The Rhizome Digest merged into the Rhizome News in November 2008. These pages serve as an archive for 6-years worth of discussions and happenings from when the Digest was simply a plain-text, weekly email.

Subject: RHIZOME DIGEST: 11.7.07
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RHIZOME DIGEST: November 7, 2007

Content:

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1. Marisa Olson: My Time at Rhizome
2. Lauren Cornell: Rhizome Seeks an Editor, full-time position
3. Lauren Cornell: Rhizome Campaign: Support Buttons

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4. Turbulence: The ShiftSpace Commissions Program
5. Drew Hemment: Conference Call: The Social - Online, Mobile and Unplugged Social Networking
6. jill.johnston-price AT fredonia.edu: Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Arts, SUNY Fredonia
7. Rachel Clarke: Intermedia
8. ksikorski AT li.hodes.com: ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE ARTS PROFESSOR
9. emily.gomez AT gcsu.edu: Assistant Professor of Art, Art and Technology

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10. silva.luis: LX 2.0 Project's new project by Carlos Katastrofsky: lastwishes
11. CR+D: Daniel Langlois Foundation - 9 Evenings Reconsidered at the Tesla (Berlin)
12. Ryan Griffis: Fwd: CAE Fundraiser Tickets Now on Sale
13. info AT toshare.it: Share Prize 2008!
14. marcin ramocki: B I T M A P: as good as new

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From: Marisa Olson <marisa AT rhizome.org>
Date: Nov 1, 2007
Subject: My Time at Rhizome

Hi, everyone.

I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that next month I'll be stepping down from some (though not all!) of my responsibilities at Rhizome.

Later today Lauren will post a job announcement for the position of full-time editor. I am scaling-back to a part-time position as Curator-at-Large and I will also act as one of Rhizome's regular staff writers. In my revised position I'll continue to organize programs and events on behalf of Rhizome at our affiliate, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and at partner venues in the US and abroad.

My two and a half years at Rhizome have been so enriching and I'm proud of the work my amazing colleagues and I have done to take Rhizome's publications and programs to an even higher level. I don't want to say too many goodbye-like things because I'm not leaving, I'm just transitioning to a role that will allow me to continue contributing to an organization I love while giving myself more time to focus on my own art practice and to finish my dissertation.

Please stay tuned for announcements of some exciting programs on the horizon. Until then, I'll see you on the front page!

Marisa

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Theatre/Video: Assistant Professor (tenure track to begin August 2008). MFA required, Ph.D. or equivalent professional and academic experience considered. Teaching responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, courses in: acting; voice/diction; on-camera performance; directing; script analysis and script writing; digital video production and editing. Other duties may include directing Theatre/Video productions; collaborating with colleagues on other productions and activities, mentoring students with their creative processes; departmental and institutional support. Qualified applicants must submit letter of interest (include email address if applicable), vita, unofficial transcripts, evidence of teaching effectiveness, recent examples of personal work and at least three letters of reference (to be sent directly by references or confidential placement file) to: Dr. Marilyn D. Hunt, Chair, Department of Communication Studies & Theatre, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, Missouri 64507. Deadline: December 1, 2007 or until filled. Review of applications will begin immediately.
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From: Lauren Cornell <laurencornell AT rhizome.org>
Date: Nov 1, 2007
Subject: Rhizome Seeks an Editor, full-time position

Deadline:
November 20, 2007
Rhizome seeks a full-time Editor
In collaboration with the Director and staff, this key position will guide and shape Rhizome?s editorial voice. Main responsibilities include overseeing Rhizome?s three publications and maintenance of our website,rhizome.org. Applicants must possess an excellent understanding of written English, a thorough knowledge of contemporary art and the history and current directions of new media art. Previous editorial and writing experience is necessary. It is crucial that the Editor have strong communication and managerial skills and be able to manage a multi-faceted workload.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

-Commission and edit daily articles for Rhizome blog
-Commission feature-length interviews, reviews and essays on significant art practice, ideas and international festivals
-Compile and edit Rhizome Digest, a weekly summary of highlights from the Rhizome community
-Write original articles of varying lengths for publications
-Ensure website copy is up to date and that interactive features are functional and active
-Research artists and artwork in the field
-Participate in discussions related to strategic direction of Rhizome
-Be available to edit organizational correspondences, member letters, memos and other organizational materials
-Contribute to overall organizational projects related to the website and New Museum

Full-time; salary available on request.

Please submit coverletter, resume and two writing samples to laurencornell AT rhizome.org

Application deadline: November 20th, 2007

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From: Lauren Cornell <laurencornell AT rhizome.org>
Date: Nov 7, 2007
Subject: Rhizome Campaign: Support Buttons

Hello everyone,

As you may know, Rhizome has begun our 2007 Community Campaign. This year, we need to raise $30,000 to sustain the growth and vitality of our programs. While all subscribers to this list have received individual appeals, I wanted to write a note to this group -- a core, vocal constituency of Rhizome -- and ask you to lend us a hand with promotion.

We created buttons you can put on your website that say 'SUPPORT RHIZOME' and will lead people back to rhizome.org to make a contribution!

You can download the SUPPORT RHIZOME buttons here:
http://rhizome.org/support/#buttons

Its simple and easy :) and we'd be grateful for any help on this front!

Thank you,
Lauren

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Executive Director
Rhizome

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Film/Video/Theatre: Assistant Professor, (tenure-track position to begin August 2008) – dynamic individual to teach courses in progressive integrated video/film and theatre department with emerging interdisciplinary graduate program in applied media arts. Department requires innovative professional to oversee the technical production of video, film, and live production and assist in curricular development of graduate classes. Required: M.F.A. in film, video, multi-media, theatre or closely related field. Must demonstrate evidence of quality teaching/advising and commitment to undergraduate and graduate education. Applicant must have expertise with cinematography, lighting, sound and live theatrical production. Applicant must also have a working knowledge in the Macintosh environment, including the major non-linear applications utilized in post-production. Applicant will teach courses as needed but must be able to teach film, video and live technical production. Qualified applicants must submit a letter of interest including e-mail address; vita; recent examples of personal work; and at least three letters of reference (to be sent directly by references or confidential placement file) to: Dr. M. D. Hunt, Chair, Department of Communication Studies & Theatre, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, Murphy Hall 207, St. Joseph, Missouri 64507. Deadline: December 1, 2007 or until filled. Review of applications will begin immediately. AA/EOE.
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From: Turbulence <turbulence AT turbulence.org>
Date: Nov 5, 2007
Subject: The ShiftSpace Commissions Program

November 5, 2007
Turbulence Commission: "The ShiftSpace Commissions Program" by Dan Phiffer and Mushon Zer-Aviv
http://turbulence.org/works/shiftspace

Turbulence has commissioned ShiftSpace and now ShiftSpace commissions you.

Ten development grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to individuals and collectives using ShiftSpace as a platform to create new "Spaces" and "Trails".

About ShiftSpace: While the Internet's design is widely understood to be open and distributed, control over how users interact online has given us largely centralized and closed systems. The web is undergoing a transformation whose promise is user empowerment -- but who controls the terms of this new read/write web? The web has followed the physical movement of the city's social center from the (public) town square to the (private) mall. ShiftSpace attempts to subvert this trend by providing a new public space on the web.

By pressing the [Shift] + [Space] keys, a ShiftSpace user can invoke a new meta layer above any web page to browse and create additional interpretations, contextualizations and interventions -- which are called "Shifts". Users can choose between several authoring tools -- called "Spaces" -- that allow web users to annotate, modify and shift the content of a page and through ShiftSpace, share that shift with the rest of the web. "Trails" are maps of shifts (shiftspace content) that create meta-layer navigation across websites. These trails might be used as a platform for collaborative research, for curating net art exhibitions, or as a way to facilitate a context-based public debate.

Go to the commissions site (http://turbulence.org/works/shiftspace ), watch the introductory video, apply for a grant and help us spread the word.

"The ShiftSpace Commissions Program" is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs."

BIOGRAPHIES

Dan Phiffer is a new media hacker from California, interested in exploring the cultural dimension of inexpensive communications networks such as voice telephony and the Internet.

Mushon Zer-Aviv is a designer, teacher and a media activist from Tel-Aviv whose work explores media in public space and public space in media. Mushon is the co-founder of Shual.com, ShiftSpace.org, YouAreNotHere.org and the Tel Aviv node of the Upgrade international network.

Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org

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From: Drew Hemment <drew AT futuresonic.com>
Date: Nov 7, 2007
Subject: Conference Call: The Social - Online, Mobile and Unplugged Social Networking

please forward

THE SOCIAL - ONLINE, MOBILE AND UNPLUGGED SOCIAL NETWORKING
CALL FOR CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS

Futuresonic 2008
Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas
1-4 May, Manchester, UK

The Futuresonic international conference and the Social Technologies Summit invite proposals for talks, presentations, workshops and session themes. Submissions of innovative formats for social interaction and experimentation are encouraged.

The conference theme is The Social - Online, Mobile and Unplugged Social Networking.

The Futuresonic conference is a place where important international discussions take place. Over recent years hype about social software and web 2.0 has raged largely unchecked. The conference will bring together leading figures to unpick the hype around the latest technological zeitgeist, broaden the debate, and propose and explore a critical understanding of social technologies.

Deadline for conference submissions -- 5pm 18th December 2007

http://www.futuresonic.com/submissions-conference

See also -- A GBP 5000 commission plus many other opportunities are available in the Futuresonic 2008 Art, Music & EVNTS calls for submissions.

http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved

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THE CONFERENCE

Futuresonic brings 500 opinion formers, futurologists, artists, technologists and scientists from the digital culture, music and art communities to Manchester for four days of seminars, workshops and events.

At the heart of the festival is the internationally-acclaimed Futuresonic conference, and its focal point the Social Technologies Summit.

http://www.futuresonic.com/submissions-conference

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CONFERENCE THEME
THE SOCIAL - ONLINE, MOBILE AND UNPLUGGED SOCIAL NETWORKING

Digital culture burns bright with a vision of being not in isolation but in groups, placing the relations between people first. Beyond the hype lies ever greater isolation and conformity. Join us as we go in search of the social.

The 2008 conference will explore the theme of The Social - Online, Mobile and Unplugged Social Networking. The conference will also mark 40 years since people took to the streets of Paris in 1968 calling for society to be abolished, and will assess the claims of todays digital culture as a potential catalyst of radical change amidst wider currents of radicalism.

Computers have become social interfaces for sharing digital media and collaborating to build online communities and folksonomies. Social technologies create an extension of social space, and new ways for people to come together, meet and share in today's society. As well as social software such as MySpace, Flickr, YouTube and FaceBook, there are technologies created and maintained by social networks, such as communities of developers and users working collaboratively with open source tools, or that enable people to connect with each other in public places, or that bind people together in their everyday lives.

The Social Technologies Summit will explore the new social spaces and the social implications of technologies for the many different kinds of people who make, use and are affected by them.

Some proclaim the death of email. Life is supposed to be 'more social' - easier to communicate, the world at our finger tips, more sharing, more social. But this is a time when we see how electronic communication can isolate us, as more and more people drown in a deluge of email that generates stress, even reducing IQ. Additionally, 'online communities' are based upon an artificial equivalence between 'users' which obscures power relationships and issues of ownership.

In all parts of the globe people are seeking to open up or hold onto places to meet and communicate freely, online and offline. In India we see emergent kinds of community media, in South Korea new social uses of the mobile internet, and in Brazil the spread of 'cultural hotspots'.

Join us as we go in search of the social today.

http://www.futuresonic.com/submissions-conference

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CALL FOR CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS

Futuresonic now invites submissions to the Futuresonic conference and
the Social Technologies Summit.

Proposals for talks, presentations and workshops plus also session
themes are invited. Submissions of innovative formats for social
interaction and experimentation are encouraged.

For details on submitting to the conference visit
http://www.futuresonic.com/submissions-conference

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BOOKING INFORMATION

-- If you want to meet the creative thinkers, artists, programmers, digital media experts, scientists, industry specialists, hardware and software developers, marketers, political thinkers and activists

-- If you want to find out about new technologies and their impact on tomorrow's society

-- If you are looking for new and exciting ways to create, do business and interact

Then sign up early to the Futuresonic conference and the Social Technologies Summit.

Email Your Name, Address and Contact Details to ideas2008 AT futuresonic.com to receive full conference details and priority booking options.

CONFERENCE PASS

Early Bird Delegate Pass
GBP 60 (must be bought by February 1 2008)
Advance Delegate Pass
GBP 100
Delegate Pass (on the door)
GBP 150
Students/Concessions
GBP 30

Further discounts available for group bookings.

A limited number of pay-what-you-can Day Passes will be available on each day of the conference.

The Conference Pass includes access to all festival events.

Email your name, address and contact details to ideas2008 AT futuresonic.com and we will send you full details on Futuresonic Conference 2008 as well as priority booking options.

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FUTURESONIC 2008

Futuresonic has 4 strands: Art, Music, Ideas and EVNTS. Currently in its 12th year, the festival occupies the orbits of both music and digital culture.

A focus in recent years has been presenting artworks in unexpected city spaces, and on social art and social technologies.

Futuresonic now invites artists, thinkers and makers to get social and present new types of collaborative social experience at Futuresonic 2008.

This is a time when we see how electronic communication can isolate us, as more and more people drown in a deluge of email that generates stress, even reducing IQ; and it is 40 years since people took to the streets of Paris in 1968 calling for society to be abolished.

Join us as we go in search of the social today.

Web 2.0...
I take part
you take part
he takes part
we take part
you all take part
they profit.
(Slogan from Paris '68, remixed)

http://www.futuresonic.com

Futuresonic is supported by Arts Council England North West and presented in association with Imagination at Lancaster.

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Organizational memberships with Rhizome

Sign your library, university or organization up for a Rhizome organizational membership! Give your community access to the largest online archives of digital art and new media art-related writing, the opportunity to organize member-curated exhibitions, participate in critical discussion, community boards, and learn about residency, educational and professional possibilities. Rhizome also offers subsidized memberships for qualifying institutions with limited access to the Internet. Please visit http://rhizome.org/info/org.php for more information or contact sales AT rhizome.org

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From: jill.johnston-price AT fredonia.edu <jill.johnston-price AT fredonia.edu>
Date: Nov 3, 2007
Subject: Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Arts, SUNY Fredonia

Link:
http://www.fredonia.edu/humanresources/asstprofintermedia.html
Deadline:
December 14, 2007
Assistant Professor, full-time tenure-track, starting Fall 2008. Competitive salary and excellent benefits. Qualifications include an MFA in Media Arts or related area and a strong record of professional activity. College teaching experience is preferred.

Responsibilities
Teaching, advising, program development, and lab coordination are balanced with continued creative productivity and departmental/university service. The candidate will teach introductory through advanced undergraduate courses in interactive media arts and will actively participate in a department with a diverse range of undergraduate programs.

Applicants should express an interest in teaching conceptual and technical aspects of interactive media art in a fine arts context, which may include video, audio, web based development, and installation. It is highly desirable that the applicant be versed in both digital and analog technologies. Candidate will develop curriculum and course content in a dynamic and growing media arts area encompassing animation, interactivity and digital video.

About the Department
The Department of Visual Arts and New Media, with current enrollment of about 250 majors, provides balanced, comprehensive undergraduate programs in the practice, theory, and history of the visual arts and new media. The successful candidate will work with colleagues in developing curriculum to focus and strengthen the media arts program and to prepare graduates who balance critical thinking with conceptual and technical proficiency. The department has multiple Macintosh labs, two exhibition spaces, and three active departmental student organizations. We regularly invite visiting artists, designers and historians to the campus and sponsor student travel to enrich learning.

About the Campus and Community
State University of New York at Fredonia is consistently ranked as one of the finest public universities in the north. With enrollments of about 5,000 undergraduate and 400 graduate students, faculty and staff are committed to a personal approach to education. The campus is recognized for diverse cultural arts opportunities and strives to live its motto: ?Where Success is a Tradition.? I.M. Pei and Partners designed the master plan for the modernized campus located in western New York, a short drive from Buffalo, NY and Erie, PA. Tree-lined avenues and Victorian-era architecture distinguish the picturesque village of Fredonia. Lake Erie, ski centers, hiking trails and nationally known Chautauqua Institution are nearby, providing additional opportunities for pursuit of varied interests.

For more information, visit http://www.fredonia.edu/humanresources/employment.htm

Send letter of application, CV, teaching philosophy, three reference letters, samples of your work and of student work if available (slides, CD/DVD, and/or web sites), completed application for appointment (found at http://www.fredonia.edu/humanresources/forms/application.pdf) and samples of course syllabi if available to:

Jill Johnston-Price, Interactive Media Arts Search Committee Chair
Department of Visual Arts and New Media
Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY 14063
716-673-4730 or Jill.Johnston-Price AT Fredonia.edu

Screening of applicants begins on December 14, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.

Because SUNY Fredonia prides itself on an outstanding workforce,
the university conducts background screening on all applicants.

An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, SUNY Fredonia encourages and actively seeks applications from minorities, women, and people with disabilities.

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From: Rachel Clarke <rclarke AT csus.edu>
Date: Nov 3, 2007
Subject: Intermedia

Link:
http://www.newmediacaucus.org/media-n/content/fall_2007/call_for_papers.html
Deadline:
December 1, 2007
media-N, online journal of the College Art Association New Media Caucus
http://www.newmediacaucus.org/media-n/index.htm

We invite papers from practitioners and theorists that explore the theme of Intermedia and its relation to the ever-evolving state of New Media.
Themes that could be explored (but are not exclusive) include:
- Definitions of Intermedia
- Distinctions, as they exist, between inter, multi, and trans- disciplinary practice, and the implied - boundaries.
- New relationships created between artists and audiences through Intermedia practices.
- Connections to pre-digital practice. The term Intermedia predates cyberspace and digital media, yet it seems comfortable with them.
- Intermedia in digital arts programs: the development of digital arts programs around a process of integration, and the integration of proximal areas of interest or histories.

Deadline: Dec 1 2007
Send questions / manuscripts via email to: Rachel Clarke, Editor in Chief (rclarke AT csus.edu)

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Rhizome Commissions Program

Rhizome 2008 Commissions Announced!
This year, eleven emerging artists/ collectives were awarded commissions in support of new works of Internet-based art. The projects include distributed sound experiments, visually compelling interactive images that blend the sublime and the ridiculous, and pioneering applications that encourage the flowering of creativity across commercial areas of the web. Follow the link below for descriptions of and links to the eleven winning proposals, which also includes our first-ever Community Award, a project designed to enhance participation and communication on Rhizome.
http://rhizome.org/commissions/2007/

The Rhizome Commissions Program is made possible by support from the Jerome Foundation in celebration of the Jerome Hill Centennial, the Greenwall Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support has been provided by members of the Rhizome community.

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From: ksikorski AT li.hodes.com <ksikorski AT li.hodes.com>
Date: Nov 5, 2007
Subject: ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE ARTS PROFESSOR

Link:
http://www.nyu.edu
Deadline:
December 31, 2007
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE ARTS PROFESSOR
Department of Photography and Imaging
TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

The Department of Photography and Imaging invites applications for an Open Rank (Assistant/Associate Arts Professor) in Photography and/or Imaging Technology to commence on July 1, 2008.

The department seeks an artist and experienced educator working with forms of imaging technology and possessing a broad understanding of contemporary visual arts. An MFA or MA in a relevant discipline required. Candidates must have strong leadership skills and be able to participate in shaping a curriculum that is inclusive of both technical and critical issues as well as a broad understanding of the history and contemporary practice within the medium and the practical and theoretical implications of new technologies. The candidate must have a significant exhibition history and a demonstrated commitment to, or philosophical statement for, diversity. Hired candidate will teach 5 courses yearly and will serve on departmental, university committees as needed and advise students. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Applicants should send a cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, a list of courses taught with course descriptions and course evaluations (if available), adequate representation of production with supplemental materials, and three letters of recommendation to: Chair, Department of Photography and Imaging, New York University, 721 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003. Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2007 and will continue until position is filled.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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From: emily.gomez AT gcsu.edu <emily.gomez AT gcsu.edu>
Date: Nov 7, 2007
Subject: Assistant Professor of Art, Art and Technology

Link:
http://www.gcsu.edu
Deadline:
December 5, 2007
Art and Technology Faculty. Georgia College & State University

The Art Department invites applications for a full-time tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 2008. The terminal degree is required. The Art Department is an energetic program in the public liberal arts university for the state of Georgia. The department seeks a dynamic teacher and promising scholar who can effectively teach a range of courses in the field of Art and Technology. The applicant should have the ability to teach introductory digital classes, beginning to advanced Web design, digital printing, animation, video and sound art. Also must have the ability to guide students working on community projects and to teach some courses in art foundations. Must have a working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Suite, Final Cut, etc. A broad understanding of contemporary critical history, theory and criticism of digital technologies and inter-media arts and ability to articulate concepts in a broad studio context is necessa! ry. We seek additional strengths in the theory, practice, and history of visual communication, issues of community, issues of gender, identity politics, media literacy and demonstrable examples of other experiences such as performance, installation, etc. Excellence in teaching, research, and service is required for promotion and tenure. Applications will be reviewed beginning December 5, 2007 and continue until position is filled. Send letter of application, curriculum vita, statement of teaching philosophy, artist?s statement, supporting materials of production (which may include: CD's, URLs, and up to 20 slides with slide list), three letters of recommendation, and an SASE (if return of materials is desired) to: Emily J. Gomez, Search Committee Chair, Department of Art, CBX 94, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, 31061. GCSU is an AA/EEO Institution. Candidates from underrepresented groups and women are encouraged to apply. Georgia is an Open Records sta! te. The finalist will be required to submit to a background !
investig
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To learn more about GCSU, visit: http://www.gcsu.edu.

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From: silva.luis <silva.luis AT netcabo.pt>
Date: Oct 31, 2007
Subject: LX 2.0 Project's new project by Carlos Katastrofsky: lastwishes

For immediate release:

Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporânea is launching on November 8th (next Thursday) LX 2.0 Project's new comission, the project lastwishes by Vienna-based media artist Carlos Katastrofsky (http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20).

Carlos Katastrofsky (1975) has been creating net art pieces that question both the notion of what an art work is and the notion of ownership of these processual projects, not defined by physical properties. Projects such as internet art for poor people (2006), free interactive readymade (2005) or the original (2005) are just a few examples of Katastrofsky's interest in exploring alternative ways of distributing and owning net art, always within the institutional art world logic and always through a critical, yet playful approach. His projects are mostly conceptual, not defined by fancy visual effects or sophisticated programming. There is no "beautiful" or "poetic" things to be seen on the screen, just the critical use of massified online tools that he masters in order to achieve his own agenda.

lastwishes, the project the artist created specially for LX 2.0, is a great example of the lack of any visual aesthetics in his work. In a simplistic (yet pretty accurate) way, there is nothing to be seen in his new project. lastwishes deals solely with the principles of communication. Mailing lists are popular tools for the exchange of thoughts and opinions: they make multiple (written) dialogues possible as well as the archiving for future references. In this work the mailinglist-software "mailman" is modified to allow only one single posting from a sender. The user is able to subscribe and to receive messages endlessly but post only once and by this immediately get unsubscribed. The idea of "exchange" is thereby turned into something absurd: one can listen but only talk once. Sending a message thus requires meaningful content, "chatting" becomes impossible.

The ephemeral quality of this sending-process reminds of zen-qualities: be quiet and learn to listen but if you really have to say something meaningful then talk. Above that, the question arises: how is communication possible when there is a quiet, listening mass and no one dares to stand up and speak? According to an Austrian proverb, "talking is silver and being quiet is gold", but being quiet only makes sense within the process of communication.

Luis Silva
LX 2.0 Project (http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20)
Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporânea

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From: CR+D <crd AT fondation-langlois.org>
Date: Nov 5, 2007
Subject: Daniel Langlois Foundation - 9 Evenings Reconsidered at the Tesla (Berlin)

9 Evenings Reconsidered at the Tesla (Berlin)

Through a loan of artifacts from its collection, the Foundation has made possible the Berlin presentation of 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966. The exhibition will be presented at the Tesla from November 10, 2007, to December 8, 2007.

Originally presented in 2006 at the MIT List Visual Center (Cambridge, MA, U.S.), 9 Evenings Reconsidered is a touring exhibition that was featured at Concordia University's Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery (Montreal) in the spring of 2007.

Organised by independent curator Catherine Morris, the exhibition will showcase extensive archival material associated with this event and offer various viewpoints of the 10 performances presented at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York in 1966.

The Foundation has loaned a number of objects and materials from its 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds to the exhibition, including, among others, a sample of the factual footage produced by Alfons Schilling, stage props, technological components, and technical drawings by engineer Fred Waldhauer. For more information on the Foundation's collection, please consult the findings aids in the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Lstsrv=200711&NumPage=1841

An illustrated catalogue (in English) accompanies the exhibition. For more information on the Tesla exhibition, please consult:
http://www.tesla-berlin.de/

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From: Ryan Griffis <ryan.griffis AT gmail.com>
Date: Nov 5, 2007
Subject: Fwd: CAE Fundraiser Tickets Now on Sale

Begin forwarded message:
>
> PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY
>
> Tickets for the Critical Art Ensemble fundraiser are now on sale!
> Please visit
> http://www.aspacegallery.org/events.html
> for more information and to purchase tickets.
>
> On November 23, 2007, A Space Gallery hosts a gala art auction for
> Steven Kurtz, founder of internationally acclaimed art group Critical
> Art Ensemble. Award-winning author Naomi Klein will speak from her
> bestselling new book "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster
> Capitalism." An auction of artwork follows, including works by:
>
> John Abrams
> Ed Burtynsky
> John Greyson
> Freda
> Guttman
> Johanna Householder
> Istvan Kantor
> Janet Jones
> Micah Lexier
> Rafael Lorenzo-Hemmer
> Ken Lum
> Kent Monkman
> Nancy Nicol
> Ed Pien
> Jin-me Yoon
> ... and many more.
>
> We look forward to seeing you there!
>
>
> Warmly,
>
> Toronto CAE fundraising committee.

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From: info AT toshare.it <info AT toshare.it>
Date: Nov 5, 2007
Subject: Share Prize 2008!

Link:
http://www.toshare.it
Deadline:
November 10, 2007
SHARE PRIZE 2008
Saturday 10 November 2007
Circolo dei Lettori - Palazzo Graneri della Rocca
via Bogino 9, Torino
7.30 p.m.

On Saturday 10 November 2007 the six finalists shortlisted for the Share Prize will be made public at ?Il Circolo dei Lettori? in Torino in conjunction with Artissima?s ?Saturday Night Art Fever?. This year will be the second edition of the international competition of digital artworks, and the panel of judges will be presided over by Bruce Sterling (guru of new technologies, science fiction writer and design journalist), who is in Torino to collaborate with the Piemonte Share Festival and serve the city by providing his own special brand of visions.

Open to all Italian and foreign artists, the aim of the Share Prize competition is to discover, promote and support digital arts. Competitors for the prize are required to create an artwork that employs digital technology as a language of creative expression.

The artists and work selected by the panel of judges will take part in the 4th edition of the Piemonte Share Festival. To coincide with the broad spectrum of events within the Torino World design Capital calendar, this year?s festival ?Manufacturing? from 11 ? 16 March 2008 will explore the relationship between digital art and design.

The Piemonte Share Festival is an event dedicated to the promotion of digital art and culture, and provides a platform to discuss the continual changes taking place during the digital epoch in which we live. These changes will be investigated from different standpoints in a variety of settings.
The core events of this edition will be the ?Manufacturing? exhibition, curated by Sterling, together with performances and shows of work by selected artists and the winner of the Share Prize. A number of conferences and workshops are also planned to probe issues of concern.
The Share Prize panel of judges, made up of key figures from the world of digital art, will hand over ?The Globe? award and a prize of ?2,500 to the piece that in their opinion best represents experimentation between art and new technologies. The panel is composed of:

Bruce Sterling (writer and journalist, Austin) ? chairman, Piero Gilardi (artist, Torino), Anne Nigten (managing director of v2 and DEAF, Rotterdam), Oscar Abril Ascaso (curator of Sonar, Barcelona), Stefano Mirti (architect, Interaction design Lab, Milano)

The winner will be announced during the award ceremony of the Piemonte Share Festival, and made public on the Festival website (www.toshare.it).

The event is part of ?CONTEMPORARY arts Torino Piemonte?.

Share Festival is organised by the Associazione culturale The Sharing,
Artistic direction Simona Lodi and Chiara Garibaldi.
The competition is organized by the Associazione The Sharing.
Organising secretary: Manuela De Caro
tel. +39.011.588.36.93 fax: 0039.011.83.91304
manuela.decaro AT toshare.it

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From: marcin ramocki <mramocki AT earthlink.net>
Date: Nov 5, 2007
Subject: B I T M A P: as good as new

Link:
http://vertexlist.blogspot.com/2007/11/announcing-blip-festival-and-b-i-t-m-p.html
Date:
November 24, 2007
VertexList space and Blip Festival have the pleasure to present ?B I T M A P: as good as new? a group exhibition celebrating the history of the digital image, the aesthetics of early computing and early video-game consoles. Expect pixels, old monitors and 8 bit sounds!

"B I T M A P: as good as new" is proud to feature: Chris Ashley, Mike Beradino, Mauro Ceolin, Petra Cortright, Paul Davis, DELAWARE, Notendo (Jeff Donaldson), Eteam, Dragan Espenschied, Christine Gideon, Kimberly Hart, Daniel Iglesia, JODI,Olia Lialina, LoVid, Kristin Lucas, David Mauro, Jillian Mcdonald, Tom Moody, Aron Namenwirth, Mark Napier, Nullsleep, Marisa Olson, Will Papenheimer, Prize Budget for Boys, Jim Punk, Akiko Sakaizumi, Paul Slocum, Eddo Stern and CJ Yeh.

A reception will take place at vertexList on Saturday, November 24th 2007 from 7pm - 10pm.

The exhibition will be on display until Sunday, February 3rd, 2008.

Live 8 BIT music performance AT the opening reception, 8.30pm.

VertexList gallery hours are Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1pm -6 pm, or by appointment.We are located between Graham and Manhattan Avenues onBayard St. For more info please visit our website www.vertexlist.net or call 646 258 3792

[img][/img]About Blip:

The Blip Festival is a four-day international cultural event taking place in New York City this November into December, focusing on the 8-bit scene - musicians and artists who use low-bit videogame and computer hardware as their creative tools. The festival is the widest-reaching event in the history of the form, boasting a roster of over 40 international artists performing and exhibiting from places as diverse as Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Argentina, and across the United States.

Manhattan art space The Tank and New York artist collective 8bitpeoples announce the Blip Festival 2007, a four-day music and multimedia event taking place in New York City November 29 - December 2, 2007. Focusing on the modern artistic exploration of primitive video game and home computer technology and featuring 40 musicians and visualists from around the world, the Blip Festival showcases artists adopting and repurposing familiar but forgotten hardware - such as the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Atari game console and home computer line, and the Nintendo Game Boy - exploring their untapped potential and unique aesthetic character. The festival's nightly concerts and daytime screenings, workshops, and presentations are supplemented by B I T M A P : as good as new, an adjunct visual art exhibition, held at acclaimed Brooklyn gallery vertexList. The Blip Festival 2007 offers a fascinating cross-section of the chiptune musical aesthetic and related low-bit visual art, in an explosive event taking place at the epicenter of the creative world.

The festival will host evening concerts on all 4 nights. Each night's concert will cost $10 and include 8 musical acts and a variety of live visualists. Tickets will be available online starting in early November and will also be available at the door. Festival passes will also be available for sale in early November.

In addition to concerts there will also be daytime workshops and screenings on Saturday and Sunday. A complete schedule of those events is forthcoming.

Please get excited now.[img][img][/img][/img]

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