Dear Share Festival friends,<br />
this year, alongside the Share Prize, which we have already mentioned, the festival will be featuring the thematic exhibition Sm_Art Mistakes and the Special Project 2010 R.I.O.T. – Reality Is Out There by Les Liens Invisibles, both curated by Simona Lodi and on show at the Regional Museum of Natural Science of Turin (Italy).<br />
The title of this year’s Share Festival and the thematic exhibition is Sm_Art Mistakes – an oxymoron, the encounter or collision of two diametrically opposed concepts, which encapsulates the role of mistakes in cultural processes. It is error that ultimately stimulates creativity – because perfection leaves no room for improvement. Error has truly unique creative power, as it represents the emergence of a problem. Whether technological, biological or tied up with chance discovery, mistakes are pointers to what requires attention, which in turn elicits controversy, while it is controversy that generates solutions and innovation.
The exhibition Sm_Art Mistakes presents a selection of art works and events that fall within this vast topic of enquiry. The exhibition is divided into three areas of dysfunction, broadening our minds and focusing our attention on the relationship between humans and machines, on technological and natural errors, and on chance, unexpected discovery. Within this conceptual framework, recent works were selected by artists that use innovative languages, representing art in today’s digital and global age. It is the fine line between error, mistake and strokes of genius that should inspire us. 
The following artists will be featured in the exhibition: 0100101110101101.org, Alterazioni Video, Cory Arcangel, Michele Bazzana, Harm van den Dorpel, Dextro, JoDi, Lia, Miguel Carvalhais, Alison Mealey, Rosa Menkman, Nullsleep, Ant Scott, Mark Shepard and Stelarc.<br />
Les Liens Invisibles accepted this year’s invitation to prepare the Special Project 2010 with their usual creative cheekiness, producing a work specially designed for the 6th Share Festival.
The meaning of the work lies in its title R.I.O.T. – Reality Is Out There. This time round it is augmented reality that is in the artists’ sights, or rather that which augmented reality promises.
The city of Turin has been invaded by imaginary installations that will take up their posts in key spots around town. Visitors are invited to go out and track down the virtual sculptures, visible only through a reality browser, available for the most widely used smartphone platforms (iPhone and Android). 
The game is essentially a digital hunt around town with the aim of reclaiming public space, played out on the streets, in the squares and around monuments and buildings.<br />
Go to the Programme http://www.toshare.it/?page_id=2849〈=en<br />
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Here’s the programme of conferences featuring all the fabulous guests that are set to make this year’s festival on smart mistakes really special.

This year, the role of guest curator of the Piemonte Share Festival has been split three ways so as to …

Dear Share Festival friends,
the Smart Mistakes programme is now on-line. From project failure to the aesthetics of error, the 6th Piemonte Share Festival will be exploring the artistic and cultural import of error and chance discovery, through install…

Dear Share Festival friends, in just less than a month, this year’s 6th festival, Smart Mistakes, is due to begin.

From 2nd – 7th November 2010, the Regional Museum of Natural Science in Turin will come alive with conferences, performances, screen…

Every year, the Share Festival chooses a special topic to focus on, to help broaden our minds, sharpen our skills, and inspire creative expression. So don’t miss this year’s festival from 2nd–7th November, 2010 in Turin!

Smart Mistakes – Share…