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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

Korea, Iraq and Deb King


[R][R][F]2004--->XP
[Remembering, Repressing, Forgetting]
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/ <http://www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/>
global networking project by Agricola de Cologne

is proud to include on occasion of its participation in
404 - International Electronic Art Festival Rosario/Argentina
7-12 December 2004
www.404festival.com.ar <http://www.404festival.com.ar>

following new contributions to

1) VideoChannel (Memory Channel No. 5)
--->
curatorial contribution by Won-Kon Yi (Seoul/South Korea)
[Born in Daegu(South Korea) 1956. MFA from Seoul National Univ & Tsukuba University(JAPAN)
Artist/critics/independent curator
Associate Professor of Dankook University(South Korea)
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of the international journal "technoetic arts"(edited by Roy Ascott) ]

featuring 5 Korean artists
Hae-Min Kim, Chang-Kyum Kim,
Ji-Hyun Kim, Oliver Griem, YI, Won-Kon

This is the 11th curatorial contribution in addition to those 10 already existing
from Romania, Sweden, Malaysia, Germany, Italy, Chile, Spain and Israel

VideoChannel can be also accessed directly via
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/vchannel.htm <http://www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/vchannel.htm>
or
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/ <http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/>

2. Violence Channel (Memory Channel No.2)
--->
a) gender (f) net based project by Deb King (USA)
<http://www.gender-f.com>
gender[f] addresses issues of gender, racial and economic biases resulting
in systemic violence against women and minorities.

This project arises from the unseemly juxtaposition of a "war on terror"
with the every day realities faced by women living in cultures that
enforce female circumcision, do not give equal value for equal work based
on cultural bias, tacitly accept violent domestic situations, use sexual
intimidation as a military tactic and fear of reprisal as a cultural
control.
The name, gender[f], designates a programmatic function. The function -
gender - holds an unlimited, presently undefined array - [f] - the
identities, issues and/or representations of women in society.
This work is dedicated to the the over 400 murdered and disappeared women
of Juarez who worked in the maquiladoras of Juarez.

b) Iraq - the war & postwar period
30 artists reflect the conditions of the post war Iraq.
The war in Iraq is/was marked by two politicians, the political leaders of USA and UK,
it is an example of the systemetic manipulation of public opinion.
--->
Babel, Andy Cox, Amanda Earl, Robert Echen, mIEKALaND, dlsan,
Darshana Vora, Astree Galbiatta, Jamelie Hassan, Mireile Astore,
Jen Simmons & Sarah Christman,, Xavier Cahen, Giles Trendle,
Wildfire Jo, SCART, Jaqueline Heer,, CEZAR LAZARESCU, Jody Zellen,
Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Pedro Inoue, Ori Kleiner, Laura Floyed,
Susan Bowen, David Cheung, Rheim Alkadhi, Jordons Francisco
Anna Krenz, Peter Gander, Michael Takeo Magruder, Caitlin Masley
The project can be also accessed directly via
www.newmediafest.org/iraq.htm <http://www.newmediafest.org/iraq.htm>
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[R][R][F]2004--->XP
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004 <http://www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004>
is part of
--->01. National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucaresti/Romania (5 March - 30
April)
02. Bergen Electronic Arts Centre Bergen/Norway (5 March - 28 March)
03. New Media Art Festival Bangkok (Thailand) (20-28 March)
04. Now Music Streaming Festival Berlin (Germany)- - 7 April
05. Version'04 Festival - Invisible Networks - Chicago/USA - 16 April-01
May
06. Electronic Art Meeting - PEAM 2004 - Pescara (Italy) 19-23 May
07. BASICS Festival Salzburg/Austria - 8-16 May 2004 -
08. VI SALON Y COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE DIGITAL - Havanna (Cuba)
21-24 June
09. International Festival of New Film and New Media Split/Croatia (26
June-2 July)
10. public_space_festival Yerewan/Armenia 23 July - 03 August
11. West Coast Numusic & Electronic Arts Festival Stavanger/Norway 17-22
August
12. Biennale of Electronic Art Perth (Australia) (1 September - 7
November )
13. 24h of Nuremberg/Germany -
International Shortfilm Festival 15/16 October
14. 1st International Exhibition of Digital Art - Orilla'04 -
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Fe/Argentina (04 November - 04
December)
15. FILE - Electronic Language Festival Sao Paulo/Brazil (23 November-12
December)
16. 404 Electronic Art Festival Rosario/Argentina (7-15 December)
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Agricola de Cologne,
is a virtual instance, a multidisciplinary media artists and creator and
founder of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
As an artist, he had more than 100 solo exhibitions in cooperation with for
than 70 museums throughout Europe, as a curator he organised between 1989
and 1994 several cultural projects in Europe and curates since 2001 the net
based New Media projects of NewMediaArtProjectNetwork.
He is participating in a variety of media exhibitions and festivals around
the globe with his online and offline multi-media works, details see on:
<http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/bio/bio_agricola1.htm>
His net based works received several prizes.
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The search engine "Google" has the most "Agricola de Cologne" postings on
the net
http://www.google.com/search?q=agricola+de+cologne <>
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[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net <http://www.nmartproject.net>
contact: info@nmartproject.net <mailto:info@nmartproject.net>

DISCUSSION

Call for soundart - new deadline


Deadline extended: new deadline 31 December 2004

Soundlab Channel
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/concerthall <>
is currently preparing its 2nd edition to be launched
on 8 February 2005.
.
SoundLabChannel is a joint-venture between
[R][R][F]2004--->XP
global networking project
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004 <>
and Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-dovisioniste.org <>
and is focussed on soundart and its various forms.
.
--->
--->Call for submissions
new deadline 31 December 2004
.
SoundLab Channel
is looking for soundart works of
a) experimental character
b) electronic music
c) Voice -sound/music integration
d) and other forms
.
Subject: there is a general subject---> "memory and identity"
and special subject for edition II ---> "separate/unite"
.
The submission has to be posted on a webpage for download,
please do not send it as an email attachement.
Submission format: .mp3
Size: Max 5MB, exceptions possible, but on request.
.
The authors/artists keep all rights on their submitted works.
.
new deadline 31 December 2004.
Please use this form for submitting:
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1.name of artist, email address, URL
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words)
3. works (maximum 3), year of production, running time
a) URL for download
4. short statement for each work
(not more than 300 words each)
.
Confirmation/authorization:
The submitter declares and confirms
that he/she is holding all author's rights
and gives permission to include the submitted work
in "Soundlab" online environment until revoke.
Signed by (submitter)
.
Please send the complete submission to
concerthall@le-musee-divisioniste.org <>
subject: Soundlab Channel
.
Deadline 18 December 2004
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SoundLab Channel -
Memory Channel 7-->at
[R][R][F]2004--->XP
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004 <>
can be accessed directly via
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/concerthall/start1.htm <>
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/schannel.htm <>
.
"[R][R][F]2004--->XP"
and "le Musee di-visioniste" are corporate members of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net <>
Copyright 2000-2004. All rights reserved.
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DISCUSSION

Project festures - call for proposals


[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net <http://www.nmartproject.net>
installed a new site called
"Project features"
www.nmartproject.net/features <http://www.nmartproject.net/features>
and plans to feature during 2005 each month
another of the best projects on the net..

The projects to be featured can be works
by single artists or collaborative works of any subjects and contents
and any technology, however,
they must have a URL of theirown
and available online for at least one year
from the start of the respective feature,
the projects must originate from 2003 or 2004,
and most important is the quality of the artistic workout.

Currently, "Project Features" is in a preview phase
and started with the collaborative project, entitled
"Family Portrait" - a collaboration between the
Partnoy Family and Agricola de Cologne.
www.nmartproject.net/features/ <http://www.nmartproject.net/features/>
The actual project environment will be launched in January 2005.

Dear artist(s),
You can submit one project as a proposal
Please use this entry form:
.
1. firstname/name of artist, email, URL
2. a brief bio/CV (not more than 300 words)
3. title and URL of one project originating from 2003 or 2004
4. a short work description of the work (not more than 300 words),
5. a screen shot of the submitted work (max 800x600 pixels, .jpg)

Deadline 20 December 2004 for the January and February 2005 features
deadline 31 January 2005 for March-December 2005 features.
.
Please send the completely filled in form to
info@nmartproject.net <mailto:info@nmartproject.net>
subject: "project features"
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[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net <http://www.nmartproject.net>
is the experimental platform for New Media art
from Cologne/Germany
founded and directed by Agricola de Cologne.
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DISCUSSION

1 December - World AIDS Day


memorial://december2004
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{A Virtual Memorial} -
Memorial Project against the Forgetting and for Humanity
~New Media art project environment~
www.a-virtual-memorial.org <http://www.a-virtual-memorial.org>
.
Commemorates in December 2004 -
the year 2004 as the
the International Year to Commemorate
the struggle against Slavery and its Abolition -
.
and the selected memorial days
.
01 December 2004 - World AIDS DAY
03 December 2004 - International Day of Disabled Persons
08 December 1941 - Destruction Camp Celmno (Poland) opened
10 December 2004 - Human Rights Day
29 December 2004 - International Day for Biological Diversity

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Table of Contents:
a) AIDS 2004 - a short note
b) Features of the month
c) News
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1 December - World AIDS Day
December 2004 is dedicated to the victims of AIDS

a) AIDS 2004 - a short note

I cannot remember that the topic AIDS was in 2004
in the headlines, the same was 2003 and the previous years.

According to the latest statistics, the new HIV infections were never worse than in 2004,
more than 4 million new infections, and more than 3 million people died of AIDS this year.

I remember very well, when the SARS virus was spread from China to the rest of the worlds
some time ago, and some dozens people worldwide died, the Western society was deadly frightened
of a worldwide epidemy. There were other hysterics with other virus infections during the past years,
when not even one person was seriously affected.

If some dozens dead people are called an epidemy and are in headlines for weeks,
the dimension of countless dead people and new infections in the AIDS statistics are indeed blasting
any imagination.

Most of the victims live(d) in the so-called Third World countries and the majority are women and children,
and this might be a reason for the lack of public interest.

But it is also not like that, that the Western societies are less threatened.
Over some years, the AIDS prevention was functioning very well, and the public got the idea
the AIDS problem was about to be eliminated , but the young generations do not care too much about any prevention
and not only sexual deseases like Syphilis, but also new HIV infections are spreading increasingly again.

Everybody who has a social consciousness,
should take 1 December - World AIDS Day -
in order to be kept informed about AIDS and HIV infected people in the near surroundings of his community,
and support consequently the numerous public and private initiatives to prevent HIV/AIDS and, above all, allow HIV infected people
a living and dying in dignity, this is the least what can be expected.

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New month - new subject
*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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b) ***Features of the Month December
dedicated to the victims of AIDS

Subject this month: Just positive! and now?
Intro: Karposi Park
Featured project - Just Positive! -4 HIV positive artists
Featured Project - Memorial f/ Victims of AIDS
Protection 1 - Artists with Aids
Protection 2 - AIDS & Women
Protection 3 - AIDS & Children
Protection 4 - AIDS & Human Rights
Protection 5 - AIDS & Medicine
Protection 6 - Jason's Legacy
Witnesses of Eternity - Siena

Enter this feature environment via www.a-virtual-memorial.org <>
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c) News
{A Virtual Memorial} is proud
to announce the presentation/participation of
R][R][F] 2004 --->XP
global networking project
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/ <http://www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/>

on FILE - Electronic Language Festival Sao Paulo/Brazil
www.file.org.br <http://www.file.org.br> 23 November - 12 December 2004
and
404 Electronic Art Festival Rosario/Argentina
www.404festival.com.ar <>
7-12 Dcemeber 2004
.
Currently, some documentations of the physical installations of
the global networking project are under construction,
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/ <> , there is already some material online
from the recently closed Biennale of Electronic Art in Perth/Australia
www.beap.org <> which can be viewed as streaming video,
by choosing "documentations 2004" on the pop-up menu of the start page.
.
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Until the next time
all the best,
.
{A Virtual Memorial}
www.a-virtual-memorial.org <>
award wining Memorial project against the Forgetting and for Humanity -
since 2000 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 <>
info@a-virtual-memorial.org <>
.
is a corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
www.nmartproject.net <>
-the experimental platform for New Media art -
operating from Cologne/Germany
.
copyright

DISCUSSION

Streaming video on RRF


[R][R][F]2004--->XP
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004 <http://www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004>
global networking project by Agricola de Cologne
is happy to launch on occasion of its participation in
FILE - Electronic Language Festival Sao Paulo/Brazil
www.file.org.br <http://www.file.org.br> 23 November - 12 December
a new edition of VideoChannel,.
VideoChannel represents "Memory Channel 5" and the place
where collective memory can manifest itself in non-interactive works like video.
.
Alex Haupt, a young curator from Cologne/Germany
selected for his contribution, entitled "Time processing...."
following artists --->
Daniel Lo Iacono, Lee Welch, Caitlin Berrigan
Claudia Sohrens, Elia Alba, Josephine Lipuma
Guido Braun, RZL - Luca Fruzza, Christina McPhee
Miklos Legrady, Stephanie Bouvier, Caterina Davinio

VideoChannel invites curators from all parts on the globe
to prepare a curatorial contribution of video works.
Alex Haupt selected the artists based on an open call in Internet.

VideoChannel was launched in April 2004 and incorporates
these curators -->
Heidi J. Figueroa Sarriera and Marianne Ramirez-Aponte (Puerto-Rico).
Raluca Velizar & Florin Tudor (Romania),
Antonio Alvarado (Spain), Isabel Aranda Yto (Chile),
Bjoern Norberg (Sweden), Stephanie Benzaquen (Netherlands),
Roopesh Sitharan (Malaysia), Laura Chiari (Italy), and
Melody Parker- Carter (Germany).
The meanwhile more than 60 video works (duration 1-10 minutes)
available online streaming, represent a unique collection of collective memory
from most different social & cultural backgrounds.

VideoChannel, a joint venture between
Le Musee di-visioniste www.le-musee-divisioniste.org <http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org>
and [R][R][F]2004--->XP
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/ <http://www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/>
can be accessed via
the [R][R][F]2004--->XP interrface as "Memory Channel 5"
or also directly via
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/vchannel.htm <http://www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004/vchannel.htm>
or
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/ <http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/>

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[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net <http://www.nmartproject.net>
contacts: info@nmartproject.net <mailto:info@nmartproject.net>

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