This week I am in Helsinki, Finland for the Designs on E-Learning/Future Learning Spaces conference at Aalto University. Penn State and University of the Arts, London are co-sponsors of this intimate gathering of artists, educators, and scholars. Tomorrow I will be presenting the Let’s Go Crazy project of student/viral videos for Stephanie Lenz’s YouTube phenomena. [...]
Voting begins next month at the Mechanical Games website. Part of the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival, this version of the Games is produced by myself with a lot of help from Cornerhouse. New to the Games: a real, live award ceremony, to take place on October 3rd from noon – 2 at Cornerhouse, Manchester, [...]
To celebrate Abandon Normal Devices festival in Manchester (1–7 Oct 2010), Cornerhouse are pleased to present this interactive project by media artist xtine burrough that will set up camp in Cornerhouse galleries on Saturday 24 July. The project created as an alternative performance and gaming event, seeks to inspire and re-ignite our imagination and interest in sport through filmmaking, [...]
Kristina Newhouse arranged a conversation at PØST on Tuesday between Doris Berger, myself, Kristina Newhouse, Danial Nord, and Curtis Stage about curating video online, the museum as fast-culture franchise, corporate sponsorship in the age of fiscal terror, and the “democratization” of the art experience. It may sound conceptually heavy, but I promise there will be [...]