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• Invisible Pavilion brings augmented reality to Venice Biennale digital

  Back in 2011, The Invisible Pavilion made its debut at the Venice Biennale, focusing on augmented reality. Simona Lodi, who runs the Share Festival in Turin, curated this unique…

• Valérie Mréjen's 'chroniques: valvert' on Aurora Films digital

  Valérie Mréjen's work 'chroniques: valvert' is being distributed online by Aurora Films. The piece was featured in art press 2 n°21, a special issue titled 'Cinémas contemporains'…

• Yuliya Lanina featured on artcritical platform digital

  Yuliya Lanina was featured on the artcritical website on May 7, 2011. The content was published at 10:24 am that Saturday. The platform operates using WordPress technology.…

• Yuliya Lanina and Yevgeniy Sharlat collaborate on animation 'Gentleman from Cracow' digital

  Animator Yuliya Lanina and composer Yevgeniy Sharlat partnered on the project 'Gentleman from Cracow', a collaborative animation piece. The work was featured on artcritical, a…

• William Kentridge's 2010 Video Interview with Himself for New York Studio School digital

  William Kentridge created a video titled Drawing Lesson 47 (Interview for New York Studio School) in 2010. The work features the artist interviewing himself, running for 4 minutes…

• Dump.fm: A Real-Time Chatroom for Collaborative GIF Art and Remix Culture Since 2010 digital

  Launched in 2010, dump.fm is a real-time chatroom where registered users post and modify images, text, and animated GIFs. Created by Ryder Ripps, Tim Baker, and Scott Ostler, the…

• Dump.fm Platform Hosts User-Generated Animated GIF Content digital

  The online platform Dump.fm allows registered users to post and modify animated images. This digital space functions as a collaborative environment where participants can share…

• Animated GIF 'anigif_catsnake' posted on dump.fm chatroom in 2011 digital

  On February 27, 2011, an animated GIF titled 'anigif_catsnake' was posted to the dump.fm chatroom. The image was uploaded at 11:57 PM. Dump.fm functions as a platform where…

• Animated GIF from dump.fm chatroom posted on artcritical in 2011 digital

  On February 27, 2011, at 11:55 pm, artcritical published an animated GIF from the dump.fm chatroom. The image was posted under the username "Seacrestcheadle" and featured the text…

• Artcritical website screenshot from November 15, 2010 digital

  A screenshot of the Artcritical website was captured on November 15, 2010 at 12:33:34 PM. The image shows the platform's WordPress-powered interface with a timestamp indicating…

• Jennifer Steinkamp's digital animation Orbit 7 documented in 2010 digital

  Jennifer Steinkamp created Orbit 7 in 2010, a three-dimensional computer animation designed for projection. The work was documented by artcritical on October 25, 2010. Lehmann…

• New Museum of Contemporary Art presents Baldwin|Lew Archives exhibition on digital art's mainstream challenges. digital

  From June 23 to September 10, the New Museum of Contemporary Art presented an online exhibition named Baldwin|Lew Archives. In her 2004 publication Internet Art, released by…

• Whitney Museum and Tate Online Co-Commission Net Art Projects for 2006 digital

  Artport, the Whitney Museum of American Art's portal to net art, and Tate Online have jointly commissioned three net art projects for display in February and March 2006. The first…

• Kembra Pfahler's 2008 IFC Video Still Featured on Artcritical in 2010 digital

  A still from Kembra Pfahler's 2008 IFC video was posted on the artcritical website on June 11, 2010. The entry was filed under no specific category and allowed responses via RSS…

• Guggenheim's Re:Contemplating the Void competition invites digital reinterpretations of Wright's rotunda digital

  To mark its 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim Museum is hosting a contest called Re:Contemplating the Void, where artists are challenged to reimagine Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic…

• Robert Rose's digital rendering for Guggenheim competition Re:Contemplate the Void digital

  Robert Rose created a digital rendering titled Erv's Afternoon for the Re:Contemplate the Void competition. The work was posted on artcritical on June 9, 2010. The competition…

• Artists Create Custom Themes for Google Chrome Browser digital

  In 2010, Google collaborated with artists to develop custom themes for its Chrome browser. The initiative involved multiple contemporary artists creating visual designs that users…

• Google Chrome launches artist-designed themes featuring Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, and others digital

  Google just launched a new set of themes for its Chrome browser, featuring designs from a range of artists like Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Tom Sachs, and Dale Chihuly. These themes…

• Jeff Koons Designs Theme for Google Chrome Browser in 2010 digital

  On April 3, 2010, artcritical posted a screenshot revealing that artist Jeff Koons had created a theme for Google's Chrome browser. The image, dated March 14, 2010, showcased…

• Brooklyn Museum Launches Interactive Mobile App for Personalized Tours digital

  On August 26, the Brooklyn Museum introduced a mobile web application designed as a personalized guide for visitors. This interactive tool allows users to create customized tours…

• Golan Levin's 2006 Net Art Project The Dumpster Visualizes Teen Breakups Through Blog Data digital

  Back in 2006, Golan Levin teamed up with Kamal Nigam and Jonathan Feinberg to create an internet art piece called The Dumpster. This project was commissioned by Artport, which is…

• Marc Lafia and Fang-Yu Lin's Algorithmic Reimagining of 'The Battle of Algiers' for Whitney and Tate digital

  In February and March 2006, Marc Lafia and Fang-Yu Lin unveiled their net art installation titled 'The Battle of Algiers,' which was co-commissioned by Tate Online and Artport at…

• Flash Software Aesthetics Explored in French Festival digital

  Annick Burreaud examines the unique writing and aesthetic qualities of Flash programming software. In France, a festival is now dedicated to this software, highlighting its…

• Ilya and Emilia Kabakov's Flash-based website reviewed as online museum digital

  Stephan Küpper reviewed the official website www.ilya-emilia-kabakov.com for Ilya and Emilia Kabakov on January 29, 2003. The site documents eleven installations through glossy…

• Software Art and Aesthetic Computing: Defining the Material of Code digital

  In 2001, Berlin's Transmediale festival introduced a category for Software Art, while Moscow's Macros-Center launched a competition culminating in the read_me festival in spring…

• Small Is Beautiful: The Rise of Constraint-Based Net Art digital

  A burgeoning movement in net art is leaning towards minimalism and constraints, standing in contrast to the trend of expansive websites. Artists are producing visual and auditory…

• Mike Figgis's Time Code: A Quad-Screen Digital Film Experiment digital

  Mike Figgis's 2000 film "Time Code" was shot on Sony Dvcam DSR-130s and originally conceived for the web before theatrical release. The film presents four simultaneous 93-minute…

• George Legrady Discusses Interactive Media Art and Pockets Full of Memories Installation at Centre Pompidou digital

  George Legrady, an interactive media artist and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, explores the intersection of digital technology, photography, and…

• Digital Revolution Redefines Sexuality and Intimacy in Cinema digital

  A cinematic movement born from the digital revolution and evolving social mores is redefining sexuality and intimacy. This trend leverages digital technologies to explore new…

• Digital Literature and Poetry Revival in the 2000s digital

  The article from artpress.com, dated December 1, 2000, reports a resurgence in digital literature and poetry. This movement is characterized by a renewal of writing styles and…

• Virtual Museum of Soviet Architecture Launches Online with Cambridge University Press Publication Forthcoming digital

  A digital museum dedicated to Soviet architecture has been created online through ARTMargins. Vladimir Paperny, based in Los Angeles, initiated this project after spending…

• Olga Filippova's Virtual Museum of the USSR Reinterprets Soviet Architectural Theory digital

  Olga Filippova, an architectural student from Russia studying at the University of Utah, has created a virtual Museum of the USSR utilizing 3D Studio Max and VRML. This project…

• Olia Lialina on Net Art's Commodification and the Russian Internet's Literary Focus digital

  Olia Lialina, a Russian net artist and theorist teaching at Hochschule fuer Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, founded Teleportacia Gallery as the first commercial online gallery for…

• Freud-Lissitzky Navigator: A 20th-Century Computer Game Prototype Reconstructing Avant-Garde History digital

  The Freud-Lissitzky Project is focused on creating a legendary computer game, with plans to share a playable version once it is finished. This initiative, spearheaded by Lev…

• Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák's Web Projects Cryptogram and Demedusator Explore Digital Frontiers digital

  Hungarian media artist Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, who serves as an associate professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, has developed two web projects: Demedusator and…

• Tamás Waliczky's Digital Cosmologies: Reuniting Camera and World in Virtual Documentaries digital

  Since the late 1980s, Tamás Waliczky has been a trailblazer in the realm of computer-generated art. His notable creations, such as "The Garden" (1992), "The Forest" (1993), "The…

• Icono & Cie: Bridging Virtual Gallery and Contemporary Art digital

  A 1997 article from artpress discusses the concept of 'virtual gallery' and presents the unique position of Icono & Cie, a French collective. The term 'virtual gallery' typically…

• Norman White's 1986 Remote Arm-Wrestling Performance at Paris Cultural Center digital

  On June 5, 1986, artist Norman White engaged in a long-distance arm-wrestling match with collaborator Doug Back, who was located 5,760 kilometers away at Arc Gallery in Toronto.…

• Virtual Art Platforms Struggle with Exclusivity During Pandemic Lockdowns digital

  The COVID-19 lockdown has forced galleries and art fairs to rapidly adopt digital platforms, creating contradictions between accessibility and traditional exclusivity. Hauser &…

• Derek Jarman's Rare 1984 Film 'Imagining October' Streams Online Through July 2020 digital

  Derek Jarman's 1984 film 'Imagining October' is available for online viewing through July 13, 2020 via Amanda Wilkinson Gallery. Created from footage shot during a 1984 trip to…