I Occupy, the new exhibition of Kasa Gallery in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Cuts surveys, analyzes and questions current trends in interventionist art and Augmented Reality Art which, by intervening within the urban and socio-political landscape, contribute to redefining the aesthetic and cultural understanding of the environments we operate in. “No Socialism for Capitalists” was the slogan on the sign that a man
Jackpot is an exhibition that, by analyzing the financial gambles of contemporary society, presents the loss of value of the traditional interpretation of the word social in favor of a re-interpretation of community and its rules by the nation state in a post-postmodern framework. In this context, the role of the state becomes that of a guarantor of a ‘skewed playing field’ arguably in favor of
We are pleased to announce two new commissioned exhibitions by Mark Amerika that will continue an aesthetic analysis of the theme of Art and Economics. Precipitations will be showcasing Mark Amerika's artworks at the Museum of Contemporary Cuts as online distributed images. The concurrent exhibition Cloud Banks will be shown at Kasa Gallery in Istanbul. Precipitations at the Museum of Contemporary Cuts explores the contemporary fall from heaven of 'perfect economic
Journal of Visual Culture, in collaboration with the International Association for Visual Culture, Operational and Curatorial Research, the Museum of Contemporary Cuts and Kasa Gallery, is pleased to announce a new refereed issue titled Visions of Contemporary Cuts. The issue is guest edited by Lanfranco Aceti, Sabanci University, Istanbul; and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Visions of Contemporary Cuts is a special call for a
Cloud Banks, the new exhibition by Mark Amerika at Kasa Gallery, will coincide with another of Mark Amerika's exhibitions titled Precipitations at the Museum of Contemporary Cuts, continuing the aesthetic analysis of the theme of Art and Economics. Cloud Banks at Kasa Gallery will explore the way artists, political and economic theorists, metaphysical philosophers, and businessmen use language as a tool to construct their vision of
Nowhere 2013: Computational Arts Exhibition. Private view: Thursday 12 September, 6-9pm. Performances: 7-9pm. Open to the public: 13 - 16 September, 10am-7pm (except Sunday 15 September, 10am-4pm). Performance: 2-3pm & 6-7pm (except Sunday). Location: St James Church, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London. Admission: Free. Nowhere 2013 is the culmination of works by postgraduate students in Computational Studio Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London This unique exhibition showcases a diverse range of work by 25 international practitioners from
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 5, 6pm to 9pm. Exhibition: September 6 to October 6. Leonardo Electronic Almanac – in conjunction with Operational and Curatorial Research – and Boston Cyberarts are pleased to present Mathematical Rhymes – an exploration of art-making practices based in algorithmic and mathematical systems that translate into generative forms of moving image media. The exhibition pairs some of the earliest artworks dealing with
Please join us at the Kellen Auditorium -The New School, on Saturday, September 7, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm - for a screening of artworks and a conversation between curators/editors Lanfranco Aceti and Pat Badani, Convenor Prof. Sven Travis, and “ManifestAR” founding artists on the subject of Augmented Reality. This emerging technology engages the public sphere in social and political critique by placing - in specific virtual
I Am Occupied Occupying: Rhetoric and Realities of Artistic Interventions from Performance to Augmented Reality Art is a talk at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, Monday September 9, 2013 at 16:55. The discussion, convened by Prof. Robert Rowe, will see curators Lanfranco Aceti and Pat Badani analyze together with AR artist Mark Skwarek, the meaning, possibilities and limitations of contemporary AR political interventions
The Transdisciplinary Imaging Conference at the intersections of art, science and culture seeks papers that explore the theme of the cloud and molecular aesthetics. Clouding occurs when information becomes veiled, foggy, fuzzy, obscure or secretive, or when it condenses, blooms and accretes into atmospheres of chaotic turbulence and pressure vectors, into tidal flows and storms. The cloud also is a new formation of data as a global
