ana otero
Since 2003
Works in Barcelona Spain

BIO
Ana Otero holds a M.A. in Museum Studies by the New York University, a Postgraduate Degree in Curatorial and Cultural Practices in Art and New Media by MECAD/ESDi and a B.A. in Audiovisual Communication by the Universistat Autonoma of Barcelona.

During seven years Ana was the multimedia art director for the broadcasting company based in Barcelona Media Park (now Teuve). Simultaneously to her professional career, Ana co-founded the collectives J13 (1998-2000) and no_a (2000-05) focus on the experimentation of art and new technologies.

In NYC, Ana worked on art education through new media for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, as part of Rhizome where she curated the online show “Google Art, or How to Hack Google” and participated in the site redesign, collaborated with the New Museum of Contemporary Art in the online curatorial-educational project Museum as Hub and as web manager for Art21, a non-profit organization focus on contemporary art.

Jeremy Blake, 35, Artist Who Used Lush-Toned Video, Dies


Jeremy Blake, an up-and-coming artist who sought to bridge the worlds of painting and film in lush, color-saturated, hallucinatory digital video works, has died, the New York City Police said yesterday. He was 35 and lived in the East Village in Manhattan.

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Call for Projects VIDA 10.0


VIDA 10.0 is an international competition created to reward excellence in artistic creativity in the fields of Artificial Life and related disciplines, such as robotics and Artificial Intelligence.We are looking for artistic projects that address the interaction between "synthetic" and "organic" life". In previous years prizes have been awarded to artistic projects using autonomous robots, avatars, recursive chaotic algorithms, knowbots, cellular automata, computer viruses, virtual ecologies that evolve with user participation, and works that highlight the social side of Artificial Life.

Please find the call for projects here http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/at/vida/english

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TEXT a::minima Feature on Molleindustria


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Molleindustria is a project that takes aim at starting a serious discussion about social and political implications of the videogames. Using simple but sharp games we hope to give some starting point for a new generation of critical game developer and, above all, to test pratices that can be easly emulated and virally diffused. So far we have published nine games (four of them are available only in italian), some theoretical essays and other web-based project like Mayday NetParade or where-next.com.

A spectre is haunting the net: the spectre of political games. Small and viral online games able to spread dissonant messages. They emerge and disappear in the ever-changing world of the blog, forum and mailing lists. Sometimes they are blended into the undeground gamedesign scene, sometimes they pop in the glossy pages of popular magazines, sometimes they are disguised as works of art.

I’m talking about a spectre because political games don’t exist, or better, they have always existed: every video game - as every cultural product - reflect author’s ideas, visions and ideologies. Every video game is essentially political.

Why super Mario is a plunder? Has anybody ever seen him fixing a pipe? He probably fit better into the shoes of a rampant Wall Street broker, a social climber who attack every being that comes across his path. His eternal dissatisfaction, his continuous run, his orderliness in killing enemies sounds suspicious. In the typical level-based structure of arcade games we can recognize some qualities of the yuppie ideology: success is like a ladder that gets harder and harder to climb. There are many partial achievements but the whole plan is often difficult to understand. Individualism, competition an accumulation of useless points are constant. It's the neo-liberal short-sightedness, the means that becomes the ...

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Philip Ross, nature networks


Philip Ross was one of the artists featured in Rhizome’s Networked Nature exhibition earlier this year. His work consists of designed and constructed controlled environmental spaces which:

nurture, transform, and refine a variety of sculptural artifacts much as one might train the growth of a Bonsai tree.

Two works which look particularly spectacular on his website and employ ideas of networks are Junior Return and Jarred In.

Junior Return

Junior Return (image above) is:

a self-contained survival capsule for one living plant. Four blown glass enclosures provide a controlled hydroponic environment; one holds the plant, another the water reservoir for the plant, the third holds the electronics and pump that control the plant's resources, and the last for the rechargeable battery that gives the energy required to keep the plant alive in this container. An air pump goes off for a few seconds every minute, supplying air to the plant and to the water reservoir. A digital timer counts down from sixty to zero, displaying the time left until the pump will activate. Then, with little notice, a few bubbles appear in the water, the only indication that anything is actually going on.

The latest 'version' of Junior Return is titled Clone Army which consists of ighteen of the small hydroponic units networked together in different formations.

Jarred In

Jarred In (image above) is a sixteen feet tall and twelve feet wide hanging garden installation.

In this garden pairs of plants are housed in life support pods suspended from a chandelier like armature. The roots of the plants swim in illuminated, water filled boxes. Water is pumped up from tall Plexiglas reservoirs resting on the ground. The reservoirs are attached to a central pod on the ground, referred to by the folks at The Exploratorium as "mother ship" and housing six Dwarf ...

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Discussions (26) Opportunities (30) Events (90) Jobs (2)
EVENT

Deadline Extension - [CC] acurating media/net/artapapersa


Dates:
Thu Jul 05, 2007 00:00 - Tue Jun 26, 2007

Deadline Extension Call for Papers: 5 July 2007

[CC] “curating media/net/art-papers”
http://cont3xt.net/div/curating\_call
1 June - 31 August 2007

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For the project [CC] “circualting contexts-curating media/net/art” from June 1st - October 31st, 2007 which takes place in Vienna and in the online medium, the public is invited to enter papers concerned with contemporary curatorial practices in- and outside the virtual space. The papers should be limited to max. 15.000 characters and must be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). [CC] “curating media/net/art-papers” is open to all thematic fields but may be related to the topics below, too. Selected papers will be printed in the forthcoming catalogue.

1 visualizing work.flows and (filtering-)processes
2 virtual/real representations in real/virtual spaces
3 facing participation / the lack of collaboration
4 web 2.0-curatorial facilities or technical barriers
5 involvement of (art-)institutions / rise of significance

Extended Abstracts deadline: 5 July 2007
Notification of acceptance: 8 July 2007
Deadline for finalized papers: 31 August 2007

Please send your submissions or questions to: curating(at)cont3xt.net

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The project [CC] “circualting contexts-curating media/net/art” is supported by the Municipal Department for Cultural Affairs of the City of Vienna.


DISCUSSION

CALL FOR REGISTRATION - Net User 4


// CALL FOR REGISTRATION
// Net User 4, international working camp
// July 16-24, 2007
// Organized by InterSpace Association, Bulgaria.

Net User is an international and interdisciplinary forum taking place biannually in Bulgaria, which features a wide variety of current trends in network activities in order to develop a better theoretical and pragmatic understanding of ICT, new media and creativity. Building on the previous well-attended three editions of the forum, Net User 4 will bring together researchers and practitioners from many disciplines, fields and countries for a working camp with a variety of events like presentations, common and panel discussions, workshops, workgroups, free mutual skill sharing panels, a screening and exhibition program, music performances and informal exchanges.

The working camp will explore various issues around the theme of Networking or how do people living in the technological era develop and use the network technologies.

Net User 4 will take place in the heart of Balkan Mountains - Pleven Hovel, 1504 meters above sea level. The isolated place and the beautiful nature will provide the perfect environment for the programme of free mutual skill sharing panels, informal exchanges, and mostly for a creative holiday in a pleasant company.

The participation in the international working camp is free of charge, however the participants should cover themselves their travel and lodging costs.

http://netuser.bg/2007/en/
http://i-space.org/

EVENT

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Interval07


Dates:
Mon Jun 25, 2007 00:00 - Tue Jun 19, 2007

// CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
// Interval07
// DEADLINE: Monday 25th June 2007 at 6pm

Turnstile - Single Use

Interval is looking for new media art works that respond or relate to the concept of ‘Single Use’.

Turnstile is a new concept in art tourism - an innovative exhibition format developed around the idea that most people only visit an exhibition once.

Turnstile utilises this observation as an approach and redesigns the approach to an exhibition, mimicking an audiences actions and flow.

Turnstile will consist of a series of 4 single-day exhibitions. Each day will see 5 artists install, exhibit and remove their work from the venue. This style of event is new and innovative, responsive to tight schedules and busy lifestyles. The space will be open for preview each evening from 5-9pm, after which the work will be removed ready for the next 5 artists to install. Each day is sub themed, aiming to explore different contextual approaches around the notion of Single Use. The exhibition will take place in a large empty retail space in central Manchester at the end of July.

Interval is looking for media based artworks exploring the field of Single Use, and responsive to one or more of the 4 themes: Successful Failure Everything Must Go Outside of Parallel Portable Rest

Turnstile is conceived and directed by Karen Gaskill

Download an application form and submission details:
http://www.interval.org.uk/downloads/Interval07_Turnstile.pdf
http://www.interval.org.uk/downloads/Interval07_Turnstile.doc

About Interval

Interval is an independent artist led platform with a focus on new media practice. Established in 2005, it acts as a critical springboard, offering collaborative exhibition opportunities to both emergent and established practitioners using technology as a key component within their work.

http://www.interval.org.uk


DISCUSSION

CALL FOR PROJECTS - VERSCH festival 2007/2008


/// Call for projects
/// VERSCH festival 2007/2008

VERSCH is a small festival for innovating media art, electronic music
and cross-over. A showcase of installations, performance, live cinema
VJ-ing, live music, DJ-ing and cross-over is organized once per two
months at the Night theatre Sugar Factory in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.

More information at http://www.versch.org

The synergy between image and sound in installation or performance form
is one of the characteristics of the (audio-visual) projects. New
approaches in the form and the position of the performers/ the public
towards the work are central. The music doesn't conform to one style
and moves into the direction of eclectic pop/dance, deep-house, minimal
and electro. Fresh, accessible compositions and cross-over are the key
words.

The Artists can introduce their work to the organization by filling in
the entry form correctly. Please add representative project
documentation to your entry.

Kind regards,
VERSCH festival

EVENT

V ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MINIATURES INTERNATIONAL CONTEST


Dates:
Sun Jul 15, 2007 00:00 - Sun Jun 17, 2007

V ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MINIATURES INTERNATIONAL CONTEST

The Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Andalucia convokes the V Electro-acoustic Miniatures International Contest that will be held in accordance with the following rules:

1. There are no restrictions according to age or nationality.
2. The aim of the contest is the creation of sound miniatures using the language of Electro-acoustic music. The minimum duration is of two minutes, and the maximum five minutes. Pieces which do not meet these requirements, will not be considered.
3. Only one piece may be presented.
4. Only one of the following two formats will be accepted:
a) Audio CD (not Wav) at 44.1 KHz and 16 bits.
b) Mp3. 5.
5. Pieces on CD should be sent by registered delivery to: Delegacion Provincial de Cultura. Junta de Andalucia para: V Concurso Miniaturas Electroacusticas Avda. de Alemania, 1 bis 21001 Huelva (ESPANA)
6. Pieces in Mp3 should be sent to miniatur@confluencias.org
7. In both cases, the name of the participant, a biography and a contact address should figure, as well as information about the piece (methods used, concept, graphics, etc.)
8. The closing date for presentation is the 15th July 2007 (11:59 PM GMT, 15.07.07 for email sendings; 15.07.07 postmark for Post sendings).
9. A jury will select a total of thirteen miniatures from all those entered.
10. A single prize of 3000 E will be awarded (subject to current taxation). The contest cannot be declared void. The jury's decision is final.
11. The jury will resolve all incidents arising from the interpretation of these rules.
12. The authors selected authorise the publication of their work in a promotional CD.
13. Participation in this contest implies the acceptance of its rules.

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/confluencias/