From: nathalie faber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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PLAYMOBIEL
eenmobieletelefoontentoonstelling
10 juni - 8 juli 2006
Curator: Nathalie Faber (Cut-n-Paste)
Arti et Amicitiae, Rokin 112, Amsterdam
10th June till 8th July 2006
Openings hours : Tuesday till Sunday between 13.00 - 18.00.
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Mobile art, shotcodes, titillating shorts, games, GPS drawings,
teletap, ring tone composers, unique wallpapers. PLAYMOBIEL is an
exhibition presenting artists who use mobile technology in their work.
They are stretching the use of the innovative wireless and mobile
communication technologies and are playfully inspired by the telephone
interface.
Participating artists are: Blast Theory, Arno Coenen, Cut-n-Paste,
Gerald van der Kaap, Aryan Kaganof, Bert Kommerij, A.P. Komen / Karen
Murphy, Leonard van Munster, Kate Pemberton, PIPS:lab, Esther Polak,
Scanner. Scanner uses tapped telephone conversations as material to
compose music with; Blast Theory is developing mixed reality games;
Arno Coenen designed a floor mosaic based on the interface of a Nokia
telephone; Gerald van der Kaap hands out a mobile phone plus free
minutes to a girl from Amsterdam to film and photograph herself;
Leonard van Munster made a few hardware projects using the cell phone
as a remote control device; 'Locative Media' artist Esther Polak uses
Global Positioning System (GPS) to visualise the tracks of people
resulting in a drawing; PIPS:lab developed software for mobile phones
to scan personal photo's and transform it into beats; Aryan Kaganof
shot the first feature film on a eight mobile phone cameras; Kate
Pemberton designs logo's and designs as wallpapers for the cell phone
as well as cross stitching patterns; and so on...
Both the personalisation of media as the way people communicate within
the mobile networked society are central themes within PLAYMOBIEL. How
are relationships between people influenced upon? Are they
strengthened or frustrated due to the new methods of communication.
Apart from the show in Arti, there will also be a parallel exhibition
for the interested scattered over the globe, accessible by mobile
phone. By sending a text message PLAYMOB ON to 3553, you will be sent
an audiovisual work of art to your mobile phone every day of the
exhibition. Small, short (one minute maximum) and focussing on the
intimacy of your personal telephone. A totally new way of subscribing
freely is by using the 'shotcode' of PLAYMOBIEL. A shotcode is 2D
barcode containing an encoded link to a website. By taking a picture
using the camera on your mobile phone, you are granted direct access
to the website.
For the website and mobile site go to: playmobiel.net
Exhibition architect: Wiebe Boonstra (Brandnewbrand)
Graphical Design: made by martin
Technical support: Gerbrand Oudenaarden, Martin Takken
Production: Claartje Kortbeek
PLAYMOBIEL has been made possible by: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst,
Mondriaan Stichting, VSB fonds, Thuiskopie fonds, Stimuleringsfonds
Nederlandse Culturele Omroepprodukties, RVU educatieve omroep, Lloyd
Hotel & Culturele ambassade, Blue Melon, Gamo bv, Twodotone, Hanazuki,
Teletools, Orange.
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For further information you can contact Nathalie Faber:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] As an alternative 'catalogue' of the show she
will maintain a web log for PLAYMOBIEL, the so called playmoblog:
www.playmobiel.net
For information on Arti, contact: Gabriëlle Mertz, exhibition
coordinator, telephone: (020) 623 35 08 www.arti.nl
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