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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

NMF2007 - VideoChannel - video art features


NewMediaFest2007
http://2007.newmediafest.org
NewMediaFest2007 blog
http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008
proudly presents as the 3rd festival component
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3.
VideoChannel - video project environments
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org
is dealing with video and the subjects--> "memory and identity".
Founded in 2004 in the framework of [R][R][F]200x--XP - global networking project,
VideoChannel incorporates more than 20 curators , 250 artists from 40countries and about 300 videos -
in total, a unique collection of collective memory, which can be accessed in full length online.

VideoChannel prepared for NewMediaFest2007

3.1.
Solo exhibition: Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (Iceland)
featuring 8 videos by this very talented Icelandic video artist

3.2.
Women Directors Cut III
3rd edition of a program series featuring female film directors/videoartists participating in VideoChannel
Edition III includes videos by-->
Larissa Sansour (Palestine)
Isabelle Schneider/ Sherri Lee Richardson(France)
Cynthuia Whelan (UK)
Cecilia Lundquist (Sweden)
Antonia Valero (Spain)
Caterina Davinio (Italy)

3.3.
"Art cartoons and animated narratives" -->
this component is extending the festival program of CologneOFF III
through another selection of animated movies
Andreja Andric (Serbia/Italy), Mauro Arrighi (Italy), Justin Barnes (Australia),
David Burns (USA), Janet Curley Cannon (USA), Pablo Castillo, (Chile), Robin Clare (UK)
Anisa Franco (Brazil), Ana Gutierrez (USA, Gerald Habarth (USA), David Hutchison (UK)
Man Kim (South Korea USA), Aleksandar Kostjuk (Croatia), Dinko Kumanovic (Croatia)
LEMEH42 - Michele Santini & Lorenza Paolini (Italy), Paul Mangan (Ireland)
Henrique Roscoe (Brazil), Ying-Fang Shen (Taiwan), Simon Streatfeild (Australia)
Andy Sykes (UK), Alexander Satim Timofeev (Russia) Hermes Mangialardo (Italy),
Jody Zellen (USA), Wilfried Agricola de Cologne (Germany), Lycette Bros .(Australia),
Kaspars Groshevs (Latvia)

3.4.
VIP - VideoChannel Interview Project - http://vip.newmediafest.org
NewMediaFest2007 is the occasion to launch officially the new site of this interview project by VideoChannel.
Wilfried Agricola de Cologne invites video artists and film directors incorporated in VideoChannel for an interview and answering 10 question which are spotlighting their professional and creative background. Currently more than 80 interviews are posted online.

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VideoChannel - video art features in the framework of NewMediaFest2007
can be accessed via the festival interface on
http://2007.newmediafest.org ,
but also separately via
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/2007/
and from VideoChannel interface on
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org

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NewMediaFest2007 is realized on 2 levels -
1. online in its totality
-->http://2007.newmediafest.org
--->http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
2. in physical space via cooperations-->
the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007
are launched in the framework of
3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007
more info on http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
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It is further linked with FONLAD Digital Art Festival Coimbra/Portugal
http://www.aaa-euac.org/fonlad.html

Following PDF catalogues are available for free download

The general festival catalogue
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf

CologneOFF III - Toon! Toon! - art cartoon and animated narratives
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_3rd_edition_2007.pdf
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This press release is issued by
netEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
info (at) nmartproject.net
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DISCUSSION

NMF2007 - SoundLAB - Edition V - soundart features


NewMediaFest2007
http://2007.newmediafest.org
NewMediaFest2007 blog
http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008
proudly presents the forth festival component
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4.
SoundLAB - sonic art project environments
http://soundlab.newmediafest.org
is dedicated to a specific form of digital art, i.e. soundart, - incorporating currently 12 curators,
more than 300 artists & 1000 soundart works focussing on "memory and identity".

4.1.
On occasion of NewMediaFest2007, SoundLAB issues its Edition V,
standing under the theme of "soundSTORY - sound as a tool for storytelling"
curated by Melody Parker-Carter, including -->
4th World Orchestra, Mauro Arrighi (Italy), Tautvydas Bajarkevicius (Lithuania), Nat Bates (USA), Andrea Callard (USA), Bronwen Casson (Ireland), Matthew Clair (UK), Budhaditya Chattopadhyay (India), Jessica Curry (UK), Martin Desloovere (Netherlands), Paul Devens(Belgium), Marcin Dopieralski (Poland), Dorsey Dunn (USA), Jared Dunne (USA), Chad Eby (USA), Edward Ficklin (USA); RobynYost (USA) Satoshi Fukushima (Japan), u n c l e j i m (UK), IdoGovrin (Israel), Scott Hall (USA), Le Tuan Hung (Vietnam), Zoe Irvine (UK), Margaret Jameson (USA), Sirpa Jokinen (Finland), Leonel Kaplan (Argentina), Jane Fenton Keane (Australia), Elsa Lankford (USA), les riches douaniers (France), Matt MacKissack (UK), Isabelle Mairiaux (Belgium), Wittwulf Y Malik;(Germany), John Maters (Netherlands), Jenni Meredith (UK), David Mooney (USA), Jeff Morris (USA), Monica Ong; (USA), Jo Pearson (USA), John Plenge (USA), Roland Roos (Netherlands), Benjamin Rossignol (USA), Khaled Sabsabi (Lebanon), Mukherjee Sayandeb (India), Janek Schaefer (UK), Yolanda Spinola Spain), Aleksei Stevens (USA), Eldad Tsabary (Canada), YohannWalter (France), Simon Whetham (UK)

4.2
Curatorial contribution by Ruben Garcia (Valencia/Spain)
featuring following Spanish sound artists -->
Coeval (Madrid), Xabi Erkizia (Basque Country), Roc Jimenez (EVOL) (Barcelona),
Feran Fages (Barcelona), Ruben Garcia.(Valencia)

4.3.
Curatorial contribution by Julian Jonker (South Africa)
Featuring following South African sound artists -->
Brendon Bussy, Garth Erasmus, Neo Muyanga, James Webb & James Sey,
James Webb, Righard Kapp, Brydon Bolton, Julian Jonker

4.4.
SIP - SoundLAB Interview Project - http://sip.newmediafest.org
NewMediaFest2007 is the occasion to launch SIP official on a new site
incorporating now more than120 interviews.
Wilfried Agricola de Cologne invites sound artists participating in SoundLAB for an interview
and answering 10 questions spotlighting the background of their artistic creations.

---------------------------------------------
NewMediaFest2007 is realized on 2 levels -
1. online in its totality
-->http://2007.newmediafest.org
--->http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
2. in physical space via cooperations-->
the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007
is launched in the framework of
3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007
more info on http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
-->
It is further linked with FONLAD Digital Art Festival Coimbra/Portugal
http://www.aaa-euac.org/fonlad.html

The general festival catalogue can be downloaded as PDF for free
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf

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This press release is issued by
netEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
info (at) nmartproject.net
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DISCUSSION

NMF2007 - Cologne Online Film Festival - 3rd edition


NewMediaFest2007
http://2007.newmediafest.org
NewMediaFest2007 blog
http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008
proudly presents

CologneOFF III - 3rd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival
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1.
CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival
http://coff.newmediafest.org
is a new type of mobile film/video festival founded in 2006 and directed by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne,
which takes place simultaneously online and offline.
The OFFline festival is always organised in cooperation with partner festivals.
In 2007, CologneOFF is organising its 3rd edition, entitled:

Toon! Toon!
art cartoons and animated narratives
featuring

1.1
21 selected films
(PDF catalogue for free download
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_3rd_edition_2007.pdf)
by
Ji Hyung Ahn (South Korea),topo - Leonardo R. Beltr

DISCUSSION

NMF2007 - streaming media features by Cinemathque


NewMediaFest2007
http://2007.newmediafest.org
NewMediaFest2007 blog
http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008
proudly presents today two streaming media serials by

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5.
Cinematheque - streaming media project environments
http://cinema.nmartproject.net
is dedicated to the artistic use of streaming technology.
Founded in 2001, the different Cinema Rooms were presenting program series of streaming media.
On occasion of New MediaFest2007, Cinematheque launches the new projection room "Cinema_C"
and the start of the 6 months lasting program series of -->

5.1.
Web performance serial
"The Glass House" by the Israeli artists duo Lital Dotan & Eyal Perry
http://cinema.nmartproject.net/blog/?page_id=20
is a platform for weekly Web Performance shows. Every Tuesday on exactly 23:00 (GMT +02:00) a new performance is transmitted via the artists website
4 different spaces of their home (bed room, living room, bath room and Entrance hall) are the location for the performance, which focuses on one location each week.
On occasion of 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina -
http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=16,
Dotan - Perry prepare a special performance via the net on 17 November 2007.
NewMediaFest2007 has the pleasure to present an archived performance stream via its festival interface.

-->Next web performance, Tuesday, 6 November 23:00 (GMT +02:00)

5.2.
The program serial
"Slowtime2007? - Quicktime as an artistic medium
is exploring the capabilities of the video format Quicktime for its artistic use

The 1st program launched on 1 November is featuring
-->Marko Batista (Slovenia), Marco Coraggio (Italy), Duprass - Belford, Liora and Ido Govrin (Israel), Factory148 (Russia), G.H. Hovagimyan (USA), Martin Mayer & H. Vogel (Germany), Adrian Miles (Australia), Rika Ohara (USA), Lobo Pasolini (Brazil), Guenter Puller (Austria), Arzu Ozkal Telhan (Turkey), Michael Zahnhausen (Austria)
The next following monthly programs include further
-->Abdel-Gawad, Tarik (USA), Andres, Ariel (Chile/USA), Augustynowicz, Artur (Canada), Barbeni, Luca (Italy), Batista, Maria Bauer & Stefanie Buecker (Germany), Beard, Bebe (USA), Bianchi, Silvia (UK), Blank, Jeremy (Australia), Ryan Boserio (Australia), Brasington, Robin Diane (UK), Brunelle, Jon Keith (USA), Caglioni, Diego (ItaLy), Camargo, Hugo (Brazil), Choi, Kyong Mee (South Korea), Cooley, Dana (UK), Cruz, Christiaan (USA), Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea (Iceland), Fischler, Rami (Australia), Freeman, Heather (USA), Golan, Doron (USA), Hall, Tom (Australia), Insua, Jos

DISCUSSION

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NewMediaFest2007
http://2007.newmediafest.org
NewMediaFest2007 blog
http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/
1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008
is proud to present a bunch of excellent netart features
contributed by

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JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
http://www.javamuseum.org
a virtual museum dedicated to a specific form of digital art, i.e. "netart" - Internet based art.
Founded in 2000, JavaMuseum, one of the pioneers in the field of netart
incorporates via 18 showcases a most comprehensive collection of netart from the years 2000-2004
and is completely re-launched on occasion of NewMediaFest2007, by presenting 5 exhibition components

2.1.
featured netart show, entitled:
"Seven Ways for Saying Internet with Net Art" - curated by Elena Giulia Rossi ,
also curator at National Museum of 21th Century Art - MAXXI Rome/Italy - including the artists -->
Juliet Davis, Reinhald Drouhin, Free Soil (Amy Franceschini, Myriel Milicevic, Nis R