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gateways. Art and Networked Culture
Opening reception:
Friday, June 1, 2012, 7 pm

The House of Electronic Arts Basel presents a selection of works from the exhibition gateways. Art and Networked Culture, which was shown at the Kumu Art Museum as part of the European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011 programme, from 13 May to 25 September 2011.

The exhibition presents artists whose work deals with the changing conditions of a networked world – a world increasingly transmitted through media. The artistic works presented use various means to tackle the theme of gateways that lead to realms of action and experience in our digitally interconnected culture, while reflecting on the societal and cultural changes brought about by digital media and a global Internet culture. Through the artists’ use of electronic networks and mobile technologies, the public is encouraged to participate actively and invited to engage with new and unaccustomed experiences in perception.
The exhibition was realized in collaboration with the Goethe Institute. Curated by Sabine Himmelsbach.

Artists
Aram Bartholl (D), boredomresearch (GB), Ingo Günther (D), Hanna Haaslahti (FIN), Andreja Kulunčić (HR), Les Liens Invisibles (IT), Jenny Marketou (US), Achim Mohné und Uta Kopp (D), RIXC (LV), Thomson & Craighead (GB), Timo Toots (EST), You Must Relax (EST)

Catalogue
A bilingual exhibition catalogue (German/English), with essays on European media art from Sabine Himmelsbach, Karin Ohlenschläger, Sirje Helme, Milos Peternák, Inke Arns and Raivo Kelomees, was published at Hatje Cantz 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2796-9.

 

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4th. Moscow Biennale

4th. Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art

“REWRITING WORLDS”
Curator: Peter Weibel

For the Moscow Biennale 2011, the concept of REMOTEWORDS is being expanded into a virtual game: a large-scale, individually accessible satellite picture of the exhibition premises (TSUM) invites each visitor to cover one roof with a message. The statements are forthwith applied to the satellite picture. By means of REMOTEWORDS’ blog, virtual visitors from around the world can contribute statements on issues such as urbanity, navigation, digitality, virtual simulation and city (urban) space.

At predetermined times, remote-controlled drones will fly over the 15 x 8 m walk-around satellite picture. The pilotless aircraft is equipped with a CCTV system that, during its flight, relays live images of the area below onto a projection wall. The live image is practically indistinguishable from a real flyover-video of Moscow.

http://4th.moscowbiennale.ru/en/

 

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Noordkaap / WhiteBOX, Munich

Noordkaap / 1. City Munich
Adiós Holanda-Noordkaap on tour
WhiteBOX (Munich) from June 24th until July 9th, 2011

Noordkaap is taking on Europe! Noordkaap is an artist-run organization from Dordrecht, the Netherlands, that investigates and translates current issues in society into an engaging, activist, visual art program for a broad audience. From 2011-2013 Noordkaap investigates the influence of populist movements in European society.

In seven cities (respectively Munich, Istanbul, Cologne, Budapest, Lisbon, Brussels and Rotterdam) a series of exhibitions will be realized, with artists producing new work on location. The participating artists are encouraged to respond to local phenomena, folk customs and current social developments.

Noordkaap invited REMOTEWORDS to join the Europe tour and to use the roof of the container, that travels from city to city. REMOTEWORDS will connect the container with specific locations in each hosting city during the two year tour.

The message begins with “I’m..” on the roof of the container – momentarily parked in front of the art space “White Cube” in Munich. The sentence will be continued on the roofs of the upcoming locations.

http://www.noordkaap.org

 

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Grenzkunstroute 01

 

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ÜberGriffe

International Land Art Festival in the Belgian-German Border Landscape
Opening: Sunday, 19.6.2011, starting 2 p.m.
KuKuK e.V. – Art and Culture, Aachen
Curator: Benjamin Fleig

REMOTEWORDS has inscribed the word ASYL! on the roof of the former customs house in Aachen-Köpfchen at the German-Belgian border. The exclaimed outcry stands for “safe haven” and reminds us that the law of asylum is not a mere modern line of defense but a basic democratic right.

www.grenzkunstroute.eu

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Hacking the City

Hacking the City –
Interventions in public and communicative spaces

The Book

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The project “Hacking the City” took place on the occasion of the “European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010.” Twenty museums collaborated in a multifaceted common series of exhibitions called “Mapping the Region.” Museum Folkwang contributed with an experimental project which went far away from traditional museum activities. More than thirteen projects in public space, a “Base-Station” in the museum and a homepage (www.hackingthecity.org) were realized.

“Cultural hacking” does not only mean voicing criticism, putting up resistance or even exposing an opponent’s faults—it also signifies innovation.

The reader includes a richly illustrated documentation about all activities and text contributions by artists and theorists, like Boran Burchhardt, Brad Downey, Sabine Fabo, Matthew Fuller, Dagrun Hintze, Anke Hoffmann, Christin Lahr, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Achim Mohné / Uta Kopp, Richard Reynolds, Felix Stalder, Annette Schemmel, Sabine Maria Schmidt, Jörg Steinmann, Michelle Teran, Annette Wehrmann and Georg Winter.

http://hacking-the-city.org/mem-roll/urban-satellites

Catalog download pdf:
REMOTEWORDS Anticipating the Big Observer
Text by Sabine Fabo

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Gateways

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gateways
Art and Networked Cultures

Curator: Sabine Himmelsbach 

The exhibition gateways. Art and Networked Culture introduces a young generation of artists whose work deals with the changing conditions of a networked world – a world increasingly transmitted through media. The artistic works presented here use various means to tackle the theme of gateways that lead to realms of action and experience in our digitally interconnected culture.

The artists invited by the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with the Kumu Art Museum as part of the program for Tallinn, European Capital of Culture 2011, use electronic networks and mobile technologies to encourage active public participation and to transmit new perceptual experiences.

 

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RW.10 updated on GOOGLE

 

GeoEye Satellite Image from Zeche Lohberg on air

Tanja Dückers message “What remains is the future” on the roof of the abandoned coal mine “Zeche Lohberg” in Dinslaken was captured by the GeoEye satellite at an altitude of 684 km (425 mi) on May 25th 2010 and is now updated on Google Earth.

 

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RW.16 KUMU Tallin

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Location: Kunstimuuseum (KUMU), Tallin, Estonia
Author: REMOTEWORDS
Roof size: 720 square meters

REMOTEWORDS will be part of the exhibition project “Gateways” at Kunstimuuseum (KUMU) in Tallinn, Estonia. The museum will be marked as REMOTEWORDS#16 in May 2011. 

 Exhibition: a large-scale, accessible satellite picture of the surrounding exhibition space at KUMU invites any visitor to cover one roof with a message. The statements are directly applied to the satellite picture on the spot. By means of the REMOTEWORDS’ blog, virtual visitors from around the world can contribute statements on issues such as urbanity, navigation, digitality, virtual simulation and city (urban space). Curated by Sabine Himmelsbach

www.ekm.ee/eng/ekm.php

 

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Publication

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FUHRWERKSWAAGE, Cologne/Germany
Pages: 48, Size: 16 cm x 24 cm

Just short of three years after REMOTEWORDS was founded in December 2007, the exhibition in Kunstraum FUHRWERKSWAAGE in Cologne (RW.1) presents the first 16 stations of the project. A publication on the exhibition will appear with air and satellite photos, as well as texts by Sabine Himmelsbach and Hans Ulrich Reck.

Catalog download pdf:
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