[NetBehaviour] Aharon at the WAG - Widget Art Gallery. April 9th - May 9th, 2013

Thu Apr 11 17:51:19 CEST 2013

thanks chiara - will take a look
dave
On Apr 11, 2013 4:19 PM, "Chiara Passa" <chiarapassa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> sorry, i forgot to fw. to you the artist's (Aharon) statement regards
> how to practise this show at the WAG:
> http://aharonic.net/how-to-practice-show-show-at-wag/
> have fun ;)
>
> cheers, Chiara
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Chiara Passa <chiarapassa at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > no, is not an App or AR, it's a sort of 'code show', so... javascript,
> > html, zips folders, etc.
> > thanks, ciao Chiara
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:03 PM, dave miller <dave.miller.uk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hi chiara
> >> This is very nice! Is it augmented reality - and what technology did
> >> you use? Is it downloadable as an app?
> >> What type of work goes on display?
> >>
> >> cheers, dave
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11 April 2013 15:54, Chiara Passa <chiarapassa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Dear friends & colleagues,
> >>>
> >>> I'm glad to share with you the Aharon's 'howtopracticeashowshow' at
> >>> the WAG - Widget Art Gallery on IPhone, IPod touch and IPad form April
> >>> 9th until May 9th, 2013.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> About the WAG:
> >>>
> >>> The “WAG" is a mini 3-dimensional, single room gallery that fits into
> >>> your pocket 'cause I've developed it for IPhone, IPod Touch and I Pad.
> >>> Every month, directly on your mobile, The “WAG” hosts a solo digital
> >>> art exhibition related to the dynamic site-specific contest. So, the
> >>> Widget Art Gallery works both as a sort of kunsthall showing temporary
> >>> exhibitions and as a permanent collections museum because conserves
> >>> all the past exhibitions inside an online archive. For IPhone and IPod
> >>> touch, just copy this url http://www.chiarapassa.it/wag/mobile/ in
> >>> Safari and choose: “add to home” and the WAG's icon will be saved on
> >>> your IPhone. Do the same for IPad but paste this other URL:
> >>> http://www.chiarapassa.it/wagipad/mobile/, or download the widget
> >>> version for Mac osx dashboard at:
> >>> http://www.chiarapassa.it/publicart.html . Past exhibitions at:
> >>> http://the-widget-art-gallery.blogspot.com/
> >>> To know more about the Widget Art Gallery, I suggest to read my latest
> >>> interview on Rhizome
> >>> http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/oct/29/gallery-your-pocket/
> >>>
> >>> Exceptionally for this exhibition, due the different technical
> >>> specifications, you can use the same URL for IPhone and IPad:
> >>> http://www.chiarapassa.it/wagipad/mobile/
> >>>
> >>> Enjoy the show!
> >>>
> >>> Very best, Chiara.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> About the exhibition:
> >>>
> >>> How to practice a show show of an un done show via de-of-ing of a show
> >>> through NonElegancing code show? - is a complex sounding short
> >>> description of a possibly simpler kind of practice.
> >>>
> >>> The practice questions how elements such as art exhibition/show
> >>> contexts, material sensitivity, codes and algorithms, can be a
> >>> way/technology for shared cultural imagining. In my version, the
> >>> shared cultural element is done through negotiative processes that, in
> >>> themselves, attempt to:
> >>> * offer a critique of the questions.
> >>> * allow the doing activities as positives, of various negative
> >>> elements (the Non, the De, and the Un), hence having to negotiate its
> >>> way.
> >>> * allow the possibility of self critique for the process.
> >>> * be the directional material for the practice. (i.e. to provide
> >>> various "directions of negotiations": e.g. a person to person and an
> >>> organisation;  a person Through a person to a machine to an
> >>> organisation, a person through code to many, a person to person to
> >>> many and the many to just one of these, and so on..)
> >>>
> >>> To do the practice, at least in this 1st attempt, the process has
> >>> already began through negotiations  between Chiara Passa - the WAG
> >>> curator - and me. (aharon) The negotiations were to do with the
> >>> general look, feel and activities in WAG, during the month of
> >>> practising at the gallery. Here are the .coded^^ files.
> >>>
> >>> The gallery will contain:
> >>> * information of how to negotiate uploading of .coded artworld^
> websites
> >>> * how to negotiate contacting relevant people & organisations to tell
> >>> them their material has been .coded
> >>> * documentation - if any - of negotiations regarding the .coding of
> >>> artworld sites.
> >>> * compressed files of .coded sites to download.
> >>> * the look, and reflections on it, of the WAG.
> >>>
> >>> ^
> >>> There are a fair few "artworlds" - e.g. http://plausibleartworlds.org/
> >>> to begin with.
> >>> In this instance, the practice is negotiating with the art environment
> >>> that is geared towards sustaining cultural activities - at times
> >>> critical as well - through numerical & power motivated investments &
> >>> gains. (ie an art environment that is mainly interested in the
> >>> transcendence of cultural elements into various forms of power, rather
> >>> than an interest in, for example, forms of art..)
> >>>
> >>> ^^
> >>> .coded (DotCoded) files are documents that their extensions was
> >>> changed to .code. This is done to indicate that people can open these
> >>> files as the binary or text code they are stored with. The intention
> >>> is to view the code rather than the image/s or read the text, etc..
> >>>
> >>> Aharon's website: http://aharonic.net/how-to-practice-show-show-at-wag
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Chiara Passa - new media artist
> >>> chiarapassa at gmail.com
> >>> http://www.chiarapassa.it
> >>> http://www.ideasonair.net
> >>> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiara_Passa (Ita)
> >>> Find me also: http://www.chiarapassa.it/socialnetworks.html
> >>>
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> >>
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> > Chiara Passa - new media artist
> > chiarapassa at gmail.com
> > http://www.chiarapassa.it
> > http://www.ideasonair.net
> > http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiara_Passa (Ita)
> > Find me also: http://www.chiarapassa.it/socialnetworks.html
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> Chiara Passa - new media artist
> chiarapassa at gmail.com
> http://www.chiarapassa.it
> http://www.ideasonair.net
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiara_Passa (Ita)
> Find me also: http://www.chiarapassa.it/socialnetworks.html
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