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      12 Apr 2008

      Itinerant consumers

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      txt: Nomads at last - The economist - Wireless communication is changing the way people work, live, love and relate to places
      Humans have always migrated and travelled, without necessarily living nomadic lives. The nomadism now emerging is different from, and involves much more than, merely making journeys. A modern nomad is as likely to be a teenager in Oslo, Tokyo or suburban America as a jet-setting chief executive. He or she may never have left his or her city, stepped into an aeroplane or changed address. Indeed, how far he moves is completely irrelevant. Even if an urban nomad confines himself to a small perimeter, he nonetheless has a new and surprisingly different relationship to time, to place and to other people. “Permanent connectivity, not motion, is the critical thing,” says Manuel Castells, a sociologist at the Annenberg School for Communication, a part of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
      link: digital-nomads.blogspot.com video: Mongolian Nomads offer us a home - adrianHmay on youtube.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfK5YOP1s4s]
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      8 Apr 2008

      Daniel Birnbaum xè el Diretòr

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      txt: Biennale Art 53rd International Art Exhibition (2009) The Board nominates Daniel Birnbaum as Director The Board of Directors of the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, held a meeting on 7th April 2008 in which it nominated Daniel Birnbaum as Director of the Visual Arts Sector, with specific responsibility as curator of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, to be held in 2009.
      My recent exhibitions have all been close collaborations with artists, often individually, sometimes in larger contexts. The Venice Biennale is a new kind of challenge, but the principle remains the same: the artist's vision is at the center. How does one steer clear of the hierarchies dictated by commercial interests and fashion? As the director of an art academy, my interest has long been directed towards another kind of influence and another kind of significance. There are artists who inspire entire generations and these key artists are not always the most visibile in the world of museums and fairs. I would like to explore strings of inspiration that involve several generations and to display the roots as well as the branches that grow into a future not yet defined. The geography of the art world has been expanding rapidly with new centers emerging: China, India, the Middle East... It will be my ambition to create a show that, although articulated into individual zones of intensity, remains one exhibition.
      video: Pirate Rabbit Attacks Biennale in Venice - coniglioviola on youtube.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAzxMDS4oc]
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      6 Apr 2008

      Let's freedom rain

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      txt: 1 John 2:11 RSV
      But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
      video: Martin Luther King "I have a dream" -superjsuh on youtube.com - The full version of Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk]
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      4 Apr 2008

      Age against the Turbine?

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      txt: Tate Modern - Street Art - 23 May – 25 August 2008 Free Entry
      In the first major public museum display of street art in London, an awesome line-up of acclaimed street artists will create gigantic new art works on the external walls of Tate Modern overlooking the Thames. An eclectic group of artists, who have worked in both street and gallery environments, are showing work: Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain. This is the first time work has been commissioned for the building’s iconic external wall.
      txt: Art World: Is street art losing its 'outsider' edge? - The Indipendent Blogs
      So a screenprint poking fun at the art establishment is sold by the establishment. In fact, the establishment is now in on the joke. Does this mean urban art is losing its subversive edge? And is it even street art - accessible and (often) transient work created for the ordinary public - if it is connected to a gallery or established institution? [...] The question that some young artists may now be asking is, if street art is entering into the mainstream with urban artists increasingly becoming establishment figures, where do the real rebels go to rage against the machine?
      links: JR Blu sixeart os Gemeos faile img: Street Art by "Os Gemeos" - Rob Wallace on flickr.com
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      4 Apr 2008

      Survive With/Without Selling

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      txt: "Wooster's How To..,." #12 - Blek Le Rat's How to Survive in the Graffiti World Without Selling Your Soul
      First of all: Before starting a career as a graffiti artist you have to make sure to have another income than your art to live for over a long period of time and maybe even for the rest of your life.... This is the best way to keep your work free from any parasites or bad influences from people who dont care about you as an artist but only about their own benefits of YOUR work. [...] Fifthly: The ligths of the city quickly go out!!! and how to switch them on? It is in the cold of the darkness when you are alone and looking for someone and the way out back to the lights of success that your conscience is being cleaned because free of the blinding pollution of success. Your pain will turn into a new creativity. And you should never forget the old law of nature that after a down always comes an up...
      links: Blek le rat site - bleklerat.free.fr video: Blek Le Rat - Original Stencil Pioneer - kingadz on youtube.com Blek le Rat is the inventor of modern stencil art. He began his quest on the streets of Paris In 1981 and many artists (most famously by Banksy) have been influenced by his unique style ever since. Street art has evolved and the year is now 2006. Blek and filmmaker King Adz depart on a road trip through France to witness Blek's influence on street art and the modern media. The two men are friends off-screen, and Adz just lets the camera roll... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2D1kFS9TY4]
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      3 Apr 2008

      Arts, Culture and Public

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      txt: Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere
      How do cultures relate to the public sphere? To which extent is the shape of the public discourse affected by cultural codes? What are the cultural dimensions of public knowledge? Why and how does culture matter? In contemporary societies the public sphere is constantly shaped and reshaped by media discourses. The public discourses can no more be analyzed at the national levels only because globalization processes are at work. We are witnessing the emergence of multiple global public spheres, which are intersecting to each other, articulating both local and global issues. In this context the role of culture is highly increased. The visibility of cultural codes becomes global. They are used to express power, to mediate conflicts, to negotiate claims of citizenship, to construct minority identities, gender and ethnicity issues, and to inscribe the public knowledge of the past in the national and international arena. The aesthetic dimensions are becoming key issue to articulate power relations. Culture matters and it does it in many new ways.
      Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere Expressive and Instrumental Values In Economic and Sociological Perspectives Venice (Italy) November 4 - 8 2008 A joint Conference organized by: FDA – Faculty of Design and Art – IUAV University, Venice DADI - Department of Art and Industrial Design – IUAV University, Venice EPOCA - Centre of Economics and Advanced Cultural Policy Research – IUAV University, Venice Sociology of Culture RN of the ESA - European Sociological Association Sociology of the Arts RN of the ESA - European Sociological Association video: Part 2 of the video on Chelsea space, London. Detailed info at VernissageTV [blip.tv ?posts_id=248547&dest=-1]
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      3 Apr 2008

      A story about art (thanks, Keith)

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      txt: comments on Drawing the Line - Keith Haring (1989) Part 1 of 3
      hunnysuckledream (1 week ago) I'm from Dutch Country in PA too. The thing I love about Haring the most is that he insisted that art was for the people--not just stuffy art critics and walls in museums. Such an injustice his premature death...
      links: - The Keith Haring Foundation - Un retable de Keith Haring au musée de Fourvière video: Drawing the Line - Keith Haring (1989) Part 2 of 3 - aesopvision on youtube.com The other parts of the documentary about Keith Haring, with interviews and footage of him painting: - Drawing the Line - Keith Haring (1989) Part 1 of 3 - Drawing the Line - Keith Haring (1989) Part 3 of 3 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra7p_L1vSU]
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      2 Apr 2008

      Turbine Street Art Hall

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      txt: Street artists to adorn Tate facade Mark Brown, arts correspondent Wednesday April 2, 2008 The Guardian
      Tate Modern is to get a summer facelift, with a group of the world's most acclaimed street artists being asked to produce work for the building's Thames-side facade, it was announced yesterday. It will be the first commission to use the facade and each artist will have an area of about 15x12 metres for the exhibition, entitled Street Art at Tate Modern. Cedar Lewisohn, the exhibition's curator, said he hoped the work, to be displayed between May and August, would open eyes to the variety of street art. "There is exciting stuff happening around the world and there is more to street art than just the household name or two we know in this country."
      video: Global Cities - Exhibition Design by Pentagram on blip.tv [blip.tv ?posts_id=400661&dest=-1]
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      1 Apr 2008

      Age of too much wireless

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      txt: Silicon Valley meetings go "topless"
      "In this age of wireless Internet and mobile e-mail devices, having an effective meeting or working session is becoming more and more difficult," he wrote on his company blog in November. "Laptops, Blackberries, Sidekicks, iPhones and the like keep people from being fully present. Aside from just being rude, partial attention generally leads to partial results." "Face-to-face meetings have become a low priority because they're constantly being interrupted by technology, and many people can't figure out what to do," said Sue Fox, author of "Business Etiquette for Dummies." "What's more important -- the gadget or the person, or people, you're with?"
      img: you don't need a cellphone to talk to god - ties on flickr.com
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      1 Apr 2008

      The art system

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      txt: Arte e sistema dell'arte (1975) - Achille Bonito Oliva
      "The art system is a chain of letters, in which the artist creates, the critic reflects, the gallerist exhibits, the merchant sells, the collector hoards, the museum historicizes, the media celebrates, the public contemplates: this the broader framework in which has always has born and evolved the creative process."
      txt: Who decides the price of art? - Adriana Polveroni - Dweb nr. 591 page 98 (original title: Scandalo al sole. Si pagano 75 milioni per Hirst, 21 per Serra. Chi decide il prezzo dell'arte?)
      Bubble risk, madness, glamour magnet, sacred event. The adjectives that describe today contemporary art are faceted, sufficiently exalted, but all focused around a single issue: the cost. Contemporary art is very expensive, which makes it even more attractive, because money calls money. Now contemporary art is expensive, more than ancient art (if and when it is still available) and in a no different way from any product on the market, from tomatoes to trendy bags, where costs multiply between production and sale. But in the case of art there is also a structured and fascinating world that several years ago Achille Bonito Oliva baptized with one of his happy insights: the art system. -------- Rischio bolla, follia, calamita del glamour, evento sacrale. Le aggettivazioni con cui oggi si descrive l’arte contemporanea sono sfaccettate, sufficientemente esaltate, ma ruotano tutte intorno a un unico tema: il costo. L’arte contemporanea è carissima, dettaglio che la rende ancora più attraente, perché i soldi richiamano soldi. E lo è, costosa, più ormai dell’arte antica (se e quando ancora la si trova) e in maniera non diversa da qualunque prodotto su piazza, dal pomodoro pachino alla borsa griffata dove, tra produzione e vendita, i costi arrivano anche a decuplicarsi perché di mezzo c’è il mercato. Ma nel caso dell’arte c’è anche quel mondo strutturato e fascinoso che diversi anni fa Achille Bonito Oliva battezzò con una delle sue felici intuizioni: il "sistema dell’arte".
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