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News from artificial.dk #5

[February 24th 2005]

NEWS FROM ARTIFICIAL.DK #5, Thursday February 24, 2004.
http://www.artificial.dk
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We are quite happy to be able to announce that Whitney's curator for digital art and the woman behind Artport, Christiane Paul, is coming to Copenhagen. She has been invited by New Media Forum - in collaboration with CAVI, Artnode and Artificial - to give a talk at one of this year's New Media Lounges on May 2. Stay tuned for details.
http://www.newmediaforum.dk (in Danish only)

Another happy announcement is that our friends over at Artnode are celebrating their 10th anniversary. Congrats from here and keep up the good work!
http://www.artnode.org

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ARTICLES:

ART AND SCIENCE - INTERVIEW WITH THE CREATORS OF SOL
The project Sol - Danish for 'sun' - is presenting real recordings of two sun cycles recorded over 22 years. The exhibition has previously been shown at ZKM and opens at Esbjerg Kunstmuseum on March 5. Artificial talked to the creators.
http://www.artificial.dk/articles/sol.htm


"THE INTERNET IS STILL SUCH AND UNFAMILIAR SPACE FOR LOOKING AT AND THINKING ABOUT ART" - INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL GREENE
Majken Kramer Overgaard interviews author, curator and net art critic Rachel Greene about herself, her book and her work with Rhizome.org.
http://www.artificial.dk/articles/rachelgreene.htm

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ATTENTION:

Call for papers for the Digital Arts and Cultures 2005 conference in CPH in Dec. They are looking for both theoretical and hands-on approaches to digital experiences.
http://www.itu.dk/DAC2005/

Even though Electrohype recently announced that they are 'throwing in the towel', they are still doing exhibitions. We are quite happy about this. If in Gothenburg, Sweden, don't miss the Electrohype Segment - a selection of the works shown at the Electrohype Biennial earlier this year. Open Feb 19 to April 17. http://www.electrohype.org/

If you are interested in (the academic aspect of) computer games you should check out this journal called Game Studies.
http://www.gamestudies.org/

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NET.WORKS:
http://www.artificial.dk/networks

This is our catalogue of computer based art we can recommend. You'll find net art, software art, classics, and a continuously updated list of new pieces. This week we have two recommendations. One fairly recent work and a look back at an early net.art document:

Average Shoveler
Carlo Zanni's Average Shoveler uses the aesthetic from the 80s computer game Larry. The work itself (commissioned by Rhizome.org) consists of a guy shoveling snow. The snowflakes contains real time news (images + text) and the guy keeps shoveling and shoveling to stay on top ...
http://www.zanni.org/average.htm

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EXTRA:

We have previously expressed our interest in old arcade games and here we go again. Presenting the World's smallest Pac Man Game. Enjoy!
http://guimp.com/pacman_flash.html

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