[spectre] Fwd: DARKO FRITZ @ BALTIC

[Sarah Cook]

join us at BALTIC this weekend....

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> DARKO FRITZ
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> The End of the Message [archives live!]
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> Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March 2005 FREE
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> Level 1, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
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> Artist presentation: Saturday 26 March, 4pm FREE
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> BALTIC new media artist in residence Darko Fritz will be presenting 
> his work in a two day exhibition over Easter weekend.
>
> The End of the Message (1995 – 2000) is a project by Darko Fritz which 
> investigates the behaviour and movements of people when faced with old 
> and new media in both culturally significant spaces and public spaces. 
> This work demonstrates the artist’s committed consideration of the 
> practice of surveillance, and his artistic approach to the task of 
> archiving media. 
>
> As critic Inka Schube has written: “Darko Fritz's works are shaped 
> from the difference between the slowness of the body and the 
> technological acceleration of time. They are mimetic investigations of 
> semiotic systems and communication structures which influence 
> culture.”
>
> On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 The End of the Message [archives live!], 
> a three-part video installation, 60 minutes in duration, will be shown 
> repeatedly throughout the day.
>
> On Saturday 26 March at 4pm, Darko Fritz will speak about and present 
> other of his video projects.
>
> Both events are free and take place in BALTIC’s Level 1 performance 
> space.
>
> Following the conclusion of Darko Fritz’s residency a DVD edition of 
> the work will be available for purchase from the BALTIC Shop.
>
> Darko Fritz was born in 1966 in Croatia, and currently lives and works 
> in Amsterdam and Zagreb. He is a media artist, curator and graphic 
> designer who studied architecture at the University of Zagreb (1986 - 
> 1989) and media art at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in 
> Amsterdam (1990 - 1992).
>
> Fritz’ artworks seek to fill the gap between contemporary art practice 
> and media art culture. He has worked with video since 1988 and created 
> his first computer-generated environment in 1988. He often presents 
> his works in different contexts and environments, including galleries, 
> museums, on the Internet, via broadcast media (TV, Radio) and in 
> architectural, public spaces.
>
> Fritz was a founding member of the artist collectives Cathedral 
> (1988), The Imitation of Life Studio (1987 - 1990), Young Croatian 
> Electronic Films (1991) and The Future State of Balkania (1998). He 
> participates within the networks of new media culture [Syndicate, 
> Spectre, Mama, CultureNet]. His works are in the collections of 
> Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), 
> Skopje City Museum, the World Bank (Washington), the Museum of Applied 
>  Art (Zagreb), and the National Library (Zagreb).
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> More information about his work can be found at http://darkofritz.net
>
> Darko Fritz’s residency has been organised by BALTIC’s associate 
> curator for new media, Sarah Cook, in collaboration with the 
> University of Sunderland.
>
> BALTIC is a major international centre for contemporary art situated 
> on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, England. BALTIC 
> presents a constantly changing, dynamic and ambitious programme of 
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