ExxonMobil: Vivoleum is made of People

The Yes Men have presented ExxonMobil's (XOM) new plan to deal with the impending energy crisis at a development conference in Calgary: Vivoleum. By converting human remains of the victims of climate change into fuel, the survivors could live comfortably for years to come. From Pete Sands:
http://www.bittertonic.com/bitter-irene/442/exxon-will-burn-people-for-fuel

McCAW/BUDSBERG at The Soap Factory

Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg working on the BROKEN DOWN installation in their Milwaukee studio.

McCAW/BUDSBERG COLLABORATIONS
present
BROKEN DOWN
at The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Opening: June 30, 2007 at 7:00PM

Using theatrical lighting, carefully choreographed fog machines, LEDs and 1:32 scale models, "Broken Down" transforms the decaying boiler room of the Soap Factory into a murky industrial landscape. The focal point of the installation is a small-scale semi truck stopped in the middle of a bridge spanning the space. Viewed from only two portals into the space, "Broken Down" creates an unsettling vignette, set against the hulking silhouettes of defunct industry.

More like, Too Bad about Phil Leotardo

Though I personally found the choice of Journey's Don't Stop Believin' enthralling, and the cut to black inevitable, pragmatic and pregnant with the narrative that Tony Soprano survives, but as a paranoid adrenaliniac, our colleague, Mike Newman differs. He was quoted via his blog, zigzigger on Slate earlier this month about the HBO series finale. Nice work.

At Zigzigger, media studies professor Michael Z. Newman is among the let down, writing it was "[a]n end but hardly an ending. Not artful but arty, and totally unlike the classic novels to which snooty critics would so often compare the show. The show's comedy is typically darker than black, but now it's at our expense."

Memory Palaces

Memory Palaces
an installation of digital prints on found paper
new work by Lane Hall

Exhibition runs June 10 - July 29
Opening Reception on Friday, June 15, 5-7pm

Memory Palaces is a convergence of Homer, Joyce, and Google, along with decades of personal journal entries that artist/writer Lane Hall has mined with the intention of telling stories about memory and forgetting. Memory Palaces interconnects cognitive theory and historically derived memory models. Senility, narcotics, psychotropic drugs and the spirit-world are invoked as meditations upon oblivion, while writing itself is posed as a means for fixing memory to imperfect maps.

The Memory Palace is a mnemonic model which consists of interconnected rooms subtitled Lotus Eaters, Telemachiad, From A Moon With No Planets, Lost Wax, Ars Narcotica, and A Snake Men Fear To Touch.

Queer Zine Art Show

From Milo Miller:
The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) in conjunction with the Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival and Rhizome Space celebrates QZAP's third year with a film screening and Queer Zine Art Show on Friday, June 22nd in Milwaukee, WI. The 7pm film screening at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E Locust St) features queer zine pioneer Bruce La Bruce's "No Skin off My Ass" (16mm on DVD, b&w/sound, 73 min., 1991). Tickets are $2. This seminal and sweet queer punk romance features a Karen Carpenter-loving gay hairdresser who falls helplessly in love with a stray skinhead who he invites into his home. Kicking off after the screening at 8:30pm, the gallery show at Rhizome Space (3172 Bremen St) lifts art from the pages of phenomenal queer zines by artists Miss Schnookum, Lane McKiernan, Cookie Tuff, Sina Shamsavari, Rachael House, Larry Bob, and more.

Excellent Political Art: RUNNING THE NUMBERS

AN AMERICAN SELF-PORTRAIT (2006-2007)
Cell Phones, 2007
60x100"

Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day. Detail at actual size:

From Nicolas Lampert:
Nicole Schulman sent out this email recommending a show by Chris Jordan-pretty amazing digital images about consumption in the US-the series will be exhibited at the Von Lintel Gallery in New York from June 14th to the end of July.

FUSE

On May 3rd from 10am to 4pm at the UWM Student Union Concourse FUSE will have its 2nd appearance!

FUSE is an annual event that show cases the design abilities of the students in the Graphic Design Program at the Peck School of the Arts, Department of Visual Art by bringing to market innovative products for the residents and visitors of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus community.

We look forward to seeing you!

You can check out all FUSE products at:
http://www.aigauwm.org/Pages/Events/uwmevents.html#


Website designed by Mike Mueller
Email blasts and postcards designed by: Kelly Rippl,
Dan Hagar, Andrew Whitcomb

Throwies in Milwaukee

From Lane Hall and the Evan Roth Throwies Workshop at UWM last Friday.

Mat Rappaport Awarded Howard Foundation Fellowship

Nice work, Mat Rappaport, DAC Faculty

HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE APRIL, 2007

Providence, RI -- The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, administered by Brown University for the Board of Administration of the Howard Foundation, announced twelve fellowships of $25,000 each for the 2007-2008 academic year. The twelve recipients, representing the fields of Visual Arts, Media Studies and the History of Art and Architecture, were selected from among 237 artists and scholars nominated by administrative officers of colleges, universities, and cultural institutions throughout the country. The 2007-2008 fellows and their projects are:

Visual Arts and Media Studies:

Yizhak Elyashiv, Independent Artist, Adjunct Faculty: Rhode Island College and
Rhode Island School of Design, Landscape – Memory.

Paul Ramirez Jonas, Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Bard College, Clay Library: To be Spoken out Loud.

Pam Lins, Independent Artist and Adjunct Instructor at the Cooper Union School of Art, Please Bear with Us.

Hillary Mushkin, Associate Professor of Digital Media Art & Design, Orange Coast College, As We Go On: A Drawing Series.

Paul Myoda, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Department, Brown University, 21st Century Architectural Ornamentation.

Carol Prusa, Associate Professor, Department of Visual Art and Art History, Florida Atlantic University, Innies and Outies Unification Series: An Investigation of “Wonderfully Strange Ideas” (Expressed in Domes and Quantum Foam).

Mat Rappaport, Assistant Professor Digital Media, Department of Visual Art, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Office, A Multichannel Video Installation and Performance.

Rigo 23, Independent Artist, Criminal/Victim.

History of Art and Architecture:

Alexander Alberro, Associate Professor, School of Art and Architecture, University of Florida, Periodizing Contemporary Art.

William Gleason, Associate Professor, Department of English, Princeton University, Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature.

Robin Greeley, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Connecticut, Between Campesino and State: the Mexican Avant-garde and Images of the Nation, 1920-1952.

Max Page, Associate Professor of Architecture and History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Priceless: The History and Politics of Historic Preservation.

The Board of Administration announced that fellowships in 2008-2009 will be awarded in the fields of Music, Playwriting and Theatre Studies. See the Howard Foundation website for more information.

Graffiti Research Lab in Milwaukee

From Lane Hall:
Folks,

You don't want to miss Layton Lecture and Visiting Artist Evan Roth on
Thursday, April 19th, 7:30 p.m. at UWM's Curtin 175. (free and open to
the public).

Evan Roth is a media maker interested in uses of technology in popular
culture and the urban environment. He is currently doing some of the most compelling public art projects in the world. He is a founding member of Graffiti Research Lab and a developer of multiple technology hacker applications, including
“throwies.” He is also a senior fellow at the Eyebeam OpenLab, an
open source creative technology research and development lab for the public
domain. (Where, by the way, Intermedia grad alum Paul Amitai also
works.)

You can view his amazing output and viral interventions at the
following sites (but be sure to spend some time at Graffiti Research
Lab!)

http://ni9e.com/
http://graffitiresearchlab.com/
http://research.eyebeam.org/people/evan-roth

++++++++++++++++++++++
Join us on Friday, April 20th at 3:00 in the 3rd floor of Kenilworth for a hands-on "Throwies" workshop! Learn this simple hack that is rocking the internet and engage in thinking about electronic palettes and new forms of interaction within contested public spaces. This event is free, but space is limited, so please sign up at the Grad Office (A255) in the Art Building on UWM campus.

Please contact Lane Hall with any questions.

Therese Quinn and Daniel Tucker

From Nicolas Lampert:

Upcoming Presentation at UWM by Therese Quinn and Daniel Tucker. This event is during Nicolas Lampert's ART 309 class and is open to all. Please inform your
students!

Therese Quinn will present on teaching art education within a social justice framework and Daniel Tucker will present on activist art projects within Chicago.

Wednesday, April 18th 4:00-6:40
MIT 191
EVERYONE WELCOME!

Therese Quinn is an assistant professor of art education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she directs an undergraduate teacher education program. She also works with the Multicultural Arts School, one of four new public high schools built to serve the Little Village/North Lawndale neighborhoods, and serves on the coordinating committee of the Chicago Teachers for Social Justice.
She is a co-editor of the book "Teaching for Social Justice: A Democracy and Education Reader."

Daniel Tucker is the editor of AREA Chicago - a biannual publication dedicated to researching and networking the art, education, and activist practices within the city of Chicago. AREA Chicago focuses on grassroots projects and has explored the themes of Privatization/Welfare Cuts, Local Food Systems, and social movements that connects local practice with the rest of the globe.

Additionally, AREA Chicago sponsors three related projects: “Infrastructure Lecture Series” dealing with organizational/sustainability issues of activist and
cultural groups and the “Peoples Atlas of Chicago: Sites of Relevance” mapping project which takes the form of workshops designed to create subjective and nontraditional maps of the city about different topics, and "AREA Books Imprint" - our most recent side project launching next year.

Googlization

Saturday, May 12, 2007

The School of Information Studies invites you to the 2007 Ted Samore Lecture featuring Siva Vaidhyanathan.

Siva Vaidhyanathan, a cultural historian and media scholar, is the author of Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity (New York University Press, 2001) and The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash between Freedom and Control is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System (Basic Books, 2004). Vaidhyanathan has written for many periodicals, including American Scholar, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times Magazine, MSNBC.COM, Salon.com, openDemocracy.net, and The Nation. After five years as a professional journalist, Vaidhyanathan earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at Wesleyan University, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Columbia University, and is currently an associate professor of Culture and Communication at New York University and a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities.

Hide House
2625 S. Greeley St.
Bay View, WI 53207

Cocktails 5:00
Buffet Dinner 5:30-6:30
Presentation 7:00

Please RSVP by May 1, 2007

Registration Fee: $20.00 ($10/student)
Registration Form

Contact: UWM - School of Information Studies

Bolton Hall Rm: 510
3210 N Maryland Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211

Ph: 414-229-4707
Fax: 414-229-6699

International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) Annual Conference | 2007

From Bendtio Petronio:

International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) Annual Conference | 2007
Curitiba , Brazil | Oct 10th - 13th

We are pleased to announce IVLA 2007 a forum for addressing and discussing Visual Literacy issues and perspectives from the lenses of theory, research, and practice. This is a partially joint event with the 3rd Information Design International Conference. There will be one overlapping day between the two conferences (October 10). Participants will be eligible to attend both conferences, fully or partially.

The IVLA Conference will take place for the first time in Latin America, in the city of Curitiba , Brazil . Brazil is a country of cultural diversity, visual experiences and colorful beauty, but also a country that faces challenges to build up a socially responsible future in the information era. So, we understand Visual Literacy as a field extending itself beyond frontiers of experience, embracing information, considering culture of human dimension, and celebrating diversity.

Proposals regarding the conference theme Visual Literacy beyond frontiers: information, culture and diversity are especially welcome. However, we will also welcome proposals concerning other visual literacy topics such as:

• Artistic Expressions (topics may include new media)
• Design and Communication
• Cultural Influences, Impacts, and Considerations
• Historic Uses and Approaches
• Ethical, Social, and Philosophical Concerns
• Research, Theories, and Definitions
• Transformative Functions
• Education, Teaching, and Learning
• Societal and Community Issues
• Future Trends and Directions

Marc Tasman at Ann Arbor Film Festival

Thanks to David Dinnell, and apologies for the shameless self promo:

Marc Tasman's video piece, "Who Is Stealing My Signs?" has been programmed into the schedule of films selected for competition at the 45th Ann Arbor Film Festival. The Ann Arbor Film Festival screenings and events take place in the historic Michigan Theater, a restored 1920s movie house in downtown Ann Arbor. Tasman's work will be screened in the Main Theatre, the 1,700-seat auditorium on Saturday night, traditionally the most attended night of the Festival,
March 24th.

This year the Festival received 2000 submissions from more than 25 countries. From these, less than 5% were selected for competition.

The Ann Arbor Film Festival showcases independent and experimental film and video. Established in 1963, this internationally-renowned festival is the oldest of its kind in North America. Each year the festival attracts entries from moving image artists worldwide and screens more than 100 films before audiences during
six days in March.

See the list of the 45th Ann Arbor Film Festival's
Competition Films.

DIGITAL CULTURAL STUDIES POSITION

From Nicholas Mirzoeff:

DIGITAL CULTURAL STUDIES POSITION

Stony Brook University, as part of a major, multi-departmental initiative in Digital Arts, Culture, and Technology, seeks scholars whose focus is digital cultural studies. Desirable areas of specialties include visual culture; new media arts; participatory digital culture; diasporic cultures, globalization and cross-culturally in the digital era; history/philosophy of digital media/art/music/technology; digital narrative, games and gaming.
Responsibilities will include undergraduate and graduate instruction, supervision of student research and writing, dissertation direction, advising, and departmental and University service. The successful candidate will be based in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies but may also teach in Art or Music as appropriate. We anticipate hiring at the rank of assistant professor. Exceptional candidates may be considered at higher rank. Ph.D. and a record of scholarship and teaching at levels
appropriate to rank are expected. Application review to begin March 20 and
will continue until the position is filled. Send letter of application,
C.V., at least three letters of reference, statement of teaching interests/philosophy, and a representative writing sample to:
Digital Media Search,
Office of the Provost,
407 Administration Building,
Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, NY 11794-1401.

See also this New Media Art Faculty Position.

Call for Art

From Charles Vestal,
Director of Development
Hunger Task Force, Inc.

Holiday Art Needed for Cards

Calling All Artists


Whether you're a professional or an amateur, an art school graduate or a self-taught genius, Hunger Task Force needs your art for our 2007 holiday cards!

Each year, Hunger Task Force prints three different holiday greeting cards featuring original artwork by local artists. Proceeds from the sale of the cards benefit Hunger Task Force's anti-hunger work. It's a great way to see your artwork mass produced and to help feed hungry families during the holidays. Deadline April 10, 2007. More details at Hunger Task Force

Call for Applications: Residency

The Institute of Quotidian Arts and Letters at Milwaukee (IQALM) is now accepting applications for the Cultural Crisis Studio Program for Individual Artists. This residency was established to bring artists that produce challenging work to Milwaukee to engage with its vibrant arts community. There are no medium restrictions; all work will be considered as long as the form is provocative, engaging and provides a meaningful critique of contemporary culture. The two month long residency will provide the resident artist with a studio and living space as well as opportunities to collaborate with artists and curators working in Milwaukee. Please see http://quotidianarts.tk for more information and application instructions. Preference will be given to applicants form outside the Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Upper-Midwest region of the United States. Deadline for the first residency cycle is March 15.

leisurearts

leisurearts, originally uploaded by marctasman.

"Is the new" is the new next big thing.
Randall wants you to tag this to your del.icio.us account.
http://thediagram.com/6_3/leisurearts.html

Call for Papers, Net(works): Art and Pre-Existing Web Platforms

Call for papers - SECAC 07
Net(works): Art and Pre-Existing Web Platforms

Beyond using the internet as a way to show representations of visual and performance work, artists have been using pre-existing dynamic content web sites as the actual site of the work. One of the first projects of this nature included Keith Obadike selling his blackness on eBay. More recently, Cary Peppermint’s Department of Networked Performance, an educational situation, uses MySpace as its host. The
Gif Show also used MySpace, appropriately, as a parallel site for a curatorial project in real space about the aesthetics of low-bit production. A public art competition and gallery shows have suddenly been popping up in Second Life, a virtual world created by users and inhabited by their avatars, which interact with each other in real-time.
How are artists currently using these and similar spaces? Are these projects considered interventions, or otherwise? Are these spaces appropriate for undergraduate education projects? How do real curatorial spaces intersect with these virtual spaces? What do these spaces, with or without the art world, mean within visual culture contexts? Please propose your presentation as it pertains to any
field - practice, history/theory/criticism, museum studies, and/or education.

Patrick Holbrook, Georgia College & State University

Email: patrick.holbrook[at]gcsu.edu

Proposals are due May 1st, 2007. Conference is October 17-20, 2007 in
Charleston, West Virginia.
http://www.unc.edu/~rfrew/SECAC/annual_conference.html

88Nine Radio Milwaukee

From Jenny Plevin:

Hello wonderful people,

I hope you're well and warm.

As some of you may know, I work (in addition to docUWM) at at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and we are finally getting ready to launch the station!

As a part of our launch, we've created a survey that will allow us to find out what residents think about our community and the Milwaukee area. This Research will allow us to quickly capture how area residents see the Milwaukee area as a whole. It will be used by Radio Milwaukee in making programming decisions and in its larger objective of community building.

I would like to get our survey in front of as many people as possible, so please take it and pass it along. Surveys are fun!

Here's the page to link to our survey:
http://www.radioformilwaukee.org/spherestudy.html

Thanks!
Jenny