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http://www.thing.net/~dooley "Technophobia" "Enerergetic and refreshingly rough edged, Technophobia is an exhibit of a dozen or so mostly interactive computer mediated contemporary artworks. Light yers away from the hermetic superrealism and fractual abstractions of the Siggraph trade show variety, the work on this disk - from the disorienting subterranean space of Alan Koninger's "Megalopolis" to the mega-corporate magic realism of Guillaume Wolf and Genevieve Gauckler's "RGBforce" - displays a raw, confrontational energy ... Drawing on underground film, performance and pop culture, this work is spontaneous and disruptive in a way that feels low tech even at it's most synthetic..." (Frank Lanz ID magazine, Nov 96) (TECHNOPHOBIA plays on Mac and PC computers.) "Technophobia" is a collection of original multimedia art made as an interactive exhibition. In addition to the original multimedia artwork on the CD it's also possible to access a studio visit with each artist. The artists on the CD are: Judith Ahern, Bill Albertini, Huma Bhabha, Joseph Ferrari, Alan Koninger, Tim Maul, Christian Perez, Troy Innocent, Guillaume Wolf and Genevieve Glaucker and Jody Zellen and Dooley Le Cappellaine. The CD also features music by David Barnes and Charles Cohen, Moniek Darge, Joshua Fried, The Happy Jacks, Fugitive Pope, Phil Niblock, Mike Hovanscek with Pointless Orchestra and John Hajeski with Post Prandials. There are preveiws of the musician's works also on the Website. "Technophobia" Has been selected for exhibition at The International Film Festival, Rotterdam, 1997 The International Festival of Electronic Art, Riga, Latvia,1997 International Short Film Festival,Oberhausen, Oberhausen Germany, 1997. Spring 97 Electronic Arts Performance Series, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.1997 ISEA'95, Montreal, Canada,1995. If you would like to order the CD: * $25 US, Check or Money order payable at a US bank made out to: Dooley Le Cappellaine. $5 USA s&h $10 international shipping and handling. PRINCE STREET STATION, PO BOX 528, NY NY 10012-9998 ************************************************************************* You can also buy it directly at: The International Center of Contemporary Art , London, UK . 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH t:44 171 930 0493 f:44 171 873 0051 video@icarts.demon.co.uk http://www.illumin.co.uk/ica/ In New York: Tower Video - 383 Lafayette Street NY NY 10012, PH (212) 500 5166, Kim's Video- 85 Avenue A, NY NY10003, PH (212) 529 3410 and Printed Matter - 77 Wooster Street NY NY 10013, PH (212) 925 0325. *************************************** The vision behind the project: I think that this new technology offers the most exciting perhaps the only exciting thing happening in contemporary art today. On this CD I worked with other artists who ranged the whole gamut ; from those with no computer experience at all to those who had training in specialised tertiary institutions. I was interested in this technology as a way to move away from an engagement with self referential art practice with it's repetitive and increasingly claustrophobic rationale; as a sort of third base after conceptual and neo-conceptual art making; as something other than arrangements of form according to taste. I'm using the technology to transcend the limitations of physics, finance and time inherent in other exhibition methods. (*The exhibitions exist on CD Rom and the Web.*) One of the most exciting things about working with this technology is that art becomes more experiential and less a kind of expensive home decorating. I've felt for a long time that art has to go outside itself , that deconstruction has worked itself out as a modus operandi, For me working with digital technology provides the freedom to create something almost indefinable but which reflects the obsessions of my generation; cinema, popular culture, cutting edge art and electronic culture. *********************************** Date: 10.29.96 http://www.rhizome.com From: Ellen Tepfer (EllenKT@aol.com) " Technophobia, a new CD-ROM, manages to cover a real variety of computer-based art by an international artists--from lush "VR" graphics to ironic pop culture commentaries, from posing conceptual or intellectual problems to exploring machine-body interactions. The most successful of these were those which took into account the specific qualities of the medium which consists of a mildly interactive exchange between a single viewer and a personal computer. In addition to the projects themselves, there is a space for each artist to present their views on the implications of digital media in their work..." *********************************** "Choosing "Technophobia" as the Title for a CD Rom featuring interactive multimedia works at first appears to be paradoxical - counting on our attraction to new technologies and at the same time highlighting our anxieties about them. But this ambivalence towards new technologies perfectly captures the undelying theme of this CD-ROM..." (Intelligent Agent, http/www.intelligent-agent.com Christiane Paul. November 1996.) *********************************** I'm currently researching for the second CD and would like to hear from you if you have any ideas you would like to realise in this format. The size of the work doesn't matter; I'm looking for surprising thought provoking work. To present work for future exhibition send materials with a self addressed, stamped envelope to: Dooley Le Cappellaine, Prince Street Station, PO Box 528, New York, New York, 10012-9998. (please see specifications below) PHONE AND FAX (212) 966 3046 E MAIL dooley@thing.net http://www.thingnet/~dooley SPECIFICATIONS : The authoring tool is Director for Macintosh and the preferable format is a Director Movie on CD Rom, Syquest Cartridge or high density 1.44 mb diskettes. At this stage there is no restriction on gigabytes per artist submission. All graphics sound text and movies should be presented in a Macintosh compatible format such as; Word, Pict, MacPaint, Sound, Director Movie or Quicktime Movie. I am particularly interested in how artist's will use the interactive possibilities of the medium. *No slides please. Sound or music: CD or tape , Still images: CD Rom, floppy disc or Syquest cartridge compatable with a 200 mg drive, Video: NTSC or Hi8. (Allow four - six weeks for the reveiw of materials.) Label all items with your name, phone, address and e-mail and include a SASE for the return of your work. PRINCE STREET STATION, PO BOX 528, NY NY 10012-9998, E-MAIL dooley@thing.net http://www.thing.net/dooley Phone and Fax (212) 966-3046