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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

Project Features: spotlight on Geert Dekkers


Project Features"
http://features.nmartproject.net
is happy to present during June 2005
its 5th feature:
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Geert Dekkers (the Netherlands)
and his weblog - an interactive netart piece, entitled:
"a drawing a day on nznl.com"
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Project statement
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nznl.com is in essence a weblog, the twist being that the software is so written that a drawing is expected every day at exactly 00:00 Central European Time.
The subject matter varies from day to day somewhat, but is almost invariably linked to a plan -- that is, something to be done in the future. Most drawings feature a "white cube", and some goings-on therein.
nznl.com is an ongoing work. As all things must, it did start at a certain point in time (May 19. 2002), but from there on it is a straight line into the future.
A nznl.com digest is published weekly on major net.art lists.
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About the artist
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Geert Dekkers, education: HKA Art school, Arnhem Netherlands
self-taught programmer
until 2001 installation art
from 1998 onwards net.art projects

2002 onwards: "a drawing a day at nznl.com" -- by now not only drawings in the more traditional sense, also multi-media drawings, flash movies, dynamic images, auto-generative texts
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"Project Features"
http://features.nmartproject.net
which will feature during 2005 each month
another exciting art project
using net based media for artistic expression.
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The 1st issue on http://features.nmartproject.net
was featuring in January 2005 -->
Doron Golan (USA)
and his streaming video
"Tale of Crow" (2004)
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The 2nd issue was featuring in February 2005--->
Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson (UK)
and their interactive piece, entitled:
"Ardnamurchan Zillij" (2004)
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The 3rd issue was featuring in March 2005--->
Mary Flanagan (USA)
and her interactive net piece, entitled:
"[six.circles]" (2004)
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The 4th issue was featuring in April/May 2005--->
Emily Hermant (CA)
and her interactive net piece, entitled:
"The Lies Project" (2004)
more details on http://features.nmartproject.net
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This release can be found also on
NetEx - networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=1&catV
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"Project Features"
http://features.nmartproject.net
is curated by Agricola de Cologne
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[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net
experimental platform for Art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany
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contacts and artists proposals:
info@nmartproject.net

DISCUSSION

Recent calls on NetEX


NetEX - networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net

has currently following calls posted in the
external announcement section
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat%

1. Call for proposals
Salon de Arte Digital - Maracaibo 2005 /Venezuela - 20 June - 3 July 2005
Deadline 31 May

2. Call for proposals
prog:ME - 1st Festival of Electronic Media of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil - 19 July - 18 September
Deadline 15 June 2005

3. Call for submissions
First International Award for Digital Literature
Deadline 8 September 2005
Vinaros city council and the Open University of Catalonia (Spain)
open to writers working in
Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese or Italian

4. Call for submissions
International Kansk Video Festival (Russia) - September 2005
Deadline 25 July
videos in different categories

5. Call for entries
International Media Festival Armenia
Deadline 20 July 2005
ACCEA (Armenian Center Contemporary Experimental Art)
Yerevan, Armenia, August 9-30th, 2005

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NetEX - networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net
is a free information service by

[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net
info@nmartproject.net

DISCUSSION

Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Re: New Membership Policy


Dear Lauren,

It is positive that Rhizome recognized its errors of the Past
and tries to stop them before it is too late.

It was not an obscure situation which caused the decline of Rhizome,
but it was basically Rhizome itself, respectively the responsables for it
which did not analyse and realize the situation properly,
and this error does generally not speak for professionalism,
nor any vision behind Rhizome.

In free economy or a "real" community,
the members would have forced the responsables to retire.

The current plans for the member fee and the lack of any substantial professional services
which would eventually justify such a fee, speak for themselves.

I actually doubt, that Rhizome was analysing its decline properly now either,
because some controverse points remain in form of
the Artbase, which represents generally an unpleasant subject.

Even if Rhizome started the Artbase, the art works posted there do not represent
its private property, but the property of the artists or the owners of the works, of course.
It does not speak for Rhizome, when it does not show any respect against the artists and
a new form of contemporary art, which is not widely accepted, yet, as such,
when it installs a system, which just prevents any chance to change this situation,
instead of looking for the largest audience possible in order to support and promote this new art form.

My personal policy as an artist and creator of netart works is to give all interested people
free und unrestricted access to my works,
and I expect the same, as well, from those who represent "so called" my interests.

It represents really not my interest that my works vanish in some obsure Archives
and people have only restricted access, have to pay a fee or what ever.
Why all that counterproductive stuff?

I am sure, Rhizome will revise also this new strategy, but if it will not do so,
I mean already soon, I would not be able to see Rhizome any longer as a serious partner,
but one who is continuously violating not only my, but generally artists' interests,
and would consequently remove all my 14 netart works
which are currently included in the Artbase.

Sincerely,

Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
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Lauren Cornell wrote:

>Hi Chris,
>
>What I meant by that statement was that the rate of subscriptions to our
>mailing lists had been declining for a long time, as was the rate of
>people signing up to be new members and using the site and our services.
>So, while it may not necessarily be a sink or swim moment, the urgency to
>make a change that would spur Rhizome's long-term growth was very real.
>
>As Rhizome is very active, perhaps its hard to see those statistics on the
>front end. Rachel Greene watched the declining figures over a long period
>of time and they were what prompted her to develop the change in
>membership - which Francis, Kevin and I worked very hard to implement.
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>Our hope is that our current constituents will benefit from a more open
>system - one that allows the organization to broaden its base of
>participants - not just paying participants, but anyone who is interested
>in knowing more about new media art and utilizing Rhizome as a resource.
>
>Another factor in the change, which was mentioned in the individual
>letters to Members, is that the $5 inhibits Rhizome from keeping pace with
>the net. Removing the $5 will hopefully allow us to make other changes
>that will keep us evolving. On that note, we would be happy to share any
>upcoming changes - significant or not so - with you for debate.
>
>I hope that provides a satisfactory answer to your question.
>
>Thanks,
>Lauren
>
>
>
>>Dear Lauren,
>>
>>You state:
>>aEoeaE

DISCUSSION

Video: four calls ---->four themes


Video: Four calls ---> four themes
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VideoChannel at Cinematheque
http://cinematheque.le-musee-divisioniste.org
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org/vchannel.htm
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VideoChannel
is looking for video works
to be included in the streaming online collection,
as well as the offline collection, a selection on DVD,
focussing on these four themes:
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1. "self-portrait" - deadline 31 July 2005
2. "totalitarism" - deadline 31 July 2005
3." identity of colour" - deadline 1 September 2005
4. "gay, lesbian, transgender identity" - deadline 1 September 2005
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It is planned to select max. 10 videos/artists for each theme.
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The complete calls, rules and entry forms can be found on
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=3&cat
info also from-->
mediacentre@le-musee-divisioniste.org
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Important note:
As an experimental project environment,
VideoChannel is not able to provide any fee
to a participating artist.
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VideoChannel,
based on the general subjects: "memory and identity",
is a joint-ventures between
le Musee divisioniste
http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org
and
[R][R][F]2005--->XP - global networking project
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org .
both are corporate parts of [R][R][F]2005--->XP
(VideoChannel = Memory Channel 5
SoundLab Channel= Memory Channel 7)
as well as
[NewMediaArtprojectNetwork]:||cologne
http://www.nmartproject.net
experimental platform of art and New Media
from Cologne/Germany
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info & contact
info@nmartproject.net

DISCUSSION

"Prison of Love " touring in Spain--> next venue


Prison of Love " touring in Spain--> next venue
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It is a funny idea to imagine,
that a "prison of love" is touring through the country
like a collection of curios celebrated on a kermis.
In Spain, currently "Prison of Love" (carcel de amor)
http://www.carceldeamor.net
and its online part "Violence without Bodies" (violencia sin cuerpos),
http://www.carceldeamor.net/vsc/,
the contemporary art show on the theme of gender violence,
continue touring through Spanish museums and stop between 12 May and 19 June at
Hospital de San Juan de Dios. Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Almagro/Spain,
and of course the subject itself and its correlations are anything else than funny.
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Of particular relevance is the online part "Violence without bodies"
curated by Remedios Zafra,
as it shows the relevance of the Internet as a medium and platform for
a new type of "engaged" contemporary art working,
and beyond that represents the show one of a few examples,
that net based art is presented to a broader audience as an equal form of contemporary art,
a status which has net based art, not yet generally.
So, this show has a kind of emancipatory character in different concern und
deserves therefore particular attention,
including net based works by Francesca da Rimini, Natalie Bookchin,
Tina La Porta, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Igor Stromejer, Agricola de Cologne etc
complete list see further ahead.
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"Prison of Love" -
Cultural stories on Gender Violence
(Carcel de amor. Relatos culturales sobre la violencia de genero)
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A presentation curated by Berta Sichel, Virginia Villaplana and Remedios
Zafra, and Rosa M