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Rachel wrote a book on internet art for thames & hudson's well-known WORLD OF ART series: it was published in June 2004. She was a consultant and catalogue author for the 2004 Whitney Biennial. She has also written for publications including frieze, artforum, timeout and bomb.
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FW: JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA: MEMORIAL PROJECT VIETNAM @ the New Museum (May 7-June 29)


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From: Rebecca Metzger <rmetzger@newmuseum.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:28:35 -0500
To: Rebecca Metzger <rmetzger@newmuseum.org>
Subject: JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA: MEMORIAL PROJECT VIETNAM @ the New Museum
(May 7-June 29)

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M E D I A C O N T A C T
For more info contact:
Rebecca Metzger, PR Officer
212.219.1222 ext. 394
rmetzger@newmuseum.org

THE NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRESENTS VIDEO WORKS BY
JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA IN MEMORIAL PROJECT VIETNAM

May 7, 2003 - June 29, 2003
in the Zenith Media Lounge

New York, NY (April 1, 2003) - From May 7-June 29, 2003, the New Museum of
Contemporary Art presents Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba: Memorial Project Vietnam.
Born in Japan, educated in the United States, and now living in Ho Chi Minh
City, Nguyen-Hatsushiba creates lyrical, graceful, and spellbinding films
that explore Vietnamese history and identity. On view in the Zenith Media
Lounge of the New Museum are two recent videos by Nguyen-Hatsushiba.

Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam: Towards the Complex - For the
Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards (2001) records a staged underwater
race that suggests the arduous progress of a nation recovering from a
half-century of political turmoil. In slow motion, a group of pearl divers
soundlessly pull cyclos (rickshaw taxis) along the floor of the sea. With
direct reference to the impact of the Vietnam War on his country,
Nguyen-Hatsushiba deconstructs the fate of those who are caught between old
and new modes of existence. Pearl divers and cyclo drivers remain two of the
most economically disenfranchised workers in Vietnam.

In his most recent work, Happy New Year-Memorial Project Vietnam II (2003),
completed for this exhibition, Nguyen-Hatsushiba affirms his position as one
of the most innovative young Southeast Asian artists on the international
scene today. This video explores a key event in modern Vietnamese history:
the Tet Offensive of 1968, a series of surprise attacks by North Vietnamese
troops during the celebration of the Lunar New Year, when both sides were
thought to have laid down their arms to celebrate the country's most
important holiday. A traditional New Year's dragon puppet, supported from
beneath by seven divers, twists and turns beneath the waves while a script
recalls the celebration and devastation of the Tet Offensive. The dragon's
sinuous movement is contrasted with that of the Fate Machine, a giant
skeletal orb that shoots small balls at random intervals toward the water's
surface. As the balls reach the air, they burst into clouds of colored
powder, signifying a sudden release from a state of danger.

Both works are filmed underwater, suggesting a symbolic link with Vietnamese
sensibility. Vietnam, with its long coastline and one of the world's
largest, most fertile river basins, is defined by its relationship to water.
Vietnamese folklore and mythology also abound in references to water.

Nguyen-Hatsushiba earned his B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago in 1992 and his M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in
1994. His work has been featured in the 2001 Yokohama Triennale and the 2002
Sydney and Sao Paolo Biennials. His videos will be featured at the upcoming
2003 Venice and Istanbul Biennales.

Happy New Year-Memorial Project Vietnam II was produced by the MATRIX
Program at the U.C. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley,
CA, with assistance from the New Museum of Contemporary Art. The Berkeley
Art Museum presentation was funded by the LEF Foundation. Jun
Nguyen-Hatsushiba's work appears courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery,
Tokyo.

Public Program
Conversation with the Artist: Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
Tues. May 6, 2003, 6-7PM
Conversation between Senior Curator Dan Cameron and artist Jun
Nguyen-Hatsushiba, followed by an opening reception from 7-8PM. (Zenith
Media Lounge)

About the Zenith Media Lounge
Zenith Media Lounge is a digital and media arts collaboration with Zenith
Electronics Corporation. Located on the New Museum Store level, the Zenith
Media Lounge is New York City's only museum space dedicated to the
exhibition and exploration of digital art, experimental video, and sound
works. Programming in the Zenith Media Lounge is ongoing and is always free.

Zenith Media Lounge exhibitions and public programs are supported by the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Jerome Foundation and the New York State
Council on the Arts.

About the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977 and located in the heart
of Soho, is the premier destination for contemporary art in New York City.
With an annual schedule of dynamic exhibitions, the Museum presents the most
innovative and experimental work from around the world. Debate and
discussion about contemporary culture are encouraged through a broad range
of educational programs, publications, performances, and new media
initiatives. The New Museum recently announced plans to build a new, 60,000
square foot facility at 235 Bowery. Visit www.newmuseum.org for more about
the New Museum.

New Museum of Contemporary Art
General Information

Location 583 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
(between Houston and Prince Streets in SoHo)

Web Site www.newmuseum.org

Telephone 212-219-1222

Fax 212-431-5328

Email newmu@newmuseum.org

Museum Hours Tuesday - Sunday: noon - 6:00PM
Thursday: noon - 8:00PM*
Closed Monday

Store Hours Monday - Sunday: noon - 6:30PM
Thursday: noon - 8:00PM
Now open seven days a week!

Admission $6.00 general; $3.00 students/seniors
Free for members; visitors 18 and under free
*Thursday 6:00-8:00PM $3.00
Zenith Media Lounge free

Directions Subway: 6 to Spring Street or Bleecker Street
N/R to Prince Street
C/E to Spring Street
F/S to Broadway Lafayette
Bus: #1/#5/#6/#21 to Houston Street or Broadway

The exhibitions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art are made possible by
the Producers Council and members of the New Museum. The New Museum of
Contemporary Art receives general operating support from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts.

The New Museum has received major stabilization support for 2003 operations
and programs from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Booth Ferris
Foundation.

For more information please contact the Public Relations Office at
212-219-1222 ext. 394 or email press@newmuseum.org or visit the press office
online at http://www.newmuseum.org/info_press_office.php. Information about
the New Museum's exhibitions and public programs is also available online at
www.newmuseum.org.

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DISCUSSION

FW: MoMA PRESENTS RECENT WORKS OF FILMMAKER JEM COHEN


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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:15:22 -0500
To: "Intern3, Film" <fmintrn3@moma.org>
Subject: MoMA PRESENTS RECENT WORKS OF FILMMAKER JEM COHEN

MoMA PRESENTS RECENT WORKS OF FILMMAKER JEM COHEN
Includes the Premiere Three-Projector Theatrical Presentation of Chain Times
Three
Jem Cohen: Recent Work
April 4 and 13, 2003
MoMA Film at The Gramercy Theatre
NEW YORK, March 19, 2003-The Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition of
recent work by New York-based filmmaker Jem Cohen. Four of the director's
films will be screened, including the premiere three-projector theatrical
presentation on April 4 of his latest work, Chain Times Three (2002). The
filmmaker will be present to introduce each of his screenings, followed by a
question-and-answer session. Jem Cohen: Recent Work is organized by Joshua
Siegel, Assistant Curator, Department of Film and Media.
The centerpiece of this exhibition is Chain Times Three (2002), a
three-projector panoramic triptych, copresented with Eyebeam Atelier, which
creates a "superlandscape" of malls, highways, franchises, and corporate
centers across the globe. Shot over six years in locations ranging from
Florida and Dallas to Berlin and Melbourne, the project weaves together
documentary and narrative and includes original music by Godspeed You Black
Emperor!, the Montreal-based band that will perform live with Cohen's film
projections in New York City (bowery Ballroom) and Brooklyn (Warsaw) in
April. Preceding Chain Times Three is the short film Little Flags (2000), in
which celebrants at a war victory parade in lower Manhattan are seen through
Cohen's discriminating lens.
Accompanying this special event are screenings on April 13 of Cohen's two
other recent feature films: Benjamin Smoke (2000, codirected by Peter
Sillen), the portrait of an underground musician, speed freak, and
occasional drag queen living in an offbeat Atlanta neighborhood known as
Cabbagetown and playing in a band called Smoke; and Instrument (1998), a
collaboration with the Washington, D.C.-based band Fugazi that incorporates
concert footage, studio sessions, interviews, multiple film formats, and
archival artifacts to evoke the band's radical music-making practices. Cohen
has worked extensively with other musicians including R.E.M., Elliott Smith,
Jonathan Richman, Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse), and Vic Chesnutt, and is the
recipient of Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships and many international
film festival prizes.
Cohen has evolved an identifiable style during his more than fifteen years
of filmmaking. Shooting primarily in Super 8 and 16mm and editing most of
his own work, he painstakingly manipulates fragments of image, sound, and
music and draws out the tactile qualities of the medium. As Mr. Siegel
observes, "Cohen's work, like that of Dziga Vertov, Jean Vigo, and Chris
Marker, transcends traditional boundaries of narrative, diaristic, and
nonfiction filmmaking. An image of a bustling city street or a desolate
landscape can seem at once intimate and expansive-an expression of private
contemplation that is also politically engaged."
The Department of Film and Media thanks John Vanco, Cowboy Pictures;
Melanie Crean, Eyebeam Atelier; ACMI; and Gravity Hill for their loan of
prints and equipment.

No. 24
Press Contact: Paul Power, (212) 708-9847, or paul_power@moma.org
MoMA Film at The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23 Street, between Lexington and
Park Avenues, closer to Lexington.
Box Office Hours: Monday and Thursday, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; Friday,
1:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 12:30-7:30 p.m.; closed
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Daily Admission: $12, $8.50 seniors and students with valid ID. For
screenings after 4:00 p.m. on Fridays, admission is pay-what-you-wish. A
MoMA Gramercy film ticket stub may be used for one admission to MoMA QNS for
up to 30 days from the date on the ticket. Likewise, a MoMA QNS ticket stub
may be used for one day of films at The Gramercy Theatre. Please note that
during Matisse Picasso (February 13-May 19), a MoMA Gramercy ticket stub
must be exchanged for a timed ticket to this exhibition, which also involves
an exhibition surcharge. Pay-what-you-wish admission cannot be applied to
the price of a Matisse Picasso ticket.
Ticketing: MoMA film tickets will be available only at The Gramercy
Theatre box office during box office hours. Film tickets will not be
distributed at MoMA QNS. A limited number of advance tickets for each film
will be available to all MoMA members one week in advance for a 50 cent
service charge. For information on ticket availability call The Gramercy
Theatre box office during box office hours at (212) 777-4900.
Subway: ? 6 Local train to 23 St station; N or R train to 23 St station.
Walk east on 23 St for MoMA Gramercy.
Bus: ? M23 to Lexington Avenue; M1 to Park Avenue and 23 St.; M101,
M102, or M103 to Third Avenue and 23 St.
The public may call the box office at (212) 777-4900 for detailed program
information. Visit us on the Web at www.moma.org
JEM COHEN: RECENT WORK
SCREENING SCHEDULE

Friday April 4
6:00 p.m. Little Flags. 2000. USA. Directed by Jem Cohen.
Celebrants at a war victory parade in lower Manhattan are seen through
Cohen's discriminating lens. With a haunting soundtrack by Fugazi. 7 min.
Chain Times Three. 2002. USA. Directed by
Jem Cohen.
A premiere, three-projector, theatrical
screening of Cohen's latest work, a panoramic triptych in which highways,
franchises, and corporate centers across the globe are joined into a
"superlandscape." Documentary merges with narrative as stories and current
events filter into the landscapes. Shot over six years in locations ranging
from Florida and Dallas to Berlin and Melbourne, the project includes
original music by Montreal's Godspeed You Black Emperor! Introduced by the
filmmaker. 41 min.

Sunday, April 13
4:00 p.m. Benjamin Smoke. 2002. USA. Directed by Jem Cohen and Peter
Sillen. With a special appearance by Patti Smith and still photographs by
Michael Ackerman.
Cohen was first introduced to the Atlanta-based speed freak, drag queen, and
underground music legend Benjamin (no last name) by R.E.M.'s lead singer,
Michael Stipe, in 1989, and was so captivated by this "scrawny little
powerhouse in a sun dress" that he and codirector Sillen would spend the
next ten years capturing Benjamin's life and music on whatever 16mm, 8mm and
video material they could scrounge up. The result is a tender, raunchy, and
ultimately beautiful portrait of a true original. Introduced by the
filmmaker. 75 min.
6:00 p.m. Instrument. 1999. USA. Directed by Jem Cohen.
Cohen's portrait of the politically charged band Fugazi has become a true
cult film, playing with equal success at the 2002 Whitney Biennial and in
Antarctica. Cohen avoids the cliches of the conventional musical documentary
by mixing multiple film and video formats, weaving together ten years' worth
of concert footage, studio sessions, and interviews with the musicians and
their fans to capture the hard-edged, hallucinatory quality of Fugazi's
sound in his imagery. Introduced by the filmmaker. 115 min.

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DISCUSSION

FW: Call for entries - digital sparks 2003


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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:51:58 +0200
To: <digital-sparks@netzspannung.org>
Subject: Call for entries - digital sparks 2003

Call for entries - digital sparks 2003

Dear Sir or Madam,

As in the past two years, the MARS Exploratory Media Lab of
the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication is organising the
>digital sparks 03< higher education competition, on the Internet
platform netzspannung.org.

>digital sparks< is aimed at media art, media design and
media IT students at universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The aim of the competition is to nurture "new media" students and at the
same time to chart the training given in media studies.
http://netzspannung.org/digital-sparks/flashmap/en

Applications can be submitted online from 1 April, 2003 at
http://netzspannung.org/digital-sparks/en. A prize of EUR 7,500 will be
divided among the winners. Winners will also have the opportunity to
present their work to an audience of experts from all over the world at
the prestigious media art festival "Ars Electronica 2003" in Linz.

Applications can be submitted online from 1 April to 31 May, 2003 at
http://netzspannung.org/digital-sparks/en

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Editorial office netzspannung.org

Fraunhofer Inst. Media Communication
MARS Exploratory Media Lab
Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53754 Sankt Augustin

phone: +49.(0)2241.14-3449
fax: +49.(0)2241.144-3449
email: redaktion@netzspannung.org
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DISCUSSION

FW: <textz.com> newsletter april 2003


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DISCUSSION

FW: [_badpacket_ news] Two Upcoming Performances


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From: Michelle Kasprzak <kasprzak@badpacket.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 16:28:49 -0500
To: badpacket-news@styx.org
Subject: [_badpacket_ news] Two Upcoming Performances

_badpacket_ presents two performances!

interrupt_8 - Mountain Standard Time Festival, Calgary, AB - April 5
bitwise_operation_1 - Performance Marks Festival, Regina, SK - April 15

-> interrupt_8:
A performance by _badpacket_ with live electronic soundscaping by Lewis
Kaye.

Saturday April 5, 2003 at 7:30 PM (MST)
EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts - Jack Singer Rehearsal Hall
205 - 8th Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Presented by: EMMEDIA Gallery as part of the Mountain Standard Time
Performance Art Festival

-> bitwise_operation_1:
A web-streamed performance by _badpacket_ with live electronic
soundscaping by Lewis Kaye.

Tuesday April 15, 2003, at 7 PM (CST)
Soil Digital Media Suite
#203 - 1856 Scarth Street, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Presented by: Neutral Ground/Soil as part of the Performance Marks Festival
Essay by: Emily Pohl-Weary (to be released, along with performance
documentation, in Summer 2003.)

-> About _badpacket_:

_badpacket_ is a performance art duo founded in May 2000 by Mike
Steventon and Michelle Kasprzak. To date, we have presented ten
unique performances, and screened our documentation tapes
internationally.

_badpacket_ uses performance as a vehicle for the exploration of
contemporary issues relating to the interfacing of humans and
technology. A _badpacket_ performance is a non-narrative mix of
improvisation and set pieces, using the internet, video projection,
and electronics as central elements. These technologies empower us
to enter and interact with the media spaces that we create. Essential
to our technique is an interdisciplinary approach, resulting in the
creation of a unique layered environment that taps into our hopes and
fears for the future of technology.

http://www.badpacket.org

Contact us: error@badpacket.org

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