[spectre] PLAYMOBIEL (amsterdam mobile phone exhibit)

[Geert Lovink]

> From: nathalie faber <NAF at chello.nl>
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> PLAYMOBIEL
>  eenmobieletelefoontentoonstelling
> 10 juni - 8 juli 2006
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> Curator: Nathalie Faber (Cut-n-Paste)
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> Arti et Amicitiae, Rokin 112, Amsterdam
> 10th June till 8th July 2006
> Openings hours : Tuesday till Sunday between 13.00 - 18.00.
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>  Mobile art, shotcodes, titillating shorts, games, GPS drawings,  
> teletap, ring tone composers, unique wallpapers. PLAYMOBIEL is an  
> exhibition presenting artists who use mobile technology in their work.  
> They are stretching the use of the innovative wireless and mobile  
> communication technologies and are playfully inspired by the telephone  
> interface.
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>  Participating artists are: Blast Theory, Arno Coenen, Cut-n-Paste,  
> Gerald van der Kaap, Aryan Kaganof, Bert Kommerij, A.P. Komen / Karen  
> Murphy, Leonard van Munster, Kate Pemberton, PIPS:lab, Esther Polak,  
> Scanner. Scanner uses tapped telephone conversations as material to  
> compose music with; Blast Theory is developing mixed reality games;  
> Arno Coenen designed a floor mosaic based on the interface of a Nokia  
> telephone; Gerald van der Kaap hands out a mobile phone plus free  
> minutes to a girl from Amsterdam to film and photograph herself;  
> Leonard van Munster made a few hardware projects using the cell phone  
> as a remote control device; 'Locative Media' artist Esther Polak uses  
> Global Positioning System (GPS) to visualise the tracks of people  
> resulting in a drawing; PIPS:lab developed software for mobile phones  
> to scan personal photo's and transform it into beats; Aryan Kaganof  
> shot the first feature film on a eight mobile phone cameras; Kate  
> Pemberton designs logo's and designs as wallpapers for the cell phone  
> as well as cross stitching patterns; and so on...
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> Both the personalisation of media as the way people communicate within  
> the mobile networked society are central themes within PLAYMOBIEL. How  
> are relationships between people influenced upon? Are they  
> strengthened or frustrated due to the new methods of communication.
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> Apart from the show in Arti, there will also be a parallel exhibition  
> for the interested scattered over the globe, accessible by mobile  
> phone. By sending a text message PLAYMOB ON to 3553, you will be sent  
> an audiovisual work of art to your mobile phone every day of the  
> exhibition. Small, short (one minute maximum) and focussing on the  
> intimacy of your personal telephone. A totally new way of subscribing  
> freely is by using the 'shotcode' of PLAYMOBIEL. A shotcode is 2D  
> barcode containing an encoded link to a website. By taking a picture  
> using the camera on your mobile phone, you are granted direct access  
> to the website.
> For the website and mobile site go to: playmobiel.net
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> Exhibition architect: Wiebe Boonstra (Brandnewbrand)
>  Graphical Design: made by martin
>  Technical support: Gerbrand Oudenaarden, Martin Takken
>  Production: Claartje Kortbeek
> PLAYMOBIEL has been made possible by: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst,  
> Mondriaan Stichting, VSB fonds, Thuiskopie fonds, Stimuleringsfonds  
> Nederlandse Culturele Omroepprodukties, RVU educatieve omroep, Lloyd  
> Hotel & Culturele ambassade, Blue Melon, Gamo bv, Twodotone, Hanazuki,  
> Teletools, Orange.
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> For further information you can contact Nathalie Faber:  
> nathalie at cut-n-Paste.nl. As an alternative 'catalogue' of the show she  
> will maintain a web log for PLAYMOBIEL, the so called playmoblog:  
> www.playmobiel.net
> For information on Arti, contact: Gabriëlle Mertz, exhibition  
> coordinator, telephone: (020) 623 35 08 www.arti.nl
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