Astrid Esslinger and Gabriele Kepplinger
LUNCH TIME TALK THURSDAY DEC 11
ROOM 501
McLEAN
independent Media Art @ Stadtwerkstatt in Linz Austria
Stadtwerkstatt is an alternative media art & culture space in Linz Austria. Astrid Esslinger and Gabriele Kepplinger are artists who have worked with and developed Stadtwerkstatt. In Linz, Stadtwerkstatt grew out of various influences such as Fluxus, Beuy´s concept of social sculpture, the squatter scene and punk, with the intention to shape living environments with the collective power of a community. Esslinger and Kepplinger will detail the beginnings of Stadtwerkstatt as well as it's more recent Media Art projects:
http://www.stwst.at
12 NOON THURSDAY DEC 11TH
FILM, VIDEO & NEW MEDIA DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
112 S MICHIGAN AVE
CHICAGO IL
606003
Labels: 2008, Astrid Esslinger, Austria, Gabriele Kepplinger, Linz, Media Art, Stadtwerkstatt
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IX by H3X3N was recently featured on the front page of Rhizome.org on 2008.11.25
IX is an enchanted cube that casts magical spells on computers. The IX cube casts spells on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers, hacking and hexing these operating systems. IX combines traditional stage magic tricks and irony as elements of Hacker culture to create an Interactive Installation and Software Art project. H3X3N, a collaborative computer witchcraft club from Chicago, Mexico City Mexico and Linz Austria, is currently composed of Mark Beasley, Sandra Rosas Ridolfi, jake elliott, tamas kemenczy, Alex Inglizian, Nina Wenhart and jonCates.
Labels: .AT, .MX, .US, artware, CHI, collaboration, computer witchcraft, DF, H3X3N, hack, hex, IL, interactive installation, IX, Linz, magic, majik
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