OUTDOORS - International Digital Art Exhibition - Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro

[Andrej Tisma]

October 14 - October 20, 2004

"OUTDOORS: International Digital Art Exhibition"
Andrej Tisma, Curator

An international exhibition of digital art (net.art, video) has opened at
the Cultural Center Gallery, Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro, October 14.

Participants:

ANDY DECK (New York)
0100101110101101.ORG (Barcelona)
EVGENIJA DEMNIEVSKA (Paris)
GENCO GULAN (Istanbul)


                                        External Digital View

In the public, there is an opinion that digital art and Internet are related
to closed spaces, rooms, or studios equipped with electronic technology, in
a word, it is said that they are something artificial, far from nature and
everyday reality, and most often they are called virtual reality. However,
digital artists are certainly interested in outside world, nature,
landscape, events in street, and this is, in several noticeable examples,
shown by this international group from three continents; Andy Deck (New
York), Evgenija Demnievska (Paris), 0100101110101101.ORG (Barcelona),and
Genco Gulan (Istanbul), in various ways, they, in their digital works, deal
with landscape, regardless of whether they use it as a means of social or
political engagement, personal expression, or for documentary purposes.

Andy Deck is software artist focused to the creation of Internet sites where
visitors may co-operate in creative manner. The work “ROBOTROSS” is
dedicated to Bob Ross, American painter, who was extremely popular for his
television series “The Joy of Painting” broadcast for many years, in which
he at the same time ironies his approach to creativity.
"ROBOTROSS", http://artcontext.org/act/04/robotross/


Evgenija Demnievska, in her digital video “Between” uses the recordings of
landscape to show how she experiences time and existence.
"BETWEEN", digitalni video, 5'


Art group of Internet activists "0100101110101101.ORG" played with the name
and symbol of sport accessories “Nike”. Paraphrasing at their Internet site
official “Nike” design, they first put the “bug” in visitors’ ears that this
multinational corporation, allegedly, in all major cities of the world,
intends to buy main squares and streets changing their names into “Nike
Square” or “Nike Street”. The subject of their funny criticism was one of
multinational companies, which often rule our destinies, our everyday life,
and even the world of art.
"NIKE GROUND", http://www.nikeground.com/


“Cam-man” (cameraman) by Genco Gulan is Internet work which has the form of
human figure, and it is comprised of seven rectangles where live broadcast
through static digital cameras is made from the towns throughout the planet:
Istanbul, New York, London, Montreal, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, and Taipei.
"CAM-MAN", http://istanbulmuseum.org/camman.htm

                                                                      Andrej
Tisma

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Andrej Tisma -  artist, art critic and  curator
WEBSITE: http://tisma.net/