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Save the date:18-21 May 2020,Vau i Dejës, Albania

International Workshop: Building together the future of heritage sites in the Balkans

The municipality of Vau i Dejës is committed to a project to create a regional natural park in order to enhance the diversity of Komani heritage resources (landscape, archaeology, vernacular heritage, etc.). Based on Komani case study and on the Grands Sites de France approach, the workshop intends to feed discussion about integrated management of heritage areas. It will also discuss the experience acquired within the Grands Sites de France national policy (coordination between preserving heritage value of sites and managing tourist flows, stimulating a socio-economic impact on the area, urban sprawl, etc.).
The workshop offers the opportunity to share experiences and case studies about heritage sites sustainable management in the Balkans and will count on the participation of Professionals and organizations involved in preservation, management and valorisation of Komani, of other heritage sites in the Drin Valley, Albania and the Balkan region as well as the relevant contribution of speakers with an important experience in the topic of the workshop.
The seminar is co-organized by the Franco-Albanian archaeological mission of Drin Valley, the municipality of Vau i Dejës and the Réseau des Grands Sites de France (RGSF), in collaboration with the Grand Site de France Bibracte-Mont Beuvray, the French Embassy in Albania, as well as the partners of the RGSF’s International Francophone Centre.

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OMM – Odunpazarı Modern Museum in Eskişehir, Turkey, presents Karina Smigla-Bobinski latest artwork.

ADA, interactive kinetic installation inspired by Ada Lovelace

OMM by Kengo Kuma and Associates. Fotoğraf_Photo ©NAARO

OMM – Odunpazarı Modern Museum in Eskişehir, Turkey will play host to an interactive kinetic sculpture named after Ada Lovelace, one of the world’s first computer programmers.

ADA by Karina Smigla-Bobinski is a huge, free-floating interactive drawing tool that unearths the hidden creative talents of machinery, controlled by humans but producing its own autonomous language in charcoal marks across the white walls, ceilings and floors of the gallery space.
Advancing OMM’s mission to promote projects that combine art, design and technology, the installation will be in motion at the museum from 15 February – April 12 2020, marking its inaugural appearance in Turkey.

Karina Smigla-Bobinski, “ADA”, OMM 2020, fotoğraf_photo by Doğan Kayacık

The daughter of renowned poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace developed the very first prototype of a computer in the 19th century together with Charles Babbage. While Babbage provided the preliminary computing machine, she wrote the first software. Lovelace was the first to recognize that the potential of computers lay beyond mere calculation – she set out to create a machine that could paint and write poetry. Similarly, ADA extends the possibilities of automation into a realm of creative generation.
Influenced by the mechanical sculptures of Jean Tinguely, ADA is a post-industrial creature that channels the spirit of biotechnology with its organic, self-determined output. Smigla-Bobinski’s kinetic sculpture takes the form of a transparent, membrane-like globe filled with helium and studded with charcoal spikes. Activated by visitors, the sphere revolves around the room with relentless energy, leaving indecipherable charcoal traces on the surfaces it encounters. As the white walls of the exhibition area begin to fill with markings, a complex structure emerges.

Karina Smigla-Bobinski, “ADA”, OMM 2020, fotoğraf_photo by Doğan Kayacık

Although the visitor can control ADA’s trajectory, the form of the composition cannot be calculated in advance; the autonomous movement creates an evolving series of patterns and signs which become its own symbolic language. ADA is movement experienced visually, as if witnessing a computer produce a surprising output upon entering a command.
As Lovelace’s poetic vision for the computer reached past basic command execution, so Smigla-Bobinski’s ADA is a machine that acts as an independent artist, whose spontaneous output can only be decoded through the human power of association.

Odunpazarı Modern Museum | www.omm.art | @ommxart | info@omm.art
Şarkiye Mah. Atatürk Bulvarı
No:37 Odunpazarı – Eskişehir/ Türkiye

Hilversum (The Netherlands), 5-6 March 2020

Europeana XX Century of Change: kick-off meeting

img. credits: Fortepan via Europeana.

A new CEF funded project has just started, and the kick-off meeting was celebrated in Hilversum on 5-6 March 2020, hosted by project coordinator the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. It was a lively and productive event with presentations, discussions, planning, and various groups activities, in the lovely Institute’s building. Some of the partners representatives could not travel to Holland and a direct streaming was therefore set up, which guaranteed inclusive participation.

In this project, 5 Domain and Thematic Aggregators join forces with technology and educational partners, to stimulate reflection and debate on European recent history, and to improve and enrich Europeana.eu, the European digital library. Overarching theme: the 20th century as a gamechanger, whose impact on society is extensively documented in photographs, audiovisuals and other types of media.

We’re heading for…

a new Thematic Collection in Europeana.eu with compelling editorials
100.000 new high quality records
smart tools to support curators
machine translation and semantic enrichment to hundreds of thousands of Europeana records
an online and on site outreach strategy

Download a presentation by Sofie Taes (KU Leuven), Berlin 19/2/2020 – PDF, 6 Mb

Photo credit: Max Peters, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

Partners

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Filmoteka Narodowa Instytut Audiowizualny
KU Leuven
DFF Deutsches Filminstitut Filmmuseum
Catwalkpictures
European Fashion Heritage Association
PHOTOCONSORTIUM
Europeana
NTUA National Technical University of Athens
Pangeanic
Noterik
Technische Informationsbibliothek
ThinkCode
Jewish Heritage Joods Historisch Museum
Anacode

The project Europeana XX is co-financed by the European Union in the framework of CEF Connecting Europe Facility Programme under GA n. INEA/CEF/ICT/A2019/1932087.

Understanding, Capturing and Fostering the Societal Value of Culture

Successful kick off meeting for the UNCHARTED project!

Last 7th February, the UNCHARTED partners held their first meeting in Paris.

10 partners, from 7 EU Countries, presented their work packages and they worked in a positive and functional way going through the main technical and logistic issues and preparing the floor for a future profitable cooperation.

The occasion was good also for planning the first UNCHARTED workshop that will be held in Porto, on April 22-24 2021 and will be used to hold several further organizational meetings.

Photo gallery:

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application deadline for international Theatre, Art and New Technologies Festival in Sardinia: 15th May 2020

THE WONDERS OF POSSIBLE – open call for artists

In November 2020, Kyber Theatre organises in Cagliari (Italy) the 7th Edition of the International Theatre, Art and New Technologies Festival called “The Wonders of Possible” – LMDP Le Meraviglie Del Possibile.

LMDP Festival is the first of this kind in Italy. Its aim is to promote the interrelation between artistic and technological languages. Kyber Teatro – spin off of L’ Aquilone di Viviana (theatre and new technologies company, LMDP Festival creator and manager), addresses to Italian and International artists an Open Call to submit their projects about “Interaction between arts and technology”.

Who can attend
The participation is open to artists of every nationality, working individually or in a group of maximum 5 people.
Eligible projects
– Theatre and new technologies plays
– Art and new technologies performances
– Installations that explore and realize the interaction between artwork, exhibition space and observers with the contribution of technology.

Application (deadline the 15th of May 2020)
The theme of LMDP Festival is the interrelation between theatre, arts and new technology.
The application must contain:
• Artist’s CV;
• Detailed description of the project (in PDF);
• Technical rider;
• Selection of max 5 photos;
• Link audio / video material (Vimeo or Youtube).
The result is going to be notified only to selected projects by the Month of June 2020.

Economic conditions
Full coverage of all the costs for the artists’ mobility to and in Cagliari (international travels, board and accommodation), and the compliance for safety standards of the space is guaranteed by Kyber teatro. Subject to agreements with our technical director, also any material required for the presentation of the performance/show/play/installation can be covered.
The Open Call winners will have the opportunity to present their work twice (performance not paid, the participation it will be free) and to hold a workshop with entrance tickets for the audience (workshop proceeds will go to the artists).

Publication
Applying for the call, artists agree that the projects should be represented at the Festival. Selected artists must provide a short biography and an abstract of the project. They also agree that the material related to the project could be published on the Festival website and/or presented to the press for promotional purposes.

Archiving process
Artists authorise Kyber Teatro – L’aquilone di Viviana to present their work, to store the material and make it accessible through the Festival’s website. All rights to the artwork and images will remain to the artist. The Organization is also entitled to document the event in all its phases through audio recordings, video or images.

Application materials must be sent by the 15th of May to: info @ kyberteatro.it
Website: http://www.kyberteatro.it

Tokio (Japan), 22 February - 22 March 2020

ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) Vol. 2 Stasis Field

Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) has supported artists in a multi-career-stage and continuously supportive program through endeavors such as open call exhibitions, exhibitions of contemporary artists, and international fellowships. In the Artists Contemporary TOKAS (ACT) series launched in 2018, exhibitions will be held to introduce artists who are worthy of attention now, centered on those that have taken part in TOKAS programs. Introduced at this second installment, titled ”Stasis Field,” are works by three artists/pairs: TANAKA Shusuke, HIROSE Nana & NAGATANI Kazuma, WATANABE Go.

“Stasis field” is a term that has been used in science fiction novels and games, to refer to an area in which time seemingly stands still or is significantly delayed, and contents appear motionless. Due to the standstill and crystallization of time in a stasis field, objects in that area are in a state where they can be closely observed, or slowed down to such an extent that their shapes appear distorted.
In their works, the three artists featured in this exhibition stop or delay time in order to make it observable from their own respective points of view, and produce works of art in which they actively respond to and creatively express the differences, shifts and distortions that result from such temporal stagnation. In times when social life is increasingly dominated by the acceleration and quick processing of all kinds of matters. Experiences we make in such special kinds of situations “Stasis fields” may function as turning points that changes existing ideas and previous perceptions.

Full press release available HERE

Web: https://willap.jp/t?r=AAAJGIO267Ep56jSFpTuyNbfQO_KxJTUiCdCpQ

e-flux: https://willap.jp/t?r=AAAJGIO267Ep56jScRcs8OR3zISKxJTUiCdCpQ

Artists/ About the work

TANAKA Shusuke (Born in 1986): Tanaka draws paintings based on inspirations encountered in daily life which bring him fresh sensations and experiences that make him feel scared or uncomfortable. The sceneries he illustrate contain a single element depicted in unusual size or highlighted in a certain way. This approach causes distorted spatial perception and a strange sense of reality. At this exhibition, Tanaka presents several new works showing sceneries he encountered recently.

HIROSE Nana (Born in 1980) & NAGATANI Kazuma (Born in 1982): The artist duo moved to Germany in 2007 and continues to produce artworks there. They transform and catabolize daily commodities and objects which we encounter on a daily basis. They explore how exactly viewers perceive the subject-matter of their works. At this exhibition, they present an installation “Still life”, consisting of fruits, vegetables, cups, and other objects – about 300 in total – molded by a special kind of porcelain compound. The objects in their works show distortions. These appear to be intentionally deformed by some kind of external force, and are in fact produced by a chemical reaction triggered by the heating of porcelain. These numerous white objects transform the entire space which they are placed in. This encourage viewers to reflect upon familiar perspectives on things.

WATANABE Go (Born in 1975): Watanabe recreates real sceneries and objects around him by 3-D computer graphics and creates video works which gradually transform in ways disconnected from physical and optical laws. Based on the experience of spending a year in Finland in 2017, he produced a work in which he emphasized the perception of light in Finland which he found to be different from that of Japan. At this exhibition, he presents a new video installation that questions material, spatial and temporal characteristics by reorganizing the temporal order and angles of light falling onto books and a pile of laundry.

The cleanliness of Fuente de los Caños, Almería (Spain)

Participatory activity of Rural Heritage pilot

Saturday 15 February 2020 in Sorbas, Almería (Spain), MEMOLab, REACH project and local associations had collaborate in the cleanliness of Fuente de los Caños.
This monumental fountain, abandoned decades ago, gave water to the town and was used as a laundry. Here, much of the social life of the community developed.
The importance of this source is that it is supplied by a water mine, now practically lost.

University of Granada, leader of REACH Rural Heritage Pilot, conducted the participatory event in which more than 100 volunteers took part.
This activity has led, in addition to dissemination and teamwork, the empowerment of several groups that are acting to find the mine and put it back into operation.

Fotography by E. Aramburu and R. Corselli.

Dr György Eszter, researcher at the Eötvös Loránd university of Budapest share her fieldwork

Roma Heritage:the case study of the REACH project

Last 19 February, Dr György Eszter, interviewed by the “HALLGATOI MAGAZINE” reported her direct experience in carrying on the case study of the minority heritage pilot within the REACH project.
Dr György, presented a global overview of the objectives, initiatives and main results achieved by the pilot, pointing out how its activities and especially the local encounters revealed the potential of future cooperation between stakeholders by identifying opportunities of cross-collaboration. the interview recalled step by step the initiatives that have involved the local Roma communities promoting cohesion and dialogue.
She highlighted that thanks to the REACH support, participants of the local encounters could overcome their isolation (geographical, social and professional) and create a strong network which is very important for increasing the visibility towards each other and fostering opportunities to exchange knowledge and experiences about their good practices and struggles.
Read the full text of the interview (Hungarian language)

Generative and audio-reactive virtual-reality installation - until 5th April in Pittsburg

Oscillations 2020, new artwork by Miguel Chevalier

Oscillations 2020, Miguel Chevalier
Music: Michel Redolfi
Generative and audio-reactive virtual-reality installation
Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh (USA)
Curator: Murray Horne
January 25 – April 5, 2020
Software: Cyrille Henry / Antoine Villeret
Technical production: Voxels Productions

Miguel CHEVALIER Oscillations 2020 Pittsburgh (USA) from Claude Mossessian on Vimeo.

Oscillations 2020 is a new generative virtual-reality installation by Miguel Chevalier that is audio-audio-reactive with music by Michel Redolfi.
This creation allows a 3D graphic visualization of the music by Michel Redolfi.
Thanks to generative software, a waveform is generated in real time according to the frequencies and amplitudes of the music. These spectrums of the different sounds of music generate imaginary landscapes to infinity. These landscapes, which pass before our eyes, present an infinite variations: solid or wireframe, steep or flat, in black and white or in colour…
Image and music respond to each other in a fusion of an emotional nature that participates in a true synesthesia.

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Extended deadline for entries: 20 April 2020

*/ 16th Athens Digital Arts Festival | Call for Entries “TECHNOTRIBALISM”.

The 16th Athens Digital Arts Festival exploring the endless possibilities of the future, through art, science, and technology, invites you to submit your proposals for its next edition, under the theme “TECHNOTRIBALISM”.

Due to the recent crisis, at the international public health sector, and trying to act accordingly, the ADAF team decided that our festival will not take place until our artists and visitors can be and feel safe from the coronavirus pandemic. Under these unique circumstances, we assess that our 16th edition will not be able to take place this May as it traditionally does, and is postponed for a later date. Believing that in time of crisis the best one can do is stay creative, we decided to extend our open call once more till the 20/4/2020, giving you the opportunity to suggest more creative projects. We hope that this initiative will make your “stay at home” a bit more pleasant and worthwhile also on a creative level. We wish courage, strength and health to each and everyone of you, stay safe, stay home and be creative.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

EXTENDED DEADLINE 20/4/2020

Submit your pieces at http://2020.adaf.gr

In this galaxy, not far away there is a “generation”, a tribe of people that are nurtured by technology. This generation has evolved its tech medium to a point where it has started to morph into its own entity, a new resource of power, a new regime, bringing humanity in the state we characterise techno-tribalism.

To enframe this world in serving us we created technology, while technology gradually enframed us in serving the data- flux. In this early hyper historic era what became the utmost necessity, is the continuous flow of information. In a causal relationship, our need to access it grows perpetually.

We, being the primitives of this era, appear pure and naive yet shaping the very foundations of this new world, where information is recognized as the super- power and data is moving towards becoming an equivalent to god – maker and regnant of everything.

Privacy and property are more and more giving into the preciousness of free access to data, shifting human heritage of all shorts in intangible flows of information, organised in massive virtual libraries. Our homo sapiens collecting fetishes are turning pale in front of the immenseness of options we can get in the collectively build digital world, shifting in relation our perception on ownership, assets, wealth and equity.

In this new period of collective production of information, our value translates in our contribution in the data flux and our access to it poses, not only as entertainment, but also as a possible key in eradicating our human sufferings. All of us, workers of this regime, dazed by the vastness of information, its potential power, we mirror ourselves in the digital world.

Algorithms, already present everywhere in the digital realm, are reading us better than ourselves, better than our friends and siblings and in the name of optimization of our virtual experience, we are gradually letting them make decisions for us, filter our perceptions predict our behavior, our bio metrics, our emotions. All manifestations of culture can now be experienced on a digitized basis, translated to a language (code, DNA) and stored for everyone who possess it to experience regardless the circumstances. Markets and Money are transfiguring into intangible algorithmic byproducts. Everything to serve the information flow.

The International festival for Digital Arts in Greece, Athens Digital Arts Festival, is calling the art world and the world of science and technology, to submit works and achievements which outline, comment, foresee, or determine this contemporary epoch in order to compose the content for the upcoming 16th edition of the festival which will take place in spring 2020.

Close your eyes and connect to your data-doppelganger your mirrored algorithmic self to your digital footprint. You are part of techno-tribalism, you are part of ADAF 2020.

#TechnoTribalism #ADAFgreece #ADAF2020

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Detailed information about the submission process and the call for entries is available at the following link: www.adaf.gr