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Automatic Update Essay

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In regards to the upcoming "Automatic Update" exhibition at the MoMA NY, there seems to be a great deal of question about a number of issues. These are; the re-writing of history,the relevance of net-based art, the perception of popular culture, and the role of the New Media movement/ Genre in the contemporary scene. What seems to be a key dialectic about the state of New Media as force in contemporary art derives from two poles; one from the MoMA colophon about the Automatic Update show; The dot-com era infused media art with a heady energy. Hackers,programmers, and tinkerer-revisionists from North America, Europe, and Asia developed a vision of art drawn from the technology of recent decades. Robotic pets, PDAs, and the virtual worlds on the Internet provoked artists to make works with user-activated components and lo-res, game-boy screens. Now that "new media" excitement has waned, an exhibition that illuminates the period is timely. Automatic Update is the first reassessment of its kind, reflecting the artists ambivalence to art, revealed through the ludicrous, comical, and absurd use of the latest technologies. [1]


THE ART STOMP LEAVES HEAT IN ITS WAKE

TUESDAY JULY 10

6-8, Chelsea/ 2 X 13 GALLERY 531 W 26, 4th fl/ Ho Sup Hwang + Yuliya Lanina {recommended}
6-8, Chelsea/ ZACH FEUER 530 W 24/ Keith Mayerson, Dana Frankfort, Ann Craven, Joe Bradley + Brian Bress
6-8, Chelsea/ YVON LAMBERT 564 W 25/ “At Home” curated by Mario Testino {recommended}
6-8, Chelsea/ WHITE BOX 525 W 26/ "Fresh Illusions" curated by Hyewon Yi
6-8, Chelsea/ PAUL SHARPE 547 W 27/ Michelle Mackey {recommended}


1st YouTube Open Mic @ monkey town - Friday 13

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1st YouTube Open Mic @ monkey town

[PAM] @ CAM / Chelsea Art Museum - CALL FOR VIDEO ART

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[PAM] @ CAM / Chelsea Art Museum – CALL FOR VIDEO ART
Video Art in the Age of the Internet

August 13-25, 2007
Co-curated by Nina Colosi and [PAM] founders

Perpetual Art Machine, [PAM] would like to extend an open call for
single and 3 channel video works created after 2001 to be considered
for inclusion in a group exhibition at the Chelsea Art Museum.


Deadline for submissions: Wednesday August 1, 2007


Requirements.

Artist must be a registered member of at the [PAM] video portal.
So register if you haven’t already, its free.
http://www.perpetualartmachine.com

In memoriam: Príamo Lozada 1964-2007

Príamo Lozada died June 13th at 7:30 pm during the preparation of the Mexican Pavillion in Venice. Apparantly he accidentally fell out of a 3rd story window of the building and later died in a hospital in Mestre near Venice.

Lozada was the visionary curator of the Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City.


Summer of Love, Seasons of War


The Summer of Love show at the Whitney Museum is great fun. It’s full of experiences – walk-in and peer-in rooms and boxes, kinetic sculptures, video and film, album and underground newspaper covers, photos of celebs and jes folks, and even some painting and sculpture. Coming from the Tate Liverpool, the show’s strategy is to represent visual culture rather than high art. That’s cool. You can almost hear the music and taste the drugs…


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Dr. Sandra Olsen interview appearing on Time-Warner Cable's "Crossroads: Eye on the Arts," July 2nd

UB Art Gallery Director Dr. Sandra Olsen's interview will air July 2nd on Time-Warner Cable's "Crossroads: Eye on the Arts."

Dr. Olsen was interviewed by Crossroads' arts correspondent Marilyn Ciancio on the Time-Warner Cable program, produced by James Braun and hosted by Peter Anderson.

The show airs at 3:00 p.m. (ET) on July 2nd. Dr. Olsen will discuss the history and mission of UB's permanent collection, housed at UB Anderson Gallery. Her interview will focus on the current summer exhibition, Selections from the Permanent Collection, and the program will feature images from the show.


THE ART STOMP KICKS IT AMERICAN STYLE!

Mon, 7/02, 5-7, Gramercy/ SVA GALLERY 209 E 23/ Abstract Nature curated by Richard Brooks w/ Hee Soo Kim + June Young Lim.

Mon, 7/02, 6-8, Chelsea/ SIKEMMA JENKINS 530 W 22/ Marc Handelman, Kara Walker, Janaina Tschape, Vik Muniz, Arturo Herrera {recommended}

Mon, 7/02, 6-9, Chelsea/ POINT OF VIEW GALLERY 638 W 28/ Matt Hoyle

Tue, 7/03, 7-9, Lower East/ MAX FISH 178 Ludlow/ Art For Bars: Southeastern Wisconsin w/ Drew Malcolm, Bradley Warsh + Vitamin DD Girls


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