Rachel Greene
Since the beginning
Works in New York, Nebraska United States of America

BIO
Rhizome is friends and family for Rachel, who has been involved with the org. in one capacity or another since 1997 when it was rhizome.com!!
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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Banyan Project - Newsletter


> From: abanze <abanze@web.de>
> Date: July 1, 2004 1:54:50 PM EDT
> To: abanze@web.de
> Subject: Banyan Project - Newsletter
> Reply-To: abanze@web.de
>
> BANYAN PROJECT - NEWSLETTER
> 1th of July 2004
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Hello,
> this newsletter will be sended regulary.
> (If you don

DISCUSSION

Fwd: tank.tv newsletter June /July


> From: "tank.tv" <movies@tank.tv>
> Date: July 1, 2004 1:39:18 PM EDT
> To: rachel@rhizome.org
> Subject: tank.tv newsletter June /July
>
> tank.tv June / July 2004 newsletter
>
> It was there in the middle of red I found myself it was warm then cold
> a volcano erupting other me, car crashes, it was chaos I did not know
> where to go. They were shadows walking, no-one but shadows, I thought
> I could recognize Marc so I ran towards him but I could not feel
> anything it was just air and shadows, I was hot and confused where to
> run where to go they were no way out. I saw bird flying from someone's
> body I was running in circles and there in front of me was a bullfight
> all so bloody and chaotic bloody streets, I could not escape and it
> was just there just at the other end of my street. I was stuck there
> and that's how tank.tv came out this month, be careful tank.tv is hot
> and pretty bloody but enjoy it too it's hot, I don't know how it
> happen it must be the summer heat playing on my head.
>
> A few words on Grant McKean's 'I'm in you'
> Grant McKean's 'I'm in you' is a cheeky animation made using After
> effects. It opens with Jesus' crucified body hanging limp from the
> cross. The image has been cut from Velazquez's famous painting 'Chris
> on the cross' (1632) the original having been described as "the
> perfect representation of Christ". There is a clearing of a thoat then
> an uptempo beat starts and a new meaning is brought to rising from the
> dead, as Christs' arms and legs 'dance' in this Monty Python-esque
> video.
>
> tank.tv talks to artist Chris Furby who's work 'fragments from a lost
> civilisation no 0102' is now showing on tank.tv.
> tank.tv: How did you first get involved in film/video?
> Chris (CF): I wanted to work on theatre events at the time. People
> like the Welfare State from the UK and Meredith Monk from New York.
> They had a number of B/W half-inch Sony studio decks and portable
> video recorders that they used to document their events and work with
> the local kids. The portables weighed a tonne (almost literally) and
> the (analogue) tape was a pig to edit but that's where I first learnt
> to use video.
> tank.tv: What projects are you working on at the minute?
> CF: 1) 'Answer Me' a short live action DV film with actors
> Synopsis: An argument with a ghost about a pair of shoes!
> 2) A series of panoramic 'surreal' photomontages. Set one involves a
> rocking horse. Set two fire. (I'm avoiding giraffes and tubas with
> this set, obviously!)
> tank.tv: Your work has a lot of specical effects, what do you feel
> these add?
> CF: I'm not sure what I do could be classed as special effects. At
> least not in the Hollywood sense!! In the last few years my work has
> been an odd hybrid somewhere between cinema and animation. Animation
> that is, in the sense that each piece has been composed of still
> (digital) images - I never do any drawing!! So I always start with a
> photographic representation and then look to change it, to make an,
> absurd, satirical, or metaphorical point.
> tank.tv: What are your views on tank.tv?
> CF: If it did not exist someone would have to invent it.
> We also asked several of our regular contributors if they would like
> to help curate tank.tv this month by suggesting work that they find
> interesting. We would like to thank Chris Furby for introducing
> tank.tv to the work of Gabrielle Kelly.
>
>
> David Herbert's quirky video work is also showing this month on tank.tv
> David Herbert is a video artist, performance artist and installation
> artist living in Seattle, USA. His videos have shown in festivals
> across the US and around the world.
> Filmmaker's Statement
> At first everything appears 'normal'
> Then an odd situation arises
> The situation becomes even odder
> Then is resolved quickly with a punch line
> www.davidherbert.com
>
> tank.tv is pleased to announce a forecoming event and screening at the
> ICA from the 5th of August to the 5th of september.
>

DISCUSSION

YES MEN party, July 7


Begin forwarded message:

> From: The Yes Men <administrative@theyesmen.org>
> Date: June 30, 2004 7:01:59 PM EDT
> To: rachel@rhizome.org
> Subject: party, July 7
>
> Just letting you know about a party, July 7, thrown by stoner magazine
> High
> Times for their RNC Activist Guide, due out in August. A bunch of
> activists, including the Yes Men, wrote a little something for the
> guide.
> The party will feature screenings and performances by said activists.
>
> This could be a good opportunity to meet others planning stuff for the
> RNC, to hook up with activities already planned or to come up with new
> ones.
>
> Info: Wednesday, June 7, 7 pm, at the Pioneer Bar, 218 Bowery (New York
> City). The poster (http://theyesmen.org/etc/hightimesinvite.jpg)
> suggests
> activist dress. Drinks will cost money, but entry is free and there's
> no
> door list or anything. Perhaps there will be snacks, who knows.
>
> Your party hounds,
> The Yes Men
>
> --


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[Fwd: art&branding - etoy invited by the swiss institute for art research]


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Subject: art&branding - etoy invited by the swiss institute for art
research From: "agent.MARCOS" <marcos@etoy.com>
Date: Mon, June 28, 2004 8:21 am
To:
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dear friends.

etoy has been invited by the swiss institute for art research (SIK) to
talk about the etoy.BRAND at the research symposium art&branding taking
place next saturday (03.07.04).

for more information visit SIK's website

http://www2.unil.ch/isea/2Actuel/ahome_deu.htm

or have a look at attached program!

for registration please contact

kornelia.imesch@sikart.ch
fax: +41 1 381 52 50
tel: +41 1 388 51 51

see you there.

cheers.
MARCOS.

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current.show.
http://www.nieuwedomeinen.nl.
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last.show.
http://www.madridabierto.com/eng/index.htm.

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