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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http://cinema.nmartproject.net
http://mac.le-musee-divisioniste.org
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powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and New Media operating from Cologne/Germany.
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info & contact
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DISCUSSION

Tiffany Blaske's Wanting at 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 Tiffany
Blaske's dance on camera video, Wanting. A link to the video can be
found on Wigged's homepage (http://www.wigged.net).

Blaske writes that the idea for Wanting "actually came from where I
was in my life at the time. I felt like my body was still moving
while my spirit wanted to stay. It's like when you're in a crowded
area but all you want to do is explode and push everyone, everything
out of your way."

Tiffany Blaske graduated in 2003 from the California Institute for
the Arts with a BFA in Dance.

Wanting will be on view at Wigged through August 31, 2004.

This dance on camera series is curated by Francesca Penzani.

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

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

DISCUSSION

Lehua Harrison and Haley Hauglum's Bare Taps at 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 Lehua
Harrison and Haley Hauglum's dance on camera video, Bare Taps. A link
to the video can be found on Wigged's homepage
(http://www.wigged.net).

Harrison and Hauglum write that their goal with Bare Taps was to
experiment "with the movement of our feet and creating an intimate
environment that combined different senses and elementsSWhile
experimenting with the grinding muffled sounds of the taps as they
hit and scraped the ledge covered with sand, we also mixed various
colors with water and dampened sand to represent the flow of
emotions, relationships and their reactions. Pouring the mixed
elements off the balcony at the end became an exploration of gravity
and groundedness; in conclusion a progression of colorful footprints
represents the most simple image of all that a person leaves behind
while moving through the journey of life, the bare footprint."

Lehua Harrison and Haley Hauglum both earned a BFA in Dance from the
California Institute of the Arts. Lehua Harrison is currently dancing
with Winifred Harris's Between Lines Modern Dance Company while also
pursuing her aspiration of becoming a working choreographer in Los
Angeles. Hailing from Texas, Haley Hauglum is currently residing in
New York City where she is working while pursuing her goals of
becoming a professional dancer and choreographer.

Bare Taps will be on view at Wigged through August 14, 2004.

This dance on camera series is curated by Francesca Penzani.

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

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

DISCUSSION

Lehua Harrison and Haley Hauglum's Bare Taps at 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 Lehua
Harrison and Haley Hauglum's dance on camera video, Bare Taps. A link
to the video can be found on Wigged's homepage
(http://www.wigged.net).

Harrison and Hauglum write that their goal with Bare Taps was to
experiment "with the movement of our feet and creating an intimate
environment that combined different senses and elementsSWhile
experimenting with the grinding muffled sounds of the taps as they
hit and scraped the ledge covered with sand, we also mixed various
colors with water and dampened sand to represent the flow of
emotions, relationships and their reactions. Pouring the mixed
elements off the balcony at the end became an exploration of gravity
and groundedness; in conclusion a progression of colorful footprints
represents the most simple image of all that a person leaves behind
while moving through the journey of life, the bare footprint."

Lehua Harrison and Haley Hauglum both earned a BFA in Dance from the
California Institute of the Arts. Lehua Harrison is currently dancing
with Winifred Harris's Between Lines Modern Dance Company while also
pursuing her aspiration of becoming a working choreographer in Los
Angeles. Hailing from Texas, Haley Hauglum is currently residing in
New York City where she is working while pursuing her goals of
becoming a professional dancer and choreographer.

Bare Taps will be on view at Wigged through August 14, 2004.

This dance on camera series is curated by Francesca Penzani.

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

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

DISCUSSION

Lehua Harrison and Haley Hauglum's Bare Taps at 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 Lehua
Harrison and Haley Hauglum's dance on camera video, Bare Taps. A link
to the video can be found on Wigged's homepage
(http://www.wigged.net).

Harrison and Hauglum write that their goal with Bare Taps was to
experiment "with the movement of our feet and creating an intimate
environment that combined different senses and elementsSWhile
experimenting with the grinding muffled sounds of the taps as they
hit and scraped the ledge covered with sand, we also mixed various
colors with water and dampened sand to represent the flow of
emotions, relationships and their reactions. Pouring the mixed
elements off the balcony at the end became an exploration of gravity
and groundedness; in conclusion a progression of colorful footprints
represents the most simple image of all that a person leaves behind
while moving through the journey of life, the bare footprint."

Lehua Harrison and Haley Hauglum both earned a BFA in Dance from the
California Institute of the Arts. Lehua Harrison is currently dancing
with Winifred Harris's Between Lines Modern Dance Company while also
pursuing her aspiration of becoming a working choreographer in Los
Angeles. Hailing from Texas, Haley Hauglum is currently residing in
New York City where she is working while pursuing her goals of
becoming a professional dancer and choreographer.

Bare Taps will be on view at Wigged through August 14, 2004.

This dance on camera series is curated by Francesca Penzani.

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

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

DISCUSSION

Festival for Art on Film Call for Works


Wigged Productions is pleased to organize the first annual Festival
for Art on Film, a one-day interdisciplinary festival of video, film
and Web-based works that interpret pieces of art such as dance,
music, poetry or visual art. The festival invites media artists to
submit interdisciplinary works and documentaries on art and artists.
The event will occur on Saturday, April 9, 2005 in Daum Theatre at
The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. There is no entry fee. For more
information please visit http://www.artonfilmfestival.org or e-mail:
artonfilmfestival@wigged.net. Deadline: December 1, 2004.
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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net