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Techno Overload
Via artinfo.com
Apr 2012
“When even the technologists start thinking that technology might be a little too overbearing, something may be up,” writes Ben Davis of a theme that he noticed emerging at Rhizome’s recent “Seven on Seven” conference on art and technology.
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Walker Wins
Via museumsandtheweb.com
Apr 2012
The Walker took home two prizes at the 2012 Museums & the Web conference, held in San Diego over the weekend, including Most Innovative and Best Overall. Congratulations to the Walker web and design teams, and to all 2012 winners!
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Internet FTW
Via guardian.co.uk
Apr 2012
“The [Chinese] government computer has one button: delete,” writes Ai Weiwei in a rare western op-ed. But, “the internet is uncontrollable. And if the internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.”
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Art Provocateurs
Via guardian.co.uk
Apr 2012
For their first solo show in London, Eva and Franco Mattes—aka 0100101110101101.org—present a show with a title that changes daily and offers a display of works the duo claims includes fragments stolen from masterworks by Duchamp, Warhol, and others.
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Walker Webby
Via webbyawards.com
Apr 2012
The nominees list for the 2012 Webby People’s Voice Awards—honoring the best of the web—has just been released, and the Walker Art Center’s new website makes the cut, in the category of best art site. Voting is open to the public through April 26.
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Weiweicam.com Shuttered
Via bbc.co.uk
Apr 2012
That didn’t take long: Ai Weiwei has been ordered by authorities to shut down the four webcams he was running in his studio to show his activities 24/7. Wednesday morning he tweeted: “4 minutes ago the cameras have been shut down. byebye to all the voyeurs.”
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8-Bit Garden
Via washingtonpost.com
Apr 2012
After taking Monday off, Art News From Elsewhere is playing catch-up. Sorry we missed Google’s April Fool’s prank, which turned Google Maps into 8-bit video game graphics, with sites like the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden turned into pixelated renderings.
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Artists Online
Via artinfo.com
Mar 2012
Kyle Chayka rounds up the best artist websites, and it’s a pretty diverse list, from Baldessari and Banksy to Wim Delvoye, Takashi Murakami, and Andrea Zittel. If collectives were included, though, we’d add Superflex.
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1,000 Fireflies
Via northern.lights.mn
Mar 2012
For this year’s Northern Spark, a Minneapolis dusk-to-dawn art festival June 9-10, David Rueter is creating a bike “synch mob.” The Kuramoto Model (1,000 Fireflies) will synch up LED lights on 1,000 bikes to mimic firefly behaviors.