<br>Digicult last publications:<br><br>Ars Electronica Prix 2013: Golden Nica<br>Nicolas Bernier: between frequencies and dichotomies<br>By Donata Marletta<br><br>Nicolas
Bernier is one of the most interesting and sophisticated artists in the
contemporary scenario. His piece frequencies(a) has been awarded 2 days
ago with the prestigious Golden Nica for the “Digital Musics and Sound
Art” section by the Ars Electronica Festival (<a href="http://www.aec.at/prix/gewinner/" target="_blank">http://www.aec.at/prix/gewinner/</a>).
Nicolas is a sound artist working with digital and mechanical tools.
Dichotomies seem to best describe his artistic production:
digital/organic, tradition/experimentation, cerebral/sensual,
mechanical/electronic. His artistic creations and collaborations range
widely; he’s also member of Perte de Signal, a Montreal-based collective
and media arts research centre (<a href="http://perte-de-signal.org/" target="_blank">http://perte-de-signal.org/</a>),
and PhD candidate in sonic arts at the University of Huddersfield (UK).
The Golden Nica was the occasion to interview Nicolas about his latest
projects and his recent live performance of frequencies(a) during the
Elektra festival in Montreal, directed by the artist and curator Alain
Thibault.<br><br>Read more: <a href="http://www.digicult.it/news/ars-electronica-prize-winners-nicolas-bernier-between-frequencies-and-dichotomies/" target="_blank">http://www.digicult.it/news/ars-electronica-prize-winners-nicolas-bernier-between-frequencies-and-dichotomies/</a><br>
<br>“Drones/Birds: Princes of Ubiquity”. <br>The bird metaphor as a contemporary cultural form<br>By Silvia Bertolotti<br><br>The
Digital Now is an exhibition series exploring international current art
practices in relation to the contemporary media and digital framework.
Drones/Birds: princes of ubiquity, the first chapter of the series, took
place in Brussels one month ago, from April 10 to April 21, 2013. On
this occasion collateral events were also held: an opening concert with
dj set and an artists talk organized in cooperation with ArtistTalk.eu
and Transmedia. Honor Harger, director at Lighthouse, and James Bridle,
artist, publisher and technologist, were invited speakers at the
aforesaid symposium that was moderated by Michel van Dartel (curator at
V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media). The exchange focused on the use
of drone-technology from an artistic and curatorial perspective. The
Drones/Birds exhibition was curated by Bram Crevits.<br><br>Read more: <a href="http://www.digicult.it/news/dronesbirds-princes-of-ubiquity-the-bird-metaphor-as-a-contemporary-cultural-form/" target="_blank">http://www.digicult.it/news/dronesbirds-princes-of-ubiquity-the-bird-metaphor-as-a-contemporary-cultural-form/</a><br>
<br>From the birth of artificial intelligence to the Human Brain Project<br>By Ludovico Ristori<br><br>In
a scenario in which institutions and individuals have to fight in an
increasingly harsh way to grab the (few) research funds, the recent news
of the European Union to include the Human Brain Project in the FET <em></em>
has outraged the “flagship projects” for the next decade. Surprise
struck also for the consequent money allocation: one billion euros in
ten years to create a complete simulation of the human brain through a
network of supercomputers. This project has been seen as an
unrealistically attainable goal, or even an ill-posed problem [ii], but
this and other similar projects do not come from nowhere [iii]. They
have about 50 years of history behind, collected in the discipline known
as Artificial Intelligence (AI).<br><br>Read more: <a href="http://www.digicult.it/news/from-the-birth-of-artificial-intelligence-to-the-human-brain-project/" target="_blank">http://www.digicult.it/news/from-the-birth-of-artificial-intelligence-to-the-human-brain-project/</a><br>
<br>More
interviews are going to come to the Ars Electronica Prix 2013/ Golden
Nica winners: Quayola / Memo Akten with the work "Form" from the
Computer Animation / Film / VFX category and Michel Décosterd / André
Décosterd with the work "Pendulum Choir" from the Interactive Art
category. Stay tuned...<br><br>---<br><br>Digicult Editions last publications:<br><br>Digimag Journal. Issue 74 / Winter 2013 <br>“Uncertainty Reloaded”<br><br>Curated by: Roberta Buiani and Marco Mancuso<br>With
contributions by: Franco Torriani, Ildiko Meny, Daphne Dragona, Marc
Garrett, Maria Androulaki, Alessio Chierico, Henrique Roscoe, Markéta
Dolejšová, Adam Zaretsky, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitri Gelfand, Renate
Quehenberger<br><br>On December 2012, several scholars, artists and
scientists with common interests in the intersection of art, science and
technology gathered in Prague (Mutamorphosis, an event on mutant
futures, Dec 6-8) to discuss a topic that has become increasingly
important during our uncertain times: The event was entitled “Tribute to
Uncertainty”.<br><br>Check the online publication: <a href="http://www.digicult.it/digimag-journal/" target="_blank">http://www.digicult.it/digimag-journal/</a><br><br>Have a look at the preview here: <a href="http://issuu.com/digicultlibrary/docs/digimag74" target="_blank">http://issuu.com/digicultlibrary/docs/digimag74</a><br>
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