and the evening was a delight , from start to finish! If you didn't make it you should definitely go and see the show... michael
--- On Wed, 2/10/10, marc garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: marc garrett <[email protected]> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] 'If not you not me' exhibition by Annie Abrahams - > update. > To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 11:50 AM > 'If not you not me' exhibition by > Annie Abrahams - update. > > > This Friday evening, 6.30-9pm > 'If not you not me', an exhibition of networked performance > art by Annie > Abrahams opens with 3 live performances at HTTP Gallery in > London > http://www.http.uk.net/index.shtml > > We hope to see you there. > > Ruth Catlow has written an essay to accompany the > exhibition > http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=378 > > Where social networking sites make us think of > communication as clean > and transparent, Abrahams creates an Internet of feeling - > of agitation, > collusion, ardour and apprehension. This exhibition > presents three new > collaborative works alongside documentation of recent > networked > performances created and curated by the artist. > > > Exhibition Details: > > If not you not me > by Annie Abrahams > > Open 12 February - 20 March 2010 > Open Thursday - Saturday, 12-5pm > Private view and performances: > Friday, 12 February 2010, 6.30-9pm > > All are welcome to come along this Friday evening, > 6.30-9pm > http://www.http.uk.net/index.shtml > > How to get to HTTP Gallery > http://www.http.uk.net/index.shtml > > > About Annie Abrahams > > Annie Abrahams was born to a farming family in a rural > village in the > Netherlands. She obtained a doctorate in biology in 1978 > and found that > her observations of monkeys inspired curiosity about human > interactions. > After leaving an academic post, she trained as an artist > and moved to > France, where she became interested in using computers to > construct and > document her painting installations. She began > experimenting with > networked performance and making art for the Internet in > the mid 1990s. > Her work has since returned to the questions raised by the > monkeys, > concentrating on the possibilities and limitations of > communication on > the Internet. She has performed and shown work extensively > in France, > including at the Pompidou Centre, Paris, and in many > international > galleries including among others Espai d'Art Contemporani > de Castello, > Spain; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; and the > Armenian Center > for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan; festivals such > as the Moscow > Film Festival and the International Film Festival of > Rotterdam, and on > online platforms such as Rhizome.org and Turbulence. > > > About HTTP Gallery > HTTP Gallery, near North London's thriving Green Lanes > area, is > Furtherfield.org's dedicated space for media art. > Furtherfield.org > provides platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and > learning about > experimental practices in art, technology and social > change. > Furtherfield.org and HTTP Gallery are supported by Arts > Council England, > London. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
