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Event: Now is the Time, Globalisation. How To Resist Through Art

Event: Now is the Time, Globalisation. How To Resist Through Art

On Tuesday November 11 the third lecture in the series ‘Now is the Time’ was held in Amsterdam. The topic is Globalisation and the effect on art itself. Questions addressed are: Do increased mobility and intercultural exchange...
By saskia korsten on 11/16/08 4
(B)Logging: To Anticipate Future Investigations

(B)Logging: To Anticipate Future Investigations

The current blogs have a lot of remarkable things in common with old traditional logs. With the theory of remediation (Bolter & Grusin, 1999) in mind you could easily state that the old medium of the log has remediated...
By saskia korsten on 10/12/08 1
Event: Now is the Time, Media. Digital Elements In Analogue Artworks.

Event: Now is the Time, Media. Digital Elements In Analogue Artworks.

What is the status of the medium in art production and the discourse in art, in this situation referred to by Rosalind Kraus as the ‘postmedium condition’? How can an artist act critically in this complex cultural field now...
By saskia korsten on 10/06/08 Comments Off on Event: Now is the Time, Media. Digital Elements In Analogue Artworks.
‘Hyves’ and ‘LinkedIn’. My Schizo-life

‘Hyves’ and ‘LinkedIn’. My Schizo-life

When people look at my profile on Hyves and LinkedIn they will find only one thing in common: my picture. There is a clear cut line between these two worlds, they are actually existing on two different physical locations...
By saskia korsten on 10/05/08 3
PICNIC 08 – Paint the World Orange

PICNIC 08 – Paint the World Orange

Marcel Wanders (our very famous dutch designer) has been appointed as chairman of a committee that is going to decide which one of us (all creatives) can promote the dutch identity across the border. If you can make it...
By saskia korsten on 09/26/08 3
‘last.fm’, Mainstreaming the Long Tail?

‘last.fm’, Mainstreaming the Long Tail?

On the blog on Last.FM you can access the Mainstream-O-Meter which is interesting if you consider the long tail (Anderson) theory. It becomes a ‘mainstream’ interest to have an obscure music interest to end up high in the ranking....
By saskia korsten on 09/22/08 Comments Off on ‘last.fm’, Mainstreaming the Long Tail?

Book Review: Crossover, Liesbeth Huybrechts (red.)

Crossover, crosses over the boundaries of art and technology within very safe limits. Even though I understand why the tenure of the catalogue is positive on the influence of new media art on society (because of the broad audience and...
By saskia korsten on 09/14/08 Comments Off on Book Review: Crossover, Liesbeth Huybrechts (red.)