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Database Imaginary exhibition - interview online
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Sarah Cook
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Jan 16, 2005 16:54 PST
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"... Now that databases have become instantiated in nearly every aspect=20
of contemporary culture, I think it=12s important for artists to=20
recuperate what this mass of numbers might mean in lived experience or,=20
on the opposite end of the spectrum, to get a certain sense of the=20
sublime..." - Steve Dietz
This week on Rhizome you can find an interview by Kevin McGarry with=20
the curators of the exhibition Database Imaginary: Sarah Cook, Steve=20
Dietz and Anthony Kiendl.
The exhibition, which presents 23 works made by 33 artists between 1971=20
and
2004, is in its last weeks at the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff=20
Centre, Canada (it closes January 23, 2005) but will be touring Canada,=20
the US and UK/Europe through mid 2006. The next venue is the Dunlop Art=20
Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, opening in mid March 2005.
The exhibition website, which is regularly updated images and texts, is=20
at
http://databaseimaginary.banff.org
Artists in the exhibition:
Cory Arcangel, Julian Bleecker, Natalie Bookchin, Kayle Brandon & Heath
Bunting, Alan Currall, Beatriz da Costa, Hans Haacke, Harwood/Mongrel,=20
Agnes
Hegedus, Axel Heide, Pablo Helguera, Lisa Jevbratt/C5, George Legrady,=20
Lev
Manovich, Jennifer + Kevin McCoy, Muntadas, onesandzeros, Scott=20
Paterson,
Philip Pocock, Edward Poitras, David Rokeby, Warren Sack, Jamie Schulte,
Thomson&Craighead, Brooke Singer, Gregor Stehle, University of Openess,
Angie Waller, Cheryl L'Hirondelle Waynohtew, Marina Zurkow
A catalogue for the exhibition will be available in late spring 2005.
The exhibition was co-organized by the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina=20
Public Library, and made possible with funding from The Canada Council=20
for the Arts, the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and=20
Technology, Canadian Heritage (Museums Assistance Program), and the=20
Alberta Foundation
for the Arts.
We'd love to hear what you think of the show!
Sincerely,
Sarah Cook
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Dr. Sarah Cook, New Media Curator / Research
School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture, University of Sunderland
CRUMB web resource for new media art curators
http://www.crumbweb.org
BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
http://www.balticmill.com
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