Sónar 2007 | SPAM: Art Digital a la Carta   SPAM as an art form As in previous years, one of Sonar’s exhibition areas is once again set aside exclusively for displaying the latest developments in digital art. Located on the 1st floor of the Centre de Cultura Contemporànea, this year's exhibition focuses on SPAM, one of the most common and undesirable elements on the net. In this selection of works curated by Alessandro Ludovico, the unwanted information that we delete every morning without a second thought becomes an artistic device used by artists to explore different mechanisms for communication – and intrusion - in the technological age. Sonar also gives a place to the latest new media art from Barcelona through Digital Art on Demand, organised in collaboration with the gallery Niu, one of the city's main new media cultural centres. Local artists and foreign Barcelona-based artists participate in this showcase called Viviendo@bcn. Mediateletipos.net (a satellite project of the important Galician portal artesonoro.org) will also be a guest at this year’s Sonar, with eight interesting projects that explore the same general area: the revolution that the widespread use of web 2.0 will imply in relation to the music scene. Spam, the Economy of Desire Alessandro Ludovico (IT) www.neural.it As one of the inescapable communication phenomena of our times, junk e-mail is a substantial part of our infoscape. "Spam" is an exhibition of works curated by Alessandro Ludovico that explores how digital artists have proven themselves smarter than spammers. Taking Spam beyond the computer screen or responding to it through aesthetic strategies of all kinds, these artists could be considered to be the bravest, definitive email heroes. Jonathan Land, "The Spam Letters" http://thespamletters.com Richard Airlie, Ian Morrison, "Spamradio" www.spamradio.com Alex Dragulescu, "Spam Architecture" http://www.sq.ro/spamarchitecture.php Bill Shackelford, "Spamtrap" http://billshackelford.com/home/portfolio_spamtra_826 Markus Boeniger, "Spam Shirt" www.spamshirt.com Luca Bertini, "800-178968, a Toll Free Number" http://ilnumeroverde.net/about/cornice3_eng.html Dean Cameron, Victor Isaac, "Urgent & Confidential" www.spamscamscam.com Nick Philip, “Nowhere.com” http://nphilip.best.vwh.net/instal.htm “Today's Spam” http://spamtoday.blogspot.com/ Viviendo@bcn Niu (ES) www.niubcn.com Barcelona, a Mediterranean and usually sunny city, is one of Europe’s most active and innovative hubs for audiovisual and multimedia arts. Much of this innovation and richness comes from artists born outside of Barcelona, people from a thousand and one different cities who decide to stop here for a time. Many of these artists explore audiovisual language as a form of artistic expression. This small selection shows the creative scope of eight collectives led by artists who have made Barcelona their home over the last few years. Recent arrivals from Sevilla, Bogota or Berlin who are making Barcelona a stop on their professional path and contributing a cultural richness that may be hard to quantify, but is undoubtedly positive. Niu is a cultural space located in Barcelona’s Poblenou area that produces, exhibits and publicises contemporary audiovisual arts, multimedia design, digital art and independent electronic music. The subject of study, production and exhibition is the “audio and visual” culture that emerges with the inrush of digital technology into the world of art, design and communication. Alberto Tognazzi, “Intimidades” www.intimidades.es Dslnc Studio (con música de Pablo Maffi), “Electrospoken World Video Collage Generator” www.desilence.net Matekemata, “Airport” www.matekemata.com Sebastián Seifert & Miguel Marín, “Catangos Remixed” www.niubcn.com/catangos AC 3monitor, “28 Dead...Hundred Injured” www.myspace.com/ac3monitor Háztelo, “El Cruce” www.haztelo.com Institut Fatima, “Wireless Artist for Everyone!” www.myspace.com/institutfatima Equipo & Txalo Toloza-Fernández, “Usted No Está Aquí” www.miprimerdrop.com www.equipoweb.de Redes Aurales Mediateletipos.net (ES) www.mediateletipos.net We find ourselves facing the need to construct a new theory of knowledge that will allow us to study societies through their sound imaginaries. In this supposed new stage, the semantic web plays an essential and major role, a place for construction rather representation: from the figurative plane to pattern, from perspective to immersion, from object to process, from content to context, from reception to negotiation, from observation to action and from brain automatism to the distributing mind. Here in this new context is where we may find the keys to help us resolve the problem. Mediateletipos.net (a satellite project of the portal artesonoro.org), has selected eight projects that use social consensus as a means of working towards constructing that longed for means to knowledge through "aurality". “Ccmixter” http://ccmixter.org “Earlabs” http://earlabs.org “Escoitar” www.escoitar.org “The Freesound Project” http://freesound.iua.upf.edu “Jamendo” www.jamendo.com “Pandora” www.pandora.com “Ruccas” http://ruccas.org “Soundtransit” http://soundtransit.nl LATEST NEWS: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Minus presents Contakt at Sónar 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Photo Report :: Sonarama & SonarMática --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Photo Report: Sónar by Night Saturday 21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Photo Report: Sónar by Day Saturday 21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Photo Report: Sónar by Day Friday 20th --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Photo Report: Sónar by Night Friday 20th --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Photo Report: Sónar Thursday 19th --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Erol Alkan will be replaced by Kawasaki --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | El Guincho presents a special show for Sónar by Day --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | No visa for Konono nº1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Last minute useful information! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Home made: the Spanish scene at Sónar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Follow the Siglo21 shows at Sónar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Bonde do Rolê replaces M.I.A. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sónar 2008 | Sónar by Night Saturday 21 June Programme --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest News October 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 December 2007 October 2007 September 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 August 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 August 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002   All themes 2003 Sónar Sónar 2002 Sónar 2003 Sónar 2004 Sónar 2005 Sónar 2006 Sónar 2007 Sónar 2008 SonarClub Radio SonarEvents SonarFiles SonarMusic SonarOnline SonarSound   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feed RSS Newsletter