Seth Thompson
Since the beginning
Works in United States of America

BIO
Seth Thompson is an educator and arts journalist whose work has been exhibited internationally and shown on PBS. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Design at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. In addition, he has written on the arts for such magazines as Afterimage, Art Calendar, Bidoun and Dialogue. Thompson's documentaries, Evolving Traditions: Artists Working in New Media and Outside the Box: New Cinematic Experiences have aired on such television stations as PBS 45 & 49, Northeast, Ohio; KDOL Channel 18, Oakland, California; DUTV, Philadelphia, PA; and Triangle Television, Auckland, New Zealand.

Thompson began his career at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts in New York City where he was the Business Manager and Education Director. In addition to teaching at The University of Akron and Cuyahoga Community College, he was a Contractual Artist/Lecturer with The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Associate Educator at the Akron Art Museum.

Thompson holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Colorado, an MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York University and an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College.

For more information, please visit his site, http://www.seththompson.info .

Wheeler Winston Dixon - Serial Metaphysics


Serial Metaphysics
Serial Metaphysics #1 (1984-86, clip, 6.4MB, 1:08 min)

Serial Metaphysics
Serial Metaphysics #2 (1984-86, clip, 5.9MB, 1:08 min)

Wheeler Winston Dixon is now a professor of film studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Before he did that he made a lot of (on the evidence of these clips & others) really great short movies. In particular these two clips from Serial Metaphysics, apparently almost entirely constructed from TV ads, whet the appetite for a viewing of the whole twenty minutes. Dixon conjures fever dream magic from commercial banality.
Check in particular the end sequence of clip one:
David Lynch eat your heart out.

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Residency



Cat’Art, international centre for research and creation
Visual arts, writing, performing arts, music…

Cat’Art is a place where the diversity of the art expressions is encouraged and where the exchanges between cultures from all over the world can be developed, so that the art expression remains a universal language.

There are still opportunities of residency in spring 2007 at Cat’Art.
Application open to professional artists only, for temporary stays from 2 weeks to 1 year.
Average residency fee: 600 € (lodging, studio and energy costs included). Detailed estimation of costs on request.

Every resident has his/her own independent bedroom with common cooking facilities.

Space for the creation:
9 independent studios from 30 to 200 m²;
3 individual rooms for writers;
a 140 m² room with excellent natural light and good show conditions to visualize the works;
a specialized library with permanent Internet connection.

The environment is exceptional (unspoilt nature, mountains, lake, in the south of France). The region has a rich historical background (Cathar castles, old city of Carcassonne and above all the cave of Niaux with its original paintings). Close by cultural centres, like Toulouse, Montpellier, Barcelona.

More details and application to residency on our website www.catart.org

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Interview with Alejandro Tamayo


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Alejandro Tamayo is an artist-engineer and a teacher working in the intersections of design, art and new technologies in a country that is often seen as the land of wild cartels, coffee, futbol, the terribly boring Fernando Botero (i'm quoting you here, Alejandro!): Colombia. I discovered his work by chance. He had emailed me to say that he wished i'd cover more of the Latin American art scene. That's something i'd love to do but i wouldn't know where to look for information about what's going on up there (although i read Spanish). Then i realized that the best way to start was to ask a few questions to Alejandro about the lab he's currently directing in Bogota.

The v*i*d*a lab, part of the Aesthetics Department at the Javeriana University, is focusing on the development of new design products and ideas. Guided by a reflexion on life itself, the course proposes to engage with organic (biological) and "post-organic" (electronic, digital) visions, trying to identify new relationships and interrogations that could be translated into the realization of concrete projects.

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Mix & Mash


neme.org:

Creative Commons’ UK film competition “Mix & Mash” in association with Google UK invites short video submissions mixing and mashing digital content. Submissions can be made from the 8th of February to the 10th of March. The winners will be notified by the 12th of March and screened on the 16th of March at the Optronica National Film Theatre in London.

Deadline: 10 March 2007

More on http://neme.org/main/584/mix-and-mash

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Call for entries: Slowtime 2007


Wilfried Agricola de Cologne:

Call for entries
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Deadline 31 March 2007
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Theme:
Slowtime 2007 -
Quicktime as an artistic medium
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Cinematheque -
http://cinema.nmartproject.net
http://mac.le-musee-divisioniste.org
is the centre for streaming media in the framework of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne - www.nmartproject.net, and will open in 2007 - Cinema_C by launching the new show, entitled:
"Slowtime 2007 - Quicktime as an artistic medium".
Already in 2003, Cinematheque was exploring the artistic potential of the popular streaming videoformat
Quicktime as it can be visited in Cinema_B (access via the Cinematheque site). As Quicktime was undergoing a rapid technological development during the past years, it is time again for exploring the current state of Quicktime and its use as a medium for artistic expressions.
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Cinematheque is inviting artists, video and film makers to submit up to three videos in Quicktime format - originating from 2004 or later, preferably sized 480x360 px, but not smaller than 320x240 px, a maximum duration of 6 minutes and make them available online on a separate webpage for review and download.
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Please find the call, the regulations and entry form on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8
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the experimental platform for art and New Media operating from Cologne/Germany.
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DISCUSSION

WIGGED.NET: Call for Works


Wigged Productions in collaboration with curator Humberto Ramirez is
seeking Web-based artists working in video, animation and netart to
contribute projects for an online exhibition addressing the concept
of "EXTRAPOLATIONS" We are particularly interested in works situated
outside of mainstream visual strategies, using anachronism, simulacra,
radical denial, historical revision, nonlinear narratives, humor etc. The
idea of critique as an oblique activity, tangential and tactical is
central to this project.

In order to submit your work for consideration, please provide your
name, title of project, short synopsis and URL address by email to
extrapolations@hotmail.com, or alternatively send DVD with QuickTime
movie or miniDV by May 25, 2006 with requested information to:

EXTRAPOLATIONS
P.O BOX 1637
BRATTLEBORO, VT 05302-1637

The online exhibition will run from July 1, 2006 through June 15,
2007 and the deadline for submissions is May 20, 2006.
--
Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net

DISCUSSION

Festival for Art on Film invitation


Wigged Productions is pleased to invite you to
the first annual Festival for Art on Film which
will take place on Saturday, April 9, 2005 1-5:30
p.m. at The University of Akron's Paul A. Daum
Theatre. The festival will showcase work from
local, national and international artists and
directors. Ranging from Randall Wright's film,
David Hockney: Secret Knowledge where Hockney
argues his controversial theory that optical
devices have been secret tools for artists since
the 15th century to Cleveland-based Kristen
Baumlier's quirky short music video, Antenna,
that explores the nature of communication
technology, this festival promises to be a
one-of-a-kind gathering in the Akron area.

Hosted by the College of Fine and Applied Arts at
The University of Akron and organized by Wigged
Productions, the Festival for Art on Film is the
only known festival in the United States
dedicated to documentaries on art and artists and
media works that interpret dance, music, poetry
and visual art.

Festival jurors include: Neil Sapienza, Acting
Director of the School of Dance, Theater, and
Arts Administration and Professor of Art, The
University of Akron; Durand Pope, Associate
Professor and Coordinator of the Arts
Administration Program, The University of Akron;
Gabriel Giralt, Professor of Communication, The
University of Akron; and Seth Thompson,
Director/Producer, Wigged Productions and
Associate Lecturer, The University of Akron.

Tickets will be available for purchase one-hour
before show time at the Daum Theatre box office.
Ticket prices are: $5.00 for students and
seniors; $8.00 for general public and $20.00 for
those who would like to support future Festival
for Art on Film presentations. The Paul A. Daum
Theatre is located in Kolbe Hall at 328 Buchtel
Common on The University of Akron campus. For
more information please visit:
http://www.artonfilmfestival.org.

Festival for Art on Film Screening List

1.Kristen Baumlier
Antenna, 2003
Filmed in Germany in 2003, Antenna explores ideas
regarding communication devices, and if
technology makes us closer or farther from one
another. Cleveland, Ohio. 3 minutes.

2.Claudia J. Esslinger
Texture Mapping II, 2002
Texture Mapping II was created in response to
Yunkyung Lee's Strings II and abstractly weaves
visual and musical themes, alternating between
harmonic and dissonant relationships. Music
composed by Yungkyung Lee and performed by 21st
Century Music, Seoul, Korea. Gambier, Ohio. 9
minutes 30 seconds.

3.Mark Freeman
Lines in the Sand, 2004
Lines in the Sand is a lyrical portrait of art
and meditation. Using simple handmade tools
Encinitas artist Kirk Van Allyn creates public
art on the pacific shore. Using the beach as his
canvas, the artist paints with the elements-sand,
surf and light. Encinitas, California. 7 minutes
19 seconds.

4.Mimi Garrard
Omagbitse Suite, 2004
Omagbitse Suite is a suite of three pieces,
Prelude, Maidens in White, and Temple of Mirrors
created for dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi. New York,
New York. 11 minutes 35 seconds.

5.Arielle Javitch
No One, 2004
No One is a visual meditation on the genocides
that occurred in Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990s
and the response of the international community.
Instead of retelling or representing the
historical events of these conflicts in the
documentarian style, No One is told through
dance. Brooklyn, New York. 14 minutes 32 seconds.

6.Deborah Kuleff
Salomon, 2003
Told through dance and film, Molly Robert's tale
is the journey of rediscovering her past in order
to face the future. Clovelly, Australia. 10
minutes.

7.Lex Middleton
Designing Dreams, 2004
Designing Dreams is a documentary that follows
the journey of a hand-painted Bollywood billboard
in Mumbai, India. Taking the viewer through the
streets and transport systems of the city,
Designing Dreams unfolds the layers of the city
and its people through the construction of the
billboard. Melbourne, Australia. 13 minutes 24
seconds.

8.Francesca N. Penzani
Donne, Citta' ed un Vestito Nero, 2002
A journey of memories, dreams and impressions
through a trilogy of short dance videos performed
by three women in three different cities wearing
the same dress. Los Angeles, California. 12
minutes 20 seconds.

9.Francesca N. Penzani
SoSTanz, 2002
Under the direction of Francesca Penzani, dancers
Barbie Brooks, Armin Moradian and Erma Morelli
engage in a playful experiment created with the
idea of a specific light position so they may be
seen in and out of darkness-redefining the
concept of space. Los Angeles, California. 4
minutes 40 seconds.

10.Regis Ferguson Collective
Gesture Lesson, 2004
Gesture Lesson explores the nature of
contemporary disembodied gestures through
physical performance, digitally synthesized sound
and algorithmic imaging. Michael Berkowski
(composer/programmer), Gregory Scranton
(video/director). Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2
minutes 50 seconds.

11.Zev Robinson
Everything is Art, 2004
Everything is Art is an experimental video
conveying ideas about art without a conventional
narrative. Music by Shar (Judy Dunaway on
balloon, Trixa Arnold drums, percussions, and
Ilja Komarov bass). London, England. 2 minutes.

12.Andy Abrahams Wilson
Returning Home, 2003
A breathtaking film in which Anna Halprin, the
renowned 80-something pioneer of postmodern dance
moves upon thresholds of earth, wind, water and
fire, finding lessons in life, loss and
liberation. Sausalito, California. 45 minutes.

13.Randall Wright
David Hockney: Secret Knowledge, 2002
Citing examples from Flemish and Italian art,
international art star David Hockney reveals
startling evidence supporting his theory that
optical devices have been a secret tool for
artists since the 15th century-a discovery that
solves century-old mysteries surrounding famous
paintings. London, England. 72 minutes.

--
Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net

DISCUSSION

Call for video artists for Man and Beast exhibition


By way of Seth Thompson:

Original Message:
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From: Mark Soppeland msoppe1@uakron.edu
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 01:59:57 -0500
Subject: A call for video artists for Man and Beast

Dear Video Artist:

The exhibition Man and Beast opens April 4, 2005 at the Emily Davis
Gallery of the Myers School of Art.

We plan to show a collection of video/dvd works during the show that
address the show's theme of presenting various aspects of the
relationship between humans and animals in areas such as religion,
mythology, sport, pets, food, genetic engineering and animal rights.
Selection of works to be included in the exhibition will be made by
the show's curator Mark Soppeland.

We are hoping to receive all video work by March 15 for consideration.

The following is the press release.

CONTACT:Diana Watt, 330-972-5951
Or, Rod Bengston, 330-972-5950
SUMMARY:MAN AND BEAST, PART II OF REGIONAL COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITION AT
THE EMILY DAVIS ART GALLERY, THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, OPENS APRIL 4 -
27

The University of Akron's Mary Schiller Myers School of Art announces a
major show in the Emily Davis Gallery entitled Man and Beast, Part II
of Regional Collections, from April 4 to April 27, 2005. Curated by
Myers School Professor of Art, Mark Soppeland, the exhibition examines
the relationships between humans and animals, and raises questions
about the distinctions and definitions of arts, crafts, commodities,
and artifacts.

The Man and Beast exhibition presents a historically and culturally
diverse range of attitudes in the use of animal imagery in art, craft,
design, and encompasses a wide range of related fields including
industrial design, fashion, and furniture design. Organized around
various themes such as The Innocent Witness, Loving Them to Death,
Making a Living and Designer Beasts, the exhibition explores varied and
changing cultural attitudes toward animals in the contexts of religion,
mythology, sports, commercial symbols, and as pets. Other issues
consider animal rights, genetic engineering, animals as food and
clothing, and extinction.

The exhibition will present over four hundred astonishing
items and will include works by Gary Baseman, Alexander Calder, Vince
CiannI, Red Grooms, Claus Oldenburg, Komar and Melamid, William Wegman,
Andy Warhol, Mark Mothersbaugh, Wayne Thiebaud, Donald Roller Wilson
and recent MacArthur Grant winner Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.
The Emily Davis Gallery located in Folk Hall at the Myers School of
Art, 150 E. Exchange St, on The University of Akron campus, is free and
open to the public. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday,
Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday; 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Wednesday and
Thursday. The gallery is closed on Sunday.

For additional information, contact the Art Event Office at the Myers
School of Art: 330.972.5951 or via email: dwatt@uakron.edu

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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net

DISCUSSION

Mimi Garrard's Crystal on view @ Wigged


Wigged Productions (http://www.wigged.net) an organization dedicated
to making new and innovative art more accessible through broadcast
and Web-based presentations is pleased to showcase online Mimi
Garrard's dance on camera video, Crystal. A link to the video can be
found on Wigged's homepage (http://www.wigged.net).

Mimi Garrard uses dance and the camera to create new forms of
expression. Garrard writes that she "is experimenting with altering
the space, shape, time, and motion of the dance in order to enhance
the material for presentation on video." Crystal was created for
dancer Toni Melaas with music composed by Michael Bushnell.

Mimi Garrard is the artistic director and choreographer for the Mimi
Garrard Dance Company, which has performed throughout the United
States and in South America. In June 2003, Mimi Garrard received a
lifetime achievement award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and
Letters for her outstanding contributions to the art of dance.

The Mimi Garrard Dance Company was established in 1965, the year that
Garrard presented her first full-length concert at the Henry Street
Playhouse in New York City. The company has intrigued and delighted
audiences across the United States and, as the Los Angeles Times put
it, "opened eyes, caused laughter, and provoked thoughts."

Crystal will be on view at Wigged through January 31, 2005.

QuickTime 6.4 or later and a DSL/Cable modem or faster are required
to view the video.

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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net

DISCUSSION

Sound in exhibitions


Hi,

The use of sound is sometimes very controversial within a museum
exhibition--especially when multiple works have a sound element. I
was wondering if you could describe some of the innovative ways that
museums and galleries have handled sound within a museum/gallery
environment without compromising the works. Please let me know at
your earliest convenience. Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,

Seth Thompson
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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net