Theo Jansen in Japan

The first exhibition in Asia by one of my favorite Dutch artist Theo Jansen is held from January 17th (Sat) to April 12th (Sun). On display at the specially constructed venue are Jansen's "strandbeests" (beach creatures). These kinetic sculptures have "skeletons" made out of plastic tubes, and mechanisms that harness wind energy to walk and move.

Theo Jansen Exhibition
Venue: Hibiya Patio
Schedule: From 2009-01-17 To 2009-04-12
10:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30)
Address: 1-4-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006

I had shown his Ted Talk video in class and is very much loved by students. However it is very difficult to bring this mechanical(non-electronic) creature to walk on the sands in Hong Kong. The art climate here is just too strident for it.

Media Facades Festival Berlin 2008

Myths and Potentials of Media Architecture and Urban Screens

Artist Workshop: 2.-4. July 2008
Testscreening: 30. August, Lange Nacht der Museen

Exhibition: October 16 - December 12 2008
Conference: October 17 - 18, 2008
Urban Screenings: 17. October - 3. November 2008

INTERSECTIONS. 9 artists from 3 places@Gallery Benten 17

INTERSECTIONS. 9 artists from 3 places
Opening Time and Place Date: Friday, April 11, 2008
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 12 Shing Wong Street
Gallery Benten 17 announces INTERSECTIONS, an inter-cultural art project featuring 9 emerging artists, 3 each from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.

ARTISTS:
Kwong Yin Brian Hung, Hong Kong
Kira Kim, Korea
Hyungmin Moon, Korea
Yoh Nagao, Japan
Phoebe Junghee Shin, Korea
Yuko Tanaka, Japan
Ali Wong, Hong Kong
Seiji Yonehara, Japan
Samson Young, Hong Kong

INTERSECTIONS attempts to interpret the traditional, cultural and technological influences which are crucial for understanding today’s globalised societies, where identities and social relations are constantly being challenged. This exhibition facilitates the crossing of these paths to allow new connections to be made.

This is the inaugural launch of what will be an annual event featuring artists from these three locations.

www.benten17.com

Moveable type at NY Times Building

My all time favorite new media art work "Listening Post"(2002) has never been able to come to HK. Microwave presented only their photo documentation in 2004. I saw it finally last year at ISEA and get so moved that I almost broke out my tears.
The artist Ben Ruben and Mark H Hansen did a new project "Moveable Type" at the lobby of New York Times Building, using words from William Burrough.
Video

Contour 2007 - third biennial for video art

Participating artists: Aline Bouvy/John Gillis, Gerard Byrne, Neil Cummings/Marysia Lewandowska, Omer Fast, Cao Guimarães, Carsten Höller, Saskia Holmkvist, Hassan Khan, Tsui Kuang-Yu, Gabriel Lester, Deimantas Narkevicius, Rosalind Nashashibi, Cédric Noël, Gert Robijns, Lucy Skaer/Rosalind Nashashibi, Supersober (Bohdan Stehlik/Una Szeemann), Sarah Vanagt

Curator: Nav Haq

This summer the city of Mechelen will become the epicentre of the third edition of the Contour Biennial for Video Art. The exhibition presents a selection of video works by international artists, both well-known and emerging. The most important exhibition of its type in Belgium, Contour 2007 will be presented in 12 exceptional architectural locations, all walking distance around the centre of the city.

Contour 2007 - third biennial for video art has been given the subtitle Decoder. The exhibition presents a number of video and film works in a double-edged line of enquiry. It investigates the perceptual and rhetorical mechanisms that exist which affect and shape how people assimilate their comprehension of the world. Within this investigation it also analyses the contemporary tendencies within lens-based media art practices for looking at the particular issue above, whether self-reflexive or not. The exhibition looks at the contemporary conditions and desires for consuming through the visual, and questions the capacity for effectively debating socio- and geo-political issues through this consumption. It is not intended to be a political biennial as such. Rather it looks at the means that exist through which we consume political concerns, and then interrogates itself to ask the reason why this act is relevant within contemporary art in the first place.

Aside from 8 existing works, Contour 2007 also presents no less than 9 new ones that have been created especially for this exhibition. As in previous editions, the format of a city tour combined with video art in different locations will be emphasised. The project is citywide, and a range of sites are being used. Historical sites play a role, as well as unused sites that formerly had some kind of public function. There are also sites that presently have active public relationships of various forms.

In order to give each edition of the biennial a new 'artistic injection', and therefore possessing it its own specific character, a new guest curator is appointed each time. This third edition is curated by Nav Haq, a young London-based curator, soon to be the curator at the Arnolfini, Bristol. The artistic team also includes London-based designer Sara de Bondt and Ghent-based architect house BARAK.

A catalogue with essays by Nav Haq and Nina Möntmann, plus interviews with all the participating artists, has been published to accompany the exhibition.

Open Source Exhibition open today

RIGHT CLICK: Open Source New Media Exhibition

24/5 – 13/6/2007
Venue 展出地點： Kapok Gallery
B/F, 9 Dragon Road, Tin Hau (next to Tin Hau Temple Road) [map]
Opening 開幕派對： 24/5/2007
7:00 pm with oversea artists’ attendance
Date 日期： 24/5 - 13/6/2007
10:00 am - 8:00 pm (Mon-Fri)；12:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Sat-Sun) * free admission
Inquiry 查詢： Jeff LEUNG (read.jeff@gmail.com / 96451104) ;
Kapok (info@ka-pok.com / 2549-9254)
Curator 展覽策劃 ： GuLLDY+Jeff LEUNG

Seminars 專題講座

Seminar 1 : OPEN SOURCE: FOUNDATIONS, SITUATIONS AND DIRECTIONS
Seminar 2 : Open Source Software Development: A case on Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
Seminar 3 : Artist Seminars
Seminar 4 : Who says “working-in-progress” cannot be opened? -Workshops Progress Sharing

Open Source in New Media Art

DIY (Do-It-Yourself) is not new to most design and art lovers. But when DIY goes digital, it is not as easy as it seems to be truly self-initiated without commercial software. The spirits of Open Source are to provide an open platform for digital media users to upload and download programming sources free of charge, and allow them to individualize these sources as their own designs and applications. Such free exchange of ideas and information ultimately gather collective experiences and creativities, which is much more meaningful then just doing things on one’s own.

GuLLDY and their co-curator Jeff LEUNG are pleased to present the exhibition “Right Click：Open Source New Media Art Exhibition”. Three international creative parties will present their interactive new media artworks based on Open Source programming and technology. What will be showcased are not only the completed works of art but also the entire processes as well as sources of the technology and the conceptual ideas applied to these works. In short, the exhibition aims to open and share with audiences every step involved in the productions of the exhibits, promoting the very spirits of DIY(Do-It-Yourself) and Creative Commons.

Creative parties including Daniel Shiffman (USA), Josh Minor (USA), mirco+playground (Taiwan) will present their works in the exhibition. Among these parties, Josh Minor and mirco+playground will come from aboard for the opening party and seminars, sharing their creations and creativities with audiences.

The exhibition is part of GuLLDY’s media art programme series subsidized by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. It will commence on 24 May at Kapok Gallery and will last until 13 June.

對不少設計或藝術愛好者而言，DIY(Do-It-Yourself) 不是新課題，但面對設計精密的數碼媒體，要不倚賴商業軟件去DIY 創作，卻可能是一大難題。「開放源碼」(Open Source) 的精神是為數碼媒體使用者提供免費平台，讓他們自由上載下載程式源碼，繼而自行轉化成個人化的使用和設計；又正如「資源共享」(Creative Commons) 所鼓吹的宗旨，難得是這種開放式的自由交流匯聚了集體創意和智慧，比一般的DIY 一人創作更有意思。

由GuLLDY( 玖樓陸兜友) 及策展人梁展峰共同策劃的「Right Click ：開放源碼新媒體展覽」將展示多位來自本地及海外的新媒體創作人以開放源碼為基礎的互動數碼設計。展覽除了展出他們的製作成品之外，還會由始到末的完全展示他們創作源頭和過程，當中可能包括原創的程式源碼或由其他人的源碼所改造和轉化的新程式，參觀者在參觀之餘還可以參與其中，回家DIY 創作，親身體會由開放源碼引發的無限創意。

Some most exhibited media artists in China

Jiuchang Art Complex, Beihuqu Road, Anwaibeiyuan Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012 P.R. China

2007 .5.3_5pm (Performers:Yang2, aaajiao)

Tel : +86 10 5202 3800
Fax :+86 10 5202 3808

info@arariobeijing.com
杨福东
《陌生天堂》
2002年
电影
王郁洋
《登月计划》
2007年
录像装置
3套宇航服 / 陨石 / 录像 / 采样 / 感应器
邱志杰
《西方》
1999年
互动装置
3台触摸屏电脑 / 混合媒体文件
汪建伟
《生活在别处》
1999年作品
记录片
140分钟

郑云瀚
《鸡西调查自2004》
互动装置
12只感应器 / 4台高显示投影机 / 4台电脑

'New Media: Who, What, Where, When and Why.'

Those who are interested in surveying the current status of new media art, as it's been informed by a few decades of development, ought to visit or read the online essays for the Neuberger Museum of Art's exhibition series, 'New Media: Who, What, Where, When and Why.' Based at the State University of New York, in Purchase, the museum has made a major commitment to the study of new media with this series that has already spanned three years. 'New Media: Who' opened in 2004 and included 'heavy-hitters' ranging from Nam June Paik to net art pioneers Mendi and Keith Obadike. 'New Media: What' took on the precarious challenge of defining what constitutes new media, while ultimately displaying the diverse nature of media-based practices in effect today--including digital animation, machine vision, sound art, and web-based work. 'New Media: Where' focused on the theme of displacement and what the organizers saw as 'our sensory and social projection into the abstract digital world.' The current episode of the series, 'New Media: When' is on view through June 10 and includes work by Char Davies, LoVid (pictured here), Marshall Reese and Nora Ligorano, and Brooke Singer. The focus, in this case, is on time: our perceptions and representations of the temporal, as well as the ways in which artworks can change in form, as they evolve. - Elizabeth Johnston via Rhizome

Moritz Waldemeyer with Hussein Chalayan

Moritz Waldemeyer presents mechanical dress at Hussein Chalayan’s Autumn/Winter 2007/8 collection, which was shown in Paris last week.

In his second collaboration with the fashion designer, designer-engineer Waldemeyer produced some new mechanical dresses plus dresses with full video capability: each is covered with 15,000 individually controllable LEDs, meaning the surface of the dresses can display moving video imagery.

“Basically there are two dresses where the whole dress is a display,” says Waldemeyer, who first worked with Chalayan for his Spring/Summer 2007 collection last year, engineering remarkable mechanical dresses with motorised flaps and seams.

Below: mechanical dresses from Chalayan’s Spring/Summer 2007 collection, which Waldemeyer engineered.

Special Effect Print Design Exhibition

Open till 16th Mar. 2007 @Basheer Design Book, 1/F, Flat A, Island Building, 441 Hennessy Road
1130am to 10pm (mon -sun)

Venice Cyber Biennale

This exhibition is co-organized with nonprofit art institutes, academic community and various intellectual observers from all over the world with subtile observation and independent opinions. Exhibition works are transparently collected all by means of internet. The First VENICE Cyber Biennale is divided into 5 regions: Europe, America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The purpose of the division is to facilitate audience to get a better understanding of different regional visual art and cultural identity. This exhibition will be held simultaneously with VENICE Biennale in 2007.
Rules
1. There is no restriction to applicants’ nationality, age, gender or occupation, either in person or in group is welcomed.
2. There is no exhibiting works quantity limit for participant(s), each exhibiting works is regarded as a unit.
3. All exhibiting works of personal or group participants’ must be original creation
4. Either individual applicant or allied authors applicants can enter for the exhibition.

>>Works Requirements
There is no restriction to work formats: drawing, sculpture, installation, project, photography, article,audio,video, performance etc.

>>Submission Requirements
1. Any format that can be transmitted by internet
2. Should you have further question, please feel free to contact organizing committee of VENICE Cyber Biennale.

>>Time Arrangement:
1. Apply and submit works date: From January 1, 2007 ~ April 30, 2007 (Date is subject to the local mail stamp chop in terms of airmail)
2. Shortlist announcement date: May 30, 2007
3. Opening Date: June 2007

>>Awards
1. Award crowned by organizer committee (is judgd by the host organizetion)
2. Observor Prize (based on the votes of organization and observers)
3. Award crowned by netizen (based on votes from internet)

>> Application Process
1.Filling the application forms.
Applicant is required to visit VENICE Cyber Biennale website www.vchiennale.org and download application forms. Fill out the forms with information as fact (Each work is required to have its author’s name(s) and description)
2、Exhibiting Works
(1) a. exhibiting works in form of computer files should be submitted by E-mail, please send it with the downloaded application form.
b. Should exhibiting works in electronic file be submitted by airmail, it can be attached with electronic application form.
(2).Please submit the original exhibiting works by either E-mail or airmail to “The First VENICE Cyber Biennale committee”
a. E-mail to：enter@vcbiennale.org (files no bigger than 10 MB)
b. Mail to: Room 301, No.27th Building, No 58 Macau Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, 200060, China (files bigger than 10 MB)
Contact Person: He Dan
(3). Anyone who is interested in exhibiting in The First VENICE Cyber Biennale is required to submit works to Organizing Committee on or before April 30, 2007 (date is subject to the local mail stamp chop). If the deadline is missed by applicant, it is regarded as self abjuration without further notice.
(4). Applicants will receive reply by email in 15 working days after submission by email.
Applicant will receive reply by email in 30 working days after submission by airmail. Please contact Organizing Committee if there is no reply.
(5). All submitted works will not be returned, applicants are suggested to keep copy themselves.

Writing machine again

Writing & Machine as Sites

Writing Machine Collective 2nd Edition [WMC_e2] aims at presenting accessible, and yet quality works with a strong research impulse to the public to illustrate one kind of possibility for new media art. This involves a new experience of writing via computer-programming-based machine capabilities.

In this edition, we particularly focused on a dialogue with Generative Art, a form of art that has been extensively explored in 20th-century fine arts and experimental literature, and more recently in media arts that involve code-based programming. In addition, we seek to ensure the works selected to shed light on our banal everyday life setting and popular cultural elements as much as possible.

All the exhibited works are interaction-based, and some highlight real-time performance. Compared with works in WMC_e1 (2004), next to the idea of machine, and the materiality of writing, we have placed a much stronger emphasis on interface design in order to strengthen the installation art quality of these works.

The interests and individual strength of the 11 artists (or teams) pertain to very different possibilities of the future development of the “Writing Machine,” and only a full assemblage of them helps to illustrate to the public the richness and diversity of this rather less attended aspect of new media arts. Along with the exhibition, a broad range of educational activities will be carried out to bring the project to fruition, including lectures, workshops, and an on-line virtual parallel exhibition, all of which will cover a six-month period.

From the perspective of research impulses, WMC_e2 is essential for further clarification of the theoretical issues and creative impulses involved in the play with technology. WMC_e2 embraces long-term multi-disciplinary enquiry, and therefore it should be more than just an exhibition of finished works.

---Curator: Linda Lai

文字機器創作集（第2輯）旨在展出探索性、平易近人且具質素的作品，透過電腦程式的機器特性，引進創新的寫作體驗，演繹新媒體藝術的種種可能。是次展覽特別注重對「衍生藝術」的探討：衍生藝術曾廣泛被二十世紀的美術及實驗文學視為研究對象，而近年冒起的媒體藝術亦有透過電腦程式來探索衍生藝術的趨勢。同時，我們亦希望參展作品能突顯普及文化中的各種元素，為日常生活的平凡景象帶來生氣。

所有參展作品均以互動為大前提，其中亦有一些作品以實時表演的形式進行。展覽延續了文字機器創作集第1輯（2004）的精神，強調對「機器」概念及寫作本身的關注。然而，相較於第一輯，是次的參展作品特別著重介面設計，以突出其裝置藝術的質素。

十一個參展藝術單位各施其法各顯所長，他們對於「文字機器」未來的發展亦提供了多方面的可能性。由於「文字機器」為新媒體藝術領域上相較地不被重視的發展方向，因此只有把所有作品一拼展出才得以勾勒其豐富與多樣性。為使整個文字機器創作集（第2輯）計劃更趨全面，我們將於未來半年間舉行多項富教育意味的活動，當中包括講座、工作坊及網上展覽。

在學術研究的層面上，文字機器創作集著實擔當了重要的角色。「文字機器」除進一步闡釋了挪玩科技所涉及的理論及創作問題外，長遠地更力求達致一跨學科的研究精神。因此，文字機器創作集的意義絕非單一場展覽所能演繹過來。

---策展人：黎肖嫻

參展藝術家 Participating Artists:

‧ CHAN Chi-hang, Ray 陳志恆 / LAM Yan-kit, Keith 林欣傑 (Wii Writes What Wii Moves)
‧ CHIU Yee-ling, Gabbie 趙綺鈴 / LEE Nga-chung, Venda 李雅頌 / TO Yip-sang, Told 涂業生 / YIP Kai-chun 葉啟俊 (Body Language)
‧ CHOI Chi-yeung, Lawrence 蔡智揚 / LAI Chiu-han, Linda 黎肖嫻 (Who is Singing? –Donald, can you hear me?)
‧ FOXALL, Nick (Untitled Announcements)
‧ HO Lok-ka, Coco 何樂家 (de - code x re- write)
‧ RODRIGUEZ, Hector 羅海德 (Station)
‧ SIU Chi-man, Eric 蕭子文 (grARTphicator)
‧ TO Yip-sang, Told 涂業生 (Genetic Text)
‧ WONG, Chiu-tat, Justin 黃照達 (Typing Machine)
‧ WONG Wing-fat, Morgan 黃榮法 (Alliance)
‧ WONG Kit-shun, Reine 王潔淳 (ARound)

Physical Exhibition
Opening: 12 January 2007, 7pm
Date: 12 January to 8 February 2007
Venues: 1a space and Videotage
Address: Units 13 and 14, Cattle Depot Artists Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Seminar-lecture: 20 January 2007, 2:30pm
Topic: “Artificial Language”
Speaker: Dr. Hector Rodriguez
Artist Forum: 27 January and 3 February 2007, 2:30pm

Opening Hours
1 a space: Tuesday to Sunday, 2pm to 8 pm (Closed on Mondays and public holidays)
Videotage: Monday to Friday, 11am to 6pm (Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)

Virtual Exhibition
Date: from 14 January 2007 onwards
Website: http://www.writingmachine-collective.net/virtual

"Intermedia" exhibition

Engaging 'Intermedia'
In the mid-sixties, Fluxus artists began using the term 'intermedia' to describe work that was both interdisciplinary and composed of multiple media. The term highlights the intersection of artistic genres and has gradually emphasized performative work and projects that employ new technologies. The exhibition 'Engaging Technology: A History and Future of Intermedia,' on view through March 11 at Muncie, Indiana's Ball State Museum of Art, offers an art-historical survey of such activity. Artists Richard Bloes, Hans Breder, Adam Brown, Gary Hill, Dick Higgins, Jenny Holzer, Golan Levin, Nam June Paik, and Alan Rath show work that explores 'intersections between electronic media and various modes of art making--video, poetry, sculpture, performance, sound, typography, music, and installation.' Organizers John Fillwalk and Tania Schuler worked to explore the etymology of the term 'intermedia,' while emphasizing the practice of artists who 'are particularly interested in the! relationship between a viewer and a work of art.' Fillwalk's curatorial statement argues that, 'In encountering that threshold of engagement, the viewer can enter into a partnership with the artist in shaping the direction of the work.' The implication is that these pioneering pieces have an ongoing legacy and flexible trajectory. Meanwhile, the show is a refreshing look back at the history of new media. If you can't visit it in person, check out the online video tour. - Marisa Olson
Ball state University:
2000 W. University Ave.
Muncie, IN 47306

'Engaging Technology: A History and Future of Intermedia' on view.
Video tour intoduced by guest curator John Filwak.

Aftershock -余震@广东美术馆

什么是“余震”?

　　“余震”是由英国驻华使(领)馆文化教育处和广东美术馆和首都博物馆联合举办的英国当代艺术展，并将于2006年12月15日开始在广州和北京巡回展览。展出的作品极少在英国本土以外展出。然而在2006和2007年，英国驻华使/领馆文化教育处将在中国举办余震艺术展，首次将这一代艺术家们的作品带到中国大陆。无疑这将是一项国内最大型的艺术盛事，同时这也是一次难能可贵的机会，将带给年轻的中国观众特别的感觉。

　　广东美术馆展期：2006年12月15日至2007年2月4日

　　首都博物馆展期：2007年3月8日至5月6日

　　什么是YBA?

　　1988年，一群年轻的英国艺术家在伦敦东部的一个仓库里面展示了他们的作品。在接下来9年的时间里面，他们精彩的、富有创造力的作品在全世界范围内引起了一股热潮。1997年，他们在伦敦最负盛名的皇家艺术学院举办了一场名为“感觉”的展览，吸引了30万名观众。Damien Hirst(达明安赫斯特)、Tracey Emin (翠西 艾敏)和Chris Ofili(克里斯•奥菲利)等已成为在英国乃至世界都家喻户晓的艺术家名字。他们的作品也被世界最出名的收藏家们所钟爱和收藏，其中就有广告业的亿万富翁和画廊拥有者Charles Saatchi(查尔斯•萨其)。

　　“年轻的英国艺术家”［YBA，Young British Artists］几乎在世界范围内同时成为前卫艺术和时尚的代名词。通过年轻艺术家的崛起，当代艺术也不再是只存在于艺术家工作室、画廊和博物馆中的高雅文化，而是成为大众传媒和公众广泛谈论的话题。

　　YBA有哪些艺术家?

　　Young British Artists，或者叫Brit artists，Britart，是一群曾经在英国伦敦Goldsmith college进修的概念艺术家，画家，雕塑家，装置艺术家。他们的名字包括：Chris Ofili (克里斯•奥菲利 )，Cornelia Parker (科妮莉亚•帕克)， Mona Hatoum (莫娜•哈透姆)， Damien Hirst (达明安•赫斯特)，Douglas Gordon (道格拉斯•高登)，Glenn Brown(葛兰•布朗)，Sarah Lucas(莎拉 卢卡斯)，Gillian Wearing(吉莉安•韦英)等等。

　　YBA对当代艺术产生什么影响？

　　•参观现代艺术展览的观众与日俱增；

　　•现代艺术馆，如伦敦的泰特现代美术馆(Tate Modern)，成为很受欢迎的英国旅游目的地之一；

　　•自毕加索之后，艺术家首次成为媒体所关心的“超级明星”；

　　•艺术市场真正繁荣起来；伦敦则成为纽约之后的另一个世界级艺术中心。

I am going around noon on 25th Dec. Anybody wants to go together, leave yr msg.

Exhibition of Sound Art from Chinese artists

In 2008 curators Lawrence English and Zoe Butt will be presenting an exhibition of sound art from chinese artists. The exhibition will be a touring one, to be shown in a variety of cities in Australia, New Zealand and other Asian centres. We are currently seeking artists for this exhibition and are hoping that artists can contribute works on cd or for installations send documentation/catalogues/cds etc of the works for consideration. - contact can be made via Dickson Dee/Noise Asia or by sending mail to the address below.

2008年, lawrence english 和 zoe butt 將舉辦中國聲音藝術的巡迴展覽. 地點包括澳洲, 新西蘭以及其他亞洲國家的主要城市. 目前, 我們正尋找藝術家參與是次展覽. 希望有興趣的藝術家可以提供他們的作品 CD, 文字介紹, 目錄等相關資料以供審議. 聯絡方式可通過 Dickson Dee/Noise Asia 或去信至以下地址:

::ROOM40:: LAWRENCE ENGLISH
PO BOX 771 HAMILTON CENTRAL
QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA 4007

Dickson Dee / Noise Asia
POBox 34867 King’s Road Hong Kong CHINA
email:dickson.dee@gmail.com

update:Oct 06

Lyon 2007

There are now 103 biennials around the world, mapping news that is growing exponentially, apparently renewable at will, and interchangeable. Flux is prevailing over singularity. One hundred and three biennials, 103 lists of artists, 103 titles... a biennial opens roughly every three days, and they cover one another. Their mechanics inhabit and generate a perpetual present, stretching to infinity. How, then, can a biennial still have critical authority? In 2003 and 2005, we opened a debate on this new form of temporality ?firstly on the programmed future, and then on duration.

And now the debate continues: starting with the conviction that there must surely be a history to news and an archaeology to the news of news (the undifferentiated present), I invited Stehanie Moisdon and Hans Ulrich Obrist to reflect upon this challenge and conceive the 2007 Lyon Biennial. Their ambition is clear: to open the century and name the decade, but with humour. The 2007 Biennial will thus be a game, played as it should be with the utmost seriousness; it will explore issues to do with players, of course, but also with polyphony and, especially, the essential place occupied by the artist.

Thierry Raspail
Artistic director, Lyon Biennial


The 21st century hasn't yet begun, the century has to begin!
Alain Badiou

The next Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art will open on 17 September 2007. The project devised for this 9th edition by Sethanie Moisdon and Hans Ulrich Obrist is a history book written by a number of people. The history of a decade yet to be named; of a present that is endlessly arriving.

The project is structured like a grand game, with rules for selecting and casting the roles; a game in which some 50 players from around the world are invited to invite an essential artist of this decade. The ultimate purpose of this game, in which invitation is the rule, is to produce together an original landscape, to rethink the format and grammar of contemporary art biennials, and to create living matter from the archaeology of now.

This history book, published on the occasion of the biennial, is both the project's origin and its horizon. It is conceived as a space open to different voices and trajectories. It will comprise essays by philosophers, critics and historians, and the manifesto texts of each player, centred on a particular vision of the present and of what is happening on the contemporary creative scene. The dynamic system which develops through the formation of this community, enables us to reach beyond generational, geographical and thematic axes and to shift the hierarchies and conventions of knowledge into a feedback loop.

香港微波新媒体艺术节 11.4-11.15

From http://www.villagypsy.com/2006/10/25/hong-kong-microwave-art-festival/


这次来的艺术家们都是颇有点名气的:Daniel Shiffman,搞Processing的朋友应该知道他吧;Jin Yon Muk,那个做Music Box出名的韩国艺术家;Rafael Lozano-Hemmer,我最欣赏的公共艺术家之一;Camille Utterback,互动影像艺术家等等. 除了这些艺术家的作品展出之外, 艺术节还组织了对今年刚过世的韩国新媒体艺术家白南准Nam June Paik(就是那个做电视墙的)的作品回顾.

整个艺术节看起来主要以互动视觉艺术为主.如果你是那些艺术的Fans,我劝你千万别错过.

London 2 : The Royal Academy of Arts Presents 'USA Today'

It cost 9 pound to go in and does it worth it? Well, if you are are dying to see one or two famous work, ok but the famous works do not mean good work, so you decide.


LONDON - An exhibition featuring new work from The Saatchi Gallery by forty young American artists, will be brought together at the Royal Academy of Arts in USA Today. Over 150 new works of art will be presented including paintings, sculptures and photographs. The exhibition will run from 6 October – 4 November 2006 at the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens.

USA Today features a new generation of American artists, together with other young artists who have moved from Europe, Asia, Africa and other parts of the world to work in the United States. The subjects of these recently made art works, most of which are no more than two years old, focus on the artists’ views of world events and America’s place in global society. Many of the artists and their works have already attracted attention through their political references.

A Show of International Works on Art and Science Opened in Beijing

Last time is already 5 years ago.




Exhibitions: (2006.Nov.11 - Nov.25)
Theme: Harmony & Innovation
# New Explorations: Cutting Edge Explorations in Art & Science

# New Practices: Art & Science’s Application and Study

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Symposium: (2006.Nov.11 - Nov.12)
Theme: Value & Creation
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Venue: Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University. Beijing, China
http://www.tasie.org.cn/default_en.asp