Dropstuff.nl at the Venice Biennale 2009

Dropstuff.nl has been invited to take part in the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia as collateral event. From June 2 -7, 2009, during the opening days of the biennale, Dropstuff.nl set up the gigantic 60 square meters LED screen on the pier between San Marco and Giardini (Riva Ca’ di Dio). Dropstuff’s main focus in Venice was to show a new generation of artists and designers, who approach the audience in a direct manner. More info.

Silvia Bächli Venice Biennale

Silvia Bächli from Basel and Fabrice Gygi from Geneva represent Switzerland at the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. In this video, we have a look at Silvia Bächli’s works in the Swiss Pavilion. Bächli studied in Basel and Geneva. She is known for her drawings, which she has consistently developed over three decades. For the rooms in the Swiss Pavilion, she presents her work from 2008 - 2009 in the form of a spatial synopsis that offers a representative insight into her graphic oeuvre. More info.

Mini Capsule Hotel

Atelier van Lieshout's Mini Capsule Hotel at Design Miami Basel 2009. In a show curated by Natalie Kovacz for Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London. By the way: Brad Pitt bought the hotel for his and Angelina Jolie's kids. More info.

Roman Ondak Czech Slovak Pavilion

Roman Ondak: Loop, Pavilion of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. Venice Biennale 2009. More info.

Artistic Director, Lyon Dance Biennale & Chair of the Board, Maison de la Danse, Lyon, France (deadline: 30 Sept)

Currently recruiting for two important positions in the international choreographic scene.

OPEN-FRAMES online archive for performance work

OF is an archive for performance based work,addressed to the public with the invitation to publish

Sweden takes over EU Presidency July - Dec 2009

On 1 July, Sweden takes over the Presidency of the EU. Europe is not just about coal and steel or politics and economics, but also about culture. When Sweden plays host to the EU, it wants to show a culture that is modern, cross-border and open.

Volunteers wanted for large scale domino game/art event, London, 26 July (sign up now!)

Station House Opera | Dominoes: Be part of the biggest art event to take place this summer!

As_Tide Networks - Art for Social Transformation and Intercultural Dialogue in Europe

The As_Tide project stems from the collaboration of five European centres operating in the field of art and creativity, united by the idea that art and creativity play a fundamental role in the approach to many of the challenges posed by contemporary society.

On Tour: Southeastern Europe Travelogue, Part 3

F'Book: What my Friends are doing on facebook (2009) - Lee Walton

I'll Replace You (2008) - Jennifer and Kevin McCoy

Take Care of Yourself (2007) - Sophie Calle

The Question of Freedom at the Open Video Conference

= (2009) - Elna Frederick

the peace tape (2009) - Jacob Ciocci

Zebra Standards 29 - R. Stevie Moore (1978/2006)

Mea Culpa (1981) - Brian Eno and David Byrne

No Static - Bottin (2009)

Links for 2009-07-04 [del.icio.us]

• Common Flowers, treating the genetic manipulation as common - Neural.it :: media culture, hacktivism
  The controversial gesture, in the very spirit of the best "bio art" movement, addresses the abyss of bio manipulation and bioethical aspects. Both of them are just exposed and hacked, proving once more that (as Yukiko Shikata notes), natural codes have a lot in common with software, and so personally re-writing and releasing information becomes a powerful and challenging statement.
• Improvised prison escape tools | Beyond The Beyond
  Inmates have got lots of time on their hands. What better way to make use of this resource than doing handicrafts? Creativity pays, especially when it facilitates escape. These examples bear witness to man’s love of freedom.
• Daryl Peveto « The New Breed of Documentary Photographers
  . In the United States, large communities exist which have turned their backs on the idea of settling down, opting for a nomadic life. One such community is Slab City, located on the Salton Sea in southern California.
• For Once, the Yes Men Say No | CommonDreams.org
  The Yes Men, co-directors of the new award-winning documentary film The Yes Men Fix the World, have decided to withdraw their film from the Jerusalem International Film Festival, in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign:
• La occidentalización y el aislamiento, claves de la mala salud de los aborígenes | elmundo.es salud
  Cuatrocientos millones de indígenas sufren unas pésimas condiciones de salud. Y no viven en África. Afincados en Australia, Canadá o EEUU, padecen estas y otras enfermedades. Así lo indica un estudio publicado en 'The Lancet'.
• America to remove HIV visa ban after Briton's protest | World news | The Observer
  He sent a powerful statement to be read out in his place. The message accused the US of having an HIV policy rooted in fear and said it had no right to call itself a world leader in the fight against the disease.
• Six months after Israel's bloody war with Hamas, Peter Beaumont goes back to Gaza | World news | The Observer
  In the immediate aftermath of Israel's bloody three-week war with Hamas in January, Peter Beaumont travelled to Gaza and met the Palestinians devasted by the death of their families and the destruction of their neighbourhoods. Six months later he returns to find they are still waiting - to rebuild both their homes and their lives

Links for 2009-07-03 [del.icio.us]

• Parrworld: The Collection of Martin Parr / e-flux
  yeah yeah yeah! Martin Parr in Paris
• Foodprint / e-flux
  The Foodprint exhibition shows crucial moments relating to food, food production and the city through the work of artists and designers. Starting in the late 1960s artists have used food as a theme for tackling wider social topics. Gordon Matta Clark organized a restaurant as a meeting place. In Manhattan, Agnes Denes sowed a field of corn as a political statement: real estate versus food. More recently one comes across projects by Atelier Van Lieshout, centered around self-sufficiency, or Raul Ortega Ayala and Yang Zhichao, which focus on food in relation to ethical value systems.
• Activismo de corbata · ELPAÍS.com
  Su anuncio del fin de la guerra de Irak en un falso The New York Times tuvo un impacto planetario.Ahora, los agitadores Yes Men “arreglan el mundo” burlándose de petroleras y grandes corporaciones.
• L'exposition Martin Parr au Jeu de Paume - L'exposition Martin Parr au Jeu de Paume - 20minutes.fr
• STRP Festival, 2 - 13 April 2009, Klokgebouw Eindhoven
  STRP is pleased to announce that the fourth edition of the STRP festival will take place in April 2010 at the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. STRP is searching for exceptional work for presentation at the STRP festival, an international festival of art and technology. Creators of interactive art, robotics, visual projects, light art, and great experiences are invited to submit their work for possible inclusion in the festival.

Strength Training for Dancers

Pocket cinema: We are the Strange

Intimadance 2009: Ugly Dance at Tmuna Theater

From Paris, and almost as good as being there!

30 Seconds of Rhodes and Stanek

YOU MISSED THE GVA SESSIONS? WATCH THE PHOTOS

Fun…Fundraising.

Theory & Experience in Sufism

I’ll Take Mannahatta

Is Competitive Eating a Sport?

University Project: Mary Cochran - Chair and Artistic Director of the Department of Dance, Barnard College

Video Clips from Movement Research at the Judson Church - 6.8.09

Video Clips from Movement Research at the Judson Church - 6.1.09

Video Clips from Movement Research at the Judson Church-5.18.09

Video Clips from Movement Research at the Judson Church-5.11.09

Sam Kim's 'Darling'

Empty Gestures: Christine Elmo's Aimless Unicorns (One Response)

University Project - Simone Ferro, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Correspondence from Wanda Gala at the University of Limerick #4

Now: “Excerpts From A Letter To Marion From India; 03-01-01, Chennai Dusk” by KJ Holmes

Sync/O at PACT Zollverein

Photo: Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion Sync/O is part of a symposium

Sync/O Research as Teaching Laboratory

Another great contribution from graduate student Lily Skove: At the Ohio State University, The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) is a unique space for the convergence of distinct fields. Perhaps “collision” of distinct fields would be a more apt description, as “convergence” suggests easeful assimilation. Collaboration as collision necessitates the full force [...]

Matt Lewis on the Choreography of Attention

Matt Lewis is a computer scientist and collaborator on Synchronous Objects. His work in generative drawing was an inspiration for the generative drawing tool available on the site. If you have not played with this tool yet, give it a try, it uses data from the dance to drive the motion of the “paint brushes” [...]

Sync/O, Laban, and Dance History: Student Perspectives

Mara Penrose, an MFA student, and Hannah Kosstrin, a PhD student in the dance department at the Ohio State University, offer insights about Synchronous Objects from the perspective of Labanotation and dance history in a recent interview with graduate student Lily Skove. Lily Skove: Can you speak to your interest in Labanotation in relation to [...]

Lillian Skove on re-thinking choreography

I have invited collaborators on the project to periodically contribute to the blog describing their roles and interests in relation to Sync/O. This post is written by one of our graduate students in dance and tech, Lillian Skove: “Engaging with Synchronous Objects as a choreographer, I was very interested in how choreographic thinking is a way [...]

Call for applications - Meeting Point: Büyükhüsun

Meeting Point: Büyükhüsun is the second time the Meeting Point project comes alive. Following the concept of 'recycling', a playground of creativity on art, design, performance and local cuisine will be generated through workshops that will be led by Anita Bacic (AUS), Atelier BomDesign (NL), Body-Process Arts Association (TR) and local initiators (Gülpinar, Büyükhüsun TR); accompanied by a festival program that will add a new flavour to the life in the village.

Director seeked for the Maison de la Danse and the Biennale de la Danse in Lyon

These two flagship institutions present on both the national and international choreographic scenes, led by two complementary teams, share the joint commitment of inviting as many people as possible to discover and to enjoy dance in all of its diversity and creativity.

Perforations, a week of live arts

Mark the dates in your calendar for Perforations - a Week of Live art, which will take place in Dubrovnik, Sept 25 - 27 and in Zagreb, Sept 28 - 30.

Rencontres européennes des festivals d'Aix en Provence et d'Avignon

Initiées en 2007 par le Festival d'Avignon et élargies en 2008 au Festival d’Art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, pour aborder ensemble les enjeux du dialogue interculturel, les Rencontres Européennes proposent un espace de réflexion qui permet d'envisager le projet européen par le prisme de l’art et la culture.

decibel Performing Arts Showcase 2009

The decibel Performing Arts Showcase 2009 artist lineup is now announced! decibel Performing Arts Showcase has announced the line up for the fourth biannual showcase in Manchester from 15 – 18 September 2009. The showcase, an Arts Council England initiative, will offer a unique snapshot of England’s diverse performing arts talent to national and international arts professionals.

floating discussions in the dancing matrix

experiencing U.N.I. in the SideStep Festival (Helsinki) 2009

link to the article here

This is a method to use when we want to turn the information of dreams into thinking by using associations, finding patterns and connections. To understand the choreography of our common infinite reality, our selves. A brilliant simplicity, almost anarchistic tuned democracy in the method that opens the infinitely varying horizons of togetherness. A choreography of thoughts and ideas, a choreography of dreamlike metaphorical thinking

A Proposal for Developing Quantum Computing in Software

By working with metaphor, we can create the epistemological conditions that allow us to think, and by extension design, code and implement, the quantum computer, or Artificial Life, into existence. What follows is a description of both the morphogenetic field that contains our thought work on this problem, and also an enumeration of the strange attractors in operation in this field.

CHOREOGRAPHY: hing

She reads her body as a gate. This metaphor translates into movement as her perception of the darkness and light, movement and silence, space and matter of her environment act in infinitesimal variation on her body.

megamix mashup 1 - the will of the I-i is on set

/ In the beginning was the word. / an art / In the way of Performer – / In the beginning of what exactly? / other / he perceives essence

BOOK REVIEW: _Dream journey to the Unknown_ by Eeva Antilla

This is an important book about education, about our relationship to knowledge, about how we negotiate learning experiences, but even more importantly, how we negotiate control over the naming and judging of experience, and how we as teachers impose significance on events, and in the process teach children how to do the same.