[spectre] STUDIO XX FB # 59 : Nina Czegledy :: Spacearts

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STUDIO XX Femmes Branchées # 59
Nina Czegledy presents Spacearts: Science and Fiction.
October 27th, 2005
5:30 - 7:30

And after,
we celebrate the launch of .dpi issue number 4: time/space/architecture
and enjoy the first presentation of the Automatic Gallery: Justyna 
Latek: Product
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In keeping with our programming thematic of Science Fictions and the 
creation of our space times, we have invited internationally renowned 
cultural producer, Nina Czegledy, to guide us on a tour of the Spacearts 
network and beyond.

Informed by her personal work as a curator, media artist and writer, as 
well as a member of the Space Art Network as well as the Advisory 
Committee for Leonardo/Olats Space and the Arts Projects, Czegledy has 
unique access and insights into the projects and the ramifications of 
our cultural fascination with outer space.

"Artists have been at the forefront of space exploration since its very 
beginning. Their works of imagination have stimulated and catalyzed a 
new human endeavor. Works of art and literature about space have both 
anticipated and stimulated space development while exploring 
destinations and technological concepts that were often too dangerous, 
too distant or too advanced for the science and technology of the moment.

Today, a new breed of contemporary artists have initiated projects to 
explore outer space on their own terms by realizing their art beyond 
Earth or with their own bodies in weightlessness."
* Taken from the front page of the spacearts.info site

Projects such as the Mars Patent have taken a uniquely feminist 
perspective in seeking a site for works not welcome on this planet, or 
in need of "geographical redefinition".


links
http://www.spacearts.info/
http://www.olats.org/
http://www.ours.ch/

Leonardo/OLATS - the French branch of Leonardo/Isast (the International 
Society for the Arts, Science and Technology) and the OURS Foundation - 
a non-profit cultural and astronautical organization based in 
Switzerland have embarked on an ambitious project to comprehensively 
document this vast and new genre of space art.


Also this evening we will launch:

Our first edition of the STUDIO XX Automatic Gallery
featuring the work of :

Justyna Latek: PRODUCT ::

In contemporary life, a barrage of images surrounds us, even within our 
own work and production environment here at the studio. In recognition 
of this state, and a desire to be part of its construction, the 
Automatic Gallery was born. Justyna Latek's work PRODUCT: revolution and 
elevation seemed an apt starting point.

Product: Revolution and Elevation
"In this project, I am working on space and movement in commercial 
centers. These film are composed of a multitude of shots taken from the 
elevators and revolving doors of a couple of shopping centers in Montreal.
My aim is to push the aesthetics of commercial spaces and reveal their 
hyper-hypnotic effect: humans devoured by the rhythm of consumer 
products. The commercial space's visual feasts masquerade as a new and 
unique adventure for the agitated body of the consumer. His/her endless 
and frantic pursuit of instant gratification prevents contentment and 
serenity.
Swept along by the concurrently fluid and jerky movement of the elevator 
and the revolving door, the spectator will experience a disconnection 
from time."

 From this suite of works, Justyna will cull a section to act as 
screensaver for our computers and displays - problematizing the screens, 
reminding us of the relation between capitol and computation, furthering 
our drive to work in open source software, or hypnotizing us further?


And to complete the evening!

DPI : Studio XX Electronic Review ::
Thematic this issue : Architecture


Feature articles include

+ The Future of Space. Towards an Architecture of Invention by Elisabeth 
Grosz
STUDIO XX would like to acknowledge the generosity and support shown by 
Elizabeth Grosz in allowing us to reprint this article. The piece 
originally appeared in Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual 
and Real Space, ed. Elizabeth Grosz with a foreword by Peter Eisenman. 
MIT Press, 2001. We would also like to recognize MIT Press for its work 
in bringing such germinal texts to light.

+ Les Ondes Martenot of Suzanne Binet-Audet

+ habitgram a project by beewoo + video documentation

+ The "archisculptures" of Richard Greaves by Katherine Lapierre

+ Nathalie Charbonneau, Ivanka Iordanova and Nada El-Khoury : 3 doctoral 
candidates at the heart of GRCAO (research and development group for 
computer assisted architecture) at the University of Montréal present 
their current projects accompanied by short texts.

AND MORE...
http://dpi.studioxx.org/


The presentations will be in both French and English.
All are welcome.
3$ :: free for members
Please pass on this invitation! Hope to see you there!

STUDIO XX
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Just south of Sherbrooke off St. Denis
bus 24 (Sherbrooke) or 125 (Ontario).
(514) 845-7934 / http://www.studioxx.org
Information: info at studioxx.org


BIOS:

Nina Czegledy is an independent media artist, curator and writer, who 
has collaborated on international projects, produced digital works, and 
lead and participated in workshops, forums and festivals. 
Electromagnetic Bodies, Digitized Bodies Virtual Spectacles, and the 
Aurora projects reflect her interests in art, science, and technology 
and focus on the changing perception of the human body. Czegledy has 
curated over 20 digital art/video programs presented in more than 35 
countries and initiated Points of Entry, the first Canada/Australia/New 
Zealand digital arts collaboration. Her academic lectures lead to 
numerous publications in books and journals in Europe, North and South 
America and Asia. Czegledy's interest in wearable technologies is 
reflected by her research and lectures in Europe and Canada, 
publications concerning garment-based interfaces and wearable tools, and 
participation in the wearable events including moderating the Conjuring 
Bodies panel at ISEA2004. Czegledy is the president of Critical Media, a 
Canadian based knowledge institute, curator of the Canada Digital 
Culture map, and an active member of the Leonardo SpaceArt Network. Nina 
Czegledy is the current chair of the Inter Society for the Electronic 
Arts (ISEA)

Justyna Latek is a multidisciplinary artist with degrees in Art History, 
Visual Arts and Design. She is currently working on a graduate degree in 
Computer Science at Concordia University. She works in photography, 
video and interactive video. Her favorite part of the creative process 
is to cut things up and reassemble them. She has obtained grants from 
CALQ (Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec) and CIAM (Centre 
Inter-universitaire en Arts Médiatiques), and her work is being 
co-produced by Videographe and Daïmon. She has shown her work in the 
Canada, the US, France and Spain.

Elizabeth Grosz teaches Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers 
University. She is the author most recently of The Nick of Time, 
Evolution, Politics and the Untimely (Duke University Press, 2004) and 
Time Travels. Feminism, Power, Nature (Duke University Press, 2005).

More bio info will be available at http://dpi.studioxx.org/ on our 
publication date October 27th!


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Founded in 1996, Studio XX is Montreal’s foremost women’s digital 
resource centre. Through a variety of creative activities and 
initiatives, the Studio works with women to demystify digital 
technologies, to critically examine their social aspects, to facilitate 
women’s access to technology, and to create and exhibit women’s new 
digital art.

Studio XX thanks its members and partners for their continued generous 
support : the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canadian 
Arts Council, the Conseil des arts de Montréal.