Article on Internet Art in the Wall Street Journal, with a short segment on Wikipedia Art. Here’s the link (subscription needed after a week, so here’s a PDF: The Internet as Art).
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More Compressionism, plus bonus life and art details (in short review)
Wow. I almost forgot I had a blog. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
I’ve been working on a whole lot of art. Video-print-object things like this, scanner stuff like that, interactive installations like these (actually, mostly been updating a few of these pieces to new versions with openFrameworks, while brainstorming a new piece), and this new mixed reality installation. All will be premiering in various parts of the world, hopefully (some are booked, some are not), within the next year. I’m off to NYC for a few weeks (drop a line if you wanna meet up), but in the meanwhile, enjoy this new documentation image for Compressionism (photo and design by Jesse Egan).
Giverny of the Midwest (scanning lilies in Indiana, photo by Jesse Egan)
Compressionism is a digital performance and analog archive, where I strap a custom-made scanner appendage and battery pack to my body, and perform images into existence. I might scan in straight, long lines across tables, tie the scanner around my neck and swing over flowers, do pogo-like gestures over bricks, or just follow the wind over water lilies in a pond. The dynamism of my relationship to the landscape is transformed into beautiful and quirky renderings, which are re-stretched and colored on my laptop, then produced as archival art objects using photographic processes. The above image was taken in South Bend, Indiana, as part of an art camping trip: two days in tents, with lots of tech, working towards a large-scale and gridded work reminiscent of Monet’s MOMA-owned masterpiece. The final piece will be 12 meters wide by 2 meters tall, and completed some time in 2010.
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ThirdCoast Digest – Shuffling Priorities: How MARN is Pushing Art to the Top of The List
Somehow missed this story earlier in the week:
ThirdCoast Digest – Shuffling Priorities: How MARN is Pushing Art to the Top of The List
Shuffling Priorities: How MARN is Pushing Art to the Top of The List
July 7th, 2009 by Erin Petersen
Posted in Arts & Culture, VITAL, VITAL Features, Visual Art
When the Milwaukee Artist Resource Network MARN named Melissa Musante as its first full-time Executive Director last February, our interest here at TCD was piqued. Musante came to MARN with an impressive resume including several years as Associate Director at Film Wisconsin; prior to that, she was the National Outreach Sales Manager for Utrecht Art Supplies from 2003-2006.
Musante had been active with MARN as a visual artist before assuming the role of ED and has been showing her work both as a painter and an independent filmmaker in the Milwaukee area for years.
Under the direction of former ED Mike Brenner and Interim Director Melissa Dorn Richards, MARN was able to provide some of the most innovative resources for artists, and both leaders played pivotal roles in helping Milwaukee’s arts scene grow exponentially. Since its founding in 2000, MARN has been able to operate as a network…
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reminders
This Friday, a collaborative talk at the Museum of Wisconsin Art.
This Sunday, Maria Bolivar and Nadav Assor at MOCT.
See ya there!
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FROM ONE, MANY: Contemporary Wisconsin Prints
Officially opens 12 July. Note that Jessica and I are also giving a talk at the Sneak Preview next Friday 10 July…
From One, Many
The Museum of Wisconsin Art is proud to showcase some of the state’s best printmakers in
“FROM ONE, MANY: Contemporary Wisconsin Prints”
This is an original MWA exhibition and the range of print media will be matched only by the diversity of artists: established practitioners will be on display beside younger, up-and-coming artists.
Sneak Preview Friday July 10th, 10:30AM featuring an artist talk with collaborating exhibitors Jessica Meuninck-Ganger and Nathaniel Stern.
Exhibit will run July 10 – Aug. 30
Attists exhibiting are:
John BALSLEY, Larry BASKY, Brad CORSO, Bob ERICKSON, Ray GLOECKLER, Lisa HECHT, John HITCHCOCK, Jayne REID JACKSON, Dara LARSON, Gregory MARTENS, Colin MATTHES, Jessica MEUNINCK-GANGER, Mark MULHEARN, Frances MEYERS, Dorota BICZEL NELSON, Michael NITSCH, Gaylord SCHANILEC, Paula SCHULZE, Jan SERR, Nathaniel STERN, Christine STYLE, Ken SWANSON, Paul YANK and Rita YOON
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July 12 at MOCT: Upgrade! Milwaukee presents Nadav Assor (Israel) and Maria Bolivar (Venezuela)
More information: http://digiwaukee.net/upgrade
Upgrade! Milwaukee presents Nadav Assor and Maria Bolivar!
Sunday July 12, 7 – 9 PM
MOCT, 240 E Pittsburgh Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53204
Please come to the second Upgrade! Milwaukee, featuring Nadav Assor (Israel) and Maria Bolivar (Venezuela)!
Nadav Assor, Tunneling (performance)
On Nadav Assor (who was the founder of Upgrade! Tel Aviv):
“I am greatly interested in theories and explorations of urban architectural, emotional and ideological sub-structures. One tactic I use in exposing and reshaping the structures around me is digitization, in the sense of reduction to a primal, reconfigurable matter. The transformed digital matter is recast into its original context, physically manipulated in an ongoing live process that ranges from the absurd to the violent. The outcome often presents various transgressions or inversions of the technological, socio-political structures that served as a starting point. Many of the mechanisms inherent in my work require palpable, physical effort or struggle to manipulate, thus exposing the constant friction between body and media. I do not want my devices to ‘run smoothly’.
My work has been shown in Berlin, Chicago, and in many Israeli venues, including several showings at the Israeli Center for Digital Art, the C.Sides International electronic media festival, the Laptopia festival, the Center for Contemporary Art in Tel-Aviv, The Haifa and Bat Yam Museums and more. I have received a 2006 Leumi (the Israeli national bank) award for excellence in the arts.
I am currently pursuing my MFA with full fellowship in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.”
Maria Bolivar @ UWM
Maria Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She was significantly influenced by her father, Cesar Bolivar, who is a well-known film director in Latin America. After attending the most important design academy in Venezuela: El Instituto de Diseño de Caracas, Maria spent three years as a professional designer. Due to the violence and her involvement in the 2002 National Strike in Venezuela, Maria was forced to come to Milwaukee where she received her BFA in communication design from the Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) in 2006. Maria is currently pursuing a Master’s of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee with an intermedia focus.
Hope to see you there!
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Upgrade! Milwaukee is a regular gathering of digital creatives – artists, musicians, performers, writers, curators and the public – that fosters dialogue and creates opportunities for collaboration within the local new media community. It features 1-3 guest speakers at each event, held at a rotating venue: informal, free, and open to all. We welcome suggestions for speakers, panels or gatherings. Upgrade! Milwaukee will continue to grow as a local node within the global Upgrade! International (UI) network.
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Upgrade! is an international, emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural divides. Its decentralized, non-hierarchical structure ensures that Upgrade! (i) operates according to local interests and their available resources; and (ii) reflects current creative engagement with cutting edge technologies. While individual nodes present new media projects, engage in informal critique, and foster dialogue and collaboration between individual artists, Upgrade! International functions as an online, global network that gathers in different cities to meet one another, showcase local art, and work on the agenda for the following year. There are currently over 30 nodes in UI, across North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Second Life.