Saturday, April 29, 2006

ruben


this is my friend ruben he is an artist check his web site www.a-terrible-beauty.co.uk

day out in brigthon





Thursday, April 27, 2006

this is beuy


Monday, April 24, 2006

MIXMEDIA 25/28 MAY 2006 MILANO ITALY

DIGICULT PRODUZIONI
27.04.06 - 11.30pm
www.digicult.it
www.digicult.it/digimag
www.digicult.it/podcast
info@digicult.it

MIXEDMEDIA
evento di cultura elettronica
new media art, architettura, sound-audiovideo

25-28 Maggio 2006
Hangar Bicocca (Torri di Kiefer)
Viale Sarca 336
Milano

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La prima edizione di MixedMedia, evento internazionale di new media art, architettura, sound e audiovisivi, si terrà a Milano dal 25 al 28 maggio 2006 presso l'Hangar Bicocca (Viale Sarca 336) in presenza della spettacolare installazione "I Sette Palazzi Celesti" dell'artista Anselm Kiefer

www.mixedmedia.it (english version online soon...)


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Orario Mostre: 25-28 Maggio 2006 / 12.00 – 19.30

Orario Live Performances: 25-27 Maggio 2006 / 20.00 – 01.30

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In un momento storico in cui proliferano festival e rassegne legate all’applicazione artistica dei nuovi media e delle cosiddette nuove tecnologie, MixedMedia è un evento di cultura elettronica che non ambisce a fornire un panorama esaustivo delle pratiche e delle discipline che animano questo mondo in costante evoluzione, ma che si pone essenzialmente come momento di crescita del dialogo e del confronto intorno ai nuovi media.
Le quattro giornate dell'evento, attraverso mostre, incontri, seminari, concerti e ambienti visivi e sonori, vogliono quindi cercare di suggerire stimoli utili per stabilire percorsi e connessioni fra le parti, aiutando a individuare le modalità con cui il 'digitale' sta modificando le strutture culturali e le modalità percettive della società moderna.

scarica il testo teorico in pdf


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//NEW MEDIA ART (curatore Silvio Mondino, coordinamento Tiziana Gemin)

Area Espositiva _ Hangar Bicocca _ Orari: 12.00 / 19.30

La proposta per New Media Art, è rappresentata da alcune installazioni multimediali e da una selezione di lavori di software art, vivendo i suoi momenti più affascinanti con le installazioni di:

Jim Campbell, Aether Architecture, Lemur, Osman Khan, Interaction Design Lab, dotdotdot

e i lavori di software artists quali:

Lia, Dextro, Jared Tarbell, Robert Hodgin, Meta, Toxi, Alessandro Capozzo, Fabio Franchino


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//ARCHITECTURE (curatore Gianluca Milesi)

Area Espositiva _ Hangar Bicocca _ Orari 12.00 / 19.30

La sezione di Architettura, si snoda attorno a una affascinante e innovativa e-mostra, in cui 20 architetti di fama internazionale tra cui forniscono una panoramica critico-ricognitiva sul rapporto tra architettura, design e digitale, attraverso i loro lavori elettronici commissionati, curati e gestiti unicamente via e-mail ed esposti solo con tecnologie digitali (monitor, video, software).

Gli architetti e gli studi invitati sono:

AMO-OMA, Architectonics, Asymptote, Iterae, DECOI, Diller & Scofidio + Renfro, Eisenman Architects, FOA, Greg Lynn Form, Ghigos, Hov, Ian+, Jakob MacFarlane, Laezza Moreno Santamaria, Lot/ek, Massimiliano Fuksas, Metrogramma, Ma0, MVRDV, New Teriitories, Nox, Plasmastudio, Shop, Toyo Ito, UN studio, UFO+Centola, Zaha Hadid, 2a + p


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//SOUND-AUDIOVIDEO (curatore Marco Mancuso per Digicult, collaborazione tecnica Walter Prati)

Area Concerti _ Hangar Bicocca/Torri di Kiefer _ Orari 20.00 / 01.00
Stage: 5 screens box + surround system 4+1

La sezione di Sound e Audiovideo, attraverso 3 serate incentrate su performance audiovisive elettroniche, fornisce una panoramica quanto più esaustiva possibile sulle pratiche di sperimentazione nei moderni live multimediali. Chiamati a rispondere a questa sfida affascinante, nell’area stage dell’hangar prospicente le Torri di Kiefer all’interno di un box con 5 schermi di proiezione e sistema sorround 4.1, saranno:

Giovedi 25 Maggio 2006:
Echran (S/t live set)
Ryoichi Kurokawa (Live audiovisual set)
Purform (Black Box)
Edwin Van Der Heide (LSP-Laser Sound Performance)

Venerdì 26 Maggio 2006:
Suguru Goto (Body Suite Performance)
Skoltz_Kolgen (Askaa)
Otolab (op7)
Addictive Tv (Live DVJ set)

Sabato 27 Maggio 2006:
Eboman (Sensor Madness Show)
Scanner/Tez (Blindscape - Generative Live Cinema)
Ulf Lengheinrich (Drif - special edition for MixedMedia)
Franko B (DJset) + Tina Frank (VJset)

Sunday, April 23, 2006

When I'm Back In England

Friday, April 21, 2006

Upcoming DJ Set

Will be djng on the 5 may at
Mamas Bar
3rd Street and Avenue B New York City
.

Drink Specials All Night starting at 9pm
DJ Franko B Spins Starting at 11pm

The party will go till 3:30.

Music Samples

If you want to hear some of the stuff I play here's an extract of a dj set I did last october at START party in Milan , Italy. Please go to:

www.dingdongmusic.net

Upcoming...

Where Art and Life Collide:
Ron Athey - Franko B - Vaginal Davis
April 28 - May 5, 2006

www.artofnightlife.net

From April 28 through May 5 2006, Ron Athey, Franko B, and Vaginal Davis come to New York for a series of premiere performances, lectures and events focusing on the unique way in which the work of all three artists challenges the separation between art and life.

In modern societies, the power of private experience is often filtered through the norms of social convention and the repression of difference. Ron Athey, Franko B, and Vaginal Davis challenge these constraints, sharing a commitment to artistic practices which transcend the boundaries of career, or marketplace and move into the space of life, or who they are. All three artists consider themselves marginalized for reasons ranging from race, to class, to sexuality, and have subsequently used their involvement in subcultural movements to develop and propel their work. As an integral part of their performance work, Ron Athey, Franko B, and Vaginal Davis all subject themselves to physical, cultural, and psychological challenges as a means to transform the conditions of the present, thus their work is able to function simultaneously as exorcism and an opportunity for healing.

Performances:

Monday, May 1, 5:00-10:00 PM
Ron Athey will premiere "Incorruptible Flesh: Dissociative Sparkle", a
durational performance.
Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, ($10)

Tuesday, May 2, 4:00 PM-Midnight
Franko B will present his first ever performance in the U.S.
"Aktion 893: Why are you here?"
One-to-one personal performances with the artist by appointment
(212-254-4334).
Participant Inc., 95 Rivington Street, ($10)

Thursday, May 4, 10:00 PM
Vaginal Davis will host a one night only revival of this 1920's themed
showstopper extravaganza of old-timey glamour as "Bricktops Takes
Manhattan," with salons, shacks and speakeasy installations built by
Future
Art Stars from the NYU Department of Art and Art Professions in
collaboration with Obie and Bessie award winning set designer Michael
Casselli. Produced by Earl Dax Presents, with performances by the DJ
Billy
Miller of Straight to Hell, John Blue, Jennifer Miller, Julie Atlas
Muz, and
Surprise Guests.
Siberia, 356 West 40th Street, ($10)

Related Events:

Friday, April 28, 6:00-8:00 PM
PERFORMA founder and director Roselee Goldberg hosts "NOT FOR SALE: WE
ARE
STILL APPALLED" panel discussion with critic C. Carr, Professor Susan
Jarosi, the artist Orlan.
Einstein Auditorium, NYU Barney Building, 34 Stuyvesant Street, FREE
Reception sponsored by the Sullivan Street Bakery.

Saturday, April 29, 5-7PM
Jennifer Doyle will give a reading at a celebration of the release of
her
new book Sex Objects: Art and the Dialectics of Desire, in which she
examines the reception and frequent misunderstanding of highly
sexualized
images, words, and performances, including the work of Vaginal Davis.
NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, 12th floor, Dean's
Conference
Room. FREE

Wednesday, May 3, 6:30PM
LesbiansToTheRescue presentation of special edition poster project,
followed
by screening of Simeon Hutner's documentary film about Ron Athey,
"Martyrs
and Saints," including Q+A with film maker.
NYU Barney building, 34 Stuyvesant Street, FREE

Friday, May 5, 6:00-8:00 PM
Artist lectures by Ron Athey, Franko B, and Vaginal Davis, followed by
panel
discussion with the artists moderated by Jose Munoz.
Einstein Auditorium, NYU Barney Building, 34 Stuyvesant Street, FREE

Visit www.artofnightlife.net for up-to-date information and a full listing of events

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

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