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BIO
Marc Garrett is co-director and co-founder, with artist Ruth Catlow of the Internet arts collectives and communities – Furtherfield.org, Furthernoise.org, Netbehaviour.org, also co-founder and co-curator/director of the gallery space formerly known as 'HTTP Gallery' now called the Furtherfield Gallery in London (Finsbury Park), UK. Co-curating various contemporary Media Arts exhibitions, projects nationally and internationally. Co-editor of 'Artists Re:Thinking Games' with Ruth Catlow and Corrado Morgana 2010. Hosted Furtherfield's critically acclaimed weekly broadcast on UK's Resonance FM Radio, a series of hour long live interviews with people working at the edge of contemporary practices in art, technology & social change. Currently doing an Art history Phd at the University of London, Birkbeck College.
Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist, educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80′s from the streets exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular ‘Savage Yet Tender’ alternative broadcasting 1980′s group, net broadcasts, BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS with Irational.org.
Our mission is to co-create extraordinary art that connects with contemporary audiences providing innovative, engaging and inclusive digital and physical spaces for appreciating and participating in practices in art, technology and social change. As well as finding alternative ways around already dominating hegemonies, thus claiming for ourselves and our peer networks a culturally aware and critical dialogue beyond traditional hierarchical behaviours. Influenced by situationist theory, fluxus, free and open source culture, and processes of self-education and peer learning, in an art, activist and community context.
Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist, educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80′s from the streets exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular ‘Savage Yet Tender’ alternative broadcasting 1980′s group, net broadcasts, BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS with Irational.org.
Our mission is to co-create extraordinary art that connects with contemporary audiences providing innovative, engaging and inclusive digital and physical spaces for appreciating and participating in practices in art, technology and social change. As well as finding alternative ways around already dominating hegemonies, thus claiming for ourselves and our peer networks a culturally aware and critical dialogue beyond traditional hierarchical behaviours. Influenced by situationist theory, fluxus, free and open source culture, and processes of self-education and peer learning, in an art, activist and community context.
D'oh! Arabized Simpsons not getting many laughs
D'oh! Arabized Simpsons not getting many laughs
Friday, October 14, 2005
By Yasmine El-Rashidi, The Wall Street Journal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- When an Arab satellite TV network, MBC,
decided to introduce "The Simpsons" to the Middle East, they knew the
family would have to make some fundamental lifestyle changes.
"Omar Shamshoon," as he is called on the show, looks like the same Homer
Simpson, but he has given up beer and bacon, which are both against
Islam, and he no longer hangs out at "seedy bars with bums and
lowlifes." In Arabia, Homer's beer is soda, and his hot dogs are
barbequed Egyptian beef sausages. And the donut-shaped snacks he gobbles
are the traditional Arab cookies called kahk.
An Arabized "Simpsons" -- called "Al Shamshoon" -- made its debut in the
Arab world earlier this month, in time for Ramadan, a time of high TV
viewership. It uses the original "Simpsons" animation, but the voices
are dubbed into Arabic and the scripts have been adapted to make the
show more accessible, and acceptable, to Arab audiences.
more...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05287/588741.stm
Friday, October 14, 2005
By Yasmine El-Rashidi, The Wall Street Journal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- When an Arab satellite TV network, MBC,
decided to introduce "The Simpsons" to the Middle East, they knew the
family would have to make some fundamental lifestyle changes.
"Omar Shamshoon," as he is called on the show, looks like the same Homer
Simpson, but he has given up beer and bacon, which are both against
Islam, and he no longer hangs out at "seedy bars with bums and
lowlifes." In Arabia, Homer's beer is soda, and his hot dogs are
barbequed Egyptian beef sausages. And the donut-shaped snacks he gobbles
are the traditional Arab cookies called kahk.
An Arabized "Simpsons" -- called "Al Shamshoon" -- made its debut in the
Arab world earlier this month, in time for Ramadan, a time of high TV
viewership. It uses the original "Simpsons" animation, but the voices
are dubbed into Arabic and the scripts have been adapted to make the
show more accessible, and acceptable, to Arab audiences.
more...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05287/588741.stm
Re: Furthernoise Event on VisitorsStudio Today...
Just to make the times clearer- see you there :-)
marc
Furthernoise live at VisitorsStudio
15.00 - 17.00 GMT
local times (taking into account BST and daylight saving)
4pm - 6pm UK
5pm - 7pm France
10am - 12pm Chicago
11am - 1pm New York
marc
Furthernoise live at VisitorsStudio
15.00 - 17.00 GMT
local times (taking into account BST and daylight saving)
4pm - 6pm UK
5pm - 7pm France
10am - 12pm Chicago
11am - 1pm New York
Furthernoise Event on VisitorsStudio Today...
Furthernoise.org presents the 2nd in it's series of live A/V net
performances featuring 2TOMS (France) & John Kannenberg (USA).
Sunday 23rd October 2005 16.00-18.00 GMT
To view online log onto http://www.furtherstudio.org/live
Broadcast live into Stills Gallery
23 Cockburns St, Edinburgh, Scotland.
http://www.stills.org
Broadcast live in the theatre of The Point CDC 11.00 - 13.00 EST
940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, New York.
http://www.thepoint.org
http://www.timezoneconverter.com
2TOMS PROCESS 16.00 - 16.20 GMT
2TOMS aka Thomas Behuret & Thomas Fontin are a French A/V partnership
par excellence. They have worked together for over two years in various
multimedia exhibitions and will be performing together remotely from
their homes in Paris & Lyon.
Thomas Behurets' artistic visual work centres on the city and the
influence of urban architecture on the people who live there. His
starting point is 'The human in the city' and deals with notions of
absorption, anonymity and standardisation of lifestyle that is reflected
in city living.
Thomas Fontin explains his compositional process as simple and pragmatic
starting with the manipulation of concrete audio and textures. "Chaos,
improvisation and chance always hold a central place in my compositions
leading to a process that is both humorous & experimental.
John Kannenberg 16.30 - 17.15 GMT
John Kannenberg creates quietly reflective works in both image and sound
that blur the boundaries between intention and accident. Incorporating
techniques derived from free improvisation, musical composition, field
drawing, minimalism, cubism and abstract expressionism in their
construction, his works deal with a variety of themes including primal
natural forces, spirituality and mindful contemplation, melancholy and
nostalgia, abstracted narratives, and the confluence of sonic and visual
art. Since April 2002, John has served as the creator, designer and
curator of Stasisfield.com, an experimental music label and
interdisciplinary digital art space presenting works by a diverse
collection of artists from around the globe.
General Mixing 17.15 - 18.00
The Studio will re-open again for general mixing from 17.15 and
participating artists will be available online to discuss their work. We
would also encourage people to upload and mix their own sound and visual
files as we end the session in an open net jam.
Furthernoise.org is hosting a series of monthly live A/V net events and
is interested to hear from all audio and visual artists who feel that
they could create interesting A/V performances in Visitors Studio.
Please contact roger@furthernoise.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
performances featuring 2TOMS (France) & John Kannenberg (USA).
Sunday 23rd October 2005 16.00-18.00 GMT
To view online log onto http://www.furtherstudio.org/live
Broadcast live into Stills Gallery
23 Cockburns St, Edinburgh, Scotland.
http://www.stills.org
Broadcast live in the theatre of The Point CDC 11.00 - 13.00 EST
940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, New York.
http://www.thepoint.org
http://www.timezoneconverter.com
2TOMS PROCESS 16.00 - 16.20 GMT
2TOMS aka Thomas Behuret & Thomas Fontin are a French A/V partnership
par excellence. They have worked together for over two years in various
multimedia exhibitions and will be performing together remotely from
their homes in Paris & Lyon.
Thomas Behurets' artistic visual work centres on the city and the
influence of urban architecture on the people who live there. His
starting point is 'The human in the city' and deals with notions of
absorption, anonymity and standardisation of lifestyle that is reflected
in city living.
Thomas Fontin explains his compositional process as simple and pragmatic
starting with the manipulation of concrete audio and textures. "Chaos,
improvisation and chance always hold a central place in my compositions
leading to a process that is both humorous & experimental.
John Kannenberg 16.30 - 17.15 GMT
John Kannenberg creates quietly reflective works in both image and sound
that blur the boundaries between intention and accident. Incorporating
techniques derived from free improvisation, musical composition, field
drawing, minimalism, cubism and abstract expressionism in their
construction, his works deal with a variety of themes including primal
natural forces, spirituality and mindful contemplation, melancholy and
nostalgia, abstracted narratives, and the confluence of sonic and visual
art. Since April 2002, John has served as the creator, designer and
curator of Stasisfield.com, an experimental music label and
interdisciplinary digital art space presenting works by a diverse
collection of artists from around the globe.
General Mixing 17.15 - 18.00
The Studio will re-open again for general mixing from 17.15 and
participating artists will be available online to discuss their work. We
would also encourage people to upload and mix their own sound and visual
files as we end the session in an open net jam.
Furthernoise.org is hosting a series of monthly live A/V net events and
is interested to hear from all audio and visual artists who feel that
they could create interesting A/V performances in Visitors Studio.
Please contact roger@furthernoise.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
RE: [NetBehaviour] (no subject)
Hi Espen,
This is extemely disturbing news. The Matchmaking conferences have managed
to place many of your local, creative projects and artists on the map
internationally, to be seen.
As well as having the vision in bringing in external groups from abroad to
Trondheim, many of the them were emerging talents who are more well known
and respected today.
When I visited, I was struck by your group's down to earth, open
mindedness. And was impressed with the facilities TEK & PNEK supplied for
everyone, plus local groups who needed technical support in their projects
and learning.
I will defiinately help in whatever way I can, starting with signing the
petition.
'I suppose calling them a bunch of muppets won't help'...
all the best
marc
TEKS and PNEK might have to close down!
TEKS, Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre, and PNEK, the Norwegian
Production Network for Electronic Arts, have reached the 3 year limit
for financial support from Arts Council Norway. We have therefore
applied for governmental funding from 2006. The proposed National
Budget does not suggest further support for TEKS and PNEK despite the
government's own cultural policy guidelines which states that TEKS
and PNEK must be given permanent funding. For this reason we might be
forced to close down early next year.
We want of course to fight this situation, and call for support from
all who find us to be an important resource! You can indeed help by
signing a petition on this webpage: http://www.teks.no/petition
Thank you in advance!
Please forward this e-mail!
for TEKS and PNEK:
janne stang dahl
trine e eidsmo
espen gangvik
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Trondheim Elektroniske Kunstsenter
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kjopmannsgt. 59
7011 Trondheim
Norway
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ph: +47 73191991 / fax: +47 73191992
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org. # 984 140 339
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e-mail: teks@teks.no
web: http://www.teks.no
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This is extemely disturbing news. The Matchmaking conferences have managed
to place many of your local, creative projects and artists on the map
internationally, to be seen.
As well as having the vision in bringing in external groups from abroad to
Trondheim, many of the them were emerging talents who are more well known
and respected today.
When I visited, I was struck by your group's down to earth, open
mindedness. And was impressed with the facilities TEK & PNEK supplied for
everyone, plus local groups who needed technical support in their projects
and learning.
I will defiinately help in whatever way I can, starting with signing the
petition.
'I suppose calling them a bunch of muppets won't help'...
all the best
marc
TEKS and PNEK might have to close down!
TEKS, Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre, and PNEK, the Norwegian
Production Network for Electronic Arts, have reached the 3 year limit
for financial support from Arts Council Norway. We have therefore
applied for governmental funding from 2006. The proposed National
Budget does not suggest further support for TEKS and PNEK despite the
government's own cultural policy guidelines which states that TEKS
and PNEK must be given permanent funding. For this reason we might be
forced to close down early next year.
We want of course to fight this situation, and call for support from
all who find us to be an important resource! You can indeed help by
signing a petition on this webpage: http://www.teks.no/petition
Thank you in advance!
Please forward this e-mail!
for TEKS and PNEK:
janne stang dahl
trine e eidsmo
espen gangvik
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Trondheim Elektroniske Kunstsenter
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kjopmannsgt. 59
7011 Trondheim
Norway
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ph: +47 73191991 / fax: +47 73191992
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
org. # 984 140 339
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
e-mail: teks@teks.no
web: http://www.teks.no
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A randomSeed Online real-time Event.
A randomSeed Online real-time Event.
With the launch of a new work, randomSeed Online, within the 'theatre of
restless automata' exhibition at HTTP, you are now able to view the
development of this computational system remotely, in real-time on the web.
RandomSeed Online uploads an image every hour from one of the systems
installed in the gallery. Online visitors can view how the system
develops from its (online) launch (which was on the 8th October) to the
closing of the exhibition at 5pm on 23rd October 2005.
View the work from here
http://www.http.uk.net/boredomresearch_talk_launch.html
Emergence and Poetics in Restless Automata
On the 8th October Boredomresearch gave a talk at the gallery,
discussing the relationship between emergence and poetics in respect to
generative computational artwork. Using works from 'theatre of restless
automata' they explore the notion that inherent mystification in
emergent and computational abstraction takes on a poetic form. You can
download illustrated text that was presented at the artists' talk (pdf
200kb)
http://www.http.uk.net/docs/exhib6/br_talk.pdf
For further information about randomSeed please visit
www.boredomresearch.net/randomseed. Here boredomresearch presents
research and development material that led to these computational
systems being created. boredomresearch unveil investigations into simple
rules found in natural systems and how these can produce diverse and
complex images free from their aesthetic control.
randomSeed Online was created by boredomresearch for HTTP with
programming by Neil Jenkins. It was made possible by Aspex Gallery.
http://www.http.uk.net
--------------- Getting to HTTP:
Unit A2, Arena Business Centre,
71 Ashfield Rd, London N4 1NY
Tube: Manor House, Buses: 341, 141,
Car: free parking facilities
With the launch of a new work, randomSeed Online, within the 'theatre of
restless automata' exhibition at HTTP, you are now able to view the
development of this computational system remotely, in real-time on the web.
RandomSeed Online uploads an image every hour from one of the systems
installed in the gallery. Online visitors can view how the system
develops from its (online) launch (which was on the 8th October) to the
closing of the exhibition at 5pm on 23rd October 2005.
View the work from here
http://www.http.uk.net/boredomresearch_talk_launch.html
Emergence and Poetics in Restless Automata
On the 8th October Boredomresearch gave a talk at the gallery,
discussing the relationship between emergence and poetics in respect to
generative computational artwork. Using works from 'theatre of restless
automata' they explore the notion that inherent mystification in
emergent and computational abstraction takes on a poetic form. You can
download illustrated text that was presented at the artists' talk (pdf
200kb)
http://www.http.uk.net/docs/exhib6/br_talk.pdf
For further information about randomSeed please visit
www.boredomresearch.net/randomseed. Here boredomresearch presents
research and development material that led to these computational
systems being created. boredomresearch unveil investigations into simple
rules found in natural systems and how these can produce diverse and
complex images free from their aesthetic control.
randomSeed Online was created by boredomresearch for HTTP with
programming by Neil Jenkins. It was made possible by Aspex Gallery.
http://www.http.uk.net
--------------- Getting to HTTP:
Unit A2, Arena Business Centre,
71 Ashfield Rd, London N4 1NY
Tube: Manor House, Buses: 341, 141,
Car: free parking facilities