The Upgrade! w/Michael Mandiberg :: Feb 24 7:30 PM

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> From: Yael Kanarek <[email protected]>
> Date: February 18, 2005 8:41:55 AM EST
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: The Upgrade! w/Michael Mandiberg :: Feb 24 7:30 PM
>
> Dear all,
>
> We're gathering next Thursday, February 24 at Eyebeam for a talk with
> Michael Mandiberg.
>
> Michael will be speaking about his web and video projects which
> explore subjectivity, technological
> mediation, and (public) performance. He will also be previewing a new
> project made in collaboration
> with Julia Steinmetz entitled "IN Network." "IN Network" is a cell
> phone, life art performance, which
> will launch March 1st. "IN Network" is commissioned by Turbulence.org.
>
> Michael is a new media artist who uses the Internet, video and
> performance to explore subjectivity,
> labor, and commerce. He is interested in our everyday experience of
> the Internet: all of the forms
> that we thoughlessly engage with in our everyday life as
> info-consumers. These include the home
> page, the search engine, the banner advertisement, the do-it-yourself
> site, and the e-commerce site.
> He inserts personal information into these depersonalized genres.
>
> His recent projects include the DVD exhibition First Person in
> collaboration with Carla Herrera-Prats
> and Anne-Julie Raccoursier, and The Exchange Program, a collaborative
> performance where four
> sets of two people switched lives for 11 days. In 2001 he completed a
> yearlong project,
> Shop Mandiberg, which was a fully functional e-commerce web site that
> marketed and
> sold every one of his personal possessions.
>
> URL: http://mandiberg.com
>
> When/Where:
> Thursday, February 24, 7:30 PM
> Eyebeam
> 540-548 west 21st street (bet 10 & 11 Ave)
>
> http://www.treasurecrumbs.com/theupgrade/
>
> Best,
> Yael Kanarek
>
> About our host: Eyebeam is a not-for-profit organization established
> in 1996. Through its Education, Moving Image
> and Exhibition divisions the organization works to expand the public's
> appreciation and understanding of media art.
> As part of its mission and efforts to provide support for artists
> working within the intersection of art, science, and
> technology, Eyebeam is excited to act as host for The Upgrade! events
> and activities since April 2000.
>
> Yael Kanarek :: NYC
> :: WORLD OF AWE = http://www.worldofawe.net
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>
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