Monday, January 16. 2006HOST An Interactive Cinema work for Bath Abbey Supported by Bath Film Festival 2005 Dates: Bath Abbey Church 9th-27th February 2006 Monday-Saturday 10am-6.00pm HOSTS is an ambitious project inspired by the motif of Jacob's Ladder on the West front of Bath Abbey. Bristol-based media artist Martin Rieser will hang five giant screens at strategic points of the Abbey space. Wearing a special ultra-sound badge and wireless earphones, the participant in HOSTS triggers the presence of a variety of evanescent projected video characters. As the participant approaches a screen, these individual characters or messengers appear to move forwards from a deep space and come into focus. If the participant then moves on, the characters too pass onwards from screen to screen, keeping pace with them. In this way, once a participant has entered the installation they become part of the story space. By standing in front of a screen they will eventually be paired with and addressed directly through a series of aphorisms by their individual messenger. Web page pictures and videos here ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Friday, January 13. 2006America’s Grave America’s Grave is a multimedia installation by Secretary-at-Large Randall M. Packe in collaboration with John AndersonOn view: American University Museum January 18 - March 12 Artists reception: Saturday, Jan. 21, 5 - 8 pm "Here are men's memories and the ruins of their beliefs." – Jean Cocteau America’s Grave is a symbolic burial site for the nation. The work is part of the ongoing project A Season in Hell, chronicling post-apocalyptic conditions in America. The “body” of the nation lies in medial state, in which the media image represents the last remains of the corporeal body of America. Six video monitors display imagery and sound from broadcast television, corresponding to six circles of Hell from Dante’s Inferno: (1) Sowers of Discord (Fox news commentator Bill O’Reilly); (2) Violent Against Their Neighbors (War in Iraq and Islamic Terrorism); (3) Traffickers in Holiness (Tele-evangelists); (4) Profiteers of the People (Hurricane Katrina); (5) Falsifiers of Commodification (TV advertising); (6) Traitors Against Their Own (Bush Administration). All that is left of America is the image - reality as we know it has been left behind - far beyond the suspension of disbelief. Viewers may leave flowers and photos at the graveside as they pay their final respects to the nation. They may also take rubbings of the gravestone. Official web site here ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Monday, January 9. 2006Is It Still Art If It's a Reproduction? The inaugural exhibit at the new Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago is raising questions about art and the value of copies of art. The show features early 17th century Italian painter Caravaggio, but has none of his original paintings on display. Instead, the exhibit consists entirely of high-quality reproductions of his works.Read the complete article here ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Friday, January 6. 2006Invaders in Paris Invaders are back In Paris !!More about this Here ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Monday, December 12. 2005Pixar at the MOMA Pixar : 20 Years of AnimationDecember 14, 2005–February 6, 2006, Museum of Modern Art - New York In keeping with the Museum’s long tradition of presenting animation, this is the most extensive gallery exhibition that MoMA has ever devoted to the genre. Featuring over 500 works of original art on loan for the first time from Pixar Animation Studios, the show includes paintings, concept art, sculptures, and an array of digital installations. These works reveal the intricate, hands-on processes behind Pixar’s computer-generated films—including Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, and numerous shorts. The exhibition also includes a complete retrospective of Pixar films. Demonstrating the symbiotic relationship between traditional and digital media pioneered by the studio over its twenty-year history, Pixar: 20 Years of Animation is a tribute to the artists whose work has reinvented the genre. Read more about this exhibition on MoMA dedicated Page ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Friday, December 9. 2005Our history... Notre histoire… (Our history...) - Palais de Tokyo (Paris - France) soon coming exhibition from 21 January to 7 May 2006 "Notre histoire…" is a show that looks to the future, an exhibition that embodies tomorrow's memory today. Emerging artists in France already constitute the very stuff of our future. Because of its commitment, the Palais de Tokyo is following a history as it is being written in the present. "Notre histoire…" has indeed been made with the featured artists and attests to a human adventure that began in 2002. That adventure is the story of a judgment and a certain bias, i.e., to detect today the emerging artists who will be creating the art of the 21st century. "Notre histoire…" reflects that commitment and mission. For the occasion, the Palais de Tokyo has scheduled a week of nonstop events, free to all, from 21 to 27 January 2006. Palais de Tokyo Home site here ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Src by Reynald Drouhin Src is a blog of images: images are shown as mosaics of details, each then visible in entire. The blog is divided in two parts : "Public" where anyone can post an image and "Private" only modified by Reynald Drouhin. Watch and/or add pictures to Src at this place ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ |
