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Daniele Canogar Trace

bitforms gallery is pleased to announce Trace, the first solo exhibition in New York of work by celebrated Spanish artist Daniel Canogar. On view will be two large-scale installations, Spin and Dial M for Murder, also making their United States premiere.... READ MORE...

Synthetic Aesthetics International Salon

Synthetic Aesthetics is a research project run by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Stanford University, California. Synthetic biologists, like many engineers, are concerned with 'design'. By instigating new collaborations between synthetic biologists, designers, artists, and social scientists, we are exploring the shared territory between synthetic biology and creative practice.... READ MORE...

Politics of Art

To celebrate the 10 years of operation of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens a large scale exhibition titled Politics of Art, From the EMST collection, is being organized from October 13, 2010 until January 30, 2011... READ MORE...

Artland Tales from the forest

An exhibition about the forest in the outskirts of our consciousness; the forest of our memories and fantasies. We spend less and less time in the forest and sometimes it appears as unreal or even frightening. Many people prefer to spend their time in virtual worlds where they feel safely connected to others. We experience nature on the television where it doesn't smell, feel or taste at all. Yet, the woods and the trees have a powerful symbolic force and meaning.... READ MORE...

Luce e Movimento Signal Foundation

With the newly organized space of Palazzo Donà, the Foundation presents objects and sculptures, as well as installations and films in which light and movement become essential elements of the composition. The exhibition, prepared in collaboration with Galerie Denise René, includes works by masters of kinetic art, shows the Avant-garde origins of the movement and its influence on the art of today. The viewer is a participant in the project. His presence triggers movement and the play of light enriching the work of art with the dimension of time. This constant change confers ineffable quality to the work of art.... READ MORE...

Fast Forward Art and Politics

Performative dialogue-interview between artists Milica Tomic/Belgrade and Saskia Holmkvist/Stockholm. Round table with invited Serbian rooted thinkers, activists and artists: Borka Pavicevic (Centre for Culture Decontamination), Vladan Jeremic (Biro Beograd), Women in Black.... READ MORE...

Lucio Costa La città per l’uomo

Il 21 aprile 1960 Brasília veniva inaugurata dal presidente Juscelino Kubitscheck. Cinquant'anni dopo il Brasile celebra la sua capitale, dichiarata dall'Unesco patrimonio dell'umanità, con una grande mostra al Museu Nacional da República e con l'impegno del suo padiglione alla Biennale veneziana di Architettura. Raro caso di città di fondazione in età contemporanea, Brasília rappresenta un esperimento urbanistico di straordinario e controverso interesse, che ribadisce l'universalità del dibattito fra esigenze degli abitanti e responsabilità politiche e progettuali.... READ MORE...

Manifesta 8

Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, is a roving, contemporary art event, showcasing the most innovative work by artists and curators from Europe and beyond. Kicking off in Spain on October 9 and running for a period of 100 days, Manifesta 8 will be taking place in historical buildings, museums, unconventional spaces, archaeological sites and other suggestive settings in the ancient cities of Murcia and Cartagena.... READ MORE...

Machfeld Conceptual Media Art

MACHFELD is an entity that practices media art and is defined conceptually. As such, it introduces autonomy into the art space and acts independently from its creators. Condition for the MACHFELD is the conceptual work of its operators (Sabine Maier and Michael Mastrototaro) which is obliged to the process-oriented interacitve systems in traditional art from which it has grown.... READ MORE...

Beyond Signal Reclining Nude

Oltre che con i disegni, Jenny Pickett mette in discussione il genere del nudo con un approccio interdisciplinare. Ritratti e disegni vengono sviluppati attraverso il suono e l'immagine. Forme astratte che diventano tessuti da arredamento. Reclining Nude è una serie di sculture sonore tappezzate che si riferiscono al corpo decostruito attraverso l'oggettivazione e/o la disumanizzazione ottenute con svariati mezzi – Il corpo viene ricostruito attraverso disegni sonori spaziali o si rimaterializza sottoforma di vibrazioni avvertite dallo spettatore quando entra in contatto con alcune opere... READ MORE...