[spectre] April issue of Furthernoise.
Sorry for any cross posting... Welcome to the April issue of Furthernoise, where as always we have a host of new reviews and sounds for your reading and listening pleasure. Our latest net release, Explorations in Sound, Vol. 4 is still getting lots of attention and is available to download from the net label page of the site. So sit back, turn the volume up and enjoy ! Furthernoise issue April 2011 http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?iss=93 Unfathomless (U01) ~Tsukubai~ (feature) Parallel to the ongoing Mystery Sea series, with its ‘night ocean drones’ and related metaphorical psycho-activity, Daniel Crokaert has inaugurated a sister label. Unfathomless seeks to mine potentially wider and deeper audio-documentary veins - natural, man-made, fictive, as well as other related environmental experiences implicating memory and senses. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=388 feature by Alan Lockett rivages sur l'antipode - d'incise (review) Releasing yet another fine objet d'art of metaphorical antipodesian soundscapes, the ini.itu imprint have once again reinforced their unique take on experimental global sound. “Ravages sur l’antipode” by d’incise, aka Laurent Peter is something akin to a palmiset of southern sound, http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=403 review by Roger Mills Arctic Summits - Netherworld (review) Netherworld's stated working method is to start from tiny fragments of classical music and various other kinds of field recordings and found sounds, manipulated and processed to evoke polar silences. The results often include lush harmonies, whose surface calm contains touches of grit that provide a surreal undercurrent in his ever-shifting arctic splendor. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=400 review by Caleb Deupree Crossing Of Shadows (review) Previously orchestramaxfieldparrish has navigated interstices between ambient, drone and neo-classical, dealing in a blend of ritual, drone and post-Gothic colourings and wispy atmospherics. A questing sensibility issues here in a turning away from repetition of gestures. What once was was restless with experiment, now seems more restrained. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=402 review by Alan Lockett Unfathomless (U02) ~Tactile.Surface~ (review) Unfathomless (U02): A choreography of the chthonic constitutes much of this engaging excursion. Sources for Tactile.Surface were recorded in diverse settings: Turra’s room in Schio, Italy, and one of McFall’s trips from Kansas to Colorado. Their combined aesthetic is one of stark isolationism, with a mix of familiar components bringing new timbral skin to the old ceremony. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=389 review by Alan Lockett Unfathomless (U03) ~Lack Affix~ (review) Unfathomless (U03): Built upon the grouping of field recordings from Maryland, Washington D.C. and Argentina. Nicholas Szczepanik Juan José Calarco traded field recordings in constructing this glowering but not inhospitable collage, processing and mixing audio spoils from their respective areas jointly into a work of substantial clarity and particulate involvement. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=391 review by Alan Lockett Unfathomless (U04) ~Lignes d’erre Randons~ (review) Unfathomless (U04): continuing the pursual of grimly fluid, introspective, subterranean drone, a style that's become increasingly widespread as others follow where Daniel Crokaert et al. lead. There are few, though, as proficient as Kassel Jaeger, who augments the house style, widening the palette through inclusion of electronics, and deepening interaction with source material. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=390 review by Alan Lockett Unfathomless (U05) ~Zeltini~ (review) Unfathomless (U05): Revenant is an open-membership project involving a number of specialists of location recording. Zeltini's eponymous environment is an abandoned Soviet army base in a Latvian forest - large horizontal bunkers where missiles were stored, one of which was used in a semi-transcendental experience in which the participants dispersed in almost total darkness. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=399 review by Alan Lockett Roger Mills Editor, Furthernoise __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] help with a research project
Hallo, I am currently working on research about place: what makes place - the sense of place - place and well-being. I have a few questions which perhaps you might answer: 1) Which is the most romantic place that you know? (or places, if there are several). 2) (Optionally) - could you say why? 3) (Optionally) - where do you live? Please note that your answers will be accounted for anonymously. If you agree, would you forward this short questionnaire to people in your circle who may be interested in answering? Ask them to reply directly to j...@joetopia.org. Thanking you best wishes - Joe / Joseph Rabie http://www.joetopia.org __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Podcast: Interview with Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden about Art Language, a publication that reflected on theoretical problems of conceptual art
*Interview with Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden about Art Language, a publication that reflected on theoretical problems of conceptual art* Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia?id_capsula=819 Founded in Coventry (England) in 1968 by Michael Baldwin, Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge and Harold Hurell, Art Language brought together the work that these artists had been creating jointly since 1965. A year later, they published the first issue of the homonymous magazine Art-Language, a publication that reflected on theoretical problems of conceptual art and became a platform from which to develop the group’s projects. During 1969 and 1970, Mel Ramsden, Ian Burn, Joseph Kosuth and Charles Harrison joined the group, which eventually ended up bringing together more than thirty artists in subsequent years. Since 1977, Art Language has consisted of the artistic collaboration between Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden, with the theoretical contribution of the historian and art critic Charles Harrison, who died in 2009. Son[i]a talks to Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden to coincide with the recent long-term loan of an extraordinary collection of 800 pieces by Art Language at the MACBA, courtesy of the French collector Philippe Méaille. __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Newsletter: Aufzeichnungsmaschinen - Workshop mit Ralf Baecker
Wir möchten Sie gerne auf Folgendes aufmerksam machen: **Sorry, no English version* Es sind wieder einige letzte Plätze im Workshop Aufzeichnungsmaschinen mit Ralf Baecker (Stipendium für Medienkunst 2010) freigeworden. Daher unten eine Einladung in letzter Minute. Außerdem sind alle interessierten Erwachsenen und Kinder am Sonntag um 12 Uhr zur Präsentation der Workshopergebnisse in das Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst (Seminarraum) herzlich eingeladen! Aufzeichnungsmaschinen Workshop mit Ralf Baecker Samstag, 9. April 2011, 14 * 18 Uhr und Sonntag, 10. April, 11 * 13 Uhr für Kinder von 8-12 Jahren Präsentation am Sonntag um 12 Uhr Kosten: 3 € / Person Der Workshop bietet die Möglichkeit gemeinsam an einer Maschine zu arbeiten, die Bewegungen unserer uns umgebenden Natur (z.B. Bäume, Pflanzen, Wasser, Wind und Sonne) auf ein Blatt Papier lenken kann. Mit Hilfe von Holz, Schnüren, Hebeln, Motoren und Stiften entsteht eine Zeichenmaschine, die von der Natur angetrieben wird. Dabei können wir unserer Phantasie freien Lauf lassen und uns gemeinsam die benötigten Technologien (Mechanik, Elektronik) ansehen. Anmeldung: Nanna Lüth, vermittlung-...@web.de[mailto:vermittlung-...@web.de] Neue Öffnungszeiten: Di-Fr 14-18 Uhr, Sa/So 11-18 Uhr Freier Eintritt an jedem vierten Samstag im Monat, öffentliche Führungen jeweils Sonntag, 11 und 15 Uhr Infos zu Ausstellung und Rahmenprogramm Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst Katharinenstraße 23 26121 Oldenburg +49/(0)441-235 3208 i...@edith-russ-haus.de www.edith-russ-haus.de Sollten Sie keinen Newsletter mehr von uns erhalten wollen, benachrichtigen Sie uns bitte unter unserer email-Adresse: i...@edith-russ-haus.de __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Pd-berlin meeting next tuesday, 12th april - Guest Marco Donnarumma
Hello, next tuesday, 12th april, will be the next meeting of Pure Data users in Berlin at NK (http://www.nkprojekt.de/) - Elsenstr. 52, 2HH 2Etage. Besides usual activities, Pd user Marco Donnarumma will speak about his work. He is also giving a workshop and presentation at NK this week - http://www.nkprojekt.de/. For more information, look up http://puredata.info/community/organization/pd-berlin/pd-berlin-users-group. We also encourage you to take an active part, and put up suggestions for topics you want to talk about / topics you want to be talked about. Doors are open from 20h-20h15. After that they'll be closed, and you will have to call someone from the Pd-meeting to get in. To get a telephone number to call or confirm assistance you can write to info_at_minitronics.net. Please, don´t call to the staff of NK to open the doors. They let us use the space but we have to take care about having the meeting without producing any disturbance to them, and to clean the space after the meeting. We would apreciate if you would send us a small mail to info_at_minitronics.net with your name, Pd experience and interests, so that we know how many people might be coming. Or put your name in the pd-berlin wiki page. We would like to thank the support and willingness of NK in the organization of these events. João Pais __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Book launch: Nettitudes, Let’s Talk Net Art, by Jospehine Bosma, at De Balie, Amsterdam, April 14, 20.30 hrs.
A N N O U N C E M E N T Josephine Bosma’s, Nettitudes, Let’s Talk Net Art will be launched 14th of April at De Balie in Amsterdam at 20:30 hrs. After more than two decades of the Internet it is time for a thorough evaluation of art in this continuously growing and unpredictable environment. During the book presentation of ‘Nettitudes – Let’s Talk Net Art’ of writer and critic Josephine Bosma serious reflections on the present state of net art will be alternated with a festive celebration of the realization of this book. We will do this with the critics Sarah Cook and Arie Altena, and a performance by the artist Peter Luining. Nettitudes is published by the Institute for Network Cultures and Nai Publishers. With also the author Josephine Bosma and Geert Lovink, initiator of the INC book series. About the book: During the 1990s, net art burst onto the scene as a radical reflection on the role of technology in contemporary art. In Nettitudes, Dutch art critic Josephine Bosma catalogues the tumultuous history of art as it became situated in the material dimensions of the Internet, from the spectacular interventions of the first decade to today’s dispersed practices, including online acoustics, poetry and archiving. Never the darling of the media art institutions and ignored by many curators and critics since its emergence, net art still persists as a ‘non-movement’, residing in the cracks of contemporary media culture. Nettitudes provides an analytical foundation and an insider’s view on net art’s many expressions as it grapples with the aesthetic, conceptual and social issues of our times. Design: Studio Léon Loes, Paperback, 272 pages, 14 x 21 cm, English edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-800-0, € 23.50. In association with the NAi Publishers, available from April 2011. About the author: Josephine Bosma is an Amsterdam-based journalist and critic who has commented on the fields of art and new media since 1993. One of the first to probe into and engage with the domain of net art, her pioneering work is published internationally in books, periodicals and catalogues. More information: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/weblog/2011/03/29/booklaunch-josephine-bosmas-nettitudes-lets-talk-net-art/ http://www.naipublishers.nl/art/nettitudes_e.html __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
