Hi Luis, OK - meet you in Plymouth later in the year with my review pad :-)
marc > Hi Marc, > > since the projects will be co-commissioned by LX 2.0 and Kurator, they > will be launched online, but we are thinking of having an > event/talk/presentation with the artists and invited guests at the end > of the residency in Plymouth. Maybe we can meet then. That would be > nice :) > > Best, > > Luis > > 2009/2/23 marc garrett <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Hi Luis, > > I must of missed the info regarding the discussion. > > Will it all be presented as an exhibition at all, as well on the net? > > marc > > > > For immediate release: > > > > Kurator and LX 2.0 are pleased to announce the two selected > projects for > > INFECTED, part of the Anti-Bodies contemporary art programme > coordinated > > by Relational. > > > > During the Anti-Bodies launch and discussion event, held > > at Arnolfini, Bristol, on February 19, carlos katastrofsky and Heath > > Bunting were presented as the winners of the viral call for > viral work. > > The INFECTED selection panel included Zoe Shearman, Curator, > Relational, > > Luis Silva, Curator, LX 2.0, and Franz Thalmair, Curator, > cont3xt.net <http://cont3xt.net> > > <http://cont3xt.net>, > - Mostrar citação - > > Joasia Krysa and Geoff Cox, Curators, KURATOR. > > > > carlos katastrofsky submitted vir.us.exe, a windows program > which, once > > executed, will delete itself. On a website, communicated and > spread by > > e-mail announcements, mailinglists and other networked (viral) press > > activities, the program/site is promoted while the freedom of > decision > > to download vir.us.exe or not is up to the users. > > > > According to the artist's proposal, a virus lives upon the > reproduction > > of itself with the aim to survive as long as possible. However, > the most > > dangerous parts of such an infection are not always the harmful > cells a > > virus is based upon; it is the psychological concept of fear acting > > invisibly in the background. The project will thus strip down the > > mechanisms of a viral infection and transfer its core > priniciples into > > the digital realm. By avoiding everything a virus should do, > only the > > virus itself (without the harmful cells or malicious commands) > will be > > left. This way it will become a meta-virus spreading not because > it is > > an actual virus but because it is perceived as such. > > > > Heath Bunting proposed a new reiteration of his Status Project, > through > > which the artist intends to make visible our collective regulatory > > systems for the purpose of broader and more precise understanding of > > their shape and function plus our place and scale within them. > > > > According to Bunting's proposal, the key intention for the > project is to > > provide greater individual mobility and freedom within often > confusing > > and often intentionally obstructing organisational substructures and > > systems. The work is triangulated from the Buddhist idea of > feeling that > > we are only the summation of our environmental factors, from the > cyber > > punk hacker fantasy of self power and freedom by finding the > password or > > key phrase and from the techno mysticism of finding the spirit > within > > the machine. > > > > "Navigating the system requires skill and patience. People often > risk > > frustration, humiliation and criminalisation just to survive > within such > > a disorientating terrain. I intend to develop tools to not only > > alleviate these risks, but to also enable people to fly. Identity > > manipulation, mutation and creation are enshrined in UK law, but is > > obviously under constant enclosure from corrupt elites. Within this > > project I intend to locate these fences and create gates in them" > > > > These projects will be developed during a short residency with > the Art & > > Social Technologies Research group at the University of > Plymouth, in the > > UK, later this year. > > > > +++ > > > > Biographies: > > > > carlos katastrofsky is a Vienna-based artist working primarily > in the > > field of new media art. His work examines the politics of > Internet-based > > art production, distribution and consumption, and considers how > dominant > > practices of the artistic modus vivendi - curating, dealing, > showing, > > and reviewing - function in the virtual realm, where the > immaterial has > > replaced the object. His works explore characteristic features > of the > > Internet such as software, interfaces, language, and discussion > forums - > > to question the current development of the Web. > > > > Heath Bunting was born a Buddhist in Wood Green, London, UK and > is able > > to make himself laugh. He is a co-founder of both net.art and > sport-art > > movements and is banned for life from entering the USA for his > anti GM > > work. His self taught and authentically independent work is > direct and > > uncomplicated and has never been awarded a prize or been bought > or sold. > > He is both Britain's most important practising artist and The > World's > > most famous computer artist. He aspires to be a skillful member > of the > > public and is producing an expert system for identity mutation. > > > > +++ > > > > KURATOR is collaborating with LX 2.0 to develop a programme of > new work > > to infect the Olympics. > > http://www.kurator.org/ > > http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20/ > > > > The overall Anti-Bodies programme is curated and co-ordinated by > > Relational, > > Bristol, with support from Arts Council England. > > http://relational.org.uk/ > > > > http://www.anti-bodies.net > > http://open.kurator.org > > http://www.art-social.net > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
