 |
 |
hi as the new tendencies / bit international exhibition is currently shown at ZKM, I thought the following is interesting for some people on this list as it contains a lot of material for the study of kinetic, cybernetic and computer art. there is also an argument contained her about the writing of histories and above all the thesis that this early 'computer avantgard' shows many of the problems which affect media art till today. Article start: Since more than 10 years the Croatian media artist Darko Fritz has been researching the archives of the Museum for Contemporary Arts Zagreb to gather material about the New Tendencies series of exhibitions and events in Zagreb, Ex-Yugoslavia, now Croatia, from 1961 to 1973 and the Bit International journal published by that same art movement. An exhibition in 2007 at Neue Galerie Graz and now at ZKM Karlsruhe shows the works of this important but almost lost art movement, were it not for the effort of Darko Fritz. For the Graz exhibition a little catalogue came out with contributions by Peter Weibel, Jesa Denegri and Margit Rosen. I have data mined those articles and present this material in the manner of a literature review for other researchers to study it and draw their own conclusions. All translations from German are my translations. Full text: http://www.thenextlayer.org/node/731 http://www.thenextlayer.org/ best regards armin --------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.easynetdial.co.uk