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<div>We are please to present:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+2"><b>The Visual
Collider</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Nina Czegledy and Marcus
Neustetter</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Central and East European
destinations: </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"><b>Budapest,
Hungary </b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">1 September
6:30pm </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">2B Gallery, 1092 Raday U.
47</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Opening speech by Janos
Sugar</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Exhibition closing 9
September</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"><b>Bratislava, Slovak
Republic</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">6 September 6:30pm</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Enter Gallery, Panska
13, 81101 </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Exhibition closing 22
September</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"><b>Vienna, Austria</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">9 September 7pm</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Machfeld Studio, Max Winter Platz
21, 1020</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">One night intervention</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"><b>Istanbul, Turkey</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">14 September 2pm-4pm</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Karakoy Communication Center
Terrace, 2 Bankalar Caddesi, 34420</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">As par of the Imaginary Futures
Special Event</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Following its first cycle of
exhibitions in Vela Luka (Croatia), New York (USA), Banff (Canada) and
Dalcrombie (Scotland), The Visual Collider continues its journey
starting in Budapest and reappearing in Bratislava, Vienna and
Istanbul in the second half of 2011.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">In May 1, 2011, the Large Hadron
Collider in France - according to a press release - had uncovered
the much sought-after subatomic particle. The God particle is the pet
name for the Higgs boson. Leading up to this event, on November 29,
2009, billions of subatomic particles were smashed together in
nano-seconds inside the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's
most powerful particle accelerator, designed to mimic the first
moments of the Big Bang, "bringing new understanding of the
primordial universe". Thousands of scientists worked for decades to
achieve this scientific spectacle, "challenging those who seek
confirmation of established knowledge, and those who dare to
dream beyond the paradigm." Inspired and intrigued by the Large
Hadron Collider mega project, Nina Czegledy and Marcus Neustetter set
out to create a visual collider for the images and impressions they
produce individually.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">At the actual Collider every
function including research, development and production, is based on
principles and systems. In contrast our method is spontaneous,
immediate and intentionally unsystematic. Nevertheless there are
significant junctures. LHC is an immense scientific mission -
paralleling our deep interest in the intersection of arts,
science and technology. While in the sciences it is prudent to build
on fundamental facts with analytical precision, in reality these
investigations are often permeated with the exploration of the
unknown, reaching unexpected revelations. "In our practice working
with the bizarre, traveling towards unpredictable destinations is
a regular pursuit. In science a negative experimental result might
become as valid as an expected outcome." These unexpected results
including happy accidents often lead to significant alternate
solutions or theories. The adjacent images presented in this
exhibition reveal unconventional interpretations</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">frequently through unforeseen
collisions.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">By employing a personal approach to
the Visual Collider we challenge mega-projects such as the actual LHC,
asking atypical questions concerning the experimental smashing
together of information whether in the form of photographic light or
protons.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"><b>Nina Czegledy</b>, artist,
curator, academic, works internationally on collaborative art&
science& technology projects. The ever changing perception of the
human body and its environment and paradigm shifts in contemporary art
is the focus of most of her projects. She has exhibited widely,
won awards for her artwork and has lead and participated in workshops,
forums and festivals worldwide. Czegledy curated and presented
numerous international touring projects and published
extensively<i>.</i> The<i> Visual Collider</i> touring project is
developed and presented in collaboration with Marcus Neustetter.
Latest projects include:<i> Areosphere/Atmosphere</i> (with Janine
Randerson) @ New Plymouth Observatory, New Zealand (2011),<i>
Aura,Aurora</i> in collaboration with Bettine Schuelke, Marton Andras
Juhasz and Laszlo Kiss @<i> artMuse Festival</i> 2011, Bocholt,
Germany, and @ the Plein Air festival, 2B Gallery, Budapest,
(2010).<i> The Pleasure of Light</i> co-curated with Rona Kopeczky, @
the Ludwig Museum, Budapest (2010) and the National Museum of
Gdanks, Poland (2011),</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">McLuhan in Europe (2011).
Czegledy is a Senior Fellow, KMDI, University of Toronto, Associate
Adjunct Professor Concordia University, Montreal, Senior Fellow,
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, member of the Leonardo/ISAST
Governing Board, member of Observatoire Leonardo des Arts des
Techno-Sciences OLATS, and contributing editor to LEA.</font> <a
href="http://www.ninaczegledy.net"><font face="Arial"
size="+1">www.ninaczegledy.net</font></a></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1">Johannesburg based artist, cultural
activist and producer<b>, Marcus Neustetter</b>, reflects critically
and playfully on his context through his art and collaborative
projects. His strategy has been to pro-actively create, play and
experiment to build opportunities and experiences that investigate,
reflect and provoke. Mostly process driven, his production of art at
the intersection of art, science and technology has led him to work in
a multi-disciplinary approach from conventional drawings to permanent
and temporary site specific installations, mobile and virtual
interventions and socially engaged projects internationally. In the
past 15 years Marcus Neustetter has been consistently producing and
exhibiting art</font> <a href="http://www.marcusneustetter.com"><font
face="Arial" size="+1">www.marcusneustetter.com</font></a><font
face="Arial" size="+1"> and, in partnership with Stephen Hobbs, has
been active with his art production lab The Trinity Session and in
their collaborative capacity as Hobbs/Neustetter</font> <a
href="http://www.onair.co.za"><font face="Arial"
size="+1">www.onair.co.za</font></a><font face="Arial" size="+1">. In
current projects Neustetter is developing structures of observation
and interventions in Sutherland, the Cradle of Humankind and the Inner
City of Johannesburg, is featured on group shows at the UNISA Gallery,
Standard Bank Gallery and Circa Gallery, exhibiting at the Joburg Art
Fair, touring The Visual Collider with Nina Czegledy, presenting works
in dialogue with Walter Stach in Vienna, and embarking on an
intervention as Hobbs/Neustetter in Mali in October.</font><br>
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