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'ENCODED' exhibition at Art Taipei 2010

20-24 August, Taipei World Trade Centre, TAIWAN

A special initiative of Novamedia and the Taiwan Art Galleries Association, the exhibition will present Australian media art as part of Art Taipei's 'Ela-Video' program. This is the first time the art fair will feature an Australian exhibition. Accompanying are a series of lectures on recent and emerging trends in Australian media art practice and moving image art collecting.

Artists: Leon CMIELEWSKI, Justine COOPER, Jonathan DUCKWORTH, Jess MacNEIL, Jon McCORMACK, Josephine STARRS, Martin WALCH

Organisers: Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan Art Galleries Association, Taiwan External Trade Development Council with Novamedia and Austrade (Taipei).

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MATTHEW GARDINER is the third artist in residence at Ars Electronica's FutureLab.

See Matt's creations at www.airstrip.com.au

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IMPACT by DEGREES

3 September—20 November 2009
Embassy of Australia, Washington DC

www.impactbydegrees.net

The Impact by Degrees exhibition presents perspectives by Australian media artists who, through collaborations with scientists, environmentalists and designers as well as an extensive engagement with Australia’s unique environment, have developed cultural responses to the most urgent for humanity challenge—Climate Change.

Curator: Antoanetta IVANOVA

Artists: Leon CMIELEWSKI, Justine COOPER, Natalie JEREMIJENKO, Jon McCORMACK, Pip STARR, Josephine STARRS, Mari VELONAKI, Martin WALCH

Media Release
www.usa.embassy.gov.au/whwh/files/ImpactbyDegre...

• PANDORA Web Archive
In recognition of its national significance, the Impact by Degrees website has been archived by the National Library of Australia.

• Australian Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett toured the exhibition during his recent visit to Washington DC.

• Impact by Degrees is an Art-for-COP15 event

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FRAMEWORK: The Finnish Art Review, Issue 10 June '09
Rescue Plan

Launched at the 53rd Venice Biennale at Finnish Pavilion, Giardini, Italy.

The prospects concerning the future of the global society merge together with the ongoing financial crisis, the fastening climate change and its impact on the global environment.

Keeping the demise of neoliberal ideology in mind, the contributors in 'Locating' have been asked to sketch out alternative starting points for today's economic, political and aesthetic practices and draft outlines for alternative models.

Among writers and cultural actors are Chuck DYKE, Michel BAUWENS, David ELLIOTT, Miina ÄKKIJYRKKA, Ásmundur ÁSMUNDSSON, Antoanetta IVANOVA, Kim LEVIN, Elena SORKINA & Oliver RESSLER, Morten GOLL & Joachim HAMOU & Tone Olaf NIELSEN, and Marita MUUKONEN & HeHe.

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Inaugural Australian residents at Ars Electronica's FutureLab

• MATTHEW GARDINER (VIC)

'to investigate the interactive aesthetic of folding/origami technology and to research electronic paper technology'

• LEON CMIELEWSKI/JOSEPHINE STARRS (NSW)

'to create a media art installation that explores the effects of global warming in the Southern hemisphere'

• ADAM NASH (with John McCormick) (VIC)

'to collaborate on generating an audience-activated audiovisual agents in evolving environments such as Second Life'

Congratulations!

NOVAMEDIA initiated and established the residency program for Australian media artists at Ars Electronica's laboratory for future innovations—FutureLab. Ars Electronica is the most influential international forum for media art, now into its 30th year.

The residency was developed with funding from Arts Victoria (International), and realised in partnership with Ars Electronica and Australia Council for the Arts.

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