Ohne Schnur - art and wireless communication / exhibition + colloquium

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Ohne Schnur - art and wireless communication
# communication art between art, technology and society

http://www.ohne-schnur.de

An exhibition-project of the Cuxhaven arts association and the
art history department of the University of Munich.

Cuxhavener Kunstverein and coastal line, 03.04.- 02.05.2004

The art history department of the Ludwig Maximilians University,
Munich, and the arts association Cuxhaven are presenting an
exhibition entitled "Ohne Schnur" (=wireless), dealing with art
and wireless communication, a theme that due to its topicality
has prompted a spontaneous commitment by many renowned
international artists and scholars.
An extensive mediation programme will guide through and at the
same time present varied and innovative projects and works of
media art dealing with mobile communication, WLAN and locating
systems.

The selected artists address both the general implications of
broadcasting information and the concrete signalling of textual,
sound and visual information to specified addressees. Their
works, (interactive) installations, video- and sound-projects,
graphics and sculptures will be presented in the exhibition-
rooms of the Cuxhavener Kunstverein and at the coastal line.
Various activities will promote a discussion of the socio-
political and media-historic context of the works, including
both the mediation of the topic to the public and a scientific
symposium bringing together theoreticians and artists.

After intense research and discussion with many European and
American artists and scientists, we made a selection of projects
representing the different aspects of the topic and the various
artistic strategies of confronting it.

Selected artists: Thomas Weyres (Münster), Igor Stromajer
(Ljubljana), Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby (London), cntrcpy
(Vienna), Stephan Schemat (Berlin), Teri Rueb (Baltimore), Marko
Peljhan (Ljubljana), Christian Terstegge (Hamburg), Klaus v.
Bruch (Munich).

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"Ohne Schnur" exhibition is a co-operation of the Kunstverein
Cuxhaven with the art history department of the University of
Munich, which has a focus on media art and media technology. In
the project which will be documented in a (bilingual)
publication we aim not only to show exemplary works, but also to
deal with the general impact of media development on the arts
and give an overview of positions that can not be presented in
the exhibition. Therefore, there's going to be a scientific
colloquium bringing together scientists and artists of the
exhibition within the exhibition rooms to encourage exchange of
ideas and theories (03.-04.04.2004).
Participants are Dieter Daniels (Leipzig), Inke Arns (Berlin),
Monika Fleischmann (Fraunhofer Institut für Medienkommunikation,
Bonn), Stephen Wilson (San Francisco), Katja Kwastek (Munich),
Robert Adrian X (Wien), Frauke Behrendt (Lueneburg), Joachim
Hagenauer, (München), Bojana Kunst (Ljubljana/Antwerp), Sabine
Flach (Berlin).

Extended information (english version available):
http://www.ohne-schnur.de

Opening of the exhibition: Friday, 2nd of April, 7.30 pm
Press conference: Friday, 2nd of April 3 pm

For further information and material, contact:
Cuxhavener Kunstverein
Große Hardewiek 35D- 27472 Cuxhaven
04721/664940
info at kunstverein-cuxhaven.de

Art history department of the University of Munich
Dr. Katja Kwastek
Georgenstr. 7D- 80799 München
089/2180-2462
info at ohne-schnur.de


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