Ping! FeedBlackPerf
July 17th, 2004 by Peter
FeedBlackPerf
Performance on july 16 in Sa Taronja, by FeedBackCorp: Aï Suzuki (performance artist, dancer), Pascal Baes (experimental film and video maker) and Jean Paul Domb (experimental music, sound and digital effects)
Ai Suzuki’s performs in public spaces with banal materials like plastic bags and aluminum foil,integrating into the memory of her muscles the qualities of the materials she works with.
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Ping! Pure data
July 17th, 2004 by Peter
Pure Data: workshop by Yacine Setbi on MaxMSP software in the context of PING!: Brussels – Mallorca
July 3 – 25 – 2004
Associacio Cultural Sa Taronja, Andratx
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Ping! Studio visits
July 17th, 2004 by Peter
Participants of PING: Brussels Mallorca visited the Centro Cultural Andratx, to meet with Cristina Schiavi, Julia Masvernat, Lorena Ventimiglia, Valeria Maculán, 4 Argentinian artists working in different disciplines who are invited to work for one month in the center´s guest studio programme.
Julia Masvernat
Maria Cristina Schiavi
Lorena Ventimiglia
Valeria Maculán
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Ping! Pierre De Jaeger’s concert
July 10th, 2004 by nicolas_m
Pierre De Jaeger played yesterday night, 9th of July in Majorca.
“L’Essoufflement: A collective listening experience blurring the line between performer and audience.”
Pierre did his concert in the garden under the moonlight. The piece begun with everyday sounds played very low and hard to discern from the surrounding nature. He gradually introduced wonderful samples as the voice of Nalo Hopkinson reading one of her novel or a Muslim prayer
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Ping! Web design with free software
July 9th, 2004 by nicolas_m
Learn to design a web page with free software, experiment with multimedia tools, collaborative platforms and literary experiments.
view the logs of the workshop in progress
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BIOTERROR CHARGES DOWNGRADED TO MAIL FRAUD
June 30th, 2004 by nicolas_m
June 29, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“BIOTERROR” CHARGES DOWNGRADED TO “MAIL FRAUD” IN STEALTH INDICTMENT
U.S. Attorneys attempt to cast $256 technicality as health and safety
issue in “stealth” indictment
Professor Steve Kurtz was charged today by a federal grand jury in
Buffalo, New York–not with bioterrorism, as listed on the Joint
Terrorism Task Force’s original search warrant and subpoenas, but with
“petty larceny,” in the words of Kurtz attorney Paul Cambria. (See
http://www.caedefensefund.org/ for background.)
Also indicted was Robert Ferrell, head of the Department of Genetics at
the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health. The charges
concern technicalities of how Ferrell helped Kurtz to obtain $256
worth of harmless bacteria for one of Kurtz’s art projects.
The laws under which the indictments were obtained–Title 18, United
States Code, sections 1341 and 1343, covering mail and wire fraud–are
normally used against those defrauding others of money or property, as
in telemarketing schemes.
This is a far cry from the bioterrorism charges originally sought by
the District Attorney. To make a “federal case” out of such minor
allegations, the District Attorney will have the burden of proving
criminal intent.
“There was very obviously no criminal intent,” said Kurtz attorney
Cambria. “The intent was to educate and enlighten.” Cambria suggested
that the pursuit of such a minor case at the federal level was
profoundly absurd. “If the University of Pittsburgh feels that there
was a contract breach, then their remedy is to sue Steve for $256 in a
civil court.”
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CAE defense
June 3rd, 2004 by nicolas_m
The CAE defense fund has been created
see online
Banners have been provided by HARRISSON. Please use them to show your solidarity and spread the message.
Download them here
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INFO DAY FOUR WORKSHOPS NEW MEDIA
June 1st, 2004 by nicolas_m
Constant participates in:
INFO DAY FOUR WORKSHOPS NEW MEDIA
Vzw CARGO asbl and iMAL invite you at the info day of the Four Workshops New Media on
Saturday the 5th of June from 14h till 17h
in the office of iMal in Centre Dansaert, Aalststraat 7, 1000 Brussels
The info day introduces candidate-participants into the four workshops new media,
organised by CARGO with the support of VAF, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds.
The workshops present a special context of methods, tools and practices, which
stimulate making media in networked environments (web, tools, interactive
installations, modules, game-structures en weblog/cam community platforms). Treated
subjects are multimedia, video, audio, web (all-in), wireless computing and
communication, surveillance. Each workshop takes 5 days during the month September
in Oostende (Belgium).
More info about the workshops and mentors on www.cargoweb.org/forum
Registration on www.becoming.be/workshopform.php
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Critical Art Ensemble subpoenaed by the FBI
May 31st, 2004 by nicolas_m
In 1998, the team of Constant invited Critical Art Ensemble to make a performance in the Beursschouwburg. We were interested by their ability to reveal cleverly the politics at stake in the field of genetics.
We were, and still are, impressed by their analysis and by their talent to create situations in which the public is confronted to fondamental questions about technology, science and power structures.
That is why we are shocked to read on the rtmark’s website:
FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART
Feds Unable to Distinguish Art from Bioterrorism
Grieving Artist Denied Access to Deceased Wife’s Body
On the morning of May 30, two members of the Critical Art Ensemble were subpoenaed by the FBI. The FBI, we now know, will seek to indict Steve Kurtz before a grand jury on June 15. More details to follow.
Financial and other help are more urgently needed now than ever. Thanks to all who have already helped or volunteered to do so.
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Vj7 Book: The movie
May 24th, 2004 by wendy
Here is finally the little film. It took a long time to find a format small enough. The quality is far from super, but you get an idea of the book, I hope! In any case, for me it was my second experiment with video, filming and editing (the first one was already four years ago).
The book is available at the usual address (see home page for phone and e-mail). It is not really complete yet, some software and sound is following!
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