Dave Griffiths on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:16:29 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime-ann> The World Is My Imagination - Exhibition, Manchester UK |
. International Media Art Exhibition at CUBE, The Centre for the Urban Built Environment, Manchester, England "The World is My Imagination": Media-Model-Miniature Curated by Andrea Zapp 7th September - 3rd November 2007 Cube invites you to attend the preview on Thursday, 6th September, 6.00pm- 9.00pm. Striking and picturesque model worlds replicate real and imaginary spaces, while reflecting existences and habitats, personal memories and longing. This shift in scale ultimately comments on our surroundings, within social, cultural and technological changes. Nine artists and collectives explore the miniscule as an artist interface in video, networked and interactive installations, digital sound sculptures and photography, found objects and custom built environments. Not just in Gulliver's Travels, have shifting sizes and miniature shapes been a creative feature in literature and contemporary art practice. The exhibition explores this fascination for artists and audiences alike. Nine international projects display miniscule scenery with particular and ingenious methods within the field of media arts and environment. Film, photography, digital imagery, sounds, and model objects are embedded into custom-built rooms and miniature interfaces, to establish a story; opposing a playful, dreamlike world against the real, in relation to Schopenhauer's view that 'the world is my imagination'. Participating Artists Nick Hardy, UK; h.o. Media Group, Japan; Hilary Jack, UK; Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, USA; Markus Kison, Germany; Amanda Oliphant, UK; Mark Pilkington, UK; Joel Porter, UK; Andrea Zapp, Germany/UK With thanks to Arts Council England, Manchester Metropolitan University, Ars Electronica Center Linz, Astra Signs. The World is my Imagination is exhibited as part of the Manchester Science Festival: http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com The exhibition is hosted by CUBE (Centre for the Urban Built Environment), based in the heart of Manchester, and one of Europe's most exciting Architecture & Design Centres, dedicated to communicating the ideas and issues that lie behind the buildings and spaces that make up our built environment. CUBE promotes education programmes at all levels and showcases developments in architecture and design in a Centre housing three excellent galleries, four seminar rooms and a RIBA bookshop. Free entry to the Gallery: Monday - Saturday 12.30 - 5.30. For further information contact CUBE on 0161 237 5525 or at info@cube.org.uk CUBE (Centre for the Urban Built Environment) 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester M1 6DW Telephone: 0161 237 5525, Fax: 0161 236 5815 www.cube.org.uk regards -- Dave Griffiths www.davegriffiths.info -------------------------->> _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann