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Prototypen und andere seltsame Dinge

1. December 2023 – 28. January 2024
Group Show, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg

Wenn Künstler*innen nach neuen Ideen suchen, erforschen sie Formen und Gestalten, um ihre Gedanken auszudrücken. Oft lassen sie sich von bestehenden Dingen inspirieren und bringen sie in unerwartete Konstellationen. Neue Bedeutungen und Verständnisse der Welt, in der wir leben, kommen so zum Ausdruck. Kunst entwickelt sich zur Formbehauptung. Das Erstellen eines künstlerischen Prototyps oder ein Prozess, den wir Materialisierung nennen, ist dafür ein Schritt zwischen der Formalisierung und der Bewertung einer Idee. Sie ermöglichen die Projektion und Imagination in etwas, das viel größer ist als die Dinge selbst. Für die diesjährigen Jahresgaben 2023/2024 hab en wir eine Auswahl von Arbeiten getroffen, die sich mit dieser Materialisierung künstlerischer Alternativideen befassen und sowohl nach innen als auch nach außen schauen. Sie sind Gedankenkörper und Schritte, um Ideen neue Formen zu geben, die wiederum neue Anfänge und Orientierung in einer Welt erm ö glichen, in der wir uns in zu vielen Bedeutungen verloren haben.

With: Aram Bartholl, Rana Hamadeh, Neda Saeedi, Marco Bruzzone, Aaajiao, Malte Bartsch, Thomas Kiesewetter, Jeewi Lee, Farkhondeh Shahroudi, Viron Erol Vert, Solweig de Barry, Sarah Kirsch

Ihr Paket ist abholbereit

8. July 2023 – 25. February 2024
Solo Show, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the Kunsthalle Osnabrück is showing Aram Bartholl’s most comprehensive solo exhibition to date. Aram Bartholl is one of the pioneers in Germany who deals with socially relevant conflicts of digitality and automation through art. Originally coming from the field of architecture, he uses his performative interventions, sculptures and workshops to question our current media behaviour as well as the public economies that are linked to social networks, online platforms or digital distribution strategies. He puts socially relevant topics such as surveillance, data security or dependency on technology up for discussion by transferring the gaps, contradictions or absurdities of our digital everyday life into spatial settings.

For the Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Aram Bartholl transformed the Kunsthalle´s church space into a walk-in recycling yard for electronic waste. The scenery is illuminated by three sculptures hanging from the ceiling, reminiscent of chandeliers that are made from recycled televisions. The result is a sensual as well as functional installation of complementary exhibition parts that invite us to reflect on the cycles, consequences and future perspectives of our daily consumption of media and goods. The walk-through parcours made of piled up electronic waste makes the amount of recycled material of our belongings visible and creates a unique environment for a diverse art mediation programme  including workshops, plena by local climate activists, repair cafés, excursions, lectures and film screenings. Oversized QR codes on the church walls frame the setting and raise critical questions about our handling of energy resources, raw materials and labour rights in the digital society. Opposing the electronic waste, the exhibition contains a 30-metre-long DHL Packstation, which is put into operation during the exhibition period. Osnabrück citizens and visitors are able to pick up their parcels at the Kunsthalle Osnabrück and drop them off in the respective lockers.

Curators: Anna Jehle and Juliane Schickedanz
Curators public programme: Louisa Behr, Joscha Heinrichs, Anna Holms and Christel Schulte.

Funded by the Stiftung Niedersachsen (Foundation of Lower Saxony) and the Niedersächsische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture). The VGH Stiftung (VGH Foundation) is funding the accompanying exhibition’s art mediation programme. With the kind support of Deutsche Post AG, Lerec Elektrorecycling GmbH and Osnabrücker ServiceBetrieb.

Credits:

Curated by: Anna Jehle, Juliane Schickedanz (duo team, directors of Kunsthalle)
Curatorial assistance: Anna Holms
Public Programming: Aram Bartholl, Louisa Behr, Joscha Heinrichs, Anna Holms, Christel Schulte
Installation team: Norbert Hillebrand, Timo Katz, Andreas Zelle
Exhibition office: Natali Märtin
Visitor service: Frank Berger, Ulla Brinkmann, Harcharan Gill, Sina Lichtenberg, Kaan Ege Önal, Josef Wegmann
Finances: Viktoria Puskar
Janitor: Wilfried Wienstroer
Janitorial assistance: Frank Berger
PR: Kristina Helena Pavićević
Art mediation and education: Christel Schulte

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Enigma

25. February 2023 – 25. February 2024
Group Show, Museum of Communication, Kopenhagen

Communication pervades our lives more than ever before. With the digital channels, we are constantly accessible and can publish ourselves wherever and whenever we want. But despite the many great opportunities, the tide of information may often appear confusing, polarizing or hateful, and our public conversation is challenged.

On November 19, 2022, ENIGMA will open new exhibition areas and a large children’s area, in which we look forward to welcoming everyone.

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8. March – 30. May 2024
Solo Show, Kunstverein Rotenburg, Rotenburg

Der Kunstturm
4 Etagen – 122 Stufen – 24 m

Eigentlich sollte der nicht mehr benötigte Schlauchturm der Feuerwehr Mitte der 90er Jahre abgerissen werden, um Parkraum für das Erlebnisbad “Ronolulu” zu schaffen. Aber Peter Möhl, damaliger Geschäftsführer der Stadtwerke und damit Eigentümer des Turms, schwebte eine sinnvolle Nachnutzung vor. Zusammen mit dem 2. Vorsitzenden des Kunstvereins, dem Architekten Jürgen Lohmann, wurde die Idee geboren, den Turm zu einer Galerie umzubauen.
Lohmann entwarf einen modernen Anbau als Entree, ließ vier Ebenen in den Turm einbauen und führte die erforderlichen Sanierungsmaßnahmen mit viel Rücksicht auf die vorhandene Bausubstanz durch. Seit 1996 ist der “Kunstturm” Domizil des Kunstvereins Rotenburg e.V. und, wie es der Kulturminister des Bundes (Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien), Bernd Neumann, anlässlich eines Besuchs seinerzeit formulierte, “ein Leuchtturm der Kunst in Niedersachsen”.

#linkchain – workshop by Nadja Buttendorf

22. February 2024
Workshop, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

BYOP – Bring Your Own Pulli and print it! Besucher:innen sind eingeladen einen Pullover oder T-Shirt mitzubringen, um diese vor Ort bedrucken zu lassen. Mit der Robotron #linkchain. Die #linkchain ist ein YouTube-Link. Der Link führt zu Nadja Buttendorfs Webserie Robotron: Robotron – a tech opera SEASON 3D. [Eine Webserie ist eine Serie im Internet.]. Robotron – a tech opera ist die erste Seifenoper, die in der Computerindustrie der DDR spielt. Sie beschäftigt sich mit der Computerentwicklung und dem Alltag in Ostdeutschland. [Eine Seifenoper ist eine Serie. Oft geht es um Liebe und um Beziehungen.]

Der Workshop ist kostenfrei. Du musst dich nicht anmelden.
Bring einen Pullover oder ein T-Shirt mit!

Teil des Vermittlungsprogramms zur Ausstellung Ihr Paket ist abholbereit(08.07.2023–25.02.2024) von Aram Bartholl in der Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

Transmediale Exhibition: you’re doing amazing sweetie

31. January – 29. February 2024
Group Show, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin

Exploring the horror of content, the 37th edition of transmediale you’re doing amazing sweetie questions how logics of content production determine and frustrate our relations to technology. The festival takes place from January 31 to February 4, 2024 at silent green Kulturquartier, Akademie der Künste, and Haus der Kulturen der Welt. The festival’s main exhibition will be on view at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien.

Decoding the Black Box

27. January – 2. June 2024
Group Show, Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen

Die Ausstellung Decoding the Black Box bringt Künstlerinnen und Künstler zusammen, die Licht in diesen dunklen Raum und die Prozesse werfen, die sich in ihm ereignen. Sie legen dabei nicht nur die Funktionsweisen digitaler Technologien wie beispielsweise von künstlicher Intelligenz offen, sondern visualisieren zugleich die Auswirkungen, die sie auf unsere Wahrnehmung von Realität und unser In-der-Welt-Sein haben. Während sie die ökonomischen und machtpolitischen Strukturen der digitalen Technologien und insbesondere des Internets transparent machen, zeigen sie Gegenentwürfe für eine dezentralisierte, humanere und demokratischere Nutzung ebendieser auf.

Warum sind Daten poltisch? – Von digitalen Diensten zu realen Ungerechtigkeiten

14. January 2024
Workshop, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

15:00 – 17:00 Uhr

Jeden Tag produzieren wir alle Unmengen an Daten. Doch was passiert eigentlich damit? Und was haben unsere Daten mit sozialer Gerechtigkeit zu tun? Damit beschäftigt sich das Studienprojekt Data Ethics Outreach Lab. Masterstudierende der Universität Osnabrück richten den Blick auf die gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Daten. Es beleuchtet, wie durch die Verarbeitung von Daten Machtungleichheiten entstehen. In dieser interaktiven Veranstaltung zeigt das Forschungsprojekt, warum Daten und Datenschutz uns alle etwas angehen.

Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei. Du musst dich dafür nicht anmelden.

Die interaktive Informationsveranstaltung ist Teil des Vermittlungsprogramms zur Ausstellung Ihr Paket ist abholbereit (08.07.2023–25.02.2024) von Aram Bartholl in der Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

Reparatur- und Nachhaltigkeitsmesse „2.Chance!“

13. January 2024
Workshop, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

13:00 – 18:00 Uhr

Bei der Reparatur- und Nachhaltigkeitsmesse 2. Chance! stellen die verschiedenen Reparatur-Gruppen aus Osnabrück und Umgebung sich und ihre Ziele vor. Interessierte Besucher:innen können gebrauchte, reparierte Elektro-Geräte kaufen. Dazu gibt es verschiedene Informationsangebote und eine Einladung zum gemeinsamen Gespräch über das Thema Nachhaltigkeit. Zusammen denken wir auch über unsere eigene Verantwortung nach.

Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei. Du musst dich nicht anmelden.

Teil des Vermittlungsprogramms zur Ausstellung Ihr Paket ist abholbereit(08.07.2023–25.02.2024) von Aram Bartholl in der Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

Street 3.0

23. – 28. December 2023
Group Show, Osaka Kansai International Art Festival, Osaka

Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Vol.3

Ai Hasegawa / AQV-EIKKKMA / Algorythmic Perfumery / Aram Bartholl / BYNAM / ETAT LIBRE D’ORANGE /FISHKOM / Goo Nakayama / Hisashi Yamamoto / Kimihiko Hino /Makoto Aida / MOCAF / NEANDERTAL / II / Rintaro Hashiguchi / @shashinn / STORA SKUGGAN / Takehiro Ishitani + Chim Pom from Smappa!Group / Thomas Vautier / Tomotosi / VERYONE / Simon Weckert / Yuichi Inoue / YAP / ZOOLOGIST

Repair Cafe IV

7. December 2023
Workshop, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

15:00 – 18:00 Uhr. Reparaturnachmittag mit der Wüsteninitiative e.V., Reparaturcafé des Museum Industriekultur, Repair Café Hagen a.T.W., ReparaturTreff (ReTrO) Ostercappeln e.V., Café OASE (Diakonie Osnabrück)

Nicht alles, was kaputt ist, muss weggeworfen werden. Das zeigen Reparatur-Gruppen an vielen verschiedenen Orten. Dieses Angebot gibt es jetzt auch bei den Reparaturnachmittagen in der Kunsthalle. Das Angebot zur Hilfe oder vollständigen Reparatur kann direkt in der Ausstellung bei Kaffee und Kuchen wahrgenommen werden.

Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei. Du musst dich dafür nicht anmelden.

Die Reparaturnachmittage sind Teil des Vermittlungsprogramms zur Ausstellung Ihr Paket ist abholbereit (08.07.2023–25.02.2024) von Aram Bartholl in der Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

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Repair Cafe III

9. November 2023
Workshop, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

15:00 – 18:00 Uhr. Reparaturnachmittag mit der Wüsteninitiative e.V., Reparaturcafé des Museum Industriekultur, Repair Café Hagen a.T.W., ReparaturTreff (ReTrO) Ostercappeln e.V., Café OASE (Diakonie Osnabrück)

Nicht alles, was kaputt ist, muss weggeworfen werden. Das zeigen Reparatur-Gruppen an vielen verschiedenen Orten. Dieses Angebot gibt es jetzt auch bei den Reparaturnachmittagen in der Kunsthalle. Das Angebot zur Hilfe oder vollständigen Reparatur kann direkt in der Ausstellung bei Kaffee und Kuchen wahrgenommen werden.

Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei. Du musst dich dafür nicht anmelden.

Die Reparaturnachmittage sind Teil des Vermittlungsprogramms zur Ausstellung Ihr Paket ist abholbereit (08.07.2023–25.02.2024) von Aram Bartholl in der Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

Mini-Teilchenbeschleuniger-AV-Experiment workshop by Darsha Hewitt

5. November 2023
Workshop, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

14:00 – 18:00 Uhr. Artist friends workshop with Darsha Hewitt

Wusstest du, dass die Mülldeponie voll von kleinen Teilchenbeschleunigern ist? Immer weniger Menschen benutzen Röhrenfernseher zum Fernsehen. Aber sie sind voller cooler Physik. Wir können sie als künstlerische Ausdrucksmittel nutzen.
Es gibt Teilchenbeschleuniger, die die Ursprünge des Universums erforschen. In den kaputten Fernsehern gibt es kollidierende Elektronen. In diesem Workshop nutzen wir sie, um in Experimenten Licht und Töne zu erzeugen. Der Workshop wird von Künstlerin Darsha Hewitt veranstaltet.

Der Workshop ist kostenfrei. Bitte melde dich per E-Mail an: vermittlung.kunsthalle@osnabrueck.de

Der Workshop ist Teil des Vermittlungsprogramms zur Ausstellung Ihr Paket ist abholbereit (08.07.2023–25.02.2024) von Aram Bartholl in der Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

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Repair Cafe II

21. October 2023
Workshop, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück

15:00 – 18:00 Uhr. Reparaturnachmittag mit der Wüsteninitiative e.V., Reparaturcafé des Museum Industriekultur, Repair Café Hagen a.T.W., ReparaturTreff (ReTrO) Ostercappeln e.V., Café OASE (Diakonie Osnabrück)

Nicht alles, was kaputt ist, muss weggeworfen werden. Das zeigen Reparatur-Gruppen an vielen verschiedenen Orten. Dieses Angebot gibt es jetzt auch bei den Reparaturnachmittagen in der Kunsthalle. Das Angebot zur Hilfe oder vollständigen Reparatur kann direkt in der Ausstellung bei Kaffee und Kuchen wahrgenommen werden.

Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei. Du musst dich dafür nicht anmelden.

Die Reparaturnachmittage sind Teil des Vermittlungsprogramms zur Ausstellung Ihr Paket ist abholbereit (08.07.2023–25.02.2024) von Aram Bartholl in der Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

Perspektiven von Kunst im öffentlichen Raum

21. October 2023
Talk, Fachtagung der Kunstkommission Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

Kunst im öffentlichen Raum – Wirken in der Stadtgesellschaft

5 Jahre Kunstkommission Düsseldorf
Fachtagung zu Perspektiven von Kunst im öffentlichen Raum der Stadt
Zur Sicherung künstlerischer Qualität und um eine neue Planungskultur sowie eine aktive Teilhabe an der Diskussion um die Kunst im öffentlichen Raum zu ermöglichen, hat der Rat der Stadt Düsseldorf die Kunstkommission Düsseldorf etabliert. Diese hat vor fünf Jahren ihre Arbeit aufgenommen und bereits diverse Projekte im öffentlichen Raum realisiert. Aus diesem Anlass lädt die Kommission am Samstag, 21. Oktober 2023, herzlich ein zur Fachtagung zum Thema

Perspektiven von Kunst im öffentlichen Raum.

In Podiumsgesprächen mit Impulsvorträgen sollen die verschiedenen Facetten von Kunst im öffentlichen Raum erörtert werden. Welche Bedeutung hat Kunst für die Stadtgesellschaft? Wie kommt Kunst in den öffentlichen Raum? Oder wie gehen wir mit Bestandskunst um? Das sind nur einige Fragen, die in diesem Zusammenhang diskutiert werden sollen.

Die Veranstaltung ist in zwei Blöcken gegliedert: vormittags werden Strukturen zur Organisation und Realisierung von Kunst für den öffentlichen Raum betrachtet werden, nachmittags liegt der Fokus auf “best practice” mit der Beleuchtung von Herausforderungen an beispielhaften Projekten.

Die Fachtagung findet statt von 10:00 – 18:00 Uhr im Palais Wittgenstein, Bilker Str. 7-9, 40213 Düsseldorf.

Blog Archive for Month: June 2010

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June 29, 2010


(found at U-Bahnhof, Rathaus Reinickendorf, Berlin)

Internetknetzugang

June 28, 2010


(dedicated to Peter Glaser, found on Open Office … )

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USA

June 25, 2010


(Yes, that’s the way american culture is perceived in Europe. 😉 found on Oranieburgerstr, Berlin)

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X1

June 23, 2010


(found on Gerichtstr. Berlin)

Love Parade

June 23, 2010

Sort of spontaneous piano concert in the street during “Fete de la Musique” Berlin I stumbled into two days ago.  Public Space is just the best place for art.

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'Shadow Dance'

June 17, 2010


18 September – 9 January 2011
ShadowDance
‘ShadowDance’ is a group exhibition featuring work by more than thirty visual artists, all operating on the international art scene and all fascinated by the effect of shadow. The exhibits will vary in terms of content and form. The common denominator will be the use of shadow – and more particularly moving shadows – as a crucial means of visual expression. The artists use shadow as a metaphor for a range of (sometimes heavy-weight) themes: time – alter ego – evil – death. But the shadow phenomenon also inspires more light-hearted work involving the creation of illusions and shadow ‘play’.
with:
Vito Acconci (US), Charles Atlas (US), Dirck van Baburen (NL), Aram Bartholl (DE), Christian Boltanski (FR), Jim Campbell (US), David Claerbout (BE) , Haim Elmoznino (IL), Ellis Gallagher (US), Hanna von Goeler DE), Samuel van Hoogstraten (NL), Mella Jaarsma (NL), William Kentridge (ZA), Ralph Kistler (DE), Germaine Kruip (NL), Couzijn van Leeuwen (NL), Gabriel Lester (NL), Zilla Leutenegger (CH), Mark Lewis (UK), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MX), Munch & Furukawa (DE & JP) , Serge Onnen (FR), Lotte Reiniger (DE), Viviane Sassen (NL), Tomas Schats (NL), Hyo-Jung Seo (KR), Teresa Serrano (MX), Conrad Shawcross (UK), Sam Taylor-Wood (UK), The One Minutes (NL), Dimitri Vangrunderbeek (BE), Kara Walker (US), Andy Warhol (US), Diet Wiegman (NL)
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Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort The Netherlands ,KAdE

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25m Fire Hose

June 17, 2010


Call for street art city intervention: “What can I (you) do with a fire hose?” I found it in the trash the other day. Post your idea in the comments. You can have it!

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Petersburger Hängung

June 17, 2010


(Petersburg-hanging, random entrance situation, found on Ackerstr. Berlin)

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erigere

June 16, 2010



Best street art of the year. Promesing art scene in Russia…
via Buzzfeed
update: more info on rebelart

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SPEED SHOW docu

June 15, 2010

[First released on F.A.T.]
1. Curate a show, make a call or  invite your friends to show their works.
2. Announce the show all over the internetz!
3. Go to your local Internet shop and rent all machines they have.
4. Exhibit for one night screen based pop.net.art in your city!
Go for it! It’s an open format! Let’s meet up in your local shop!
SPEED SHOW manifest here

SPEED SHOW vol.1 TELE-INTERNET from Aram Bartholl on Vimeo.

The first SPEED SHOW vol.1 : TELE-INTERNET last Friday was a great success!
We had many more (and even ‘important’!) visitors than expected. The shop owners were totally surprised but loved it (and made the deal of the year :-). Since I didn’t post any links in advance I have the pleasure to publish now the four sheets of printed program(!) including statement for each piece and links below. Check the announcement  including SPEED SHOW manifest and curatorial statement here.
Pics by Kuc, thx! All pictures on fflickr

SPEED SHOW vol.1: TELE-INTERNET
Friday 11th of June 2010, 21:00 – 00:00
Kottbusser Damm 103, Berlin
Participating artists:
MOAR!!! MAKE PAPER DANCE GIF GLITCHEEESSS (for J.Mack, J. Satrom & N. Briz)
Material: HTML, embedded screen capture video,720×486 px,
Jon Cates (US) 2010
MOAR!!! MAKE PAPER DANCE GIF GLITCHEEESSS is the reaction to a Twitter conversation with three friends on a single day. Jon Cates who is well know for his digital punk / raw bytes – style remixed a webpage which was already a reply to a first post by another friend.  In the multitude of layers of the content from his friends animated gifs turn into actual video, color pixel into xerox dirty b/w and the audio results in abstract noise.
Nervous News
Material: HTML, iframe
Constant Dullaart (NL)
2010
Nervous News is a new unreleased piece from Constant Dullaart’s series of website modifications of major famous websites on the Internet like Google or BBC News. By loading the BBC page through an iframe with its very own quality the page itself appears to become a person with emotional an condition . The moving iframe was already applied in the work “The Internet says no“ or “The Internet says yes“ (user reply) a.o.
Education of the Noobz
Material: HTML, mp3,ogg, flac, paypal
Dragan Espenschied (DE)
2010
Contemporary Home Computer Music by Dragan Espenschied
Dragan Espenschied is well known for his radical and consequent 8-bit music compositions for many years. His new music site Noobz represents a highly differentiated mix of plain HTML, amateur page style, custom music player interfaces and sophisticated code hidden in the upper layers.
Thumbing
Material: Youtube video comments
JODI (NL/BE)
2010
Thumbing is an ongoing Youtube intervention. The option to video comment on a Youtube video is used by the artists group JODI as a tool for performance. By holding up the thumb very close to the webcam for a 2-3 second moment the video-site monopoly gets infiltrated by an endless series of useless ‘pokes’. The performance itself is split into thousands short clips on random Youtube videos. The blurred and flesh colored video bits evoke again  harsh reactions from the actual audience on Youtube.
Kopyfamo
Material: HTML, user content, php, fflickr,
Geraldine Juarez (MX)
2009
The project Kopyfamo by Geraldine Juarez offers a web interface to upload images to which then watermarks of well known press agency are added. The initial idea of the watermark to protect and devalue the image by inserting a brand logo is inversed by Juarez’s approach. A lot of water marked pictures of VIPs and famous pop stars can be found at AFP, Getty and Reuters. The watermark in the picture grants importance to the portrait person. By adding a watermark to his/her own picture the user gains instant celebrity status in Juarez’s interactive piece.
Web****** (unreleased piece)
Material: Firefox addon, java script
Tobias Leingruber (DE)
2010
Tobias Leingruber is well known for the Artzilla-platform (artzilla.org) where he collects and curates artistic Firefox browser addons. Webmarker is his own latest unreleased FF addon creation which turns every web page into a canvas for steet-art like tagging . “Mark the web and anyone can see it!! The Webmarker Firefox Add-on allows you to draw or take notes on any webpage. Activate “Street Mode” and find the drawings of others while browsing the web. The Webmarker FF Add-on is fully integrated into 000000book.com, a service for GML based projects.”
Midnight
Material: HTML, java, animated gifs
Olia Lialina (RU) Dragan Espenschied (DE)
2006
The classic zoom and pan interface from Google maps is turned into a firework of amateur gif animations. The symbolic loaded cross on a black background turns from its calm pixel state into a wild animation of little smileys, flowers and hearts on every single touch by the mouse. The hidden beauty of a world Internet monopoly company’s slide interface. Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied are unbeatable experts for the amateur culture of the web since many years. (‘Digital Folklore’ reader recommended)
Suicidemachine
Material: Embedded screencapture, 720p, 8h of unfriending
Moddr [Walter Langelaar (NL), Gordan Savicic (AT), Danja Vasiliev (RU)]
2009-2010
With a very precise super timing Moddr started the webservice Suicide Machine in fall 2009. Facebook has fallen very deep since then and a wide discussion on social networks and privacy is going on currently in the mainstream media. The mix of highly professional appearance and sarcastic video credentials makes the project a sophisticated unmissable statement in the era of privacy violating and direct marketing driven social network monopolies.
Fakebook
Material: HTML
Johannes P Osterhoff (DE)
2010
“People find me in Facebook too easily and many start to use Facebook instead of e-mail. As I do not like this at all and as I do not want to enter the gated community of Facebook everyday, [….] Old acquaintance seem to query my name in Google, find the entry of Facebook and contact me there without checking my website or using the contact possibilities of good ol’ e-mail. So I created a very simple web-page which also shows up in Google search results and looks very similar to the result of Facebook there. I called it Fakebook.”
Animated Gif Mashup – Dance Sequence #001
Material: HTML, php, java and loooong URLs
Evan Roth
2010
A Customizable gif mashup engine. Pop meets gif meets rap. Evan Roth works represent a highly sophisticated mix of net, open source and pop culture. In his often very minimalistic web based pieces he picks up elements from all these sides. Besides the elaborate visual mix plus music the Dance Sequence #001 unfolds its full beauty in the very long URL which is caused by the simplistic concept of arranging independent animated gifs in a single line of browser adress.
superfreedraw
Material: HTML, Java
Ralph Schulz aka rgb3000 (DE)
2010
Super free draw is a strikingly minimalistic and at the same time socially elaborate collaborative drawing platform. All user can  draw on the endless big digital canvas anonymoulsly with a one pixel wide black pen. It is not possible to erase what you have drawn and your creation is not protected for being altered or misused by other users. In a moment of great relief Super Free Draw detaches social web rules and creates a radical almost physical experience of collaboration.
You’re Not My Father
Material: HTML, embedded video 720×480 px
Paul Slocom (US)
2008-2010
“This video project is composed of a sequence of recreations of a 10 second scene from the television show, Full House, overlaid with a set of sound loops from the scene’s original music. The crews who re-shot the scene were recruited through Internet message boards and Craigslist, and each of the original 10 crews were paid $150, using a commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., for Networked Music Review. The project included participants from Austin, Cincinnati, Chicago, Dallas, Denton, London, and San Francisco….”



Participating artists:

MOAR!!! MAKE PAPER DANCE GIF GLITCHEEESSS (for Jodie Mack, Jon Satrom & Nick Briz)

Material: HTML, embedded screen capture video,720×486 px,

Jon Cates (US)

2010

MOAR!!! MAKE PAPER DANCE GIF GLITCHEEESSS is the reaction to a Twitter conversation with three friends on a single day. Jon Cates who is well know for his digital punk / raw bytes – style remixed a webpage which was already a reply to a first post by another friend. In the multitude of layers of the contend from his friends animated gifs turn into actual video, color pixel into xerox dirty black and white and the audio results in abstract noise.

Nervous News

Material: HTML, iframe

Constant Dullaart (NL)

2010

Nervous News is a new unreleased piece from Constant Dullaart’s series of website modifications of major famous websites on the Internet like Google or BBC News. By loading the BBC page through an iframe with its very own quality the page itself appears to become a person with emotional an condition . The moving iframe was already applied in the work “The Internet says no“ or “The Internet says yes“ (user reply) a.o.

Education of the Noobz

Material: HTML, mp3,ogg, flac, paypal

Dragan Espenschied (DE)

2010

Contemporary Home Computer Music by Dragan Espenschied

Dragan Espenschied is well known for his radical and consequent 8-bit music compositions for many years. His new music site Noobz represents a highly differentiated mix of plain HTML, amateur page style, custom music player interfaces and sophisticated code hidden in the upper layers.

Thumbing

Material: Youtube video comments

JODI (NL/BE)

2010

Thumbing is an ongoing Youtube intervention. The option to video comment on a Youtube video is used by the artists group JODI as a tool for performance. By holding up the thumb very close to the webcam for a 2-3 second moment the video-site monopoly gets infiltrated by an endless series of useless ‘pokes’. The performance itself is split into thousands short clips on random Youtube videos. The blurred and flesh colored video bits evoke again harsh reactions from the actual audience on Youtube.

Kopyfamo

Material: HTML, user content, php, fflickr,

Geraldine Juarez (MX)

2009

The project Kopyfamo by Geraldine Juarez offers a web interface to upload images to which then watermarks of well known press agency are added. The initial idea of the watermark to protect and devalue the image by inserting a brand logo is inversed by Juarez’s approach. A lot of water marked pictures of VIPs and famous pop stars can be found at AFP, Getty and Reuters. The watermark in the picture grants importance to the portrait person. By adding a watermark to his/her own picture the user gains instant celebrity status in Juarez’s interactive piece.

Webmarker

Material: Firefox addon, java script

Tobias Leingruber (DE)

2010

Tobias Leingruber is well known for the Artzilla-platform (artzilla.org) where he collects and curates artistic Firefox browser addons. Webmarker is his own latest unreleased FF addon creation which turns every web page into a canvas for steet-art like tagging . “Mark the web and anyone can see it!! The Webmarker Firefox Add-on allows you to draw or take notes on any webpage. Activate “Street Mode” and find the drawings of others while browsing the web. The Webmarker FF Add-on is fully integrated into 000000book.com, a service for GML based projects.”

Midnight

Material: HTML, java, animated gifs

Olia Lialina (RU) Dragan Espenschied (DE)

2006

The classic zoom and pan interface from Google maps is turned into a firework of amateur gif animations. The symbolic loaded cross on a black background turns from its calm pixel state into a wild animation of little smileys, flowers and hearts on every single touch by the mouse. The hidden beauty of a world Internet monopoly company’s slide interface. Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied are unbeatable experts for the amateur culture of the web since many years. (‘Digital Folklore’ reader recommended)

Suicidemachine

Material: Embedded screencapture, 720p

Moddr [Walter Langelaar (NL), Gordan Savicic (AT), Danja Vasiliev (RU)]

2009-2010

With a very precise super timing Moddr started the webservice Suicide Machine in fall 2009. Facebook has fallen very deep since then and a wide discussion on social networks and privacy is going on currently in the mainstream media. The mix of highly professional appearance and sarcastic video credentials makes the project a sophisticated unmissable statement in the era of privacy violating and direct marketing driven social network monopolies.

Fakebook

Material: HTML

Johannes P Osterhoff (DE)

2010

People find me in Facebook too easily and many start to use Facebook instead of e-mail. As I do not like this at all and as I do not want to enter the gated community of Facebook everyday, [….] Old acquaintance seem to query my name in Google, find the entry of Facebook and contact me there without checking my website or using the contact possibilities of good ol’ e-mail. So I created a very simple web-page which also shows up in Google search results and looks very similar to the result of Facebook there. I called it Fakebook.”

Animated Gif Mashup – Dance Sequence #001

Material: HTML, php, java and loooong URLs

Evan Roth

2010

A Customizable gif mashup engine. Pop meets gif meets rap. Evan Roth works represent a highly sophisticated mix of net, open source and pop culture. In his often very minimalistic web based pieces he picks up elements from all these sides. Besides the elaborate visual mix plus music the Dance Sequence #001 unfolds its full beauty in the very long URL which is caused by the simplistic concept of arranging independent animated gifs in a single line of browser adress.


Super Free Draw

Material: HTML, Java

Ralph Schulz (DE)

2010

Super free draw is a strikingly minimalistic and at the same time socially elaborate collaborative drawing platform. All user can draw on the endless big digital canvas anonymoulsly with a one pixel wide black pen. It is not possible to erase what you have drawn and your creation is not protected for being altered or misused by other users. In a moment of great relief Super Free Draw detaches social web rules and creates a radical almost physical experience of collaboration.

You’re Not My Father

Material: HTML, embedded video 720×480 px

Paul Slocom (US)

2008-2010

This video project is composed of a sequence of recreations of a 10 second scene from the television show, Full House, overlaid with a set of sound loops from the scene’s original music. The crews who re-shot the scene were recruited through Internet message boards and Craigslist, and each of the original 10 crews were paid $150, using a commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., for Networked Music Review. The project included participants from Austin, Cincinnati, Chicago, Dallas, Denton, London, and San Francisco….”

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