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Not all biennials are the same: “Le Biennali Invisibili”

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Le Biennali Invisibili is an online project that provides a non-linear form of storytelling through a series of 11 "invisible biennials," each based on a fictional scenario created by the authors of the project, and accompanied by a critical response from an external contributor. The 11 short texts are inspired by Italo Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities and depicted... READ MORE...

Full Spectrum Curatorship Programme 2021 from IMPAKT

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IMPAKT invites emerging and aspiring curators with a specific interest in media art and its relationship to technology and society to apply for the Full Spectrum Curatorship Programme. Applications are open until March 1, 2021. Full Spectrum Curatorship is a programme from IMPAKT that aims to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and the practical and... READ MORE...

The Exoticization and Commodification of the Black Body

From being sold as a commodity to being used to sell commodities, the exploitation of the Black body has been the backbone of the creation of Western civilisation. Although this exploitation is painfully obvious to recognize in some instances – i.e. the Transatlantic slave trade – in other instances it is less obvious and well masked under the pretext... READ MORE...

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The exhibition “not in, of, along, or relating to a line”

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The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery, has opened its first virtual exhibition, titled not in, of, along, or relating to a line. Co-curated by Chief Curator at NYU Abu Dhabi and NYUAD faculty member and artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg, the exhibition invites a new perspective on virtual and screen-based contemporary art, of particular relevance during COVID-19.... READ MORE...

CTM 2021 Festival, the 22nd edition: Transformation

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CTM 2021 Festival: “Transformation” aims to respond to some of the challenges facing arts and culture in these exceptional times. This 100% online edition is an attempt to experiment with new digital formats, see how CTM can continue to support ongoing artistic work, and find moments of interaction and togetherness as a remote music community and audience.... READ MORE...

“A stranger’s soul is a deep well”: the mystery of the other

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Fridman Gallery presents A stranger’s soul is a deep well, a multidisciplinary exhibition highlighting the work of nine contemporary artists. The works on view reflect the artists’ respective interior lives, hidden from the outside gaze and detached from judgements and trends.... READ MORE...

Glitch Art, the first glitch video art group exhibition in Iran

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A group video art exhibition titled Glitch Art: Pixel Language, curated by Mohammad-Ali Famori and Sadeq Majlesi, has opened on December 25 at Bavan Gallery in Tehran, Iran and will continue for eleven weeks until March 12. In this exhibition, 27 glitch artists from all around the globe, create works to identify the value of pixels, so they can force our minds to to reread the pixel language.... READ MORE...

SAVE HUMANITY

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Artisti da tutto il mondo hanno collaborato per la collettiva "Save Humanity", a cura di Vera Agosti, ospitata, in occasione della Giornata del Contemporaneo, nei giorni della pandemia, sull'omonima pagina Facebook. Nata da un'open call online e da inviti da parte della curatrice, l'esposizione vuole essere un monito e un'esortazione, nonché una possibilità... READ MORE...

Call for Artists and Photographers. Innovate Grants

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Innovate Grant is a new initiative that supports photographers and artists through quarterly grants, and it is now accepting submissions for Winter 2021. Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer.... READ MORE...

Rethinking Our Futures: Molior international symposium

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Molior is celebrating its 20th anniversary in February 2021 with the presentation of an international symposium on collaborative curating practices in the digital age. Titled Rethinking Our Futures: Art and Collaboration, the symposium invites Canadian and international curators to share experiences virtually and to collectively reflect on issues related to their practice in a context shaped by an increasing use of digital technologies.... READ MORE...

The Warp presents the performance installation Unloomed #1

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From January 17 to February 14, Zone2Source and The Warp present a performance installation, Unloomed #1, with 1001 strings, laser light and sound, visible and audible around the Glass House. Park visitors can experience Unloomed #1 daily from the outside, the best time is around dusk.... READ MORE...

Diana Policarpo solo exhibition: “Nets of Hyphae”

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Diana Policarpo’s exhibition Nets of Hyphae, curated by Stefanie Hessler draws speculative connections between ergot fungi networks and women’s health. Her newly commissioned video works, animation, textiles and soundscape create parallels between the fungus cycle, reproductive justice and the expertise of midwives, healers and peasants in precarity and resistance.... READ MORE...

Prix Ars Electronica 2021: now open for submissions

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Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has been an interdisciplinary platform for anyone who uses a computer as a universal design medium in their artistic work at the interface of art, technology and society. The competition comprises several categories that attract thousands of submissions from all over the world.... READ MORE...

The Body, Sculpture, Technology: Museum Brandhorst’s Symposium

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Museum Brandhorst presents Future Bodies from a Recent Past—Sculpture, Technology, and the Body since the 1950s , a large-scale research and exhibition project investigating the impact made by technological developments and changing notions of the body on the medium of sculpture.... READ MORE...

ART AND DIGITAL CREATIVITY FOR A COMPLEX IMAGINARY

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STEAM Atelier is pleased to share its first ebook, free and bilingual, distributed by publisher Noema: "Art and digital creativity for the construction of a complex immaginary". The ebook, first of its kind in Italy, brings together STEAM theories and techniques, and it has been possible as part of the STEM2020 call and thanks to the winning project BEcoming... READ MORE...

“Softwalks”, first solo exhibition in Norway by Angelidakis

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Softwalks is the first institutional solo exhibition in Norway by Andreas Angelidakis. The artist, who is known for his work exploring the intersection between art, architecture and design, combined the physical and digital realms through usage of software and hardware in video and sculptural work.... READ MORE...

BIENNALE COLLEGE – Formazione artistica e stage per i giovani

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Biennale College è il progetto della Biennale di Venezia dedicato alla formazione dei giovani nei settori artistici e nelle attività proprie della struttura organizzativa della Biennale. Promuovere i talenti offrendo loro di operare a contatto con Maestri, per la messa a punto di “creazioni” che diventeranno parte dei programmi dei Settori artistici, questo lo spirito... READ MORE...

Biophilia: A handful of earth – 2020 ACC_R Residency Exhibition

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The experimental platform ACC_R Residency has been expanding fields: it has been inviting creators and researchers from Asia and other parts of the world to reflect on the challenges the humanity is facing and create contemporary discourse, of which Biophilia is the main theme. Three programs were run in close connection, organically supplementing each other.... READ MORE...