[spectre] Re-rooting Digital Culture - Media Art Ecologies.

[marc garrett]

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Re-rooting Digital Culture - Media Art Ecologies.

The ideas for this in­ter­dis­ci­pli­nary panel will ex­plore the 
re­la­tion­ship be­tween dig­i­tal cul­ture and cli­mate change, 
de­vel­op­ing themes adopted in grass-roots, emerg­ing and es­tab­lished 
prac­tices in art, de­sign, ac­tivism and sci­ence.


http://isea2011.sabanciuniv.edu/panel/re-rooting-digital-culture-media-art-ecologies

Sun­day, 18 Sep­tem­ber, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:30

Chair Per­son: Ruth Cat­low

Pre­sen­ters:
Helen Var­ley Jamieson
Michel Bauwens
Paula Crutchlow

Lo­ca­tion:
Sa­banci Cen­ter Room 6
Sa­banci Cen­ter, Lev­ent

Over the last decade the aware­ness of an­thro­pogenic cli­mate change 
has emerged in par­al­lel with hy­per-con­nec­tive dig­i­tal net­works. 
In the con­text of en­vi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic col­lapse peo­ple 
around the world are seek­ing al­ter­na­tive vi­sions of pros­per­ity 
and sus­tain­able ways of liv­ing.


While the legacy of the car­bon fu­eled In­dus­trial Rev­o­lu­tion plays 
it­self out, we find our­selves grap­pling with ques­tions about the 
fu­ture im­pli­ca­tions of fast-evolv­ing global dig­i­tal 
in­fra­struc­ture. By their very na­ture the new tools, net­works and 
be­hav­iours of pro­duc­tiv­ity, ex­change and co­op­er­a­tion be­tween 
hu­mans and ma­chines grow and de­velop at an ac­cel­er­ated rate. The 
rhetoric, aes­thet­ics, tech­nics and as­so­ci­ated eth­i­cal ques­tions 
of dig­i­tal cul­ture are fun­da­men­tally chang­ing so­cial re­la­tions 
as well as the na­ture of our ma­te­r­ial ex­is­tence.


The ideas for this in­ter­dis­ci­pli­nary panel have grown out of 
Fur­ther­field's Media Art Ecolo­gies pro­gramme and will ex­plore the 
re­la­tion­ship be­tween dig­i­tal cul­ture and cli­mate change, 
de­vel­op­ing themes adopted in grass-roots, emerg­ing and es­tab­lished 
prac­tices in art, de­sign, ac­tivism and sci­ence.


Pan­elists are artists and ac­tivists whose prac­tices ad­dress the 
in­ter­re­la­tion of tech­no­log­i­cal and nat­ural processes: be­ings 
and things, in­di­vid­u­als and mul­ti­tudes, mat­ter and pat­terns. 
They take an eco­log­i­cal ap­proach that chal­lenges growth eco­nom­ics 
and techno-con­sumerism and at­tends to the na­ture of co-evolv­ing, 
in­ter­de­pen­dent en­ti­ties and con­di­tions; they they ac­ti­vate 
net­works (dig­i­tal, so­cial, phys­i­cal) to work with eco­log­i­cal 
themes and Free and Open processes.


Furtherfield
www.furtherfield.org


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[spectre] Spiral Drawing Sunrise @ ISEA2011 ISTANBUL

[Esther Polak]

Spiral Drawing Sunrise

A stunning and unperceived image of the Istanbul sunrise will be drawn by two 
Dutch artists Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum at the Cumhuriyet Art Gallery/ 
Maksem in Taksim Square on the early morning of 16 September. 

The “Spiral Drawing Sunrise” is a contemporary example of land-art, but now 
reacting to city environments. During the live performance a delicate robot 
like solar-machine graphs the rising sun, using sand as its ink. The sand 
drawing will be made directly on the pavement, and will be an unexpected 
experience for any by-passser. The process will take a couple of hours 
depending on available sun light. The drawing will fade away in 1-3 days or 
minutes when the street cleaners feel they have to sweep it away.

A lasting art-work, in the form of a unique photo print, will be available via 
the website of the project soon after. 

You are cordially invited to visit the performance that will start at sunrise, 
and continues till noon. 

Location: Taksim Square near the entrance to İstiklal Caddesi and in front of 
The Cumhuriyet Art Gallery

More information: 
http://spiraldrawingsunrise.wordpress.com/ 
http://polakvanbekkum.nl/


ISEA2011 ISTANBUL - The 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art 
The performance is supported by Mondriaan Foundation

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Kind regards,

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[spectre] Media Squares: On the new forms of protest and their media, int. seminar, Friday September 30, Amsterdam

[Eric Kluitenberg]

A  N  N  O  U  N  C  E  M  E  N  T

Media Squares

On the new forms of protest and their media


Social protest has become almost inseparably linked to a plethora of media 
images and messages distributed via internet, mobile phones, social media, 
internet video platforms and of course traditional media outlets such as 
newspapers, radio and television. A popular category to have emerged recently 
is the 'twitter-revolution'. In almost all cases (Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, London) 
the role of the platform turned out to be less than essential in retrospect. 
Protests mostly manifested on the streets and particularly the public squares 
('Take the Square'). Deeply rooted blogger-networks did however play a mayor 
role, preparing the protests that have now been dubbed the Arabian Spring'. 
And internet played a crucial role in the organisation and co-ordination of the 
European 'anti-austerity' protests (Spain, Greece, UK, Italy).

This international seminar brings together theorists, artists, designers, 
activists and media specialists to develop a critical analysis of the new forms 
of social protest and their media dimension. The program is divided into two 
blocks. The first block focuses on an in-depth analysis of the evolving 
WikiLeaks-saga, while the second block will examine the remarkable string of 
protests in the Mediterranean region. These discussions will be interrupted at 
times by startling artistic interventions in current social and political 
debates.

Participants in the program are: Daniel van der Velden (Metahaven), Geert 
Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures, INC), Aalam Wassef (Ahmad Sherif), Omar 
Robert Hamilton (Mosireen / Tahrir Cinema, Cairo) Nat Muller (independent 
curator), David Garcia (Chelsea College), Jodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith 
Colleges / Blog Theory), X.net Democracia Real Ya - Barcelona, Gahlia Elsrakbi 
(Foundland), Nadia Plesner (Darfurnica), Florian Conradi and Michelle 
Christensen (stateless plug-in), Sami Ben Gharbia (Global Voices - tbc).

The seminar is part of an on-going research into Tactical Media, the fusion of 
art, media, politics and cultural activism, centred around the Tactical Media 
Files, an on-line documentation resource of Tactical Media practices 
world-wide.
[ www.tacticalmediafiles.net ]

Doors open: 10.00
Start Program: 10.30 uur
End Program: 17.00 uur

Program Overview:

10.30 - Opening / Introduction: Eric Kluitenberg (Tactical Media Files / De 
Balie)

Part I - Repositioning WikiLeaks

11.00 - 11.20 - Presentation: Daniel van der Velden (Metahaven)
11.20 - 11.30 - Responses
11.30 - 11.45 - Discussion

11.45 - 12.05 - Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures)
12.05 - 12.15 - Responses
12.15 - 12.30 - Discussion

Respondents: 
Jodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith Colleges / Blog Theory), David Garcia 
(Chelsea College of Art  Design)

12.30 - 12.45 - Artist presentation: Nadia Plesner - Darfurnica

13.00 - 14.00 - Lunch break

Part II - Revolution in the Mediterranean

14.00 - 14.20 - Presentation: Aalam Wassef (Ahmad Sherif)
14.20 - 14.30 - Responses
14.30 - 14.45 - Discussion

14.45 - 15.05 - Presentation: Omar Robert Hamilton (Mosireen / Tahrir Cinema)
15.05 - 15.15 - Responses
15.15 - 15.30 - Discussion

Respondents:
Ghalia Elsrakbi (Foundland), Nat Muller (Independent Curator), Sami Ben Gharbia 
(Global Voices - tbc)

15.30 - 15.45 - Artist Presentation: Florian Conradi and Michelle Christensen 
(stateless plug-in)

15.45 - 16.00 - Coffee break

16.00 - 16.20 - Skype session with X.net Democracia Real Ya, Barcelona
16.10 - 16.10 - Responses

16.25 - 17.00 - Closing Discussion

Location:
De Balie
Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10
Amsterdam

Admission: 5 euro (no reductions)
http://debalie.activetickets.com/ProgrammaDetail.aspx?id=24170

Links:

Tactical Media Files: 
www.tacticalmediafiles.net

Tahrir Cinema:
www.cinerevolutionnow.com/2011/07/tahrir-cinema.html

Mosireen:
http://mosireen.org

Take the Square:
http://takethesquare.net

Democracia real Ya!:
www.democraciarealya.es/manifiesto-comun/manifesto-english/

stateless plug-in:
http://statelessplugin.net

Nadia Plesner - Darfurnica:
www.nadiaplesner.com/Website/darfurnica.php

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