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| <nettime-ann> [event] [Germany] The Wonderful World of irational.org, HMKV Dortmund, Aug 30 |
. --- Please scroll down for German version --- THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF IRATIONAL.ORG Tools, Techniques and Events 1996-2006 Daniel G. Andujar (Valencia/E), Rachel Baker (London/GB), Kayle Brandon (Bristol/GB), Heath Bunting (Bristol/GB), Minerva Cuevas (Mexico City/MEX), Marcus Valentine (Bristol/GB) Hartware MedienKunstVerein at PHOENIX Halle Dortmund/Germany August 30 - October 29, 2006 Opening: Sunday, August 27, 2006, 16:00 Have you ever taken part in International Tree=20 Climbing Day? Did you know that there is a=20 genetically modified "superweed" resistant to=20 current herbicides such as Roundup? How would you=20 react to the statement "Remember, language is not=20 free?" Have you ever heard of "Public Sculpture=20 Climbing" or the "Tour de Fence"? All of these=20 are projects that have taken form around the=20 server irational.org in recent years. On August 27, 2006, the Hartware=20 MedienKunstVerein in the PHOENIX Halle Dortmund=20 is opening a unique exhibition project called=20 "The Wonderful World of irational.org.=20 Techniques, Tools, and Events 1996 - 2006". The=20 show will run from August 30 to October 29, 2006. Irational is a loose grouping of six=20 international net and media artists who came=20 together around the server irational.org, founded=20 by the British net artist Heath Bunting in 1996,=20 going on to make decisive contribution to early=20 net art from the mid-1990s onward. They include=20 Daniel Garcia And=FAjar / Technologies to the=20 People (E), Rachel Baker (GB), Kayle Brandon=20 (GB), Heath Bunting (GB), Minerva Cuevas / Mejor=20 Vida Corporation (MEX) and Marcus Valentine (GB). With dry humor and minimal aesthetics, irational=20 commented the Internet hype of the mid-to-late=20 1990s, competing with the=20 commercialization-euphoria of the new market by=20 developing its own pseudo-ventures. Net art was=20 immediate during this period, neither needing nor=20 enjoying the safety of a mediating space or=20 instance. This is why irational often hit upon=20 humorless trademark attorneys, who wanted to keep=20 irational from using brand names such as 7-11,=20 American Express, Sainsbury's and Tesco. These=20 encounters, which the exhibition documents=20 extensively, were little more than a prelude to=20 more recent developments in the field of=20 copyright, intellectual property, and brand=20 protection. Heath Bunting was the first net=20 artist to retire in 1997, putting an end to his=20 exclusive work on the net and turning back to=20 more intensive work in public space, which the=20 Internet has become such an important part of=20 today. If the activities of irational during its=20 "net phase" were dedicated to calling virtual=20 boundaries into question, its members now=20 experiment with interrogating and overcoming=20 economic, political, and social boundaries in=20 real space, producing a great deal of comic=20 relief, among other things. Never before have so many complex and relevant=20 artworks from around irational.org been shown in=20 such a comprehensive exhibition. The goal of the=20 exhibition is to use the media of a large-scale=20 showing, workshops, and a comprehensive=20 documentation to make these artistic-activist=20 pieces more accessible to a general public. The Hartware MedienKunstVerein, which - like=20 irational - is celebrating its tenth anniversary=20 this year, has received significant funding for=20 this project through the Federal Cultural=20 =46oundation of Germany (Kulturstiftung des Bundes). Inke Arns, Jacob Lillemose * * * A comprehensive accompanying program can be found at www.hmkv.de a.o. irational Action Weekend September 15-17, 2006 * * * The Wonderful World of irational.org Tools, techniques and events 1996-2006 Daniel G. Andujar (Valencia/E), Rachel Baker (London/GB), Kayle Brandon (Bristol/GB), Heath Bunting (Bristol/GB), Minerva Cuevas (Mexico City/MEX), Marcus Valentine (Bristol/GB) u.a. A project by Hartware MedienKunstVereins In the framework of medien_kunst_netz dortmund at PHOENIX Halle Dortmund/Germany August 30 - Octobe _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann