Archive for the ‘new media art’ tag
ARCO Madrid 2010 – Expanding the field
EXPANDING THE FIELD. Or, 8 good reasons to talk about new media (in an art fair)
Director: Domenico Quaranta
Lecturers: UBERMORGEN.COM, Marius Watz, Trevor Paglen, Oron Catts, Auriea Harvey & Michael Samyn, Paul D. Miller / DJ Spooky
ARCO Art Fair, Forum Auditorium 2, Hall 6.
February 18, 2010, from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m.
Download the complete program.
ARCO Madrid 2010 – Expanded Box (catalogue text)
Back in 1997, Arthur C. Danto wrote After the End of Art, asserting that, after the Seventies, art entered a “post historical” condition, leaving behind the usual art historical narrative – based on a linear idea of progress – of which Modernism was the swansong; and opening a new era in which “everything can be art”.
ARCO Madrid 2010 – Expanded Box
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Once again, ARCOmadrid is opening up its own particular “black box” to provide room for renowned international artists using new media in their works. The use of new technologies and digital tools in art creation is no longer viewed as anything strange or exceptional, and in fact a large number of artists have already added it to their everyday practise without further ado. This new addition of electronics to art is reflected in the eight spaces at EXPANDED BOX, in a programme coordinated by the Italian critic and curator Domenico Quaranta, a specialist in digital and net art.
Electroboutique – Art that Cares
Electroboutique, one of my favourite projects of the last years, opened a concept store in Trondheim, Norway.
If you want to understand what’s all about, read this short (Italian only) review or have a look to this video:
KIOSK. Artefacts of a Post-Digital Age (2009)
Photo Yves Bernard
KIOSK. Artefacts of a Post-Digital Age
Curated by: Yves Bernard (Belgium) and Domenico Quaranta (Italy)
For: STRP Festival, Eindhoven
2 – 13 April 2009
Clokgebouw, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Many people collect art while others collect technology. Then there are the pioneering types who look for a combination of art and technology. They collect art objects that are continually changing, or as Yves Bernard and Domenico Quaranta put it: “They love screens. They love bits with atoms. They love things that move and change, because they live in a world that moves and changes.” They love the process, not necessarily static finished products. “They wouldn’t mind a Mona Lisa, provided it alternates between smiling and crying. For these art lovers KIOSK is bound to be a dream come true.”
