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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

JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project - new interviews [week 8-14 May]


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[week 8 -14 May 2006]
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JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
open call/survey---> new deadline 1 June 2006 (see further ahead)

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JIP is featuring this week following 4 interviews with

-->Anahi Caceres (Argentina), Raivo Kelomees (Estonia),
santo_file (Spain), Sachiko Hayashi (Sweden)
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Anahi Caceres
a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Buenos Aires, started in 1974 with traditional media and turned in 1994 to digital tools for creating new types of art work like - netart, performances and installations. As a pioneer of net based art in Argentina, she launched in 1996 the multiple Internet based space "ArteUna" and the network developing from it. She had more than 400 solo and collective shows and is teaching at the university of Buenos Aires.

Raivo Kelomees
started 1980 with art in a traditional way, but soon he organized group-performances and actions oat Tartu University Art Studio. Since 1988, he wrote more than 150 articles, mainly about video, media and electronic art, and participated in numerous international festivals. Since 1991 he was also curating and organising exhibitions and festivals in Estonia and became lecturer at Estonian Academy of Arts on media art history, art and cyberculture in 1994.

santo_file
is a memegenic guerrilla group. Its main aim is to use new media to develop a vision of life as a fight between memes and genes. This is expressed in a multidisciplinary manner (by means of low-tech net.art, music, video

DISCUSSION

[week 1-7 May] - new interviews on JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project


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[week 1-7 May 2006]
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JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
open call/survey---> new deadline 1 June 2006 (see further ahead)

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JIP is featuring this week following 3 interviews with
-->Pat Badani (USA), Calin Man (Romania), Myron Turner (Canada)
and the answers on the JIP survey - 10 questions on Internet based art by
--> Domenica Quaranta (Italy), Juan Manuel Patino (Argentina),
Alison Williams (South Africa), Rahima Begum (India)
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Pat Badani
is an artist working with new media technologies and their current discourses. Her works embrace net.art, performative situations, photography, video, installation and cultural research to examine notions of space, place, cities, communication and global processes. Badani received a B.F.A. from The University of Alberta in Canada and an MFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Calin Man
is a media artist from Arad, Romania., chief-editor and designer of intermedia magazine; member of kinema ikon group. He works on cd-rom, net.art, hypermedia installation, participates on many international digital art exhibitions and festivals all over the world.

Myron Turner
is a multi-media artist whose work has combined photography, lightboxes, printmaking and computers. He has exhibited in public galleries and artist run centers throughout Canada, as well as in the United States and South America. He has been working with the Internet since 1994 and is coordinator of Manitoba Visual Arts Network.

Domenico Quaranta
is a doctoral student in Art, Communication and New Technologies at the University of Genova. His work as an art critic and curator is strongly focused on new media, net art, use and abuse of the digital and bio technologies.

Juan Manuel Patino
is an artist from Buenos Aires working with computer and Internet based art.

Alison Williams
a professional South African visual artist, but an amateur in technology based art

Rahima Begum
is an Indian artist interested in Internet based art
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About JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project

JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org/
is currently preparing a new project, entitled:
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org
to be launched in September 2006

Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
invited for an interview a number professionals &
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 professional background, activities and visions.
--->
Open call /survey---> new deadline 1 June 2006
--->
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project issued further an open call survey
including 10 questions on Internet based art addressed to
professionals and "amateurs", in order to enable a broader discussion
about the still undervalued genre of Internet based art
through a variety of different approaches, definitions and opinions.
New deadline - 1 June 2006 !!!!!
The entry rules and the questions (cut & paste) are available on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog&catE
or as PDF as free download
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/JIP_10_questions_on_Internet_based_art.pdf

Once completed -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
will release the collected interviews
and the selection of the most interesting answers
a) online on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but
b) immediately also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
and
c) to be published in a printed form at a later stage.
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Until now interviews /answers by
Babel (Canada), Andrea Polli (USA), Jorn Ebner (UK),
Roberto Echen (Argentina), Jeremy Hight (USA), Ian Page-Echols (USA),
Humberto Ramirez (Chile/USA), Enrico Tomaselli (Italy)
Carlos Katastrofsky (Austria), Paivi Hintsanen (Finland)
Shankar Barua (India), Luke Duncalfe (New Zealand)
FilH (France), Nadja Kutz (Germany), Yvonne Martinsson (Sweden),
Avi Rosen (Israel), Letizia Jaccheri (Norway), Tamara Lai (Belgium,
tobias c. van Veen (Canada), DLSAN (Italy), Irene Coremberg (Argentina)
Carla Della Beffa (Italy), Peter Lind (Denmark),
Philippe Langlois (France), Salvatore Iaconesi (Italy)
have been issued on http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
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info (at) nmartproject.net

DISCUSSION

Call for videos/films: image vs music


Call for propsals
Deadline 1 July 2006
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VideoChannel
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org
organiser of
Cologne Online Film Festival (CologneOFF)
http://coff.newmediafest.org
is looking for digital videos/films on the theme "image vs music"
for the inclusion in
2nd Cologne Online Film Festival (CologneOFF)
to be launched in October 2006 online and
in the framework of KlangDrangfestival - a festival of sonic art
http://www.klangdrang.org
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The theme "image vs music" dealing with the interaction of image & music/sound,
is referring to the musical character of this festival
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Film and video are basically visual media.
Even if used and recognized as an important component,
has music in this context mostly rather a colorizing and atmospheric character.
The films/videos VideoChannel is looking for
should give image & music an equal or music even a dominating status,
which may be worked out in most different ways, for instance--->
music as the theme of the story, films reflecting music through images and viceversa,
the visalization of music, and much more.
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There are no restricting categories, the submission of experimental works is encouraged.
The call is inviting artists to submit up to three proposals.
The deadline is 1 July 2006
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Please find the entry rules and submisssion form on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&catT
or download the entry information as PDF
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/videoCHANNEL_call_image_vs_music.pdf
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more info: videochannel (at) newmediafest.org
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Since 11 April 2006, 1st edition of
Cologne OFF - Cologne Online Film Festival - is online
http://coff.newmediafest.org
festival theme: "identityscapes" - including 40 shortfilm & videos -
an online catalogue is available as PDF fro free download
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.
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DISCUSSION

Media/Art/Cologne - survey: What is media art?


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*Media/Art/Cologne*
http://www.mediaartcologne.org/
http://www.mediaartcologne.org/blog/?page_id

is a new media art project & initiative by Agricola de Cologne
to be realised within the framework of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne - http://www.nmartproject.net/ ,
aimed to feature media art in and from Cologne in a global context.

As an initial act, *Media/Art/Cologne* starts during the preparation phase
until its launch in October 2006
a survey on the question *"what is media art?"*
as a basis for a broader discussion on media art related issues,
and invites people interested in or dealing with contemporary art ,
respectively media art for reflecting about this issue and
giving a substancial statement as an answer on this question.

*What is media art?*

There is certainly no question that "media art" is art,
and it seems to be also clear that it represents a branch of contemporary art,
as it entered this field not too long time ago only.
What might media mean in connection with art. Art itself is a medium,
and it is also defined through other media like painting, sculpture, drawing, etc.
But the general use of the term /media/ is rather connected to
video, film, television, magazines and newspapers, the Internet etc,
and not to forget New Media, so that one may take for granted
that *"media art"* might be rather related to these new typs of media than
to the other classical artmedia. "Media art" might also describe a field of art
which is including and combining different media and disciplines. & disciplines
What is the difference between "media art" and "non-media art"?
Sometimes, *"media art"* is reduced to certain media like video.
Is "*media art"* just a label? And for what?
While observing how the term "*media art"* is used not only in the artscene,
it becomes obvious, there does not exist a binding definition,
but rather a kind of Babylonian confusion pointing to a wide range of different
and even contradictory approaches, opinions, explanations and statements.
For starting a project about media art its seems to be therefore necessary
to create a common basis for a discussion with a wider audience first.
And therefore here again the question : *What is media art?*

Please give your statement (of any length) as an answer on this question
and send it together with a short personal profil (bio, not more than 100 words)
by using the comment form on
http://www.mediaartcologne.org/blog/?page_id
or send it as plain email to info@mediaartcologne.org
subject: *What is media art?* -

Deadline: ongoing until October 2006

All serious answers will be posted on this page immediately
http://www.mediaartcologne.org/blog/?page_id

Thanks in advance!
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DISCUSSION

news & 6 new interviews on JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project


[News]
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Until its relaunch in 2007,
JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org
replaced its old site through the new JavaMuseum Blog
which allows access to all features and showcases, as well.
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[week 24-30 April]
------------------------------------------------
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
open call/survey---> new deadline 1 June 2006 (see further ahead)

--->
JIP is featuring this week following 4 interviews with
-->Carla Della Beffa (Italy), Peter Lind (Denmark), Irene Coremberg (Argentina), Michael Szpakowski (UK)
and the answers on the JIP survey - 10 questions on Internet based art by
-->Philippe Langlois (France) & Salvatore Iaconesi (Italy)
----->

Carla Della Beffa
lives and works in Milano and in Paris and has had an art website since 1996. International curators have been selecting some of her netart works for their reviews since 1997. Many of her works are made expressly for the net, and then sometimes develop into exhibitions, installations, interdisciplinary projects. She makes monothematic series of digital photos and just published a book about one of them, BabelFood, she si also making videos presented on international festivals.

Peter Lind
born 1961, lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He realised since 1996 numerous Internet based projects.

Irene Coremberg
is a young media artists who studied different art disciplines. Her interests lies in 3D modelling and animation, online and offline.
She works as a visual designer and teacher.

Michael Szpakowski
is a UK based composer, artist and educator. Active artistically since 1977, his music has been performed all over the UK, in Russia & the USA.
His short films have been shown in the USA, Russia, China, Sweden and Croatia.

Philippe Langlois
active member of XLRMX, an artists collective.

Salvatore Iaconesi
Starting out in the european hacking and software pirating scenes of the late '80s, he organized rave parties throughout the '90s, promoting events such as a nomad industrial orchestra. He started creating software art in the late '90s, working first on ascii/ansi art, then on specific art projects based on the internet, on computer networks and artificial intelligence and genetic algorythms. In 2004, he produced an electronic art festival in Rome: the 12 weekly sessions hosted the best part of Italy's electronic art panorama. He is now working on projects based on the "not_human" concept

--->
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 September 2006

Agricola de Cologne, director of JavaMuseum
invited for an interview a number professionals &
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 professional background, activities and visions.
--->
Open call /survey---> new deadline 1 June 2006
--->
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project issued further an open call survey
including 10 questions on Internet based art addressed to
professionals and "amateurs", in order to enable a broader discussion
about the still undervalued genre of Internet based art
through a variety of different approaches, definitions and opinions.
New deadline - 1 June 2006 !!!!!
The entry rules and the questions (cut & paste) are available on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog&catE
or as PDF as free download
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/JIP_10_questions_on_Internet_based_art.pdf

Once completed -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
will release the collected interviews
and the selection of the most interesting answers
a) online on the new project site - http://jip.javamuseum.org , but
b) immediately also in form of one interview per week on the new weblog -
JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog
and
c) to be published in a printed form at a later stage.
------------------------------------------------------------
Until now interviews /answers by
Babel (Canada), Andrea Polli (USA), Jorn Ebner (UK),
Roberto Echen (Argentina), Jeremy Hight (USA), Ian Page-Echols (USA),
Humberto Ramirez (Chile/USA), Enrico Tomaselli (Italy)
Carlos Katastrofsky (Austria), Paivi Hintsanen (Finland)
Shankar Barua (India), Luke Duncalfe (New Zealand)
FilH (France), Nadja Kutz (Germany), Yvonne Martinsson (Sweden),
Avi Rosen (Israel), Letizia Jaccheri (Norway), Tamara Lai (Belgium,
tobias c. van Veen (Canada), DLSAN (Italy)
have been issued on 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