<nettime> Welcome to join discussions on net.art/criticism

[director@kaapeli.fi (Tapio Mäkelä )]

Welcome to join discussions on net.art and criticism on Friday March 21st
starting 12 am Finnish time (London 10 am). Discussions take place on our
web pages at www.grandarena.com. Sessions hosted by Håkan Nilsson, Tapio
Mäkelä, Heath Bunting and Alexei Shulgin.

criticism.art.net - a workshop on the ferry
www.grandarena.com

Artnode from Stockholm and artist association Muu from Helsinki have
co-produced Grand Arena, your indispensable guide in the web of art and
communication. This event introduces Smart Show on-line, and series of
discussions on the role of art and criticism on the net.

This first section covers all events of interest at  Smart Show, an
international art fair which embarks for the first time on the R&R ferry
Silja Symphony between 20-23 of March. Vernissage in Helsinki, Finland the
20th, in Stockholm, Sweden the 21th.

The second section is the Live Room - a live debate transmitted for one
hour during the openings. The debate will be transmitted in video and
audio, and can also be followed in text. Please feel free to send any
question to the panel via e-mail.

The third section is C.A.N (Criticism Art Net), introduces in-depth
discussions on art and communication as well as the usual gossip. Five
major subjects will be presented with an introductory essay. This forum
will be open via www to anyone interested in sharing his or her opinion.


The topics to be discussed are

Chit-chat art: The role of dialogue between artists and critics in cyberspace.

License to grill: Do the critics have a role in net.art

Are there frauds in contemporary art? How do you detect a fraud when fake
itself has become a medium.

Changing Spaces - Changing Art
The change from gallery space to net interface opens new possibilities to
artists to work independently of the art institutions and their curatorial
power structures. What kind of politics are we dealing with the new sites?
Is net.art a new situationist movement in an imaginary city/cyberspace?

What is net.art?
Over the last days, nettime mailing list has hosted a discussion on what
makes net work art. Perhaps the question itself is outdated? How do
net.artist consider themselves in relation to the art world? Alexei Shulgin
talks about net.art as a change from Representation to Communication, a
movement from presenting objects & images towards actions, sites for
communication.

How to find us? Connect to our website or visit Silja Symphony March 20th-23rd
Star Dust Night Club, Vip Lounge,   e-mail <director@kaapeli.fi>

PROGRAM - events + IRC  on/off the ferry:

THURSDAY, HELSINKI
12.00 Press: presenting www.grandarena.com by Håkan Nilsson & Tapio Mäkelä
13.00 Opening
14.30 Heath Bunting, London, winner of the Silja Catch Phrase competition,
        presents his site ecaf international
14.45Alexei Shulgin, Moscow, presents his site Moscow WWW Art Centre
15.30 A discussion & a live broadcast of Hybrid Capital
16.30-18.00 Interviews with SMART participants



FRIDAY, STOCKHOLM
12.00 Press: presenting www.grandarena.com by Håkan Nilsson & Tapio Mäkelä
13.00 Opening
13.30 Presentation of Benno, a music e-zine by Kristofer Samuelsson & Erik
Kärrsgård
14.00 Heath Bunting, London, winner of the Silja Catch Phrase competition,
        presents his site ecaf international
14.45Alexei Shulgin, Moscow, presents his site Moscow WWW Art Centre
15.30-18.00 Interviews with SMART participants



SATURDAY, HELSINKI
11.00 Presentation of Smart Coverage, including www pages and live interviews
12.00-14.00 All on board critics are invited to join an on-linediscussion
14.00 Marita Liulia, Helsinki & Marion Baruch, Milan/Paris, discuss on IRC
their
        project called Code Your Soul
15.00 Mike Stubbs, UK, IRC on fake identity on the web
16.00 Connection to Los Angeles Telepoetics



SUNDAY, STOCHKOLM
11.00 Presentation of Smart Coverage, including www pages and live interviews
12.00-14.00 All on board critics are invited to join an on-linediscussion
14.00 Marita Liulia, Helsinki & Marion Baruch, Milan/Paris, discuss on IRC
their
        project called Code Your Soul
15.00 Pit Schultz: Nettime - a Critical Mailing List

Tapio Mäkelä
director of Artist Association Muu
www:            http://muu.autono.net.
e-mail: <director@kaapeli.fi> or <director@muu.autono.net>
Address: Rikhardinkatu 4, 00130 Helsinki, FINLAND
tel +358-9-625972       fax +358-9-625376
gsm +358-40-5071965


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