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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

Cologne OFF II - 2nd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival


Media/Art/Cologne - Press Release
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VideoChannel is proud to launch
Cologne OFF II
2nd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival
http://coff.newmediafest.org
online on 12 October 2006
and simultaneously offline on occasion of
PI Performance & Intermedia Festival Szczecin/Poland
via screenings on PI 5 VideoFestival 2006
20-22 October 2006
at National Museum Szczecin and Officyna Space of Art Szczecin..

Cologne OFF II stands under the theme of "image vs music"
and includes 34 digital short films and videos
curated by Agricola de Cologne.

In "Image vs Music" - the visual component of the moving image goes
into a competition with the invisible component, i.e sound & music.
The selection is presenting a wide range of digital short film and video productions
from abstract animations to figurative narratives,
featuring these artists/directors--->

Andreja Andric (Italy), Mauro Arrighi, Mauro & Marco Buziol (Italy)
Babel (Canada), Bret Battey (UK)
Daniel Blinkhorn (Australia), Carol-Ann Braun (France)
Bundaberg Media Research Group (Aus), David Burns (USA)
Matthieu Capel (France), Sean Capone, Sean (USA), Jason Paul Cardot (USA)
Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (Iceland), Angie Eng (USA)
Erika Frenkel (Brazil), Doron Golan (USA)
Sinasi Gunes (Turkey), Anatol Kraczyna (Italy), Lane Last (USA)
Daniel Lo Iacono (Germany), Girolamo Marri (Italy),
Alistair McClymont (UK), Dennis H. Miller (USA), Mylicon/EN (Italy)
Leticia El Halli Obeid (Argentina), Jimmy Owenns (France)
Simone Paterson (USA), Samuel Pellman(USA)
Laurent Pernot (France), Pygar - Hugo Olim & Joao Ricardo (Portugal)
Rob Seward, Rob (USA), Gabriel Shalom (USA), Shawn Towne (USA),
VJ 1MPAR aka Henrique Roscoe (Brazil), Sonja VUK (Croatia)

CologneOFF is publishing on occasion of CologneOFF II launch
a PDF catalogue available for free download
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_2nd_edition_2006.pdf

The screenings include selections of
CologneOFF II - image vs music
list of the 17 selected artists can be downloaded as PDF
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_2_image-vs-music.pdf
and
CologneOFF I - 1st edition of Cologne Online Film Festival,
entitled "genderscapes", which is dealing the gender identity issues,
list of the 13 selected artists can be downloaded as PDF
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_I_genderscapes.pdf

CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival
http://coff.newmediafest.org
is a mobile film and video festival
founded & directed by Agricola de Cologne
and organised online and offline by VideoChannel
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org

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PI Performance & Intermedia Festival
-->Performance
-->Video Art - PI 5 Video Festival,
-->Video Installation
--> MEDIA ART EXHIBITION
selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - show for Peace
-->20 -22 October 2006 SZCZECIN-SWINOUJSCIE / POLAND

Organiser: :
-->place of art OFFICYNA

Co-organisers:
-->National Museum Szczecin,
-->City of Swinoujscie
-->Agricola de Cologne, director of Media/Art/Cologne and CologneOFF- Cologne /D.

Curators:
-->Agricola de Cologne (D)
-->Antoni Karwowski (PL)
-->Andrzej Pawelczyk (PL)

more info on. http://www.newmediaserver.org/off/pi_festival2006.html
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DISCUSSION

PI PERFORMANCE & INTERMEDIA FESTIVAL Szczecin/Poland


PI PERFORMANCE & INTERMEDIA FESTIVAL

will take place on

20 - 22 October 2006 in SZCZECIN-SWINOUJSCIE / POLAND
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PERFORMANCE
VIDEO ART - PI FIVE
MEDIA ART EXHIBITION selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - how for Peace
VIDEO INSTALLATION
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ORGANIZER : place of art OFFICYNA Szczcecin
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CO-ORGANIZERS:
National Museum in Szczecin
Agricola de Cologne, independent curator and director of Media/Art/Cologne and CologneOFF- Cologne /D.
City Swinoujscie
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CURATORS:
Agricola de Cologne (D)
Antoni Karwowski (PL)
Andrzej Pawelczyk (PL)

more details and listed participants on
http://www.newmediaserver.org/off/pi_festival2006.html

DISCUSSION

netEX - October 2006


October 2006 release-
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NetEX -news feature
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October 2006 has a particular relevance in the activities of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
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1. Media/Art/Cologne
the global window to mediaart from Cologne
http://www.mediaartcologne.org
and Officyna Art Space Szczecin/Poland
www.officyna.art.pl
will open on 20 October 2006, 18h
the media art exhibition -
://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace
http://self.engad.org - realized and curated by Agricola de Cologne
as the 1st venue after Bethlehem in July 2006
(see also review and documentation on
http://self.engad.org/blog/?p )
Through an extension, the exhibition includes now more than
300 artists in the media, digital print, digital video, multimedia,
soundart and artists statements.

The opening will take place in the framework of
PI Intermedia Art Festival Szczecin 20-22 October 2006

2. SoundLAB - Edition IV - http://soundlab.newmediafest.org
will be launched online on 20 October
on occasion of the exhibition
://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace
in Szczecin and the inclusion in the exhibition collection.
135 artists and about 230 soundart pieces form a unique soundart environment
of collective memory.
Together with Edition IV -" memoryscapes"
SoundLAB will also release SIP - SoundLab Interview Project
including the first 50 interviews on
http://soundlab.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_idA

3.
a) VideoChannel - http://videochannel.newmediafest.org
will launch on occasion of PI 5 Videofestival Szczecin
20-22 October - venues-->National Museum, Officyna Art Space &
Cultural Centre Swinoujscie/Poland
.
Cologne OFF II -
2nd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival
http://coff.newmediafest.org
online ( featuring 34 shortfilms and videos)
and offline by presenting selections of
Cologne OFF I - 1st edition of Cologne Online Film Festival
"identityscapes" - http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_idW
and Cologne OFF II -" image vs music"

Cologne OFF is directed and curated by Agricola de Cologne.

b)
VideoChannel is also presenting 2 selections from its video collection
on Salon de Arte Digital
Museum of Contemporary Art del Zulia Mazul
Maracaibo/Venezuela - 1-8 October 2006
www.salondeartedigital.com

4. As an individual media artist and director of shortfilms
Agricola de Cologne is presenting --->

a) his Internet based project
Violence Online Festival - http://violence.newmediafest.org
on
Salon de Arte Digital
Museum of Contemporary Art del Zulia Mazul
Maracaibo/Venezuela - 1-8 October 2006
www.salondeartedigital.com

b)
a selection of experimental films on
Carbunari 200 - 3rd experimental film festival
Baia Mare (Romania) - Dramatic Theatre - 16-17 October

c)
House of Tomorrow, The Rehearsal
two short films fromm 2005 and 2006 on
PI 5 Videofestival Szczecin/Poland
20-22 October
the Cologne OFF I & II selections include 2 short films

d)
the shortfilm: House of Tomorrow &
the netart piece: En
ed
on
Canariasmediafest 2006 - Gran Canaria/Spain
31 October - 3 November
http://www.canariasmediafest.org

streaming versions of the videos can be found on
http://moving pictures.agricola-de-cologne.de &
http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?page_id

More info and the latest news on
http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de
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NetEX - internal calls --->

featured:
Women: Memory of Repression in Argentina
Extended deadline 31 December 200
http://argentina.engad.org - plans an extension and relaunch of the project
about the disappeared people during the military dictatorships in Argentina
later the year. Artist are invited to submit new works--->
more details on http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
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NetEX - external calls
has currently several calls for entries for international festivals--->
featured :
One World Documentary Film Festival Prague
Deadline 1 November 2006
The 9th edition of the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
will take place from February 28 - March 8, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The festival will traditionally be held under the auspices of Vaclav Havel.

Please find more calls and all submission information on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat%

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NetEX: calls & deadlines


NetEX- networked experience
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added recently some new calls
in the external announcements section
which might be of interest:
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New!!
Deadline 15 November
1. Videomedeja
Video and media art festival (Belgrade/Serbia)
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New!!
2.
Deadline: 1 November
One World Documentary Film Festival
Prague (Czech Republik)

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Deadlines approaching-->

3.
Deadline 6 October

TIKINO - 2nd International Audiovisual Contest on the theme
the gypsies, their culture and social reality
Granada/Spain
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4.
Deadline 25 October 2006

Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina
Digital photo, video, installation, performance, e-music
16,17, 18 November 2006

All details and the entry forms can be found on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat%

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The "internal announcements" section released following calls
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Deadline 31 December 2006

Call: for media art for
Women: Memory of Repression Argentina
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project about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and the "disappeared"
people during the military dictatoships in Argentina .
As persecuting people is widely practiced not only in totalitarian systems,
the call is not only reduced to the theme of Argentina,
but related to any place around the globe
where people are/were persecuted for ethnic, religious, social or political reasons.

More details and the entry form can be found on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT

Deadline 31 December 2006

Call for Papers:
JAP - JavaMuseum Article Project
..articles & papers on questions of Internet based art - netart,
technology used in Internet based art, art & technology in general,
art & communicating technology, Internet culture etc......

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All details on these and more calls and the entry forms can be found on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT

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DISCUSSION

VideoChannel launches "image vs music"


27 September 2006
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VideoChannel
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org
is happy to launch its latest selection online,
entitled: "image vs music" curated by Agricola de Cologne.

From 263 submitted videos, the 50 selected ones do not online form
a unique exhibition going down to the competition between the moving image and sound/music,
but they show also the variety of facets of digital video
from abstract animations to colourful narratives,
and further they form the basis for the selections for
CologneOFF II -
2nd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival
http://coff.newmediafest.org
to be launched on 13 October 2006.

The launch of "image vs music" does not only represent
the starting point for the finalization procedure
of [R][R][F]200x--->XP - global networking project
http://rrf200x.newmediafest.org
which is planned to be completed until the end of 2006 -
remember: VideoChannel is also corporate part of this global project-
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but also the occasion for starting a new project,
VIP - VideoChannel Interview Project
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id`.
VideoChannel chief curator Agricola de Cologne
invites video artists connected to VideoChannel
for answering 10 questions
in order to spotlight their professional background and visions.
The first 26 interviews are now published online.

Enter VideoChannel "image vs music" is plann directly here
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id8

Enter VIP - VideoChannel Interview project directly here
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id`

Enter [R][R][F]200x--->XP directly here
http://rrf200x.newmediafest.org

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These are the selected and participating
VideoChannel "image vs music" artists

Andric, Andreja - Arrighi, Mauro & Buziol, Marco
Agricola de Cologne - Babel, - Battey, Bret - Bermudez, Christian
Blinkhorn, Daniel - Braun , Carol-Ann - Bundaberg Media Research Group
Burns , David - Capel, Matthieu - Capone, Sean
Cardot, Jason Paul - Day, Melissa - Drangsholt, Eva
Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea - Eng, Angie - Ferris, Juan Domingo
Frenkel, Erika - Golan , Doron - Gunes , Sinasi
Iurilli, Dario - KissPal, Szabolcs - Kraczyna, Anatol
Last, Lane - Loibner, Bernhard - Lo Iacono, Daniel
Marri, Girolamo - McClymont, Alistair - Meredith , Jenni
Miller, Dennis H. - Mylicon/En - Obeid, Leticia El Halli
Owenns, Jimmy - Paterson, Simone - Pellman, Samuel
Peredo, Aldo - Pernot, Laurent - Pygar - Olim, Hugo & Ricardo, Joao
Quaranta, Dario - Roscoe, Henrique aka VJ 1mpar
Rosen , Ann - Schubert, Theresa & Fehr, Moritz
Seward, Rob, - Shalom, Gabriel - Towne , Shawn
Vargova, Xenia - Vuk, Sonja - Whitfield, Lee - Williams, Alison
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VIP - VideoChannel Interview Project includes interviews by

Alice Arnold (USA), Alison Williams (South Africa)
Alistair McClennan (UK), Angie Eng (USA)
Arzu Ozkal Telkan (Turkey/USA), Brett Battay (UK)
Carla Della Beffa (Italy), Cincia Cremona (UK)
Daniel Blinkhorn (Australia), David Burns (USA)
Elisabeth Smolarz (Germany/USA), Gabriel Otero (Argentina)
Gabriel Shalom (USA), Girolamo Marri (Italy)
Henrique Roscoe (Brazil), Herve Constant (UK)
Irene Coremberg (Argentina), Johanna Reich (Spain/Germany)
Mara Castilho (UK), Melissa Ulto (USA), Pygar - Hugo Olim (Portugal)
Rob Seward (USA), Shawn Towne (USA)
Sinasi Gunes (Turkey), Enrico Tomaselli (Italy)
Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (Iceland)

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