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Vanishing Point. The new exhibition at Bitforms Gallery

Redazione DigicultJune 7, 2013

At the birth of modern computing, we begin to plausibly imagine how our world could be digitally remade as small as possible. That is, it’s only after Turing fixed our technological gaze outwards onto infinity that we began our relentless dwindling inwards, towards miniaturized circuits and virtualization.... READ MORE...

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2013 Visual Open Call: M!RA Festival in Barcelona

Redazione DigicultJune 7, 2013

MiRA Festival is pleased to announce the 2013 edition of OPEN CALL, aimed at visual creation and designed for individual artists and groups who want to exhibit their work in the Festival in November.... READ MORE...

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Lighthouse Opportunities: Creative Producer

Redazione DigicultJune 7, 2013

Lighthouse is looking for an exceptional individual with a background in digital media, or arts and curation, to play a key role in the development and production of our award winning digital culture and art programmes.... READ MORE...

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Call for entries: VIDA 15.0 Art and Artificial Life

Redazione DigicultJune 7, 2013

VIDA, the International Art and Artificial Life Awards, launched in 1999 by Fundación Telefónica, was founded to promote creation and stimulate an environment in which art, science and technology converge.... READ MORE...

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The Spectacle of Disintegration, by McKenzie Wark

Redazione DigicultJune 7, 2013

Following his history of the Situationist International, The Beach Beneath the Street, McKenzie Wark puts here the work of the Situationists in a broader context, charting their contemporary relevance and critique of modernity... READ MORE...

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Becoming a stranger. An interview to Brandon LaBelle

Anna RaimondoJune 4, 2013

Sound art lives today a recognition in the art field, both in the art market and in the academic world. Nevertheless, the definition still lives a great dichotomy in its interpretation. On one hand, sound art is understood as an artist practice based on the medium of sound; on the other hand, it is configured more as a possibility of reciprocal listening articulated in different forms, in which sound can be silent.... READ MORE...

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Nothing to see here…Visual Culture in the Internet Age

Redazione DigicultJune 3, 2013

The Link Art Center is proud to announce the collaboration with the Istituto Svizzero in the organization of the exhibition project Nothing to see here..., that will take place from May 30 to July 12 at the Milan branch of the Istituto. Nothing to see here... is an exhibition in two parts and a discussion on art and visual culture in the Internet Age.... READ MORE...

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Creativity Day 2013

Redazione DigicultJune 3, 2013

Digicult is invited to join the Creativity Day 2013 appointment in Milan, next 24 September at Teatro Elfo, a meeting for creative people, marketing manager, developers, makers, startuppers, bloggers and students... READ MORE...

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Creativity Day 2013

Redazione DigicultJune 3, 2013

Creativity day is an annual event that brings together everyone who is involved in technology, creativity and innovation. A full day of workshops and conferences will help you to learn something new, to make your ideas happen, to test your ability and get inspired by other professionals and artists.... READ MORE...

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TKB Project. Novel intersections between language, performance and Digital Media

Vanessa MichielonMay 30, 2013

From 2nd to 3rd May 2013 in Lisbon was held the international conference “Multimodal Communication: Language, Performance and Digital Media”, organized by the FCSH and the FCT of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in the framework of the TKB project conclusion.... READ MORE...

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Quayola & Memo Akten: “Forms”. Something about Life, at Ars Electronica Prix 2013

Pasquale NapolitanoMay 28, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, with the series "Form", Quayola and Memo Aikten the Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica 2013 in the Computer Animation / Film / VFX category. In this work the two artists analyze the movement of the human body, a fascinating investigation on the body itself as a machine and system, bystander in time and space.... READ MORE...

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Digicult Panel: “We’re on the Road to Nowhere”

Redazione DigicultMay 24, 2013

CYLAND Media Art Lab (St Petersburg, Russia) & Centro Studi sulle Arti della Russia (CSAR), Ca' Foscari University in Venice presents a panel curated and introduced by: Marco Mancuso (Digicult Director). With: Alessio Erioli, Bertram Niessen, Domenico Quaranta, Valentina Tanni... READ MORE...

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A Musing on Local Archives (hard drives, etc)

Redazione DigicultMay 23, 2013

The local archive is a tool against hegemony, but not the digital one. The roots of the digital archive are too enmeshed in the agendas of power itself, from the very structure of digital technology to the hegemony of the QWERTY keyboard. Secondly, the digital archive is too ephemeral on too many levels for it to be effective as anti-hegemonic tool for any longer than a very limited period of time.... READ MORE...

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Ars Electronica Prix – Nicolas Bernier: between frequencies and dichotomies

Donata MarlettaMay 21, 2013

Nicolas Bernier is one of the most interesting and sophisticated artists in the contemporary scenario. His piece frequencies(a) has been recently awarded with the prestigious Golden Nica for the "Digital Musics and Sound Art" section by the Ars Electronica Festiva... READ MORE...

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Science Gallery. Call for exhibits: Grow Your Own

Redazione DigicultMay 20, 2013

The call is looking for works that offer a participative and interactive visitor experience for a broad age range of visitors, especially 15-25. Projects that inform, provoke dialogue and engage audiences about synthetic biology... READ MORE...

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Transcultures. Open Call: Park in Progress

Redazione DigicultMay 20, 2013

In the framework of the European Park in Progress and the next edition of the festival of sound art City Sonic, a call for projects/residences for the realization of small forms/formats inter or multidisciplinary with a sound dimension... READ MORE...

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“Road to Nowhere”. Panel Discussion: Ca’ Foscari University

Redazione DigicultMay 20, 2013

A panel around our art, design and society. On 31 May, Ca'Foscari University, curated by Marco Mancuso / Digicult with:: Bertram Niessen, Valentina Tanni, Domenico Quaranta and Alessio Erioli... READ MORE...

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IMAL: Workshop. Code, Arts & Crafts – Mechatronics

Redazione DigicultMay 20, 2013

In this workshop (1 & 22 June) participants will be able to create their own mechanical machines, with the help of FabLab digital fabrication tools, the Arduino technology, the experience of Julien Maire and Stéphane Noël... READ MORE...

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