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Khaled Hafez – “On Presidents and Superheroes”

Michael Szpakowski writes about Khaled Hafez's work, featured in the exhibition 'Subversion' at Manchester’s Cornerhouse, UK. A unique group show of new and recent contemporary art that explores and rethinks modern Arab identity. Consisting of artworks from various artists who are united by a strong connection to the Arabic speaking world. Curated by Glaswegian Egyptian-Turkish writer Omar Kholeif.

By Michael Szpakowski - 04/05/2012

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Watermans International Festival of Digital Art 2012 - Review of and Interview with Irini Papadimitriou

Emilie Giles reviews the current 2012 programme at Watermans Arts Centre, showcasing an array of international digital art and interviews the gallery's Head of New Media Arts Development, Irini Papadimitriou, about the Festival.

By Emilie Giles - 18/04/2012

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The Banality of The New Aesthetic

The New Aesthetic is a new art meme, originally defined by James Bridle as a method of collecting materials which point towards an infatuation with the agency of computing. Although it has existed in it's current form since last year, it's sudden emergence has set off plenty of scholars, writers and artists into profuse flusters. But here's the question - can the new aesthetic be more than a meme? More to the point, does it want to be? Is it capable of a direction?

By robert jackson - 15/04/2012

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The Glitch Moment(um)

The failure of digital media to communicate does not always translate into a failure to signify. In "The Glitch Moment(um)", Rosa Menkman demonstrates the technical, theoretical and practical basis for the creation and analysis of Glitch Art. Rob Myers.

By Rob Myers - 12/04/2012

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DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez! and the Right to Die

DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez! is a new video work (2012) by Everything is Terrible!, a self-described "found footage chop shoppe". DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez! is an active catalog which describes, invents and destroys concepts as it arranges video footage into flows of multiple cuts that map the use of dogs in cinema and television.

By channeltwo - 04/04/2012

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Libre Graphics Research Unit - Co-Position meeting

How can designers and programmers work more harmoniously? How can the tools being created better meet the needs of users? There is a need for designers to have a greater role in the production of the tools that they use, aside from just reporting bugs, requesting features or designing logos for open source projects. Antonio Roberts reports back from the Co-Position meeting of the Libre Graphics Research Unit and looks at how artists and developers are addressing these issues.

By Antonio Roberts - 23/03/2012

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MONODROME: Art's debt in times of crisis

Veroniki Korakidou reviews the 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME. The final part of a trilogy which started with DESTROY ATHENS 2007 & continued with HEAVEN 2009. Drawing upon the life and work of Walter Benjamin and inspired by his book by the same title (One way Street, 1928), MONODROME is curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and X&Y (Xenia Kalpaktsoglou and Poka-Yio, co-founders of the Athens Biennale).

By Veroniki Korakidou - 21/03/2012

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David Cotterrell's Monsters of the Id

A review of the exhibition 'Monsters of the Id', a collection of experimental works by David Cotterrell based on his residencies as war artist in Afghanistan and at SEOS (now Rockwell Collins), makers of flight simulators. The works challenge the depiction of conflict as well as explore the unique languages of programming. Curated by Helen Sloan of SCAN, and the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK.

By Sarah Thompson - 15/03/2012

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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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11 Dec 2012 - 11:00pm - 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance

The 121212 UpStage Festival will be held on 12 December 2012; this will be the sixth annual festival of live online performances using the UpStage platform.

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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

14 Nov 2012 - 11:00pm - 20 Nov 2012 - 11:00pm - CYNETART 2012

On six days, the 16th Edition of the festival presents an exhibition of the winning projects and selected competition entries, first-class performances and an evening program with live sets of...

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11 Oct 2012 - 11:00pm - CyPosium: online Cyberformance Symposium

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10 Oct 2012 - 12:00am - 12 Oct 2012 - 12:00am - Call for Entries! Prospectives '12 International Festival of Digital Art

Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art highlights the work of graduate and Phd candidates working across all disciplines utilizing experimental digital media in their creative...

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