>Of course, I'm working on a possible english version of the book.
>I will keep you updated about it.
Great news, look forward to seeing this.
>My point (again, overly summarized
here) is that while the art
>evolved, the corresponding art world didn't
evolve accordingly.
>Of course, many new and dinamic institutions, better
fitting to
>this new approach (such as rhizome), emerged along the
nineties
This is unfortunately very true, the new media art world never seems to manage to fully engage with the art world, it's a gimmick or a fad for them.
Garrett

An interesting point about reflection being a dominant connecting theme of much of the work in this exhibition. This is very true but the point should be made that much of new media art (certain anything which is interactive) is reflective of the user, not necessarily in a literal way as it is in Decode but it 'reflects' a users desire, intent and action.

I think it's a fair assumption that the curators of this show would have felt comfortable with the literal interpretation of reflection i.e. its use of (probably) video to achieve that or a close to figurative representation of the user as in the case of Daniel Rozins work. Why the curators have failed to identify this sub current in their choice of works for the exhibition within a curatorial statement and elaborated that into a discussion of possibly how new media art itself 'reflects' our cultures expectation of instant response / gratification from media seems quite an oversight.

As a curatorial whole there seems to have been much oversight in this exhibition. It's safe to say that both you and I would fall into the perhaps not so "niche" but certainly "informed audience" of this type of exhibition but all of the structure around the exhibition, the workshops (a particular segment of which is tailored to teenagers) the promoted accommodation of school and college trips (free entrance offered as an incentive), makes it clear that this is targeted at the uninitiated and particularly a young audience. Your completely correct in that the curators have not decoded for that audience what new media art is. The information next to the exhibits and in the catalog simply reads as a technology listing exercise with some background on the artist / designer / company. Insight into the process of the work, it's overall aims, what the artist is dealing with as a particular subject matter is almost completely missing.

Reading the catalog after the show, I got more satisfaction from reading Golan Levins interview where he retro-justifies the premise of the exhibition as accessible to all and puts that into context with some notable English exhibitions such as Cybernetic Serendipity than I did from any of the curator statements under the titled segments of the exhibition. We could be overly pessimistic and say, as the English are forever fond of saying about much of their culture / education / politics etc. that the exhibition is dumbing down but accessibility of content doesn't necessitate dumbing down.

Snd:arc- (Sound and Architecture) a free evening of live sound art and
visual experimentation curated by Paul Adams and Garrett Lynch as part
of the Open Ear collaborations took place Friday 18th May 8:00 -
11:30pm at Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus,
Northwood Road, Broadstairs, England.

Complete video documentation of the performances and experimental
videos are now online at:
http://openear.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/sndarc-sound-and-architecture-
videos/

Video documentation of previous Open Ear events can be seen online at:
http://www.youtube.com/openeargroup

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Snd:arc- Line up 11/05/07

Open Ear presents Snd:arc- (Sound and Architecture) a free evening of
open air live sound art and visual experimentation on Friday 11th May
8:00 - 11:30pm (Bar until 12:00am) in the space of the open courtyard
at Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus, Northwood
Road, Broadstairs.

The event will feature performances and experimental video works by a
number of artists including:

Performances by:
Matt Wright
Andy Birtwistle
Garrett Lynch
Paul Adams

Experimental videos by:
Pascal Bouchet
Ampersand

and more

Please note that this is an open air event and as such weather
permitting, contact Broadstairs Campus closer to the date to confirm
that the event will be taking place (t: +44 (0)1843 609120, e:
broadstairs [at] canterbury dot ac dot uk).

Time: Friday 11th May 8:00 - 11:30pm
Location: Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus,
Northwood Road, Broadstairs (Broadstairs Campus on Google Maps -
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Broadstairs,+Kent,+CT10+2WA&
sllS.098145,-2.443696&sspn=9.032292,16.567383&ie=UTF8&
z&om=1&iwloc

Snd:arc- Call for works

Description

Open Ear wish to announce Snd:arc- (Sound and Architecture) a free
evening of open air live sound art and visual experimentation,
featuring performances by a number of artists including Mr Paul Adams
who will be performing with his new audio/visual software Pac / resenv.

The event, one of the first of its kind in the Broadstairs area, will
be taking place in the space of the open courtyard at Canterbury Christ
Church University at the Broadstairs Campus, Kent, England from 8pm on
Friday11/05/07 (weather permitting or be postponed until Friday the
18/05/07).

Please contact Broadstairs Campus closer to the date to verify that the
event will be happening (t: +44 (0)1843 609120, e: broadstairs [at]
canterbury dot ac dot uk).

Call for works

Sound and Visual Artist's are invited to contribute to Snd:arc- (Sound
and Architecture) a free evening of open air live sound art and visual
experimentation. The event will be curated by Paul Adams and Garrett
Lynch as part of the non-profit audio / visual organisation Open Ear
(http://openear.wordpress.com/). We are seeking in particular artist's
who can work with the outside space in a live context; this can range
from approaches such as the projection of visual based works on the
building fascias through to site specific responses recording and
manipulating the surrounding architecture and environment. Individual
performances can last up to 30 minutes and will take place in the
courtyard of Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus,
Kent, England from 8pm on Friday the 11th of May.

As we are non-profit based organisation and the event is free we are
unable to offer any individual payment but will provide access to a
limited supply of equipment (please include a list of requirements in
your proposal and we will attempt to cater for this), suitable
refreshments and possibly accommodation if required. This event is run
by Open Ear as part of an initiative to bring new forms of live audio /
visual art to an area currently undergoing a cultural regeneration.

Please email short proposals with a list of required equipment (no more
than one page) by Friday 27/04/07 as word / pdf / rtf / txt document
(not pasted into the email) to:

Paul Adams: paul.adams120 [at] googlemail dot com
and
Garrett Lynch: garrett [at] asquare dot org

For further information regarding the event or Open Ear, please see our
weblog at: http://openear.wordpress.com/

The location

Canterbury Christ Church Broadstairs campus, Kent, England, situated on
the east coast of Kent, approximately 30 minutes from Canterbury,
opened in 2000 with a wide selection of higher education courses. The
campus is committed to the arts and cultural regeneration of the area
and regularly host's events, exhibitions and performances on site.

Directions: http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/broadstairs/about/maps.asp

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