[spectre] InLiquid.com presents "Alphaville Under Construction"

[emily]

(Philadelphia, September 2005)  This fall the nonprofit artist organization,
InLiquid.com, is pleased to present “Alphaville Under Construction,” an
online exhibition of web-based projects curated by Emily Zimmerman. The
exhibition, which will launch on September 2, 2005 includes projects by Peter
Horvath; Ken Goldberg; Beat Brogle & Phillipe Zimmermann; Stewart Smith;
Jussi Ängeslevä, Carson Reynolds, & Sile O'Modhrain; Margot Jacobs, Laura
Polazzi, & Kristina Andersen. “Alphaville Under Construction” coincides with
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2005, and supports InLiquid's continued
interest in presenting new media projects. 

A reaction to the notion that technology-based artworks lack the ability to
evoke emotion in the viewer, “Alphaville Under Construction” offers an
alternative to the idea that digital culture is antagonistic to affect. The
exhibition takes its name from “Alphaville: Une Etrange Aventure de Lemmy
Caution,” Godard's film of 1965 in which he imagines a futuristic society
ruled by logic, where all words relating to emotion have been removed from
the lexicon and all sense of personal and communal memory has been lost. 

Often, the products of contemporary digital culture (web sites, e-mail, peer
to peer networks) are driven by the economics of speed and efficiency leading
to an experience that is cold and standardized. The lack of engaging
emotional content in contemporary digital culture does not reflect a
limitation of the medium, but instead stems from cultural notions about the
nature and purpose of technology. Originating from the idea that our
encounters with technology have the potential to create interesting and
different arenas for affective experience, the projects presented in
“Alphaville Under Construction” strive to open up the emotive possibilities
of online tools. 

“Alphaville Under Construction” debuts on September 2, 2005 at
www.inliquid.com. 

InLiquid.com is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) web-based membership organization
dedicated to providing opportunities and exposure for visual artists and
designers, serving as a free public hub for arts information and resources,
and making the visual arts more accessible to a broader audience. More than
just an online presence, InLiquid also nurtures our creative community
through a continuing series of “non-virtual” art exhibitions and events.