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MatchPoint: the artistic research as a collaborative practice in the contemporary city

Pasquale NapolitanoMarch 23, 2017

L'oggetto di indagine è costituito da un organismo sociale che, con la sua presenza nei quartieri popolari della città di Napoli, fa tutela attiva del suo patrimonio culturale materiale e immateriale, sia rivitalizzando e manutenendo intere aree cittadine dalla conformazione pre-moderna, sia partecipando alla definizione dell'effetto città (confronto, scambio, contaminazione).... READ MORE...

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Ai Weiwei, not only Free

Martina RaponiOctober 19, 2016

The first big retrospective of Ai Weiwei opened last month in Florence, Italy. This event not only brought to Italy for the first time works that left a sign in the recent history of contemporary art, but it also marks the reactivation of the contemporary art network that connects Palazzo Strozzi to other centers in Tuscany, like Pecci, in Prato.... READ MORE...

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Mediating Beach. A comment on “Networking the Unseen” exhibition

Filippo LorenzinSeptember 27, 2016

The exhibition Networking the Unseen presented this summer at the Furtherfield in London and curated by Gretta Louw, was focused on the intersection of indigenous cultures and the digital practices in contemporary art. Creating a connection between the ancestral and marginalised cultures with the art-making in contemporary society... READ MORE...

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Invisibility and surprise. Eva and Franco Mattes at Carroll / Fletcher

Filippo LorenzinAugust 5, 2016

"Abuse Standards Violations" is the exhibition by Eva and Franco Mattes at Carroll & Fletcher gallery in London, that invites us to reflect on what it means to participate in a critical reflection, before you even ask us to participate in the action that flows from it. We joined in the meeting which took place with the same artists at the The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) on 19th July 2016... 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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Resonate Festival 2016. A combination between Art and Technology

Mark HancockMay 26, 2016

A Resonate welcome speech is always a short and sweet moment. Festival organiser Eduard Prats Molner (aka Edu) took to the stage to declare the festival open and walked off. The essence of Resonate was as a leveller and was a place for sharing and debating ideas both during sessions and otherwise.... READ MORE...

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The thin line between theory and practice: a conversation on Sonic Acts Academy 2016

Martina RaponiApril 15, 2016

From February 26th to the 28th, in Amsterdam, took place the Sonic Acts Academy, a three-day festival. The Academy is a platform organized by Sonic Acts, a festival born in the mid-Nineties as an occasion on which intersections among art, science, and technology could be shown and discussed.... READ MORE...

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David Link’s Monster Resurrection: an archaeology of calculating machines

Redazione DigicultDecember 17, 2015

Monster Resurrection, a video installation by the artist and theorist David Link, portrays four British engineers and curators who practiced media archeology long before the humanities discovered this theme. The collection of interviews follows the team leaders of these four projects, their careers, the emergence of their interest in old apparatuses and the completion of the reconstruction project in detail.... READ MORE...

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Lesions in the Landscape by Shona Illingworth. A report from FACT Liverpool

Kirsten HawkinsDecember 17, 2015

How would it be if you could not form memories – Who are you really without the memories that make you who you are? Can we talk in terms of past, present and fu... READ MORE...

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Spaces for independent art: hot topic in Cairo

Claudia GalalNovember 4, 2015

The activists' network and the underground art scene in Egypt have been following in these years a path that remembers for many aspects the birth and the raise of the Reclaim The Streets movement in the England 90s (then in all Europe)... READ MORE...

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Zkm presents “GLOBALE” and the new works of Ryoji Ikeda developed at CERN

Giulia TonucciOctober 22, 2015

GLOBALE - The New Art Event in the Digital Age is the new major curatorial project hosted within ZKM’s exhibition spaces, presenting an impressive and varied program lasting 300 days until April 2016. A unique event of its kind, as for size and offer: exhibitions, concerts, performances, lectures and symposia... READ MORE...

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DIY Synth Fair: the Indie edge

Marieke VerbiesenOctober 15, 2015

This year Incubate Festival, known for its innovative and groundbreaking program, organized a DIY Synth Fair as part of their programme. Presented in the form of an exhibition instead of a traditional trade fair, from a Pop up shop location in the center of Tilburg... READ MORE...

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Build Your Own: Tools for Sharing. Exploring new ways of working, sharing, collaborating

Kirsten HawkinsJuly 20, 2015

Build Your Own: Tools for Sharing is a free exhibition running until 31st August 2015 and hosted by flagship digital space, FACT Liverpool, to celebrate the diverse nature of skill-sharing across communities, home spaces and on a global scale, featuring projects based in Liverpool and Norwich.... READ MORE...

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Sonar+D 2015. Matter and physicality

Redazione DigicultJuly 16, 2015

The last edition of Sónar Barcelona has been without a doubt the most complete and exciting in a long time. Sónar has found thanks to Sónar+D the perfect formula through art, technology, innovation and business. The conference is an amazing meeting point for creators, artists and industry leaders... READ MORE...

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The 56th International Art Exhibition: All The World’s Future

Hannah Nelson-TeutschMay 12, 2015

The 56th Venice Biennale comprises 89 national pavilions, 44 official supplementary events, and countless unofficial exhibitions curated by Nigerian-born Okwui Enwezor in conjunction with the art world’s most significant bi-annual assemblage of global talent (mostly white) and international tourists (mostly wealthy)... READ MORE...

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Listening to our sound: a reflection on the issues of Sonic Acts 2015

Filippo LorenzinMay 11, 2015

What is the individual thrown into the world? Part of it or, on the contrary, an alienated and manipulative element? These are to a certain degree the questions that underlied the general concept of Sonic Act’s 2015 edition, the AV festival born in Amsterdam already 16 years ago... READ MORE...

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Art for medicinal purposes. Group Therapy: Mental Distress in a Digital Age

Kirsten HawkinsMay 4, 2015

Group Therapy: Mental Distress in a Digital Age is a perfect example of art allowing you to look deep inside yourself and make positive changes. Throughout the multimedia exhibition, the mental wellbeing of the FACT Liverpool inmates is to be examined through the vast array of installations and short film screenings... READ MORE...

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transmediale 2015: Capture All. The Problem with privileging the art object

Gretta LouwMarch 4, 2015

The theme for this year’s transmediale festival Capture All is a timely one asking questions about the datafication of society, optimisation of the self, and the dominance of algorithmic culture. Indeed there are pieces in the show that seem to hit the curatorial nail on the head... READ MORE...

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