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Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship 2

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I ll show a new piece “Forgot your password?” at Eva & Franco Mattes’ ‘stolen’ show at Carroll/Fletcher next month. (See also where Artie has ‘stolen’ the concept  from before ;))) Nice press release! I took the liberty to OCR it into machine readable format below.  (NOT EDITED!!! :)

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PRESS RELEASE

Exhibition: Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship

Date: m2 23 April – 11 May, 2013

Opening reception: 3Fhursday-19-July-2012-,-6-8pm Monday 22 April, 8:30 – 9pm
Carroll/Fletcher and Eva and Franco Mattes present Brand Innovations
for Ubiquitous Authorship, a group show of anists whose works frequently challenge
traditional notions of object production and material constraint.

For this exhibition each artist was asked to produce an object using a custom printing or fabrication
service. These services, such as CafePress and Zazzle, exist to provide users a cost-effective way of
producing fully customized products, from t-shirts to iPhone cases, and a host of other objects-
custom 3D printing from companies like Shapeways, full printed books from companies like Lulu, &c.
These services have arisen as the result of increasing consumer demands toward customization and
print-on-demand objects, offering a venue for traditional “self expression” to be imprinted onto
commonplace goods. As the tools for image creation and dissemination have become increasingly
democratized, these services attempt to expand this domain into the realm of objects. They are used
here to transform images from a plethora of authors into a mass of commodities.

Higher-Pietu+es Carroll/Fletcher has not seen a single piece in this show as of the writing of this news
release. We expect this backwards approach to be filled with highs, lows, and hopefully more than a
few transcendent successes. The result will be a gallery of art, artifact and artifice.

For further information wnmct . +44 (0)20 7323 6111

Participating artists andwriters include:

Annabelle Arlie Brian Khek

Andreas Banderas Martin Kohout

Aram Bartholl Bryan Krueger

Body by Body Lindsay Lawson

Chris Coy Jaakko Pallasvuo

Christofer Degrér Jon Rafman

Nick DeMarco Sean Raspet

Constant Dullaart Rafael Rozendaal

Andreas Ervik Borna Sammak

Matt Goerzen Oliver Sutherland

Aaron Graham Daniel Temkin

Toby Huddlestone Brad Troemel

Parker Ito Artie Vierkant

Justin Kemp Andrew Norman Wilson

Exhibition concept stolen from Artie Vierkant’s show by the same title.

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March 28th, 2013 at 4:25 pm

Vertical Video DVD

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DVD Dead Drop vol.6: ‘Vertical Video’

March 19 – May 7, 2013 at the Museum of Moving Image NYC

by Sakrwoki aka curatingyoutube.net and Aram Bartholl. 2013, 62 mins. DVD.

Vertical Video is a one-hour selection of amateur videos captured in the 9:16 aspect ratio, first compiled for a special screening in Berlin entitled Vertical Cinema. The DVD includes a special How To video with instructions for adjusting a home theater or other viewing environment to properly experience these works.

Fueled by a proliferation of mobile, inexpensive, high quality cameras and free online distribution platforms, self-trained media producers continue to invent creative uses for media technologies that challenge contemporary viewing behaviors and expectations. Even though the 9:16 aspect ratio is often understood to be “wrong” €“the result of using a camera “incorrectly” €“videos in 9:16 are being created and distributed online at an increasing rate. Unchained from cinema screens, televisions, and computer monitors, media makers are free to create for viewing experiences outside of traditional horizontal exhibition hardware.

Vertical Video is a compilation of videos with a wide range of subjects including architecture, wildlife, bodies in motion, gaming, eyewitness accounts, and current events whose vertical treatment is a natural and fitting decision. Until now, many of these videos have only been seen online where they have been thickly pillarboxed and shrunk to squeeze into the existing horizontal viewing system. This compilation provides evidence that a new generation of media producers, freed from concerns about conventional screening requirements, reject the arbitrary restrictions of the horizontal screen and maintain a more fluid relationship with the frame.

The selection was originally screened at Vertical Cinema Platoon Berlin on Feb 18 2013, see also http://datenform.de/vertical-video-eng.html

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March 28th, 2013 at 4:22 pm

Go!Go!Go!

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Aram Bartholl
»Go!Go!Go!«

Solo Exhibition

Aksioma | Project Space
Komenskega 18, Ljubljana
6 – 22 March 2013

Exhibition opening and artist presentation:

WED 6 March 2013 at 7 pm

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March 5th, 2013 at 6:11 pm

Pictures OFFLINE ART: new2 Paris

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Flickr picture set of OFFLINE ART: new2 opening at xpo gallery in Paris last Thursday. The opening was magic! Thx to all the artist taking part in this experiment! Thx to xpo gallery for making this possible! Thx to Olia Lialina for the fabulous opening speech! Thx everyone!

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartholl/sets/72157632855770234/show/

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February 26th, 2013 at 1:48 pm

Vertical Cinema

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Vertical Cinema

One night of the best vertical YouTube clips!
The future is 9:16 vertical video!

Enjoy an exquisite selection of hilarious vertical YouTube clips projected in FULL SCREEN at Kunsthalle Platoon. Architecture is vertical. Books are vertical. The whole Internet is vertical. All phones today are made to be used vertical. Mankind took millions of years to learn to walk on two feet!! Vertical video is the new standard and redefines the moving image.

Submit your own clips or send us links to vertical YouTube videos you always wanted to see in FULL SCREEN. We will add them to the program!

submit now

Stand up, get up, get high!!

 

presented by

curatingyoutube.net & Aram Bartholl

hosted by Platoon Berlin, thx!!

8:00-9:30pm, Feb 18, 2013

https://www.facebook.com/events/586899664673150/

 

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February 11th, 2013 at 7:27 pm

Calendar Update

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Current & upcoming shows / talks / workshops
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16.5.-26.6.2013
RETWEET★IF★YOU★WANT★MORE★FOLLOWERS★
solo show at xpo gallery, Paris

8.5.-13.7.2013
Fußnoten zum Aufbruch
Motorenhalle in Dresden

20.4.2013
see#8
see Conference, Wiesbaden

1.-14.4.2013
F.A.T. Lab GOLD – 5 years of fffffat!!
at Eyebeam, New York, US

28.3.-4.4.2013
Art Paris
with xpo gallery, Paris

6.3.-27.3.2013
Go!Go!Go!
solo show at Aksioma, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1.3.-3.3.2013
Art13 London
with DAM Berlin

21.2.-12.3.2013
OFFLINE ART: new2
at xpo gallery, Paris
curated by Aram Bartholl
participating artists : Cory Arcangel, Kim Asendorf, Claude Closky, Constant Dullaart, Dragan Espenschied, Faith Holland, JODI, Olia Lialina, Jonas Lund, Evan Roth, Phil Thompson, Emilie Gervais & Sarah Weis

20.2.–27.4.2013
BACK TO BACK
DAM Frankfurt am Main
with: Aram Bartholl (D), Eelco Brand (NL), Joan Leandre (ES), Gerhard Mantz (D), Manfred Mohr (D), Vera Molnar (F), Casey Reas (US)

18.2.2013
Vertical Cinema
presented by curatingyoutube.net & Aram Bartholl
hosted by Platoon Berlin

Past shows / talks / workshops
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February 7th, 2013 at 4:21 pm

BEST OF Fach & Asendorf Gallery

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DVD Dead Drop vol.5 curated by Fach & Asendorf!! YEAHHH!! Massive!! THX!! :))

BEST OF Fach & Asendorf Gallery
February 8–March 14, 2013, at Museum of Moving Image, DVD Dead Drop

Compiled by Ole Fach & Kim Asendorf (http://fa-g.org)

Fach & Asendorf Gallery debuted online in 2011 with these words:

The Internet, it is everywhere. It is here, it is there and it is where you actually are. It is so huge that nobody ever could print it. It is so deep that no one ever would dive to its end. There is peace and war in it, love and hate and all between. Once you have traveled through it, you will never forget, and you will come back, asap.

Since then, Fach & Asendorf Gallery has served 24 online exhibitions of digital and net art to more than 28,000 unique visitors. To celebrate the beginning of their third season, Fach & Asendorf Gallery presents BEST OF, an enormous collection of unreleased and exclusive work by 76 artists from around the world spanning a broad range of formats including applications, videos, and animated GIFs. BEST OF is a whole week of Internet on DVD.

Participating artists:
A Bill Miller, Absis Minas, Alan Butler, Alexander Peverett, Alfredo Salazar-Caro, Andrew Benson, Andrew Rosinski, Anthony Antonellis, Aoki and Peverett, Art 404, Bea Fremderman, Brandon Blommaert, Carlos Saez, Charles Chalas, Chris Collins, Christian Petersen, Claudia Mate, Clement Valla and Kyle McDonald, Constant Dullaart, curatingyoutube.net, Daniel Leyva, Daniel Rehn, David Kraftsow, Deanna Havas, Dominik Podsiadly, Emilie Gervais, Emilio Gomariz, Fabien Mousse, Ferestec, Florian Kuhlmann, Francoise Gamma, Fritz Laszlo Weber, Georges Jacotey, Goto80, Grace McEvoy, Hugo Scibetta, Jacob Engblom, Jan Robert Leegte, Jasper Elings, Jennifer Chan, Jerome Saint-Clair, JK Keller, Johannes P Osterhoff, Jon Satrom, Jonas Lund, Jonathan Pirnay and Jörn Röder, jonCates, Jordan Tate, Jörg Piringer, Julien A Lacroix, Lorna Mills, Małgosia Woźnica, Manuel Fernández, Mark Beasley, Mark Durkan, Martin Böttger, Matthew Williamson, Max Capacity, Michael Manning, Mitch Trale, Miyö Van Stenis, Nicholas O’Brien, Nick Briz, Nicolas Boillot, Nicolas Sassoon, Niko Princen, Paul Flannery, Philipp Teister, Rajeev Basu, Raphaël Bastide, Rick Silva, Rollin Leonard, Sara Ludy, Sarah Samy, Sarah Weis, Sebastian Schmieg and Silvio Lorusso, Stefan Riebel, Sterling Crispin, Ted Davis, Theodore Darst, Thomas Cheneseau, Travis Hallenbeck, Yoshi Sodeoka

 

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February 5th, 2013 at 10:39 am

OFFLINE ART: new2

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Upate: Picture documentation of the show here

I am very pleased to announce this upcoming show I curated for xpo gallery. The exhibition format is inspired by David Dart’s Piratebox. OFFLINE ART is some sort of cross-over of Speed Shows and Dead Drops bur still very different :)). Tech specs and software to be released soon! Credits to Matthias Strubel for code! Thx!!
CU there everyone!!

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save the date
21st February
Paris

SAVE THE DATE
Xpo Gallery is pleased  to announce the next exhibtion

OFFLINE ART: new2

curated by Aram Bartholl

participating artists : Cory Arcangel, Kim Asendorf, Claude Closky, Constant Dullaart, Dragan Espenschied, Faith Holland, JODI, Olia Lialina, Jonas Lund, Evan Roth, Phil Thompson, Emilie Gervais & Sarah Weis

Opening Thursday 21st  February, 6.30-9.30pm
7:00pm Introduction by Prof. Olia Lialina

exhibition until Saturday 14th March  2013

XPO GALLERY  17, rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth – 75003 Paris

new2 is the first show realized in the OFFLINE ART exhibition format.
Web based art works will be accessible via wireless network but disconnected from the internet .A high profile selection of 14 artists of various ‘Internet generations’ – who are all working digitally and online – will present  recent and new works. OFFLINE ART: new2 is a group show all about files, versions and copies that questions the endless ‘new’ in our era of the daily remix on the Internet. A digital file can be copied endlessly, without any loss of quality, and the web culture of nonstop creation, sharing and remixing of files has influenced a whole generation of artists.Over the last two decades, internet artists have been constantly and prolifically creating web-based works.  Often files are collected online, reused, recycled and remixed in varied and numerous ways. The next version is called ‘…-new.gif’ but is already outdated 5 minutes later, with the arrival of  ‘…new2.gif’. Computers and the Internet don’t require a final version. ‘I still need to make some changes….’.What is the current state of net art and what happens when works are taken offline??

What is the correct format in which to show a piece of art in a gallery space that has only previously existed on the web? And what is the relationship between internet art and the ever-growing number of mobile devices?OFFLINE ART: new2 reflects recent discussions among artists and curators on how and if pieces should be available offline. All pieces in this show are browser based and at the same time only locally accessible. In the end it is the decision of each artist how and which version will also be available on the INTERNET.

The OFFLINE ART exhibition format:
Browser-based digital art works are broadcast locally from wifi routers which are not connected to the Internet.  Each art work is assigned a single wifi router which is accessible through any device, like smart-phones, tablets or laptops.  To access the different art works, the visitor has to connect to each network individually. The name of the network reflects the name of the artist. No matter what URL is opened, only the specific artwork appears in the browser. A small web server holding the art piece is installed on a USB flash drive which is connected to the router. Like frames holding the art, the routers are hung in the exhibition space which is otherwise empty. The art i tself becomes visible only on the visitor’s private screen.The pieces are locally widely accessible but disconnected from the Internet

Aram Bartholl 2013

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January 19th, 2013 at 4:30 pm

YOUR ART!! PARTY

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YOUR ART!! PARTY

YOUR ART!! PARTY
10pm, December 29, 2012
@ PANKE club
Gerichtstr. 23, Berlin Wedding,
5th backyard map!!

FB event – http://www.facebook.com/events/438019962911693/

Make your own YOUR ART!! GOLDEN NECKLACE at the YOUR ART!! PARTY.
Show off all your works from your phone/tablet/etc wrapped as COOL necklace jewelry.
You are the SHOW!!

Aram Barholl40!!! 2012

PARTY LINEUP!! YESSSS!!!

Live sets:
- Comfort Fit (Tokyo Dawn Records) http://www.comfortfit.de/
– Curating Youtube http://curatingyoutube.net

DJ sets:
- BarNerby (Support Your Local Ghetto) http://supportyourlocalghetto.tumblr.com/about
- Justas Fresh (mondayJazz, Lithuania) http://mondayjazz.com/MJ157
- more tba!!

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How to make a YOUR ART!! golden necklace

Bring your art to the PARTY and make your own YOUR ART!! golden necklace.
Anything goes!! Show your latest digital shit from any suitable device!!
Hey ARAM, I don t have a touch phone!” No problem!!
Bring your paintings and hang them from your neck!! :))

Bring your:
- nokia phone,
- touch phone,
- tablet,
- laptop,
- framed prints or PAINTINGS!!
- what ever you want, hang it from your neck!

Gold chain, gold cardboard & tools etc will be provided.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartholl/sets/72157632280757007/show/

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How to find PANKE

Gerichtstr. 23, Berlin Wedding, 5th backyard map!!

Panke e.V. Gerichtstr. 23, Hof V. 13347, Wedding, Berlin

CU there!!

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December 19th, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Calendar Update

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Current & upcoming shows / talks / workshops

16.5.-26.6.2013
Solo show
at xpo gallery, Paris

1.-14.4.2013
F.A.T. Lab GOLD – 5 years of fffffat!!
at Eyebeam, New York, US

6.3.-27.3.2013
Solo show
at Aksioma, Ljubljana, Slovenia

21.2.-12.3.2013
OFFLINE ART: new2
group show, curation at xpo gallery, Paris

10.-14.1.2013
Filmwinter
Wand5 Stuttgart, Germany

29.12.2012
YOUR ART!! party
Panke Club, Berlin

1.12.-26.1.2013
Meine Wunderkammer
group show at [DAM] Berlin
with: Aram Bartholl (DE), Simon Biggs (AU), Laurence Gartel (US), Lynn Hershmann Leeson (US), Frieder Nake (DE), Flavien Thery (FR), UBERMORGEN.COM (AT), Norman White (CA), among others

28.11.2012
Artist talk
at uclan Preston, UK

17.11.2012 – 5.1.2013
Co- Re-Creating Spaces
centralTrak, UT Dallas, US
curated by Carolyn Sortor & Michael A. Morris
with: Morehshin Allahyari; Nadav Assor; Amy Balkin; Aram Bartholl; Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler; Linda Bilda; Irina Botea; Martha Colburn; Danette Dufilho, Anne Lawrence, Bernie Diaz, et al.; eteam; Cao Fei; Yevgeniy Fiks, Olga Kopenkina, & Alexandra Lerman; Institute for Wishful Thinking; Greg Metz, Kristin Cochran, & Cassandra Emswiler; Martha Rosler; Dread Scott; Yes Lab/Steve Lambert; Karen Weiner.

15.11.2012
Artist talk
at Next Level conference, Cologne, Germany

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Past shows / talks / workshops….

 

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December 4th, 2012 at 2:25 pm

Meine Wunderkammer

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Meine Wunderkammer

 Aram Bartholl (DE)
Simon Biggs (AU)
Laurence Gartel (US)
Lynn Hershmann Leeson (US)
Frieder Nake (DE)
Flavien Thery (FR
UBERMORGEN.COM (AT)
Norman White (CA)
etc.
Preview: Friday, 30th November 2012, 7-9 pm
Exhibition: 1st December 2012 – 26th January 2013
at

[DAM] Berlin

Neue Jakobstr. 6/7
10179 Berlin
Germany

Numerous private and public collections are recently opening their Wunderkammers. Galerie [DAM]Berlin is commenting ironically on this fashion in curatorial pastime with the special show „Meine Wunderkammer“. The selected works on display are not so much ancient findings as a subjective journey of exploration through odd and exotic positions in the gallery’s field of interest. The group exhibition shows diverse objects – from a original cheque of Roberta Breitmore, the alter ego of the media art pioneer Lynn Hershman Leeson to the sandstone-computer sculpture „Case Mod I“ of the artist Aram Bartholl.

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November 26th, 2012 at 5:55 pm

ADP Lecture Series

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I ll give a talk on Wednesday afternoon, November 28 at UCLANADP Lecture Series

The ADP Lecture Series is an exciting and dynamic yearly guest-lecture programme which invites internationally distinguished designers, artists, performers and theorists to engage with and inspire students, staff and researchers both within and outside of the University of Central Lancashire.

ADP Lecture Series 2012-13

CULTURE RE-CODED:
Location, Identity and Reality in the Digital Age

OVERVIEW:

ADP LECTURE SERIES

The lecture series presents a fantastic opportunity for undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals to engage first-hand with the ideas, practices and concerns of renowned creative practitioners in a way that brings together areas of art, design and performance, stimulating debate and provoking critical dialogue.
A total of eight lectures* will take place on afternoons throughout the 2012/13 academic year, each one featuring a different guest speaker.

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November 26th, 2012 at 5:48 pm

Next Level

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http://www.nextlevel-conference.org

15.11.2012, 16:30
Künstlergespräch

Aram Bartholl , Moderation Stephan Schwingeler  zkm / hfg Karlsruhe

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November 14th, 2012 at 9:48 am

Co- Re-Creating Spaces

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Co- Re-Creating Spaces 
CentralTrak, 800 Exposition Ave., Dallas, TX
2012-11-17 – 2013-01-05

Co- Re-Creating Spaces surveys how artists are questioning and subverting existing contexts or spaces and contributing to their re-imagining and re-creation. The exhibition recognizes that “reality” itself can be both art medium and art object, and speculates how developments in the virtual and the actual might affect one another.  

The exhibition will include works by Morehshin Allahyari; Nadav Assor; Amy Balkin; Aram Bartholl; Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler; Linda Bilda; Irina Botea; Martha Colburn; eteam; Cao Fei; Yevgeniy Fiks, Olga Kopenkina, & Alexandra Lerman; the Institute for Wishful Thinking; Cassandra Emswiler, Kristen Cochran, & Greg Metz; Martha Rosler; Dread Scott; the Yes Men/Steve Lambert; and Karen Weiner, with Celia & Frank Eberle.  Curated by Carolyn Sortor & Michael A. Morris.

All events are at CentralTrak:

Opening reception Nov. 17:  In addition to the other works, there will be 3 live, media-based, participatory projects:

More info at CentralTrak or the Co- Re-Creating Spaces blog or facebook page.

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November 13th, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Game Talks

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Do, 18.10. | 20 Uhr | Café LesBar, Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart
In der Reihe: GameTalks
Aram Bartholl
“Where art meets games”

Vortrag und Gespräch

Moderation: Beat Suter, René Bauer, ZHdK

In der Reihe GameTalks sind Experten aus ganz Europa zu Gesprächen im Themenfeld Game Kultur, Game Design und Indie Games eingeladen.
In Zusammenarbeit mit der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.

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October 17th, 2012 at 10:24 am

Rock GML

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Next week I’ll run SPEED SHOW: GML, a show about the aweseome Graffiti Markup Language originally created by Evan Roth, Chris Sugrue, Jamie Wilkinson and Theo Watson. The show will feature all the different projects and tools around this open protocol. SPEED SHOW:GML is part of promising  backjumps – ‘Rock The Block’ two day street action in the heart of Berlin X-Berg!!! THX Adrian!!

Rock The Block – http://www.backjumps.info/facebook.com/event

 

On Tuesday the 2nd and Wednesday the 3rd of October 2012, the event ,“Rock The Block”, in the lively center of Kreuzberg, will change the colorful block of houses between Adalbertstr., Skaltizerstr., Mariannenstr., & Oranienstrasse into an impressive experience.

In cooperation with Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, dozens of Berlin artists will provide art venues, performances, workshops and parties, in and outside. The block will be opened to the public in cooperation with the residents and will come alive as a creative organism. An entire cosmos between four streets can be open for strolling. The event will be directed towards a wide audience. Within the framework of different workshops, children and the youth together can redesign billboards on the block. Whoever left too quickly or missed something in the turmoil of the night has two days to play in the cards. Performances and workshops will also keep the block in movement on the 3rd of October. As early as 12 o’clock, there will be the possibility to look at the complete works of art on the block.

A project of Backjumps in cooperation with
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

curated by
Adrian Nabi

KünstlerInnen Artists:
1UP, AKV Berlin, Amigo, Amok, Anna Szaflarski, Arunski & Poet, Aram Bartholl, Beatbox Battle Allstars, Brad Downey, Bronco, Chess Boxing Club Berlin e.V., Chris Sugrue, Christian Marien, Constanze Haas, D TAGNO, Daniel Wang, Dave the Chimp, Dejoe, Deko, Der tote General, Egoshooter, Emess, Evan Roth, Flavie Guerrand, Florian Goldmann, Frieder Klaris, Giò Di Sera, Gogoplata, Golan Levin, Graffitimuseum Berlin, Graffiti Research Lab Berlin, Inka, Jamie Wilkinson, Jazoo Yang, Jérome Fino, Jim Dunloop, Kanta Kimura, DJ Kaos, KATSU, Marc Hype, Marius Schmidt, Markus Butkereit, Matthias Wermke & Mischa Leinkauf, Max Stocklosa, Lena Brumby, Marc FM, M.Thorn, Migel, Mode2, Nomad, P-Rzm, Partick Fabian Panetta, Pauline Izumi Colin, Peter Reiling, Phos4, Pierre Etienne Morelle, Pigenius Cave, Pipslab, Quentin, Ritsche Koch, Rok, Rollers inc., Runex, Sebastian Haslauer, Superblast, The Wa, Theo Watson, Thomas Janitzky, Toshihiko Mitsuya, Various & Gould, Velo Tramp, Ven, Zast, Zigan Aldi

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September 25th, 2012 at 12:47 pm

‘Each Memory Recalled Must Do Some Violence To Its Origin’

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Love that show!! :)

 

‘Each Memory Recalled Must Do Some Violence To Its Origin
Curated by Aaron Moulton
Undisclosed Location

Artists: William Anastasi, Aram Bartholl, Adam Bateman, Mike Bouchet, Roisin Byrne, John Divola, Constant Dullaart, Urs Fischer, Venessa Gromek, Daniel Kingery, John Kleckner, Stefan Lesueur, David Levine, Jan Mancuska, Jason Metcalf, Lucia Nimcova, Jorge Peris, Benja Sachau, Fred Sandback, Robert Smithson, Nedko Solakov, Kasper Sonne, Jared Steffensen, Michael Stevensen, Piotr Uklanski, Ignacio Uriarte, Lawrence Wiener

When the US troops invaded Iraq and dismantled the civil infrastructure, museums were the first to be looted. Several thousand years of cultural property were converted into clumsy panicked seconds of impossible investment. Art is the first thing an affluent culture flaunts and the last thing a desperate society needs. Priceless becomes worthless in a blink, a panic, a dip or a correction.

As a child I used to break into abandoned homes, enter unlived properties within suburbs fresh-built after a tornado, or spelunk in newly laid culverts buried beneath whatever neighborhood we had just moved to. A thin pane of glass and a second guess separates most from opportunity or anarchy. My first Lascaux caves were the cryptic scrawls of hobo graffiti and depraved Satanist vandal chambers deep in the sewer or in that dark place up on the hill. Some of the latter phenomena presumably manifested as a kind of hoax prop or pre-evidence resulting from the frightened belief or desire in the existence of evil — like a legend preceding its actual occurrence.

Utah boasts a prolific number of abandoned towns and places where the ghost was long ago given up. Slowly these locations recalibrate to earth time or are flattened for strip mine development. They are each a snapshot of their own last day turned into an unromantic and brutal forever.

Taking its title from a quote in Cormac McCarthy’s book The Road this exhibition imagines an existence preserved in a photo, the duration of a gesture when time forgets, the mythologically singular experience in the potential discovery, and the shelf-life of art after civilization. It articulates a language of art with decline, abandon and aftermath as its primary condition. Each project employs the aesthetics of the fall through personal mythologies as a new order.

Cult fictions from Jonestown to Zion, an anthropology of graffiti from Lascaux to Hobo, the Alamo of Tony Shafrazi, the gloryhole of Piotr Uklanski, the moneyshot of Lawrence Wiener, the buckshot of Jan Mancuska, the mugshot of Roberto Cuoghi, the curse of Master Mahan, the Unabomber’s hideout, ancient aliens & out-of-place artifacts, the mouthpiece of Geronimo, the gold from Goonies, the sack of Iraq, the rediscovery of Lemuria, the mark of Yahweh, and a shaman’s last stand. Beginning without an end at a ruin undisclosed. Should you find it, walk away and abandon the results.

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September 2nd, 2012 at 5:29 pm

“Not By Default”

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Not by default – Internet Art aus Berlin

at [DAM] Berlin

Constant Dullaart (NL)
Ana García-Pineda (ES)
Tobias Leingruber (D)
Jaakko Pallasvuo (FI)
Ignacio Uriarte (D)
Niko Princen (NL)

Eröffnung: Sa 25. August 2012, 15 – 17 Uhr

anschließ. ab 17 Uhr Sommerfest in der Galerie mit Grillen
Ausstellung: 28. August – 22. September 2012

Künstlergespräch während der Berlin Art Week:
Dienstag, 11. September, 19 Uhr
mit den beteiligten Künstlern und Gästen zum Thema:
Post Internet Art, Moderation: Wolf Lieser

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August 23rd, 2012 at 3:53 pm

“Aura und Kunstproduktion”

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The german/french network ‘arte‘ is currently running a program  ‘Alles für die Kunst’ kunst.creative.arte.tv/de, a sophisticated next-top-model spinn off for artists. As part of the selection process participants have to  go through a series of lessons. At the end of lesson 3 I am indroducing the Speed Project concept as a possible production format (fortunately the editor didn’t include any of my aura-and-art mumbling which the video is about  .. ;)

 

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July 14th, 2012 at 4:16 pm

Megacool 4.0

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Jan Poppenhagen, Keven, 2007, 100 x 100 cm, Dibond mit Acryl-Beschichtung, Privatbesitz

Megacool 4.0
Youth & Art

Künstlerhaus,  Vienna
15. Juni – 7. October 2012

The exhibition at Künstlerhaus k/haus highlights the life worlds and creative productions of various youth cultures as reflected in international contemporary art.

“MEGACOOL 4.0 – Youth and Art” presents photographs, interactive installations, video art, paintings, street art and sculptures made by visual artists (incl. Erwin Olaf (Vermeer award laureate 2011), Charlie White, Rinneke Dijkstra and Slinkachu) from across Europe, Russia, China and the USA. The exhibition is supplemented by objects and everyday items from Jugendkulturarchiv Frankfurt and a focus on young art from Vienna (incl. an installation developed by wienxtra-medienzentrum in collaboration with youngsters).

“MEGACOOL 4.0″ presents fundamentally different types of youths: normal ones, assimilated hipsters, altar servers, drag kings, fat ones, thin ones, twins, celebrities, goths, hiphops, metalheads, ravers, cosplayers, avatars, aggressive girls. From installations such as “Mindless living” by LA Raeven and “Pitbull” by Martin Brand, Cao Fei’s “Cosplayer”, Andreas Gursky’s “Mayday I”, Michael Schmellings Serie “Atlanta HipHop” to Nan Goldin’s “Jimmy Paulette after the Parade”. The exhibits takes visitors on a visual foray through young people’s picturescapes and theme areas such as online cultures, light / dark, body and gender performances as well as their choreographies, fashion, games, sport and party. In addition to the fundamental questions in young people’s identity search, the creative minds of a generation are invited to take centre stage, those who use Web 2.0 platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, flickr, deviantart or animexx as a source of inspiration for aesthetic-creative experiments, explore creative freedom and produce new forms of art. “MEGACOOL 4.0″ shows fundamentally different takes on “youth”, their movements, their poses, their objects and their fashion.

KünstlerInnen/Artists
AES + F, Andreas Amrhein, Nadine Arbeiter, Petra Arnold, Aram Bartholl, Christian Bazant-Hegemark, Sabine von Bassewitz, Lars Borges, Martin Brand, Kimberly Clark, Robbie Cooper, Denis Darzacq, Diana Deu, Rineke Dijkstra, Dennis Dirksen , Ruud van Empel, Cao Fei, Franziska Fiolka, Matthias Fritsch, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Nan Goldin , Andreas Gursky, Cosima Hanebeck, Marlene Hausegger, Anna-Lena Heidrich, Olaf Heine, Max Holicki, Anna Jermolaewa, Dejan Kaludjerović, Sebastian Keitel, JK Keller, Angelika Loderer, Mark Leckey, Jocelyn Lee, Ulrike Lienbacher, Birte Svea Metzdorf, Matthias Meyer, James Mollison, Mareike Müller, Erwin Olaf, Ann-Sophie Paul, Hana Pesut, Jan Poppenhagen, Marion Poussier, Wendelin Pressl, Daniel Puhe, Jussi Puikkonen, L.A. Raeven, Birgit Richard, Römer + Römer, Rebecca Sampson, Michael Schmelling, Oliver Sieber, Carolin Simon, Katja Gunkel, Philipp Ries und Julia Thiemann, Sauli Sirviö, Slinkachu, Cornelia Sollfrank, Klara Petra Szabo, Alexander Tilgner, Albrecht Tübke, Ari Versluis, Ellie Uyttenbroek, Nadine Wagner, Andreas Weinand, Charlie White, Daniel Zerbst

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June 15th, 2012 at 2:12 pm

Vanity Surf Performance

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(shot and edited(!) on a phone)

http://speedshow.net/magnotta-speedshow/

Magnotta Speedshow  – A vanity surf performance at
Internetcafe Helin, Karl-Marx-Straße 156, Berlin g-maps
8-10 pm, Tuesday 12th of June,  2012

Killing is bad, mailing bodyparts is worse, vanity surfing (while getting caught) is cool!

One week after Magnotta got caught we present a vanity surf performance at the exact same Internetcafe in Berlin where Magnotta was arrested while vanity surfing! Be invited to join and vanity surf yourself!

“Internet cafes are not just vaguely unglamorous places for ethnic minorities and communications challenged, they do have a genuinely bad reputation.” [Olia Lialina - 'Still There'] Where else a social network killer can be caught? Of course in the Internet cafe!

by Constant Dullaart, CuratingYoutube, Olia Lialina & Aram Bartholl

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June 13th, 2012 at 4:38 pm

SKATE AND SHARE OR DIE!!

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While Sjoerd (THX!!) was killing the pool we still could share files through the battery powered wifi Piratebox attached on his board!! No board sides please!!… ;)

This was one of a series of experiments we, David Darts and I, did during a 3 day Offline Filesharing Workshop at Baltanlabs Eindhoven, Netherlands last week. The box below was donated to the skatepart ‘Area 51‘. Go there and check it out! Had a great time!! Thx to Baltan, MU and David!! More docu to come…

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June 10th, 2012 at 8:10 pm

Basel Solo Projects

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© Aram Bartholl, courtesy of [DAM]Berlin

[DAM] Berlin|Cologne präsentiert auf der Solo Project Basel neue Arbeiten
von:

Aram Bartholl, D

Gerne senden wir Ihnen eine Einladungskarte zu. 
Bitte senden Sie uns eine Email mit der Angabe,
für wie viele Personen Sie Eintrittskarten benötigen.
Öffnungszeiten:
Mittwoch 13.6.12 von 12 – 20 Uhr
Donnerstag 14.6.12 von 10 – 19 Uhr
Freitag 15.6.12 von 10 – 19 Uhr
Samstag 16.6.12 von 10 – 19 Uhr
Sonntag 17.6.12 von 10 – 17 Uhr

Wir freuen uns, Sie in Basel wiederzusehen. 

Wolf Lieser
[DAM] Berlin|Cologne

Messekontakt: +49 160 99166383

 


[DAM] Berlin|Cologne presents at Solo Projects Basel

new works by the artist: 

Aram Bartholl, D


We are happy to send you an invitation,
please let us know by email how many tickets you need. 

Opening hours:
Wednesday 13th: 12 – 8pm
Thursday 14th: 10 am – 7 pm
Friday 15th: 10 am – 7pm
Saturday 16th: 10 am – 7 pm
Sunday 17th: 10 am – 5 pm
We look forward to seeing you in Basel. 

Wolf Lieser
[DAM] Berlin|Cologne

contact at the art fair: +49 160 99166383


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Galerie [DAM]Berlin        Neue Jakobstr. 6/7        10179 Berlin        +49 30 280 98 135        www.dam.org
 

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June 4th, 2012 at 8:54 pm

Small Small Gallery

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“Untitled-1″
neon sign, 37” x 13”

Aram Bartholl
2012

I forgot to post pictures of Hennesy Youngmans show at Family Business which already took place in April. I love the artist list :) The place was crammed with art and I was happy to show a new piece. :)

http://www.familybusinessgallery.com/hennessey-youngman-open-call/

ITSA SMALL, SMALL WORLD
@ FAMILY BUSINESS
520 W. 21ST ST.
NY, NY

ARTWORK DROP OFF:
FRI MARCH 30TH – SUN APRIL 1ST
10AM-7PM

OPENING RECEPTION
TUESDAY APRIL 3RD

CLOSING
APRIL 16TH.

 http://www.facebook.com/notes/hennessy-youngman/itsa-small-small-world-artist-list

 Makda Abraham    Katerina Adair    Christine Wilcox Ackerman    Pablo Mustafa Albilal    Bravlio Amado    Nana An    Chris Anderson    Carolyn Angel    Victor Angelo    Hackworth Ashley    Monique Atherton    Aaron Auslender    Eva Avenue    Becky Bailey    Scarlett Baily    Dan Bainbridge    Rush Baker    Malado Baldwin    Diana Barash    Michael Barraco    Aram Bartholl    Victoria Batey    Kurt Beers    Louise Bennett    Tom Bennett    Jules Berman    Simone Berni    Davide Bertocchi    Grant Billingsley    Andrew Birk    Jillian Blackwell    Alexandra Blaiotta    Alex Blaiotta & Yanging Lin    Morgan Blair    Colleen Bleekand    Mark Bloch    Laura Blulier & Miles Pflanz    Alana Bograd    Andrew Bolasso    Andrea C. Bonin    Frank Born    Sam Bornstein    Milton Bradley    Paige Bradley    Jackie S. Branson    Noah Breuer    Andrew Brischler    Mitzuko Brooks    Able Brown    Jeff Brown    Kat Broydo    Justin Brunelle    Lorenzo Bueno    Jon Burgerman    Peter Burke    Craig Butterworth & Seth Hunter    Bubi Canal    Jack Carhart    Worm Carnevale    T Milo Carney    Chris Carr    E. Bates Carter, III    Julia Caston    Maurizio Cattelan    Ben Cavers    Taeyoon Choi    Kim Christmas    Karen Cintron    CJNYE    David Clark    Stephanie Clark    Douglas Cloninger    Chris Cobb    Yvette Cohen    Margaret Coleman & Heather Elizabeth Garland    Carl Corden    Adelfino Corino    Evita Cortez    Miles de Courcy    Corydon Cowansage    Sterling Crispin    Benjamin Critton    Huey Crowley    Nicholas Cuera    Devin Cuthbertson    Nichelle Dailey    Carol Dameron    Miah Davis    Magda Dejose    Debora Delmar    Antonio Depietro    Mern DeRoller    Andy Deutsch    Deepika Dhiman    Linda DiGusta    Robert Dimin    Motoko Dobashz    Phoebe Doran    Brenden Dowhaniuk    Jackie Du    Brian Dupont    Erika Duque    Michael Dour    Melissa Eder    Rachel Ehrgood    Thomas Eno    Morgan Erew    Gordon Eriksen    Betty Esperanza    Ayana Evans    Susy Evans & Brian Galderisi    William Evertson    Emma Exley    Solange Fabiao    Sean Fader    Nicholas Farhi    Casey Farnum    James Feld    Zoe Field    Vincent Alexander Finazzo    FLATCHESTEDMAMA    Sasha Flimlin    Jared Flores    Cacy Forgenie    Jean-Paul Forsans    Jerome Forsans    Stephan Fowlkes    Bridget Franz    Matthew Freeman    Emilie Frohlich & Lauren Canelli    Natania Frydman    John Furer    Nick Fusaro    MP Fusco    Edwin Galarza    Borinquen Gallo    Nio Gallo    Patrick Zachary Snake Garner    Robin Gaynes-Bachman    David Brandon Geeting    Jon Geiger    Lauren Gesswein    Charlotte Ghiorse    Eric Ginsburg    Daniel J. Glendening    Felicia Glidden    Aimee Goldsmith    Brenda Goldstein    Carlos Gonzalez    Jefe Gottesfeld    David Grainger    J.T. Gray    Matthew Greco    Flora Greenberg    Liz Greene    Nick Greenwald    Joseph Griffith    Katya Grokhovsky    Mac Grollman    Yikui Gu    Tiffany Guinn    Joseph Gurka    Claire Haik    Fanlis Hajamadi    Jon Handel    Lilly Handley    Julia Sandberg Hansson & Nick Sadler    Pooper Harkins & Justin H. Long    Ryan Harmon    James Harrison    Jess Hartley    Rebecca Haskins    Ebony Haynes    Maya Hayuk    Thyra Heder    Balarama Heller    Dana Helwick    Tom Hembree    William Hempel    Victoria Hempstead    Harold Hernandez    M. Benjamin Herndon    Rick Herron    Justine Hill    Keiran Brennan Hinton    Judith Hoffman    George Horner    Kevin Horton    Mary Houlihan    Gabriel Huallanea    Brian Hubble    Paul Hunter-Speagle    Alanna Hutt    Alejandro Ibarra    Gina Im    Chieko Inayama    Daria Irincheeva    Bryn Jackson    Terrance D. James    Rachel K. Jantzi    Gellochio Jeloakio    Diana Jensen    Priscilla Jeong    Porsperger Jerome    Aka Jewellery    Sara Jimenez    J.C. Jogerst    Paul John    Randy J. Johnson    Hunter Jonakin    Robin M. Jordan    Cojo Art Juggernaut    Irena Jurek    JW    Kaliptus    Peter Karis    Madison Kelly & Kristina Kustra    Keltie    Jari Kennedy    Devin Kenny    Yasamin Keshtler    Chris Kerr    Hyun Soon Kim    Evan Jung Kim    John Kim    Richard Knox    Connie Ko    Cem Kocyildirim    Emily Kohl-Mattingley    Stephanie Kosinski    Nick Kozak    Melissa Kraft    Pavel Kraus    Anne Kristoff    John C Kuchera    Jari Kutasi    Liza Lacioix    Lionel Lamy    Zaq Landsberg    Tracey Langfitt    Charlotte de Larminat    Yusnf Lateef    Erin Latham    Jake Lavin    Starr Lawrence    Miyeon Lee    Yaniya Lee    Eric Leiser    Emilie Lemakis    Paul Lemargvis-Ruth    Keith Lemley    Daniel Leonard    Lisa Levy    Jeremiah Lewis    Yali Lewis    Casey Li    Yunging Lin    Carrie Lincourt    Peter Linden    Lauren Shea Little    Jing Liu    Liz & Val    Rebecca Llanos    Nick Loewen    Maria de Los Angeles    Natalie Lomeli    David Maddy    Nick Madonia    Leonardo Madriz    Ethan Maile    Christina Maile    Karen Mainenti    Drew Malbin    Matthias Manner    Dylan A. Marchesch    Quintin Marcus    Shaneilla Marson    Alec Martin    Drew Martin    Emery C. Martin    Jamie Martinez    Christof Mascher    Federico Massa    Michelle Matson    Fia Matsson    David Mawdsley    Rachel L. McCar    Marlene McCarty    Zoe McCloskey    Melissa B. McCloud    David McDonough    Lauren McGoyh    Aria McManus    Peter Gynd Medley    Joseph Meloy    Nichole Michand    Leni Michl    Adam Milner    Janie Milstein    Marilyn Minter    Dato Mio    Azikiwe Mohammed    Parviz Mohassel    Lucia Mooney-Martin    Darcy Moore    Dave La Morte    Christopher Moss    L. Mosquera    Hannah Motley    David Mramor    Holly Murkerson    Laura Murray    Edie Nadelhaft    Zach Nader    Tiffany Navarro    Tommaso Nelli    Jefferson Nelson    Daniel Newman    Lara Nickel    Petra Nimtz    Steve Nishimoto    Jodie Niss    Sheila Noorollah    Madeline Nunez    Evan O’Reilly    Dionis Ortiz    Chinedu Felix Osuchukwu    Elizabeth Otten    Cody Oyama    Chris Page    Joshua Paige    Judith Panetta    Tyson Parks    Cathleen Parra    Gioni David Parra & Gasperini Simona    E. Pavone    Molly Peck    Alex Petrowsky & Eugene Tsimerman    Brian Piana    Alexandra Pinel    Zack Pinson    Nelson Plaza    Jason Polan    Jesse Pollock    Rachel Pollak    Alison Poole    Jason Potvin    Philippe Previl    James Prez    Elisa Pritzker    Peggi Pugh    Angela Pulido    Molly Rose Purcell    Push Pop Collective    Emily Puthoff    Rachelle Quinn    Lucreccia Quintanilla    Jim Radakovich    Suze Raeg    Daniel Rampulla    Erika Ranee    Cricket Raspet    Naroa Lizar Redrado    Jackie Rines    Bos Rob    Claire Robertson    Jesse Robinson    Christina Roginski   Rory Rosenberg    Katia Rosenthal    Andrew Ross    Mike Roth    Patrick Rowe    Charlie Rubin    Alexi Rutsch    Audrey Ryan    Dan Sabau    Alfredo Salazar-Caro    Erick Sanchez    Jessica Sanders    Talena Sanders & Laurenn McCubbin    Michael Sanzone    Jake Scharbach    Karen Schaupeter    Janice Schindler    Mike Schonebaum    John Schriner    Katharina Schtendl    Scott Schultheis    Claudia Schwabb    Jeffrey Scudder    Jason Scuderi    Scott Seaboldt    Paul Seftel & Emily Grace Harman    Rick Segal    Gurpreet Sehra    Lauren Seiden    Heewon Seo    Mary Serbe    Chris Shaw    Sarah Shebaro    Summer Shiffman    Zorawar Sidhu    Chris Silva    Lauren Silva    Colin Michael Simmons    Natalie Simon    Judith Shimer    Patrick Shoemaker    Talia Shulze    Calvin Siegel    Ramon Silva    Regina Silvers    Maximiliano Sinani    Niki Singleton    Elena Skirskaya    Tiffany Smith    Ted Southern    Rebecca Spangenthal    Jess Speckend    Jonathan Stam    Myles Starr    Milton Stevenson    Jacob Stilley    Jennifer Sullivan    Elise Swain    Joseph G. Syversen    Laura Tack    Caroll Taveras    Monica Tavarez    Mike Taylor    Shawn Taylor    Celine B. La Terreur    Linda Tharp    Johanna Thofelt    Cal Thompson    Miranda Thornepierce    Toni Tiller & JD Hastings    Margaret Timbrell    Elizabeth Tolson    Shira Toren    Robin Treadwell    Jeremy Uglow    Katrina Umber    Vanessa Ungar    Sarah Valdez    Scott Valentine    Esteban del Valle    Eric Valosin    Mike Vanderleeuw    Gregory VanHassel    Keith J. Varadi    Derrick Velasquez    Rute Ventura    V for Vigalante    James Vlmer    Ven Voisey    Zak Vreeland    Jenny Vu    Justin Waldstein    Christina J. Wang    Rebecca Ward    Cat Weaver    Maya Weinstein    Jesse Weiss & Seth Scanthen    Kevin Welch    Michael Welsh    Heidi Wenzel    F.F. White    Steven White    Madeline Wieand    Mark Wiener    Sampson Wilcox    Maxxx Von Willmann    Scott Wilson    Hanz Wolf    Tristan Wolski    Elise Wrabetz    Stephanie Yee    Shawn Yu    Seldon Yuan    Yotes   Vincent Zambrano    Juan Zamora    Jonathan Zelenak    Dominique Zeltzman    Ed Zipco & Matt Cupido    Allison Sara Zuckerman

Suzy Evans  Nicole Aiello  James Feraciour  Fabienne Stephan  Debora Delmar  Thomas Wharton  Russ Nodo Vincent Lardieri  Agni Zotis  Jordan Baker-Caldwell  Brandon Frank Sines  Cecilie Kronborg Kevin Marin  Colleen Deery  Bernard Klevickas  Emily Ruiz-Folmar Peter Schenck  Eric Mistretta  Sean Joseph Patrick Carney  Jane Thorn  Adam Lister  MAN BARTLETT  Ayn S. Choi  Haynes Riley  Thomas Moor  Simon Collet  Rory Smith Andrew Deutsch  Rimas Simaitis  Adam Tyson  Jeff Otto O’Brien  Terry Ward   Tommy Coleman   Susan Shulman   Ria Vanden Eynde

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June 4th, 2012 at 8:37 pm

BAL

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 Article by Max Schreier, photos by Chloé Richard in Berlin; Saturday, June 2, 2012

Aram Bartholl is a tech artist who makes objects by capturing electronic moments, developing them into classical forms, and using the most analog processes to create digital forms. His work falls into the avant garde not by its innovative methods, but rather by its means of handling the often difficult-to-tame medium of the Web. When I visited Bartholl in his studio he humbly downplayed how innovative his work is, choosing instead to discuss the more abstract ideas that inform his process. For Bartholl the duality of analog and digital is a false exclusivity; his art is digital in its concepts but analog in its presentation, an execution that sets him apart from many of his peers in the tech art world.

Aram Bartholl, photo Chloé Richard

Bartholl moved to Berlin in 1995 to earn a degree in the architecture department of the UdK. After his initial two years of study he found himself more excited by the T1 connection in the computer lab than the plotters in the architecture studios. Unlike many of the programmers who were discussing the newfound wealth of information and visual possibilities of writing code to develop art, Bartholl was primarily interested in the front end of the Internet; the user experience with, and the presentation of, the aesthetic of the web. Instead of designing websites and becoming a student of online presentation, Bartholl started to observe the visual trends of the web and to interpret these tropes into handmade art works.

Aram Bartholl, photo Chloé Richard

The openness of the Internet is integral to the physicality as well as the philosophy of Bartholl’s work. He posts detailed instructions for the recreation of his works online, and some of his works are the instructional videos themselves. While many of Aram’s works question where the inherent value of an artworks lies, that is not the primary intention of his creations. Posting the intricacies of the work to the Internet is “obvious” to Bartholl; the fact that his work exists in three dimensions and in space, does not preclude it from also having the interactive and open elements that are intrinsic to the web. Just as an artwork posted on YouTube is viewed thousands of times, a physical work of Bartholl’s also has the same accessibility. It is this well-established openness along with the content that sets him apart as such a unique web artist.

Aram Bartholl, photo Chloé Richard

The ubiquitous conversation of how the Internet decreases our attention spans and thoughtfulness is universally accepted and derided, while at the same time we all participate in this perceived decline. Bartholl sees this haste as opportunity, creating Speed Projects — time restricted art events, self-monitored and self-approved — that are assigned their artistic merit by their completion and often uploading to the web. Bartholl calls these small works “freeing”, as he also considers the brevity of online media. Often he will work months on a work that is only appreciated for a second on the web before it is clicked through, and steadily decreases in viral significance because it is no longer new. The response is Speed Projects, some of which pick up Internet steam and find themselves trending on various forms of social and real media, and others that fall away as quickly as they were made.

Aram Bartholl is showing his work Online Gallery Playset at the group show, 404 Not Found, opening on Friday, June 8 at Berlin project space, Sur la Montagne.

 

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Additional Information

See more of Aram Bartholl’s work:
datenform.de

SUR LA MONTAGNE
“404 NOT FOUND” – GROUP SHOW
Exhibition: Jun. 9, 2012; 12-5pm
Opening Recption: Friday, Jun. 8; 7-11pm
Torstrasse 170 (click here for map)

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Max Schreier was born in 1985 in New York City. He is an independent curator and the Associate Director at DUVE Berlin.

Chloé Richard is a Berlin-based French photographer and a regular Berlin Art Link collaborator. Her portrait work is internationally published. www.chloerichard.com

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June 4th, 2012 at 1:37 pm

’404 Not Found’

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http://www.berlinartlink.com/2012/05/25/404-not-found/

Berlin Art Link (BAL) proudly presents 404 Not Found, the second exhibition in their ongoing Night & Day Series, which will feature works by six web and digital artists including:

Aram Bartholl,
Bennett Williamson,
Billy Rennekamp,
Duncan Malashock,
Elvia Wilk and
Ola Vasiljeva

curated by Max Schreier

EXHIBITION INFO
Vernissage: Friday, June 8, 7-11pm
Open Saturday June 9, 12-5pm
Sur la Montagne, Torstrasse 170, Berlin

**AFTER PARTY for the event will be at bar KIM (Brunnenstrasse 10) from 11pm onwards: http://www.kim-in-berlin.com/

Facebook Event Page: facebook.com/events/316587475088533

SUR LA MONTAGNE (SlaM)
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19; 7 – 11pm
Exhibition: Sunday May 20, 12 – 6pm
Torstrasse 170, Berlin (Click here for map)

 

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June 2nd, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Art Micro Patronage

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C.R.E.A.M.
Curated by Lindsay Howard
Online-only exhibition on Art Micro Patronage from April 1 – April 30, 2012

C.R.E.A.M. showcases the work of artists who are politically engaged in open source art & technology while using their creative practice to address issues related to the monetization of net-based work.
 
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
JODI
Greg Leuch
Aram Bartholl
Lucy Chinen & Emilie Gervais
Kim Asendorf & Ole Fach
David Horvitz
0-Day Art
Support net artists by making a micro payment!  Here’s how the numbers work out (the more you give, the more they get!):

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April 2nd, 2012 at 5:01 pm

All pics ‘Reply All’

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( flickr picture set of ‘Reply All‘. It took a while to cellect all these. Thx to @tbx for taking pics at the opening!..)

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March 31st, 2012 at 3:24 pm

Speed Book Launch Party at EYEBEAM, NYC

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I m looking fwd to this event! We gonna rock the house!! :)
http://eyebeam.org/events/book-launch-aram-bartholls-the-speed-book
http://www.facebook.com/events/271589126255664/

Book Launch: Aram Bartholl’s ‘The Speed Book’

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On April 12 from 6PM–8PM, Eyebeam will host the official US ‘The Speed Book’ launch party of Aram Bartholl’s first artist monograph. The event, which occurs in tandem with eteam’s project launch, will feature:

  • Aram Bartholl, in town from Berlin introducing and signing the book.
  • Brad Troemel, will give a talk about “Creative Destruction”, based on his essay he wrote for ‘The Speed Book’!
  • Lindsay Howard, Eyebeam’s Curatorial Fellow, in conversation with Aram Bartholl
  • HENNESSY YOUNGMAN and DJ AJ Slim spinning beatzZ and rocking the house!

Eyebeam alumni Aram Bartholl’s work explores the power structures, social systems, cultural innovations, inner dynamics, languages, and products shaping our age. This publication, his first comprehensive monograph, offers entry into an oeuvre in which space and cyberspace mingle with and mangle one another in a realm that uses as little technology as possible yet still speaks in a digital language.

Aram Bartholl: The Speed Book is edited by Domenico Quaranta, designed by Manuel Bürger, and published by Gestalten, with essays by Josephine Bosma, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Jon Cates, Lindsay Howard, Alessandro Ludovico, Evan Roth, Bruce Sterling, and Brad Troemel.

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March 29th, 2012 at 10:51 am

FREE AI WEIWEI GLASSES at Jeu de Paume

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Jeu de Paume Paris is currently having an Ai Weiwei solo: Ai Weiwei – Interlacing. I am very honored that the FFFFFREE Ai Weiwei – glasses !! project is shown as mini workshop along with the show. Great picture gallery!! THX!!

http://lemagazine.jeudepaume.org/2012/03/the-free-ai-weiwei-glasses-portrait-gallery/

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March 27th, 2012 at 7:50 pm