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From their eyes. A conversation with Japanese authors: Kodama Kanazawa

Redazione Digicult
How does new media art stand in the cultural landscape of Japan? Is new media art playing an active role in keeping Japanese people in a state of childish innocence as a way to protect their identity from further erosion? What is the role of the authors who are active in the field? I have been lucky enough to have the chance to ask them directly. I have here the honor and the pleasure to share with you my findings.... READ MORE...
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Occupied Sound. An eye on experimental music scene in the Arab world

Asma Ghanem
As part of my research for the ongoing Shams Asma project, and to find out more about the experimental music scene in the Arab world, I spoke with six prominent experimental musicians and sound artists from around the Levant and neighboring Egypt: Sary Moussa (a.k.a Radio KVM; Lebanon), Jad Atoui (Lebanon), Donia Jarrar (Palestine), Stormtap (Palestine), and Ismail Seleit and Mohamad Ali Talybab of Elmanzouma (Egypt).... READ MORE...
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The big exhibition Digital Life 2013. An interview with the curator Daniele Spanò

Ludovica Amoroso
Digital Life 2013 was the big exhibition of art & technology, organized by Romaeuropafestival at the fourth edition with the title Liquid Landscapes, which gave life to the rooms of MACRO Testaccio and MAXXI in Rome from 10th of October to the last 1st of December. The show brought to Italy twenty seven art pieces by national and international artists, selected by the artistic commitee leaded by Monique Veaute, Alain Fleischer and Daniele Spanò.... READ MORE...
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Bob Meanza: Cicadas. Hacking the environment with sound insects

Ludovico Ristori
Bob Meanza is the nickname of Michele Pedrazzi, media artist and electronic musician born in Verona in 1978, now based in Berlin. He makes music with robots of various types and sizes, be they spring-loaded or quad-core-processor powered, but he studied jazz piano with Riccardo Massari Spiritini in Verona, then with Fabrizio Puglisi in Bologna, where attended to the multimedia composition seminars with Nicola Zonca at Studio Arkì. In 2004 he entered the doctoral program in Semiotics directed by Umberto Eco, and earns his Ph.D. with a thesis on improvisation in music... READ MORE...
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ST InnovationCUP: experimenting new artistic and cultural productive processes

Marco Mancuso
ST InnovationCUP è uno dei processi di incubazione e ricerca nel rapporto arte, cultura e innovazione più interessanti presenti oggi sul territorio nazionale. Anche se forse, sarebbe più corretto dire che ciò che ha intercettato il mio interesse è che si tratti di uno dei pochissimi progetti (non si offenda nessuno) che lavorano in modo efficace e fattivo sul concetto di Open Research e su dinamiche di produzione culturale moderne e competenti.... READ MORE...
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