The continuing rise and social influence of Facebook and Twitter may have contributed plenty to the growing readership of the Art21 Blog, but ultimately, it is quality of writing and the diverse approaches to contemporary art-related topics and issues that keeps the Art21 Blog going so strong. First, before we get into the top 10, [...]

Florian Hecker Work from Event, Stream, Object. ”Event, Stream, Object” is a sound installation by German artist Florian Hecker (born in 1975, he currently lives in Vienna), produced by MMK with funds from the MMK’s partners, that has now been acquired for the museum’s collection. Presented in the current exhibition ”Radical Conceptual“ (February 19 – [...]

Artemis Potamianou is a visual artist based in Athens, Greece. She attained a BFA Degree from the Athens School of Fine Arts in 1997 and an MFA from the Staffordshire University, Great Britain in 1999. Last month, Fizz Gallery in downtown Athens had her 13th solo exhibition, where she showed the Re-view series of C-prints [...]

Meg Onli and Claudine Ise’s list of the ten best–or at least most interesting–events in Chicago art in 2010. 1. Best city-wide, sustained, multi-platform discussion of a single topic in contemporary art: Studio Chicago, a yearlong collaborative project focusing on the artist’s studio. Taking the form of exhibitions, talks, publications, tours, and research, Studio Chicago [...]

Ràdio Web MACBA recommended podcasts:

-VARIATIONS, by Jon Leidecker. An in-depth overview on the History of Sampling.

-COMPOSING WITH PROCESS: PERSPECTIVES ON GENERATIVE AND SYSTEMS MUSIC, by Mark Fell and Joe Gilmore. An exploration of generative …

Lenox-Lenox Work from TMRRW(dot)net (and their oeuvre). “TMRRW(dot)net combines predictable and unpredictable change in order to form a cubic time capsule of tomorrow’s relics. Predictions arise by mapping the course of natural disasters and desiccated resources, and non-predictions are postulated from science fiction and myth. The resulting guided tour of The Last Gallery presents attributes [...]

Dan Grayber isolates machinery from its usual role of fulfilling human needs through placing it in an eternal mode of self-perpetuation. His safety-orange powder coated objects endlessly assure their survival through completing the simple and essential task of holding oneself up. These sculptures, which create problems as they solve them, exude a sovereign elegance, the dignity of not having to justify themselves to an outside source. Alex Case uses asphalt as a medium in his mountainscapes, channeling the crude radiance of the oil refineries of his hometown and exploring the difference between exploiting a material and giving it life. The mix of untouched natural form and artificial asphalt speaks to the conglomerate landscape of the modern age. The lack of a human subject in both artists’ work allows for the emergence of an ethic by machines for machines, as well as an inherently formidable aesthetic. <br />
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Show runs January 20 – March 5, 2011<br />
Opening Reception: February 4, 2011; 5-8pm<img src="http://rhizome.org/syndicate/nothing.gif?f=announce" border="0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhizome-announce/~4/JDKO0MBdt40" height="1" width="1"/>

Martin Kersels’ installation “Tumble Room” is one of the most spectacular works on display in the exhibition “Under Destruction” at Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland. First presented at Deitch Projects in New York in 2001, Tumble Room is a newar lifesize recreation of a little girl’s bedroom. Turning on an axis centered on its back [...]

1. Felix Gonzalez-Torres in Deadline, exhibition at the Musee d’ Art Moderne, Paris. October 16, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Curator Odile Burluraux said of the exhibition, “Deadline has chosen to examine a group of artists who died during the last twenty years and whose concluding works are marked by an awareness of imminent death, [...]

After attempting a general top 10 list of shows, I felt a mild distaste for my own artistic leanings, which, while not limited to investigations of gender and queerness, are definitely weighted by a gigantic lavender anchor. But you know, it’s the culture wars redux and Roberta Smith has already claimed this year for the [...]

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Out of the context of conceptual art in the sixties and in close contact with some of the best known artists, heterodox figures emerged such as the New Yorker Seth Siegelaub (1941). Gallery owner, editor, art dealer and independent curator, Siegelaub i…

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Happy New Year!!<br />
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NewMediaFest’2010<br />
http://2010.newmediafest.org<br />
the festival project running through 2010<br />
will be finalized on 31 December 2010.<br />
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Thanks to all visitors, artists, partners and collaborators<br />
who made this project context so successful.<br />
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context<br />
nomadic festival project<br />
1 January – 31 December 2011<br />
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On 1 January 2011, the new festival project<br />
CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context<br />
will be go online, but will be officially launched on<br />
Thursday, 6 January 2011, starting with the basic festival program<br />
CologneOFF VI – Let’s Celebrate!<br />
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The 1st physical venue in a long series of venues will be<br />
Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR)<br />
26 January -6 February 2011.<br />
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During 2011, CologneOFF 2011 will be travelling around the globe in many concern.<br />
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context<br />
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http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2729<br />
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31 January<br />
ARTErra Residencies – Tondela/Portugal<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2877<br />
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31 January<br />
Fellowship Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen Innsbruck/Austria<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2930<br />
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31 January<br />
Cameracartell Hamburg is looking for film & videoart<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2930<br />
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31 January<br />
Digital Checkpoints – FLEFF – The Fingerlake Film Festival<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2830<br />
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31 January<br />
Neos Project Geneva – public art competition<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2887<br />
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31 January<br />
Quad Cities: What is essential – experimental film festival<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2889<br />
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31 January<br />
Reclaim the Mind<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2723<br />
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31 January (for curators)<br />
Abraaj Capital Art Prize Dubai<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2907<br />
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26 January<br />
Reinterpreting “Gothic”<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2905<br />
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15 January<br />
Multimendia LAb Madird/Es<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2851<br />
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15 January<br />
Director’s Lounge Berlin<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2916<br />
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15 January<br />
Ex Oriente Film Workshop Prague<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2891<br />
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15 January<br />
57th Int. Shortfilm Fest Oberhausen/Germany<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2749<br />
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14 January<br />
Camp Pixelache 2011<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2885<br />
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6 January<br />
Mash ups – Lake Forest/Illinois/USA<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2871<br />
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Film Fest Dresden<br />
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2719<br />
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–>Videos for Bivouac Projects Sumter/USA<br />
–>OUTCASTING – web based screenings<br />
–>Films and video screenings Sioux City (USA)<br />
–>Laisle screenings Rio de Janeiro/Brazil<br />
–>Videos for Helsinki based video gallery – 00130 Gallery<br />
–>Web based works for 00130 Gallery Helsinki/Finland<br />
–>Project: Repetition as a Model for Progression by Marianne Holm Hansen<br />
–>US webjournal Atomic Unicorn seeks netart and video art for coming editions<br />
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Niko Princen Work from A Sequence of Steps (and his oeuvre). “A Sequence of Steps is an automatic web-browsing tool. It presents a new way of experiencing the Internet by creating different relations between websites. The trigger mechanism starts with a chosen point of departure but can lead you to the infinite space of the [...]

The Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc. (HMC) is soliciting entries for the MAVF (MiniArtVideoFestival), held in Budapest, Hungary in August 2011. <br />
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REQUIREMENT<br />
All submissions should include:<br />
- A short biography of the artist<br />
- A written English text of the film if necessary<br />
- CV<br />
- Application form<br />
- 1 photo, jpg format<br />
- $35 application fee<br />
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DEADLINE<br />
March 15, 2011<br />
DVD by mail to: HMC, 2503 Costa Mesa Drive, Dallas, TX 75228<br />
Application fee by PayPal<br />
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ENTRY FORM<br />
MiniArtVideoFest, BUDAPEST 2011<br />
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Name<br />
Title<br />
Length<br />
Year Completed<br />
Original Format <br />
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Category<br />
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Producer<br />
Director<br />
Distributor (if any)<br />
Format on which the work is submitted<br />
Brief Description<br />
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Further information related to the work<br />
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CONTACT INFORMATION:<br />
Name<br />
Address<br />
City<br />
State<br />
Zip<br />
Phone<br />
Email<br />
Website<br />
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I hereby certify that I have the rights to all materials used in this tape, and hold the HMC, Inc. harmless from all actions ensuring from any illegal use of copyrighted material. I hereby accept all rules and terms as printed on this entry form.<br />
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SIGNATURE DATE<br />
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*Please pay by PayPal the application fee, it is $35 through PayPal. Applicants also can pay the fee in their own country’s currency equivalent through HMC’s secure PayPal account. Simply go to PayPal at www.paypal.com. Login or create an account, then click the "send money" tab. Fill in the recipient email: bszechy@yahoo.com. Currency should be US dollars (PayPal will calculate from the current exchange rate). Category of Purchase is HMC-Cash. Upon receipt of your PayPal payment, you will receive an email from HMC confirming your payment, which will be matched up with your applications<img src="http://rhizome.org/syndicate/nothing.gif?f=announce" border="0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhizome-announce/~4/kv6vaKA5dWE" height="1" width="1"/>

AIR/HMC, Budapest residency unlike any other <br />
"understanding of world cultures"<br />
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2011 Program Dates:<br />
Session 1: Tuesday May 10, 2011 – Thursday, June 2, 2011 (Artist fee $1,450)<br />
Deadline: (must be received) by February 6. 2011<br />
Session 2: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 – Thursday, June 30, 2011 (Artist fee $1,450)<br />
Deadline: (must be received) by February 6. 2011<br />
Session 3: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 – Thursday, July 28, 2011 (Artist fee $1,450)<br />
Deadline: (must be received) by February 6. 2011<br />
Session 4: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 – Thursday August 25, 2011 (Artist fee $1,450)<br />
Deadline: (must be received) by February 6. 2011<br />
Session 5: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 – Wednesday, September 28, 2011 (Artist fee $950)<br />
Deadline: (must be received) by February 6. 2011<br />
Session 6: Tuesday, December 26, 2011 – Wednesday, January 11, 2012 (Artist fee $950)<br />
Deadline: (must be received) by August 6. 2011<br />
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The Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc.® (HMC), 501(c)(3), Dallas, TX/Budapest, Hungary based non-profit organization. The HMC dedicated to inspiring, connecting, exhibiting, and promoting artists. The HMC invites interested visual artists, writers, performers to submit application for its residency program in Budapest, Hungary. The residencies offer participants to interact with other artists representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds. <br />
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Artists will give at least one informal public slide/powerpoint/DVD/CD presentation (45 minutes) about their work during their stay at the HMC and leave one exhibition ready art work made during the residency as a donation to the HMC. Exhibitions, workshops and lectures will be arranged in Budapest.<br />
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While HMC does not provide funding for residencies, we are helping to facilitate the creation of program, the cost of the exhibitions and cover %40 of total cost, artists cover %60. We encourage the applicants to apply for a grant or scholarship.<br />
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For more info and application form please contact us.<br />
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bszechy@yahoo.com<img src="http://rhizome.org/syndicate/nothing.gif?f=announce" border="0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhizome-announce/~4/tx7IdzSkwbI" height="1" width="1"/>

INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES
9 X 12 Works (22.9X30.5cm) – Budapest

Deadline: 01/30/11 This is not a postmark deadline!

The HMC announces an open call for entries to exhibit in Budapest during the Resartis conference!
Open to all artists.  Jur…

Looking back over the column this past year, I thought it might be worthwhile to pick the top ten questions generated in a year’s worth of posts. Below are some of the questions that raised eyebrows, a ruckus, and/or more questions. I have also included the corresponding links. Enjoy! 10. What role does art education [...]

For any of your readers in the NYC area on New Year’s Eve,

I thought I’d let you know about this Live Action Role Playing Game Party we’re having down the street from the ball drop, at Babycastles Arcade.

It centers around a game designed by Nicholas…