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Skatesonic – Cobi hits Cali

via networked performance (who got it from we-make-money-not-art – even tho Cobi actually sent me an email which I accidentally deleted… cobi, could you send me that again?):

Skateboard music interface

Cobi van Tonder, author of the brilliant Ephemeral Gumboots, has been commissioned a new work for ISEA2006. The project, Skatesonic, uses the motions and sounds of skateboards and explores their inherent ambient rhythm to create music. In a way, each move translates to musical parameters and the rider ends up skating through a landscape of music (which s/he influences over time).

Skatesonic will work in both solo and group situation. The system "listens" to space through movement, which it maps out and translates into music. Each of the four boards will map to a unique sound and structural parameters, so if there are 4 riders they will be able to jam like a band. For example, Skatesonic will allow skaters to buffer through a sound file in Max, meaning that as they rolls over a certain distance it is as if they have a record needle under the board, and every inch of movement progresses the sound. The live microphone input also reveals information about the texture of surface under the board and intensity of movement. From an interview with the artist by Sylvie Parent. [blogged by Regine on we-make-money-not-art]

JOHANNESBURG AND SA REPRESENT!!!!

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01 August 2006 by nathaniel

@ krut

via david krut publishing (posted by Jillian Ross):

So…..

Nathaniel Stern walked into DKW in March, about five months ago, and things haven’t quite been the same for us. Bursting with energy and excited at the new-found potential of the printmaking medium, he set to work on a grande project. Working towards an exhibition at Art on Paper for January of next year and on a print portfolio to be released prior to the exhibition, we have set to creating about 14 new works that vary in technique and size. We are consistently working on several images at once, with myself and two assistants – Niall and Lungi, plus Nathaniel, all working on different elements of each image at any one time.

The whole project started with a computer scanner. Nathaniel has been working on a new digital movement….

Read on (plus more pix!)…. Newly updated Compressionism video will also be online soon….

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25 July 2006 by nathaniel

the Upgrade! Johannesburg and the Wits Digital Soiree present: Catherine Henegan

shooting gallery

the Upgrade! Johannesburg and the Wits Digital Soiree present: Catherine Henegan
Dada goes digital – Media Art in a Theatrical Space

Amsterdam-based multi-disciplinary artist, Catherine Henegan, is the director of The Shooting Gallery, the controversial performance/media art work currently showing at The Market Theatre. Aided by a computer and a projection screen, Catherine is also a performer in the work, editing live content from the Internet into the performance by Aryan Kaganof and against the sound design by James Webb. In this way she tracks in real time the way media constructs and reconstructs news and fiction. She will talk about her approach to the design and direction of this challenging multimedia production.

Images available at:
http://www.the-shootinggallery.com
http://kaganof.com/kagablog/category/the-shooting-gallery/

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15 July 2006 by nathaniel

Eyebeam Fellowships

Via one of the list-servs I’m on, Eyebeam (online home of the reblog, offline a great digital art gallery with an exceptional atelier program) is looking for fellows, and it’s a fantastic deal. Space, equipment, critique, exhibitions, a more than live-able wage and health care in New York City for artists working with technology. Altho I’m not looking for something like this right now, I consider these fellowships to be the most coveted in the art&tech scene. I’d love to see one go to a South African!:

Eyebeam is currently calling for Fellowship applications in all three of our lab environments. The application deadline is Aug. 14 at 12pm EST. Fellowships will be offered in the Production Lab, the R&D OpenLab, and for the first time, in the Education Lab. Up to six Fellowships will be granted for 2006/07.

We are seeking applications from artists, hackers, designers, engineers and creative technologists to come to Eyebeam for a year to undertake new research and develop new work. The ideal Fellow has experience making innovative technological art and/or creative technology projects and has a passion for collaborative development. Fellows will work on their own independent projects, projects initiated by other artists and projects conceived collaboratively.

Fellow are selected from an open call. International applicants are welcome to apply, although we do not have the resources to cover travel and accommodation. The program is 11 months long, running from October 06 to August 07. Fellows receive a $30,000 stipend and health benefits during their stay. They benefit from critiques, lectures and workshops by external practitioners. There are also opportunities to develop work for performance, events, seminars, exhibition or other public programming in the Eyebeam galleries.

Areas of interest for 2006/07 include, though will not be limited to: energy, technology and sustainability; and urban research, urban interventions and media in public space. Artists and creative technologists interested in these research areas are particularly encouraged to apply for 2006/07 Fellowships.

The focus of the Fellowships varies in each Lab. Each working environment has different sets of tools and different mentors/trainers for these tools, so applicants should consider which environment will best suit their own needs and experience.

For more information on the fellowship program, please see
http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=fellows
For information about the Production Fellowships, please see
http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=midfellows
For information about the R&D fellowships, please see
http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=rdfellows
For information about Education Fellowships, please see
http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=edfellows

*** Please note that Eyebeam is also offering residency opportunities for artists and creative technologists in all three labs in 2006/07. The residency program provides $5,000 and 24/7 access to Eyebeam’s facilities to work on a proposed project over the course of 6 months. The application information for artists and researchers in residence will be available on the Eyebeam website by July 15.

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14 July 2006 by nathaniel

V/A (various art)

Been doing filler (mostly my own stuff) for the past while on the blog, whilst on residence in Brazil, and not getting out much since going gaga over my daughter. Hit the gallery strip two days ago, tho, and as usual was pleased by the works at Warren Siebrits – with the exception of the young, up-and-coming Colbert Mashile, the works were a bit steep in price, but that’s what you pay for in the Siebrits space, I gather; he does the work of finding great work. Colbert is also, obviously, a guy to watch. Not that impressed with Cecil Skotnes @ Goodman, but it is what it is – emotive paintings and prints, from an old master… Just not my vibe. The Krut group show of works is really worth seeing, and the pieces are really affordable for those who want to start collecting going-places (or already there) artists (I actually bought a Slemon piece for myself). Note that this is not a self-plug – my prints on show are not for sale….

Also currently on in Gauteng:
Dorothee Kreutzfeldt @ Outlet, and (oh shit, nathaniel just realized he deleted the shows he had intended on blogging from his inbox), and some other stuff at some other galleries, I am sure. Maybe look at m&g or art.co.za or Artthrob listings or something. I’m tired.

Oh yeh, and my opening at Parking Gallery went live last night (up for three days by appointment). Here’s a great photo by Christo Doherty (followed by a few others on my crap phone). Doherty says, "the image of woody allen came out rather like a francis bacon portrait – i quite liked that. he was also an artist challenged by the problems of communication and the corporal body…."

^{vincent @ parking gallery, a photo by Christo Doherty}

^{simon gush (parking gallery curator) and clive kellner (johannesburg art museum curator). the latter says the former is a great gallerist, and that i could quote him on that. after he said i should not blog about him spilling coca-cola everywhere, that is….}

^{rat western and her bright nose in my terrible photos say, "it’s nice to see your crap"}

PS – my daughter has a new site, if interested
PPS – about to post my first guest blog at Art Heat

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12 July 2006 by nathaniel

the storytellers @ the johannesburg art museum

the storytellers:
works from the non-aggressive narrative

So, more than a year and a half after the fact (and thanks to Sean Slemon, who insisted on lo-res versions of all my prints before deciding on a trade for his sculpture), I finally uploaded a photoset of my first major solo show to flickr. Check out images of the space, peops and work in the storytellers photoset (with thanks to Christo Doherty, Abrie Fourie and Franci Cronje for the pics. Also a thanks to the late and great Andrew Meintjes, for all his help and support). You can also read about the exhibition via my site here, or from a review in Art South Africa here.