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Pixxelpoint – For God’s Sake!

Redazione DigicultDecember 26, 2008

Pixxelpoint is one of the most successful and renowned festivals of new media art in Slovenia and also abroad. Its purpose is firstly, to bring the information technology and new media art closer to the general public, and secondly, to raise awareness about a different potential to use computer among the young.... READ MORE...

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Franz Fischnaller: Expanding The Frontiers of Utopia

Redazione DigicultDecember 18, 2008

The MAV, inaugurated July 9 2008, is the first Italian digital, interactive, tactile and visual museum. As an ingenious model for edu-entertainment center, suitable for the new generation’s needs, MAV is destined to become a milestone model in the marketplace that will bring an innovative pulse to Italian cultural tourism and edu-leisure destinations.... READ MORE...

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Open Source Metaverso

Davide AnniDecember 4, 2008

Come posso essere un cittadino globale pur mantenendo la mia identit' il titolo di un personale intervento itinerante, concepito come un viaggio della propria identit mediale, in relazione all' espansione della tecnologia contemporanea, in supporto alle scienze umaniste.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 40, December 2008 / January 2009

It’s All About Engagement

Giulia BaldiDecember 4, 2008

6 mesi fa' la Virtual Worlds Conference di New York aveva confermato che l'industria dei Mondi Virtuali (VWs), al centro dell'attenzione dei media e del business, era ancora in pieno sviluppo e gia' in rapido cambiamento... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 40, December 2008 / January 2009

Avatar: un’esperienza nel mondo virtuale

Redazione DigicultOctober 22, 2008

Inaugura il 10 ottobre 2008 a Trento al Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali la mostra: AVATAR - Un'esperienza nel mondo virtuale. Ideata dal Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali e realizzata con la collaborazione di Virtual Italian Parks, AVATAR tratta il tema dei nuovi mondi virtuali che si stanno sviluppando in internet dal punto di vista psicologico, sociologico e antropologico.... READ MORE...

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Rinascimento Virtuale

Redazione DigicultOctober 7, 2008

"Rinascimento Virtuale" vuole creare un contrasto culturale tra l'etnografia, l'antropologia, le testimonianze creative dei primordi, e le avanguardie artistiche contemporanee che nascono e vivono solo nei Mondi Virtuali e nei Social Media... READ MORE...

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Mission Accomplished: Any Deck!

Monica PonziniOctober 2, 2008

Che cosa pu diventare una campagna presidenziale negli Stati Uniti nell'epoca di Internet e dei new media? Il duello mediatico Obama-McCain ormai riflesso a livello globale. I siti internet dei candidati sono diventati i canali preferenziali per trasmettere informazioni e video promozionali in tempo reale (per non parlare delle raccolte stellari di fondi).... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 38, October 2008

Cyberworlds 2008

Redazione DigicultSeptember 22, 2008

Ciberworlds 2008 è un'opportunità per scienziati ed ingegneri da tutto il mondo per condividere le ultime ricerche, idee e sviluppi nel campo del mondi virtuali.... READ MORE...

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Mission Accomplished

Redazione DigicultSeptember 19, 2008

Location One presents "Mission Accomplished," a virtual-residency collaboration of Hidenori Watanave, Susanne Berkenheger, and Andy Deck. Their work, prepared without ever meeting face-to-face, uses Google Earth, Second Life, wikis and blog technologies not to mention old-fashioned hand-printed Agitprop posters to address the forthcoming U.S. Presidential election.... READ MORE...

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The Artist As Artwork In Virtual World – Part 2

Domenico QuarantaSeptember 5, 2008

Apart from what is produced, we have to say that everything in a virtual world is, first of all, a cultural construct . And everything, including the artist, can be considered as an artistic project. In other words, an avatar artist who works in Second Life, no matter the means he uses, is the artistic project of a real artist in Second Life platform.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 37, September 2008

Once Is Not Enough

Antonio CaroniaJuly 2, 2008

In 2007, Eva and Franco Mattes (aka 0100101110101101.ORG) created Sinthetic Performances, a series of 'live' actions, which were led in Second Life with their avatars, making use of some classical and historical performances of contemporary art... READ MORE...

ActivismArticlesDigimag - Issue 36, July / August 2008

The Artist As Artwork In Virtual World – Part 1

Domenico QuarantaJuly 2, 2008

In the last years, we saw an increasing development of artistic activities in virtual worlds. At the beginning, these virtual worlds were just game-places (MMORPG) [1] or communication tools (chat, MOO, etc...) [2] , and included art as a mere peripheral issue, that was seldom supported and often refused by other users.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 36, July / August 2008

The Griefers: Sabotando Second Life

Monica PonziniJune 3, 2008

Guerriglia digitale organizzata, sabotaggio virtuale, o, peggio, terrorismo della Rete. é come viene definito il fenomeno dei griefers, letteralmente coloro che vanno online con il solo intento di creare grief, dolore, dispiacere, agli altri utenti della Rete.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 35, June 2008

Manray Replica

Redazione DigicultMay 26, 2008

Marco Manray Cadioli, who's been exploring the evolution of virtual worlds through photography for several years, introduces his first personal exhibition, "REPLICA", for the opening of Overfoto Gallery a real life gallery who will open an exhibit space in Second Life.... READ MORE...

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Virtual World Conference: Generazione Avatar

Giulia BaldiMay 3, 2008

Cos', la terza Virtual World Conference (organizzata dalla Virtual World Management, sponsorizzata da una cordata di realt dell'industria guidate dalla The Electric Ship Company, e da poco conclusa a New York) ha visto la partecipazione di tutti gli esperti del metaverso ma anche di rappresentanti dei media, della comunicazione e del marketing, dell'advertisment, della legislazione e dell'educazione... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 34, May 2008

Test_Lab: Topology

Redazione DigicultApril 7, 2008

A panel discussion and virtual performance event to explore ways the digital medium has reconfigured the moving image and thereby redefined concepts of cinema.... READ MORE...

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Gazira Babeli Exhibition

Redazione DigicultMarch 20, 2008

Gazira Babeli is an artist who lives and works in the virtual world of Second Life, where she was born on 31 March 2006. Like all inhabitants of virtual worlds she is an identity construction known as an avatar, but unlike them, she does not acknowledge the presence of a "human" controlling her.... READ MORE...

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At my limit: In the name of Kernel

Redazione DigicultMarch 14, 2008

Project Gentili is pleased to present At My Limit : In the Name of Kernel!, an exhibition of hd video, digital prints, and text by Barcelona-based artist Joan Leandre.... READ MORE...

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