[Nettime-bold] Fwd: "The Viractual"

["Joseph Nechvatal" <jnech@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Universal Concepts Unlimited" <ucu1@rcn.com>
>
>On April 5th Universal Concepts Unlimited will host the first in a series 
>of
>panel
>discussions at it's recently opened Chelsea gallery. The moderator for this
>event
>will be Joseph Nechvatal, with Richard Doyle, Paul D. Miller/DJSpooky, and
>Adrianne
>Wortzel participating as panelists. The theme is "The Viractual", 
>discussion
>will
>begin at 7 PM and conclude shortly after 8 PM.
>
>By addressing the ways and means in which the human body interfaces with
>virtual space, this panel will explore the changes in consciousness
>emerging at this moment.
>
>The evening will compliment the current show at Universal
>Concepts Unlimited (UCU) : STEVE MILLER's "Neo-Morte"
>
>
>Attendance for this event is by invitation only. Seating is limited and
>must be reserved. To attend - R.S.V.P. to ucu1@rcn.com
>
>Universal Concepts Unlimited is located at: 507 West 24th Street
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>Statement of Intentionality:
>
>"By the term "viractual" I mean to indicate and explore the blending of
>computational/informational (i.e., "virtual") space/form with "actual",
>non-digitized space/form in the arts - a third topological cognitive space
>which I see as more in keeping with our current reality than either the
>shop-worn terms "virtual" or "actual" do. It is, perhaps, a significant
>envisioning concept which indicates and initiates communions of the
>protoplasmic body to virtual spatial conditions.
>
>I will contend that  a viractual understanding of our times (as it is
>emerging) is replacing the out-moded "post-modern" description of our time
>and its art. Indeed, I believe that viractuality is a more fully
>physiological account of art today than has been previously articulated."
>
>-Joseph Nechvatal 3-2000 NYC
>
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>
>Universal Concepts Unlimited (UCU) features the work of artists in computer
>informatics, painting, sculpture, photography, video/film and installation
>who
>investigate new  technologies and their significance for art. From the
>backdrop
>of an  ongoing exploration in visual art and experimental science and
>technology,
>our aesthetic programs seek to introduce crucial issues  essential to the
>larger globalized artistic and intellectual community.
>
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>Bio Notes:
>
>Joseph Nechvatal has worked with ubiquitous electronic visual information
>and computer-robotics since 1986. He has recently worked as
>artist-in-resident at the Louis Pasteur studio and the Ledoux Foundation's
>computer lab in Arbois, France on 'The Computer Virus Project'. In 1999 Dr.
>Nechvatal earned his Ph.D. in the philosophy of art and new technology at
>The Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, Wales UK.  Dr.
>Nechvatal presently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City
>and at The Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University.
>
>
>Richard Doyle is an Assoc. Professor of Rhetoric and Science Studies at
>Penn State University. Dr. Richard Doyle obtained his Doctorate Degree from
>Berkley and Post Doctoral from MIT under a Melon Foundation Grant. Dr.
>Richard
>Doyle is author of "On Beyond Living" published by Standford University
>Press 1997.
>
>
>Paul D. Miller, a.k.a DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is a conceptual 
>artist,
>writer and musician. Miller's visual work has been featured at the Museum
>Ludwig in Koln, Germany and The Museum of the Hisory of Science in
>Cambridge,
>England. As DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Miller has recorded numerous 
>CDs,
>and has performed live all over the world. Miller is editor-at-large at
>Art Byte Magazine and a regular contributor to Contentville. His articles
>have appeared in Artfourm, Parkett, The Village Voice, Spins Guide to
>Underground Culture, Paper Magazine, Nomad, and on line magazines Slate
>and Word.com.
>
>
>Adrianne Wortzel is a new media artist creating web works, robotic
>installations, online and offline performative productions and writings.
>She is a recent recipient of a National Science Foundation grant to create
>robots as actors for theater and recipient of an Artist-in-Residence Grant
>at Lehman College Art Gallery in New York funded by the Electronic Media 
>and
>Film Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. She is an Associate
>Professor of Advertising Design and Graphic Arts at New York City Technical
>College of the City University of New York and a Visiting Professor at the
>Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
>
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>
>Universal Concepts Unlimited
>507 West 24th Street
>New York, NY 10011
>
>http://www.U-C-U.com
>Tel. 212.727.7575   Fax. 212.727.7676   Email.ucu1@rcn.com
>

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