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But is I.T. Art?
What even is new media art?
Season 1, Ep. 1
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What does the art of the future look like? What began with moving-image and has since exploded in popularity with the rise of NFTs, only reflects a fraction of digital art can be…
In this first episode, we’ll explore new media art; how we can try to define it and how it can be exhibited in a physical space, with help of Merel Van Helsdingen, Founder of Nxt Museum and Bogomir Doringer, Curator of Shifting Proximites the museum’s inaugural exhibition.
We dive into the work Connected by Roelof Knol and talk to Marc Mahfoud, the artworks’ sound builder. Marc addresses the role of sound in new media art and elaborates how sound can deepen the experience of the work Connected by reflecting dynamics in a space aurally.
Host: Viktor Vandervelde
Guests: Merel Van Helsdingen Founder of Nxt Museum , Bogomir Doringer Curator of Shifting Proximites , Marc Mahfoud Sound Builder
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But is I.T. Art? - Trailer
01:06Hello world! Enter the realm of new media art. In 7 episodes, But is I.T. art? takes you on a journey to discover art and tech through the works of Shifting Proximities, on show 08/2020 'til 05/2022 at Nxt Museum in Amsterdam.2. Artists' Palette 2.0: Photons, Space and Code
18:41How can light be used to reconstruct our perception of space? What happens when we fuse art, mathematical equations and human experience?This second episode of ‘But is I.T. Art?’ explores the role of light in new media art and how it can be used as in creating the illusion of a physical material to reconstruct our surroundings. Podcast Host Viktor Vandervelde dives into conversation with Matt Clark, the Founder of London-based practice ‘United Visual Artists’ (creators of Topologies #1’ shown in exhibition ‘Shifting Proximities’) and Alma van de Burgwal – former ‘Exhibition Host’ at Nxt Museum, currently studying a masters in architecture – to discuss light as a medium, its role in architecture and the impact on the human senses. —----------------------------Credits:The Joy Definitive -pATCHESAmber - VYENEther Oar - The Whole OtherProcession - Puddle of InfinitySubharmonic Bliss - Loopop3. Landscapes: reimagined
19:23In the [not so far] future: Will we experience nature digitally? How deep is the 21st century-modern-digital-human relationship with physical nature and can technology bring us closer together with it? In this episode we dive into the worlds of Habitat, created by Heleen Blanken with sound by Stijn van Beek. Podcast-host Viktor Vandervelde discusses with Heleen Blanken how digital art can be used to conserve and represent nature ~ but also to reflect on humanity’s role in the natural world. Is [digital] nature a distant, almost Alien, concept or something that we are a part of?---------------------------------------Credits: The Joy Definitive - pATCHESDream Escape - The TidesProcession - Puddle of InfinitySubharmonic Bliss - LoopopAmber - VYEN4. Intergalactic Artwork
20:17Can a higher level of immersion enable a better understanding of complex matter? What does it feel like to witness space? How does Art meeting science expand our realities?In episode three we leave earth behind for a moment and move to space where we dive into the mathematical magic of a black hole. In conversation with Barney Steel, creative director of London based studio Marshmallow Laser Feast, Viktor explores the science behind their work ‘Distortions in Spacetime’ and dives into the facts on how modern technology enables the creation of immersive works of art that can be experienced collaboratively. —----------------Credits:The Joy Definitive - pATCHESThe Six Realms - I Think I Can Help YouDream Escape - The TidesThe Three Elements - I Think I Can Help You5. Can Art ignite Change?
21:11Can nature teach us to communicate with the machine living in our pocket? When technology tunes in on nature's communication - what does it hear? Can listening to nature improve our technological and social intelligence?In this episode podcast host Viktor Vandervelde visits artist Thijs Biersteker to discuss the wonders hidden right beneath our feet - and their implications for a better future. Together, they interrogate the role of the artist and the scientist and how bridges can be built in between the two to create more conscious connections with entities with the means of art. —-----------Credits:The Joy Definitive - pATCHESThe Three Elements - I Think I Can Help YouDream Escape - The TidesAmber - VYEN6. The motherboard of scanners
19:26Who is looking at who in a world of facial recognition? What happens when public decision making is outsourced to Artificial Intelligence? In this episode podcast host Viktor Vandervelde is diving into a conversation surrounding the executive control going hand in hand with the rise of surveillance technology in public spaces. He is looking closely at the work Zoom Pavillion by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko, at the fact that surveillance systems are indeed watching you, at social sorting and machines measuring the relationship between individuals. -------------------------------------Credits:The Joy Definitive - pATCHESThe Three Elements - I Think I Can Help YouDream Escape - The TidesAmber - VYEN7. Can a VJ set with music also be art?
22:07What happens when humans and machines start to feel each other’s language? Is the computer the modern day performance artist? What is VJing and can it be seen as art?In this episode Viktor Vandervelde enters the world of QR codes. Spoken by machines and integrated by humans, the QR code is an artefact of a new language. In conversation with by artist and coder Yuxi Cao (James) and sound artist Lau Hiu Kong (Lawrence), the creators of < 多維采樣 | Dimensional Sampling >, explore how they visualised a language that can only be read by machines/scanners - QR codes, they further talk about communication with and through the machine and the philosophical questions surrounding the human machine symbiosis evolving during live video performances.With special guests: Merel van Helsdingen, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Heleen Blanken
1. The Web 3 Canvas
29:34This episode explores one of the main motors of change in creating the bridge between digital and physical in the art world: WEB 3, NFTs and the blockchain.Featuring Merel van Helsdingen, Founder & Managing Director of Nxt MuseumOseanworld, Visual artist, musician and the creator of OseanWorldAmber Jae Slooten Digital Artist, Designer and Founder of The FabricantJesse Damiani Web 3 expert & Director of Simulation Literacies at Nxt MuseumLinks for further reading: https://www.jumpstartmag.com/decentralization-and-the-lack-of-regulation-in-nft-marketplaces/https://ostachowski.com/about/what-is-crypto-art-or-nft-art/history-of-crypto-art/https://artconnector.nl/the-art-connector-podcast-merel-van-helsdingen-nxt-museum/youtube.com/watch?v=JPw6W4q3c9o