BIO
Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead are London based artists working with video, sound and electronic networked space to create gallery and site-specific artworks and installations. They have exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, having earned an excellent reputation as leading UK practitioners in the field of artists using technology.
You can view their web-work and documentation of other works at http://www.thomson-craighead.net A monograph on their work has also been published by Film & Video Umbrella, London
You can view their web-work and documentation of other works at http://www.thomson-craighead.net A monograph on their work has also been published by Film & Video Umbrella, London
Faith in Exposure - Montevideo/Amsterdam
Hello once more,
We are also in this show opening next week at Montevideo in
Amsterdam. We will be showing the gallery version of, 'Decorative
Newsfeeds'
http://www.thomson-craighead.net/docs/decnews.html
thanks and best wishes,
Jon & Alison
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Faith in Exposure
Exhibition and Seminar
24 February
We are also in this show opening next week at Montevideo in
Amsterdam. We will be showing the gallery version of, 'Decorative
Newsfeeds'
http://www.thomson-craighead.net/docs/decnews.html
thanks and best wishes,
Jon & Alison
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Faith in Exposure
Exhibition and Seminar
24 February
Lines of Flight -- New York
Lines of Flight
Dates:
Opening Reception Friday, February 16, 4-7PM
Exhibition Tour Saturday, February 17th, 1-4PM
Location: Hunter College Main Campus 695 Park Ave. NY, NY 10021
Main Lobby, West Building and 543 Hunter North Building 212-650-3415
Curated by: Celina Jeffery and Gregory Minissale
Sponsored by: The Leonardo Education Forum, The Hunter College MFA in
Integrated Media Arts and Film and Media Department, The Savannah
College of Art and Design and Bitforms Gallery.
Artists:
Rafael Lozano Hemmer
Thomson and Craighead
Peter Horvath
David Crawford
Short description: Lines of Flight addresses the following themes:
the lines between technological, scientific and artistic practices
from differing cultural perspectives; the negotiated status of the
(networked) artist as an agent interacting and transacting in a
global context; the flight from the self in collective creativity;
spatial mediation suggested by open, interactive, and real time
systems; mediation between inclusions and exclusions, insiders and
outsiders; and processes of taking flight from the gravity of digital
capitalism, digital privilege, and stratification.
Directions:
By Subway
The #6 train stops directly under the College at the 68th Street
Stop. Major transfer points for the #6 train are: 14th Street-Union
Square, 42nd Street - Grand Central, 51st Street & Lexington Avenue,
and 59th Street & Lexington Avenue. There is an entrance to the
school in the Subway station. Room 543, Fifth Floor Hunter North
Enter the North Building at the 69th street entrance (between Park
and Lexington Avenues). Take the elevators on the left to the fifth
floor. Make a left through the double doors. Make a right and proceed
to the end of the hall. Room 543 is on the right.
Dates:
Opening Reception Friday, February 16, 4-7PM
Exhibition Tour Saturday, February 17th, 1-4PM
Location: Hunter College Main Campus 695 Park Ave. NY, NY 10021
Main Lobby, West Building and 543 Hunter North Building 212-650-3415
Curated by: Celina Jeffery and Gregory Minissale
Sponsored by: The Leonardo Education Forum, The Hunter College MFA in
Integrated Media Arts and Film and Media Department, The Savannah
College of Art and Design and Bitforms Gallery.
Artists:
Rafael Lozano Hemmer
Thomson and Craighead
Peter Horvath
David Crawford
Short description: Lines of Flight addresses the following themes:
the lines between technological, scientific and artistic practices
from differing cultural perspectives; the negotiated status of the
(networked) artist as an agent interacting and transacting in a
global context; the flight from the self in collective creativity;
spatial mediation suggested by open, interactive, and real time
systems; mediation between inclusions and exclusions, insiders and
outsiders; and processes of taking flight from the gravity of digital
capitalism, digital privilege, and stratification.
Directions:
By Subway
The #6 train stops directly under the College at the 68th Street
Stop. Major transfer points for the #6 train are: 14th Street-Union
Square, 42nd Street - Grand Central, 51st Street & Lexington Avenue,
and 59th Street & Lexington Avenue. There is an entrance to the
school in the Subway station. Room 543, Fifth Floor Hunter North
Enter the North Building at the 69th street entrance (between Park
and Lexington Avenues). Take the elevators on the left to the fifth
floor. Make a left through the double doors. Make a right and proceed
to the end of the hall. Room 543 is on the right.
'After Neurath: Like sailors on the open sea'
Hello,
We are in the following exhibition opening in Holland at the end of
next week.
Please come along if you're nearby.
best wishes,
Jon & Alison
http://www.thomson-craighead.net
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Stroom Den Haag present:
'After Neurath: Like sailors on the open sea'
Gerd Arntz,
Bureau d'etudes,
Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann,
Stephan Dillemuth,
Chad McCail,
Oliver Ressler,
Thomson & Craighead
curated by Steve Rushton
February 25 thru April 8, 2007
opening reception: Saturday February 24, 5 pm
opening speech by Prof. dr. L. de la Rive Box, director Institute of
Social Studies
performance/screening Stephan Dillemuth: 4-5 pm
lectures by Oliver Ressler, Chad McCail: Wednesday February 21, 8 pm
location: Hogewal 1-9, The Hague, The Netherlands
opening hours: Wednesday thru Sunday, 12-5 pm
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the work of the
Austrian utopian philosopher Otto Neurath (1882-1945), in fields as
various as fine art, design, philosophy, cultural theory and urban
studies. With the
We are in the following exhibition opening in Holland at the end of
next week.
Please come along if you're nearby.
best wishes,
Jon & Alison
http://www.thomson-craighead.net
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Stroom Den Haag present:
'After Neurath: Like sailors on the open sea'
Gerd Arntz,
Bureau d'etudes,
Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann,
Stephan Dillemuth,
Chad McCail,
Oliver Ressler,
Thomson & Craighead
curated by Steve Rushton
February 25 thru April 8, 2007
opening reception: Saturday February 24, 5 pm
opening speech by Prof. dr. L. de la Rive Box, director Institute of
Social Studies
performance/screening Stephan Dillemuth: 4-5 pm
lectures by Oliver Ressler, Chad McCail: Wednesday February 21, 8 pm
location: Hogewal 1-9, The Hague, The Netherlands
opening hours: Wednesday thru Sunday, 12-5 pm
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the work of the
Austrian utopian philosopher Otto Neurath (1882-1945), in fields as
various as fine art, design, philosophy, cultural theory and urban
studies. With the
FRAMED - Slade Research Studios, London
You are invited to FRAMED
A Slade Centre for Electronic Media event
as part of the Node.London season of media art events
23 - 24 - 25 March 2006
Join us between 6-9 pm on Friday 24 March for an evening of live
performances and webcasts
Slade Research Centre
Woburn Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0AB
Open: Thurs 23, 12-8pm, Fri 24, 12-9pm, Sat 25th, 12-6pm
With some audio works also broadcast on Resonance 104.4 fm, London's Art
Radio Station.
Check website for updated schedule and details on all works, events and
Directions and to book a session to see the work in the UCL Immersive VR
Laboratory
http://www.scemfa.org/framed
To coincide with the NODE.London season for media arts and to mark
the 10th
anniversary of the Slade Centre for Electronic Media
From works exploring transmission, networking and time to palm pilot
drawings, live chat room, sound performances as well as experimental
works
developed in collaboration with UCL's Immersive VR Laboratory exploring
physiological input devices, this event is intended to provide a
snapshot of
the broad range of interests, exploration and investigations in this
area.
Lanfranco Aceti
Tom Badley
Alex Baker
Ben Barwise
Ramona Behravan
Dale Berning
Rebecca Birch
Martin John Callanan
Ana Cavic
Georgia Chatzivasileiadi
Susan Collins
Phil Coy
Amy Cunningham
Dream Products Co
Simon Elliston
Anita Wernstrom & Jennie Fagerstrom
Simon Faithfull
Penny Florence
Brett Foreman
Judith Goddard
Florencia Guillen
Tim Head
Louisa Clarke and Jaye Ho
Nick Hornby
Will Hurt
Alex Impey
Janice Kerbel
Richard Lockett
Brighid Lowe
Sunee Markosov
Viveka Marksjo
Vaishali Pathak & Katie Miller
Suzi Webster & Katie Paterson
Salomon Rogberg
Jack Southern
Naoko Takahashi
Thomson&Craighead
Timo Vaittinen
Jon Velardi
William West
Patrick White
Eli Zafran
Supported by Arts Council England
With additional support and assistance from University College London's
Multimedia Resources and Information Systems Remote Support Team, Dr
Doron
Friedman and UCL's Immersive VR Laboratory and Adi AV
The Slade Centre for Electronic Media is part of the Slade School of
Fine
Art, University College London
http://www.scemfa.org/framed
A Slade Centre for Electronic Media event
as part of the Node.London season of media art events
23 - 24 - 25 March 2006
Join us between 6-9 pm on Friday 24 March for an evening of live
performances and webcasts
Slade Research Centre
Woburn Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0AB
Open: Thurs 23, 12-8pm, Fri 24, 12-9pm, Sat 25th, 12-6pm
With some audio works also broadcast on Resonance 104.4 fm, London's Art
Radio Station.
Check website for updated schedule and details on all works, events and
Directions and to book a session to see the work in the UCL Immersive VR
Laboratory
http://www.scemfa.org/framed
To coincide with the NODE.London season for media arts and to mark
the 10th
anniversary of the Slade Centre for Electronic Media
From works exploring transmission, networking and time to palm pilot
drawings, live chat room, sound performances as well as experimental
works
developed in collaboration with UCL's Immersive VR Laboratory exploring
physiological input devices, this event is intended to provide a
snapshot of
the broad range of interests, exploration and investigations in this
area.
Lanfranco Aceti
Tom Badley
Alex Baker
Ben Barwise
Ramona Behravan
Dale Berning
Rebecca Birch
Martin John Callanan
Ana Cavic
Georgia Chatzivasileiadi
Susan Collins
Phil Coy
Amy Cunningham
Dream Products Co
Simon Elliston
Anita Wernstrom & Jennie Fagerstrom
Simon Faithfull
Penny Florence
Brett Foreman
Judith Goddard
Florencia Guillen
Tim Head
Louisa Clarke and Jaye Ho
Nick Hornby
Will Hurt
Alex Impey
Janice Kerbel
Richard Lockett
Brighid Lowe
Sunee Markosov
Viveka Marksjo
Vaishali Pathak & Katie Miller
Suzi Webster & Katie Paterson
Salomon Rogberg
Jack Southern
Naoko Takahashi
Thomson&Craighead
Timo Vaittinen
Jon Velardi
William West
Patrick White
Eli Zafran
Supported by Arts Council England
With additional support and assistance from University College London's
Multimedia Resources and Information Systems Remote Support Team, Dr
Doron
Friedman and UCL's Immersive VR Laboratory and Adi AV
The Slade Centre for Electronic Media is part of the Slade School of
Fine
Art, University College London
http://www.scemfa.org/framed
[] low-fi update 38 - Guest selection by Clive Gillman
[] low-fi update 38
guest selection by Clive Gillman
To co-incide with the launch of Low-fi commissions at Stills in
Edinburgh,
we have a new guest selection by Clive Gillman, Director of Dundee
Contemporary Arts, Scotland:
'On False Realities'
http://www.low-fi.org.uk/?session=guest_list&lid
guest selection by Clive Gillman
To co-incide with the launch of Low-fi commissions at Stills in
Edinburgh,
we have a new guest selection by Clive Gillman, Director of Dundee
Contemporary Arts, Scotland:
'On False Realities'
http://www.low-fi.org.uk/?session=guest_list&lid