Re: Syndicate: ars electronica 2001 - TAKEOVER theme

[martha rosler <navva@earthlink.net>]

>Whether on the scientific front such as
>in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering, in highly explosive
>sociopolitical settings, or in new economic alliances, their modi operandi,
>motivations, strategies and aims define them as artists, and the
>progressive effects of their work make what they do art.

REALLY???? could you kindly explain the progressive elements here????


I am especially fond of "in the field of biotechnology and genetic
engineering, in highly explosive sociopolitical settings" in conjunction
with  "the avant-gardiste principle of art striving to be a driving force
and to impart momentum to the development of society as a whole has
undergone a shift -science, pop culture and subcultural niches, business &
entertainment, software engineering, etc. are the epicenters of the
exciting current developments."

martha rosler
brooklyn, new york


>Ars Electronica 2001
>1. - 6. September
>
>TAKEOVER - Who's doing the art of tomorrow?
>
>http://www.aec.at/takeover
>
>Which conditions are defining the art of tomorrow, where will it happen,
>who is  doing it and with whom?
>
>It is evident that a creativity burst unique in scope and diversity has
>taken place in the wake of the Digital Revolution, but this has gone
>largely unnoticed and unacknowledged by the conventional art world.
>
>             The inertia of traditional art institutions and the increasing
>privatization of the funding process of art are reinforcing the trend among
>a young generation of artists to establish their own platforms,
>collaborative undertakings, and business models, whereby the ongoing brain
>drain into the media and advertising industries threatens to soon leave the
>art world behind like a ghost town. The avant-gardiste principle of art
>striving to be a driving force and to impart momentum to the development of
>society as a whole has undergone a shift -science, pop culture and
>subcultural niches, business & entertainment, software engineering, etc.
>are the epicenters of the exciting current developments.
>
>             Ars Electronica 2001 is focussing on the protagonists of this
>development, those displaying strong commitment and facing considerable
>risk in opening up new territories in which their role and their scope of
>action have not yet been defined. Whether on the scientific front such as
>in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering, in highly explosive
>sociopolitical settings, or in new economic alliances, their modi operandi,
>motivations, strategies and aims define them as artists, and the
>progressive effects of their work make what they do art.
>
>             Let's take a look at the thing formerly known as art!
>
>             Gerfried Stocker
>
>
>
>
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