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criticalartware interviews Dan Sandin!

From: //jonCates <joncates@CRITICALARTWARE.NET>

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:09:17 -0600

criticalartware [application/platform/concern]
DanSandin.interview

!DAN SANDIN!

since the late 1960's Dan Sandin has developed artware systems 
integrating digitial + analog computers, customized circuits, 
home{brewed|built}-hardware, video games + virtualReality.

Sandin, a professor @ the University of Illinois at Chicago, founded 
the Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL), created the Sandin Image 
Processor (I.P.), developed the CAVE virtual reality (VR) system + 
various other [artware systems/technologies/projects/pieces]. Dan 
Sandin's Image Processor (built from 1971 - 1973) offered artists 
unprecedented abilities to [create/control/affect/transform] video + 
audio data, enabling live audio video performances that literally set 
the stage for current realtime audio video art praxis. to facilitate 
the open release of the plans for the Image Processor as an 
[artware/system/toolset], Sandin + Phil Morton created the Distribution 
Religion. as a predecessor to the open source movement in the tradition 
of free software, this approach allowed artists to engage with these 
hardware systems + continues to [interest/inspire] 
[artisits/developers]. in order to honor the innovative {recent 
futures|parallel hystories} of the Image Processor + the Distribution 
Religion, criticalartware has converted the deadTree Distribution 
Religion into a single PDF file + a web-based version, for release to 
the {criticalartware} community.

criticalartware interviews Dan Sandin, [discussing/illuminating] the 
community + development of the early moments of video art in Chicago, 
artware, performing live audio video, virtual reality, open source, 
righteous NTSC outputs, the video revolution + the changes + 
similarities that [bridge/differentiate] then && now. criticalartware 
freely offers this interview as {text|audio|video} data to be 
downloaded via the interweb + exchanged as shared cultural resources.

art.hystoricalUpdate now available:

http://criticalartware.net/VKNKK_2K5/int/dS

http://criticalartware.net
British Art Schools and Video Art

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:21:52 +1000

British Art Schools and Video Art
*apologies if this is a duplicate of a mail that you have already received *

EVENT:  Evening Salon
<The Impact of British Art Schools on Early British Video Art>

Wednesday November 23rd,  6 - 8.30pm

This salon event is part of the research project <REWIND: Artists’ Video in the 1970s and 80s>.
It asks: what were the major academic areas of thought for video art production during the 70s and 80s and what was the impact on early British video art?

Speakers:
Jon Bewley
Cate Elwes
Rob Gawthrop
Tine Keane
Sharon Morris

Chair: Jane Prophet
plus:  Stephen Partridge and Jackie Hatfield, introducing the REWIND research project


Location:
University of Westminster
115 New Cavendish Street

Light refreshments provided

Admission Free but booking essential

To book your place contact Sue Barker
sue@carte.org.uk Telephone 020 79115000 ext 2675


DETAILS:
This is the first of a series of evening salons for REWIND: Artists’ Video in the 1970s and 80s, will discuss the impact and legacy of British Artists’ Video in the 70s & 80s. This Salon will consider the major academic areas of thought for video art production during the early period, and focus on some of the philosophies around the specific art schools.  How did staff and students explore the intertextualities of video as an art form? Where did the practice and debates take place? How did polemics develop?

The evening will start with a brief introduction by REWIND's Principal Investigator, Professor Stephen Partridge (Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design) followed by a synopsis of the research to date by Dr Jackie Hatfield (DJCAD), REWIND’s Senior Research Fellow.

A panel discussion follows, chaired by Jane Prophet, REWIND's co-investigator (University of Westminster) to explore the Impact of British Art Schools on Early British Video Art. The panelists were amongst the first students in the UK who worked with video, and many have gone on to promote and teach in the area while developing their artistic careers.

Jon Bewley is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne and a founding director of Locus+, a visual arts commissioning agency that works with artists to produce and present socially engaged, collaborative and temporary projects. Previously Jon Bewley was a co-director of Edge88, Edge 90 and Projects UK, and a founder member of The Basement Group. The Basement Group started in 1976 and was both a working community of six artists and a place where other artists can exhibit their work
in the field of performance/installation/video/sound

Professor Cate Elwes was a student at RCA, and is now Reader in moving image at Camberwell College of Arts. She recently published Video Art a Guided Tour and is working on an exhibition survey of UK video art in the 1970s and beyond, with Dr Chris Meigh-Andrews. Elwes worked in performance before incorporating video into her performances, and then working exclusively with video.

Rob Gawthrop was a student at Maidstone College of Art, and later head of fine art Hull School of Art and Design. Working with film, he set up Time based art’ and has promoted the use of moving image as fine art in the Higher Education sector.

Professor Tine Keane (was a student at St John Cass school of art and is staff at St Martins) was involved in setting up the London feminist film collective, Circles. Keane has worked with film and video since the 1970's, in expanded form, site related, installation, performance and single screen.  She is an internationally renowned artist who has explored the sculptural qualities of the electronic, and has made work exploring sexual politics, gender, childhood and metaphor.

Dr Sharon Morris trained as a visual artist at the Slade School of Fine Art where she is now head of BA Fine Art Media course and is responsible for Film and Video. She is currently researching the relation between words and images, in particular between spoken poetry and projection, poems on the page and photographic or digital images.

The Salons are part of REWIND | British Artists’ Video in the 1970s & 80s.  REWIND is a research project, funded by the AHRC, to develop a research resource to address the gap in historical knowledge of the evolution of electronic media arts in the UK, by investigating specifically the first two decades of artists’ works in video.

There was a danger that many of these works may disappear because of their ephemeral nature and poor technical condition.  The project is determining the best examples of works from the period, conserving and preserving them, and enabling further scholarly activity. REWIND will provide an archive, website, major exhibition and publication to disseminate the works to the public and to scholars.

www.rewind.ac.uk

Rewind is supported by the AHRC























*apologies if this is a duplicate of a mail that you have already received *

EVENT:  Evening Salon


Wednesday November 23rd,  6 - 8.30pm

This salon event is part of the research project 
.
It asks: what were the major academic areas of 
thought for video art production during the 70s 
and 80s and what was the impact on early British 
video art?

Speakers:
Jon Bewley
Cate Elwes
Rob Gawthrop
Tine Keane
Sharon Morris

Chair: Jane Prophet
plus:  Stephen Partridge and Jackie Hatfield, 
introducing the REWIND research project


Location:
University of Westminster
115 New Cavendish Street

Light refreshments provided

Admission Free but booking essential

To book your place contact Sue Barker
sue@carte.org.uk Telephone 020 79115000 ext 2675


DETAILS:
This is the first of a series of evening salons 
for REWIND: Artists’ Video in the 1970s and 80s, 
will discuss the impact and legacy of British 
Artists’ Video in the 70s & 80s. This Salon will 
consider the major academic areas of thought for 
video art production during the early period, and 
focus on some of the philosophies around the 
specific art schools.  How did staff and students 
explore the intertextualities of video as an art 
form? Where did the practice and debates take 
place? How did polemics develop?

The evening will start with a brief introduction 
by REWIND's Principal Investigator, Professor 
Stephen Partridge (Duncan of Jordanstone College 
of Art and Design) followed by a synopsis of the 
research to date by Dr Jackie Hatfield (DJCAD), 
REWIND’s Senior Research Fellow.

A panel discussion follows, chaired by Jane 
Prophet, REWIND's co-investigator (University of 
Westminster) to explore the Impact of British Art 
Schools on Early British Video Art. The panelists 
were amongst the first students in the UK who 
worked with video, and many have gone on to 
promote and teach in the area while developing 
their artistic careers.

Jon Bewley is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne and a 
founding director of Locus+, a visual arts 
commissioning agency that works with artists to 
produce and present socially engaged, 
collaborative and temporary projects. Previously 
Jon Bewley was a co-director of Edge88, Edge 90 
and Projects UK, and a founder member of The 
Basement Group. The Basement Group started in 
1976 and was both a working community of six 
artists and a place where other artists can 
exhibit their work
in the field of performance/installation/video/sound

Professor Cate Elwes was a student at RCA, and is 
now Reader in moving image at Camberwell College 
of Arts. She recently published Video Art a 
Guided Tour and is working on an exhibition 
survey of UK video art in the 1970s and beyond, 
with Dr Chris Meigh-Andrews. Elwes worked in 
performance before incorporating video into her 
performances, and then working exclusively with 
video.

Rob Gawthrop was a student at Maidstone College 
of Art, and later head of fine art Hull School of 
Art and Design. Working with film, he set up Time 
based art’ and has promoted the use of moving 
image as fine art in the Higher Education sector.

Professor Tine Keane (was a student at St John 
Cass school of art and is staff at St Martins) 
was involved in setting up the London feminist 
film collective, Circles. Keane has worked with 
film and video since the 1970's, in expanded 
form, site related, installation, performance and 
single screen.  She is an internationally 
renowned artist who has explored the sculptural 
qualities of the electronic, and has made work 
exploring sexual politics, gender, childhood and 
metaphor.

Dr Sharon Morris trained as a visual artist at 
the Slade School of Fine Art where she is now 
head of BA Fine Art Media course and is 
responsible for Film and Video. She is currently 
researching the relation between words and 
images, in particular between spoken poetry and 
projection, poems on the page and photographic or 
digital images.

The Salons are part of REWIND | British Artists’ 
Video in the 1970s & 80s.  REWIND is a research 
project, funded by the AHRC, to develop a 
research resource to address the gap in 
historical knowledge of the evolution of 
electronic media arts in the UK, by investigating 
specifically the first two decades of artists’ 
works in video.

There was a danger that many of these works may 
disappear because of their ephemeral nature and 
poor technical condition.  The project is 
determining the best examples of works from the 
period, conserving and preserving them, and 
enabling further scholarly activity. REWIND will 
provide an archive, website, major exhibition and 
publication to disseminate the works to the 
public and to scholars.

www.rewind.ac.uk

Rewind is supported by the AHRC
Vasulkas Retrospective at ICA London

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:36:44 +1000

 From Emma Quinn  mailto:emmaq@ica.org.uk

Vasulkas Retrospective at ICA London
http://www.ica.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=14440

We are starting with work in the digital studio Parts 1 & 2 include
Participation 1969-71 and Artifacts 1970-1980. This exhibition will
run until the end of January 2006.

Part 3 - Machine Vision 1980-present opens on 17th December in the
upper galleries and will run until 15th January.

Both parts of the exhibition are open from 12noon until 7.30pm daily
(apart from Christmas and NY bank holidays) and are free with membership.

The Vasulkas are also giving a talk on 12th December. Tickets are
available from the ICA ticket office on 020 7930 3647.

Emma Quinn
Programme Manager for Performance & Digital Media
ICA
The Mall
London SW1Y 5AH
England
Tel: +44 20 7766 1415
http://www.ica.org.uk
ZKM/exhibition_opening/Light_Art_from_Artificial_Light

From: Paul Brown <paul_brown@MAC.COM>

Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:04:34 +1000

ZKM | Zentrum f=FCr Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
November 2005

Invitation to the exhibition opening

L i g h t   A r t   f r o m   A r t i f i c i a l   L i g h t
(19 November 2005 through 01 May 2006)

Friday, 18 November 2005, 7.30 p.m. at the ZKM, Lorenzstr. 19,
D-76135 Karlsruhe

On the evening of 18 November 2005 the ZKM | Museum for Contemporary
Art will open the ambitious exhibition Light Art from Artificial Light.
This show on the theme of electrical light as an artistic medium,
which extends across all three floors of the ZKM | Museum for
Contemporary Art and includes ca. 340 works from 230 artists covering
100 years of art history, will offer an encyclopedic overview of the
development of light art from its beginnings until the present day.
The exhibition leads through the decades beginning with the earliest
works from the 1920s, including films by Viking Eggeling and Walter
Ruttmann, through to the first abstract neon pictures (1946) by Gyula

Kosicea, and a black light room by Lucio Fontana (1948/49). Shown
will be reconstructed light rooms from the 1960s by Gruppo T  and
ZERO, some of which have not been exhibited for over forty years,
classical positions in light art such as those by James Turrell,
Francois Morellet, Dan Flavin, and Keith Sonnier, and additionally,
current works by Carsten Hoeller, Olafur Eliasson,  and Sylvie Fleury,
among others.

The exhibition's central theme is the confrontation of diverse art
genres with the medium of artificial light. The individual areas of
the exhibition are thus concerned with Kinetic Art, Minimal Art,
Concept Art, and Arte Povera. The unusual architecture of the
exhibition Light Art from Artificial Light likewise enables a very
special approach to the theme of light art: the works will shine as
the only source of light in the darkened space.

For the first time, an exhibition by ZKM | Museum for Contemporary
Art will leave the museum space to shine its light into the city,
right at the darkest time of the year.  Shown on the grounds in front
of the ZKM and in the sub-space of the ZKM cube, will be exciting
light installations by contemporary artists. Depending on weather
conditions, the work Leuchtturm by Ecke Bonck has the capacity to
beam up to eighteen kilometers into Karlsruhe's urban space from the
tower of the former munitions factory. The light capacity of the work
Sternschnuppe by Michael Sailstorfer, exhibited on the grounds in
front of ZKM, reaches the heights. The sculpture comprises a car and
a street light, whose shield can be shot into the sky as an
artificial shooting star.
Chuck Csuri - new website

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:59:58 +1000

Chuck Csuri - new website
Chuck Csuri - the computer arts and animation pioneer has his new
website online:

Charles Csuri is best known for pioneering the field of computer graphics,
computer animation and digital fine art, creating the first computer art
in 1964. Csuri has been recognized as the father of digital art and computer
animation by the Smithsonian Magazine, and as a leading pioneer of computer
animation by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and The Association for
Computing Machinery Special Interest Group Graphics (ACM-SIGGRAPH) .
Between 1971 and 1987, while a senior professor at the Ohio State University,
Charles Csuri founded the Computer Graphics Research Group, the Ohio Super
Computer Graphics Project, and the Advanced Computing Center for Art and
Design, dedicated to the development of digital art and computer animation.
Csuri was co-founder of Cranston/Csuri Productions (CCP), one of the worlds
first computer animation production companies. In 2000 Charles Csuri
received both the 2000 Governor's Award for the Arts for the best individual
artist, and The Ohio State University Sullivant Award, that institution's
highest honor, in acknowledgment of his lifetime achievements in the fields
of digital art and computer animation.


Chuck Csuri - the computer arts and animation pioneer has his new
website online:

   http://www.csuri.com

Charles Csuri is best known for pioneering the field of computer graphics,
computer animation and digital fine art, creating the first computer art
in 1964. Csuri has been recognized as the father of digital art and computer
animation by the Smithsonian Magazine, and as a leading pioneer of computer
animation by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and The Association for
Computing Machinery Special Interest Group Graphics (ACM-SIGGRAPH) .
Between 1971 and 1987, while a senior professor at the Ohio State University,
Charles Csuri founded the Computer Graphics Research Group, the Ohio Super
Computer Graphics Project, and the Advanced Computing Center for Art and
Design, dedicated to the development of digital art and computer animation.
Csuri was co-founder of Cranston/Csuri Productions (CCP), one of the worlds
first computer animation production companies. In 2000 Charles Csuri
received both the 2000 Governor's Award for the Arts for the best individual
artist, and The Ohio State University Sullivant Award, that institution's
highest honor, in acknowledgment of his lifetime achievements in the fields
of digital art and computer animation.
SYMPOSIUM: "SYNERGETICS IN THE ARTS" NOV 19-20 2005

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:23:04 +1000

SYMPOSIUM: "SYNERGETICS IN THE ARTS"

At the Isamu Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, NY.
NOV 19-20  2005

Presenters from Around the World Demonstrate the
Broad Influence of Buckminster Fuller's Holistic Thinking

The Synergetics Collaborative (SNEC) will present
its third annual symposium "Synergetics in the
Arts" on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 and SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 20 at the Noguchi Museum, 32037 Vernon
Blvd., Long Island City, NY.  A juried Art
Exhibition  will accompany the Symposium.

The variety of topics, presenters from around the
world, and exhibited art work will demonstrate the
broad influence in the arts of Synergetics -- the
system of holistic thinking developed by
Buckminster Fuller.

The Noguchi Museum was chosen for this year's
symposium because of
Buckminster Fuller's close relationship with Isamu
Noguchi during their lifetimes.

Symposium presenters include:

Chuck Hoberman (New York) -
"Transformability"Electron Orbital Geometry"
Victor Acevedo, (New York) "Art of The Void Matrix"
Allegra Snyder, Fuller's daughter (USA)
-"Synergetics and Dance"
George W. Hart (New York) -  "Synergetics in Sculpture"
Ron Resch - "Dynamic Tiling & Dynamic Fractal Tiling"
Caspar Schwabe, (Switzerland) - "Synergetic Serendipity"
Edward Suzuki (Japan) - "Atommetrics: Another View
of Atomic Structure Based on
Haresh Lalvani - " Mapping the Morphoverse"
Joseph D. Clinton, (USA)  "A Global Humanitarian
Networking Center"
Donald Ingber (Harvard Medical School) - "The
Relevance of Tensegrity Architecture for Biology
and Medicine"
Michael Burt, (Israel Institute of Technology) -
"The Periodic Table of the Polyhedral Universe"

The event will open with an historical
retrospective of Black MountainCollege, of which
Fuller was a part. Noted panel members include:
Mary Emma Harris, Arthur Penn, Shoji Sadao, and
Thomas Zung.


Reservations and info:
http://synergeticists.org/snec.announce.meeting.2005.11.html
Note:   This event is ALMOST  SOLD OUT  - Very
Limited seating is available.  Pre-registration is
required
http://synergeticists.org/registration.html for
details.

Contact: CJ Fearnley
Phone: 610 352 7086
Synergetics Collaborative
240 Copley Road
Upper Darby, PA 19082-4016
E-mail: press@synergeticists.org
Web: www.synergeticists.org

About the Synergetics Collaborative:
The Synergetics Collaborative (SNEC) was founded
in 2002 as an organization to bring together a
diverse group of people with an interest in
Synergetics in face-to-face workshops, symposia,
seminars, pow-wows, and other ad-hoc and planned
meetings to better understand the many facets of
Synergetics, its methods and principles.  SNEC is
in the process of applying to be a non-profit
educational organization.   For more information
refer to http://www.synergeticists.org
Stelarc Monograph

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:52:24 +1000

The MIT publication on Stelarc has now been released. If not at your
favorite bookstore, you would be able to order it from the MIT website
or from Amazon.

Stelarc : The Monograph (Electronic Culture: History, Theory, and
Practice)  by Marquard Smith (Editor)

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10458

-- 
===============================================================
Paul Brown                      in Australia 11/2005 to 03/2006
mailto:paul@paul-brown.com            http://www.paul-brown.com
AU mob +61 419 72 74 85                 USA fax +1 309 216 9900
===============================================================
Visiting Professor - Sussex University
        http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html
===============================================================
CFP: IS Forum 2006

From: Angelo Gambella <editor@MEDIOEVOITALIANO.ORG>

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:33:41 +0100

Call For Papers: IS - Internet e Storia (Internet and History) 4th Forum 15
January - 15 March 2006.

The topics for the 4th telematic forum are Internet, History and all
subjects related to the application of multimedia technology to History and,
in general to Human Studies. 
Each speaker presents an abstract through the specifically prepared
mailing-list. Essays will be placed on the official site, which could be
consulted by signed members. Acts will be published in «Storiadelmondo» ISSN
1721-0216, public access electronic journal dealing with world-wide History
and Human Studies. Papers will be published also in CD-ROM edition. 

Submission Information: 
Speakers participate on invitation or by self-candidature through the
official site pages. 
Website: http://www.internetestoria.it/en/ (English, Italiano, Español)
Submissions in electronic form (DOC; RTF; TXT) are strongly preferred. 
Scholars at all stages of their careers are equally welcome (required short
bio-bibliography). 
The candidature must arrive within the January 9, 2006 for papers and/or
review of: books, websites, softwares. 

For application instructions and further information about the IS - Internet
e Storia, contact:
Secretary's office
Medioevo Italiano Project
E-mail: posta@medioevoitaliano.it
Web: http://www.medioevoitaliano.it
Fax: +39.06.23319240 
V.le O. Sinigaglia, 48
I-00143 Rome, Italy

Sincerely,
Angelo Gambella
President of Medioevo Italiano Project

(Apologies for cross-posting)
Web cast for Refresh! ON LINE NOW

From: Oliver Grau <oliver.grau@CULTURE.HU-BERLIN.DE>

Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:48:52 +0100

Web cast for Refresh! conference on new media art, science, technology
ON LINE NOW

Banff New Media Institute, the Database for Virtual Art, 
Leonardo/ISAST and UNESCO DigiArts collaborated to produce the first 
international art history conference covering art and new media, art 
and technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as 
pertinent to contemporary art. In late September, more than 200 new 
media practitioners from around the world gathered at Banff New Media 
Institute (BNMI) for the Refresh! Today marks the launch of an 
educational resource for new media artists, researchers, historians 
and students across the globe - access to the Refresh! conference on 
line:

http://www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/programs/archives/2005/refresh/

Visit, watch and listen to discussion on the relationship between new 
media and the disciplines of art history, anthropology, computing 
sciences, media studies, and other intercultural contexts.

The web cast includes the inaugural Rudolf Arnheim lecture, by 
curator and art historian Sarat Maharaj, honoring the crucial role of 
Rudolf Arnheim in the history and theory of the interaction of art, 
science,
and new technologies. See London-based writer and curator Jasia 
Reichardt on the evolution of computer-based art, and the development 
of electronic sculpture, art robots, and environments. Watch Edmond 
Couchot, Andreas Broeckmann, Edward Shanken, Mark Tribe, Douglas 
Kahn, Sean Cubit, Christiane Paul, Gunalan Nadarajan, Itsuo Sakane, 
Barbara Stafford, Timothy Lenoir, Roger Malina, Johannes Goebel, 
Oliver Grau, Lucia Santaella, Erkki Huhtamo, Sara Diamond ...

The Refresh! conference was organized by Database for Virtual Art, 
Leonardo and hosted by BNMI and was  generously supported by the 
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Social Sciences and Humanities 
Research Council of Canada, the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Telefilm 
Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, Goethe-institute, Villa 
Vigoni, UNESCO DigiArts, INTEL and ITAU Cultural.

For more information and the next steps in the field, see the platform:
www.mediaarthistory.org