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Agricola de Cologne

launched on 1 January 2000 as an artist brand, is standing for the

--> interdisciplinary media artist, director of experimental shortfilms and videos, curator of media art
--> founder & director of artvideoKOELN – the curatorial initiative „art & moving images“ serving since 2010 as the operating platform for a wide range of activities around "art & moving images", running CologneOFF - Cologne International Videoart Festival and Le Musee di-visioniste - the new museum of networked art

Agricola de Cologne is standing also for a broad bandwidth of dynamic curatorial contexts he is initiating in physical and virtual space, the co-curator and co-organiser of external festivals and exhibitions, the jury member of divers festivals, and not to forget the designer of a cross-platform culture.

Since its/his launch in 2000, Agricola de Cologne was presented @ more than 600 festivals and media art events in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Knoxville, Pittsburgh, Mexico City, Caracas, Maracaibo, Buenos Aires, Rosario, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Quito, Bogota, London, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Madrid, Gijon, Sevilla, Valencia, Barcelona, Lisbon, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tampere, Kopenhagen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Nagoya, Seoul, Manila, Hongkong, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, New Delhi, Guwahati, Mumbai, Jakarta, Perth, Melbourne, Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakesh, Istanbul, Ankara, Yerewan, Damaskus, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Bethlehem, Gaza, Basel, Zurich, Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Graz, Kiev, Kharkiv, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Kansk, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Sofia, Varna, Bukarest, Arad, Timisoara, Budapest, Belgrade, Zagreb, Split, Lubljana, Rome, Naples, Milan, Pescara, Venice, Torino, Bologna, Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, & elsewhere, but also on biennials like ISEA Nagoya (2002), Venice Biennale 2003, 2005, 2007, Biennale of New Media Art Merida/MX 2003, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth/Australia (2004), Biennale de Montreal (2004), Biennale of Video & New Media Santiago de Chile (2005), ISEA Singapore 2008.

His media art projects and videos were honoured with prizes and awards.

Links

Agricola de Cologne --> http://www.agricola-de.cologne
artvideoKOELN --> http://artvideo.koeln
Cologne International Videoart Festival --> http://coff.newmediafest.org
Le Musee di-visioniste - the new museum of networked art - http://www.nmartproject.net
SoundLAB - http://soundlab.newmediafest.org
LMD Interview Project - http://interviews.newmediafest.org
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DISCUSSION

JavaMuseum - Updates


JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)

is happy to announce the updates of following Features/Shows:

1.
Current Positions of Italian Netart
http://www.javamuseum.org/2002/2nd/italyfeature/index.html

This shows includes meanwhile 30 netartists from Italy,
the most comprehensive collection of netart from Italy on the net, including
these four new additions

Alessandro Piana Bianco
Marco Cadioli
Enrico Tomaselli
Usine deBoutons (Lionello Borean + Chiara Grandesso)

2.
Current Positions of French Netart
http://www.javamuseum.org/2002/2nd/frenchfeature/index.html

This show is presenting meanwhile 41 netartists from France, including these
new additions:

Ricardo Mbarak (Paris/Libanon)
Bobig (Eric Marie)

3. LatinoNetarte.net
Netart from Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal
http://www.javamuseum.org/2003/latinofeature/index.html

This show is presenting meanwhile 51 artists who work net based, including
following new addition

Enrique Radigales (Spain/UK)

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Right in time before the "3rd of Java series" is starting in October,
JavaMuseum has a new interface and is featuring on the site its co-operation
partner 2003
"Computer Space Festival Sofia/Bulgaria".

The competition and show "Perspectives'03" are organised in the framework
and in co-operation with Computer Space Festival Sofia and
Goethe Institut-Internationes Sofia/Bulgaria.

The festival in Sofia will start on 16 October and "Perspectives'03" will be
launched online on 13 October 2003.

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JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)

is a corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
- the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne/Germany.

DISCUSSION

AVM News in September 2003


A Virtual Memorial -
Memorial Project against the Forgetting and for Humanity
www.a-virtual-memorial.org
New Media art project by Agricola de Cologne

dedicated in September 2003 to
the Victims of Terror - terror attack in USA on 11 September 2001
******************************************************
Table of Contents:
a) Call for entries
b) News
c) Features of the month September 2003
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a) Call for entries:
Rainforest Memorial -
5 minutes before 12 - Memorial for the protection and preservation of the
natural environment on Earth and its inhabitans
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadline 31 October 2003
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please find the complete text and the entry form on
start page of www.a-virtual-memorial.org
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b) News in September

0. [R]-[R]-[F] Festival www.newmediafest.org/rrf/
Version 1.0 of the new festival environment of A Virtual Memorial
was launched on 2 July on occasion of the participation
Interactiva'03 - Biennale for New Media Art at
Museum of Contemporary Art Merida/Yucatan (Mexico)
he Biennale is still running until 28 September 2003.

1. "Hot Memory " page features this month again another artist
who is accepted to participate in future versions of [R]-[R]-[F] Festival
but is still waiting. This feature will help to abbreviate the time of
waiting:

Olliver Dyens (Canada) and his net based work "Le Printemps noir"
Entrance on www.a-virtual-memorial.org

2. Urban.early sunday morning_raw
http://www.nmartproject.net/agricola/mpc/volume6/urban.html
( a net based work originating from A Virtual Memorial)
participates in
*Internation Festival of New Film Split
22-25 September 2003
www.newformfestival.com
and
*Internet Film Festival (Fifi Festival) Paris (France)
16-18 October 2003

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New month - new subject
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c) ***Features of the Month

The month September 2003 is dedicated to the victims of terror

Memorial days in September

2003 International Year of Fresh Water

01 September 1939 - Hitler's invasion in Poland - beginn of World War II
11 September 2003 - World Peace Day
11 September 2001- terror attack in New York and Washington
21 September 1949 - foundation of Federal Republic of Germany

*The Features of the Month are monthly changing
collections of multimedia works and links which form in the
totality of the composition an artwork of theirown
to be created on a webpage of theirown
within the Memorial project.*
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Features of the Month September 2003

Subject of the Month:
Axis of evil? commemorating the victims of terror

Skyscraper 1: Featured Artist
theARTproject - artists reflect 9/11 terror attack
Skyscraper 2: Featured Project: Violence Online Festival
Skyscraper 3: Memorial for the victims of Terror
Skyscraper 4 : 911 terror
Skyscraper 5: Victims of Terror
Skyscraper 6: State terror
Syscraper 7 : Terrorism and its roots
Skyscraper 8: Fundamentalism
Skyscraper 9 : 9.11. - the double method

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Until the next time
all the best,

Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
info@a-virtual-memorial.org
www.a-irtual-memorial.org
Memorial project against the Forgetting and for Humanity -
ongoing New Media art project by Agricola de Cologne
A short description as PDF file for free download from
http://www.a-virtual-memorial.org/downloads/pdf/pdf.htm

Optimized for 1024x768 VGA resolution,
latest browser versions of
MS Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera
soundcard, Flash 6 required

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A Newsletter
is a free InformationService of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
pr@nmartproject.net

NewMediaArtProjectNetwork
-the experimental platform net based art -
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org
www.javamuseum.org
www.a-virtual-memorial.org
www.engad.org
www.agricola-de-cologne.de
www.nmartproject.net
www.newmediafest.org

copyright

DISCUSSION

AVM News in September 2003


A Virtual Memorial -
Memorial Project against the Forgetting and for Humanity
www.a-virtual-memorial.org
New Media art project by Agricola de Cologne

dedicated in September 2003 to
the Victims of Terror - terror attack in USA on 11 September 2001
******************************************************
Table of Contents:
a) Call for entries
b) News
c) Features of the month September 2003
******************************************************
a) Call for entries:
Rainforest Memorial -
5 minutes before 12 - Memorial for the protection and preservation of the
natural environment on Earth and its inhabitans
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadline 31 October 2003
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please find the complete text and the entry form on
start page of www.a-virtual-memorial.org
***********************************
b) News in September

0. [R]-[R]-[F] Festival www.newmediafest.org/rrf/
Version 1.0 of the new festival environment of A Virtual Memorial
was launched on 2 July on occasion of the participation
Interactiva'03 - Biennale for New Media Art at
Museum of Contemporary Art Merida/Yucatan (Mexico)
he Biennale is still running until 28 September 2003.

1. "Hot Memory " page features this month again another artist
who is accepted to participate in future versions of [R]-[R]-[F] Festival
but is still waiting. This feature will help to abbreviate the time of
waiting:

Olliver Dyens (Canada) and his net based work "Le Printemps noir"
Entrance on www.a-virtual-memorial.org

2. Urban.early sunday morning_raw
http://www.nmartproject.net/agricola/mpc/volume6/urban.html
( a net based work originating from A Virtual Memorial)
participates in
*Internation Festival of New Film Split
22-25 September 2003
www.newformfestival.com
and
*Internet Film Festival (Fifi Festival) Paris (France)
16-18 October 2003

**********************************
New month - new subject
**********************************
c) ***Features of the Month

The month September 2003 is dedicated to the victims of terror

Memorial days in September

2003 International Year of Fresh Water

01 September 1939 - Hitler's invasion in Poland - beginn of World War II
11 September 2003 - World Peace Day
11 September 2001- terror attack in New York and Washington
21 September 1949 - foundation of Federal Republic of Germany

*The Features of the Month are monthly changing
collections of multimedia works and links which form in the
totality of the composition an artwork of theirown
to be created on a webpage of theirown
within the Memorial project.*
*************************************************
Features of the Month September 2003

Subject of the Month:
Axis of evil? commemorating the victims of terror

Skyscraper 1: Featured Artist
theARTproject - artists reflect 9/11 terror attack
Skyscraper 2: Featured Project: Violence Online Festival
Skyscraper 3: Memorial for the victims of Terror
Skyscraper 4 : 911 terror
Skyscraper 5: Victims of Terror
Skyscraper 6: State terror
Syscraper 7 : Terrorism and its roots
Skyscraper 8: Fundamentalism
Skyscraper 9 : 9.11. - the double method

*****************************************
Until the next time
all the best,

Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
info@a-virtual-memorial.org
www.a-irtual-memorial.org
Memorial project against the Forgetting and for Humanity -
ongoing New Media art project by Agricola de Cologne
A short description as PDF file for free download from
http://www.a-virtual-memorial.org/downloads/pdf/pdf.htm

Optimized for 1024x768 VGA resolution,
latest browser versions of
MS Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera
soundcard, Flash 6 required

*****************************************
A Newsletter
is a free InformationService of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
pr@nmartproject.net

NewMediaArtProjectNetwork
-the experimental platform net based art -
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org
www.javamuseum.org
www.a-virtual-memorial.org
www.engad.org
www.agricola-de-cologne.de
www.nmartproject.net
www.newmediafest.org

copyright

DISCUSSION

Call for entries: Rainforest Memorial


A Virtual Memorial -
Memorial Project against the Forgetting and for Humanity
www.a-virtual-memorial.org

calls artists for contributing to
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rainforest Memorial -
5 minutes before 12 - Memorial for the protection and preservation of the
natural environment on Earth and its inhabitans
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadline 31 October 2003
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes, when there are new horror news about the environmental situation
on Earth, sometimes when we hear one of our favorite animals or plants are
threatened with instinct, be honest, most of us swear to become actively
somehow in order to do something for the preservation of our natural
enviroment, but when these reports are out of news, the daily life goes on
as if nothing had happened.

The Rainforest as one of the most important and endangered natural
environments represents a symbol for the entire threatened nature and the
indigenous peoples who are living in, each of these enviroments are much
closer to us than we think. The human himself is said to be his biggest
enemy, so it is up to all of us to protect the world we are living in and
safe and preserve it for future generations to prevent such negative effects
of globalization as exploitation of the natural resources through globally
operating companies, for instance, which work only for there private or
corporate profit on short notice,
but not for longterm social and public benefit.

The Rainforest Memorial would like to invite artists of all genre and media
but also any other people who feel solidarian
to take another short second of responsability by contributing an artwork,
a privat or political statement etc
and express this way the active solidarity against the insane desctruction
of the natural environment on Earth.

Art, as such, cannot change the world, but art can support the will to make
the changes, changes which are necassary for mankind to survive in an
environment which is worth to be living in.

Please submit your work or statement in one of the following digital file
formats:

URL of an existing net based work
text: .plain email or .txt
image: .jpg, .gif, png
max size 800x600 pixels and 200 Kb
movie: .mov (Quicktime), rm,ram (Real Video)
.swf (Flash), .dcr (Shockwave)
max. size 1MB

All serious submissions will be included.

Please send your submission together with your
First and family name, email address and homepage URL
to rainforestmemorial@a-virtual-memorial.org

Deadline 31 October 2003,
after the online launch on 1 December
the deadline will be ongoing and
submission will be included immediately.

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Visit also the
Memorial for the Victims of Terror
and
Memorial for the Victims of Aids
and
[R]-[R]-[F] Festival
[Remembering-Repressing-Forgetting]
on
A Virtual Memorial -
Memorial project against the Forgetting and for Humanity
www.a-virtual-memorial.org

corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne

DISCUSSION

PRESS - [R]-[R]-[F] Festival


[R]-[R]-[F] Festival - Version 1.0
www.newmediafest.org/rrf/

1.
review from 20 August 2003 on NEURAL.it
www.neural.it
http://www.neural.it/nnews/rrf.htm

2.
Feature on
Blogwork of ASAC of
50th Venice Biennale
http://www.labiennale.org/blogwork

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[R]-[R]-[F] Festival - Version 1.0
is currently participating in

InteractivA '03 - Biennale for New Media Art
www.cartodigital.org/interactiva
at Museum of Contemporary Art Merida (Yucatan/Mexico) www.macay.org
11 July - 28 September 2003

>>>>>>
Short introduction
>>>>>>
From its structures, [R] - [R] - [F] - Festival is an
experimental New Media art project in form of an online festival created,
programmed and realized by Agricola de Cologne.
Its central subject, abbreviated in the capital letters of the title, is
"Remembering, Repressing, Forgetting".
A new way of art working is practiced: networking as artworking.
Experimental fields of memory are developed by inviting curators from
different countries around the globe, eg directors of media festivals or
curators specialized in New Media, who have to select a number of artists of
their choice according the terms of the project.
The dynamic of this ongoing and continously changing project,
as it is set up for being presented in festivals and media exhibitions,
manifests itself not only in the artistic online environment, especially
created for [R] - [R] - [F] - Festival, but also progressing when for each
new presentation a new project version is created, including new subject
related aspects, new curators and new artists and new visualizations of the
connected memory fields.
Continuously expanding, these memory fields containing curators
and artists of the previous project versions will be always present in the
background while slowly a networking universe of collective memory comes up.
The project uses the Internet not only as an artistic environment,
but primarily also as a communicating medium and a data base
which is closely connected to memory and loss of memory.

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[R]-[R]-[F] Festival - Version 1.0
www.newmediafest.org/rrf/
is the festival environment of
A Virtual Memorial -
Memorial project against the Forgetting and for Humanity
www.a-virtual-memorial.org

and corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne