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Easy is Not a Concept. Reclaims the body as technology

Redazione DigicultJuly 20, 2016

At the Eyebeam studio in New York is present the solo exhibition by Nancy Nowacek. Through sculptures, digital and performative artworks the artist addresses the theme of the body, expanding beyond the grammar of functional movement to challenge and reshape the contemporary body schema, thereby returning the body to be an instrument... READ MORE...

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Sonar+D and Sonar Planta: chronicles from International Conference for Creativity & Technology

Silvia BianchiJuly 19, 2016

Sónar+D, the 4th International Conference for Creativity, Technology and Business, took place during Sónar by Day and this year brought together more than 4700 professionals belonging to more than 2.600 companies active in the the fields of culture, technology, science, education, and business.... READ MORE...

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Codex Anima Mundi. fuse* and the wonderful algorithm

Federica PattiJuly 13, 2016

In the countryside surrounding the town of Modena, immersed in peace and silence, a big luminous country farmhouse is home to one of the most up and coming protagonist on the Italian digital art scene: fuse*, a studio for digital art and design founded in 2007 by Mattia Carretti and Luca Camellini.... READ MORE...

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CTM 2017: Radio Lab Call for Works. Deadline: 28/08/2016

Redazione DigicultJuly 13, 2016

The call is for unusual audio projects that couple the radio medium with the potential of live performance. The call is open to artists in the fields of experimental music, sound art, radio art, new radio drama, and performance. The two commissioned works will premiere at CTM 2017 Festival in Berlin, and then be broadcasted in Deutschlandradio Kultur’s Klangkunst programme.... READ MORE...

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Piksel 16: ZERO-Level. Deadline extended until July 15

Redazione DigicultJuly 13, 2016

Piksel16, ZERO-level, wants to focus on the biological and social aspects of the sea as a sustainable environment. Zero in the meaning of: zero-emissions, zerofootprints, zero-waste, zero-energy, zero-pollution, zero-plastic, zero-trash.... READ MORE...

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Van Eyck Academie: call for applications. Deadline 3/10/2016

Redazione DigicultJuly 13, 2016

Call for Applications: work period 2017. The Van Eyck invites artists, designers, photographers, architects, landscape architects, curators, writers, and critics to apply for a residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie for 6 up to 12 months. Deadline: 3 October 2016... READ MORE...

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The Games Europe Plays. Body-Tech

Redazione DigicultJuly 11, 2016

The exhibition The Games Europe Plays-BODY-TECH presents the works of interactive artists and game makers from the UK and continental Europe, trying to imagine how we will inhabit and take care of our virtual and physical bodies in the future. Taking also a playful look at how digital technologies contami-nate our daily life.... READ MORE...

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Bodies and Stages

Redazione DigicultJuly 11, 2016

The exhibition Bodies and Stages, at the Kunstverein Hannover, investigates the questions concerning the physical, the pose, and self-display, wondering if the performative and the exhibition context can change the physical identity. On show the installative and live works by Alexandra Bachzetsis, Vaginal Davis, Adam Linder and Shahryar Nashat.... READ MORE...

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14th Taishin Arts Award Grand Prize: Hsu Che-Yu’s “Microphone Test”

Redazione DigicultJuly 11, 2016

The winner of the 14th edition of the Taishin Arts Award is Hsu Che-Yu for Microphone Test. Artwork that indicates a new trend of inter-textural reference between visual art and creative writing in contemporary art scene, intersecting private stories with social stories through a multilevel narration.... READ MORE...

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“Hyper Reality”: presentation of the Carte Blanche for Ikono TV

Redazione DigicultJuly 6, 2016

Marco Mancuso will present "Hyper Reality", the Carte Blanche commissioned by Ikono Tv, together with Vanina Saracino (Ikono Tv), Federica Patti (Robot Festival), moderated by Claudio Musso at Adiacenze gallery, Bologna, next 6th July 2016... READ MORE...

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Space Brain Laboratory

Redazione DigicultJuly 6, 2016

Space brain Laboratory born in 2009 thanks to Ann Veronica Janssens and Nathalie Ergino, is a project that brings together the thoughts and experiences of artists and researchers in the humanities and physical sciences, covering progress in neurosciences and astrophysics along with current practices in hypnosis and shamanism.... READ MORE...

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Maurizio Martinucci (TeZ): creative investigation in music, art, science

Lucia UdvardyovaJuly 6, 2016

Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ) is an Italian interdisciplinary artist and independent researcher based in Amsterdam. He uses technology as a means with which to explore perceptual effects and the relationship between sound, light and space. He focuses primarily on generative compositions with spatialised sound for live performances and installations... READ MORE...

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Allora & Calzadilla: Echo to Artifact

Redazione DigicultJuly 5, 2016

Allora & Calzadilla: Echo to Artifact is the first exhibition in Canada of the work of internationally renowned artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. The artworks are the result of the research trip to Alberta in 2014, and consider the nature of sound, music and voice as a way to animate the natural forms and the man-made artifacts.... READ MORE...

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All About You: Janez Janša, Janez Janša and Janez Janša

Redazione DigicultJuly 4, 2016

All About You is a project inspired by the All About U Debit MasterCard: a personalized debit card which allows customers to carry around their own memories. The artists have magnified and multiplied the image of their ID card, requiring a new one every week, thus creating a relational performance that investigates the concept of citizenship.... READ MORE...

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Oscillations by Joris Strijbos

Redazione DigicultJuly 4, 2016

The kinetic installations and the immersive and synesthetic landscapes by Joris Strijbos are visible at the NAME in Berlin. Strijbos plays with the potential of technology to mimic biological systems and combine the algorithmic to the physical world, also he intertwine image, sound and light creating a multisensory choreography.... READ MORE...

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Public meeting at Macao: “Artistic production in the era of digital economy”

Redazione DigicultJuly 3, 2016

Marco Mancuso joins the public meeting "Artistic production in the Age of Digital Economy" at Macao, on 3rd July 2016. Together with: Zoe Romano (WeMake), Emanuele Braga (Macao), Leigh Claire La Berge, Barbara Cammarata (Polline Art), Alberto Cossu, Corrado Gemini (CTRL).... READ MORE...

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Open Fields conference and exhibition: RIXC Art Science Festival 2016

Redazione DigicultJuly 1, 2016

On the occasion of RIXC Art Science Festival will be presented the conference and exhibition Open Fields. An event that is centered around the transdisciplinarity that investigates the transformative potential of art in connection with science, with the purpose to creating methodologies and approaches where is forbidden any categorization... READ MORE...

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Human Factor: Endless Prototyping

Redazione DigicultJune 30, 2016

Human Factor - Endless Prototyping is the fifth exhibition by Ars Electronica Linz presented at the DRIVE Volkswagen Group Forum in Berlin. On show artworks that focus on the major challenges related to the digital age and, by building artificial alternatives, reflect about the human presence in an increasingly engineered environment... READ MORE...

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