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Eco sapiens

Intercreate Team — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:31:48 GMT

Extinction or adaptation? Evolution or Revolution? What are we facing? The complexity and urgency of the crises of today calls for us to engage together in new ways. Deep shifts in our consciousness may be required for long-term cultural changes to occur.

SCANZ 2009 recollections

grant corbishley — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:12:48 GMT

Grant Corbishley, a senior lecturer and coordinator of the Collaborative Projects courses at WelTec in Wellington, shares his thoughts on the last few days of the residency, and the symposium which followed.

Exhibition – atmos: weather as media

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:05:04 GMT

Within the persistent hum of atmos, we are now also hearing the increasingly clear message of a shifting climate. atmos gathers artists working at the borders of science, technology and ecology. The exhibition presents a selection of international and New Zealand artists who incorporate aspects of the weather directly into their practices, drawing attention to the agency of unpredictable natural phenomena. These are artists working at the borders of science, technology and ecology: some use weather in their art-making process.

Techno-utopianism: computers and a new world

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:10 GMT

“All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.” Toni Morrison ( Online NewsHour interview, Mar. 9, 1998) At some point networked computers made our lives better. But equally, it is worth questioning the role they play in the construction of our societies, our economies, our education and our culture.

Nam June Paik: mercurial global guru

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:10 GMT

Can TV really connect the world? Paik’s vision of television was far from Orwell’s, rather than the tools of oppression Paik foresaw a global environment of telethons, reality TV, and artistic experimentation. His was a utopian dream of the coming together of the technosocial environment.

Artist Discussion – Andrea Polli

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:10 GMT

Why is artwork concerned with ecological issues often characterised as didactic or as ‘jumping on the band wagon’?Andrea Polli is an artist who is motivated by her strong ecological convictions as well as her imaginative exploration of technology’s potential rather than its limits.

Artist Bio – Andrea Polli

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:10 GMT

Andrea Polli has years of experience collaborating with environmental scientists. Andrea refutes the idea that technology should be left to the scientists and engineers. Her work develops a cultural impact, as a way to meet the pressing challenge of climate change.

Cities

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:10 GMT

In Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino takes us on a fantastic journey through a series of short and unconnected narratives — “Cities and memory”, “Cities and desire”, “Cities and signs”, … In Alex Monteith’s vigilant extraction of everything save the nouns from Calvino’s text, leaving only the naming, she has isolated the conflicting energy that sits under the surface of the original text.

Poroporoaki

grant corbishley — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:02:39 GMT

A summary of the poroporaki held at the end of the SCANZ symposium.

Waitangi Day Picnic at Parihaka 12-2pm

Alex Monteith, Danny Butt, Natalie Robertson — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:32:21 GMT

Tissage_Métissage // Weaving_Mixing

jacques sirot — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:17:52 GMT

The children of Maui and Kupe, of Prometheus and Pytheas, outwitting all odds to face the greatest challenge: that of assimilating another person’s culture while preserving their own identities, of overcoming distrust to build a shared future.

Taranaki Platform Ecologies

Andrew Paterson — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:59:41 GMT

Andrew Gryf Paterson’s project ‘Taranaki Platform Ecologies’ responds to and sets  out to nourish, the online platforms surrounding Puke Ariki, by exploring,  documenting and bridging online/offline aspects of the former wiki, and soon  to be kete.

architecture & complexity: systems architecture

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:13:07 GMT

An interdisciplinary seminar and one-day workshop exploring current issues in Systems Architecture methodologies, which is the study of complexity within the built environment. Enabling a convergence of the nano-bio-info-cogno technologies and macroscaling of information and materials.

Curatorial Workshop

sarah cook — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:12:38 GMT

On Friday February 6, Sarah Cook from CRUMB will lead an invite-only New Media Art Curatorial Workshop at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Information will be forthcoming. http://www.crumbweb.org

Walking art and a short introduction

Brett Stalbaum — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:20:13 GMT

Some notes on the the history of walking art and the kinds of things I am interested in relative to walking art for participants in the 60 Springs project…

60 Springs Schedule

Trudy Lane, Ian Clothier, Brett Stalbaum, Nina Czegledy, Andrew Paterson — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:08:25 GMT

A schedule for the first week of SCANZ, giving times when 60 Springs projects will take place.

Raranga Tangata: The Weaving Together of People

sally jane norman — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:48:20 GMT

Raranga Tangata: the weaving together of people. This Polynesian expression, used to designate the Internet, is one of many powerful poetic testimonies to the living culture of the Maori people of Aotearoa – New Zealand. Polynesian cosmogony vividly shows how a collectively shaped and transmitted narrative can offer cognitive handles to those seeking meaning amidst the chaos of complex worlds.

Kupenga, Knots, Haveknots

sally jane norman — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:48:10 GMT

A paper by Sally Jane Norman, reflecting on maori culture and the relationships it has to the intertwinedness of networks.

stringer

Melinda Rackham — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:02:06 GMT

Stringer is the inobtusive reflection through observation, images and discussion with participants, of the connections created through events such as SCANZ. Here Melinda uses the multifaceted connecting metaphor of string.. something which binds, yet is temporary, flexible and easily accessible.

Ka muhe'e, he i'a hololua: Kanaka Maoli art and the eluding of globalization in Hawaii

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:19:49 GMT

My thesis in the paper makes a connection with ancient knowledge to form an approach for the contemporary context.