[Nettime-nl] Media Playgrounds Amsterdam

[Marieke Istha <istha@nimk.nl>]

Media Playgrounds Amsterdam
11, 12 December 2009
Location: Netherlands Media Art Institute
Keizersgracht 264, Amsterdam

MEDIA PLAYGROUNDS presents artistic and creative ways of dealing with 
broadcast media, from community media practitioners, professional artists to
young creatives. This event is part of ‘Broadcast Media Sculptures’, a 
collaborative project organized by: SALTO Publieke Omroep Amsterdam; 
Freies Radio Wien, Vienna; Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, 
Budapest; Resonance FM, London; Tilos Radio, Budapest; Sofia University 
ST. Kliment Ohridski.

Master Classes Workshops
Friday 11 December
1:30pm - 5:30pm
Media channels, platforms and formats impose strict rules on how you can 
play with them. This afternoon you will be inspired by artists that have 
developed new insight through free media experimentation and activism.

Heiner Holtappels (de/nl)
Introduction Media Playgrounds by NIMk's director

1. Raúl Marroquín (co/nl)
'Electronic media and visual arts 1968 – 2009, from experimental film to 
cross media'
This lecture is Raúl Marroquín's personal journey as a visual artist 
working with electronic media departing from events taking place in 
front of the film camera in the late 60s until today’s parallel 
multicasting via cable, web, mobile and Second Life. Raúl Marroquín’s 
own experience and surrounding events and developments in Amsterdam, the 
Netherlands and other European locations as well as U.S.A. and Canada. 
Raúl Marroquín is one of the pioneers of European video art, co-founder 
of Time Based Arts (nl) and founder of De Hoeksteen Live!

2. David Garcia (uk)
'Faith in Exposure'
This seminar addresses the central narrative of western democracy our 
'faith in exposure'. It is an exploration of the concept of artists as 
commentators and activists intervening in the news events of the day.
'Faith in Exposure' will reference the history of media art in the 
Netherlands and Internationally with particular emphasis on the 
historical impact of video art. This session will look at the concept of 
'tactical media' as a movement in both art and in the 'art of 
campaigning'. And finally we will look at a number of recent projects 
curated by Nanette Hoogslag for major media and news platforms in which 
artists are asked to commentate on news stories, notably 'Oog' 
(Volkskrant) http://extra.volkskrant.nl/oog/client/index.php and 'Visual 
Foreign Correspondent' http://www.visualcorrespondents.com/.
David Garcia is the Dean of Chelsea College of Arts & Design in London 
(uk). He is an artist, writer and organiser. In the early 90s, he coined 
the term 'tactical media' and founded The Next Five Minutes, a series of 
conferences on electronics communications, art and political culture. 
Most recently he co-edited Net Congestion: the International Festival of 
Streaming Media.

3. MauzZ (nl)
MauZ will talk about the 3D web (Second Life a.o.), as the ultimate 
interactive television of the early 21st century.
The lectures will combine Skype connections with international artists 
and interventions from Amsterdam based artists and thinkers. MauzZ is an 
artist, I-J (Information-JOckey), Free-Media-Activist.

Video Screenings
Friday 11 December
8:30pm-10:30
Media Playground invites you for a Friday night session where you can 
explore some remarkable artistic approaches, consequences and 
interpretations of the online moving image and live cinema.

Intro by Peter Krapp (us), 'Of Games and Gestures: machinima and the 
suspensions of animation'

The best of Machinima, compiled by Chantal Harvey
Lets talk machinima! The word MACHINIMA is a combination of 2 words: 
cinema and machine.
Basically, it is making movies in virtual platforms like Second Life, 
World of Warcraft, Moviestorm, Sims, Halflife, Google Earth. 3 
D-filmmaking techniques are applied within computer generated games. 
Machinima works have already been recognized at Cannes and other big 
international festivals.

Truth or Consequences by Francisco Camacho (co)Premiere!

Nanette Hoogslag (nl), Oog's initiator and curator, has made a selection 
from NIMk's and Oog's archive especially for Media Playground.

More to be confirmed**

Registration required for both events, please reserve your ticket by 
mail elena@salto.nl

Entrance:
Master Classes + Screening evening : Free


De Hoeksteen Live! Art TV program special edition for Media Playground
Saturday 12 December
From 11pm - morning
Location: Netherlands Media Art Institute
Keizersgracht 264, Amsterdam

Attendance by invitation only. If you have a special interest to attend 
please send your motivation to elena@salto.nl

A very special live broadcasting experience at NIMk on the night of the 
12th of November! From 11pm to morning we’ll broadcast a number of 
performances, debates, artists' interviews, artists presentations and 
film-screening program.

1. Debate 'Multiple Marriage' by Francisco Camacho + 'Multiple Wedding' 
video
Artist Francisco Camacho seeks ways in which his work can exist within 
official social channels. He intends to gather 40,000 signatures for his 
Group Marriages Petition, submit it to the Dutch Lower House, and gain 
legal status for group marriage in the Netherlands. in the Netherlands. 
Francisco is a fellow research at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst in 
Amsterdam. With the participation of: Jan Patternotte
from D66; Dr. Geert Hekma, professor of gay and lesbian studies at UvA; 
Rimme Rypkema from Groepshuwelijken, a LNBi's representer and More!

2. 3D Live Performance by 'Meta Lord', 'Ze Moo', 'The Avatar Orchestra 
Metaverse' and 'Second Front'
Artist avatars 'Ze Moo' and 'Meta Lord' will perform live together with 
global artist collectives 'The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse' and 'Second 
Front'. Members collaborate from locations all over the planet and are 
using the world's largest user-created virtual world Second Life as a 
platform.

3. Free interventions with performances, debates, artists' interviews, 
presentations and video conferences. Constant Dullaart (nl), Rosa 
Menkman (nl), Marnix de Nijs (nl), Edwin van der Heide (nl) media artist 
awarded by Witteveen+Bos prijs 2009, Raúl Marroquín (co/nl), David 
Garcia (uk), el Cosmonauta (es), Nanette Hoogslag, Toek (nl), Elizabeth 
Losh (us), Carlos Cuéllar (co/us), Simón Vélez (co) architect awarded by 
Prince Claus 2009, Els van der Plas (nl)... More to be confirmed.

Besides these three very special features, Salto will encompass films 
and videos from international and Amsterdam based artists such as DIAL 
H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, the acclaimed hijacking documentary by Johan Grimonprez (be).

Saturday night program will be broadcasted by Salto TV and Second Live. 
See links below.

Broadcasted by Salto A1. Turn on your TV!
Broadcast by SALTO. Turn on your TV!
Cable channel 39+, UPC digital 715

Watch it at online TV: http://www.salto.nl/tv/televisie_A1.asp#

Follow it at Second Life:
instructions on how to join these events interactive online: 
http://MASS.LIVE.NU

All interventions will be uploaded later in our video archive: 
http://mediasculptures.net/

Media Sculptures is organized by Salto Omroep Amsterdam

This project is supported by EACEA, AFK and NIMk

Entrance: Free

Limited seating

Please make reservations: 0624149093 / elena@salto.nl



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