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Political Matter

Political Matter
Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life

Bruce Braun and Sarah J. Whatmore, editors
University of Minnesota Press, 2010

An engaging collection that explores the politics of material objects

Political Matter seeks to develop a fully materialist theory of politics, one that opens new possibilities for imagining the relationship between scientific and political practices. The contributors assert that without such a theory the profusion of complex materials with and through which we live—plastic bags, smart cars, long-life lightbulbs—too often leaves us oscillating between fearful repudiation and glib celebration.

In his essay, Nigel Thrift writes about Ballettikka Internettikka.

Nigel Thrift:
Halos: Making More Room in the World for New Political orders
Page 139-174

 

Entrevista a Igor Štromajer

Entrevista a Igor Štromajer
Por Jorge Martins Rosa e Margarida Carvalho
1 de janeiro de 2011

Interact
Revista online de arte, cultura e tecnologia, Lisboa, Portugal
# 17 (Secção:  Entrevista)

Em Outubro de 2010, o artista esloveno Igor Štromajer esteve em Portugal para colaborar enquanto artista e consultor no projecto “A História é Clandestina”. Aproveitando a sua presença, Jorge Martins Rosa e Margarida Carvalho entrevistaram-no para a Interact.

© Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Linguagens, Lisboa, Portugal

BI Amber, Istanbul

Bojana Kunst writes about about Ballettikka Internettikka
(in Turkish language):

Amber – Arts and Technology Festival
Istanbul, Turkey

Amber 2008 catalogue.
Published in 2010.

Ballettikka Internettikka in Skopje

“Love Without Mercy”
Public presentation / Artist talk

Saturday, 11 December 2010 at 8 pm
Venue: Cultural Center CK, Skopje

Presenting the project Ballettikka Internettikka (2001-2011) by Igor Štromajer & Brane Zorman.

In collaboration with Kontrapunkt, Skopje; deschooling.classroom(o^o) and TkH – Centre for Performing Arts Theory and Practice, Belgrade.

“We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.”
(W. Churchill)

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BI in Maribor – 16th IFCA/MFRU

16th International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA/MFRU)
Maribor, Slovenia
18 – 28 November 2010

Ballettikka Internettikka – Internet Ballet
www.intima.org/bi

Presentation / Artist Talk ; Location: Cinema Udarnik, 24 November 2010 at 6 PM
EPK 12 – Mobile Showcase (Region: Novo Mesto / APT)
Artists: Igor Štromajer + Brane Zorman

English: www.mfru.org/index.php?id=294&L=1
Slovensko: www.mfru.org/index.php?id=294

“We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.”
(W. Churchill)

Ballettikka Internettikka is a series of tactical art projects which began in 2001 with the exploration of Internet ballet. It explores wireless Internet ballet performances combined with guerrilla tactics and mobile live Internet broadcasting strategies.

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Omissive Art

OMISSIVE ART by Igor Štromajer

www.intima.org/blackboxmemo

Reality is not given. It has to be constructed.

Project Room: The Black Box Museum Project / Memoria
Artists: Katarina Zdjelar, Zoran Todorović, Bojan Fajfrić, Igor Štromajer | Curated by Milan Tutunović
Venue: Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain à Sète – Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée / CRAC – Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon
In collaboration with: Kawenga Espace Culture Multimédia, Montpellier, France
5 November 2010 – 30 January 2011

+ FB Photos

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Project Room: The Black Box Museum Project / Memoria

Project Room: The Black Box Museum Project / Memoria
Curated by Milan Tutunović
Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain à Sète – Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée / CRAC – Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, France
5 November 2010 – 30 January 2011

Expositions 5 novembre – 30 janvier 2011
vernissage : vendredi 5 novembre à 18h30

PROJECT-ROOM
The Black Box Museum Project / Memoria

KATARINA ZDJELAR
ZORAN TODOROVIĆ
BOJAN FAJFRIĆ
IGOR ŠTROMAJER – OMISSIVE ART – www.intima.org/blackboxmemo

+ Flickr Photo Documentation (preparations + opening of the exhibition)

+ FB Photo Set

Commissariat : Milan TUTUNOVIĆ

VIDEO: www.dailymotion.com/video/xhabbf_project-room-the-black-box-museum-project-memoria_creation

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Stealth Stories

Stealth Stories

www.historiaclandestina.com

A collaborative technological performance initiated by Eunice Gonçalves Duarte. First performed in Lisbon, Portugal, 28 October 2010.

“How, after all, do you write a history of a ‘consciousness’? How do you write a history for something that escapes easy definition, has no discernable boundaries, and operates on the principle of reflection (how, for example, do you separate a photograph from what it’s of or from the unfolding context of its reception)? How do you invent a voice (or voices) for this history that can speak to photography’s emotional effects as well as its physical and formal characteristics and economic and political ramifications?”
Geoffrey Batchen


Stealth Stories photograph by Igor Štromajer

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