Lecture/workshop by Roy Ascott at Xindanwei, Shanghai August 21, 2011, 14:00 – 18:00 Roy Ascott is one of the pioneers of what we call new media art or tech art now. Since the 1960’s he was applying ideas of cybernetics and network theory in his artistic and pedagogic practice, which as he states are both…
Avdej Ter-Oganjan @ tranzitdisplay, December 16, 2010 18:00 tranzitdisplay art space organized an artist talk with Avdej Ter-Oganjan, a Russian artist who was persecuted in Russia because of his controversial artworks which supposedly “instilled religious hatred and political unrest”. He lives in Czech Republic now, where he received political asylum. One of his trademark actions…
The city as a public space. Quite an overstated phrase, isn’t it? But it keeps occupying people’s minds. Why? Cities have become the second nature for most of us – citizens. Cities are spaces where we are born, where we live, where we die. Our lives are shaped by the cities we live in. Citizens…