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<b>Upcoming exhibition:</b><br>
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WHITE, YELLOW, BLUE, AND BLACK, ONE COINCIDENCE, AND ONE OBJECT.<br>
Galerija Galzenica, Velika Gorica/Croatia, 15 September - 19 October 2010<br>
<a href="http://cont3xt.net/blog/?p=3429" target="_blank">http://cont3xt.net/blog/?p=3429</a><br>
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<b>Accompanying interview:</b><br>
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MONOCHROMACITY AS A REFLECTION OF COMPUTING PROCESSES IN INTERNET-BASED ART<br>
In conversation with the art historian Thomas Dreher<br>
<a href="http://cont3xt.net/blog/?p=3424" target="_blank">http://cont3xt.net/blog/?p=3424</a><br>
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A reduction of structure, material, and
space; if colour articulates itself, independently of interpretation or
context - does that make it autonomous? Monochromacity has been
considered the most essential form of abstraction, having provided a
source of inspiration for non-figurative and non-representational
tendencies in contemporary art, these ideas need to be taken still
further in the age of digital images. The notion of a "pure" medium
proposed by twentieth-century modernism with its ideals of autonomy is
increasingly being pushed aside by mixed media approaches.<br>
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How does the media quality of a digital image determine its
appearance? If the Internet is used as a tool for communicating artistic
expression, how does that relate to the history of art? Which ways of
reading the Internet have users developed? These questions point to the
fact that reflecting on this condition is not an end in itself, but at
best an intrinsic and obvious undertaking. The exhibition WHITE, YELLOW,
BLUE, AND BLACK, ONE COINCIDENCE, AND ONE OBJECT. presents eight
international positions in Internet-based art that embrace
monochromacity as a formal principle without clinging to the ideological
aims of earlier artistic avant-gardes.<br>
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<b>Artworks/artists:</b><br>
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The White Website (2002), by UBERMORGEN .COM<br>
<a href="http://www.ubermorgen.com/THE_WHITE_WEBSITE" target="_blank">http://www.ubermorgen.com/THE_WHITE_WEBSITE</a><br>
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webzen (2009), by Michael Kargl - aka carlos katastrofsky<br>
<a href="http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/webzen" target="_blank">http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/webzen</a><br>
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Let’s Turn This Fucking Website Yellow .com (2007-2008), by Charles Broskoski<br>
<a href="http://letsturnthisfuckingwebsiteyellow.com/" target="_blank">http://letsturnthisfuckingwebsiteyellow.com</a><br>
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International Klein Blue (Google Monochromes) (2008), by Ryan Barone<br>
<a href="http://www.ryanbarone.com/international-klein-blue-google-monochromes.html" target="_blank">http://www.ryanbarone.com/international-klein-blue-google-monochromes.html</a><br>
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Blue Monochrome .com (2008), by Jan Robert Leegte<br>
<a href="http://bluemonochrome.com/" target="_blank">http://bluemonochrome.com</a><br>
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The Black Website (2002), by UBERMORGEN .COM<br>
<a href="http://www.ubermorgen.com/THE_BLACK_WEBSITE" target="_blank">http://www.ubermorgen.com/THE_BLACK_WEBSITE</a><br>
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IP Monochrome (2006), by Reynald Drouhin<br>
<a href="http://www.incident.net/works/ipm" target="_blank">http://www.incident.net/works/ipm</a><br>
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all you can see (2008), by Michael Kargl - aka carlos katastrofsky<br>
<a href="http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/opusmagnum" target="_blank">http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/opusmagnum</a><br>
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<br>curated by Birgit Rinagl, Franz Thalmair<br>
exhibition display by Michael Kargl<br><br>
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