One of the artists shown at Cybernetic Serendipity was Jean Tinguely. You can hear some of his pieces on WPS1's broadcast from the 2005 Armory show. You'll have to search for Tinguely on the page and you can then listen to the whole set which includes three other artists. {January 11/07 - Links to specific artists don't necessarily lead to works by the artists]. There are many other recordings on this page with links provided in the notes to information about the artists, gallery links, etc.
I wasn't able to find a whole lot of information about the artist on the Tinguely Museum web site but searching through the 'exhibitions' links does find some material on other artists. The 'museums' link has a listing for the artist with a point-by-point-biography and some small pictures of some of his works.
The two works he showed at Cybernetic Serendipity (at least the two shown in the book) are Metamatic, 1959 and Metamatic, 1961. One of the other 'Metamatics' - no. 8 - is shown as part of a course on Algorithmic Art at the Institute of Artificial Art in Amsterdam.
Lots of interesting links here, including one for Machines "a group of electric motors who play electric guitars".
Back to Jean Tinguely, Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality (the website) has a section, written by Billy Klüver, on his Homage to New York with a RealVideo film of the 'destruction' and construction of the piece.
April 22, 2006
Jean Tinguely
April 17, 2006
56kTV - BASTARD CHANNEL
56kTV - BASTARD CHANNEL is an "international online art project", based, I think, in Switzerland, although the artists are from many nations. The interface can be confusing, since the small windows (popups?) separate themselves from the main screen. At any time, there are seven programs to choose from and they change a bit during the day. Most programs are somewhat interactive, although the viewer has to explore to find that interactivity.
April 13, 2006
Kiki Smith on the Walker Channel
The Walker Art Center has many resources for the art student, art lover, and art gallery visitor. One that I just discovered via their New Media Initiatives Blog is the Walker Art Channel. There is a long list of artists who are present on video, including Ang Lee, Merce Cunningham, David Strathairn, Matthew Barney, Chuck Close, and Bruce Stirling.
I've listened to and watched Peter Schjeldahl speaking with Kiki Smith. The hour long conversation covers Smith's approach to her work and provides a good forum for her personality, although I would have preferred more Smith and less Schjeldahl.
There is an excellent online exhibition of Kiki Smith's work at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
April 04, 2006
The Wand
The Wand is a very neat animated movie short (4.04 min) about "the universal nature of power and greed". It was made by Nick Worthey and won a grand prize in a contest at Atom Films.
The video is from Atom Films which has lots of free videos, including my random giggle-producing choice Otto in 17, created by Bruno Bozzetto. Each video is preceded by an ad but the ones I saw were amusing rather than annoying.
I first found The Wand through a link on the Computer Arts blog. The site for the magazine has tutorials, news, etc. available without a subscription. You can sign up for a free account so you can subscribe to the free newsletter.
The RRS feed for the Computer Arts Daily blog is http://www.computerarts.co.uk/blog.rss If you're not familiar with RSS or you want more info on how to set it up for your newsreader, instructions for the RSS feed are at the bottom of the 'Computer Arts Daily' section.
Note: I decided to do all my blogging from this site, both the short bits and longer pieces. I'm still using Bloglines to keep track of other blogs, so please visit the Digital Stage link to the left if you want to see my blogroll. [Blog entry edited heavily January 14, 2007]
