Situated Technologies: Beneath and Beyond Big Data — A symposium with Philip Beesley, David Benjamin, Laura Forlano, Usman Haque, Natalie Jeremijenko, Omar Khan, Laura Kurgan, Helen Nissenbaum, Trebor Scholz, Mark Shepard, and Kazys Varnelis :: April 28, 2012; 2:00-5:00 pm :: Rose Auditorium, The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square, 3 AIA and New York State CEUs. Continue reading

Soup / No Soup, Rikrit Tiravanija :: April 7, 2012; noon-midnight :: Grand Palais, 3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, Paris, Ile de France.

As a prelude to the public opening of La Triennale 2012 at the Palais de Tokyo and associated institutions in and around Paris on April 20th, the renowned contemporary artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will present Soup / No Soup, a project which will transform the main nave of Grand Palais into an enormous, festive, twelve-hour banquet composed of a single meal of Tom Ka soup. Continue reading

Berkman Luncheon Series: Dalida Maria Benfield: Unexpected Development: Decolonial Media Aesthetics and Women’s ICT4D Video :: April 17, 2012; 12:30 pm :: Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts + webcast :: RSVP required for those attending in person via this form.

ICT4D (Information Communication Technology for Development) powerfully frames women’s grassroots video production in the Global South, much of which is distributed widely through YouTube. Often, these videos reproduce racialized and gendered discourses — legacies of colonialism — in their narratives of economic, social, and technological progress. Continue reading

Mobile Focus: A day of discussions and presentations focusing on mobile technologies, followed by the launch of the web work Detours: Poetics of the City by Taien Ng-Chan :: March 24, 2012; 10:00 am - 5:00 pm :: Notman House (Home of the web in Montréal) 51, rue Sherbrooke West, Montréal. Continue reading

BMW Tate Live: Performance Room: Jérôme Bel :: March 22, 2012; 8:00 pm :: online. Continue reading

Dome2012: Video Art In The Digital Dome :: April 13-14, 2012; 5:00 - 8:00 pm :: Digital Dome @ IAIA, 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and the Santa Fe Complex invite you to DOME2012, a two-day immersive video experience featuring the world premier of new experimental video art in the Digital Dome @ IAIA. The event is free and open to the public.

DOME2012 is the first artist-in-residence show at the Digital Dome @ IAIA and is curated by Ethan Bach, Digital Dome Manager at IAIA and Orlando Leibovitz, Art Director at the Santa Fe Complex. Continue reading

Discotrope: The Secret Nightlife of Solar Cells :: March 19, 2012 :: Reception: 7:00 pm :: Performance: 7:30 pm :: gallery@calit2, Atkinson Hall, 9500 Gilman Drive #0436, La Jolla, California.

Discotrope: The Secret Nightlife Of Solar Cells is an audiovisual performance by Amy Alexander and Annina Rüst, with sound design by Cristyn Magnus. Performances invoke both alternative energy and the curious history of dance in cinema -– from backlots to backyards. Continue reading

Exhibition: Isidore Isou: Hypergraphic Novels, 1950–1984; curated by Frédéric Acquaviva :: until April 13, 2012 :: Book Release: April 12 :: The Romanian Cultural Institute of Stockholm, Skeppsbron 20, Stockholm, Sweden.

Lorsqu’on rompt, on n’a pas de public, on forme un public future.
(When you break away, you don’t have an audience, you are creating a future audience.)
– Isidore Isou, Les Journaux des Dieux (1950, “The Gods’ Diaries”)

The Romanian Cultural Institute of Stockholm is proud to present an exhibition and an accompanying catalogue focusing on one unique but essential aspect of Isidore Isou’s work: his innovative and ultra-contemporary contribution to the novel, especially what he called the hypergraphic novel. Continue reading

Social Media For Urban Research :: March 27, 2012; 6:30 - 8:30 pm :: Studio-X NYC, 180 Varick St., Suite 1610, New York City.

Social media are increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives, from connecting with friends and sharing images to exploring cities through location-based applications. These new services have given us a different vantage point from which to understand, explore, navigate, and geographically record the places we live.

This panel discussion brings together academics, professionals, and journalists who are researching, building, and using social media data to better understand our urban environment. Continue reading

[Robby Rackleff, from Guild, 2012] Big Reality, curated by Brian Droitcour :: March 15-29, 2012 :: Opening: March 15; 7:00 – 10:00 pm :: 319 Scholes, 319 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY. Continue reading