Hi Francis, Thanks for all your responses! Sure, fair enough wanting to cross borders with the artists involved, of course this is your perogative as the curator to employ the Scotland connection as you see fit. As I'm sure you appreciate my point is still that the press release is actually somewhat misleading and doesn't actually seem to represent what you say. To some extent same goes for the actual content of the show, really interesting to read your cdrom intro. This is a press release issue though and I'm not going to go on about it, as in the end it gets the word out there!
In terms of digital work definition, mine is actually much broader than came across in first mail. I'll be interested to see Simon and Chad McCail's collaboration. I think the term "Digital Arts", as in the show title, triggers in me connetations of a fairly particular approach to arts/technology, which is largely very "computer based", (also often in my mind being pretty technocentric and a somewhat historical term, more used with regard to 60's/70's/80's. Maybe I just don't really like the term, but anyway not half as much as "digital artist". Anyone else?) Will there be documentation of the works sited in the exhibition space and the works themselves on the cd-rom? Always intrigued to see and hear about examples of approaches to presenting "digital" works in gallery/exhibition spaces. All the best, Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "francis mckee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beverley Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 6:13 PM Subject: Re: <ambit> Agile Process event > on 28/11/03 4:48 pm, Beverley Hood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hmmm...good to see this info about the show but would be interested to get > > more in depth info about it if possible (is there an exhibition/catalogue > > text Francis?). I'm curious to know more about the artworks and how they are > > being presented or integrated within the offices. > > > > On the line-up, not meaning any disrespect to any of the artists involved, > > but for a show that claims to show "diversity of artists working in Scotland > > today, who embrace the net and digital technologies" as far as I know 3 of > > the 7 artists presented actually live in London. Of the remaining 4, I've > > never seen any net/digital work by Chad McCail or Katy Dove. Perhaps I've > > just missed it (?) and perhaps this is actually referring to Katy's > > animation/video work whereas my criteria for digital is more rigid (or > > pedantic?). > > > > Anyway, I'm cranky with a hangover after a very fun alt-w launch last night > > at Stills, but would like to hear more... > > Bev > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Malcolm Dickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Ambit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 3:57 PM > > Subject: <ambit> Agile Process event > > > > > >> for your information - anybody agree/disagree? > >> > >> M > >> > >> CCA present the best of Scottish Contemporary Art > >> to the Scottish Executive in Brussels > >> > >> 'Agile Process: A New Economy for Digital Arts in Scotland' > >> UNTIL APRIL 2004 > >> Rond Point Schuman 6, 1040 Brussels - 8th floor > >> > >> > >> Glasgow's CCA have joined up with the Scottish Executive, Scotland > >> Europa and Blue Toucan to deliver a unique and innovative digital art > >> concept. The exhibition is housed in the main public areas of the > >> Scottish Executive EU Office and Scotland Europa in Scotland House. It > >> runs from the end of November 2003 to April 2004. > >> > >> The main idea of the exhibition is to introduce Scotland's leading > >> contemporary digital artists and their work to high profile businesses, > >> with a view to explaining to them of the benefit of contemporary digital > >> art to the general economy. Building such strong relationships should > >> ultimately result in the creative industries working both > >> collaboratively and productively with private businesses in the future. > >> > >> Francis McKee, the curator of the exhibition, is convinced that digital > >> art and internet-based work is definitely the way ahead for Scottish > >> artists, he explains: "For artists and entrepreneurs, the internet and > >> digital technology offers challenges that will best be met by a flexible > >> approach to audiences and customers. Agile Process in Brussels presents > >> a series of artworks and texts that collectively offer an entry point to > >> these issues. The artists exhibiting as part of this exhibition reflect > >> the breadth and diversity of artists living in Scotland today, who > >> embrace the net and digital technologies." > >> > >> Artists exhibiting will display some of their new work. They include: > >> David Connearn, Katy Dove, Chad McCail, Dan Norton, Jon Thompson, Alison > >> Craighead and Simon Yuill. > >> > >> ENDS > >> NOTES TO EDITORS > >> > >> * Scotland Europa, with offices in Glasgow and Brussels, > >> provides intelligence, policy analysis and strategic funding information > >> about the European Union and its relevance to your organisation. For > >> more details see the Scottish Executive website: www.scotlandeuropa.com. > >> > >> * Francis McKee has worked previously as an historian of > >> medicine for the Wellcome Trust and as Head of Programme at CCA. Now a > >> research fellow at Glasgow School of Art and Head of Digital Arts and > >> New Media at CCA, he combines these jobs with freelance writing for > >> artists such as Christine Borland, Douglas Gordon, Joao Penalva, Kathy > >> Prendergast and Catherine Yass. His essays and online projects can be > >> found online at: <www.francismckee.com>. > >> > >> * Blue Toucan is an enterprise that has been synonymous > >> with innovation, quality, style and success since its inception in 2001. > >> They specialise in project management with a flair for the different, > >> and the cutting edge of the company's founder, Alison McRae, initials > >> each venture taken. More information can be found online at: > >> www.bluetoucan.com <http://www.bluetoucan.com>. > >> > >> Glasgow's thriving Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is the leading > >> contemporary arts venue in central Scotland. Six flexible arts spaces > >> presenting the very best in contemporary visual art, performance, film, > >> music, club nights and more, bringing national and international talent > >> to the city of Glasgow. Entrance to the galleries if free of charge. > >> For full events listings see: www.cca-glasgow.com. > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------- > >> a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > >> post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit > >> info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> and write "info ambit" in the message body > >> ------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit > > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > and write "info ambit" in the message body > > ------------------------------------------------- > Hi Beverley > > > i've also thought i should send you my own introduction to the exhibition on > the cdrom which is simply reads: > > The digital arts community in Scotland is emerging at an interesting moment > in time. In the wake of the dot com crash, entrepreneurs and markets are > rethinking the business models that might be applied to the internet. At the > same time, the open source movement is combining the early utopianism of the > computer pioneers with a new, pragmatic collectivism. It seems likely now > that the internet of the future will operate on a hybrid economic model, > embracing elements of both the gift economy and the commercial world. For > artists and entrepreneurs, the digital artefact offers challenges that will > best be met by allying an intuitive grasp of the dynamics of the internet to > a flexible approach to audiences and customers. Agile Process presents a > series of artworks and texts that collectively offer an entry point to these > issues. > > I think I saw it less about scottish artists necessarily as about works that > might have a conenction to scotland and reflect on the general ideas of > economy, authorship, ownership, interactivity etc I'll stop banging on about > it now. i think i've probably just emailed stuff to you and Malcolm so I'll > put it all together for an email to ambit > > > ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
