In 1999 the Image Sciences Department at the Danube University Krems, under Dr Oliver Grau’s management, launched the Database of Virtual Art, a digital artwork archive based on Dr. Grau’s research, which he would subsequently publish in Virtual Art. From Illusion to Immersion (MIT Press, 2002). A leading digital art platform, this database...
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The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris is holding the exhibition Art Robotique until 4 January 2015, an exhibition that brings together about twenty robotic works of art, many of which are being exhibited for the first time in France, and some of which are making their world début.. Curated by Richard Castelli with the collaboration...
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More than a decade ago now, new media theorist Lev Manovich stated that the human condition had entered into the “fundamental new dimension of being immersed in data”. Today, Manovich´s statement is becoming evident in all of our daily activities: when we surf the web, use smartphones or tablets, send messages, consult our geographical whereabouts...
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Singers Rejane Cantoni and Leonardo Crescenti, winners of a Production Incentive at VIDA 13.2 for their project Speak, have developed a new interactive installation which is being presented at the Ruhrtriennale festival in Germany. Created by Urbane Künste Ruhr, the installation Melt is made up of 50 interconnected aluminium sheets, arranged over...
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In its latest edition (VIDA 15.0), the Art and Artificial Life International Awards added the Telefónica I+D Incentive prize to its awards. This award joins the Production Incentives aimed at artists residing in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, which is worth €8,000 for projects in the development phase in the field of art and new...
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