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II ZKM, Transmediale, Ikeda and Bartholl
II The Gaîté Lyrique - a year already
II TodaysArt, Almost Cinema and STRP
II The Ars Electronica Festival in Linz
II 54th Venice Biennial
II Elektra, Montreal, 2011
II Pixelache, Helsinki, 2011
II Transmediale, Berlin, 2011
II The STRP festival of Eindhoven
II Ars Electronica repairs the world
II Festivals in the Île-de-France
II Trends in Art Today
II Emerging artistic practices
II The Angel of History
II The Lyon Biennial
II Ars Electronica, Human Nature
II The Venice Biennial
II Nemo & Co
II From Karlsruhe to Berlin
II Media Art in London
II Youniverse, the Seville Biennial
II Ars Electronica, a new cultural economy
II Social Networks and Sonic Practices
II Skin, Media and Interfaces
II Sparks, Pixels and Festivals
II Digital Art in Belgium
II Image Territories, The Fresnoy
II Ars Electronica, goodbye privacy
II Digital Art in Montreal
II C3, ZKM & V2
II Les arts médiatiques en Allemagne
II Grégory Chatonsky
II Le festival Arborescence 2006
II Sept ans d'Art Outsiders
II Le festival Ars Electronica 2006
II Le festival Sonar 2006
II La performance audiovisuelle
II Le festival Transmediale 2006
II Antoine Schmitt
II Eduardo Kac
II Captations et traitements temps réel
II Maurice Benayoun
II Japon, au pays des médias émergents
II Stéphane Maguet
II Les arts numériques à New York

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ZKM, TRANSMEDIALE, IKEDA AND BARTHOLL
At ZKM in Karlsruhe, the exhibition "The Global Contemporary" recently analysed the effects of globalisation on the world of art while that of the Media Museum, entitled "Digital Art Works", addressed the conservation of digital works. The Transmediale Festival in Berlin meanwhile just celebrated its twenty-fifth year of existence with the exhibition "in/compatible". Last but not least, Bartholl exhibited at the Dam Gallery and Ryoji Ikeda at the Hamburger Bahnhof.
Ryoji Ikeda, "db", 2012, source Uwe Walter,
courtesy Freunde Guter Musik Berlin.
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Apostasis
THE GAITE LYRIQUE - A YEAR ALREADY
We dreamed of it and then waited for it to happen until finally, it opened its doors, as proud in its past history as it was in its renovation. The Gaité Lyrique is now a year old. And yet, it now seems like it was always there, right in the centre of Paris "exploring digital cultures in all their forms". It has also now been comforted by the success of its visits. Lets take a glance at some of the highlights of an eventful year.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, "Apostasis", 2008,
source Maxime Dufour.
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Piano Migrations
TODAYSART, ALMOST CINEMA AND STRP
This year, the TodaysArt of The Hague and Cimatics of Brussels festivals fused and so last September, TodaysArt Brussels set itself up in several places around the city. The Almost Cinema and STRP festivals on the other hand, which took place respectively in October and November, remained in their regular spots: the Vooruit Theatre in Ghent and the Eindhoven Strijp quarter.
Kathy Hinde, "Piano Migrations",
2008-2010.
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May the Horse Live in Me
THE ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL IN LINZ
The oldest of digital festivals has returned to its preferred sites at the Ars Electronica Center, the Brucknerhaus, the Lentos and OK Centrum (where another exhibition was being held, the Hohenrausch) after a very brief turn at the Tabakfabrik. Meanwhile, the symposium for this 2011 edition, entitled Origin, was organised in collaboration with the CERN.
Art Orienté Objet, "May the Horse Live in Me", 2011, Source Miha Fras.
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Chance
54TH VENICE BIENNIAL
Going to the Venice Biennial implicitly means accepting that you will miss artworks, as there are so many national exhibitions and collateral events. So, one must make choices, without omitting the Arsenal and the ILLUMInazioni exhibition organised by Brice Curiger, the artistic director of this 54th edition. There are also historic pavilions in the gardens and a multitude of museums, palaces and churches that further induce one to lose oneself in Venice.
Christian Boltanski,
"Chance", 2011.
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EXP
ELEKTRA, MONTREAL, 2011
The last edition of Elektra was mainly focused on the visualisation of sound through performances given in Usine C. A few partner exhibition spaces, like the Darling Foundry, are associated with this Montreal event. Alain Thibault, the festival's artistic director, is also the initiator of the International Market for Digital Arts that makes it possible to discover the potential of the research laboratories grouped by Hexagram in particular.
Frank Bretschneider, "EXP", 2009,
Source Camil Scorteanu.
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Artificial Smile
PIXELACHE, HELSINKI, 2011
Juha Huuskonen founded Pixelache in Helsinki in 2002. Since then, a truly international network has emerged around it. The curator, Mathieu Marguerin along with Kevin Bartoli, one of the members of the RYbN group, have prepared the French version, Mal au Pixel, which will take place in Paris next June. But lets first return to the latest edition of the Finnish festival, which was held primarily on the Suomenlinna Islands in March 2011.
Andreas Schmelas & Stefan Stubbe
"Artificial Smile", 2009-2010.
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Face Visualizer
TRANSMEDIALE, BERLIN, 2011
The Transmediale Festival focuses on the role of digital technologies in our society, while Club Transmediale is devoted to the "adventurous" music and related visual arts. This year, the Schering Foundation and the [DAM] Gallery were associated with these two events in Berlin. And we should not forget the Hamburger Bahnhof which has nothing at all to do with the Transmediale, but which presented the work of a resolutely digital artist.
Daito Manabe & Ei Wada "Face Visualizer",
2008. Source Jonathan Gröger.
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Boreas
THE STRP FESTIVAL OF EINDHOVEN
The fourth edition of the STRP festival, which is devoted to bringing together music and artistic and technological practices, drew more than 30,000 visitors to its many concerts, performances, exhibitions, conferences and workshops in November 2010. As for the rather strange name for the event, it relates to the industrial site of Eindhoven that used to house the Philips brand before it revolutionised the cultural industry with its inventions.
Lawrence Malstaf, "Boreas", 2007,
Courtesy Fortlaan 17 Gallery.
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Chapter I : The Discovery
ARS ELECTRONICA REPAIRS THE WORLD
The most recent edition of the Ars Elctronica Festival dedicated to art, technology and society, mainly took place in a former tobacco processing plant in Linz, the scope of which impressed all participants. Theoreticians, researchers and artists from around the world met there for a few days to participate in a think-tank, initiated once again by Gerfried Stocker and Christine Schöpf that aimed at "repairing" what is still possible to repair, starting with the environment.
Félix Luque Sánchez,
"Chapter I : The Discovery", 2009.
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Design and development Dominique Moulon