Dear Spectres,
the exhibition "The Wonderful World of
irational.org" which was shown at HMKV in the
PHOENIX Halle Dortmund in 2006 and which toured
to the CCA: Center for Contemporary Art in
Glasgow in early 2007, will be on view from 28
Oct - 27 Nov 2008 in the Museum of Contemporary
Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad (Serbia).
The catalogue received the European Design Award 2008.
Hope to se you there,
many greetings,
Inke
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PREDIVNI SVET IRATIONAL.ORG-a. TEHNIKE, ALATI I DE·AVANJA 1996-2006
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF IRATIONAL.ORG: Tools, Techniques and Events 1996-2006
Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Mezdunarodna izlozba cuvenih pionira net.arta
Kustosi izlozbe / Curators: Inke Arns (Dortmund)
and Jacob Lillemose (Kopenhagen)
Muzej savremene umetnosti Vojvodine, Novi Sad
Dunavska 37, Novi Sad
Izlozba je otvorena / Dates:
28. oktobar - 27. novembar 2008.
Otvaranje izlozbe / Exhibition opening:
Utorak 28. oktobar, u 20:00 ãasova
Diskusija / Discussion:
Utorak 28. oktobar u 18:00 casova
With Inke Arns, Kayle Brandon, Heath Bunting and Jacob Lillemose
Moderator: Kristian Lukic, kuda
Producenti izlozbe / Production:
Centar za nove medije_kuda.org, Novi Sad, http://www.kuda.org
Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, http://www.hmkv.de
Koproducenti izlozbe / Co-producers of the show:
Muzej savremene umetnosti Vojvodine, Novi Sad, http://www.msuv.org
Institut za fleksibilne kulture i tehnologije -
Napon, Novi Sad, http://www.napon.org
Podrska / Generously supported by:
Pokrajinski sekretariat za kulturu i obrazovanje
Ministarstvo kulture Republika Srbije
Cultural Office of the City of Dortmund in the
framework of the twin cities program
Dortmund-Novi Sad
Go to the irational exhibition 2006 in the PHOENIX Halle Dortmund
http://www.hmkv.de/dyn/e_program_exhibitions/detail.php?nr=1757&rubric=exhibitions&;
Irational is a loose grouping of six
international net and media artists who came
together around the server irational.org, founded
by the British net artist Heath Bunting in 1996,
going on to make decisive contribution to early
net art from the mid-1990s onward. They include
Daniel Garcia Andújar / Technologies to the
People (E), Rachel Baker (GB), Kayle Brandon
(GB), Heath Bunting (GB), Minerva Cuevas / Mejor
Vida Corporation (MEX) and Marcus Valentine (GB).
With dry humor and minimal aesthetics, irational
commented the Internet hype of the mid-to-late
1990s, competing with the
commercialization-euphoria of the new market by
developing its own pseudo-ventures. Net art was
immediate during this period, neither needing nor
enjoying the safety of a mediating space or
instance. This is why irational often hit upon
humorless trademark attorneys, who wanted to keep
irational from using brand names such as 7-11,
American Express, Sainsburys and Tesco. These
encounters, which the exhibition documents
extensively, were little more than a prelude to
more recent developments on the field of
copyright, intellectual property, and brand
protection. Heath Bunting was the first net
artist to retire in 1997, putting an end to his
exclusive work in the net and turning back to
more intensive work in public space, which the
Internet has become such an important part of
today. If the activities of irational during its
"net phase" were dedicated to calling virtual
boundaries into question, its members now
experiment with interrogating and overcoming
economic, political, and social boundaries in
real space, producing a great deal of comic
relief, among other things.
The exhibition in Novi Sad is coming after shows
in Glasgow and Dortmund. Never before have so
many complex and relevant artworks from around
irational.org been shown in such a comprehensive
exhibition. Its goal is to use the media of a
large-scale presentation, workshops, and a
comprehensive documentation to make these
artistic-activist pieces more accessible to a
general public.
--
Dr. Inke Arns
Künstlerische Leiterin / Artistic Director
Hartware MedienKunstVerein
Güntherstrasse 65
D-44143 Dortmund
T +49 - 231 - 823 106
F +49 - 231 - 882 02 40
M +49 - 176 - 430 62 793
www.inkearns.de
www.hmkv.de
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