[spectre] Webcast - Rtmark, Paul D. Miller, Soda

[Joasia]

HYBRID DISCOURSE. =20
Art for Commerce / Commerce for Art

PAUL D.MILLER / =AE=81ark / SODA
Chair: Mike Phillips, i-DAT

18th March 02 / WEBCAST 6 - 8.30pm British Time

www.i-dat.org/projects/hybrid

Hybrid-Discourse is a series of events investigating current cultural
debates in the context of digital media. Focusing on key issues such as
relations between art and industry, emerging
cultural, commercial and hybrid practices as well as new models of
institutional practices this program seeks to re-address critical terms of
Adorno and Horkheimer's original concept of the culture industry in a
current context.

The third session in the series, Art for Commerce/Commerce for Art,
investigates relationship between cultural and commercial practices and
hosts Paul D. Miller, =AE=81ark and SODA.

=AE=81ark, an anti-corporate corporation, operates globally and supports
activist projects by providing publicity, information, and finances
(www.rtmark.com).=20
In this session =AE=81ark will discuss Tactical Embarassment and other methods
for using public opinion as a weapon against corporate abuse of power.

SODA combines an arts and research practice with a broad range of commercia=
l
activities. This eclectic mix is united by the creative culture of
excellence and innovation that has permeated Soda since its inception in
1996. Soda has worked within both a commercial and cultural context,
developing a range of projects for clients, curators and internal / externa=
l
outcomes.
Referring to Gregor Schneider=B9s phrase =8Cthe highest form of thinking is
doing=B9, this presentation will examine the relationship of Soda's work and
outcomes to a broader cultural context which is shaping the cultural
industry (www.soda.co.uk).

PAUL D.MILLER'S work as an artist has appeared in a wide variety of context=
s
such as the Whitney Biennial, The Venice Biennial for Architecture and the
Ludwig Museum among others. Miller is most well known under the moniker of
his =8Cconstructed persona=B9 as =8CDj Spooky that Subliminal Kid=B9, a character
from his upcoming novel Flow My Blood the Dj Said, that uses a wide variety
of digitally created music as a form of post-modern sculpture
(www.djspooky.com).
Sound Unbound will be a "live" multi-media presentation of the history of
digital art and media from the viewpoint of an artist who uses =8Cfound
objects=B9 like a dj - i.e. it's a subjective selection where old video
material will be remixed and combined with new. History itself will be the
material for the mix, and the lecture presentation will focus on how dj
culture has evolved out of the same technologies that are used for digital
media and art.


Place: Sherwell Centre / University of Plymouth / Plymouth / UK
Info and to join ON-LINE DISCUSSION: www.i-dat.org/projects/hybrid

Hybrid Discourse is organised by Anya Lewin and Joasia Krysa with support
from the Institute of Digital Art and Technology (i-DAT), Dartington Colleg=
e
of Arts, World of Work, Mute, and the European Social Fund.