| Greg J. Smith on Fri, 9 Jan 2009 06:52:21 +0100 (CET) |
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| <nettime-ann> Announcing Vague Terrain 12: Device Art |
. We've just launched the most recent edition of the Vague Terrain journal project and the issue is dedicated to device art. Guest curated by Toronto's art/technology guru Rob Cruickshank, the issue taps into the long lineage of machine making in arts and industry and collects a survey of contemporary work to represent this emerging microcontroller-driven age. In his introductory essay Cruickshank contextualizes this moment in the arts as follows: "This abundance feeds an underground culture of hackers and “circuit benders” in much the same way that the post World War II glut of cars fuelled the hot rod craze of the 50s and 60s ... The rise of rapid protoyping and small-run custom manufacturing means that an artist can essentially have a factory in their living room, and produce electronic devices as easily as previous generations made prints or ceramics". Vague Terrain 12: Device Art provides a window into the creative practice of nine artists working in the world of machines. Participants include: Brad Borevitz, Darsha Hewitt, Erin Gee, iriXx, Jessica Field, Ken Gregory, Martin Wisniowski, Nicholas Stedman and Peter Flemming. You can view the issue here: http://vagueterrain.net/journal12 ...and subscribe to the Vague Terrain blog here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/vagueterrain -- Neil Wiernik & Greg J. Smith http://vagueterrain.net [email protected] _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann