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The Revolving Internet

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Constant Dullaart, therevolvinginternet.com, 2010.

On show in the exhibition “Artie Vierkant and Constant Dullaart” at Extra Extra, Philadelphia. Documentation here.

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August 18th, 2010 at 9:10 am

Vernacular Video

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The July issue of Flash Art (Italian Edition) features a short essay I wrote on how art is reacting to Youtube and other social platforms. Pdf scan here.

Below you can find some of the links that inspired the text.

Petra Cortright, Das Hell(e) Modell, 2009
Cory Arcangel, Drei Klavierstucke, Op. 11, 2009
Oliver Laric, 50 50, 2007
Oliver Laric, Touch My Body (Green Screen Version), 2008
Brody Condon, Without Sun, 2008
Alterazioni Video, I would prefer not to, 2009
Constant Dullaart, Youtube as a Sculpture, 2009
Jodi, Thumbing Youtube, 2009
Martin Kohout, Moonwalk, 2009
John Michael Boling, Guitar Solo Threeway, 2006
Curatingyoutube.net, 3 Hours in 1 Second, 2010

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July 16th, 2010 at 11:47 am

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan

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Stately, plump Buck Mulligan (2010) by Lance Wakeling is an amazing, Web 2.0-friendly version of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Each word of the book, from the title on, can be searched on whichever search engine, shared on all the social platforms available up to now, advertised on Google Ads and adopted for 1 $. Definitely, language is not free anymore. What do you think, Mr. Joyce?

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June 22nd, 2010 at 5:23 pm

Tonight: Tactics and Practice

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Tactics and practice

Tonight (at 8 PM) I will have a conversation with Slovenian curator Dunja Kukovec in the frame of the following event:

Tactics and Practice: New Media Drivers

A pilot seminar in new media arts

Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, 1-5 June, 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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June 4th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

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The Art of the Netizens

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The last issue of the Mexican magazine La Tempestad features a short overview of net art I wrote, titled “El arte de los ciberdanos” (on the cover, Vai Avanti by Rafaël Rozendaal). You can read it online (Spanish, pp. 74 – 77) or buy the magazine.

Below you can find the original English version.

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May 26th, 2010 at 10:29 am