[spectre] NetEX - February 2007

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1. Perspectives on 2007
2. In memoriam Alla Girik (Kazakhstan)
3. recent activities
4. reviews
5. recent calls
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1. Perspectives on 2007

What can be expected?
2007 will be in first place a year of he revivals and relaunches.
JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art  - www.javamuseum.org
will launch during 2007 several new show cases while its reconstruction will take some time yet,
so that the complete relaunch can be expected in September 2007.
In January 2007,  JavaMuseum published a new call starting the 2nd phase of JavaMuseum,
entitled "a+b = ba? (art + blog = blogart?)
(See also section calls further ahead and
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25).

Also in January, Cinematheque - the platform for streaming project environments
at the MediaCentre of Le Musee di-visioniste are relaunched - http://cinema.nmartproject.net
Cinematheque published an open call for a new streaming video project in the beginning of January, entitked
"Slowtime 2007? - Quicktime as an artistic medium"
(see also section "calls" further aheadand
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25)

Later in 2007, AgricolaTV http://tv.agricola-de-cologne.de will be relaunched.
Not only documentations of previous events will be featured, but also video news,
comments and reviews on recent events and projects taking place in the framework of "The Network".
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Further VideoChannel  - http://videochannel.org will already soon an open call  for the next edition of
CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival  - http://coff.newmediafest.org
will launch its third edition in October 2007.
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Media/Art/Cologne  - www. mediaartcologne.org will continue organising new physical events for the media art exhibition
://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace.
The first venue in 2007 will be MACRO - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Rosario/Argentina to be inaugurated on 9 February 2007.

Spontaneously planned additional projects are always possible during the year and are announced in time.

It is late, but not too late to wish all friends and visitors
a Healthy and Successful New Year 2007

Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
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2. In Memoriam Alla Girik (Kazakhstan)

As it was known only in January, already in November 2006
Alla Girik, a multi-media artist from Rudnik (Kazakstan)
passed away much too young due to an heart desease.

Alla Girik worked on new forms of representations in film and video,
and digital art in general. She participated with a collaborative
multi-media work ( "Warning: Women) together with Oksana Shatalova
in VideoChannel's "Gender Identity" and
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=31
CologneOFF I "Identity Scapes"
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=57

but also with a digital work in
://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace
http://self.engad.org

We all who collaborated with this talented artistN will miss her.

If you would like to express your condolence, please leave your comment here
http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=31

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3. recent activities

New!!

A) 9-11 February 2007
VideoChannel is presenting selections of
CologneOFF I "Identityscapes" & CologneOFF "Image vs music"
on the elctronic art event CeC & CaC at India International Centre
more info on
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?p=98
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=57
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=64

B) on 9 Februray 2007,
the media art exhibition
://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace
http://self.engad.org - will be opened at
MACRO - Contemporary Art Museum Rosario/Argentina
www.macromuseo.org.ar

C) 13-17 March 2007
Agricola de Cologne's video "House of Tomorrow",
also streaming on
http://movingpictures.agricola-de-cologne.de/volume11/hot/index.html)
will be screened in a French version at
Videoformes - Int. Festival of Video and New Media
www.videoformes.com
(thanks to Carol Ann Braun/Paris  for the translation)

Still running!!
A) until 28 February 2007
Agricola de Cologne's netart piece "]and_scape["
http://www.nmartproject.net/agricola/mpc/volume3/and_scape1.html
is shown at  MAXXI - Museum of Art of 21th century Rome/Italy
http://www.maxximuseo.org/
in the framework of the exhibition "Netspace: Travels to Art on the Net"
curated by Elena Giulia Rossi
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B) until 5 February 2007
://selfportrait - show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace
http://self.engad.org - organised and curated by Agricola de Cologne
at MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Santa Fe/Argentina
including more than 300 artists from 40 countries
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C) still running until 24 February
Agricola de Cologne's video "Message from behind a Wall"
(also streaming on http://movingpictures.agricola-de-cologne.de/volume11/wall.html)
is part of the exhibition "Videoneuland" at the
Gallery "Artneuland", Berlin/Germany - www.artneuland.com

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4. Reviews

Recently reviews and documentations of following events were released

1. ://selfportrait -a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace
http://self.engad.org
---> at MAC - Contemporary Art Museum of Santa Fe/Argentina
6 December 2006 - 5 February 2007
review by Irene Coremberg/Argentina: http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=26

---> at Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Naples/Italy
16 December 2006 - 16 January 2007
review: http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=27

---> at Officyna Art Space Scczecin/Poland
20 October - 15 November 2006
review: http://self.engad.org/blog/?p=21

press and reviews
2..
Netspace at MAXXI - Museum of 21st Century Art Rome
http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=53
see also http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=49

3.
Videoneuland at Artneuland Berlin/Germany
http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=54
see also http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=47

4.
Agricola de Cologne lecture at  MAO - Media Art Office Naples/Italy
http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=52
see also http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=50

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5. recent calls
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a) internal section

Deadline 31 March 2007
---> Cinematheque
Slowtime 2007? - Quicktime as an artistic medium
call for Quicktime videos

Deadline 02 July 2007
---> JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
a+b = ba? (art + blog = blogart?)

All entry details can be found on
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=54

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b) external section

Deadline 28 Februray 2007
--->Paris Underground Film Festival

Deadline: 13 April 2007
--->Onion City Experimental Film Festival
Chicago/USA

Deadline 21 June 2007
--->Instants Video Festival Marseille/France)

Deadline 30 March 2007
--->Art Tech Media 2007 (Spain)

Deadline ongoing until 31 December 2007
--->Web Biennial 2007 (Turkey)

All entry details and more calls can be found on
http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=8&cat=25

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