Digicult Digimag 59 (November 2010)

Digicult presents:

Digimag 59 – November 2010
http://www.digicult.it/digimag_eng/

The November Digimag Issue is finally online. Digimag is the Digicult’s project monthly magazine, which focuses on the impact of new technologies and modern sciences on art, design, culture and contemporary society. As usual, the scientific pubblication is rich of interviews, critical essays, reports of festivals and joins some of the most intriguing artists, designers, theoricians, critics like: Janne Kyttänen/Freedom of Creation, Daniel Dendra/Open SimSim, Gillo Dorfles, Anders Weberg, Achim Wollscheid, Josè Luis de Vicente, Loris Greaud, Valentina Valentini/Tv-Arts-Tv, Susa Pop/Connecting Cities, Cao Fei, Morgan Nardi, Frieze Art Fair…

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“…FOC was born at the same time as “digital culture”. We anticipated this trend and have explored and developed 3D printing technologies since the very first days of this new phenomenon. Nevertheless you might not think of digital culture while looking at our designs. Most of them are just subtle beauties that can also be appreciated and understood by someone who has never even turned on a computer. However, the world is quickly changing and this decade has given people in various fields of life the opportunity to become the star they always wanted to be. Be it cooking, dancing, singing or becoming a video artist, through all the new talent platforms and networks, it all seems possible today. The same will also happen to our new designs, which will give the people more freedom to interact with the designs online and have their wildest dreams come true….”

Janne Kyttänen, from “Freedom of Creation. Open Design will change the world” – by Luigi Ghezzi

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[INTERVIEWS]:

– FREEDOM OF CREATION. OPEN DESIGN WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1934
by Luigi Ghezzi / Eng: Stefano Avola & Jessica Williams

– GILLO DORFLES. AESTHETICS, ELECTRONICS AND TEXTUALITY
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1924
by Pasquale Napolitano / Eng: Henriette Vittadini

– DANIEL DENDRA E OPEN SIMSIM. OPEN SOURCE AND ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1928
by Elena Biserna / Eng: Stefano Avola & Jessica Williams

– ANDERS WEBERG. URL AND NETWORKS AS ARTWORKS
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1930
by Mathias Jansson

– A TASTE OF ILLUSION. THE ART OF LORIS GREAUD
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1923
by Mattia Casalegno

– THE CHARM OF PRECARIOUSNESS. A CONVERSATION WITH JOSE’ LUIS DE VICENTE
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1932
by Barbara Sansone / Eng: Andrea Cariello & Hannah Cooper

– URBAN SPACE AND MOLTITUDE. ACHIM WOLLSCHEID’S WORK
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1926
by Claudia Maina / Eng: Stefano Avola & Jessica Williams

– SUSA POP: CONNECTING CITIES. NEW FORMATS OF URBAN COMMUNICATION
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1925
by Silvia Bertolotti / Eng: Stefano Avola & Jessica Williams

– TV/ARTS/TV – BEYOND THE SCREEN! AN INTERVIEW TO VALENTINA VALENTINI
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1936
by Herman B. Mendolicchio

– MORGAN NARDI. THE CHARM OF NEW CHOREOGRAPHY
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1933
by Massimo Schiavoni / Eng: Francesca Lattanzi

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[IN DEPTH]:

– CAO FEI: DEMOLISHING THE VIRTUAL. RMB CITY AND THE CRISIS OF ART-REALITY
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1935
by Robin Peckham

– WEB’S UNCONSCIOUS. WHAT DOES A TECHNICAL IMAGE SAY OF YOU?
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1929
by Loretta Borrelli / Eng: Henriette Vittadini

– INTERRUPTIVE SITE-SPECIFICITY. IN CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL ART
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1927
by Eugenia Fratzeskou

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[REPORT]:

– FRIEZE ART FAIR. ART TO TRANSFORM THE REALITY
http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1931
by Alexandra Purcaru

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[ATTACHMENT]:

– CONNECTING LA HAVANA. CURATORIA MILITANTE, MEDIA TATTICI E LA SINDROME DI YOANI SANCHEZ
http://www.digicult.it/digimag_eng/allegato.html
by Lucrezia Cippitelli

[COVER]:

Freedom of Creation – 1597 Wall Light (D32)

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[THE PROJECT]:

DIGICULT is an online/offline Italian platform, created to spread digital art and culture worldwide. It focuses on the impact of new technologies and modern sciences on art, design, culture and contemporary society. DIGICULT
is based on participation of more than 40 professionals, representing a wide Italian Network of critics, curators and journalists in the field. DIGICULT is the editor of the magazine DIGIMAG, which focuses on some cultural and
artistic issues like internet art, hacktivism, electronica, video art, audiovideo, art & science, design, new media, software art, performing art


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[DIRECTION & MANAGEMENT COMMITEE]:

Marco Mancuso (Digicult project Director and Teacher at New Academy of Fine Arts / Naba of Milan) ; Claudia D’Alonzo (International Doctorship in Audiovisual Studies, University of Udine) ; Bertram Niessen (Researcher at
Sociology Deparment of Statale University Milan – Bicocca) ; Lucrezia Cippitelli (Phd at Sapienza University Rome and Teacher at Fine Arts Academy of L’Aquila)

[EIDITORIAL STAFF & TRANSLATIONS]:

Luca Restifo (Technical Consultancy) ; Claudia D’Alonzo (Press Office) ; Giovanni Damiola (Web Strategies & Social Networks) ; Giuseppe Cordaro (Podcast Editing) ; Riccardo Vescovo (Graphic Design) ; Laurea Magistrale in Traduzione Specialistica, Università IULM di Milano (Website Translations) ; Francesca Lattanzi – Sara Cavagna – Henriette Vittadini – Andrea Cariello – Stefano Avola – Jessica Williams – Hannah Cooper (Magazine Translations)

[EDITORIAL BOARD]:

Tatiana Bazzichelli ; Bertram Niessen ; Teresa De Feo ; Luigi Ghezzi ; Giulia Baldi ; Domenico Quaranta ; Massimo Schiavoni ; Monica Ponzini ; Annamaria Monteverdi; Valentina Tanni ; Lucrezia Cippitelli ; Silvia Bianchi ; Claudia D’Alonzo; Barbara Sansone ; Giulia Simi ; Silvia Scaravaggi ; Alessio Galbiati ; Antonio Caronia ; Clemente Pestelli ; Donata Marletta ; Stefano Raimondi ; Loretta Borrelli ; Carla Langella ; Marco Riciputi ; Elena Gianni ; Francesco Bertocco ; Silvia Casini ; Jeremy Levine ; Serena Cangiano ; Micha Cardenas , Mark Hencock , Pasquale Napolitano ; Simona Fiore ; Zoe Romano ; Enrico Pitozzi ; Eugenia Fratzeskou ; Maria Chatzichristodoulou ; Mattia Casalegno ; Robin Peckam ; Sabina Cuccibar ; Silvia Bertolotti ; Simone Broglia ; Claudio Musso ; Elena Biserna ; Claudia Maina ; Henriette Vittadini ; Neva Pedrazzini ; Maria Chatzichristodoulou ; Felipe Zuniga ; Mathias Jansson ; Alexandra Purcaru ?

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