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Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks by Tony D. Sampson, University of Minnesota Press:

In this thought-provoking work, Tony D. Sampson presents a contagion theory fit for the age of networks. Unlike memes and microbial contagions, Virality does not restrict itself to biological analogies and medical metaphors; it instead points toward a theory of contagious assemblages, events, and affects. For Sampson, contagion is how society comes together and relates.

“Tarde and Deleuze come beautifully together in this outstanding book, the first to really put forward a serious alternative to neo-Darwinian theories of virality, contagion, and memetics. A thrilling read that bears enduring consequences for our understanding of network cultures. Unmissable.” — Tiziana Terranova, author of Network Culture Continue reading

[Collective Geology of the Erased Space by Paul Catanese] Expanded Artists’ Books: Envisioning the Future of the Book :: Call for Proposals — Deadline: September 15, 2012.

The Center for Book and Paper Arts, a program of the Interdisciplinary Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago, recently received a $50,000 Arts in Media grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of a new electronic publishing initiative, Expanded Artists’ Books. This grant will support an award of two $10,000 commissions for new artworks for the iPad. These will have physical counterparts that intersect, modulate, or inform the digital components of the artwork. Continue reading

[Alfredo Jaar, “The Cloud”] Border Crossing :: until September 16, 2012 :: Kunsthallen Brandts, Brandts Torv 1, 5000 Odense, Denmark. Continue reading

Fifth Wall is an App designed for the iPad that considers the digital tablet as a new performance space. It explores the unique spatial, visual, and temporal conditions of the tablet, and its possibilities for choreography. Continue reading

Remitting Default: Sonic Diagrams – Kenya (Robinson) :: July 6, 2012; 6:00 – 8:00 pm :: Recess, 41 Grand Street, New York City.

On July 6, 2012, Kenya (Robinson) will report back from the midway point of her time spent as the inaugural artist in Recess’s online residency program, Analog. Over the past year, the artist developed Remitting Default: A Psycho-economic Performance of Getting Skooled. This project records her experience as a black MFA student at Yale University while struggling to maintain her personal finances and secure fiscal support. Rendering her private education public, (Robinson) posted a daily record of the available balance in her personal checking account. This information is fully accessible at recessanalog.org. Continue reading

Harrell Fletcher: Where I’m Calling From :: June 28, 2012; 8:00 pm (BST) :: Online at BMW Tate Live: Performance Room.

Artist Harrell Fletcher invites busking musicians to take their performances from the tube stations and streets of London into the gallery to play live, online to the BMW Tate Live Performance Room’s global audience.

Harrell Fletcher’s work often takes the form of socially engaged collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. For his BMW Tate Live performance, Where I’m Calling From, the musicians will shift from playing to a local London audience to performing on a global online stage. Continue reading

In April, Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin, unveiled a new commission on campus: an architectural projection entitled And That’s The Way It Is by New York artist Ben Rubin. Continue reading

amberPlatform: Amber Art and Technology Festival and Conference :: Türkgücü Caddesi No:3A Tophane, BeyoÄŸlu 34425, Istanbul, Turkey :: Call for Artworks – Deadline: June 30, 2012 :: Call for Papers – Deadline: August 31, 2012.

amberFestival is interested in interactive installations that explore the theme of Paratactic Commons in today’s world. We see the theme as a tool to think and work with, and the festival as an opportunity to raise an artistic voice. You alone will define that voice. Continue reading