The art exhibition _ready media network(RMN)_, part of the project Going Digital – Embracing New Visions and Perceptions of Art, co-financed by AFCN, has arrived at Media Galaxy Constanța.
The opening of_ready media network(RMN)_ exhibition took place on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at Media Galaxy Constanța (Tom Shopping Complex, B-dul. Tomis, No. 391, Constanța).
A group of artists from the young generation, 13m10j, Irina Bako, Marian Codrea, Antonia Corduneanu, Dan Chiș, Dragoș Dogioiu, Gea, Mihnea Rareș Hanțiu, Herne Hiili, Cristina Iliescu, Marta Mattioli, Nico Mureș, Radu Pandele, created, especially for the Going Digital project, digital artworks using current Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs.
The curatorial concept fits into a broader context, which Călin Man has developed since the beginning of the 1990s: _ready media. This concept refers to Duchamp’s ready-made aesthetics but with a synchronous update to the technology of 2023. Thus, the media itself, taken as such, hijacked by a more or less random algorithm, can give rise (on demand) to works that, assumedly or accidentally, we call works of art.
Curated by Călin Man, an established artist-curator and coordinator of kinema ikon (KI), the project discusses, detached, critical, ironic, but responsible, the current digital possibilities of custom production of video files.
The Dadaist spirit is preserved by how these films, received almost ready, are presented: in a commercial space, projected on television screens. The prospective buyer unwittingly turns into a visitor to an atypical, subversive art gallery, with experimental films playing alternately with advertising clips.
The videos will run on the TVs in the Media Galaxy Constanța Tom store between October 5-11, 2023, between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Address: Media Galaxy Constanța (Tom Shopping Complex, B-dul. Tomis, No. 391, Constanța). Access to the exhibition is free.
The video works created with AI can also be viewed on the Empower Artists platform at Going Digital section.
“Going Digital – Embracing New Visions and Perceptions of Art” is a project initiated by the Empower Art & Artists Association.
About the curator
Călin Man (reVoltaire), established artist and curator, one of the first artists to develop, since the 90s, projects based on hypertext, hypermedia, hyperlink, database, interface, interactivity, www, net, HTML, etc. Coordinator of kinema ikon (KI), the longest-running Romanian group focused on experimental art, which supports, since the 70s, a constant and coherent program of new media art. In 2003, he was the curator and commissioner of the Romanian Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale, for which he proposed that the hypermedia installation have three components: Esoth Eric by Călin Man, alteridem.exe by kinema ikon and net.art_kit by Călin Man.
About the NGO
The Empower Art & Artists Cultural Association aims to support and promote artists and specialists in the field of visual arts by carrying out projects that highlight the artistic approach and potential in Romania, simultaneously aiming to facilitate the access of the largest possible audience to contemporary art. An essential objective of the Association is facilitating interaction between the general public and the artistic community.
The association opened the series of projects with the online, bilingual publication Empower Artists, an x-ray of artistic manifestations on the Romanian art scene, referring to the international context. The platform aims to become an important communication channel for artists, future art critics, and cultural journalists, as well as a leading source of information for the general public.
About partners
Altex is one of Romania’s most important Romanian private companies and the market leader in electronic, household appliances, IT&C, and multimedia products. The national network of Altex stores (over 125 stores) is constantly expanding, as is the range of products they sell. Altex’s mission is to bring the latest generation of technology to the homes of all Romanians through products and services that satisfy their needs.
Media Galaxy represents one of the largest networks of stores selling electronic and household appliances active on the Romanian market, offering customers a varied range of products both online and offline, in the country’s largest cities: Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi, Arad, Brașov, Constanta, Timisoara, Pitesti, Baia Mare, Oradea, Craiova, Târgu Mureș, Suceava.
Main partners: Altex, Media Galaxy.
Institutional partners: UNARTE Bucharest, Media Art Festival Arad (MAFA), kinema ikon, Baraka Artist Cultural Association, Arad Museum Complex.
Media partners: Radio Romania Cultural, RFI Romania, ARTA Magazine, igloo, Agerpres, Empower Artists Magazine, IQads, The Institute, Modernism, ArTeVezi, Curatorial.ro, Revista Atelierul, Amos News, Romania Insider, Timișplus, Ultima Ora, Observator Constanța , today’s press.
The project is co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration (AFCN). The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the project’s content or how the project results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
