implicit art

Don’t forget the SAartsEmerging launch and party!

http://www.saartsemerging.org
9 February 2006
Berlin Bar
18:30ish til whenev
Features detail / site-specific installation by Bronwyn Lace
in Berlin Bar window

SAartsEmerging.org is dedicated to featuring emerging South African artists, curators and arts personalities who are not generally, or have not yet been, written about - but who should be. SAartsEmerging lacks any pretense of objectivity, and preference is not only given to Gauteng locals and friends, but also to early-career non-stars working conceptually, and across disciplines. More information on us, or on contributing? Visit the site!

Hope to see you at the party!
Simon Gush, Bronwyn Lace & Nathaniel Stern

http://www.saartsemerging.org
SAartsEmerging features a new producer every third Friday of the month. 17 February will see our next feature, Bronwyn Lace, a Johannesburg based, installation artist, just before her YAP solo show in Durban.

^{photo credit: Christo Doherty}

http://atjoburg.net/upgrade/

Announcing the latest node in the International Upgrade! network:  Johannesburg, South Africa.

Building on the now-famous Digital Soiree series, we begin this Friday with a presentation by Daniel Hirschmann, 3PM in  the "Digital Convent" at Wits School of the Arts’ Digital Arts  Program. Map: http://www.wits.ac.za/artworks/contact/map.htm

Daniel Hirschmann is an artist, technology enthusiast and Harry  Potter fan. He is passionate about building and playing with  sculptural interfaces between the real and digital worlds. Other  interests include most things geeky, gorgeous or interesting. His  work has been shown at art exhibitions and conferences in New York,  France, England and South Africa. Recent works include a tactile 3D  display surface titled Glowbits (2004), and an exhibition involving a  fleet of personality enhanced robots in Nice, the Nicebots (2004).  His days are currently spent as a researcher in Fabrica, Benetton’s  creativity hub in Italy.

His presentation: an introduction to the Benetton-owned creative hub  known to the world as Fabrica - a space in which the fusion of Art  and Marketing is explored. In the presentation, Daniel will look at  questions of approach and creativity tailored to the retail /  commercial world.

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Claiming himself to have been bashed about from both sides during his career, Paul Craig Roberts, a Republican from the Reagan administration, is fed up with how Bush has placed himself, and his administration, "firmly against the American people." Some key points:

Bewitched by neoconservatives and lustful for power… Having eliminated internal opposition, the Bush administration is now using blackmail obtained through illegal spying on American citizens to silence the media and the opposition party…. The United States is undergoing a coup against the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, civil liberties, and democracy itself. The "liberal press" has been co-opted. … The TV networks mimic Fox News’ faux patriotism. … The Bush administration has achieved a de facto Ministry of Propaganda…. The sooner the Bush administration realizes its goals of attacking Iran, Syria, and the Shia militias in Lebanon, the more likely the administration will collapse in the maelstrom before it achieves a viable police state…. Not even Karl Rove and Fox "News" could spin Bush out of the catastrophe.

You heard me right. This is from a Republican, and one who worked for  Reagan - the man who pretty much started the whole neo-con, big business ties… What else do we need, here, people? Read more. Hat tip to power of narrative.