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Social Cities of Tomorrow

On Feb 17th Amsterdam (2012) hosted Social Cities of Tomorrow, a conference on new media and urbanism. Adapting its title from Ebenezer Howard’s Garden Cities of Tomorrow, but taking equal inspiration from the work of Archigram. The conference presented a snapshot of the direction cities are moving today. Review by Lawrence Bird.

By Lawrence Bird - 21/02/2012

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transmediale 2k+12, in/compatible

Marialaura Ghidini reviews a range of events, projects, artworks and speeches featured in the 25th edition of transmediale (2012). The theme - in/compatible - explored the current worldwide proclamations of crisis: political, financial, technological and environmental. Marialaura found everything was connected...

By Marialaura Ghidini - 16/02/2012

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Lawrence Weiner Erasure

How can you erase a work of Conceptual Art, and what does it mean to try? Armed only with a biro and a sketchpad, Michael Szpakowski takes us on a critical journey into one of Western art's most radical movements with a mash-up of the ideas of Lawrence Weiner and Robert Rauschenberg. Review by Rob Myers.

By Rob Myers - 11/02/2012

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Echoes of the Past & Future: Gridworks by A Bill Miller

Mark Hancock investigates the video works of AB Miller. His nationally and internationally exhibited works include his acclaimed Gridworks Project, which comprises abstract ASCII drawings, ink drawings, animated GIFs, and video elements. "We exist within a built environment that is constantly mediated by the grid. Grids organize space through coordinate mapping and patterns of development. Grids compress, redisplay, and reorder information. Grids are an enforcement system imposed upon both nature and culture."

By Mark Hancock - 20/01/2012

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Celebrating Brazilian Open Digital Culture: Festival Cultura Digital

Raquel Rennó writes about the Festival Cultura Digital, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - between the 2nd and the 4th of December 2011. It gathered 6 thousand people in about 20 open discussions, 20 workshops and 52 international and national projects, bringing together political institutions, artists, companies, activists and intellectuals in a hybrid format. The main goal was to change and broaden the limits of digital practices and connect to other people and networks from other cities, states and countries.

By Raquel Rennó - 04/01/2012

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White Heat Cold Logic

The third and last by Rob Myers, of a series of articles reviewing publications by the CACHe project, an archive of pioneering British computer art. Rob's first review was of the V&A's show and book "Digital Pioneers", the second was of Catherine Mason's "A Computer In The Art Room". Where "A Computer In The Art Room" concentrated on the history of art computing in British educational institutions up to 1980, "White Heat Cold Logic" gives voice to the individuals who made art using computers in that period more generally.

By Rob Myers - 12/12/2011

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Image essay on 'Training for a Better World'

A derivative work in the form of a photo-essay comprised of documentary photographs and sketches by Michael Szpakowski. This is both an artwork and a review of an exhibition by Annie Abrahams, Training for a Better World.

By Michael Szpakowski - 10/11/2011

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Face-to-facebook: Disrupting Monopolism.

Elin Ahlberg reviews 'Face to facebook' by Italian artists Paolo Cirio and Alessandro Ludovico. It was the Final project of a series of three called 'Tha Hacking Monopolism Triology'. The 'Face to facebook' project was to steal 1 million facebook profiles and re-contextualize them on a custom made dating website (lovely-faces.com).

By Elin Ahlberg - 05/10/2011

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The Philosophy Of Software

This book is a critical introduction to code and software that develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. Written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background, the book provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media forms. An ambitious book where Berry turns his attention from the social relations and ideology of software (in "Rip, Mix, Burn", 2008) to the question of what software means in itself.

By Rob Myers - 08/09/2011

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Videogame Appropriation in Contemporary Art: Racing Games

Mathias Jansson continues with his series on classic Videogames and their appropriation into contemporary art. This time round he explores the theme of racing games, with a selection of examples of how the game has impacted artists' work and contemporary art culture. Including the videogame that gasses its players 'Colorless, odorless and tasteless' by Eva and Franco Mattes.

By Mathias Jansson - 19/08/2011

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18 Nov 2012 - 11:00pm - 23 Nov 2012 - 11:00pm - re-new - digital arts festival / IMAC - Interactive Media Arts Conference 2012: OPEN CALL

re-new / IMAC 2012 is now open for submission of academic and artistic work. The event takes place inCopenhagen, Denmark on November 19-24 2012.

added by Morten Søndergaard on 19/12/11

16 Mar 2012 - 12:00pm - 27 May 2012 - 6:00pm - Robots and Avatars

Robots and Avatars16 March – 27 May exhibition at FACT, Liverpool.Join us in a near future where robots, avatars and telepresence form part of an exciting new reality.

added by FACT on 16/02/12

5 Mar 2012 - 9:30am - 12:30pm - CRUMB Professional Development Workshop, Distribution and Dissemination after New Media

A new CRUMB Professional Development Workshop for contemporary art curators, 'Distribution and Dissemination after New Media', organised as part of AV Festival 2012 following on from their opening...

added by Marialaura Ghidini on 09/02/12

20 Feb 2012 - 12:00pm - 25 Feb 2012 - 5:00pm - Making Space: Exhibition and conference by Slade School PhD programme

You are invited to the following event (exhibition and conference) organised by the Slade School of Fine Art PhD programme:MAKING SPACE:Exploring creative and research processes through dialogue,...

added by Kai Syng Tan on 07/02/12

4 Feb 2012 - 12:00am - 24 Feb 2012 - 12:00am - The Home & The World - OPEN FOR SUBMISSION

An international gathering of artists, writers, philosophers, policy-makers, organisations and others.

added by richardpovall on 04/02/12

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