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From: curator <curator@year01.com> Subject: YEAR ZERO ONE FORUM: ISSUE 6 From: info@.cicv.fr Subject: [?] From: electric@telus.net Subject: ELECTRIC LIVING IN CANADA From: Lincoln Hui <Lincoln.Hui@ArtStar.com> Subject: The Future of Art Forum - A Place for Science and Technology? From: "Lessard, George" <GLessard@gov.nu.ca> Subject: Nunavut Website "Inuktitut Pictionary" is one of the finalists in From: "l'audible" <laudible@laudanum.net> Subject: news from camp l'audible From: Oliver Ressler <oliver.ressler@teleweb.at> Subject: Project Information "Sustainable Propaganda" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 13:33:21 -0400 From: curator <curator@year01.com> Subject: YEAR ZERO ONE FORUM: ISSUE 6 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Year Zero One Forum Issue #6 http://www.year01.com/forum.htm <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Year Zero One announces the launch of Issue #6, the sixth edition of our forum for dialogue about contemporary art practice and digital culture through on-line crital reviews, essays and news. Featured in the current issue is: INTERCOURSE Review of Istvan Kantors lastest installment of the 'File Cabinet Project' at InterAccess Reviewed by Suzanne Farkas SURVEILLANCE A Survey of P.Elaine Sharpes latest exhibtion at the Art Gallery of York Universtiy Essay by Natalie De Vito PANDORAS BOX: Three Cats in a Box with Bots; Convergence/Teleconferencing/Inter-facing and the Delicate Chemistry of Balance Review of Pandoras Box interactive telerobotic exhibition at InterAccess Reviewed by Sasha Wentges HUM Review of Duncan Macdonald and Jessica Thompsons exhibition at the Pekao Gallery Reviewed by Harold Alegria-Ortiz SUBTLE TECHNOLOGIES 2000 News about the upcoming Subtle Technologties Conference which Blurs theboundaries between art and science in an exploration of subtle phenomena and its representations. PING Report on the launch of internet based electronic networking service for the media art community in Toronto and abroad. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YEAR ZERO ONE is an on-line artist run centre which operates as a network for the dissemination of digital culture and new media through net.art exhibitions, an extensive media arts directory, slide registry and the YEAR01 Forum. http://www.year01.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< *********************************************************** to unsubscribe enter UNSUBSCRIBE in subject field and email to: curator@year01.com *********************************************************** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: 13 May 2000 20:34:59 -0000 From: info@.cicv.fr Subject: [?] +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |C|I|C|V| |P|I|E|R|R|E| |S|C|H|A|E|F|F|E|R| +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ __ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ / \_ ) | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / | () / / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ \__/___| ***************************************************************************** #French version below IN FRANCHE-COMTE ESTER (Network of Cross-border School Establishments) An educational project on internet developed in co-operation between the CICV, "Espace Gantner" in France and the Jura Canton, joining 12 Swiss and French schools in a network. http://www.cicv.fr/ester THE NURSERY - 3rd Season European Project for the professional training of young multimedia entrepreneurs. http://www.cicv.fr/pouponniere DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, ARTISTIC CREATION Weekly sessions by the team from the CICV with engineering students at UTBM, Sévenans, until 30th June EXHIBITION "A private collection, fragments". Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, collector,presents the works of Dennis Adams, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Alain Clairet, Patrick Corillon, Herbert Hamak, Anne-Marie Jugnet, Kevin Landers, Vik Muniz, Huang Yong Ping, Charles Ross, Rivka Rinn, Jean-Claude Ruggirello, Ernest T., Stephen Willats and Krzystof Wodiczko. Co-production - Espace Gantner and CICV Pierre Schaeffer, Espace Gantner, multimediaculture centre of Bourogne, from 28th April to 16 July. http://www.cicv.fr/collectionprivee 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TWIN CITY STATUS OF MONTBELIARD-LUDWIGSBURG "1990-2000 : Ten Years of Video Creation" : Presentation of works realised by the CICV. Villa Franck, Ludwigsburg from 10th to 16th June. Special evening on 16th June at 7 PM. MECAFETE PEUGEOT Presentation of the "Mysteries of Conversation", an interactive multimedia presentation, of "Icare", a virtual reality installation, of the "Vidéomaton" , a video device. PSA Peugeot Citroën, Sochaux, 24th and 25th June http://www.cicv.fr/zoe http://www.cicv.fr/icare INTERFERENCES Organisation of the programme for the International Biennial of Electronic Arts/Nuits Savoureuses 2 (Belfort, 14th -20th December). Calls for projects until 30th May 2000. http://www.interferences.org Artistic Co-ordination : Anne Roquigny mailto:ar@cicv.fr Communication/Press Accreditation : Eric Prigent mailto:eric@cicv.fr IN FRANCE 4th meeting of European Art Centres Ivry-Vassivière, 25th-26th-27th May. 30th International Festival of Electronic Music and Creation of Bourges "Synthèse 2000" (9th to 18th June) Participation in the jury. "Un air dans la tête", a film by Caroline Chomicki and Isabelle Maltese Film co-produced by the CICV and broadcast on the "Muzzik" channel for the occasion of National Music Day (24th and 26th June). OUTSIDE FRANCE The CICV has been invited to participate in several international events. - INTERNATIONAL VIDEOART FESTIVAL Presentation of videos and a virtual reality installation Alta Technologia Ancina /Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru, from 14th to 21st May. - "ENTER MULTIMEDIALE" Prague from 31st May to 3rd June. Video programming and installations. - (THE MEDITERRANEAN IDENTITY AT THE HEART OF THE EUROPEAN UNION) Tarragone, Spain, 7th and 8th June. Participation in the international conference - "HELICO MAISON" Presentation of the project, "Hélico Maison", interactive multimedia installation co-produced by the CICV and the Fournos Centre of Athens. Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athènes, 10 Juin. http://www.cicv.fr/helicomaison CICV Pierre Schaeffer BP 5 25310 Hérimoncourt France tel : 03 81 30 90 30 fax : 03 81 30 95 25 http://www.cicv.fr +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |C|I|C|V| |P|I|E|R|R|E| |S|C|H|A|E|F|F|E|R| +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ _ ___ ___ __ ___ | | | __|_ _|_ _| _ \ __| |_ _| \| | __/ _ \ / \_ ) | |__| _| | | | | | / _| | || .` | _| (_) | | () / / |____|___| |_| |_| |_|_\___| |___|_|\_|_| \___/ \__/___| ******************************************************************* EN FRANCHE-COMTE ESTER (Etablissements Scolaires Transfrontaliers En Réseau) Projet éducatif sur internet développé en collaboration entre le CICV, l'Espace Gantner la République et Canton du Jura et mettant en réseau 12 écoles primaires suisses et françaises. http://www.cicv.fr/ester POUPONNIERE 3ème Promo Dispositif européen de formation de jeunes entrepreneurs au multimedia. Recrutement de la 3ème promotion en cours. http://www.cicv.fr/pouponniere TECHNOLOGIES NUMERIQUES, CREATION ARTISTIQUE Interventions hebdomadaires de l'équipe du CICV auprès des étudiants-ingénieurs de l'UTBM. Sévenans, jusqu'au 30 juin. EXPOSITION "Une collection privée, fragments". Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, collectionneuse présente les oeuvres de Dennis Adams, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Alain Clairet, Patrick Corillon, Herbert Hamak, Anne-Marie Jugnet, Kevin Landers, Vik Muniz, Huang Yong Ping, Charles Ross, Rivka Rinn, Jean-Claude Ruggirello, Ernest T., Stephen Willats, Krzystof Wodiczko. Coproduction Espace Gantner et CICV Pierre Schaeffer Espace Gantner, espace culture multimedia de Bourogne, du 28 avril au 16 juillet. http://www.cicv.fr/collectionprivee 50ème ANNIVERSAIRE DU JUMELAGE MONTBELIARD-LUDWIGSBURG "1990-2000 : 10 ans de création vidéo" : Présentation d'oeuvres réalisées au CICV. Villa Franck, Ludwigsburg, du 10 au 16 juin. Soirée spéciale le 16 juin 19h. MECAFETE PEUGEOT Présentation des "Mystères de la Conversation", exposition multimedia interactive, d'"Icare", installation de réalité virtuelle, du "Vidéomaton", dispositif vidéo. PSA Peugeot Citroën, Sochaux, 24 et 25 juin. http://www.cicv.fr/zoe http://www.cicv.fr/icare INTERFERENCES Organisation de la programmation de la Biennale Internationale des Arts Electroniques/Nuits Savoureuses 2 (Belfort, 14-20 décembre). Appel à projet jusqu'au 30 Mai 2000. http://www.interferences.org Coordination artistique : Anne Roquigny mailto:ar@cicv.fr Communication/Accréditations presse : Eric Prigent mailto:eric@cicv.fr FRANCE des Centres d'Art d'Europe Ivry-Vassivière, 25-26-27 Mai. - 30e Festival International des Musiques et Créations Electroniques de Bourges, "Synthèse 2000". (9-18 juin) Participation au jury. - "Un air dans la tête", un film de Caroline Chomicki et Isabelle Maltese Film coproduit par le CICV et diffusé sur la chaîne Muzzik à l'occasion de la Fête de la Musique (24 et 26 juin). A L'ETRANGER Le CICV est invité à participer à plusieurs manifestations internationales : - FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE VIDEOARTE Présentation de vidéos et d'une installation de réalité virtuelle Alta Technologia Ancina /Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Pérou, du 14 au 21 Mai. - "ENTER MULTIMEDIALE" Prague du 31 mai au 3 juin. Programmation vidéo et installations. - "L'IDENTITE MEDITERRANNEENNE AU SEIN DE l'UNION EUROPEENNE" Tarragone, Espagne, 7 et 8 juin. Participation à la conférence internationale - "HELICO MAISON" Présentation du projet "Hélico Maison", installation multimedia interactive coproduite par le CICV et le Centre Fournos d'Athènes. Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athènes, 10 Juin. http://www.cicv.fr/helicomaison CICV Pierre Schaeffer BP 5 25310 Hérimoncourt France tel : 03 81 30 90 30 fax : 03 81 30 95 25 http://www.cicv.fr information: mailto:eric@cicv.fr Eric Prigent/communication et developpement eric@cicv.fr 0680347906 CICV Pierre Schaeffer BP 5 25310 HERIMONCOURT ligne directe 03 81 30 83 32 Fax 03 81 30 95 25 http://www.cicv.fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: electric@telus.net Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 14:06:15 -0700 Subject: ELECTRIC LIVING IN CANADA Electric Living in Canada Carol Sill James K-M With music by: The Winks May 19th 8:00 PM Western Front 303 E.8th Avenue Vancouver BC 876-9343 Admission free Out of the digital laboratory of the north, a.k.a. Canadian media art practice and its affiliates, comes a document of wonder and amazement. ELECTRIC LIVING IN CANADA, a soon to be published DVD-ROM, represents the activities and thoughts of media theorists and artists from Canada and beyond. A host of characters that use technology in their work or espouse a critique of new technologies are assembled for your perusal. The line-up includes Stelarc, Arthur Kroker, Derrick de Kerckhove, Niranjan Rajah, Thecla Schiphorst, Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew, Dale Amundson, James Faure Walker, Reva Stone, John Oswald, Christof Migone, Robert Ouellette, Jeanne Randolph, Sara Diamond, Elizabeth Fischer, Nancy Paterson, Adrianne Wortzel, Dave Watson, John Pungente, Liss Jeffrey, Vera Frenkel, Daniel Jolliffe, Alain Mongeau, Eric McLuhan and many others. The Electric Living in Canada project has emerged from Marshall McLuhan's research on "organising ignorance for discovery", and is an extension of the thought approach he originated and developed with the help of his various colleagues, especially Barrington Nevitt. Accompanied by musical guest The Winks, Vancouver-based Electric Living launches the results of their investigations into Canadian media culture. Come join the fair! ><><><><<><><>><><><><>>><<<><><><>< ZDM: a theme park of electronic culture Vancouver May-June 2000 http://www.digitalearth.org <><<><>><><<<><><><>><><>><><><>><>< - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Lincoln Hui <Lincoln.Hui@ArtStar.com> Subject: The Future of Art Forum - A Place for Science and Technology? Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:38:43 -0700 Hello! I would like to inform you of some news that is happening here at Everything Art that may be of interest. Artstar.com has initiated a discussion with a distinguished panel of artists, theorists, critics and technologists. It is our intention to promote an exchange of ideas and elicit a discourse between these minds on the subject of the future of art and its growing relationship with technology. Some of the panelists already have combined art, science and technology together in their work - for example Stelarc and his robotic sculptures like the Third Hand. I invite you to come and read what these groundbreaking artists have to say. The discussions will last for the next 3 weeks and the results will be published in our online magazine, Everything Art, on May 12th, 26th, and June 9th. Some of the panelists participating in the forum are: * Dr. Rachel Armstrong-Russell - lecturer, TV presenter, multimedia producer, medical doctor, author * Alan Sondheim - writer, artist, theorist, co-moderator of the Fiction of Philosophy, Cybermind and Cyberculture email lists * Tina Keane - lecturer at St. Martin's College, researcher for Digital Creativity, artist in installation, film, video, and the digital area * Bracha Lichtenberg - artist, theorist, and psychoanalyst * Davide De Angelis - multimedia artist, art director and designer for 2 David Bowie albums * Dr. Alf Linney - professor of Medical Physics & Bioengineering at University College, London * Brett Stalbaum - senior editor of Switch, San Jose State University * Simon Biggs - artist and professor of Research (Fine Art) at Sheffield Hallam University * Stelarc - performance artist, sculptor (Third Hand, Virtual Arm, Virtual Body and Stomach Sculpture), Honorary Professor of Art and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University and a Senior Research Scholar at Nottingham Trent University Our panelists will be faced with some interesting topics and questions dealing with science, technology, religion and art: why have science and art been 2 opposing cultures! When/where/how and if science and art will converge? What is the future of art? I am interested in exploring opportunities for a feature, events mention or link on your website, or possibly coordinating an email alert to your membership regarding this forum. Please visit our site <http://www.artstar.com/> and in particular, have a look at Everything Art magazine at <http://www.artstar.com/magazine>. I hope that this event will be of interest to you and your membership and look forward to hearing from you soon. Best Regards, Lincoln Hui Artstar.com Tel: 1.877.777.9322 lincoln@artstar.com ***************************************************************** Artstar.com does not condone the use of "Spam" as a marketing tool. The goal of this mailout was to inform members of the technology and contemporary art community of a pertinent discussion. Please accept my sincere apology if I have intruded. ***************************************************************** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: "Lessard, George" <GLessard@gov.nu.ca> Subject: Nunavut Website "Inuktitut Pictionary" is one of the finalists in The Stockholm Challenge Award 2000 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:34:21 -0500 Arviat's Inuktitut Pictionary http://www.ssimicro.com/~arviat/pictionary/pictionary.html The project is one of the finalists in The Stockholm Challenge Award 2000. The winners in each category will be announced and celebrated on June 5th. Arviat's Inuktitut Pictionary is cordially invited to go to Stockholm in June to participate in the Prize Ceremony in the City Hall in the presence of The Mayor of Stockholm, the media and a large number of distinguished international guests. Introduction Wayne Irkok, Grade 9 Student Summer Employee, Arviat, Nunavut, Canada During our trip to Dionne lake, we stayed in a camp for four weeks on the land learning and making stories. We learned a lot about the land and our traditional way of life. Our supervisor was Donald Sr. Uluadluak. Donald taught us many things about hunting, trapping and boating. We went to a six mile field trip by foot and collected terms and definitions from what we saw and learned from the land. On July 10, 1998 we went back to Arviat to put all the definitions and stories into computers and scanned images that were drawn by Donald. We put all the works into a web-site. This Web site was made in the summer of 1998 by students at Qitiqliq High School with help from volunteers, project staff and a local Web design company. The Stockholm Challenge Conference will relate to the global character of the Award´s program and to the contents of the Exhibition. One scheduled topic will be: In what ways will the growing use of information technology challenge and change the structures and hierarchies of our working lives? Project Manager; Mark Kalluak mkalluak@gov.nu.ca 867-857-3073 Steering Committee; Elisapee Karetak, Susan Pameok, Jason Prince, Shirley Tagalik, David Ukutak Jr., Alexis Utatnaq Pictionary Project Team Project Coordinator; Donald Uluadluak Summer Students; Wayne Irkok, Louis Irkok Jr., Jimmy Muckpah, Janet Suluk, Cedric Manik, and Billy Sinnisiak Original Artwork; Donald Uluadluak and Paul Taleriktok Web Design by Inukpuk Technology; Daniel Burgess, Eric Anoee, Kristin Andrews, Jonathon Gibbons, and Rufus Manik Project Sponsors; Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Education, Culture & Employment through the following programs: Working Together, and The Aboriginal Language Enhancement Program, Kivalliq Partners in Development, Municipal & Community Affairs, Nunavut Teacher Education Program Local Partners; Arviat District Education Authority, Arviat Iyi Society, Arviat Business Training Centre, Donald Suluk Library, Levi Angmak Elementary School, Qitiqliq High School Computer Department. Special Thanks Elders who were interviewed: John Arnalukjuak; Helen Konek; Henry Isluanik; Job Mukjunik; Martina Anoee ...and to SSI Micro for hosting this site on their server Contact us For other questions or comments contact: Shirley Tagalik Department of Education Early Childhood & School Services Arviat 867-857-3054 stagalik@gov.nu.ca Eric Anoee Jr. Department of Education Early Childhood & School Services 867-857-3067 EAnoeeJR@gov.nu.ca Inukpuk Technology is available for Web design or training in Nunavut. Daniel Burgess 867-857-2742 Arviat's Inuktitut Pictionary Your project is one of the finalists in The Stockholm Challenge Award 2000. The winners in each category will be announced and celebrated on June 5th. You are cordially invited to come to Stockholm in June to participate in the Prize Ceremony in the City Hall in the presence of The Mayor of Stockholm, the media and a large number of distinguished international guests. Two representatives from every finalist project is hereby invited to participate in the Challenge dinner that will follow the ceremony. You are also invited to participate in the Challenge campus, exhibition and conference during 1-5 of June. Being a finalist in the Challenge you will be exposed to considerable national and international interest. Many have already expressed a wish to see and talk to the people, who have reached high standards in information technology based projects throughout the world. As an exhibitor you will receive free space and computer equipment as well as internet access. Attending the exhibition and conference is free of charge for the project owners as well as visitors, but the attendees must pay for the travelling expenses and hotel fees themselves. Other information about the exhibition, conference and campus will be available on our web site www.challenge.stockholm.se. To attend the final events, please complete the attached forms before May 15, 2000! The exhibition and other Challenge activities are being held in conjunction with TIME.STOCKHOLM event during the same week in June. For more information, please visit www.time.stockholm.se. We are very much looking forward to seeing you in Stockholm in June! Best regards, Monica Bernestrvm Project Manager The Stockholm Challenge Award Email: Info@challenge.stockholm.se Phone: +46 8 508 28 000 Fax: +46 8 651 76 33 Stockholm Challenge Conference and Exhibition The Stockholm Challenge Exhibition showcases a selection of some of Date: 4-5 of June Hours: Sunday 10-17, Monday 9-13 Place: Kulturhuset on Sergels Torg Square Organizer(s): The City of Stockholm Language: English Cost: The events are free of charge (the conference has a limited number of seats) Category: Offentligt Akademiskt Target group: Entrepreneurs and enthusiasts in the business segment, public service, academia and the public, i.e. anyone who has a professional and/or private interest in the use of information technology. Event type: The Exhibition will showcase many fine IT projects from the whole world. Web address: http://www.challenge.stockholm.se The Stockholm Challenge Exhibition showcases a selection of some of the world´s best IT projects. The projects represent the whole world and illustrate innovative ways of using information technology in different fields. At The Stockholm Challenge Exhibition you will find projects that enhance most segments of community life, ranging from environmental issues to IT solutions that strengthen the democratic process. There will be projects that create a global cultural arena, or the most innovating examples of how new technology might be used in education. There will also be projects that increase quality of life and make the benefit of technical progress available to more people and more countries. The Stockholm Challenge Conference will relate to the global character of the Award´s program and to the contents of the Exhibition. One scheduled topic will be: In what ways will the growing use of information technology challenge and change the structures and hierarchies of our working lives? The Conference is open to the public, but the number of seats is limited. For further information, go to www.challenge.stockholm.se where the final event will be presented on April 1st. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 18:37:32 +1000 From: "l'audible" <laudible@laudanum.net> Subject: news from camp l'audible N E W I M P R O V E D L " A U D I B L E ! laudanum.net/ldbl/ item 1: a special present for you this wednesday night at the ======= h y d r o g e n j u k e b o x ======== ============ (89.7FM + http://laudanum.net/live/) ========direct from nz - GATE ============== =====direct from au - phoebe jeebe / funky terrorists =======and yet all will be live in the studio ====== =====wednesday 9pm - midnight ============= === f o l l o w e d b y =================== ======= .. furthermore ... rue/o'neill =========== item 2: <|||||||||||w|e|l|c|o|m|e||||||||||||e|m|m|a||||||||||||f|r|a|n|k||!|||||||||> item 3: =====BUT if you can't wait until then =========== ====== t o n i g h t in sydney a sound particle event at artspace -- > ==not broadcast this time, sorry : ( ) ==== david patton, scott horscroft, loop orchestra == ====== tuesday 16 may 7.30pm ============== ====== see below for official details =========== ------------------------------------------------ A NIGHT OF SOUND PERFORMANCE - DAVID PATTON, SCOTT HORSCROFT + LOOP ORCHESTRA PATTON's legendary performance is a recent incarnation of a rich tradition of performance in L.A. including local luminaries Mike Kelley, Chris Burden and Paul McCarthy. The performance involves a 23 minute live version of the Allman Brothers' song Whipping Post being played by the artists using only his index finger to turn the record on the turntable of an uplugged deck. David Patton's visit to Australia has been organised by Metro Arts. REVOLUTIONS is a an emersive sensory 3D environment filled with the rhythmic space and tonal experimentation of turbulence, air movement and environmental phenomena created by SCOTT HORSCROFT. The performance is a hybrid of natural phenomena and digital manipulation composed into an active environment of illusion, movement and perceptive stimulation. LOOP ORCHESTRA present NOT OVERTLY ORCHESTRAL. ENTRY - $8/$5 Artspace The Gunnery 43 - 51 Cowper Wharf Road Woolloomooloo tel +61 2 9368 1899 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:03:48 +0200 From: Oliver Ressler <oliver.ressler@teleweb.at> Subject: Project Information "Sustainable Propaganda" SUSTAINABLE PROPAGANDA a project by Oliver Ressler in cooperation with Kunstverein Nuernberg opening in the Katharines‘ ruin: 20.5.2000, 20:00 "The Expo is a project which as a whole, is a pioneer in naivete. Technology and the future are presented in an unbelievably naive context in which all of the problems are ignored. A truly childlike belief in technology and the market’s healing powers is produced which the sustainability debate has obviously not had the confidence to enter. This is because it is a direct corporate park.” [Christoph Spehr in the video "Sustainable Propaganda”, 44 min.] "Sustainability is an intensification of capitalism and above all a legitimization of domination, that more technology is underway, primarily Hi-Tech. After all, not everyone has access to it, only particular companies and industrial nations who then merely demand their continued claim to leadership of this world.” [Jörg Bergstedt in the Video "Sustainable Propaganda”, 44 min.] The project "Sustainable Propaganda” (Nachhaltige Propaganda) confronts "sustainable development”, the main theme of the world fair in Hannover (June 1 to October 31, 2000). Under the motto "Human – Nature – Technology” the Expo 2000 propagates that threatening environmental, developmental and population problems can be solved by technology. Although science and technology are indeed named as "causes” of the ecological crisis, at the same time they are considered part of the solution. Since the 1992 Rio Summit at the latest, the ecological question has been articulated almost exclusively in terms of the world wide debate on sustainable development. The discourse flows from questions of modernization, down-sizing, efficiency, population control and future technologies. Utopian ideas are replaced by the technocratic management of nature. The sustainability debate is marked by an exclusion of the dimension of domination; the ecological relations are separated from relations of domination (i.e. between "North” and "South”). In a gigantic self-display of capitalist power, the future viability of the system should be proven at the Expo 2000. For the first time in the world fair’s history, the central exhibition area in Hannover is not the exclusive presentation platform. So-called "world-wide projects” in various cities and countries should also show solutions to ecological and economic problems. The Expo offers itself as a symbolic battlefield to make other social developments and designs visible. In the project "Sustainable Propaganda”, the ideologies displayed in the Expo theme parks will be analyzed and alternative models of thought and action presented. The models for a sustainable future are thus exposed as domination strategies. In this aspect the project ties in with my project "100 Years of the Greenhouse Effect” which I carried out in 1996 in Salzburg’s Kunstverein. The project "Sustainable Propaganda” consists of diverse elements: Computer produced visual material of the Disney-like settings in the theme parks forms the starting point for a series of digital prints. The Expo’s future designs are overlapped by a number of commentaries based on a leftist analysis of hegemonic concepts of sustainability. The commentaries are designed as dialogue boxes in the print series which inform the computer user about problems. In the project "Sustainable Propaganda” these "error messages” point out the flawed programming of the content of the Expo 2000 and the inherent systematic errors of the concept of sustainability. In the video "Sustainable Propaganda” the drafts for an ecologically sustainable reformed global capitalism are criticized in additional facets. Jörg Bergstedt (author of the book "Agenda, Expo, Sponsoring”, 1998), Sonya Schneider, Kai Kaschinski from the magazine Alaska and mamba – working group for feminist Expo critique, present their points of criticism in the conversations recorded for the video. In the second part of the video, writer Christoph Spehr explains an alternative concept for development which was discussed in the ‘90s in connection with BUKO under the motto, "Winding down the North!” and places it in contrast to the future scenarios of the Expo planners. "Nachhaltige Propaganda” is not an Expo project! After the presentation at the Katharinenruine the video/project will be shown at the Kunstverein Nuernberg, Füll 12, 90403 Nuernberg, Germany till June 11, 2000 (T: +49/911/24 15 62). The project will be shown in an extended version from July 28 to August 13, 2000 in Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. ************** Oliver Ressler, Steingasse 37/9, 1030 Vienna, Austria, T/F: +43/1/913 09 17, E: oliver.ressler@chello.at - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - getting warmer... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net