Re:_RHIZOME_RAW:_Gunther_Selichar_--_Online_Competition

Jan. 22, 2004

Type: discussion

Is there any contact information?

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Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: Gunther Selichar – Online Competition

> From: Sarah Bacon
> Creative Time
>
> Who's Afraid of Blue, Red and Green? is an online competition and public
> art project by multimedia Austrian artist Gunther Selichar. From January
> 21 - March 31, participants will be asked to design 15-second abstract
> animations in an exercise designed to explore the elementary visual
> building blocks of digital display screens: the colors blue, red, and
> green. The online competition is presented in collaboration with the
> Landesmuseum in Linz, Austria, host of a concurrent exhibition, January 21
> - February 28, 2004 of Selichar's work.
>
> Who's Afraid of Blue, Red and Green? is a direct reference to Barnett
> Newman's abstract expressionist painting, Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and
> Blue? (1966-70), one of several paintings, including the "Zip" series, in
> which Newman explored the nuanced relationship between proportion, scale,
> and color. Drawing inspiration from this investigative process,
> Selichar's Who's Afraid of Blue, Red and Green? charges participants to
> employ traditional painterly compositional criteria on a display screen as
> opposed to canvas.
>
> A jury consisting of the artist, curators, academics and others in the
> creative community will select three winners to be notified in May 2004.
> The winners will be screened in rotation in Creative Time's ongoing
> series, The 59th Minute: Video Art on the Times Square Astrovision by
> Panasonic as part of a group show of interactive projects in Times Square
> from late June through September 2004.
>
> We hope to disseminate information on the competition broadly, both
> nationally and internationally, and thought that Rhizome and Media Lounge
> subscribers might be interested in participating.
>
> Thanks for your time and consideration.
>
> Sarah Bacon
> Director of Communications
>
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