Media Art

Radiokonst Enligt Svensk Modell

by Colin Black

Nutida Musik, # 2, 2011. ISSN: 1652-6082. Nutida Musik is a journal that is published by the Swedish section of the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music). This article was translated into Swedish by Andreas Engström.

T/Act: Social Empowerment through Interaction with Media Art Works

by Andy Best-Dunkley

This paper presents ongoing research into the effects of physical interaction with audiovisual systems through a... more This paper presents ongoing research into the effects of physical interaction with audiovisual systems through a discussion of the results and observations from collaborative design workshops organised for a group of people with disabilities. Can a disruption or disturbance of institutionalised conditioning according to class, education, gender and physical abilities be orchestrated by careful design and presentation of the interactive artwork? How can a physical interactive environment facilitate the experience of a temporary autonomous grouping in a similar way to that experienced in online communities? Can the artwork create a community of presence, an opportunity for living in the moment leading to unpredictable (inter)activity within the social group? The artistic TAZ (Temporary Autonomous Zone) acts as a revealing agent within society using the tools of poetic terrorism to disrupt the status quo.
My research compares interactive environments made for the general population with results from works made through a collaborative design process with selected individuals with severe physical disabilities. Both sets of work encourage and enable creative expression by the participants beyond everyday norms. The aim is to enable deep audience participation in media art installations and live performance through the control of audio, visual and robotic elements.

Creative Theories-Developing cross-media constructivist learning environments for media art students

by Andy Best-Dunkley

Álvaro Barrios- Desde el quehacer pictórico hacia lo mediático

by Jorge Luis Vaca Forero

Etendre la perception? Biofeedback et transferts intermodaux en danse

by Armando Menicacci

Extending perception. Biofeedback and intermodal exchange is a paper result of an experiment in Monaco Dance Forum (December 2004) about using wireless sensors in dance.

We brought together a few researchers in order to bring the experience of wireless sensors for biofeedback inside... more We brought together a few researchers in order to bring the experience of wireless sensors for biofeedback inside pedagogy of dance in order to extend the proprioception. The results of the experiment went beyond that and led to a possible way to mesure body response according to change in space perception and to different way define proprioception.

O Ensino da dança frente as tecnologias: algumas refleções

by Armando Menicacci

Proceedings of the Joinville Dance Festival Symposium in 2008. The whole symposium was about techniques in dance

Having taught relationships between digital technologies in dance since 1999 in Paris 8 University Dance Department... more Having taught relationships between digital technologies in dance since 1999 in Paris 8 University Dance Department inside the Lab I founded there with Emanuele Quinz I'm relating about the experiences and my thought about them.

K.Štefančić_New Media New Networks

by Klaudio Štefančić

Here i would like to contribute with my text 'New Media New Networks'. It is about new media art and culture in... more Here i would like to contribute with my text 'New Media New Networks'. It is about new media art and culture in croatia from the late 1980's till 2005. The text is written in 2007 and it was meant to be published in a reader dedicated to history of croatian art from 1940's to the 1990's and aimed to international audience. It was one of the reasons why I've decided to use a sociocentric approach in attempt to represent this period of media art and to combine it with the art theory of modernism and avantgarde. On the basis of my research I also made a small homonymous exhibtion in Galzenica gallery in Zagreb/Velika Gorica in 2008.

Evaluating Illustration Aesthetically: Points for consideration for those new to the field

by Jaleen Grove

An informal, unpublished essay

People from the mainstream art world are beginning to take note of the collection, analysis, history, and appreciation... more People from the mainstream art world are beginning to take note of the collection, analysis, history, and appreciation of illustration. There is a danger, however, that they unwittingly bring with them a deficit of understanding and even a prejudiced eye, due to illustration having been villified for most of the 20th century as "not-art". This essay debunks some common myths, and serves as a primer on what to look for in illustration art.

Silikonsko tkanje stvarnosti (Silicon Thread of Reality)

by Dejan Grba

Rani esej o digitalnoj umetnosti i njenim kontekstima.
An early essay on digital art and its contexts. In Serbian language.

Za celovito uvažavanje dostignuća novomedijske umetnosti, kao i za razumevanje njenih nedoumica, problema,... more Za celovito uvažavanje dostignuća novomedijske umetnosti, kao i za razumevanje njenih nedoumica, problema, mistifikacija i zabluda, neophodno je razmatranje šireg društvenog, ekonomskog, političkog i ideološkog konteksta u kojem ona nastaje.

Diwà – A Filipino aesthetic of knowledge, language, body

by Fatima Lasay

For “PLACE: Local Knowledge and New Media Practice” published by Cambridge Scholars Press. Edited and with introduction by Danny Butt, Jon Bywater and Nova Paul. 2006-2007.

Diwà has been defined in academic circles as a body of internal rules governing the systematic ordering of ideas that... more Diwà has been defined in academic circles as a body of internal rules governing the systematic ordering of ideas that the Filipino whether on a national, tribal or personal level employs for a conscious meaningful purpose. In this essay, the author proposes a re-definition of diwà as a self-determined system of aesthetic equilibrium, of the mind struggling to balance its experience of contradictions. Diwà, the author proposes, is based on the principles of buhay (life) and bisà (inherited life force) with knowledge, language and body as the parameters of equilibrium. Thus, such re-definition of diwà enables a reframing of firmly held notions of these parameters, consequently providing the basis for a critical analysis of media, technology and the creative practices.

Within the Dynamics of Economic and Cultural Imperialism: A Critical Look at Art, Technology and Development in the Philippines

by Fatima Lasay

For “Regeneration of Digital Art - The International Symposium on Digital Art in Taiwan”, December 15-16, 2004, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, ROC.

This paper argues that contemporary Filipino visual art institutions and communities have a limited role in vernacular... more This paper argues that contemporary Filipino visual art institutions and communities have a limited role in vernacular socioe-conomic development because of a lack of an auto-critique that is grounded on an historical and structural context. This paper argues that a re-conceptualization of the role and meaning of contemporary art in developing countries such as the Philippines must take place, and that such re-conceptualizations can only take place within a critique of development itself. In view of a “regeneration of digital art”, this paper offers a “contemplative regeneration” by studying relationships between art, technology and socioeconomic development within the international dynamics of economic and cultural imperialism.

The Arts in Civil Society - A Philosophy of the Functioning Society

by Fatima Lasay

Presented at Mini-Summit on New Media Art Policy and Practice, organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), July 24-26, 2008, Singapore.

This paper challenges current national and international policy-making processes which are based on three principles:... more This paper challenges current national and international policy-making processes which are based on three principles: First, on cultural exclusion through nationhood; on the second form of exclusion, political exclusion thru culture, whereby culture and cultural cooperation is used as Laundromat for dirty politics at national and international levels; and  the conceptual and historical exclusion produced by a broad media education that seeks to uncritically integrate new media technologies of communication into the cultural life of the world population.

Location-specific Art Practices that Challenge the Traditional Conception of Mapping

by Charalampos Rizopoulos

Co-authored with Olga Paraskevopoulou and Dimitris Charitos. Published in ArtNodes: e-Journal on Art, Science and Technology, no. 8 (2008), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Locative media is an emerging field of creative practice and a platform for experimenting with new experiences in the... more Locative media is an emerging field of creative practice and a platform for experimenting with new experiences in the urban environment that has become increasingly interesting to artists. The use of locative media for artistic purposes has linked geography and maps to urban life and experience in new and sometimes unusual ways. This connection offers the possibility of various transformations in the traditional relationship between the mapping process and the physical space that it depicts. The map no longer merely depicts in a top-down manner the physical territory that it represents; rather, the territory inspires the artistic creation of various kinds of maps that may express, criticize or motivate different aspects of urban life. In this article we focus our interest on location-specific projects that make use of various media and location-sensing technologies such as GPS, in order to create subversive maps that amplify urban life and enrich the urban landscape with information, meaning and/or emotion. What we consider important in these attempts is the fact that apart from the aesthetic value of their work, artists are, in most cases, motivated by the prospect of raising public awareness on various issues such as the process of map-making, location and precise positioning, the ability to form social networks in the urban grid, surveillance, the tracking of human bodies or objects or how all these issues affect peoples’ choices and everyday life.

Mythos Medienkunst

by Gudrun Bielz

Interview mit Gudrun Bielz, gefuehrt von Franz Xaver. Fuer das Stadtwerkstattmagazin DIE VERSORGERIN, Linz, Austria, Juni 2011

Interview with artist Gudrun Bielz, DIE VERSORGERING, Linz, A, June 2011

Arte, attivismo, soggettività, sabotaggio

by antonio caronia

"Arte, attivismo, soggettività, sabotaggio", pubblicato in Digimag n. 47, settembre 2009

Recensione del libro "L'arte della sovversione", a cura di M. Baravalle, Manifesto libri 2009. , Recensione del libro "L'arte della sovversione", a cura di M. Baravalle, Manifesto libri 2009. ,

The Biolin: a current-based musical interface

by Sungjae Hwang

Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRrCWZICuI

In this paper, we describe a media artwork that features the Biolin, a musical device that produces different sounds... more In this paper, we describe a media artwork that features the Biolin, a musical device that produces different sounds depending on the target object that it is being played on. Shaped like an ordinary violin bow, the Biolin analyzes the target using a weak electric current to produce a timbre that matches the target. The user can then perform by “playing” the target object using the Biolin. The Biolin was designed by modifying a violin bow in order to make it conductive and connected to a computer for the transmission of data, resulting in visual and auditory output. We showcased Biolin in front of a small audience, in which the users showed positive reactions to the new approach of making sounds from everyday objects and people around us.

Turning the Tables: William Forsythe's Antipodes I/II

by Freya Vass-Rhee

Published in Birgit Wiens/Gabriele Brandstetter, eds.,Theater Ohne Fluchtpunkt/Theater Without Vanishing Points (Alexander Verlag, 2010), 293-301.

In recent years, William Forsythe has developed a range of installation works. In some of these, not only are the... more In recent years, William Forsythe has developed a range of installation works. In some of these, not only are the boundaries between public and performer largley effaced, there are in fact no performers at all. By interacting with the "choreographic objects," the audience members themselves become the active performers. These rooms constitute a kind of "score" which open specific options for perception and spatial negotiation: "A choreographic object is not a substitute for the body, but rather an alternative site for the understanding of potential instigation and organization of action to reside" (Forsythe). Exemplary in this regard is the performative installation Antipodes I/II, which consists of two simultaneously projected films, in one of which Forsythe appears to move while hanging from the ceiling and in the other to float above the ground. A perceptually euphoric state results through the spectator's repetitve shifting of attention between the two different filmic illusions, an public choreography which is influenced both by the spatial distribution of sonic components and by the presence of other spectators. The author interprets Forsythe 's installations as spaces that not only present the actor with physical obstacles as did Appia's "rythmic spaces" but which also stage "perceptual obstacles."

D-MARC

by Gudrun Bielz

Online project with D-Marc, University of Derby
Artists have been invited by David J. Stent for the project
'Digital Hybridity', May/June 2011

Parcours* - A Personal Survey through the Digital Wilderness

Gudrun Bielz

Within the context of... more Parcours* - A Personal Survey through the Digital Wilderness

Gudrun Bielz

Within the context of my PhD research for 'Arctificial Territories' I will conduct a personal survey of the following areas, utilising blogging, writing, audio and video sketches; dialogue, monologue and epilogue – a hybridologue:

Hybridity in the digital jungle – artificial ideas and networking – postmodern and transhuman ideas – multiple realities, personalities and places. Hybrid arts.

New normalities and psychotherapy for computing powers. Obsessional thoughts and compulsive activities by human, post-human and artificial entities. Immediacy and simulation.

The race for life. A race for utopia and dystopia, hyperreal events and hybrid space – liquid and wearable space – extensions – extensions – embodied and disembodied fantasies – posthuman scenarios – digital fetishes - a fun fair through a parallel universe of 'authentic' virtual worlds.

THE HEART OF THE WORLD. Do you listen to its beat? This is hybrid life.

*Parcour: the activity or sport of running through an area, typically in an urban environment, using acrobatic techniques to negotiate obstacles (Oxford English Dictionary)

Textsplitter fuer VALIE EXPORT

by Gudrun Bielz

Bielz, Gudrun. “Textsplitter fuer Valie EXPORT”. Staging EXPORT:VALIE zu Ehren. Eds. Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger, and Carola Hilmes. New York: Peter Lang, 2010.

Radio Art: Broadcast or Outcast

by Colin Black

Published in Music Forum. Journal of the Music Council of Australia, Vol. 15 No. 2, FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009. ISSN 1327-9300.

Explores what is radio art, its origin, examples of Australian experimental radio work and current situation. Explores what is radio art, its origin, examples of Australian experimental radio work and current situation.