1st 2007 release- NetEx--->:||nmapn||:Cologne ~ networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net ------------------------------------------- --> NetEX - news contents
1. Perspectives on 2007 2. In memoriam Alla Girik (Kazakhstan) 3. recent activities 4. reviews 5. recent calls ------------------------------------------- 1. Perspectives on 2007 What can be expected? 2007 will be in first place a year of he revivals and relaunches. JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art - www.javamuseum.org will launch during 2007 several new show cases while its reconstruction will take some time yet, so that the complete relaunch can be expected in September 2007. In January 2007, JavaMuseum published a new call starting the 2nd phase of JavaMuseum, entitled "a+b = ba? (art + blog = blogart?) (See also section calls further ahead and http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25). Also in January, Cinematheque - the platform for streaming project environments at the MediaCentre of Le Musee di-visioniste are relaunched - http://cinema.nmartproject.net Cinematheque published an open call for a new streaming video project in the beginning of January, entitked "Slowtime 2007? - Quicktime as an artistic medium" (see also section "calls" further aheadand http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25) Later in 2007, AgricolaTV http://tv.agricola-de-cologne.de will be relaunched. Not only documentations of previous events will be featured, but also video news, comments and reviews on recent events and projects taking place in the framework of "The Network". -> Further VideoChannel - http://videochannel.org will already soon an open call for the next edition of CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival - http://coff.newmediafest.org will launch its third edition in October 2007. -> Media/Art/Cologne - www. mediaartcologne.org will continue organising new physical events for the media art exhibition ://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace. The first venue in 2007 will be MACRO - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Rosario/Argentina to be inaugurated on 9 February 2007. Spontaneously planned additional projects are always possible during the year and are announced in time. It is late, but not too late to wish all friends and visitors a Healthy and Successful New Year 2007 Wilfried Agricola de Cologne ------------------------------ 2. In Memoriam Alla Girik (Kazakhstan) As it was known only in January, already in November 2006 Alla Girik, a multi-media artist from Rudnik (Kazakstan) passed away much too young due to an heart desease. Alla Girik worked on new forms of representations in film and video, and digital art in general. She participated with a collaborative multi-media work ( "Warning: Women) together with Oksana Shatalova in VideoChannel's "Gender Identity" and http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=31 CologneOFF I "Identity Scapes" http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=57 but also with a digital work in ://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace http://self.engad.org We all who collaborated with this talented artistN will miss her. If you would like to express your condolence, please leave your comment here http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=31 ------------------------------------------------- 3. recent activities New!! A) 9-11 February 2007 VideoChannel is presenting selections of CologneOFF I "Identityscapes" & CologneOFF "Image vs music" on the elctronic art event CeC & CaC at India International Centre more info on http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?p=98 http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=57 http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=64 B) on 9 Februray 2007, the media art exhibition ://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace http://self.engad.org - will be opened at MACRO - Contemporary Art Museum Rosario/Argentina www.macromuseo.org.ar C) 13-17 March 2007 Agricola de Cologne's video "House of Tomorrow", also streaming on http://movingpictures.agricola-de-cologne.de/volume11/hot/index.html) will be screened in a French version at Videoformes - Int. Festival of Video and New Media www.videoformes.com (thanks to Carol Ann Braun/Paris for the translation) Still running!! A) until 28 February 2007 Agricola de Cologne's netart piece "]and_scape[" http://www.nmartproject.net/agricola/mpc/volume3/and_scape1.html is shown at MAXXI - Museum of Art of 21th century Rome/Italy http://www.maxximuseo.org/ in the framework of the exhibition "Netspace: Travels to Art on the Net" curated by Elena Giulia Rossi . B) until 5 February 2007 ://selfportrait - show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace http://self.engad.org - organised and curated by Agricola de Cologne at MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Santa Fe/Argentina including more than 300 artists from 40 countries . C) still running until 24 February Agricola de Cologne's video "Message from behind a Wall" (also streaming on http://movingpictures.agricola-de-cologne.de/volume11/wall.html) is part of the exhibition "Videoneuland" at the Gallery "Artneuland", Berlin/Germany - www.artneuland.com ------------------------------------------------ 4. Reviews Recently reviews and documentations of following events were released 1. ://selfportrait -a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace http://self.engad.org ---> at MAC - Contemporary Art Museum of Santa Fe/Argentina 6 December 2006 - 5 February 2007 review by Irene Coremberg/Argentina: http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=26 ---> at Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Naples/Italy 16 December 2006 - 16 January 2007 review: http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=27 ---> at Officyna Art Space Scczecin/Poland 20 October - 15 November 2006 review: http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=21 press and reviews 2.. Netspace at MAXXI - Museum of 21st Century Art Rome http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=53 see also http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=49 3. Videoneuland at Artneuland Berlin/Germany http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=54 see also http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=47 4. Agricola de Cologne lecture at MAO - Media Art Office Naples/Italy http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=52 see also http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=50 ------------------------------------------------ 5. recent calls ------------------------------------------------ a) internal section Deadline 31 March 2007 ---> Cinematheque Slowtime 2007? - Quicktime as an artistic medium call for Quicktime videos Deadline 02 July 2007 ---> JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art a+b = ba? (art + blog = blogart?) All entry details can be found on http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=54 ------------------------------------------------ b) external section Deadline 28 Februray 2007 --->Paris Underground Film Festival Deadline: 13 April 2007 --->Onion City Experimental Film Festival Chicago/USA Deadline 21 June 2007 --->Instants Video Festival Marseille/France) Deadline 30 March 2007 --->Art Tech Media 2007 (Spain) Deadline ongoing until 31 December 2007 --->Web Biennial 2007 (Turkey) All entry details and more calls can be found on http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25 ------------------------------------------------------------------- NetEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8 # calls in the external section--> http://netetx.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25 # calls in the internal section--> http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=54 -------------------------------------------------------------------- # This newsletter is also released on http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=26 # NetEx--->:||nmapn||:Cologne ~ networked experiences http://netex.nmartproject.net is a free information service powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne www.nmartproject.net - the experimental platform for Art and New Media from Cologne/Germany # info & contact: info (at) nmartproject.net ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre