[artinfo] www.alzado.net
Adele Eisenstein
adele@c3.hu
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:40:32 +0200
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 01:23:29 +0200 (CEST)
From: bot@www.alzado.net
Subject: www.alzado.net
ENGLISH MESSAGE FOLLOWS, please excuse cross-postings
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Cordial invitaci=F3n a participar en la nueva versi=F3n de la pieza "Alzado=
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Vectorial" que el artista Mexicano-Canadiense Rafael Lozano-Hemmer presenta=
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para la inauguraci=F3n de Artium, Museo Vasco de Arte Contempor=E1neo en la=
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ciudad de Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Del 22 de abril al 5 de mayo del 2002, cualquier persona que acceda a la=20
direcci=F3n de Internet http://www.alzado.net podr=E1 dise=F1ar inmensas=20
esculturas de luz con 18 ca=F1ones robotizados que estar=E1n alrededor de la=
=20
plaza del Artium. Los haces de luz se ver=E1n a 15 Kil=F3metros a la redonda=
y=20
cada ocho segundos realizar=E1n un nuevo dise=F1o proveniente de la red. Los=
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dise=F1os podr=E1n ir acompa=F1ados de las firmas y dedicatorias de los=
autores,=20
y =E9stas se mostrar=E1n en una pantalla gigante localizada en la plaza. Una=
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p=E1gina Web se producir=E1 autom=E1ticamente para documentar cada=
participaci=F3n.
Prensa: para m=E1s informaci=F3n, dossier de prensa, o entrevistas, favor de=
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contactar a Jacinta Laurent, jacintalaurent@yahoo.com Tel.34-606-45-55-34.
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You are cordially invited to participate in the new version of the piece=20
"Vectorial Elevation" by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer,=20
which has been commissioned for the opening of the Basque Museum of=20
Contemporary Art, Artium in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz.
>From April 22 to May 5, 2002 anyone who logs onto the website=20
http://www.alzado.net will be able to design giant light sculptures using=20
18 robotic searchlights placed around the Museum's central Square. The=20
light beams will be visible at a distance of 15 kilometres and every six=20
seconds a new design will be displayed as it arrives from the Internet. The=
=20
designs may include participants' names and dedications, which will be=20
shown on a large screen in the Square. A web page will be produced=20
automatically to document each participation.
Press: for more information, press dossier or interviews, please contact=20
Jacinta Laurent jacintalaurent@yahoo.com Tel.34-606-45-55-34.
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CITAS / QUOTES
Si el monumento siempre ha intentado dar forma al poder, Alzado Vectorial=20
es un antimonumento, en cuanto a que distribuye el poder entre los miles de=
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internautas que han aportado su creaci=F3n personal a la gran sinfon=EDa=
final=20
de la pieza.
-- Daniel Canogar
Lo decisivo sigue siendo el aliento art=EDstico, la potencia pl=E1stica que=
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer despliega en sus piezas. La fuerza de sugesti=F3n=20
espacial, el juego de realidad y proyecci=F3n, de verdad y ensue=F1o, en=20
definitiva: el alcance po=E9tico y de enriquecimiento humano de sus=20
propuestas. Su capacidad art=EDstica de evocaci=F3n de ese sitio sin lugar,=
que=20
no est=E1 en ninguna parte, y en donde todos queremos sin embargo estar.
-- Jos=E9 Jim=E9nez
The play of lights offers a monumental representation of our electronic=20
connectedness.
-- Gary Hill, John Maeda, Aaron Betsky, et al. SFMOMA Webby Jury
The combination of a high-level of conceptualization and amazing technical=
=20
expertise beautifully tie the "real" and "virtual" worlds together with a=20
presentiment of the internet's role in the exhibition of an individual's=20
creativity to an unprejudiced society.
-- Masaya Fujita, CG-ARTS Society, Japan
This piece is interesting as a work of public art, as a sophisticated but=20
simple user interface, and as a highly successful collaborative work. It=20
was also interesting in its reappropriation of fascist lighting themes in a=
=20
celebration of egalitarian access to public artistic expression.
-- Yukiko Shikata, Masaki Fujihata, Joachim Sauter, et al. Ars Electronica=
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Jury, Austria
Truly exceptional. Any art that competes with the Super Bowl merits special=
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attention!
-- Erik Adigard. MA Design, USA
Vectorial Elevation's results are spectacular and also metaphorical. They=20
provide us with a radically new understanding of an esthetics of networks=20
proper. The projected patterns are creating an epiphany-making manifest in=
=20
a visible mode the coherence and beauty of invisible connections across the=
=20
planet.
-- Derrick de Kerckhove, Director, McLuhan Program, U. of Toronto, Canada
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 01:23:29 +0200 (CEST) <br>
From: bot@<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>www.alzado.net</u></font> <br>
Subject:
<a href=3D"http://www.alzado.net/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
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</a></u></font>ENGLISH MESSAGE FOLLOWS, please excuse
cross-postings<br><br>
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: <br>
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br><br>
Cordial invitaci=F3n a participar en la nueva versi=F3n de la pieza
"Alzado Vectorial" que el artista Mexicano-Canadiense Rafael
Lozano-Hemmer presenta para la inauguraci=F3n de Artium, Museo Vasco de
Arte Contempor=E1neo en la ciudad de Vitoria-Gasteiz.<br><br>
Del 22 de abril al 5 de mayo del 2002, cualquier persona que acceda a la
direcci=F3n de Internet
<a href=3D"http://www.alzado.net/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#0000FF=
"><u>http://www.alzado.net</a></u></font>
podr=E1 dise=F1ar inmensas esculturas de luz con 18 ca=F1ones robotizados=
que estar=E1n alrededor de la plaza del Artium. Los haces de luz se ver=E1n=
a 15 Kil=F3metros a la redonda y cada ocho segundos realizar=E1n un nuevo=
dise=F1o proveniente de la red. Los dise=F1os podr=E1n ir acompa=F1ados de=
las firmas y dedicatorias de los autores, y =E9stas se mostrar=E1n en una=
pantalla gigante localizada en la plaza. Una p=E1gina Web se producir=E1=
autom=E1ticamente para documentar cada participaci=F3n.<br><br>
Prensa: para m=E1s informaci=F3n, dossier de prensa, o entrevistas, favor de=
contactar a Jacinta Laurent, jacintalaurent@yahoo.com=
Tel.34-606-45-55-34.<br><br>
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: <br>
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br><br>
You are cordially invited to participate in the new version of the piece=
"Vectorial Elevation" by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael=
Lozano-Hemmer, which has been commissioned for the opening of the Basque=
Museum of Contemporary Art, Artium in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz.<br><br>
>From April 22 to May 5, 2002 anyone who logs onto the website <a=
href=3D"http://www.alzado.net/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.alzado.net</a></u></font> will be able to=
design giant light sculptures using 18 robotic searchlights placed around=
the Museum's central Square. The light beams will be visible at a distance=
of 15 kilometres and every six seconds a new design will be displayed as it=
arrives from the Internet. The designs may include participants' names and=
dedications, which will be shown on a large screen in the Square. A web=
page will be produced automatically to document each participation.<br><br>
Press: for more information, press dossier or interviews, please contact=
Jacinta Laurent jacintalaurent@yahoo.com Tel.34-606-45-55-34. <br><br>
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: <br>
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br><br>
CITAS / QUOTES<br><br>
Si el monumento siempre ha intentado dar forma al poder, Alzado Vectorial es=
un antimonumento, en cuanto a que distribuye el poder entre los miles de=
internautas que han aportado su creaci=F3n personal a la gran sinfon=EDa=
final de la pieza. <br>
-- Daniel Canogar<br><br>
Lo decisivo sigue siendo el aliento art=EDstico, la potencia pl=E1stica que=
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer despliega en sus piezas. La fuerza de sugesti=F3n=
espacial, el juego de realidad y proyecci=F3n, de verdad y ensue=F1o, en=
definitiva: el alcance po=E9tico y de enriquecimiento humano de sus=
propuestas. Su capacidad art=EDstica de evocaci=F3n de ese sitio sin lugar,=
que no est=E1 en ninguna parte, y en donde todos queremos sin embargo=
estar. <br>
-- Jos=E9 Jim=E9nez<br><br>
The play of lights offers a monumental representation of our electronic=
connectedness. <br>
-- Gary Hill, John Maeda, Aaron Betsky, et al. SFMOMA Webby Jury<br><br>
The combination of a high-level of conceptualization and amazing technical=
expertise beautifully tie the "real" and "virtual"=
worlds together with a presentiment of the internet's role in the=
exhibition of an individual's creativity to an unprejudiced society. <br>
-- Masaya Fujita, CG-ARTS Society, Japan<br><br>
This piece is interesting as a work of public art, as a sophisticated but=
simple user interface, and as a highly successful collaborative work. It=
was also interesting in its reappropriation of fascist lighting themes in a=
celebration of egalitarian access to public artistic expression. <br>
-- Yukiko Shikata, Masaki Fujihata, Joachim Sauter, et al. Ars Electronica=
Jury, Austria<br><br>
Truly exceptional. Any art that competes with the Super Bowl merits special=
attention! <br>
-- Erik Adigard. MA Design, USA<br><br>
Vectorial Elevation's results are spectacular and also metaphorical. They=
provide us with a radically new understanding of an esthetics of networks=
proper. The projected patterns are creating an epiphany-making manifest in=
a visible mode the coherence and beauty of invisible connections across the=
planet. <br>
-- Derrick de Kerckhove, Director, McLuhan Program, U. of Toronto, Canada</h=
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