For the German version, please check
http://www.hmkv.de/dyn/d_programm_veranstaltungen/
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DEMONS IN THE AETHER
An active, artistic investigation of
electromagnetic substance within a constructed
environment
Workshop with Martin Howse (GB)
HMKV at PHOENIX Halle Dortmund
May 9 - 11, 2008, daily 12:00 - 19:00
Max. 12 participants, in English, free admission
Registration is requested until May 2, 2008, at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the framework of Waves: The Art of the
Electromagnetic Society", HMKV at PHOENIX Halle
Dortmund, May 10 - June 29, 2008, opening:
Friday, May 9, 2008, 19:00, www.hmkv.de
PHOENIX Halle Dortmund
Hochofenstr. / Ecke Rombergstr.
Dortmund-Hoerde
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Ether, or Æther (aiqhr, probably from aiqw, I
burn, though Plato in his Cratylus derives the
name from its perpetual motion - oti aei qei peri
ton aera rewn, aeiqehr dikaiwV an kaloito), a
material substance of more subtle kind than
visible bodies, supposed to exist in those parts
of space which are apparently empty.
(James Clerk Maxwell. Encyclopaedia Britannica 1875)
Presenting a clear sequel to the Maxwell City
workshop in Oslo (Atelier Nord, 2007) which
investigated a broad spectrum of contemporary
concern with electromagnetic phenomena (EM),
Demons in the Aether attempts active intervention
into the ghosted EM city. The speculative work of
James Clerk Maxwell informs both workshops, with
the notion of entropy and thus ecology bridging
physics and information theory; a clear route
from thermodynamics into the digital domain.
Equally, under the sign of the aether, Maxwell
can well be considered as an essential figure
within a contemporary physics of uncertainty.
Notions of signal and noise offer clear variables
within our own artistic equations, rewriting
those of Maxwell, which attempt to make sense, to
decode an architecture sketching (in)visibility
and a politics of the spectrum. At the same time,
these watchwords provide a ready route into
primarily physical, active intervention; a
reworking of the intentionality of transmission.
Across three days workshop participants, the
demons in the aether, will both investigate and
construct city-wide EM phenomena, exploring and
producing an alien architecture of emissions.
Simple devices will be built in both instances,
translating between audible, physical trace and
the aether itself.
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SCHEDULE
Friday, May 9, 2008, 12:00 - 19:00:
- Short introduction to electromagnetic [EM]
phenomena primarily through demonstration [static
electricity, spark transmission, Van Eck
phreaking]
- Comparison of a few designs for EM sniffer or
probe devices within the context of the EM
spectrum
- Construction by participants of the most simple hardware probe device
- First city field trip with constructed probes
Saturday, May 10, 2008/Sunday, May 11, 2008, each day 12:00 - 19:00:
- Discussion of first field trip findings.
Interpretations of recorded material.
- Construction and experimentation with simple
devices allowing intervention into EM space
(wideband transmission, creation of magnetic
fields). Investigation of effects on matter.
- Second field trip investigating EM architecture
and investigation (use of city material as ad-hoc
antennas)
- Concluding discussion and projection for further artistic work.
Enquiries about the workshop, registration until May 2, 2008:
Martin Howse, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://1010.co.uk/
Regulations:
- free admission
- the participants will pay the costs for travel
and accomodation and book themselves
- HMKV recommends the City Hotel Dortmund
(http://www.cityhotel-dortmund.de/) or Ruhgebiet
(http://www.ruhgebiet.de)
For any further information, please contact
Hartware MedienKunstVerein
Guentherstrasse 65
D-44143 Dortmund
T ++49 (0) 231 - 823 106
F ++49 (0) 231 - 882 02 40
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.hmkv.de
Exhibition venue:
PHOENIX Halle Dortmund
Hochofenstr. / Ecke Rombergstr.
Dortmund-Hoerde
--
Dr. Inke Arns
Künstlerische Leiterin / Artistic Director
Hartware MedienKunstVerein
Güntherstrasse 65
D-44143 Dortmund
T ++49 (0) 231 - 823 106
F ++49 (0) 231 - 882 02 40
M ++49 (0) 176 - 430 62 793
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.inkearns.de
www.hmkv.de
History Will Repeat Itself
Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle,
Warsaw, a cooperation between HMKV Dortmund and
KW Berlin, 16 Feb - 13 April 2008, www.csw.art.pl
Waves - the Art of the Electromagnetic Society
HMKV at PHOENIX Halle Dortmund, in cooperation
with AEC, Linz, and RIXC, Riga, 10 May - 29 June
2008
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