The exhibition _ready media network (RMN), hosted by Altex Bucharest Orhideea, can be visited until September 26, between 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
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 exhibition 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 13 artists participating in the project, 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 this exhibition of digital artworks, facilitated by artificial intelligence.
Video works created with AI can be viewed on the Empower Artists platform, section Going Digital.
On Tuesday, September 26, the public is invited to the finissage of _ready media network(RMN)_ exhibition, starting at 5:00 p.m. until 8.30 p.m.
The exhibition can be visited until September 26, 2023, daily between 5-8 p.m.
Access to the exhibitions is free.
Address: ALTEX Bucharest Orhideea (Caale Giulești 1-3, Bucharest, sector 6)
“Going Digital – Embracing New Visions and Perceptions of Art” is a project initiated by the Empower Art & Artists Association.
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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.ro, 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.
