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Text <div id="section01"> = News and Current Programme = <div class="news"> <b>#01 Art_Science_Technology in the European Union</b> KURATOR is working with [[http://www.laagencia.org/:LaAgencia]] (Madrid) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation on 'Art_Science_Technology in The European Union' programme to coincide with the Spanish Presidency of European Union. The programme includes an exhibition, commissions, and a publication. Exhibition 'Silicon Dreams' opens on 7 February 2010 in [[http://www.tabakalera.eu/Architecture/menu/the-building/seccion,4/subseccion,9/:Tabakalera]]. → More information and list of participating artists coming soon. </div> <div class="news"> <b>#02 AFTER THE NET touring exhibition: Spain, UK, Mexico</b> [[http://www.kurator.org/afterthenet/index.php?pg=home:After the Net]] is a touring exhibition project presented at: Centro del Carme, Valencia, Spain (2008), University of Plymouth, UK (2009), Tecnologico de Monterrey Toluca, Mexico (2010)). The selection of artists is updated for each venue as a new version. → More information and list of participating artists [[http://www.kurator.org/afterthenet/index.php?pg=home:http://www.kurator.org/afterthenet/]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#03 CREATING INSECURITY</b> [[http://www.data-browser.net/04/:Creating Insecurity]], a new volume of the DATA browser series is out now! Edited by Wolfgang Sützl & Geoff Cox and published by Autonomedia, New York (2009), the book explores extreme developments in the thought of security at the intersection of art, technology, and politics. → List of contributors and where to buy [[http://www.data-browser.net/04/:http://www.data-browser.net/]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#04 [[http://www.kurator.org/anti-bodies/:Kurator and LX 2.0 Artists Commissions 2009-2010]]</b> KURATOR and LX 2.0 are pleased to announce two Artists Commissions selected from an open call to infect the 2012 Olympics, as part of the Anti-Bodies contemporary art programme → → carlos katastrofsky (Austria) [[http://www.kurator.org/anti-bodies/:vir.us.exe]] → → Hetah Bunting (UK) [[http://www.kurator.org/anti-bodies/:How to Become a Member of Team GB]] → Read more [[http://www.kurator.org/anti-bodies:http://www.kurator.org/anti-bodies]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#05 INFECTED seminar + CREATING INSECURITY pre-launch</b> [[http://www.kurator.org/anti-bodies/:Infected Seminar]] 28th May 2009, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, UK Artists **Heath Bunting** and **carlos katastrofsky** will discuss new projects they are developing as part of a short residency with [[http://www.art-social.net:Art & Social Technologies Research]], University of Plymouth. Their work results from **INFECTED**, an open call from [[http://www.kurator.org/wiki/main/read/About:KURATOR]] and [[http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20/:LX 2.0//Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporanea]] to make new work to infect the 2012 Olympics. The commissions are part of the [[http://www.anti-bodies.net:ANTI-BODIES]] contemporary art programme which is co-ordinated by [[http://www.relational.org.uk:Relational]] with support from Arts Council England and has been granted the London 2012 Inspire mark as part of the Cultural Olympiad. **glorious ninth** (Kate Southworth and Patrick Simons) will also talk about their project Cultural Capital. A response to the projects and discussion will be initiated by curators from KURATOR, LX 2.0 and Relational. → More information [[http://www.kurator.org/anti-bodies/:Infected Seminar]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#06 ARCO 2009: ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO awards</b> [[http://www.kurator.org/wiki/main/read/About:KURATOR]] was invited to the international jury panel (**Marcos Enriquez, Robert Lisek, Joasia Krysa**) for [[http://www.vocento.com/en/actualidad_nota10.php:ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO]] commission award as part of [[http://www.ifema.es/web/ferias/arco/in.html:ARCO 2009 International Contemporary Art Fair]] in Madrid. The award went to Zagreb-based [[http://csdvu.wowm.org/site/index.php:CSDVA]] (Center for Synergy of Digital and Visual Arts) for proposal WAAP (Web Arco Art Pool). Completed project will be presented at ARCO 2010. → More information [[http://www.vocento.com/en/actualidad_nota10.php:Arte 2.0 Vocento]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#07 ARCO 2009 International Contemporary Art Fair Madrid - New Media Experts Forum</b> [[http://www.kurator.org/wiki/main/read/About:KURATOR]] was invited to [[http://www.ifema.es/web/ferias/arco/in.html:ARCO 2009]] Experts Forum 'NEW MEDIA ART BETWEEN ISOLATION AND INTEGRATION, INTER-DISCIPLINARITY AND MEDIA SPECIFICITY'. Forum was organised and chaired by curator **Domenico Quaranta**, with participants: **Jon Ippolito and Joline Blaise, Inke Arns, Roberta Bosco, Régine Debatty, Geert Lovink, Zhang Ga, Joasia Krysa**. → More information on Forum {link:catalogo_foro_Ing.pdf} → Forum Photo {link:09madrid_arco_krysa_zhang_quaranta.jpg} </div> <div class="news"> <b>#08 Anti-Bodies launch</b> Kurator is currently involved in [[http://www.anti-bodies.net/home:Anti-Bodies: beyond the body ideal]], a contemporary art programme that explores different attitudes to the body. The overall programme is curated and co-ordinated by **Zoë Shearman**, Director of [[http://www.relational.org.uk/relational.php?mn=Home:Relational]]. The project has been launched in February 2009 at Arnolfini, Bristol. → More information on [[http://www.anti-bodies.net/:Launch event]] → Launch Photo {link:Anti_BodieslaunchArnolfiniBristol19Feb2009_2009_02_20_112938.jpg} </div> <div class="news"> <b>#09 VIRAL CALL for VIRAL WORK</b> [[http://www.kurator.org/wiki/main/read/About:KURATOR]] and [[http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20/:LX 2.0]] are commissioning two projects for [[http://www.anti-bodies.net/:Anti-Bodies: Beyond The Body-Ideal]], the South West Cultural Olympiad, UK. Artists [[http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/home/?p=31:Carlos Katastrofsky]] and [[http://irational.org/cgi-bin/cv2/temp.pl:Heath Bunting]] have been selected from the open call which invited proposals for online commissions that respond to the idea of a 'virus' for the Olympics. The INFECTED selection panel included Zoe Shearman, Curator, Relational, Bristol, UK; Luis Silva, Curator, LX 2.0, Lisbon; and Franz Thalmair, Curator, cont3xt.net, Vienna; Joasia Krysa and Geoff Cox, Curators, KURATOR, Plymouth, UK. </div> <div class="news"> <b>#10 WIDMO /das GESPENST/ SPECTRE: self-replication of pathogen, Warsaw, November 2008 </b> The [[http://lisek.art.pl/gespenst.html:WIDMO /das GESPENST/ SPECTRE]]' is an exhibition of new work by Robert Lisek at [[http://www.leto.pl/?a=1&b=&idp=71&l=1&nn=5:Leto Gallery]], Warsaw, curated by KURATOR (Joasia Krysa and Geoff Cox). The project, a result of research by the artist at the Molecular Biology Laboratory of Wroclaw University in Poland, explores the relationship between bio-molecular technology, code and issues arising from network technologies. With reference to the emerging practice of ‘biotech-art’, the artist aims to represent the self-replicating behavior of bacteria in order to draw out its wider bio-political significance. Further Information → [[http://www.leto.pl/?a=1&b=&idp=71&l=1&nn=5/:Images]] → [[http://lisek.art.pl/gespenst.html:Project Page]] → [[http://lisek.art.pl/LisekbyKrysaCox.pdf:Catalogue Text]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#11 Curatorial Network presents: WHAT, HOW and for WHOM (WHW)- residency and seminars, October 2008</b> The fourth residency of the Curatorial Network programme is undertaken by Zagreb-based curatorial collective [[http://www.mi2.hr/whw/how.htm:What, How and for Whom (WHW)]] and hosted by [[http://www.projectbase.org.uk:ProjectBase]] and [[http://www.situations.org.uk:Situations]]. Two members of WHW, Ana Devic and Sabina Sabolovic are visiting arts organisations, curatorial collectives and artist-led programmes in Bristol and Cornwall (UK), investigating the question 'What is an Organisation?' over a ten-day period in October. Linked to the [[http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/WHW:What, How and for Whom (WHW)]]'s residency are three seminars: Tuesday 21 October 2008, 7–9pm @ Plan 9 (Bristol), Saturday 25 October 2008, 1–5pm @ Spike Island (Bristol), and Wednesday 29 October, 5pm-7pm @ University College Falmouth. → [[http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/WHW:Residency Autumn 2008]] → [[http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/seminar%204:Seminars Autumn 2008]] → Download {link:WHW_events.pdf} </div> <div class="news"> <b>#12 KURATOR panel @ ISEA 2008, Singapore</b> Read ISEA 2008 report and a short review of KURATOR panel in Neural: "The popular Kurator panel addressed new (open) curatorial forms, which have been enabled by social technologies. It tackled controversial issues and was able to push boundaries." → full report [[http://www.neural.it/art/2008/09/isea_2008_singapore_report.phtml:http://www.neural.it/art/2008/09/isea_2008_singapore_report.phtml]] → photos [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/48831443@N00/2856678063/in/set-72157607288425594/:http://www.flickr.com/photos/48831443@N00/2856678063/in/set-72157607288425594/]] **Curating in/as Open System(s)** panel, contributors: [[http://www.anti-thesis.net/:Geoff Cox]] (Arnolfini/KURATOR/UK), [[http://www.crumbweb.org:Beryl Graham]] (CRUMB/UK), [[http://www.kurator.org/wiki/main/read/About/Joasia+Krysa:Joasia Krysa]] (KURATOR/UK), [[http://laagencia.org/:Vicente Matallana]] (LaAgencia/Madrid/ES), [[http://www.ntticc.or.jp/index_e.html:Yukiko Shikata]] (NTT InterCommunication Center ICC/Tokyo/JP) → [ISEA 2008 Press Release: Press Release] → [ISEA 2008 Abstracts: Abstracts] → Download PDF version {link:ISEA_2008_panel.pdf} </div> <div class="news"> <b>#13 Curediting - Translational Online Work</b> The latest issue of Vague Terrain on the theme of 'Curediting - Translational Online Work', guest edited by CONT3XT.NET, is out now. → [[http://vagueterrain.net/journal11:http://vagueterrain.net/journal11]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#14 After The Net, Observatori 2008, 5 – 29 June, Centre del Carme, Valencia</b> After The Net is a deliberately ambiguous title: implying that somehow the Net is over in terms of its utopian promises and also making a reference to the documentary film ''The Net'' by **Lutz Dammbeck** (2003). Like the film, the exhibition explores systems of technological control and presents works that draw attention to historical shifts of network power: from cybernetics to free and open source software, and in turn to social networking platforms. Featuring: **Caen Botto**, **Wayne Clements**, **Geoff Cox** (for project.arnolfini), **Lutz Dammbeck**, **Jeff Gompertz**, **Rui Guerra**, **Linda Hilfling**, **Chun Lee**, **Aymeric Mansoux** and **Marloes de Valk** (GOTO10), **José Antonio Orts**, and artists selected from openKURATOR: **Burak Arikan**, **Bestiario**, **Carlos Katastrofsky**, **Abe Linkoln**, **Jimpunk and Mrtamale**, **Joseph Nechvatal**, **Cyril de Vroom** and **Jos Wabeke**. → More information [[http://www.observatori.com/pages/ob.php?anim=1&lang=en&pid=1:Observatori 2008]] → Images [[http://platforma.kurator.org/assets/images/after_the_net/:After the Net]] → Review in EL PAÍS [[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/ocio/Observatori/apuesta/obra/digital/experim ental/elpeputeccib/20080612elpciboci_1/Tes/:Observatori apuesta por la obra digital más experimental]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#15 openKURATOR call announcement: After The Net, Valencia 5-29 June 2008 </b> For [[http://www.observatori.com/pages/ob.php?anim=1&lang=en&pid=1:After the Net]] exhibition, **Observatori: 9th Festival Internacional de Investigación Artística de Valenci**, [[http://open.kurator.org:openKURATOR]] presents a selection of works from an open call: [[http://www.projectinfomania.com/hidden:Infomania]] by Cyril de Vroom & Jos Wabeke (2008), [[http://www.bestiario.org/_proyectos/hipercontrol/:Hipercontrol^3]] by Bestiario (2007), [[http://transition.turbulence.org/Works/mypocket/:Mypocket]] by Burak Arikan (2008), [[http://aqua.subnet.at/carlos/temp/poor/:Netart for poor people]] by Carlos Katastrofsky (2006), [[http://triptych.tv:Triptych.tv]] by Abe Linkoln, Jimpunk, Mrtamale (2008), [[http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Nechvatal/Nechvatal-Joseph_Viral-Syphony_2007.mp3:Viral Symph0ny]] by Joseph Nechvatal (2007). → More information, jury statement and to view projects [[http://open.kurator.org/:openKURATOR]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#16 Research and Development: Curatorial Network</b> KURATOR is involved in developing [[http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/Home:Curatorial Network]]. Current events include curatorial research residency by [[http://www.nomad-tv.net/basak_senova.html:Basak Senova]], (of [[http://www.nomad-tv.net/:NOMAD TV]], Istanbul) to explore the potential of online environment and social networking tools as mechanisms for generating cultural exchange. The residency unfolds through the discussion on [[http://www.curatorial.net/pipermail/curatorial/:curatorial.net]] list and concludes with a public seminar on 25 April 2008, with contribution from [[http://web.mit.edu/vap/people/faculty/faculty_bauer.html:Ute Meta Bauer]], MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US) and [[http://www.situations.org.uk/:Paul O'Neill]] (Research Fellow at the University of West of England, Bristol UK). Events are organised and hosted by i-DAT and Plymouth Arts Centre (UK). → Subscribe to the List [[http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/Forum:http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/Forum]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#17 Research: Art and Social Technologies</b> KURATOR is contributing to [[http://www.art-social.net:Art and Social Technologies]] research group (AST), part of [[http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/researchcover/rcp.asp?page=289&pagetype=G:AZTEC Consortium]]. AST examines creative practice at the intersection of art, technology and society. It has a special interest in the production of experimental, participatory and distributed technological systems - developed and changed through social networks of users and programmers - that challenge orthodox social relations. → More information [[http://www.art-social.net: http://www.art-social.net]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#18 Artists Commissions: Social Hacking, March 2007</b> [[http://www.kurator.org/hack:Social Hacking]] is a series of temporary public art commissions featuring work from [[http://www.appliedautonomy.com/: The Institute for Applied Autonomy]](USA), [[http://mikroorchestra.com/: Mikro Orchestra Project]] (Poland), and [[http://www.ludic-society.net/tagged: Ludic Society]] (Austria/Switzerland). The event also includes the pre-launch of [[http://c6.org/:c6]]'s (UK) new Dot Master project [[http://dot.c6.org/drupal/:Mobility in the art market]], performances by [[http://www.tetine.net/: Tetine]] (Brazil) and Mikrokilla & Jura (Poland), [workshops:workshops] run by [[http://www.pirate-university.org/:The Pirate University]], and a [public seminar:public seminar] with presentations by [[http://twenteenthcentury.com/cv.php?viewmode=cv&mem_id=1:Saul Albert]] (UK) and [[http://www.ludiccrew.org/wark/about.htm:McKenzie Wark]] (AUS/USA). → See [[http://x2.i-dat.org/~socialhacking/:video documentation]] → See [[http://platforma.kurator.org/assets/images/hack_images/Sites.html:stills]] → Watch short film on 'Terminal Air' installation by IAA on [[http://uk.current.com/watch/30202730: Current TV UK]] → Watch short film on c6's Dot Master project on [[http://current.com/items/88831547_just_ring_for_art:Current TV UK]] </div> <div class="news"> <b>#19 Publication: Curating Immateriality, DATA browser volume 3 </b> [[http://www.data-browser.net/03/:Curating Immateriality]] is the third book in the DATA browser series published by Autonomedia. It includes contributions from 0100101110101101.ORG & epidemiC, Alexander R. Galloway & Eugene Thacker, Olga Goriunova & Alexei Shulgin, Christiane Paul, Trebor Scholz, Eva Grubinger, Geoff Cox, and Tiziana Terranova. → To order a copy, visit [[http://www.data-browser.net/03/:http://www.data-browser.net/03/]] → Read the [[http://leonardo.info/reviews/sept2006/curating_zilberg.html:Leonardo review]] </div> <!-- hack to force wide background! yikes --> </div>