April 18. - 30. 2008 - Brussels

http://www.imal.org/HolyFire/

Featuring:
Cory Arcangel (USA), Gazira Babeli (SL), Boredomresearch (UK), Christophe Bruno (FR), Grégory Chatonsky (FR), Miguel Chevalier (FR), Vuk Cosic (SLO), Shane Hope (USA), Jodi (BE/NL), Lab[au] (BE), Joan Leandre (SP), Olia Lialina & Dragan Espenschied (RU/DE), Golan Levin (USA), Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG (IT), Alison Mealey (UK), Mark Napier (USA), Casey Reas (USA), Charles Sandison (UK/FI), Antoine Schmitt (FR), Yacine Sebti (BE), Alexei Shulgin & Aristarkh Chernyshev (RU), John F. Simon, Jr. (USA), Paul Slocum (USA), Wolfgang Staehle (USA), Eddo Stern (USA), Ubermorgen.com (AT), Carlo Zanni (IT)

iMAL Center for Digital Cultures and Technology (www.imal.org) is proud to present Holy Fire. Art of the Digital Age, a collective exhibition featuring a unique panel of digital artworks created in the last ten years by internationally known new media artists, and coming from galleries and collections from around the world. Curated by iMAL director Yves Bernard and Italian curator Domenico Quaranta, Holy Fire is, in fact, featured into the “Off Program” of Art Brussels, the international contemporary art fair (April 18 - 21, 2008). Taking its cue from this occasion, Holy Fire is an attempt to explore how new media art, bypassing all the stereotypes connected with its presumed immateriality, was able to enter the art market.

Thus, Holy Fire is probably the first exhibition to show only collectable media artworks already on the art market, in the form of traditional media (prints, videos, sculptures) or customized media objects. The exhibition wants to show that new media art is just art of this century, to contribute to reduce the gap between digital art and contemporary art, and to participate in a broader understanding and acceptance of digital media. Holy Fire comes out from the belief that talking about a “new media art” as something different and separated from the contemporary art world doesn’t really make sense today. All contemporary art is, someway, new media art, as far as it makes use of the digital media for various purposes. So, the artworks collected in Holy Fire are not new media art, but simply art of our time: art which appropriates institutional or corporate identities, creates fictional ones, hacks softwares and game engines for its own purposes, infiltrates online or offline communities in order to portray them or their own myths, subverts existing tools or creates its own ones, explores the aesthetics of computation and information spaces; or, more simply, art which uses hardware and software in order to create art and speak about our time.

Over the last two decades, new media art experienced an exponential growth, that changed it from a little and relatively closed niche of experimentation into one of the biggest and more vital communities of the contemporary scene, and into an entirely new “art world”, with its own festivals, its own exhibition centers, its own magazines and debates. Yet, this increasing importance is hardly ever recognized in the contemporary art world, which is challenged by new media art in many ways. New media art is often immaterial, temporary, performative; it strongly relies on software and interfaces, and produce hardly sellable artifacts, with a high obsolescence risk in supporting equipment. So, it’s always difficult to find new media art in contemporary art venues and collections. In the meantime, many artists are fighting to find more stable layouts for their works, in the effort to bring new media culture in the contemporary art arena; and some brave individuals and institutions are starting collecting new media, knowing that its importance in the future could only grow up. With the accelerated technological development (e.g. large flat screens, powerful beamers, ubiquitous computing, wifi, fast internet) and the sociological and cultural acceptance of digital tools and media, new media art is going to become one of the main currents of 21th century art, looking at its own nexus to our techno-environment as a strength (not deafness), and to be part of our everyday life in our office, in public buildings as well as in our home.

The title of the exhibition is a reference to a well-known book by Bruce Sterling, a book which, among other issues, envision the art of the (at that time, future) digital age. In the same time, the issue makes reference to the passion that helps a growing number of people (artists, curators, gallery owners and collectors) to take care of an art that is temporary and variable by definition.

Galleries:

Bitforms, New York; DAM Gallery, Berlin; Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Brescia; Numeriscausa, Paris; Postmasters, New York; Project Gentili, Prato; Rodolphe Jannen Gallery, Brussels; XL Gallery, Moscow.

Collateral Events:

“Holy Fire: Exhibiting and Collecting New Media Art”. Conference-debate
Saturday 19 april, 11:30 - 13:30
Art Brussels (Brussels Expo)

One of the targets of the Holy Fire exhibition (iMAL, 18-30 april) is to take a snapshot of the present situation of New Media Art, an art practice arose from the meeting of art and computer technology in the Sixties. This practice developed into a self-built, parallel art system and had a second youth in the last half of the Nineties. New Media Art has always been described as process oriented, immaterial, and therefore un-collectable and un-preservable. Now getting to its adult age, it is entering the contemporary art world and market.

Moderated by Patrick Lichty (Columbia College, Chicago) with Alexei Shulgin (RU), Olia Lialina (RU/DE), Steve Sacks (bitforms, New York), Wolf Lieser (DAM, Berlin), Stéphane Manguet (Numeriscausa, Paris), Philippe Van Cauteren (SMAK, BE), Domenico Quaranta (Brescia, I) and Yves Bernard (Brussels).

Catalogue:

Domenico Quaranta, Yves Bernard (eds), Holy Fire. Art of the Digital Age, FPEditions, Brescia 2008. Hardcover, color, 128 pages. ISBN 978-88-903308-4-1, 25.00 ¤

Featuring contributions by: Inke Arns & Jacob Lillemose, Yves Bernard, Aristarkh Chernyshev, Roman Minaev & Alexei Shulgin, Vuk Cosic, Régine Debatty, Steve Dietz, Joan Leandre, Olia Lialina & Dragan Espenschied, Patrick Lichty, Wolf Lieser, Vicente Matallana, Eva & Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.org, Fabio Paris, Christiane Paul, Domenico Quaranta, Charles Sandison, Magdalena Sawon & Tamas Banovich, Paul Slocum, Bruce Sterling, Michele Thursz, Mark Tribe, Ubermorgen.com, Karen A. Verschooren.

VisualBerlin will be there this year….coming with something really special…

http://www.dmy-berlin.com

[lang_en]The Sky Is Not The Limit

Following the ‘DMY Fly High’ motto of 2007, DMY Berlin aims even higher in 2008. From May 21 - 25, under the title ‘The Sky Is Not The Limit’, protagonists of the national and international design scenes take the stage for the sixth time running to discuss the latest trends, explore current innovations and exchange creative ideas. Thus, borders become interfaces as night fades to day: this is design as a several-day, non-stop marathon program!
DMY Berlin has expanded!

After successfully establishing itself as a platform for young, experimental design over the past few years, DMY Berlin now reveals increasingly flowing outlines, as the exhibition becomes a festival.

With the newly created module DMY Allstars, DMY Berlin responds to the spate of requests made by national and international designers, and include the work of notorious and well-established creative forces within the DMY International Design Festival.
DMY Allstars

In addition to the DMY Youngsters’ main exhibition venue located on the Arena grounds DMY Allstars creates the opportunity of exploiting external locations.

In the form of satellite events dispersed throughout the entire city of Berlin, national and international exhibitors, design groups, as well as local creative talents join forces while taking part in thematic exhibitions, group shows and open studios all along the exhibition circuit. In this way, the DMY expands the festival program to the entire surface of the capital.

International Partner Hosts

Partner hosts from Korea, Taiwan and France will be represented at this year’s DMY International Design Festival with independent special exhibitions.

‘Turkish Delight’, the international highlight of these events, is eagerly awaited at the Pergamonmuseum, Museum for Islamic Art Berlin, London’s Royal College of Art embarks on a school trip, the exhibition of the Swiss Design Award takes place at stilwerk and Israel’s prestigious exhibition will grace the space of the Internationales Design Zentrum (IDZ) while Slovakia also sets sail for Berlin with a group of designers.
DMY Youngsters

As usual, DMY Youngsters forms the core of the DMY International Design Festival in the central exhibition hall of the Arena Berlin industrial grounds. DMY Youngsters functions simultaneously as a showroom, a design lab and a playground. As a unique creative happening set in the typically laid-back DMY Youngsters atmosphere between Couch DJ showcases and VJ performances, the event enables exhibitors to introduce their newest developments, design trends and experiments, from products to interior design via accessories and art objects.
Klublabor

This year’s DMY Klublabor will be featured in various nightlife hotspots all throughout the city. At the legendary opening party in the Arena and at the city’s finest clubs, an exceptional selection of DJs and VJs bring a formidable program of ecstatic nocturnal stylishness.
Additional program

This year, the DMY International Design Festival is also enhanced with an extensive framework program featuring numerous workshops and seminars focusing on the theme of design. Creative talents, professionals and visitors all have the opportunity to discover the latest developments and to exchange ideas in direct contact with the international design scene.
DMY, Berlin and international

DMY Berlin itself represents the ‘Design-City’ Berlin (UNESCO) on an international level. In 2008, besides the self-initiated DMY International Design Festival in Berlin, appearances are already planned at the Salone internationale del Mobile Milano, the Seoul Design Festival, the Taipé Design Expo in Taiwan, as well as the St. Etienne Design Biennale in France.

DAILY, MONTHLY, YEARLY… DMY is always and everywhere![/lang_en]

[lang_de]The Sky Is Not The Limit

Nach ‘DMY Fly High!‘, dem Motto von 2007, geht es für DMY Berlin 2008 noch weiter hoch hinaus. Unter dem Titel ‘The Sky Is Not The Limit’ treten, vom 21. - 25. Mai, bereits zum 6. Mal, die Protagonisten der nationalen und internationalen Designszene an. Hier werden neueste Trends diskutiert, Innovationen aufgezeigt und kreative Ideen ausgetauscht. Trennlinien werden zu Schnittstellen, die Nacht wird zum Tag: Design erleben als mehrtägigen Non-Stop-Programmmarathon!
DMY Berlin erweitert sich!

Das Wichtigste vorab: DMY Berlin erweitert sich. Nachdem sich DMY Berlin in den vergangenen Jahren erfolgreich als Plattform für junges, experimentelles Design positionieren konnte, werden in diesem Jahr die Grenzen fließender. Die Ausstellung wird zum Festival.

Mit dem neuen Modul, DMY Allstars, trägt das DMY International Design Festival der zahlreichen Nachfrage, nationaler und internationaler Designer Rechnung und bezieht Arbeiten von namenhaften, etablierten Kreativen mit ein.
DMY Allstars

Zusätzlich zum beeindruckenden Hauptausstellungsort der DMY Youngsters auf dem Gelände der Arena besteht mit DMY Allstars erstmals die Möglichkeit, externe Locations zu bespielen.

In Form von Satellitenveranstaltungen, welche über das gesamte Stadtgebiet Berlins verteilt stattfinden, wird nationalen wie internationalen Ausstellern und Designergruppen, wie auch lokal ansässigen Kreativen, die Möglichkeit geboten, mit thematischen Sonderausstellungen, Group Shows und Open Studios am Ausstellungsparcours teilzunehmen. Damit erweitert DMY Berlin das Festivalprogramm auf die gesamte Stadt.

Internationale Gastpartner

Auf dem diesjährigen DMY International Design Festival, werden die Gastpartner von DMY Berlin, aus Korea, Taiwan und Frankreich, mit eigenständigen Sonderausstellungen teilnehmen.

Als internationales Highlight wird die Ausstellung von ‘Turkish Delight’ im Pergamonmuseum, Museum für islamische Kunst Berlin, mit Spannung erwartet. Das Royal College of Art aus London begibt sich auf Klassenfahrt. Die Ausstellung des Schweizer Design Preises findet im stilwerk statt. Israel wird mit einer hochkarätig besetzten Ausstellung in den Ausstellungsräumen vom Internationalen Design Zentrum (IDZ) zu sehen sein und die Slowakei reist ebenfalls mit einer Gruppe von Designern nach Berlin.
DMY Youngsters

Das Herzstück des DMY International Design Festival bilden wie gewohnt die DMY Youngsters, die in der zentralen Ausstellungshalle auf dem Industriegelände der Arena Berlin stattfinden. Die DMY Youngsters sind Schauraum, Designlabor und Spielplatz gleichermaßen.

In Form eines unvergleichlichen Happenings der Kreativität, eingebettet in das für die DMY Youngsters typisch entspannte Ambiente, zwischen Couch DJ Showcases und VJ Performances, zeigen auf einer Ausstellungsfläche von nunmehr 7000qm weit über 150 Aussteller ihre neuesten Entwicklungen, Designtrends und Experimente, von Produkt über Interior Design, bis zu Accessoires und Objektkunst.
Klublabor

Das DMY KLUBLABOR kommt in diesem Jahr an die Orte des nächtlichen Geschehens, in der gesamten Stadt. Sowohl bei der legendären Opening Party, auf dem Gelände der Arena, wie auch in den besten Clubs der Stadt, sorgt eine Selektion von DJs und VJs für ein spannendes Programm nächtlicher Stilekstase.
Rahmenprogramm

Ergänzt wird das DMY International Design Festival auch in diesem Jahr durch ein umfassendes Rahmenprogramm, mit zahlreichen Workshops und Seminaren rund um das Thema Design. Kreative, Fachpublikum und Besucher haben hier gleichermaßen die Möglichkeit, sich über aktuelle Entwicklungen zu informieren und im Direktkontakt mit der internationalen Designszene auszutauschen.
DMY, in Berlin und international

DMY Berlin repräsentiert die ‘Design-City’ Berlin (UNESCO) auf internationaler Ebene. Für 2008, steht zum selbst initiierten DMY International Design Festival in Berlin, bereits die Teilnahme auf der Salone internationale del Mobile in Milano, dem Seoul Design Festival in Korea, der Taipé Design Expo in Taiwan und der St. Etienne Design Biennale in Frankreich fest.

DAILY, MONTHLY, YEARLY… DMY ist immer und überall![/lang_de]

01. - 15.06.2008 - Berlin

[lang_en]NEW LIFE BERLIN is a contemporary art festival dedicated to new modes of moving and existing.

NEW LIFE BERLIN is curated from the participatory art community WOOLOO.ORG , and will take place in Berlin between 1st and 15th June 2008. In addition to the published program, the curators invite members of the online community to participate throughout the festival itself.

In this way, NEW LIFE BERLIN connects the resources of a global artists network with the physical geography of Berlin, as Europe’s pre-eminent centre for cultural production.

By inviting participation (while still retaining curatorial control), NEW LIFE BERLIN will investigate the much discussed ‘online community’ - How effective is this community? What binds this community? What governs it? In contrast to traditional art festivals and biennials, NEW LIFE BERLIN will not represent a set of cultural conclusions, but create a model for a fluid cultural landscape.

The NEW LIFE BERLIN festival program is structured along three themes:

Transnational Communities. What do ‘community’ and ‘identity’ mean today? Presenting projects from both artistic and sociological starting points, NEW LIFE BERLIN will use group participation to explore real-life cultural mobility.

Artistic Social Responsibility. What is the relationship between cultural practitioners and corporate entities in the new millennium? How does contemporary cultural production relate to the concept of “Corporate Social Responsibility”?

Participation and Intervention. How do participatory arts practices affect the socio-cultural environments in which they take place? How and why can local audiences become involved in artists’ projects, and what does their involvement mean in terms of civic engagement and social empowerment?

WHY BERLIN?
Berlin has been chosen as festival location, due to its growing international position as the preferred meeting place for a multitude of cultural practitioners. Constantly exchanging experiences, ideas and knowledge with other likeminded individuals within (and far from) the urban confines of the city, the artists in Berlin are forming and fortifying new human networks independent of specific citizenships and traditional nationalistic expectations.

Looking at contemporary Berlin can help us analyse the ongoing (re-)production of cultural signs that constitute the power structures of the Western nation state. In this important way, the artistic communities of the city are becoming essential for understanding how new collective networks are constructed globally today.[/lang_en]

http://www.wooloo.org/festival/

nun doch nicht mit vjing + installation: e-gruppe @ Maria, Berlin - - -

AAABER das nächste mal dann.

e-gruppe: vjing

KULTURHAUS LUDWIGSFELDE : Theodor-Fontane-Str. 42 • 14974 LUDWIGSFELDE

DIVINITY /// denfis.de, 4loveU
ELECTROSTATIC (live) /// electrostatic-live.de
EXTRA DRY DUO /// coconut beatclub
DRESSMAN & TOM HILL /// coconut beatclub
YUTANIE /// taigatrommel
MARK F /// club 404/2
NILSON /// coconut beatclub

Einmal in Fahrt gekommen hält der März noch ein weiteres Highlight für euch bereit.
Entgegen dem aktuellen soziografischen Trend engagiert sich das Kollektiv des Coconut
Beatclub auch wieder einmal außerhalb der Großstadt im beschaulichen Städtchen Ludwigsfelde.
Denn genau hier begann vor vielen Jahren die Geschichte von den musikbegeisterten Freaks,
die anfingen für sich und ihre Freunde Partys zu veranstalten. Angekommen im Jahr 2008 kann
man sich hier erneut auf eine extravagante Ausgabe der beliebten Feierlichkeiten freuen und
ausnahmsweise eine Nacht abseits der einschlägigen Clubs verbringen. Mit dem Kulturhaus fiel
die Wahl der Location auf den zentral gelegenen, größten Veranstaltungsort der Stadt, der zu
diesem Anlass mit Sicherheit einmalig in Szene gesetzt wird. Im Mittelpunkt der Party steht
neben den einschlägigen lokalen Djs der Berliner Ausnahmekünstler und Entertainmentakkrobat
Divinity, der mit seinem Mix aus House und Electro und seiner unverwechselbaren Show viele
treue Fans hinter sich weiß. Ebenfalls auf dem Spielplan stehen die beiden Görlitzer
Fabian Schumann und Simon de la Concord, die als Electrostatic hier erstmals ihren Liveact
vorstellen. Die Karten zur Party erhaltet ihr im Vorverkauf exklusiv auf www.coconut-beatclub.de.
Also, nicht verpassen und vorbeikommen!

Beginn: 22.00 Uhr
VVK: 8,- € zzgl. Gebühr
Vorverkauf ab sofort nur auf www.coconut-beatclub.de!
P18. Einlass ab 18 Jahren.

Videokunst wird immer Gesellschaftsfähiger, selbst die Sparkasse kommt nicht dran vorbei.

http://www.berliner-akzente.de/stadt_szene/artikel_95038.php

We would like to invite You to
This is one is dedicated to the old battle Man against Machine.
We have 4 very manual very dedicated very individual VJs battling a very functional very high end very precise 4 colour laser.
Let the games begin. See and be seen. See You there.

Yours, club V

www.clubv.de

……………………………………

Second set on sunday morning. 16.03 from 7am, back to the space. With the kind assistance of Lucas B [OstlerTV].

[lang_de]Gestern fand die Ordentliche Mitgliederversammlung des VC VisualBerlin e.V. statt.

Der alte Vorstand, bestehend aus Leinwandler, fRED und Kiritan wurde, genauso wie der Kassenwart Ignis Lucifer, gestern erfolgreich von ihren Posten entlastet. Der Finanzberichts der letzten zwei Jahre wurde von allen Mitgliedern und den Rechnungsprüfern Christiane und Lucas toleriert und mit konstruktiver Kritik und einigen Verbesserungsvorschlägen akzeptiert.

Es gibt einen neuen Vorstand! Nach einer spannenden Wahl wurden Hilmi mit 32 Stimmen, Jorgk mit 22 Stimmen und Flux mit 17 Stimmen in den Vorstand gewählt. Die Kandidaten haben die Wahl angenommen. Zum Kassenwart wurde Herr Sonntag per Akklamation ernannt.[/lang_de]

[lang_en]Yesterday, VisualBerlin celebrated their annual member gathering. In a secret election, the new management board has been voted for. The new board consists of Hilmi, Jorgk and Flux. The new treasurer is Mister Sonntag.[/lang_en]

mit den eeees als vjs!