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Andy Campbell

The IOCT Salon is a regular event that highlights practice and practitioners in the digital arts. It takes place at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. The next event at IOCT Salon presents Andy Campbell: Dreaming Methods - Digital Fiction, on Thursday 31st January 2008... READ MORE...

Video Vortex 2

Video Vortex.2 is a sequel to the Video Vortex exhibition that responded to the Web2.0 phenomenon. Web2.0 stands for power to the user and democracy for everyone. It has led to innovative forms of media use in which open and friendly cooperation stimulates critical reflection and new ideas.... READ MORE...

Mike Mills: Humans Before All!

It is not a case that one of the diamonds of this year edition, the documentary shot by the american director Mike Mills Does your soul have cold?, investigates the depression in Japan through the history of five guys recovered for the cited illness. Mills realized numerous music videos for artists such as Yoko Ono, Moby, Air, Blonde Redhead, short films and his first real movie, Thumbsucker, is from 2005.... READ MORE...

Art And Activism In The Showbusiness Era

What if the artists suddenly stops working with the traditional means of contemporaneous art ( and with the Avant-garde's expression strategies), what if he makes a review to the existing reality through the construction of a metaphorical talk representing it, so unveiling the undergoing mechanisms? What is he makes a direct intervention on reality creating situations able to change and improve it? And if he gets engaged on a political point of view?... READ MORE...

Sex Is A Pain In The Ass

Sex is a pain in the ass: this was the title of the event on body art that was held at porn cinema Avorio in Rome from November 30 th to December 1 st , featuring the works of artists of the likes of Matthew Barney , Joseph Beuys and Chris Burden. The title suits the mood of the Roman public perfectly, as it was denied access to a cultural event that was previously promised funding from the institutions.... READ MORE...

Scolpire Microscopicamente Il Suono

Torna SIGNAL, dal 30 novembre al 15 dicembre. La seconda edizione di un Festival senza padri ne padroni, in una terra dove niente e tutto  possibile, dove uomini e cultura mescolano l'ospitalitˆ con i venti d'oltre mare, con passioni e forze nuove provenienti da lontano; ma a Cagliari  come ritrovarsi, un ricrearsi di energia pura e creativa, libera e mai superficiale.... READ MORE...