BIO
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
Jorn Ebner & Roberto Echen interviews by ---->JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
[week 27 March - 2 April 2006]
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The weekly interviews on
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
--->
3rd & 4th interview featuring
Jorn Ebner (UK) & -rechen- [Roberto Echen/ Argentina]
--->
Jorn Ebner
is an artist based in England. Born in Bremerhaven, Germany, he studied English Literature at Universitat Hamburg 1990-95 and Fine Art in London at Central Saint Martins College of Art 1995-98. His internet-based works include "Leif Codices" (2003), "Lee Marvin Toolbox" (2001), which received the Kunstpreis des Medienforums Munchen 2001, and "Life Measure Constructions" (2000/01), a New Media Scotland Commission. In September 2004, the Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Stormarn, Germany, opened "Offline, On()", an exhibition of Ebner's computer- and internet-based works; the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle presented the work, "Portable Landscape"; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, organised Ebner's "Instability Experiment" in summer 2005.
&
rechen-
Roberto Echen -born in Rosario/Argentina, is working since 1980 in different art disciplines and teaching at the School of Fine Arts of the National University of Rosario since 1987. He started in 1997 working with computers and incorporated Internet with the aim of making art on the net, and joined later a group of research on art and technology at the University of Rosario, working through Internet instead of having a physical space. In 2000, Roberto Echen became Coordinator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Art Juan B. Castagnino of Rosario, Argentina, and was envolved in 2004 in the creation of MACRO (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Rosario - museum of contemporary art of Rosario) and became general curator of it.
--->
About JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org/start1.htm
is currently preparing a new project, entitled:
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org
to be launched in June/July 2006 online.
Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
is interviewing a number of selected artists active in the field of Internet based art
who participated in the "1st phase",
the 18 JavaMuseum showcases 2001-2004,
in order to spotlight their artistic background, activities and visions.
Once completed - JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project will release the collected interviews online
on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but immediately
also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
************************************************
Released by
NetEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany.
.
info& contact
info (at) nmartproject.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The weekly interviews on
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
--->
3rd & 4th interview featuring
Jorn Ebner (UK) & -rechen- [Roberto Echen/ Argentina]
--->
Jorn Ebner
is an artist based in England. Born in Bremerhaven, Germany, he studied English Literature at Universitat Hamburg 1990-95 and Fine Art in London at Central Saint Martins College of Art 1995-98. His internet-based works include "Leif Codices" (2003), "Lee Marvin Toolbox" (2001), which received the Kunstpreis des Medienforums Munchen 2001, and "Life Measure Constructions" (2000/01), a New Media Scotland Commission. In September 2004, the Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Stormarn, Germany, opened "Offline, On()", an exhibition of Ebner's computer- and internet-based works; the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle presented the work, "Portable Landscape"; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, organised Ebner's "Instability Experiment" in summer 2005.
&
rechen-
Roberto Echen -born in Rosario/Argentina, is working since 1980 in different art disciplines and teaching at the School of Fine Arts of the National University of Rosario since 1987. He started in 1997 working with computers and incorporated Internet with the aim of making art on the net, and joined later a group of research on art and technology at the University of Rosario, working through Internet instead of having a physical space. In 2000, Roberto Echen became Coordinator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Art Juan B. Castagnino of Rosario, Argentina, and was envolved in 2004 in the creation of MACRO (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Rosario - museum of contemporary art of Rosario) and became general curator of it.
--->
About JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org/start1.htm
is currently preparing a new project, entitled:
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org
to be launched in June/July 2006 online.
Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
is interviewing a number of selected artists active in the field of Internet based art
who participated in the "1st phase",
the 18 JavaMuseum showcases 2001-2004,
in order to spotlight their artistic background, activities and visions.
Once completed - JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project will release the collected interviews online
on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but immediately
also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
************************************************
Released by
NetEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany.
.
info& contact
info (at) nmartproject.net
Andrea Polli interview on --->JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
[week 20-26 March 2006]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The weekly interview on
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
--->
2nd interview featuring Andrea Polli (USA)
--->
Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in New York City.
Polli's work addresses issues related to science and technology in contemporary society.
Her projects often bring together artists and scientists from various disciplines.
She is interested in global systems, the real time interconnectivity of these systems,
and the effect of these systems on individuals.
She has exhibited, performed, and lectured nationally and internationally
and is a multiple participant in JavaMuseum projects.
--->
About JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org/start1.htm
is currently preparing a new project, entitled:
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org
to be launched in June/July 2006 online.
Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
is interviewing a number of selected artists active in the field of Internet based art
who participated in the "1st phase",
the 18 JavaMuseum showcases 2001-2004,
in order to spotlight their artistic background, activities and visions.
Once completed - JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project will release the collected interviews online
on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but immediately
also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
************************************************
Released by
NetEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany.
.
info& contact
info (at) nmartproject.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The weekly interview on
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
--->
2nd interview featuring Andrea Polli (USA)
--->
Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in New York City.
Polli's work addresses issues related to science and technology in contemporary society.
Her projects often bring together artists and scientists from various disciplines.
She is interested in global systems, the real time interconnectivity of these systems,
and the effect of these systems on individuals.
She has exhibited, performed, and lectured nationally and internationally
and is a multiple participant in JavaMuseum projects.
--->
About JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org/start1.htm
is currently preparing a new project, entitled:
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org
to be launched in June/July 2006 online.
Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
is interviewing a number of selected artists active in the field of Internet based art
who participated in the "1st phase",
the 18 JavaMuseum showcases 2001-2004,
in order to spotlight their artistic background, activities and visions.
Once completed - JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project will release the collected interviews online
on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but immediately
also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
************************************************
Released by
NetEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany.
.
info& contact
info (at) nmartproject.net
Call-->Women: Memory of Repression in Argentina
Version espanola abajo
Spanish version below
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Call: Women: Memory of Repression in Argentina
is looking for digital artwork
deadline 1 September 2006
24 March 2006 -->30th return of the military coup in Argentina (1976)
Women: Memory of Repression in Argentina (W:MoRiA)
http://argentina.engad.org
is an Internet based art project about the "disappeared" (desapararecidos) in Argentina and the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
in the framework of the global networking project [R][R][F]2006---XP - http://rrf2006.newmediafest.org
initiated & created by Agricola de Cologne, media artist & New Media curator from Cologne/Germany
On occasion of 30th return of the military coup in Argentina on 24 March (2006/1976),
the project is planned to be re-constructed and re-launched later in the year 2006.
For this occasion, W:MoRiA
is inviting artists not only from Argentina, but any country on the globe
for submitting a proposal in form of an Internet based work, digital video and soundart,
dealing with the military dictatorships in Argentina and other South America countries,
the persecuted & "disappeared" people, and
how the society, family and friends were reacting on the traumatic experiences.
Please find all project information and the entry form on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
Contacts:
rrf2006 (at) newmediafest.org
subject: argentina
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Version espanola
Convocatoria:
Mujeres: Memoria de la Represion en la Argentina
esta buscando arte digital
Cierre de convocatoria: 1
Spanish version below
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Call: Women: Memory of Repression in Argentina
is looking for digital artwork
deadline 1 September 2006
24 March 2006 -->30th return of the military coup in Argentina (1976)
Women: Memory of Repression in Argentina (W:MoRiA)
http://argentina.engad.org
is an Internet based art project about the "disappeared" (desapararecidos) in Argentina and the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
in the framework of the global networking project [R][R][F]2006---XP - http://rrf2006.newmediafest.org
initiated & created by Agricola de Cologne, media artist & New Media curator from Cologne/Germany
On occasion of 30th return of the military coup in Argentina on 24 March (2006/1976),
the project is planned to be re-constructed and re-launched later in the year 2006.
For this occasion, W:MoRiA
is inviting artists not only from Argentina, but any country on the globe
for submitting a proposal in form of an Internet based work, digital video and soundart,
dealing with the military dictatorships in Argentina and other South America countries,
the persecuted & "disappeared" people, and
how the society, family and friends were reacting on the traumatic experiences.
Please find all project information and the entry form on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
Contacts:
rrf2006 (at) newmediafest.org
subject: argentina
************************************************************************
Version espanola
Convocatoria:
Mujeres: Memoria de la Represion en la Argentina
esta buscando arte digital
Cierre de convocatoria: 1
Final call: for Internet based works
Final call for submissions
Deadline: 1 April 2006
********************
On 31 December 2005,
the global networking project
[R][R][F]2005--->XP by Agricola de Cologne
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org experired,
but was reborn on 1 January 2006 as [R][R][F]2006--->XP
http://rrf2006.newmediafest.org.
Since its start in March 2004, the RRF project has become one of the most successful
Internet based projects of its kind and was presented meanwhile about 50 times
in virtual and physical space
details see also NetEX - networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
all recent news can be found also on http://netex.nmartproject.net
For the new season 2006, [R][R][F]2006--->XP
is inviting artists working with New Media to submit their
latest Internet based projects
dealing with the theme "memory" in a narrow or wider sense,
including aspects of identity, violence, human rights, controll (surveillance),
globalisation and much more, see also the "Memory Channels" on
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org
The RRF project is planned to be active also beyond the year 2007.
As a most unique source of collective memory RRF project will remain online for permanent.
A single artist or an artist collective can submit up to 3 projects/works.
The projects have to be submitted as URL, thus must have an Internet address of their own,
but there is an option (on request) to accept also cloned projects (including all necessary files)
for being hosted on RRF server (recommended in case a project is not planned to remain for permanent online)
The use of following plug-ins is accepted:
Flash, Shockwave, Quicktime, Real Player, Cortona (3D)
(other plug-ins on request)
Please use this entry form for submitting:
1.name of artist(s), email address(es), URL(s)
(in case of an artists collective please credit all participants properly)
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words each)
3. 3 work/project max. -->
a) title
b) year of production
c) used technology
d) URL for review and inclusion
4. work description ( not more than 500 words)
5. 2 screenshots(.jpeg, max. 800x600 px) for each submitted work
.
Please send the complete submission to
rrf2006@newmediafest.org
subject: [R][R][F]2006--->XP submission
For the option of submitting a cloned project,
please contact rrf2006@newmediafest.org for details
subject: cloned project submission
*************************************************
This calls is also issued on
NetEX - networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
.
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net
info(at)nmartproject.net
Deadline: 1 April 2006
********************
On 31 December 2005,
the global networking project
[R][R][F]2005--->XP by Agricola de Cologne
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org experired,
but was reborn on 1 January 2006 as [R][R][F]2006--->XP
http://rrf2006.newmediafest.org.
Since its start in March 2004, the RRF project has become one of the most successful
Internet based projects of its kind and was presented meanwhile about 50 times
in virtual and physical space
details see also NetEX - networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
all recent news can be found also on http://netex.nmartproject.net
For the new season 2006, [R][R][F]2006--->XP
is inviting artists working with New Media to submit their
latest Internet based projects
dealing with the theme "memory" in a narrow or wider sense,
including aspects of identity, violence, human rights, controll (surveillance),
globalisation and much more, see also the "Memory Channels" on
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org
The RRF project is planned to be active also beyond the year 2007.
As a most unique source of collective memory RRF project will remain online for permanent.
A single artist or an artist collective can submit up to 3 projects/works.
The projects have to be submitted as URL, thus must have an Internet address of their own,
but there is an option (on request) to accept also cloned projects (including all necessary files)
for being hosted on RRF server (recommended in case a project is not planned to remain for permanent online)
The use of following plug-ins is accepted:
Flash, Shockwave, Quicktime, Real Player, Cortona (3D)
(other plug-ins on request)
Please use this entry form for submitting:
1.name of artist(s), email address(es), URL(s)
(in case of an artists collective please credit all participants properly)
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words each)
3. 3 work/project max. -->
a) title
b) year of production
c) used technology
d) URL for review and inclusion
4. work description ( not more than 500 words)
5. 2 screenshots(.jpeg, max. 800x600 px) for each submitted work
.
Please send the complete submission to
rrf2006@newmediafest.org
subject: [R][R][F]2006--->XP submission
For the option of submitting a cloned project,
please contact rrf2006@newmediafest.org for details
subject: cloned project submission
*************************************************
This calls is also issued on
NetEX - networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
.
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net
info(at)nmartproject.net
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project - interview with BABEL (Canada)
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org/start1.htm
is happy to announce a new project, entitled:
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org
to be launched in June/July 2006 online.
About the project:
Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
is interviewing a number of selected artists active in the field of Internet based art
who participated in the "1st phase", the 18 JavaMuseum showcases 2001-2004,
in order to spotlight their artistic background, activities and visions.
Once completed - JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project will release the collected interviews online
on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but immediately
also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
These series start this week (13-19 March 2006) &
Agricola de Cologne (AdC) is interviewing BABEL,
a multiple participant in JavaMuseum shows,
a digital writer and artist from Canada
who has exhibited solo and collaborative work online and offline since 2002.
enjoy-->
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
************************************************
Released by
NetEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany.
.
info& contact
info (at) nmartproject.net
Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org/start1.htm
is happy to announce a new project, entitled:
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org
to be launched in June/July 2006 online.
About the project:
Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
is interviewing a number of selected artists active in the field of Internet based art
who participated in the "1st phase", the 18 JavaMuseum showcases 2001-2004,
in order to spotlight their artistic background, activities and visions.
Once completed - JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project will release the collected interviews online
on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but immediately
also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
These series start this week (13-19 March 2006) &
Agricola de Cologne (AdC) is interviewing BABEL,
a multiple participant in JavaMuseum shows,
a digital writer and artist from Canada
who has exhibited solo and collaborative work online and offline since 2002.
enjoy-->
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
************************************************
Released by
NetEX - networked experience
http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany.
.
info& contact
info (at) nmartproject.net