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The Research Of Knifeandwork. In Between Technology And Partecipation

Mattia Casalegno
Even if the Knifeandfork were not raised in Los Angeles (Brian House is from Denver and based in NY, Sue Huang currently lives in LA but was born in Saudi Arabia) their art seems to me quintessential to such odd place. They designed an user-oriented fictional narrative inspired to Kurosawa's film Rashomoon based on the algorithm of the /Prisoner's Dilemma /game theory model (5 'til 12, 2006); transformed a contemporary art museum in a golf club (Emptiness is Form (golf and donuts) at MOCA, 2009), and staged a public continuous reenactment of the infamous Maradona's goal that leaded Argentina to victory at the 1986 World Cup (Trying the Hand of God, 2009).... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 52, March 2010

Videostories And Videogames. Federico Solmi And His Douche Bag City

Monica Ponzini
Game Over. If Federico Solmi's work was characterized by an ironic destruction of myths and (anti)heroes, and the violence of his narration faded into laughter, with his latest exhibit, From Uterus to Grave with no Happy Ending, and video installation Douche Bag City, his satire becomes more bitter and deals with a highly topical theme - as always-- and with a very personal style.... READ MORE...
ArtArticlesDigimag - Issue 52, March 2010

Livecoding @ Anatomy Museum

Redazione Digicult
The purpose of this event is to let people know about a new and exciting development in computer music research, livecoding. Several London-based researchers in this area will perform a short piece using livecoding techniques, thus helping the audience get a hang on this new and cross-disciplinary approach to music creation.... READ MORE...
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transmediale.10 Futurity Now

Redazione Digicult
The Book Sprint, an intensive and innovative methodology for the rapid development of books, is being hosted by transmediale, together with FLOSS Manuals in the run-up to the festival. Six people will be locked in a room in Berlin for 5 days to produce a book with the sole guiding meme being the title – Collaborative Futures. They will create the concept, write the book, and output it to print in 5 days. With Michael Mandiberg (New York), Mushon Zer-Aviv (New York), Mike Linksvayer (San Francisco), Marta Peirano (Berlin), Alan Toner (Berlin), and Adam Hyde (Berlin)... READ MORE...
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Decode Digital Design Sensations

Redazione Digicult
Decode: Digital Design Sensations showcases the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small, screen-based, graphics to large-scale interactive installations. The exhibition includes works by established international artists and designers such as Daniel Brown, Golan Levin, Daniel Rozin, Troika and Karsten Schmidt. The exhibition features both existing works and new commissions created especially for the exhibition.... READ MORE...
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Pixxelpoint 2009

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Kulturni Dom Nova Gorica (Slovenia) is proud to announce the 10th edition of the International New Media Art Festival Pixxelpoint, that will open at the Mestna galerija Nova Gorica on December 4, 2009, at 8.00 PM. The festival will take place from December 4 to December 11, 2009, and will have two venues: the Mestna Galerija Nova Gorica, every day from 9.00 AM to 7.00 PM; and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia (Via Carducci 2, Gorizia), every day from 2.00 to 7.00 PM. ... READ MORE...
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Space Invaders Art in the computer game environment

Redazione Digicult
Space Invaders: Art in the Computer Game Environment is a group exhibition exploring the increasingly blurred boundaries between videogame spaces and real spaces. From the detailed, complex worlds of Grand Theft Auto to zen gaming and augmented reality, the exhibition brings together renowned new media artists and innovative games designers who are pushing the limits of the medium.... READ MORE...
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Aesthetics And Computation: The Origins Of Generative Art

Pasquale Napolitano
After some years of a qualified and creative activity, it is now known to most people that the images produced with a generative technique are more adjustable, as they are the result of the information flow being seized in a split second; then the information is adjusted through the interface, that is some kind of design process that gives life to real metadata rather than to images, videos or sounds. We're dealing with pictures, videos and sounds not yet real.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 50, December 2009 / January 2010

Piksel Festival 2009

Redazione Digicult
Piksel is an annual event for artists and developers working with free and open source software, hardware and art. Part workshop, part festival, it is organised in Bergen, Norway, and involves participants from more than a dozen countries exchanging ideas, coding, presenting art and software projects, doing workshops, performances and discussions on the aesthetics and politics of free and open source software.... READ MORE...
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Sosolimited: Deconstruction Time Again

Marco Mancuso
Eric Gunther, Justin Manor and John Rothenberg are three thirty-something ironic and ingenious, since 2003 the project Sosolimited youth group at the intersection of art and design specializing in the deployment of interactive installations, audiovisual performances, live remixes and immersive environments, all strictly based self-designing software and technologies and on a technical level / achieved very, very high. With a solid background in physics, computer science, architecture and music and a master's degree at MIT in Boston in the drawer, jumped to hit the crononaca (and the glory of international art) with a momentum that only a country like the United States' America could make practical and effective.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 49, November 2009

The Uncertain Human Quantum Mechanics

Jeremy Levine
Werner Heisenberg's famous 'Uncertainty Principle' articulates the idea that we cannever completely eliminate the influence of the subject from any description of quantumparticles. The reason is simple: because we are part of the very system beingdescribed. It is impossible to accurately predict exactly how an electron will behavewhen we measure it because of the sensitivity of its wave function to our presence orthe presence of a detection device, which we put into place. The act of measurement causes an uncertain change in the thing being measured.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 48, October 2009

Volavola / Fly Me. Preview Machinima In Paris

Marco Riciputi
New on YouTube: the interesting preview of VolaVola/FlyMe by Berardo Carboni. A small 3-minutes sample which mixes the machinima filming technique with a cartoon effect which got the attention of famed cyber-futurologist Bruce Sterling, who defines it on Wired blog disorienting. Let's see what it is about, with the help of its creator, machinima-operator Evo Szuyuan.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 48, October 2009

Chasing Stillness

Redazione Digicult
Catch boredomresearchs' latest computational systems in their solo exhibition Chasing Stillness at [DAM]Berlin until the 24th October 2009. Their new artworks Lost Calls of Cloud Mountain Whirligigs have a cycle where it gradually shifts from daylight to nighttime. It is the first time boredomresearch have used lighting in a system which really affects the Whirligigs appearance and their environment... READ MORE...
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Cory Arcangel: Depreciated

Redazione Digicult
The Netherlands Media Art Institute proudly presents the first solo exhibition in The Netherlands by the 31-year-old 'darling of new media art', Cory Arcangel (US). The digital artist, performer, musician and programmer first became known primarily for his modifying the Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers. Arcangel altered the game in such a way that only the iconic, clear blue sky with its clouds slowly drifting by remained.... READ MORE...
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