Speed, Dromology and Invisibility, Leonardo Electronic Almanac Deadline January 31, 2012 Are we moving from the futurist's speed through contemporary dromology to the disappearance of the human body? What are the future trajectories of a continuous process of acceleration? Is the disappearance of the body through artificial speed a process of invisibility or that of a visibility through acceleration? The instantaneous communication across Web 2.0
There is a good article written on ISEA2011 Istanbul and the Istanbul Biennial in Rhizome, titled Time and Revolution at the 12th Istanbul Biennial and ISEA 2011. The article offers an overview of the ISEA2011 conference. In particular Ceci Moss mentioned that: "Organizing two high profile, international art events at the same time was a wise choice, as it produced an element of synergy between
Far and Wide: Nam June Paik, Leonardo Electronic Almanac Leonardo Electronic Almanac in collaboration with FACT (Foundation for Art Creative Technology) and following an exhibition organized by FACT and Tate Liverpool on Nam June Paik announces a special issue titled: Far and Wide: Nam June Paik. LEA Call: FAR AND WIDE. This issue explores the role of Nam June Paik in shaping the future vision
NOT HERE NOT THERE Leonardo Electronic Almanac in collaboration with The Samek Art Gallery and with Kasa Gallery announces a special issue titled: Not Here Not There. LEA Call PDF: NOT HERE NOT THERE This LEA special issue follows two previous exhibitions, one at Kasa Gallery titled NOT THERE and one at the Samek Art Gallery titled NOT HERE. This call for papers
Art as Media as Display – Biennials as Platforms for Social Change it was a talk I participated in together with Martha Rosler and Yongwoo Lee. The talk was chaired by Maurizio Bartolotti Saturday, 17 September 2011, 2:30 at the Consulate General of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. Martha Rosler is an artist and writer. Her work in video, photo-text, performance, writing and
Mish Mash is the first of the revamped issues of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) that I have worked on as senior editor. My thanks as Editor in Chief of LEA go to Ozden Sahin, Deniz Cem Onduygu and John Francescutti.
Eugenia Fratzeskou wrote a well crafted review of ISEA2011 Istanbul for Digicult. The report is available both in English and Italian. The review is exhaustive and gives a good overview of the event with its exhibitions, public performances and talks.
Hyperstrata, a conceptual curatorial framework by Lanfranco Aceti, looks at the process of layering of contemporary aesthetics. The exhibition showcases the artworks of Mark Amerika, who has been able to make of the pixel a contemporary media tool to overlay images with 21st Century's aesthetics. Roy Ascott's transmediation of La Plissure du Texte in virtual worlds with co-authors Elif Ayter, Max Moswitzer and Selavy Oh
„Not There“ is an exhibition of artworks from the Manifest.AR Venice Biennial 2011 AR Intervention still up and running at the Venice Biennial. The Kasa Gallery show presents the augmented reality Manifest.AR interventions in the Giardini and in Piazza San Marco for the 54th Venice Biennial. The exhibition at Kasa Gallery is a partnership with the art show „Not Here“ taking place at the Samek
