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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <nettime-l-temp@material.net> is the temporary home of the nettime-l list while desk.nl rebuilds its list-serving machine. please continue to send messages to <nettime-l@desk.nl> and your commands to <majordomo@desk.nl>. nettime-l-temp should be active for approximately 2 weeks (11-28 Jun 99). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:19:01 +0200 (MET DST) From: The Weekender <Sandra.Fauconnier@rug.ac.be> To: The Weekender <weekender@simsim.rug.ac.be> Subject: The Weekender 093a . The Weekender ................................................... . a weekly digest of calls . actions . websites . campaigns . etc . . post announcements & notes -> mailto:announcer@simsim.rug.ac.be . . please don't be late ! delivered each weekend . into your inbox . . http://simsim.rug.ac.be/announcer/ for subscription info & help . . archive (separate msgs) http://www.egroups.com/group/announcer/ . ................................................................... 01 . honor . Last call for special edition of Bastard / Arkzin 02 . Mouchette . Domain 03 . Frederick Noronha . India-related web-sites 04 . Adrianne Wortzel . AREALE 99 - Art in the Industrial Sector 05 . Ars Electronica Center . Ars Electronica 99 - 3rd Announcement 06 . hans_extrem netCALLBOY . GAME_OVER_V1.0 ...3 weeks to go! 07 . sylvie parent . 7th edition of CIAC's electronic art magazine 08 . intima . b.ALT.ica <donated> 09 . Yukiko Shikata . SoundCreatures on the Web ................................................................... 01 Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 14:07:30 +0200 From: honor <honor@va.com.au> Subject: ann! ... Last call for special edition of Bastard / Arkzin Last Call for Participation for: A special edition of Bastard, produced in response to the war in Yugoslavia An independent coalition of writers, publishers and critics are producing a free newspaper which seeks to create an insight into the manifold responses engendered by the the war in Yugoslavia. Artists responses (images, artwork, other visual material), critiques, essays, analyses, letters, diaries, protests, petitions, etc are sought. Please submit your material as soon as possible! Last chance deadline: 30 June, 1999. For further enquiries or expressions of interest: Boris Buden buden@eunet.at http://www.arkzin.com/bb Honor Harger honor@va.com.au http://www.radioqualia.va.com.au + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Original Call for Participation Text War without a cause? If there is a feeling shared by most who witness these days of war in Yugoslavia, it is the feeling of historical impotence. Seven weeks of war has turned us into mere spectators, watching the tough guys play chicken. The war drive goes on and on, the edge of the cliff gets nearer and nearer. We watch in fascination, but nobody puts on the brakes. Is there really nothing we can do? Are the home-viewers really the last consulted on this war and the first to be defeated in it? Is there any deeper humiliation for all of us? History humiliates those who see no sense in it. Blindness to the meaning of a historical event renders helpless those history challenges. Or as Hegel said somewhere, "hell is truth seen too late." The course of history isn't decided only by those who imagine they occupy the driver's seat. It was Kant who stressed, two hundreds years ago, the dignity of the so-called passive audience. The truth of an event is not decided by its protagonists, but by its witnesses. It's us armchair passengers who observe what passes, and decide what passed. The vector that connects camera-tipped missiles and eye witness accounts uplinked by satellite to millions of eyeballs around the world, might seem to create more and more mere passive observers, but it also creates more and more witnesses to history, and participants in its assessment and recording. We, the so called passive audience, today more then ever, should be again aware of our historical dignity. To "do something" doesn't always mean to engage oneself in the concrete practical situation. To grasp the meaning of historical events, can have an impact on them which could be even more decisive than a practical involvement. There are too many warriors among pacifists, too many humanitarian activists among generals, to many politicians among criminals, and too much stupidity among the smart bombs. To reflect upon all this won't immediately stop anything, but it can help us to open our eyes to the dangers and perspectives of the reawakened history we are now faced with. There is never enough time -- for an accurate knowledge of the history of the region, for reliable, balanced, confirmed information, for an instant theory which explains it all, or for an ideology to be led by. Godot never arrives, even in Sarajevo. But we can do the best we can. Therefore, we propose to collect what we already have, to produce a publication -- on paper as well as on the net. We are inviting expressions of interest for another kind of effort -- the effort of the observer, trying, despite the odds, to render fair witness. Acknowledging the wealth of the critical and anecdotal texts produced in response to the unfolding circumstances in Yugoslavia, the publication aims to draw together critiques, essays, and analyses, as well as important historical documents, reports from the ground, artists responses, letters, diaries, protests, petitions, addresses, and URLs - all essential to creating a candid a picture of the situation: the juridical, as well as the moral one. Arkzin, the Croatian magazine originating from the anti-war movement in 1991-92 (http://www.arkzin.com), has taken the initiative to design and produce this one-off coalition newspaper. Their graphic accomplishments are widely acknowledged. Boris Buden, responsible for Arkzin's critical theory section, "Bastard," will be a key part of the coordination of the publication. The newspaper will be published in two locations: Zagreb (for Central and Eastern Europe), and Amsterdam (for Western Europe). It will be in English, printed in tabloid format, and will be approximately 40-60 pages. The publication will also be available as PDF files for anyone to download and print. Please join us! * Become a co-publisher or even print your own editions * Suggest articles or writers for publication * Submit artwork and images * Help us with the distribution * Suggest names of groups or papers who would to distribute The publication is open to contributions, just as the historical situation is open today to all possible outcomes and their meanings. Let's follow the hint of history ... <in transit> honor@va.com.au http://www.radioqualia.va.com.au ................................................................... 02 Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:32:40 +0200 From: Mouchette <mouchette@mouchette.org> To: Multiple recipients of <announcer@simsim.rug.ac.be> Subject: ann! ... Domain Dear friend, dear fan, I'm proud to announce you that I have got my own domain now. Not that my site has changed much: everything is in the name! http://mouchette.org Still, in order to celebrate my domain, I made a new page for you. http://www.mouchette.org/touch/plush.html After my selfportrait in the scanner which you still remember I hope (http://www.mouchette.org/flesh/tong.html), I made another scanner portrait using all the teddy bears and the plush toys I have. http://www.mouchette.org/touch/plush.html You will navigate inside this picture and see if you can recognize the manipulated details. Let me know your reactions. -- *bisou* __________________________ mouchette I have a new URL and a new email. Please update your bookmarks and your address book and your links to my site ******************** http://mouchette.org mouchette@mouchette.org ................................................................... 03 Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:46:17 +0500 From: Frederick Noronha <fred@goa1.dot.net.in> Subject: India-related web-sites Just a small note to say that my new updated listing of India-related sites is ready. Ver 2.1, updated on June 18, spans some 43K of text. Those wanting a copy, please contact me by personal mail, as I would not like to unnecessarily load uninterested readers on this list with this large file. Some categories of sites on this listing include: * Indian search engines * Portal sites, gateways, links to other sites, cyber-resources * News-sites, information, general * TV-related sites * Yellow pages, ask-me * Alternative sites from India * Research, academia * Educational (including higher education) * Travel, hotels, holidays * Airlines * Entertainment, hobbies, etc * Indian art * Indian humour * Music, dance, film, entertainment * Government sites (not all official) * States, Indian regions * Health * Careers * Young people * Religious sites, etc * Expatriate sites * Commerce, finance, business * Banks * Computers * Computer software, Linux in India, technical writing, etc * Internet, cyber-promotion sites, including ISPs * Internet radio in India * Indian maps * Communication links * Writer's journalists sites * Old boy networks, alumni contacts * Shopping in India * Books, publishers, etc * Sports * Cars, vehicles * India's neighbours * Rebel groups, militants * Environment, animal-rights * Matrimonials * Food * Indian history * Miscellaneous sites There is no charge for this listing, it is not copyrighted, and may be freely circulated. Frederick Noronha Freelance Journalist Goa, India fred@goa1.dot.net.in ................................................................... 04 Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 21:28:42 -0500 From: Adrianne Wortzel <sphinx@panix.com> Subject: AREALE 99 - Art in the Industrial Sector AREALE 99 - Art in the Industrial Sector 26.6.-11.7. In- and Outdoor installations 2.7.- 4.7. Robots and Performances in the Industrial Area of Brueck/Linthe, State of Brandenburg, Germany presented by: Kunstpflug e.V. http://www.areale99.de http://www.areale99.de tel:++49-33841-33121 tel: ++49-33841 -8265 fax: ++49-33841-33121 email: maubrey@berlin.snafu.de snail mail: Bahnhofstr. 47, 14806 Baitz Germany. Kunstpflug e.V. is a non-profit artist-run organization based near the city of Belzig (1 hour southwest of Berlin). Since 1995 Kunstpflug has realized site-specific and interdisciplinary projects in the region of Hoher Flming. For the Industrieprojekt we concentrate on a special regional theme: the new light-industry factory zones that have established themselves in this area just outside the Berlin suburbs. An exhibition will be organized on the factory grounds including the following artworks: installation, performance, machines, videos, sound-art, and light projections. Conception: The general conception of the art festival AREALE 99 is the idea to use a fully functioning industrial zone as the background and theme for modern site specific art. AREALE 99 seeks a balance between the economical industrial complexe on one side and the artisticly opponent power of art on the other side. Artistic production versus industrial production. For the artist is not the commercial interest the motivation for production but the creative impulse of the individual will. This etreme polarization between art and industry - as function/creation or capitalism/idealism - is one of the main keys to the projects concept. AREALE 99 wants to show as well common aspects of art and industry. There are many parallel developments in the field of robots and machines or symbiotic aspects as art works using prefabricated products. Out of this common base is born the second aspect of the project: cooperation in the sense of synergetic joint ventures between artists and companies. Artistic projects: About thirty artists have been invited to present their art work for AREALE 99. Most of them work in the field of installation, electronic art and machinery. They all represent a variety of artistic positions in this industrial complex. Besides the above mentioned topics they will also reflect on the themes of work, production, social backgrounds and the landscape of the area. Installations and performances will take place all over the area. Most work will occurr outdoors. As most of the indoor spaces are used for industrial production there is limited indoor space. Documentation: As in the previous projects KONSUM (1995) and KNNTE KUNST (1997) there will be a catalog and video that will document the project, the individual artist projects and the sponsors. It will be the documentation of a future oriented cooperation model. Artists: Renate Anger,Berlin John Boone,USA Eberhard Bosslet,Dresden Louis-Philippe Demers/Bill Vorn,Canada Peter Funken Erik Hobijn, NL Sibylle Hofter, Berlin Istvan Kantor, Canada/Ungarn Hans Peter Kuhn,Berlin Otis Laubert,Slowakische Republik Johan Lorbeer, Berlin Bastiaan Maris, NL/Berlin Chico Mac Murtrie, USA Annette Maechtel, Berlin Ute Mahling, Berlin Inge Mahn, Berlin Benoit Maubrey, Baitz Norbert Radermacher, Berlin Sue Rees, GB Martin Riches, GB/ Berlin Michael Rodemer, USA Jrg Schlinke, Potsdam Konscha Schostak, Berlin Mark Shepard, USA Erwin Stache, Beucha/Leipzig Eric Staller, NL Maren Strack, Berlin Adrianne Wortzel, USA ................................................................... 05 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 17:11:22 +0200 From: Ars Electronica Center <announce@aec.at> Subject: ann! ... Ars Electronica 99 - 3rd Announcement ----------------------------------------- Ars Electronica 99 LifeScience September 4-9, 1999 Linz, Austria http://www.aec.at/lifescience ----------------------------------------- Ars Electronica 99 - 3rd Announcement CONTENTS ................................... 1.1 LifeScience Symposium .................................... 1.2 Symposium Ars Electronica 79-99 .................................... 1.3 "And what is it that makes it art?" ... and other party-killers from the 20-year history of Ars Electronica ................................... 1.4 LifeScience - Installations .................................... 1.5 Events & Performances .................................... 1.6 Cyberarts 99 - Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition .................................... 1.7 Ongoing Netsymposium .................................... 1.8 You're planning to come to Linz for Ars Electronica '99 General information .................................... Next update: July 30, 1999 .................................... You're reading the third issue of the Ars Electronica newsletter, focusing on the program of the Ars Electronica Festival 99, and giving you a brief overview and summary of what will be taking place during this year's festival. Complete program information, short bios of all symposium participants, and a detailed description of the exhibitions and installations can be found at http://www.aec.at/lifescience/program.html Deutsche Version dieser Ankuendigung // German version of this announcement: http://www.aec.at/lifescience/service.html 1.1 LifeScience Symposium .................................... September 5-6, 1999 Brucknerhaus 10.00-13.00 and 15.00-18.00 The current scenarios of science and business revolving around the gene will occupy the focal point of attention during this two-day symposium. The question "Will the Digital Revolution be followed by a Biological Revolution?" is the point of departure for theoretical and artistic elaborations. In a series of speeches and discussions, prominent experts will confront a set of highly controversial views on the complex of issues related to life science. The LifeScience Symposium discussion will focus on: * Ideology and Science - Biological Determinism * Industrial Processing of Life * Biobusiness * Agribusiness - Genetically-Modified Foods * Pharmabusiness - Medicine * Genetic Fingerprint - The Visible Man * How Science is Done and Promulgated and the Critique of Science Participants: Manuel De Landa/USA - moderator Jeremy Rifkin/USA // Daniel J. Kevles/USA // Kari Stefansson/ISL //Bruno Latour/F // Gunther von Hagens/D // Dorothy Nelkin/USA // R.V. Anuradha/India // Zhangliang Chen/China // Charles Tonderai Mudede/Zimbabwe/USA // Klaus Ammann/CH // Lori B. Andrews/USA // George Gessert/USA // Herbert Gottweis/A // Dean H. Hamer/USA // Eduardo Kac/USA For detailed information on the symposium and the participants, go to http://www.aec.at/lifescience/program.html The symposium is being held in cooperation with Novartis, the leading life science company. 1.2 Symposium Ars Electronica 79-99 .................................... September 4, 1999 Brucknerhaus 13.30-17.00 The Ars Electronica Festival's 20th anniversary is an appropriate occasion, and a challenge, to carry out an archeological dig through the developmental strata of digital media art. This rapid technical and artistic development process, as well as the role of Ars Electronica, will be the subject of reflection and analysis conducted with a critical eye-and with tongue in cheek. Two special symposia are being dedicated to this complex of issues. Kicking off this analytical recapitulation are speeches by and discussions with theoreticians and artists who have made essential contributions to the development of the idea of Ars Electronica, as well as leading representatives of media art, including: Roy Ascott/UK // Herbert W. Franke/D // Hannes Leopoldseder/A // Itsuo Sakane/J // Peter Weibel/A 1.3 "And what is it that makes it art?" ... and other party-killers from the 20-year history of Ars Electronica ................................... September 9, 1999 Brucknerhaus 10.00-13.00 and 15.00-18.00 This program feature takes an entertaining look at the rules of the game of a form of art that arose by means of information theory and media technology, and which engenders both a new understanding of art as well as a new picture of the role of those producing it. Here, fronts now seem to be coalescing which point to more than a mere generational conflict. Numerous participants - pioneers and representatives of a generation of artists who have grown up with computers - will present their works and their positions, and take part in discussions about them. This event, designed by TNC Network (Beusch/Cassani /F/CH), promises to be a trenchant and witty celebration of Ars Electronica's 20th anniversary. 1.4 LifeScience - Installations .................................... The challenge looming on the horizon in the form of the emerging revolution in genetic engineering is also a challenge to art. Interweaving theoretical and artistic practices and themes is both the self-imposed task and the successful concept of Ars Electronica. This year, the festival presents a series of installations dedicated specifically to this topic and designed to translate a wide range of highly contentious aspects of life science into forms of artistic expression, and thus to allow them to be sensorially perceived. Among these: Genesis - Eduardo Kac/USA September 4-9, O.K Centrum fuer Gegenwartskunst, 10.00-24.00 Spike - Gail Wight/USA September 4-9, O.K Centrum fuer Gegenwartskunst, 10.00-24.00 The Creative Gene Harvest Archive - Gene Genies Worldwide/USA September 4-9, Brucknerhaus, 10.00-19.00 Hamster - symbiotic exchange of hoarded energy - Christoph Ebener, Frank Fietzek, Uli Winters/D September 4-9, O.K Centrum fuer Gegenwartskunst, 10.00-24.00 1.5 Events & Performances .................................... Between the Ars Electronica Birthday Party on September 4th and the closing event Recombinant 9.9.99, there's a full line-up of individual presentations and three exciting Ars Electronica Nights. Ars Electronica Birthday Party September 4, Peter Behrens Haus (former tobacco processing plant) 22.30 - open end Ars Electronica Night 1 September 5, Brucknerhaus, 19.30 - open end OMV Klangpark [Multiple_Dwelling] - Fakeshop/USA [prints] vier aminosuren in folge - Robert Spour/A Ars Electronica Night 2 September 6, O.K Centrum fuer Gegenwartskunst 20.00 - open end Electronic Theatre Sound Drifting - ORF Art Radio Evening barbecue in the Global Village of cybergeneration - u19 The Michael Nyman Band Concert September 7, Brucknerhaus, 20.00 It's not only because of his numerous soundtracks that Michael Nyman is considered one of the most successful contemporary English composers. Nyman's style-simple melodies, chord sequences, insistent rhythms and powerful dynamism-is often linked to pop music. But Nyman has also made strong reference to experimental music, and treats the music of the past as a resource that can be employed any way the composer desires. Ars Electronica Night 3 September 8, Ars Electronica Center & Quarter 18.00 - open end CAVE - Peter Koger, Franz Pomassl/A Why Sync? - Rupert Huber/A bugrace99 - the world's fastest bug - Stadtwerkstatt/A Ars Electronica Last Night Recombinant 9.9.99 September 9, Posthof + FM4 21.09 One of the last warning indicators of Y2K before the turn of the millennium is the date 9.9.99. Nine hours long, the concluding event of Ars Electronica 99 will bear witness to this temporarily destabilized condition. What's more, the last night of Ars Electronica 99 will make the multidimensional phenomenon of digital music accessible to the senses. Recombinant 9.9.99 will especially accentuate the new orientation of the Prix Ars Electronica category Digital Musics. With: Sound Traffic Control/USA, Mix Master Mike/USA, Powerbook Orchestra (Mego)/A, Otomo Yoshihide/J, Barry Schwartz /USA, Scratch Perverts/GB, DJ Craze/USA, Ikue Mori/USA, Richie Hawtin/CDN, Pole/D, The User/CDN, Scot Jenerick/GB, Granular Synthesis/A, and others 1.6 Cyberarts 99 - Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition .................................... September 4-9, O.K Centrum fuer Gegenwartskunst 10.00 - 24.00 An impressive exhibition gathers together the best works of interactive art that have been singled out for recognition by the Prix Ars Electronica. Cyberarts 99 is being presented in the O.K Center for Contemporary Art and, in a completely unique way, provides a close-up look at the current state of the digital media arts. Music rooms and tonal spaces make available the best works in the category Digital Musics, and there will be screenings of selected works from the Computer Animation and Visual Effects categories. A separate exhibition area on the plaza in front of the O.K-the Arena-is dedicated to cybergeneration - u19, the category for young people. 1.7 Ongoing Netsymposium .................................... The LifeScience Netsymposium that has been underway since April 20 has been dominated from the very outset by the discussion of the relationship between art and science. It is said that the position of art in society should be realigned in the face of genetic engineering and biotechnology. A continually recurring point is the emphasis placed on the special social responsibility of art in dealing with a biotech industry that is determined by economic factors, the potential consequences of which cannot be assessed. In the past, art - which interpreted the world and hypothetically juxtaposed an alternative world to it - could not intervene in the world itself, but rather could offer up commentary that might prompt mankind to reflect on things as they are. Now, this situation could change. The Netsymposium participants have formulated provocative questions regarding this issue, for example: When will the first art lover die while taking in a work of genetic art consisting of genetically-manipulated viruses? Is art turning deadly; if so, is it still art? And indeed, art is not that far removed from this scenario if one considers Jan Fabre's project involving maggots. A particularly heated discussion has centered on Eduardo Kac's transgenic art project with the green fluorescent dog. When artists take the step from interpreters of life to creators of it, they must accept responsibility for their work - as Kac certainly does want to do. Art involving life science requires integration into a mode of thought that takes social welfare into account. Birgit Richard, moderator - Netsymposium Contributions to: lifescience@aec.at 1.8 You're planning to come to Linz for Ars Electronica '99 General information .................................... The Ars Electronica Festival staff offers comprehensive visitors' services for festival guests. At our online service page, you'll find answers to your questions concerning: * ticket prices and booking information, * hotel reservation service (including moderately-priced youth hostel accommodations), * a city map with a detailed description of festival venues, and * contact addresses. Go to http://www.aec.at/lifescience/service.html Next update: July 30th 1999 Content: Ars Electronica 99 - Publications .................................... The next announcement update will appear on July 30. In it, we'll run down the publications that will be coming out in conjunction with this year's festival: * Ars Electronica 99 LifeScience (Springer Vienna - New York) * Ars Electronica: Facing the Future. A Survey of Two Decades (MIT Press, Cambridge MA) * Cyberarts 99 International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica (Springer Vienna - New York) * Ars Electronica 79-99 Book and Video Documentation .................................... Ars Electronica 99: Organization: Ars Electronica Center Linz and ORF - Upper Austrian Regional Studio Co-organizers: Brucknerhaus Linz, O.K - Centrum fuer Gegenwartskunst Sponsors and Partners: Creditanstalt, Digital/Compaq, Gericom, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Oesterreichische Brauunion, Oracle, Quelle, SGI, Siemens AG, Telekom Austria AG, Novartis .................................... ................................................................... 06 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:12:36 GMT From: hans_extrem netCALLBOY <hans_business@hotmail.com> Subject: ann! ... GAME_OVER_V1.0 ...3 weeks to go! <newz flash>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3weeks to go!. . . GAME_OVER Version 1.0 #loading next level... Game_Over [G_O] is an interactive EXHIBITION on COMPUTERGAMES! an open source space-installation located on the web and physically in switzerland; the exhibition offers active gaming, characters, spaces, moves, surfaces, action and star-players of the scene. the computergame in its cultural and technological context... visit the web-site to push & pull... I-D Magazine wrote... "Tech-heads of the world are uniting and taking over... grab a joypad and click to begin... an exhibition to explore, experience and explain the spaghetti junction of modern madness!" [Issue 51] .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPEN SOURCE - 3 ZONES - ECHTZEIT .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . surf the user-pushed database in realtime... choose PLAYZONE on: http://www.gameover.org/ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zone 1 interaction / action zone 2 virtual architecture/ database zone 3 information / surface .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fluid topics; characters-spaces-moves-surfaces-action-players .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to visit the spectacular architecture and design.... CLICK HERE: http://www.gameover.org/ ....and choose renderings find more text-descriptions.... CLICK HERE: http://www.gameover.org/ ....for extreme c64 sound-applet by micromusic.org CLICK HERE: http://server.gameover.org/futurelab/gameover/ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _. this exhibition is for ACTIVE GAMERS; for families to learn what the kids are doing all day long... and for specialists from the fields of new media, gaming, c64, architecture and action_entertainment... so to say: for EVERYBODY! >>MAKE THIS INFORMATION A VIRUS... SPREADIT! PLEASE! publish this content_info in your publication, post it to your mailinglist or preferred newsgroup and forward to interested persons and friends... _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _. . . . . . . . . . . . . more... -> location/date -> press_information -> sponsors . . . . . . . . . <location> ZURICH SWITZERLAND <date> NOW! .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GAME_OVER version 1.0 started april 14th 1999 and will end july 4th 1999 museum fuer gestaltung zuerich ausstellungsstrasse 60 ch-8005 zurich / switzerland fon [+41] 1-446 22 11 http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch tue,thu,fri 10am - 6pm wed 10am - 9pm sat-sun 11am - 6pm <press contact> .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for pictures and interviews tina weber hilgarth or martina caplazi fon [++41] 1-446 22 07 | fax [++41] 1-446 22 33 for Net.PR [email requests/links] hans_extrem play@gameover.org _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _. <sponsors> .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GAME_OVER version 1.0 is funded by research grants of the commission for technology and innovation KTI of the BUNDES- AMTES FUER BERUFSBILDUNG UND TECHNOLOGIE SWITZERLAND and supported by CREDIT SUISSE [main sponsor], IFA informatik, SONY computer entertainment and SIEMENS business services and many more... additional programs are organized by digital brainstorming / KULTURPROZENT MGB, cinema riff raff, load, booom and substrat at the rohstofflager. _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _._ _. ................................................................... 07 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:06:39 -0400 From: sylvie parent <courrier@ciac.ca> Subject: 7th edition of CIAC's electronic art magazine The 7th edition of CIAC's Electronic Art Magazine is now on line. Contents: * A Feature on Electronic Art Production in England * Reviews on ten Web Works by artists: Anne Baker, Dr. Will Clayton, Julian Baker, Pierre Giner, Beverly Hood, Brighid Lowe, Kristin Lucas, Mark Napier, Simon Pope, Colin Green, Matthew Fuller,Melinda Rackham, Alexei Shulgin, Nell Tenhaaf * Interview with Fr=E9d=E9rick Belzile * A Perspective on electronic art: Intimacy and Interactivity (Between You and Me) * Spotlight on: Nirvanet * Links on electronic art * An extensive Calendar on contemporary art exhibitions and events in the world. * News about major events in contemporary art Thank you for your interest! Sylvie Parent CIAC's Electronic Art Magazine Centre international d'art contemporain de Montr=E9al http://www.ciac.ca ................................................................... 08 Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 02:28:22 +0200 From: "intima" <atom@intima.org> Subject: ann! ... b.ALT.ica <donated> intima / info - - - - - june 23, 1999: igor stromajer donated his net art project b.ALT.ica <http://www2.arnes.si/guest/ljintima1/baltica> to the Modern Gallery of Ljubljana, slovene national museum of modern and contemporary art. the present (with complete printed documentation) was taken over by the general manager zdenka badovinac and the curator igor zabel. from now on it is the property of modern gallery in ljubljana. size of the present: 1.94 MB (164 files: html, exe, wav, jpeg, gif) year of production: 1998 b.ALT.ica was presented on the following festivals: - SEAFair 98 (skopje electronic arts fair); skopje, macedonia, october 1998; www.scca.org.mk/seafair98 - French Baltic Nordic Video and New Media Festival 98; tallin, estonia, november 1998; www.artun.ee/festival - transmediale 99; berlin, germany, february 1999; www.transmediale.de - impakt 99; utrecht, holland, may 1999; www.xs4all.nl/~impakt igor stromajer: "this year we are celebrating the 20. anniversary of sony walkman which represents the first intimate global mobile wireless hi-tech joy and pleasure. other, more sophisticated machines and protocols (satellite and cellular technology, internet etc.) were following the walkman in those 20 years and they were and still are more and more inhabited by art. that's why i decided to give b.ALT.ica (which is one of the most intimate net art project made by intima virtual base) to the museum. the modern gallery in ljubljana now owns the project in complete and forever. in the name of the walkman!" - - - others about the project (selected): "the dedication of this web project to his dead father already suggests that b.ALT.ica is a personal and emotional work. just as with other stromajer projects of are the graphics beautifully reduced and the navigation obviously good. the contents on the other hand are less amenable but rather associative short stories." (m. kwella, t. baumgaertel, transmediale, berlin, germany, february 1999) "this site is a creation of intima virtual base / generation 002, the brainchild of slovenian artist igor stromajer. "b.ALT.ica." is a work that takes the visitor into the great beyond. right at the start, the visitor is told that the work is dedicated to the artist's father, now living at "b.ALT.ica", the world at the end of time. navigation is made easy enough through symbols appearing on screen, clicking on which allows the visitor to discover a world of many faces. this world does not represent any physical space, nor are there any time zones, though anti-virus protection is recommended. as the visit progresses, the viewer makes connections between the two worlds, which are in fact one and the same." (m. tremblay, le magazine electronique du CIAC, montreal, quebec, canada, n.6, december 15, 1999) - - - - - baltica = dedicated to my father, because this is the place where he lives now. ///// franjo stromajer: 1943 - 1997 \\\\\ 0.0.1.: baltica: the land at the end of time. this is beyond. and this is XY emotional. 0.0.2.: no communication / no communism [*.com] 0.0.3.: was ist kunst? was ist nicht kunst? 0.0.4.: radar view: the sky over baltica [uncensored] 0.0.5.: no-time zone [00:00:00] 0.0.6.: how often do you? describe your. 0.0.7.: *ubject of the dream, an* | *neral that of the faculty of sense-perc* | *uently find themselves enga* 0.0.8.: http://the.definition.of/net.art 0.0.9.: baltica virus [version 2.1] activation time: 24 hours 0.1.0.: the last mind game.txt 0.1.1.: WhereHaveAllTheFlowersGone.exe [don't hurt me # every time you say goodbye i die a little # imagine there's no heaven # i love you # follow me # sometimes it's hard to be a woman] ---------------------- this is b.ALT.ica ---------------------- ................................................................... 09 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:14:41 +0200 From: yshikata@crpg.canon.co.jp (Yukiko Shikata) Subject: ann! ... SoundCreatures on the Web New Work "SoundCreatures on the Web" open in the Internet on June 28! check-> http://www.canon.co.jp/cast/ "SoundCreatures on the Web(SC Web)," a new work by Kouichirou Eto and ARTLAB only in the Internet came out now! In this work plural users can share the virtual space realtime to maneuver the sound exchanges by "creatures." By sharing the same concept with the former work "Sound Creatures"(at ARTLAB8, 1998) - a sound Installation linked to the Internet, "SC Web" takes the advantage of the Internet to share the sound environment at the same level for each user. <further on the work> " ...There are folk songs among ethnic groups that start off without a definite beginning. Someone starts to sing, and others gradually join in. People can participate anytime and can quit anytime... In such a communication style, the whole sound changes as the song seems to go on forever. Is it possible to create such sound space using contemporary information network?" -- Kouichirou Eto * In October 1998 , Kouichiro Eto and ARTLAB co-produced "SoundCreatures." In this work, three ways of operating sounds enabled the dynamic sound development by simultaneous participation of net users, robots and visitors at the installation site. A new product based on the same sound concept is "SC Web," which is made only for the Internet. In this work, each user is automatically linked to one of the ten creatures moving around in the virtual space and can maneuver the sound exchanges graphically on the screen. The whole sound gradually spreads, as the creatures exchange sound patterns and/or constituent parts when they collide. Besides the sound exchange, "infection zones" appear at random in the field unexpectedly. The creatures are affected by touching these zones. Thus the sound communication generated by the creatures keeps changing the whole sound environment. <on Kouichirou Eto> Born in 1971, graduated from Keio University graduate school(Masaki Fujihata Lab). He created "JoyMechFight"(1993) for Nintendo in his freshman year, "RealPanopticon" (1995) at "ICC-On the Web"(ICC), involved in "WebHopper"(1996) for "sensorium"("sensorium" was awarded the Golden Nica of Net. of Prix ArsElectronica97), and "WebHopper@AEC" for the Ars Electronica Center. Other works include "RemotePiano"(1996, 1997) for "MPI x IPM" by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Toshio Iwai, "RemotePiano installation" with Sakamoto and Iwai at ICC. He is a researcher of the IMRF(International Media Research Foundation). *In 1999, "SoundCreatures"(ARTLAB8) got the honrary mention at Prix Ars Electronica of Interactive Art category and will be shown at Ars Electronica "CyberArts99." Yukiko Shikata, Canon ARTLAB DK Bldg.5F, 7-18-23, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan Tel:+81-3-5410-3611 Fax:3615 http://www.canon.co.jp/cast/