[syndicate] 07.01._ call _ anart _ interface + society

[claudia westermann]

http://anart.no/projects/interface-and-society/

Interface and Society

UPCOMING

Deadline call for works: 1st of July 2006 - see call
http://anart.no/2006/05/31/call-for-artworks-interface-and-society-exhibition/

Public Private Interface workshop: 10th to 13th of June
Mobile troops workshop: 13th to 16th of September
Conference: 10th and 11th of November 2006
Exhibition opening and performance: 10th of November

In our everyday life we constantly have to cope more or less successfully
with interfaces. We use the mobile phone, the mp3 player, and our laptop,
in order to gain access to the digital part of our life. In recent years
this situation has lead to the creation of new interdisciplinary subjects
like "Interaction Design" or "Physical Computing".

We live between two worlds, our physical environment and the digital
space. Technology and its digital space are our second nature and the
interfaces are our points of access to this technosphere.

Since artists started working with technology they have been developing
interfaces and modes of interaction. The interface itself became an
artistic thematic.

The project INTERFACE and SOCIETY investigates how artists deal with
the transformation of our everyday life through technical interfaces.
With the rapid technological development a thoroughly critique of the
interface towards society is necessary.

The role of the artist is thereby crucial. S/he has the freedom to
deal with technologies and interfaces beyond functionality and usability.
The project INTERFACE and SOCIETY is looking at this development
with a special focus on the artistic contribution.

INTERFACE and SOCIETY is an umbrella for a range of activities
throughout 2006 at Ateleir Nord in Oslo.

Work production
See call and selection.
AbA Logic by AbA
The Flow of ThingsŠ by Marius Watz
Trolley Singers by Silver

Workshops
Tangible Code, with Marius Watz and Erich Berger
The Empire's New Clothes, with Sabine Seymour and Erich Berger
Public Private Interface, with Susanne Jaschko and Erich Berger
Mobile Troops, with Laura Beloff and Erich Berger

Conference, exhibition and performance
Conference: 10th and 1th of November 2006
Exhibition opening and performance: 10th of November
Exhibition open from 10th till 19th of November
at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo

Credits
Director: Atle Barcley
Artistic director: Erich Berger
Administration: Monika Goodwine
Board of curators (work production): Atle 
Barcley, Erich Berger and Jana Winderen
Board of curators (exhibition): Atle Barcley, 
Erich Berger and Caroline Ugelstad
Producer of artworks AbALogic and Trolley Singers: Jana Winderen

Partners and sponsors
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Arts Council Norway