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7th International Conference on Art and Technology, October 1st – 12th, 2008, Museu Nacional do Complexo Cultural da República, Brasilia, Brazil

Popularity: 11%

Tags: Art, brasilia, brazil, drawing you can see from space, open source, search for terrestrial intelligence, technology, very large display, vld

EMERGENCY ART FUNDING ACT OF 2008

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL FOR NEA AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE ART-RELATED ASSETS

Section 1. Short Title.

This Act may be cited as __________________.

Sec. 2. Purchases of Art-Related Assets.

(a) Authority to Purchase.–The Secretary of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is authorized to purchase, and to make and fund commitments to purchase, on such terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary, art-related assets from any artist or art institution having its headquarters in the United States.

(b) Necessary Actions.–The Secretary is authorized to take such actions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the authorities in this Act, including, without limitation:

(1) appointing such employees as may be required to carry out the authorities in this Act and defining their duties;

(2) entering into contracts, including contracts for art related services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to any other provision of law regarding public contracts;

(3) designating artists as art agents of the Government, and they shall perform all such reasonable duties related to this Act as art agents of the Government as may be required of them;

(4) establishing vehicles that are authorized, subject to supervision by the Congress, to purchase and exhibit art-related assets; and

(5) issuing such regulations and other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to define terms or carry out the authorities of this Act.

Sec. 3. Considerations.

In exercising the authorities granted in this Act, the Secretary shall take into consideration means for–

(1) providing stability or preventing disruption to the art markets or artists; and

(2) inspiring the taxpayer.

Sec. 4. Reports to Congress.

Within three months of the first exercise of the authority granted in section 2(a), and semiannually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on the Arts, Art Services, Musc and Literature of the House of Representatives and the Committees on the Arts, Culture, and Music, Poetry, and Cultural Affairs of the Senate with respect to the authorities exercised under this Act and the considerations required by section 3.

Sec. 5. Rights; Management; Sale of Art-Related Assets.

(a) Exercise of Rights.–The Secretary may, at any time, exercise any rights received in connection with art-related assets purchased under this Act.

(b) Management of Art-Related Assets.–The Secretary shall have authority to manage art-related assets purchased under this Act, including critiques and portfolio reviews therefrom.

(c) Sale of Art-Related Assets.–The Secretary may, at any time, upon terms and conditions and at prices determined by the Secretary, sell, or enter into exhibitions, fairs or other art transactions in regard to, any art-related asset purchased under this Act.

(d) Application of Sunset to Art-Related Assets.–The authority of the Secretary to hold any art-related asset purchased under this Act before the termination date in section 9, or to purchase or fund the purchase of an art-related asset under a commitment entered into before the termination date in section 9, is not subject to the provisions of section 9.

Sec. 6. Maximum Amount of Authorized Purchases.

The Secretary’s authority to purchase art-related assets under this Act shall be limited to $700,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time

Sec. 7. Funding.

For the purpose of the authorities granted in this Act, and for the costs of administering those authorities, the Secretary may use the proceeds of the sale of any art issued under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, and the purposes for which art may be commissioned under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, are extended to include actions authorized by this Act, including the payment of administrative expenses and an artist’s assistant. Any funds expended for actions authorized by this Act, including the payment of administrative expenses, shall be deemed appropriated at the time of such expenditure.

Sec. 8. Review.

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

Sec. 9. Termination of Authority.

The authorities under this Act, with the exception of authorities granted in sections 2(b)(5), 5 and 7, shall terminate two years from the date of enactment of this Act.

Sec. 10. Increase in Statutory Limit on Public Art.

Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof $11,315,000,000,000.

Sec. 11. Art Reform.

The costs of purchases of art-related assets made under section 2(a) of this Act shall be determined as provided under the Federal Art Promotion Act of 1990, as applicable.

Sec. 12. Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) Art-Related Assets.–The term “art-related assets” means museum or commercial arts and any paintings, sculptures, or other instruments that are based on or related to such arts, that in each case was created or commissioned on or before September 17, 2008.

(2) Congress.–The term “Congress” means the Congress of the United States.

(3) United States.–The term “United States” means the States, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia.

Popularity: 12%

Tags: Art, art agents, art markets, emergency art funding act, legislative proposal, museum, necessary actions, painting, public art

7th International Conference on Art and Technology, October 1st – 12th, 2008, Museu Nacional do Complexo Cultural da República, Brasilia, Brazil

I’ll be exhibiting some new video work and presenting:

Open Source Art: Proposals for Hyper-Collaborative Artworks in a Connected World

The internet, low cost cell phones, cheap laptops, and readily available electronic parts now allow giant groups of people, dispersed across the planet, to team up and create massive events.

How can we harness the power of these technologies to create meaningful art pieces? What are the cultural barriers which need to be crossed in order to get millions of people to co-operate with each other to create something together? How can a diverse and massive group of people come to a consensus on what the piece should be, and who, if anyone, should claim ownership?

The open source movement has a proven record of success in the software field, and has been instrumental to helping the growth of the internet. In this presentation, I will discuss a proposal for applying open source methodology to create the worlds largest sculpture, the Very Large Display (VLD), and the human and technological challenges facing such a large scale collaborative project.

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I look forward to a fantastic symposium and exhibition. Thanks in to Tania Fraga and everyone at Universidade de Brasília and Museu Nacional do Complexo Cultual da República for helping to put this event together.

Popularity: 18%

Tags: Art, brasilia, brazil, open source, search for terrestrial intelligence, technology, very large display, vld, world largest sculpture

Special thanks to Chico MacMurtrie, Sven Travis of Parsons The New School of Design, the National Art Museum of China and the organizers of the Synthetic Times exhibition.

I was honored to participate in the exhibition, and delighted to meet so many incredible artists, including Verdensteatret, Kurt Hentschläger, f18 institute, Edwin van der Heide, Blendid, Herwig Weiser, and David Rokeby.

For more information on 16 Birds, see this page on the Amorphic website and this page from an earlier exhibition in New York City.

Popularity: 39%

Tags: amorphic, Art, beijing, birds, chico macmurtrie, china, media art, namoc, olympics, sculpture, synthetic times

WMC: Gardner Post, DJ Tom Laroc and the Baby Grand Master in Miami

DJsounds caught up with the US conceptual/video artist Gardner Post to talk about art + technology at the Remix Hotel, at The National in South Beach. The interview is followed by a trip to a nearby apartment to get a special, behind-the-scenes insight into what Gardner’s working on this year – complete with words from celebrity DJ Tom Laroc!

Gardner was in South Beach with his Baby Grand Master creation (an acclaimed DJ/VJ masterpiece, modestly tagged the ‘king of video instruments’) to collaborate with the New York-born, Miami-based hip-hop DJ Tom Laroc/United Content Providers.

DJsounds last spoke to Gardner in 2007 at the Optronica festival, so it was great to see his vision for Baby Grand Master-style video mash-up materialising in such full-on splendour. Enjoy the show.

Words: LRC

External links:
www.babygrandmaster.com
www.myspace.com/djtomlaroc
www.remixmag.com/remixhotel
www.nationalhotel.com

Popularity: 59%

Tags: all, Art, baby grand master, brian kane, dj, djsounds, gardner post, ica, lisa loco, optronica, remix, Sound, techno, tom laroc, vdreams, Video, vj, wmc

A special interactive HDADD™ Information Compliant Entertainment Appliance™ will be installed at Le Cube, Paris, from Feb through July. The opening is Jan 31, and if you can make it, please stop by. More information about the museum and show are here

I’m honored to been selected to be in this show, and I look forward to meeting some of the other fantastic artists who have created such incredible work.

For this exhibition, I have encapsulated a variety of new and old video video work into an interactive jukebox, so there is a lot of material in this piece. Thanks to everyone who helped, and I hope the work is enjoyed by all.

Popularity: 63%

Tags: Art, hdadd, infotainment, le cube, max-msp

Big thanks from Gardner, Xavier, and myself to everyone at the Big Chill for making this a great show, including MC Rebbe, Lisa Loco, Simon from Pioneer, Hexstatic, Coldcut, eXceeda, DJ Tom Laroc, Addictive TV, and the production crew at the Big Chill. Oh, and special big thanks to the airline pilots that came in during the airplanes piece. Wow.

Below are some pics from the show, as well as some render tests from the material which I presented.

The highlight of the night for me was when I looked to my right and there was Matt Black cutting up some of Xav’s cartoon set. That really made my day - thanks, Matt. Much love.

Photo credits: Lisa Loco

Popularity: 80%

Tags: 2007, Art, big chill, chill, coldcut, eastnor, exceeda, gardner post, mashup

I’ll be premiering some new work at this years Big Chill Festival in England on Saturday, August 5, along with Gardner Post, and Xavier Perkins from Exceeda.

Special thanks to Stuart from Hexstatic, Victoria and all the folks at Big Chill, Paul and Todd Treanor from Treanor Bothers Animation, David Last, Aerostatic, Glenn French, Michael Oatman and Mark Blank.

If you happen to be in the UK, stop on by. This promises to be an exciting new show.

I’ll also be doing a book signing on Sunday the 6th at 5pm, so drop in to say hi.

Popularity: 47%

Tags: Art, big chill, exceeda, glitch, hexstatic, music, uk

I had a wonderful time at the Water Music Remix Show in Newport Rhode Island.

We had a great show, and I was fortunate to meet and work with an incredible group of musicians and vj’s. I also had the good fortune of meeting the artist and radionics researcher Duncan Laurie, who let us stay at his incredible studio in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

The Water Music Remix show was hosted by Duncan Laurie, Larry Kraman and the Museum of Yachting in Newport, RI. The audio-visual program in front of Fort Adams included the all-star line-up of Benton-C Bainbridge, David Lublin, Synesthete, David Last, Aerostatic, and Nalepa.

Popularity: 50%

Tags: Art, music, nalepa, rhode island, vj

Popularity: 69%

Tags: Art, entertainment, Video, vj

Study for inflatable pushpins, 4/3/07
part of the Homeland Identification Project (HIP)

Popularity: 77%

Tags: Art, geolocation, homeland, identification, inflatable, proposal

Found a directory full of nice pictures from the 2000 Amorphic Robot Works shows at Muffattehalle in Munich.

http://www.briankane.net/muffatte2000

The image above is Mark 9 and myself setting up show controls.

Popularity: 35%

Tags: amorphic, Art, chico macmurtrie, machine art, max, max-msp, muffattehalle, munich, performance art, sculpture