VOF - Version 3.0 now online!

Mon Nov 11 18:02:20 CET 2002

PRESS RELEASE
Violence Online Festival www.newmediafest.org/violence/index.html
A Virtual Memorial
www.a-virtual-memorial.org
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contents:
headline
summary
new artists
introduction
all participants
technical requirements
copyright
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headline:
Version 3.0 of Violence Online Festival
online since 08 November
on occasion of the presentation on
"e-magic cybermedia events"
43rd International Filmfestival Thessaloniki (Greece)
12-16 November
http://www.filmfestival.gr/2002/emagic/uk/emagic.html
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summary:
Violence Online Festival is
a New Media art project
reflecting the phenomenon of "Violence",
curated, organized and created in Flash by
Agricola de Cologne, curator and media artist operating
from Cologne/Germany. As an ongoing project
Violence Online Festival is developed for being
presented in future in the framework of physical and
virtual media festivals and exhibitions.
For each event a new project version will be created
adjusted to the actual needs
including additions of new artists/works
and other changes.

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Version 3.0 of Violence Online Festival includes new works of following
artists:
Ruediger Axel Westphal, Matze Schmidt, Raphael Lyon and Andres Ingoglia,
Jane Fenton Keane, Jason Sweeney, Emilie Pitoiset, Antoine Schmitt
Patrizia Alemanno, Luca di Gregorio, Joerg Piringer, Andre Zogholy
Todd Jokl, Nicolas Economos, Adam Beebe-Infanticide,
Danielle E. Lee  and Bang-Geul Han, Dylan Graham
Tautvydas Bajarkevicius, Ego, panoptica
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introduction:
The human character contains both a light and a dark side, good and bad,
individually manifested. Deeply rooted is a dark-sided
element:  Violence.
In happy surroundings, it becomes hardly visible and in
less happy surroundings - either of a physical, psychological,
environmental, ideological, economic or political nature  -
nearly automatically a kind of survival
strategy with all the known consequences we see
manifested in conflicts on a small or large scale.
Violence is present anywhere, hidden or sleeping,
hesitating, waiting or in action, starting from simple
mobbing via verbalor physical attacks, the bandwidth has no end.

Nowadays, globalization, social injustice,
unemployment, increasing wealth on one side and
on the opposite increasing poverty (without mentioning some
causes) produce a climate where violence has a fertile
soil.  From the attack on 9/11 in the USA, people from
the Western civilization became painfully aware that
security of any kind is a mere illusion; not only the
internal, but also the external enemy is present anywhere.

Artists are said to be the consciousness of a nation or society
as they reflect the actual state of the psychological and physical
environment.
When this state is penetrated by violence, nobody is surprised that
violence becomes a universal subject for artistic reflection, the difference
may
only be the view on it and its perception depending on
the respective cultural background.

'Art and violence both seem to stem from the abstract: that place beyond
logic, the realm of the emotion. When they intersect we are simultaneously
repelled and attracted, frightened and excited. Historically this meeting
has been wrought with complexity, and as cultural violence in every society
increases, we are prevented by paranoia, censorship and ethical demands from
asking, and sometimes even posing, some of the most important questions
violence and art together and separately produce: how is violence
represented, and what or how much of it do we need to resist the cultivation
of fear and the encouragement of dependency? Is violence a tool, a process
or a result? When are artistic portrayals of violence justifiable? As
intellectual exercise, ritual, or spiritual enhancement? For other purposes?
Or are they never justifiable? Is violence in art an action, reaction, or
reflection? '  (quotation: festival statement).

How different the results of an artistic reflection can be is
shown through the Violence Online Festival, a New Media
online exhibition project curated and organized
as an individual event by Agricola de Cologne
including more than 150 artists from
30 countries presenting their work. It forms a
dynamic collaborative art work presenting very
individual visions and use of media.

The relevance of violence becomes visible also through
the high quality standard of  all the included works. Each
of them represents another aspect of violence - caught
in textual poetry, running as a video or embedded in an
interactive environment of a net-based art work.

In reaction to the key role (mass) media plays by displaying and even
promoting
violence, a new environment (interface) has been created for Violence
Online Festival, which houses and hosts the art works within a virtual media
company named "Violence Media Incorporated".
By dividing the company into different departments (eg.
"Violence for Happiness" , "Violence Marketing" or "Violence Broadcasting"),
it becomes clear that their meaning
has a rather ironic or sarcastic character, which gives
the embedded art works a new meaning.

While surfing through this environment, the visitor is forced to ask and
give answers,  and becomes slowly a part of this network of art through his
reflections and changes of perception.

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List of all participating artists in Version 3.0 of Violence Online Festival

Germany: Agricola de Cologne, Roland Schappert, Knut Eckstein,
  Jürgen Bysard Adams, Ilse Hilpert, Sabine Scholz, Wittwulf Y Malik,
  Ruediger Axel Westphal, Matze Schmidt
Argentina: Rachel Partnoy, Alicia Partnoy, Ruth Irupe Sanabria,
  Gabriel Otero, Anahi Caceres, Jose Cuckier, Irene Coremberg, Andres
Ingoglia
Colombia: Andres Yepes, Eduardo Angel, Claudia Tribin,
  Alejandro Jaimes-Larrarte
Austria: Klaus Schrefler, Medea, Renee Kellner, Joerg Piringer, Andre
Zogholy
Italy:  ego,  Casaluce/Geiger, Caterina Davinio, Antonio Sassu,
  Marcello Mercado, Chiara Passa, Lucia Leuci, Patrizia Alemanno, Luca di
Gregorio
Australia: Francesca da Rimini, Michael Grimm, Andrew François, Bruce Petty,
   Mason PetrieJason Sweeney, Jane Fenton Keane
Japan: Kenji Siratori   United Kingdom: Jess Loseby
Croatia: Tony Mestrovic, Maya Kalogera   Canada: Eva Lewarne,
  Jeremy Owen Turner, Babel, Jo Cook, David Cheung, David Fujino, panoptica
Romania: Peter Jacobi   Belgium: Tamara Lai   Russia: Sergej Jakovlev
Ireland: Feargal O Malley  Portugal: Susana Mendes Silva
Mexico: Fran Ilich, Cindy Gabriela Flores  Nicaragua: Franck de las Mercedes
Puerto Rico:  Richard Monge  Brazil: Giacomo Picca
Israel: Igor Ulanowsky, Shira z. Carmel, Shay Kun
Turkey: Bulent Bas, Genco Gulan   France: name diffusion, Nicolas Clauss,
Xavier Leton, Emilie Pitoiset, Antoine Schmitt
USA: Doron Golan, Gerald Schwartz, Seth Lew, Eric Parnes,
  Nancy Jane Moore, Joy Garnett, Yevgeniy Fiks, anonymous,  Restate,
  Moya Devine, Sharon Harper, Coco Gordon, Brody Condon,
  Rika Ohara, Mike Salmond, Steve Bradley/Timothy Nohe, Alison Cole, Craig
Macneill,
  Eric Wennermark, Brian Judy,  Humberto Ramirez, Deb King,
  Robert Dohrmann, Judson Wright,  Jeff Gurecka,  Anne Bray and  Molly
Cleator,
  John Kannenberg, Katrinka Moore, Johanna Thompson, G.H.Hovagimyan,
  Jody Zellen, Jerzy Kolasinski, Lucky Pierre, Nikki Johnson,
  Todd Jokl, Nicolas Economos, Adam Beebe-Infanticide, Danielle E. Lee
Estonia: Dagmar Kase   Lithuania: gintas K ,Tautvydas Bajarkevicius
Serbia: Marko Stamenkovic Korea: Bang-Geul Han  Netherlands: Dylan Graham
Finland: Janne Vanhanen   Finland/UK: Tjader-Knight Inc.
Philippines: Fatima Lasay  and her classes: VC36 CLASS John Michael Acevedo,
  Mark Anthony Alvarado, Carlo Ahillion, Rikki Carmelo Baranda,
  Criselda Cac, Alexander John Castro II, Nathaniel,
  Chua, Eric Flores, Gimo Lanot, Sabrina De Leon, Merwin De Mesa, Jr.,
  Marielle Nadal, Lizamae Orola, Francis Rafael Sanbuenabuentura,
  Rogelio Santos, Jr., Lea Segarra, Zoltan Pabon, Vincent Paul Samson,
  Don Juan Paolo Torres, Alfred Mark Trajeco, Sheryl Valencia,
  Archie Yumul SFA192 CLASS Gerard Baja, Anna Teresa Cabardo,
  Uriel Colomo, Niko Loren Dela Cruz, John Ervin General, Michael Angelo
Lampayan,
  Olivia Lopez, Deodato Pairez, Jerusalem Pimentel, Alfred Anton Po,
  Joseph Raz, Jr., Ruth Kathryn Santiago, Brian Oliver Sergio,
  Cherry Ann Tolentino  FA100 CLASS Eleanor Alfante, Carlito Amalla,
  Maysa Arabit, Ry Sedrick Bolodo, Joey Claronino, Monica Delgado,
  Katrina De Dios, Amiel Lapuebla, Catherine Rose Lasam, Michael Sagcal,
  Mary Grace Tenorio, Gem Alexandria Tuano, Winchell Saludares,
  Camilla Tabagan, Paulo Vinluan

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Visit this dynamic exciting show.
There are optional following accesses:
direct: www.newmediafest.org/violence/index.html
but also
www.newmediafest.org
www.a-virtual-memorial.org

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Violence Online Festival presentations:
* Version 1.0 : Online part of Violens Festival Tábor (Czech Republic) 17 -
31 August 2002
* Version 1.1 : Featured Project in September 2002 on A Virtual Memorial
www.a-virtual-memorial.org
* Version 2.0:  Computer Space Festival 2002 Sofia (Bulgaria) (18-21 Oct
2002) and
Liberarti Festival /Liverpool Biennale 2002 (10 Oct - 01 Dec 2002)
   *Award:  Special Prize of Computer Space Festival Sofia (Bg)
*November 2002 feature/review on faf - Fine Art Forum
http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_16/faf_v16_n11/reviews/reviews.ht
ml
previous reviews on Neural.it, Random, NOEMA, El Pais, etc.
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technical requirements
optimized for VGA resolution 1024x768
PC Pentium III 600 Mhz or better or comparable MAC
Soundcard, recommended 56K or 64K modem or faster,
browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.5+ or Netscape Navigator 6.0+
Players/Plug-ins: essential the latest Flash 6,
Shockwave, Real Player, Quicktime

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copyright:
Violence Online Festival
www.newmediafest.org
text, conception, programming, visalization
curator, organizer = Agricola de Cologne - copyright Š 2002 . All rights
reserved.
copyright Š of all art works of
the participating artists hold the authors or owners.

Fatima Lasay -
DMF2002 Festival/University of the Philippines
http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/
Nisar Keshvani
editor-in-chief,
fineArt forum = art + technology netnews
http://www.fineartforum.org

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contacts:
Press
press at newmediafest.org
Violence Online Festival
violence at newmediafest.org
A Virtual Memorial
info at a-virtual-memorial.org

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