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BIO
Joy Garnett is a painter based in New York. She appropriates news images from the Internet and re-invents them as paintings. Her subject is the apocalyptic-sublime landscape, as well as the digital image itself as cultural artifact in an increasingly technologized world. Her image research has resulted in online documentation projects, most notably The Bomb Project.
Notable past exhibitions include her recent solo shows at Winkleman Gallery, New York and at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; group exhibitions organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S.1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, Artists Space, White Columns (New York), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (UK), and De Witte Zaal, Ghent (Belgium). She shows with aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
extended network >
homepage:
http://joygarnett.com
The Bomb Project
http://www.thebombproject.org
First Pulse Projects
http://firstpulseprojects.net
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/
Notable past exhibitions include her recent solo shows at Winkleman Gallery, New York and at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; group exhibitions organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S.1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, Artists Space, White Columns (New York), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (UK), and De Witte Zaal, Ghent (Belgium). She shows with aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
extended network >
homepage:
http://joygarnett.com
The Bomb Project
http://www.thebombproject.org
First Pulse Projects
http://firstpulseprojects.net
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/
Peace By Piece 2005
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 "Peace By Piece"http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2005/05/peace_by_piece.html
Peace By Piece 2005Opening May 26, 2005 6:00
Peace By Piece 2005Opening May 26, 2005 6:00
'Boost in the Shell'
'Boost in the Shell'
http://www.boostintheshell.be/
'The Pursued'
De Bond
Brugge
Belgium
21 may-31 july 2005.
In 2005 the city of Bruges in Belgium stands again on the
international art calendar with the important festival Corpus. The
human body is a universal theme and the artfestival Corpus brings
together the most recent artistic forms.
The Cultuurcentrum participates with the important exhibition of
contemporary art 'Boost in the Shell' en the dance- and
performancefestival Body Stroke.
The last seven years the Cultuurcentrum organized a large number of
spraakmakende exhibitions with artists as Wim Delvoye, Jacques
Charlier, Jan Fabre, Joel-Peter Witkin, John Isaacs, Simone Decker,
Gregory Green, Santu Mofokeng and many others.
Recently we are relentlessly reminded of the fact that we are free, to
do move, act and think. Apparently we are independent citizens, we
have a freedom of speech, travel where we want to, we consume, buy
what we want, etc.
But is this true ?
To what degree do we really control our mind and body? To what extent
are we controlled? Aren't we forgetting all to easily the many forms
of education, even conditioning which we undergo for years ? What is
the impact of influences of genetic or cultural origin, for e.g.
publicity or the media, on our behavior, thinking, feeling, acting?
For centuries the Cartesian split between mind and body, whereby the
second was clearly subordinate to the first, was used.
But more and more specialists point now at the relative autonomy of
our body to the mind. The body is not only a sort of interface between
subject and society, it reacts indepently from the mind, and reacts to
social and cultural impulses and pressures.
In 'Boost in the Shell' the human body is depicted as a canvas for
this contemporary subject, but also as an evolving biological
organism.
In this exhibition the curators Michel Dewilde en Jerome Jacobs tackle
some of the essential questions about human freedom on the one hand,
and conditioning on the other through more than fifty works of art.
In a labyrinthic exhibition structure they push the visitors to the
limits of being a human in the 21st century.
'Boost in the Shell'
Curators : Michel Dewilde, Jerome Jacobs
Artists :
Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, Paul McCarthy, Sarah Baker, Gilles Barbier,
Valerie Belin, Olaf Breuning, Daniele Buetti, Liz Cohen, Jake & Dinos
Chapman, Petroc Dragon, Sesti, Jean Dunning, Anthony Goicolea, Nezaket
Ekici, John Isaacs , Lawrence Malstaf, Zoe Leonard , John Lucas, Ryan
Mc Namara , Alex McQuilkin , Yoshua Okon, Ronald Ophuis, Martin Parr,
Dominic McGill, Leopold Rabus, Daniel Roth, Cheri Samba, Andres
Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Larry Sultan, Milica Tomic,
Wang Du, Del LaGrace Volcano, Inez van Lamsweerde, Alexandra Vogt,
John Waters, Sophie Whettnall.
Also works by
Nobuyoshi Araki, Stephan Balleux, Henry Bond, Norbert Briar, Elinor
Carucci, Colin Cook , Jen De Nike, Joy Garnett, Paul Glazier, Robert
Gligorov , Greg Gorman, Izima Kaoru, John Lucas , Loretta Lux , Marcel
Marien, Sebastian Muniz, Carolee Schneemann, Stephen J. Shanabrook,
Pepe Smit, Annie Sprinkle, Cedric Tanguy, Alastair Thain, Cornelie
Tollens, Michael Van den Besselaar, Eric White.
Exhibition site : De Bond, (next to the Smedenpoort (gate), 5 min from
the trainstation)
Address : Buiten de Smedepoort 1, 8000 Brugge
Dates : 21 mei-31 juli 2005.
open : wednesday-sunday : 10.00-17.00 hrs
Free entrance
Catalogue : 8 EUR
Website : http://www.cultuurcentrum.be & http://www.corpusbrugge05.be
Guided tours : on demand
Info : 00.32.50.44.30.40
Fax : 00.32.50.44.30.50
http://www.boostintheshell.be/
'The Pursued'
De Bond
Brugge
Belgium
21 may-31 july 2005.
In 2005 the city of Bruges in Belgium stands again on the
international art calendar with the important festival Corpus. The
human body is a universal theme and the artfestival Corpus brings
together the most recent artistic forms.
The Cultuurcentrum participates with the important exhibition of
contemporary art 'Boost in the Shell' en the dance- and
performancefestival Body Stroke.
The last seven years the Cultuurcentrum organized a large number of
spraakmakende exhibitions with artists as Wim Delvoye, Jacques
Charlier, Jan Fabre, Joel-Peter Witkin, John Isaacs, Simone Decker,
Gregory Green, Santu Mofokeng and many others.
Recently we are relentlessly reminded of the fact that we are free, to
do move, act and think. Apparently we are independent citizens, we
have a freedom of speech, travel where we want to, we consume, buy
what we want, etc.
But is this true ?
To what degree do we really control our mind and body? To what extent
are we controlled? Aren't we forgetting all to easily the many forms
of education, even conditioning which we undergo for years ? What is
the impact of influences of genetic or cultural origin, for e.g.
publicity or the media, on our behavior, thinking, feeling, acting?
For centuries the Cartesian split between mind and body, whereby the
second was clearly subordinate to the first, was used.
But more and more specialists point now at the relative autonomy of
our body to the mind. The body is not only a sort of interface between
subject and society, it reacts indepently from the mind, and reacts to
social and cultural impulses and pressures.
In 'Boost in the Shell' the human body is depicted as a canvas for
this contemporary subject, but also as an evolving biological
organism.
In this exhibition the curators Michel Dewilde en Jerome Jacobs tackle
some of the essential questions about human freedom on the one hand,
and conditioning on the other through more than fifty works of art.
In a labyrinthic exhibition structure they push the visitors to the
limits of being a human in the 21st century.
'Boost in the Shell'
Curators : Michel Dewilde, Jerome Jacobs
Artists :
Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, Paul McCarthy, Sarah Baker, Gilles Barbier,
Valerie Belin, Olaf Breuning, Daniele Buetti, Liz Cohen, Jake & Dinos
Chapman, Petroc Dragon, Sesti, Jean Dunning, Anthony Goicolea, Nezaket
Ekici, John Isaacs , Lawrence Malstaf, Zoe Leonard , John Lucas, Ryan
Mc Namara , Alex McQuilkin , Yoshua Okon, Ronald Ophuis, Martin Parr,
Dominic McGill, Leopold Rabus, Daniel Roth, Cheri Samba, Andres
Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Larry Sultan, Milica Tomic,
Wang Du, Del LaGrace Volcano, Inez van Lamsweerde, Alexandra Vogt,
John Waters, Sophie Whettnall.
Also works by
Nobuyoshi Araki, Stephan Balleux, Henry Bond, Norbert Briar, Elinor
Carucci, Colin Cook , Jen De Nike, Joy Garnett, Paul Glazier, Robert
Gligorov , Greg Gorman, Izima Kaoru, John Lucas , Loretta Lux , Marcel
Marien, Sebastian Muniz, Carolee Schneemann, Stephen J. Shanabrook,
Pepe Smit, Annie Sprinkle, Cedric Tanguy, Alastair Thain, Cornelie
Tollens, Michael Van den Besselaar, Eric White.
Exhibition site : De Bond, (next to the Smedenpoort (gate), 5 min from
the trainstation)
Address : Buiten de Smedepoort 1, 8000 Brugge
Dates : 21 mei-31 juli 2005.
open : wednesday-sunday : 10.00-17.00 hrs
Free entrance
Catalogue : 8 EUR
Website : http://www.cultuurcentrum.be & http://www.corpusbrugge05.be
Guided tours : on demand
Info : 00.32.50.44.30.40
Fax : 00.32.50.44.30.50
Art & Blogging: Recap
Special to Rhizome: Art & Blogging: Recap
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 09:46 AM in Panels + Roundtabels | Permalink:
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2005/05/art_blogging_re.html
[image] < L to R: Chris Ashley, Patrick May, and Liza Sabater.
Last night's Blogging and the Arts Part 2 at the New Museum was fun.
Nice to finally meet some veteran bloggers whom I admire, and good to
see old bloggy/art pals. I offered an abbreviated version of the talk
I gave in Sept '04 at Columbia (and later elsewhere) about that ol'
frivolous copyright dispute hurled at me last year. Since I usually
present this story in the context of open source culture, art and
appropriation, fair use and copyright, survival skills for artists
etc., it felt good to do so in light of the blog phenomenon--without
which I would have had nothing much to tell in the first place. I put
some nice screen shots together.
Liza followed with a condensed recap of her recent forays into the
realm of activist blogging, and invited us to check out her new sister
blogs and other new developments over at culturekitchen. She mentioned
a relatively new nonprofit org called CivicSpaceLabs.org that
proffers an interesting model for building open source community
software. She dashed in straight from their all-day Users Conference
at The Tank in mid-town. That Liza's a busy one.
Next came Patrick May, who described the logic behind his experimental
portfolio-cum-blog, hexane.org. He has written a program that
publishes one's portfolio--just as it is organized on one's hard
drive--as a blog while preserving things like categories. A clever
publishing tool specifically conceived for visual artists, that allows
them to avoid redundant tasks (like creating duplicate subdirectories
and folders to upload images...yuck). And one ends up with not yet
another static site, but a portfolio-blog that has feeds and can be
aggregated. Very cool. Patrick is part of the artists' community
OpenGround.
Last was Chris Ashley who took more time (it's nice being last), waxed
philosophical about weblogs and their potential, and commented on how
he (we) rely on weblogs as opposed to Art Mags for up-to-date
information. Frankly, he could have gone longer and I would have been
happy to keep listening. He also showed us some of his html work and
its precursors, and talked about the contrary notion of art as an
"open source" phenomenon. And yes, about how blogs function as test
beds for artists and are part of a process-oriented mindset.
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 09:46 AM in Panels + Roundtabels | Permalink:
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2005/05/art_blogging_re.html
[image] < L to R: Chris Ashley, Patrick May, and Liza Sabater.
Last night's Blogging and the Arts Part 2 at the New Museum was fun.
Nice to finally meet some veteran bloggers whom I admire, and good to
see old bloggy/art pals. I offered an abbreviated version of the talk
I gave in Sept '04 at Columbia (and later elsewhere) about that ol'
frivolous copyright dispute hurled at me last year. Since I usually
present this story in the context of open source culture, art and
appropriation, fair use and copyright, survival skills for artists
etc., it felt good to do so in light of the blog phenomenon--without
which I would have had nothing much to tell in the first place. I put
some nice screen shots together.
Liza followed with a condensed recap of her recent forays into the
realm of activist blogging, and invited us to check out her new sister
blogs and other new developments over at culturekitchen. She mentioned
a relatively new nonprofit org called CivicSpaceLabs.org that
proffers an interesting model for building open source community
software. She dashed in straight from their all-day Users Conference
at The Tank in mid-town. That Liza's a busy one.
Next came Patrick May, who described the logic behind his experimental
portfolio-cum-blog, hexane.org. He has written a program that
publishes one's portfolio--just as it is organized on one's hard
drive--as a blog while preserving things like categories. A clever
publishing tool specifically conceived for visual artists, that allows
them to avoid redundant tasks (like creating duplicate subdirectories
and folders to upload images...yuck). And one ends up with not yet
another static site, but a portfolio-blog that has feeds and can be
aggregated. Very cool. Patrick is part of the artists' community
OpenGround.
Last was Chris Ashley who took more time (it's nice being last), waxed
philosophical about weblogs and their potential, and commented on how
he (we) rely on weblogs as opposed to Art Mags for up-to-date
information. Frankly, he could have gone longer and I would have been
happy to keep listening. He also showed us some of his html work and
its precursors, and talked about the contrary notion of art as an
"open source" phenomenon. And yes, about how blogs function as test
beds for artists and are part of a process-oriented mindset.
Call\_For\_Papers:\_Baudrillard's\_Cultural\_Politics
Call for Papers
Baudrillard's Cultural Politics
A Stream at
Engaging Baudrillard:
An International Multidisciplinary Conference
4-6th September 2006
At
Swansea University, United Kingdom
Is Jean Baudrillard a prophetic cultural theorist of contemporary politica=
l
significance? Or is he a myopic intellectual impostor, a twenty-first
century writer of cultural and political fantasies that have no relevance t=
o
our current condition? How should we understand Baudrillard's explosive
cultural and political concepts today?
The aim of this stream is to circumvent both a hasty reaction against and a=
euphoric celebration of Baudrillard's cultural politics. Rather, it seeks t=
o
provide a contemporary assessment of Baudrillard's writings and what they=
mean for the future of cultural politics. The stream intends to make an
important contribution to the broad understanding and literature on
Baudrillard's postmodern cultural politics.
The stream organizers are in search of a collection of original conference=
papers that, together, will provide a multiperspectival overview, guide to=
and consideration of Baudrillard's contentious and often misunderstood work=
on present day cultural politics.
Papers are sought on Baudrillard's writings that discuss and evaluate them=
in relation to his cultural politics, inclusive of papers on but not
restricted to: fatal strategies and the aleatory; seduction; the self;
reversibility; celebrity; symbolic exchange and death; simulations; silent=
majorities; technology; ecstasy; communication; evil; images; America; art;=
terrorism; media; consumption; feminism; theory-fiction; and postmodernity.
Our aim is to engage with Baudrillard's cultural politics in surprising,
exciting and yet accessible ways.
The stream will not only be a point of reference for understanding and
assessing Baudrillard's stunning cultural theory and political vision but=
also the launch pad for a special section of the international refereed
journal, *Cultural Politics*:
http://www.bergpublishers.com/uk/culture/culture_about.htm
Please send 250 word abstracts to:
Dr John Armitage
Co-editor, *Cultural Politics*
Room 441
Northumberland Building
School of Arts & Social Sciences
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
UK.
Tel: 0191 227 4971
Fax: 0191 227 4558
E-mail: j.armitage@unn.ac.uk
And
Dr Ryan Bishop
Co-Editor, *Cultural Politics*
Associate Professor of English
The National University of Singapore
Dept. of English
AS5, Arts Link
Singapore 117570
Tel. 65-6874-6633
Fax: 65-6773-2981
E-mail: ellrb@nus.edu.sg
Baudrillard's Cultural Politics
A Stream at
Engaging Baudrillard:
An International Multidisciplinary Conference
4-6th September 2006
At
Swansea University, United Kingdom
Is Jean Baudrillard a prophetic cultural theorist of contemporary politica=
l
significance? Or is he a myopic intellectual impostor, a twenty-first
century writer of cultural and political fantasies that have no relevance t=
o
our current condition? How should we understand Baudrillard's explosive
cultural and political concepts today?
The aim of this stream is to circumvent both a hasty reaction against and a=
euphoric celebration of Baudrillard's cultural politics. Rather, it seeks t=
o
provide a contemporary assessment of Baudrillard's writings and what they=
mean for the future of cultural politics. The stream intends to make an
important contribution to the broad understanding and literature on
Baudrillard's postmodern cultural politics.
The stream organizers are in search of a collection of original conference=
papers that, together, will provide a multiperspectival overview, guide to=
and consideration of Baudrillard's contentious and often misunderstood work=
on present day cultural politics.
Papers are sought on Baudrillard's writings that discuss and evaluate them=
in relation to his cultural politics, inclusive of papers on but not
restricted to: fatal strategies and the aleatory; seduction; the self;
reversibility; celebrity; symbolic exchange and death; simulations; silent=
majorities; technology; ecstasy; communication; evil; images; America; art;=
terrorism; media; consumption; feminism; theory-fiction; and postmodernity.
Our aim is to engage with Baudrillard's cultural politics in surprising,
exciting and yet accessible ways.
The stream will not only be a point of reference for understanding and
assessing Baudrillard's stunning cultural theory and political vision but=
also the launch pad for a special section of the international refereed
journal, *Cultural Politics*:
http://www.bergpublishers.com/uk/culture/culture_about.htm
Please send 250 word abstracts to:
Dr John Armitage
Co-editor, *Cultural Politics*
Room 441
Northumberland Building
School of Arts & Social Sciences
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
UK.
Tel: 0191 227 4971
Fax: 0191 227 4558
E-mail: j.armitage@unn.ac.uk
And
Dr Ryan Bishop
Co-Editor, *Cultural Politics*
Associate Professor of English
The National University of Singapore
Dept. of English
AS5, Arts Link
Singapore 117570
Tel. 65-6874-6633
Fax: 65-6773-2981
E-mail: ellrb@nus.edu.sg
Fwd: FW: Devil Dogs Gallery Opening...
-----Original Message-----
From: Finzer, Deirdre [mailto:deirdre.finzer@worldpicturenews.com]
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: Devil Dogs Gallery Opening...
Dear all.
I hope this finds everyone well!
I would like to cordially invite you to the opening of Devil Dogs: No
Better Friend, No Worse Enemy, a photographic journey of 8-months
embedded with the Marines in Iraq by WpN photographer Lucian Read.
As you already know WpN never does anything the ordinary way.
To coincide with the re-launch of our new website, this is the first
exhibition in a new WpN-created concept, The Guerilla Galleries.
We are pleased to welcome Lucian back for a short break before he
returns to Iraq to continue working for publications such as The New
York Times, Newsweek, Time and Paris Match. Images from the historic
journey he recently completed are a fitting opening to The Guerilla
Galleries.
The Guerilla Galleries puts the work of some of the world's best
photographers in surprising places never before used as exhibition
spaces. They are based on the idea that working outside the system
increases speed and flexibility. The Guerilla Galleries are meant to
bring to light imagery that shouldn't have to wait the months or years
needed to secure a traditional gallery space.
In the months to come The Guerilla Galleries will be used to create
unique environments showcasing imagery from all areas of photography,
from journalism to fashion, art, entertainment sports, travel, etc.
The launch of The Guerilla Galleries coincides with the re-launch of
the WorldPictureNetwork website, with new categories of photography
and a whole new look and feel.
The new "Lounge" includes video diaries, photo blogs, The Big Idea
photography contest and The Week in Pictures.
It's all set to go live on Friday the 13th, of all days! Tune in to
www.worldpicturenetwork.com
I hope you can join us at the launch of this exciting concept for an
evening of eye-opening photography and fine refreshment provided by
Bacardi.
I hope to see each and every one of you there!
Cheers!
-Deirdre.
Deirdre D. Finzer
Assistant Photo Editor
WorldPictureNetwork
62 White Street Suite 3 East
New York, NY 10013
Office: 212.871.1215
Fax: 212.925.4569
www.worldpicturenews.com
From: Finzer, Deirdre [mailto:deirdre.finzer@worldpicturenews.com]
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: Devil Dogs Gallery Opening...
Dear all.
I hope this finds everyone well!
I would like to cordially invite you to the opening of Devil Dogs: No
Better Friend, No Worse Enemy, a photographic journey of 8-months
embedded with the Marines in Iraq by WpN photographer Lucian Read.
As you already know WpN never does anything the ordinary way.
To coincide with the re-launch of our new website, this is the first
exhibition in a new WpN-created concept, The Guerilla Galleries.
We are pleased to welcome Lucian back for a short break before he
returns to Iraq to continue working for publications such as The New
York Times, Newsweek, Time and Paris Match. Images from the historic
journey he recently completed are a fitting opening to The Guerilla
Galleries.
The Guerilla Galleries puts the work of some of the world's best
photographers in surprising places never before used as exhibition
spaces. They are based on the idea that working outside the system
increases speed and flexibility. The Guerilla Galleries are meant to
bring to light imagery that shouldn't have to wait the months or years
needed to secure a traditional gallery space.
In the months to come The Guerilla Galleries will be used to create
unique environments showcasing imagery from all areas of photography,
from journalism to fashion, art, entertainment sports, travel, etc.
The launch of The Guerilla Galleries coincides with the re-launch of
the WorldPictureNetwork website, with new categories of photography
and a whole new look and feel.
The new "Lounge" includes video diaries, photo blogs, The Big Idea
photography contest and The Week in Pictures.
It's all set to go live on Friday the 13th, of all days! Tune in to
www.worldpicturenetwork.com
I hope you can join us at the launch of this exciting concept for an
evening of eye-opening photography and fine refreshment provided by
Bacardi.
I hope to see each and every one of you there!
Cheers!
-Deirdre.
Deirdre D. Finzer
Assistant Photo Editor
WorldPictureNetwork
62 White Street Suite 3 East
New York, NY 10013
Office: 212.871.1215
Fax: 212.925.4569
www.worldpicturenews.com