Scheidegger & Spiess, ISBN 9783858812100, Germany, 2008, English / German
A yearbook published by the Department of Art & Media at the Zurich University of the Arts details the support given to the young generation of media artists trained at the institution. This is a lavish product, designed to help promote talented work (and also, therefore, the school) through a combination of short descriptive texts, lots of pictures and a DVD. We are presented with work from 13 artists in total (Valentina Vuksic, André Gwerder, Marc Lee, Lea Filodoro, Andalus, Markus von Glasenapp, Sven König, Annina Rüst, Meriem Bouhara, iMediengruppe Bitnik, Mario Purkathofer, Fabian Voegeli, Roland Roos), some of whom have already been able to establish their name internationally. This yearbook provides an opportunity to survey new media from a generational standpoint, and raises questions about whether there are any commonalities among this young Swiss group. One immediate answer to this focuses on the idea of the choices of specific medias. Moreover, we are presented with works that look at the technical limits and possibilities of various media, and which explore their relationship with social environments and rules. Inke Arns (a member of the teaching staff) frames the current artistic development in terms of being post-medium (which will hopefully help promote the notion of the redundancy of the term ‘new’ in ‘new media’) and stresses the importance of a critical and tactical evaluation of tools used. Andreas Broeckmann, in one of his “Seven short essays on art and media”, reinforces this position affirming that “Even though this art uses digital technological means, it is a mode of experience that takes us to the limits of perception, sensitivity and thought”. And both are simply on the right track.
Himanshu Bhagat : Sex, science and the Internet
A Swiss academic and artist on how and why art can bring sex and mathematics together on the Internet.
Read the entire article is published at: live mint.com Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Journal for Art, Sex and Mathematics at the Experimental Art Gallery, Habitat Centre New Delhi
The India Habitat Centre and Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council, New Delhi present the exhibition Journal for Art, Sex and Mathematics a project by Barbara Ellmerer, Yves Netzhammer and Nils Röller
(Barbara Ellmerer)
(Yves Netzhammer)
Nils Röller Lecture: ABC of Mediatheory and Workshop: Timemachines in New Delhi
Lecture: ABC of Media Theory Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 4:00 p.m. Palm Court Conference Room, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003
The lecture will introduce this discipline by discussing a case study: The impact of mobile telephones on our culture and how it is reflected in artistic productions.
Workshop: Time Machines Thursday, 4 December 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Palm Court Conference Room, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003
The workshop explores the Media Arts in Switzerland today, its current productions in the context of the recent history of Swiss art and its impact on art production in the future. Professor Nils Röller teaches Media Theory at the Zurich University of Arts, Switzerland. www.vmk.zhdk.ch
Ingrid Wiener: Webstücke …
Bioadapter
Endlich ist es soweit, “Der Bio-Adapter” erscheint als CD/DVD und gleichzeitig als Handlung für Sprecher, Musiker, Elektronik, Bühne und Licht.
Zero Comments
Geert Lovink: Zero Comments – Elemente einer kritischen Internetkultur In diesem dritten Band seiner kritischen Studien zur Internetkultur hinterfragt Geert Lovink den jüngsten »Web 2.0«-Hype um Blogs, Wikis oder Netzgemeinschaften.
Anstatt den »Bürger-Journalismus« zu idealisieren, untersucht der Autor den »nihilistischen Impuls« der Blogs, etablierte Bedeutungsstrukturen auszuhöhlen und – voller Stolz auf ihren Insider-Charakter – das Verlinken, Indexieren und Ranking zum Hauptantrieb zu erheben. Darüber hinaus behandelt das Buch die stille Globalisierung des Internets, in der nicht mehr der Westen, sondern Länder wie Indien, China und Brasilien sich zu einflussreichen Akteuren entwickeln.
Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt ist die Revision des Theoriebestands: Geert Lovink aktualisiert überholte Konzepte wie die der Globalen Internet-Zeit, der Taktischen Medien oder der Krise der Medienkunst und widmet sich dem schwierigen Verhältnis zwischen Architektur und Netz. Das Buch schließt mit spekulativen Bemerkungen zu Modellen wie Organisierte Netzwerke, Freie Kooperation und Verteilte Ästhetik.
Geert Lovink (PhD), niederländisch-australischer Medientheoretiker und Netzkritiker, ist Leiter des Instituts für Netzkultur an der Hogeschool van Amsterdam und Associate Professor für Media Studies an der Universität Amsterdam. WWW: www.networkcultures.org Geert Lovin: Zero Comments – Elemente einer kritischen Internetkultur. Bielefeld: transcript, 2008. 28,80 € ISBN 978-3-89942-804-9 Reihe Kultur- und Medientheorie
