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09 August 2006 by nathaniel

retro-Compressionist update

compressionismThere’s some newly updated Compressionist documentation on Compressionism.net. Latest additions to the video reflect, both, some of the performative aspects of the series, and the current hand-made editions; the latter are being created with the help of printmaker Jillian Ross at  David Krut Workshop in Johannesburg.  For those who have not been to the site in a while, the text has also been updated site-wide, and I am continually uploading new images.

Latest Sound Byte:

Compressionism is a "digital performance and analog archive.” I traverse bodies, spaces and objects with my scanner face, while its head is in motion. After being Compressed into digital images the size of a small sheet of paper, the files are then stretched, cropped and colored by hand, then printed as editioned, archival works. The latest pieces in the series further transform details of these prints into hand-made art objects: etchings, engravings, aquatints, lithographs, spit bites and more.

 Compressionism is an exploration of media and perception, a transfiguration in time and seeing.

Thanks also to Niall and Lungi @ Krut for their tireless efforts on this project.

Please watch callandresponse.co.za for updates on my January  ’07 exhibition @ Art on Paper, Joburg.

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08 August 2006 by nathaniel

the mac pro xeon 64-bit workstation

mac proAnd, as suspected, the new Apple Mac Pro desktop premiered and was released this week at the WWDC (World Wide Development Conference). Oh, it’s a beauty (check it out here). We all knew that she’d have to be a quad-core, with speeds at least more than that of a G5; and Apple came through. The surprise, however, is that they managed to stick to a 64-bit processor, as well as going with speeds of up to 3.0GHz and 16GB of RAM. Yowza! This probably means that Intel will succeed where IBM failed, and we can expect to see 64-bit model laptops sometime in the (hopefully near, but not too near – since I just bought a MacBook Pro) future.

I await clock speeds ;)

PS – Check out previews of Leopard (more African names!), the next Mac OS (due for release American Spring ’07) here.

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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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01 August 2006 by nathaniel

promised land: ralph borland @ blank projects in cape town

promised land: ralph borland @ blank projects in cape town

His blurb:

‘Promised land’ is a body of work that plays on some of the ‘faultlines’ running through contemporary South Africa – disparities in wealth, contests of ownership over symbols and cultural objects, the threat to stability offered by the dispossessed, new struggles with their conflicted relationship to the old Struggle. Was it land that was promised; is this the land that was promised? The exhibition combines sampled and manipulated mass-produced objects with fictional artefacts to produce a wry commentary on South Africa now.

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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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19 July 2006 by nathaniel

computer for sale (bumped)

Bumping this up, cuz I still have not sold the desktop. I thought these were good prices (and I thought the ten-minute-after-posting sale of the laptop proved it), but now I need cash to pay for my new laptop, so am willing to negotiate a bit on the desktop (also thowing in a thing or two now, see below). Please tell your friends…
If in the Gauteng area, I’m selling two one very well looked after Apple computer(s) (nothing wrong with them, but upgrading to the MacBook Pro).

Desktop: (still available)

  • 17" iMac G4, 1.0 GHz
  • 80GB hard drive
  • DVD-R
  • upgraded to 768 RAM
  • apple pro speakers
  • apple keyboard and mouse
  • still has box, latest OS X Tiger installed
  • 3 USB and 2 Firewire ports
  • audio line in, apple speakers out, headphone jack out
  • mini-dv port (can throw in mini-dv to VGA for use with projector)
  • built-in mic
  • R8000, OBCO (Or Best Cash Offer)

Laptop: SOLD SOLD SOLD!

  • 14" iBook G4, 1.2GHz
  • CD-RW
  • 60GB hard drive
  • 768 RAM
  • airport
  • 2 USB, 1 firewire
  • mini-dv port
  • headphone jack
  • built-in mic and speakers
  • charger
  • latest tiger installed
  • still under apple care warranty until June 07
  • will throw in bluetooth / USB adapter
  • R5800

Please contact me if you are interested!

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