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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Report from Zürich

Digital Art Weeks in Zurich were organized by Jürg Gutknecht, Art Clay and Stefan Müller Arisona @ ETH Zürich. It was a fun 5 days of artist talks, performances and parties. Some of the highlights included Regine Debbaty's (http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/) talk on bio-tech art, and the presentation by Michelle Riel and Helen Thorington (turbulence.org) about social network and participatory art.

My paper "DIY: The Militant Embrace of Technology", (which is not necessarily included in the highlight section), was an attempt to clarify some of the theoretical issues sparked by 8 BIT.
A pdf is available here (3 MB)


"Re-charting Reason: Remapping Public Information and Social Spaces" was one of many panel discussions. Participants from left to right: Michelle Riel, John Craig Freeman, Villo Huszai, Helen Thorington, Franziska Lamprecht, Hajoe Moderegger, Will Pappenheimer.

Kaleidoscope by Luke Murphy

A cat fur on the wall of Cabaret Voltaire. It is real.

The final night of Digital Art Weeks.

A pretty amazing kinetic piece by Arcangelo Sassolino at Nicola Von Senger gallery.
Some other memorable shows were Carlos Amorales @ Daros Exhibitions, and Allora & Calzadilla @ Kunsthalle Zürich.

Zürich street art #1
Zürich street art #2


Hajoe Moderegger walking on water. Wicked.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Waveform jewelry @ Dorsky Curatorial, LIC

Here is a little preview of "Unbound", a group show at Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City. The pieces below are parts of "Waveforms" by Sakurako Shimizu: basically physical representations of various sounds turned into body adornments.

Sakurako Shimizu, "Wow", 2007, blackened silver


UNBOUND

Chang Hyun
Bang
Liz Daly
Matthew Palin
Sakurako Shimizu

Carlos Uribe
Veleta Vancza

July 15 – August 10, 2007


Opening: Sunday July 15, 2 – 5 pm


DORSKY GALLERY
11-03 45th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
Summer Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 11 am – 5 pm

718.937.6317 email: info@dorsky.org

"Bells", 2007, silver

"Left Ear", 2007, silver