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{ Monthly Archives } September 2006

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Mikhael Subotzky has a new site showcasing his very moving and evocative photography. Check. Tags: art, re-blog tidbits, south african art, stimulus, uncategorical

2006 09 30 nathaniel art
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Kim Lieberman: Human Currents

Opening Thursday 5 October 2006 at 18h00Exhibition catalogue available44 Stanley Avenue  Braamfontein Werf (Milpark)  Johannesburg+27 11 726-2234 the release: The substratum for Kim Lieberman’s latest work is a blank, white puzzle, with no printed image on it. It is akin to Kasimir Malevich’s white painted square on a white canvas. To scramble the puzzle piece [...]

2006 09 27 nathaniel art
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Invite – Waterpas – 28 Sept 2006 6pm

A Multi Media Exhibition by Cobi Labuscagne 28 September  20066pmPoint Blank at the Drill Hall The exhibition – conceived as a a one-night event – represents the culmination of a two-year working process toward Labuscagne’s Masters in Fine Arts degree at the WITS School of Arts.   The show will include projected documentation of performances that  [...]

2006 09 26 nathaniel art
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Zaha at the Guggenheim

If you want to be humbled, motivated and inspired then go to the Guggenheim, and use the building as it was designed by taking the elevator to the top floor, and walking down the ramps. If you walk up like everyone else, you’ll be too tired to fully appreciate the work by the time you [...]

2006 09 25 sean slemon art
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don’t believe the hype / believe the hype

So I went to the Ed Young / Christian Nerf ‘no problem in Africa’ DIVA talk at Wits yesterday and I have a secret to tell you: the bad boys of Cape Town aren’t that bad. In fact, they are charming, engaged, and extremely laid back. Now, truth be told, I already knew that about [...]

2006 09 22 nathaniel art
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arrrrrrgh!

I can’t BELIEVE I totally FORGOT International Talk Like a Pirate Day yesterday – first time I’ve missed it (thank you Brendan Copestake for reminding me). The BEST thing I could find for pirate jokes this year, is P I R A T E   R I D D L E S  F O R   S [...]

2006 09 20 nathaniel pop culture
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The Collision Project

The Collision Project is the result of a collaborative exchange between artist / director Gerhard Marx and composer Clare Loveday, lecturers at the Wits School of Arts. It combines the visual and theatrical skills of Marx with the compositional exploration of Loveday to create a haunting work that is both concert performance, theatrical experience and [...]

2006 09 19 nathaniel art
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Young Nerf at Wits

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2006 09 18 nathaniel art
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Andre SC @ Upgrade! Joburg

Christo Doherty writes lyrical about Andre’s performance (via atjoburg): The featured artist at this month’s Upgrade! at Wits Digital Arts was Andre SC (André S Clements), a new media manipulator and self-confessed “pixel maniac” who has recently begun exploring an approach to image processing which he calls “post-digital abstraction”. André Clements at the Digital Soiree/Upgrade [...]

2006 09 17 nathaniel art
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minor ups

Some small changes to the site at large, text, images, front page, etc. Hope you likes… Tags: me, nathaniel stern

2006 09 17 nathaniel me Comments (0)

jonah bc

nice interview & write-up of my buddy, jonah brucker-cohen’s, work on ‘we make money not art.’ I did a feature on his stuff at a digi-soiree about 2 years ago – was a hoot. check it. Tags: art, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, reviews, stimulus, technology, theory, uncategorical

2006 09 16 nathaniel art
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VisitorsStudio

An archive of my, Ruth and Marc’s networked_performance between Joburg, Derby and London is now online @ http://www.visitorsstudio.org/session.pl?id=38 – pretty cool medium, and I hope to play with it again in public sometime. It was also really great to use so much South African content! Thanks to everyone who sent me, or uploaded, their work. [...]

2006 09 16 nathaniel art
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Project Censored: Top 25 Stories of 2007 (that you won’t hear about)

via C&L: #1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media#2 Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran#3 Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger#4 Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US#5 High-Tech Genocide in Congo#6 Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy# 7 US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq#8 Pentagon Exempt from [...]

2006 09 16 nathaniel news and politics
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The Upgrade! Johannesburg and WSOA Digital Arts present: Andre SC

More info, via The Upgrade! Johannesburg: TECHNOGRAFFI: Drawing the pixel curtain In /*technoGraffi* – drawing the pixel curtain/, André SC will show and discuss some of his recent ‘stuff’ involving generative procedures, pseudo neuro-biological theory, ridiculous amounts of pornography, ‘post-digital abstraction’ as well as ‘netVerse’ – the current interactive online project that N. Stern describes [...]

2006 09 13 nathaniel art
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new iTunes and iPods (updated below)

iTunes now sells movies (mostly widescreen, really nice selections), iPods now support up to 80GBs and 640×480 resolution. There are also new nanos, which support photos, and new shuffles that are just plain snazzy. dude. update: I didn’t realize, the new iTunes also allows you to download games (only for the new iPods, dammit), and, [...]

2006 09 12 nathaniel art and tech
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v/a (various art) (updated below)

Sorry for the lack of posting lately, everybody. As promised a few weeks ago, things are crazy with the big move, and finishing up all the things I need do here in Joburg. It looks like, however, I may have a couple of takers for my blog, which means Joburg coverage can carry on while [...]

2006 09 12 nathaniel art
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The Political Compass

This is a pretty neat 10 minute poliitcal spectrum survey, with some interesting theories around how left/right does/doesn’t work. Seems I’m in bed with the likes of Ghandi and Madiba… Nice. The Political Compass Tags: news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits

2006 09 12 nathaniel news and politics
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The newest handheld scanner

Its called the Docupen and its a portable hadnheld scanner about the size of a pen. Its  USB plugin and you can scan anything. Check it -http://planon.com/ Tags: art, art and tech, reviews, technology

2006 09 10 sean slemon art
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Dropping Knowledge

In 2 days, www.droppingknowledge.org will launch a global dialogue platform at the table of free voices, Berlin. On September 9th, 2006, 112 of the world’s great minds will come together around the world’s largest table in Berlin’s historic Babelplatz Square. Recorded by 112 digital cameras, they will simultaneously answer 100 questions chosen out of thousands [...]

2006 09 07 sean slemon news and politics
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interactive arts lectureship post, johannesburg

I worked in this department (at the top University in Africa) as the part-time core lecturer for over 3 years, but it seems timing has worked against me – now that they have a full-time position, I’m about to pursue my own advanced degree in Ireland. I HIGHLY recommend considering this job – even if, [...]

2006 09 07 nathaniel art
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