Awareness Bureau

Redazione DigicultMay 29, 2015

The Surveillance Awareness Bureau (SAB) intends to create a space of critical engagement that grants visibility to systems that by nature should remain invisible to individuals and at the same time provoke a highly charged debate on privacy, liberty, control and abuse... READ MORE...

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Momentum 8: Tunnel Vision

Redazione DigicultMay 28, 2015

Since its inception in Norway in 1998, Momentum has presented outstanding Nordic and international artists. The biennial is the oldest and most established biennial for contemporary art in the Nordic region. Momentum 8 explores tunnel vision... READ MORE...

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Art In The Age Of…Planetary Computation

Redazione DigicultMay 21, 2015

The exhibition Art In The Age Of…Planetary Computation investigates how quantification, telecommunications, and our ever-expanding information apparati not only inform contemporary artistic production, but also how contemporary art can hold a mirror up to these processes and formations... READ MORE...

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Paolo Cirio: Overexposed

Redazione DigicultMay 20, 2015

With his public intervention Overexposed, artist Paolo Cirio disseminates unauthorized pictures of high-ranking U.S. intelligence officials throughout major cities, taken from social media hacks. Then, using his HD Stencils graffiti technique, he spray-paints high-resolution reproductions of the misappropriated photos onto public walls... READ MORE...

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Poetics and Politics of Data at House

Redazione DigicultMay 20, 2015

Poetics and Politics of Data shows artistic works that approach the phenomena of Big Data and data mining, visualizing the continuous bitstream while referring to the political and social implications of a world controlled by data... READ MORE...

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The Insane Growth of Social Gaming

Redazione DigicultApril 28, 2015

Social Gaming is one of the most popular phenomena in recent history. A lot of people play social games on their mobile devices. Further growth is expected... READ MORE...

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#catcontent

Redazione DigicultApril 27, 2015

The exhibition #catcontent examines the diverse forms of the depiction of animals in art: a new way can be found in contemporary approaches that examine the use of digital images. In the shape of images, animals have served as attributes, symbols, or metaphors for human traits for many centuries.... READ MORE...

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Inside the user’s mind: interview with Nicolas Sassoon

Filippo LorenzinApril 20, 2015

At the center of the project WITCHCRAFT there was the intention to investigate the possibility to understand technologies like computers and internet, critically and poetically; the selection of the involved artists reveals, for those who already know this field of research, the mood and the premises of the exhibition itself... READ MORE...

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Imponderable: the archives of Tony Oursler

Redazione DigicultApril 17, 2015

Imponderable is an extensive research project that investigates the personal collection of American artist Tony Oursler, a remarkable trove of more than 2,500 photographs, publications and unique objects, tracking a social, spiritual and intellectual history dating back to the early 18th century.... READ MORE...

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SITUATIONS. The new online project of Fotomuseum Winterthur

Redazione DigicultApril 15, 2015

Fotomuseum Winterthur is launching a new exhibition format titled SITUATIONS, which allows to react more quickly to developments within photographic culture. The initial cluster is Relations and includes work by Ryan Trecartin, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Hito Steyerl and Aneta Grzeszykowska... READ MORE...

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The Internet Does Not Exist

Redazione DigicultApril 9, 2015

The internet does not exist. Maybe it did exist only a short time ago, but now it only remains as a blur, a cloud, a friend, a deadline, a redirect, or a 404. If it ever existed, we couldn’t see it.... READ MORE...

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The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud

Redazione DigicultApril 7, 2015

The music industry is going through a period of immense change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of music in the age of computers and the Internet?... READ MORE...

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Carlos Motta: Gender Talents, a web-based project by Creative Capital

Redazione DigicultApril 2, 2015

Creative Capital ha just launched Gender Talents, a web-based project by artist Carlos Motta that engages movements and discourses for gender self-determination within trans and intersex communities internationally... READ MORE...

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