I was fortunate enough to arrange my schedule so as to spend July and August in NYC this summer, and although it is with mixed feelings that my time in NYC has passed, the fall in Ottawa is promising as Electric Fields is right around the corner and I look forward to catching up with [...]
A tour of NYCResistor
September 3rd, 2010Critical Blogging resting and waiting for the new year.
September 1st, 2010This announcement is notice of the early end to the Critical Blogging Residency undertook in partnership between Artengine and Vague Terrain. Our resident blogger, Rhiannon Vogl, is leaving the residency in order to take on other professional challenges which we know she will excel at. We are excited to start the next edition of the residency in the new year so keep an eye out for the call for applications in February 2011.
Firuz Daud on Mosaika
August 25th, 2010I’ve often been accused of being a snob when it comes to certain things. Things like the internet. That is why I find it so hard to write for a blog. To me, blogs are the number one example of web 2.0 bullshit that shifted power from 1337 hax0rz to the hands of moms, girlfriends, [...]
Yama Dou : a new Ottawa blog that is probably hipper than us . . .
August 23rd, 2010One of the regions best monthly parties happens on Tuesdays over in Gatineau at the Petite Chicago. I rarely get out as my grown up body is slowly catching up with my more reckless mind, but I made a special trip last week for the Boy Scout Killers party as it was the launch of [...]
An expanded Arts Court and a new Ottawa Art Gallery are all in a fun day at committee at City Hall
August 17th, 2010I made a special trip to City Hall today to represent Artengine at the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee. I got my 5 minutes, alongside a number of other fantastic people in the cultural sector, to speak to a proposal heading to council for the relocation of The Ottawa Art Gallery and the re-development of [...]
HTMlles Festival 2010 – Call for Proposals
August 16th, 2010The HTMlles Festival of Media Art + Digital Culture 2010 is currently seeking proposals for its 9th edition, to be held from November 13 to 20, 2010, in Montreal, under the theme of <home> </land>. The deadline for proposal submissions is Monday, September 13, 2010, at 9:00 PM. Initiated by Studio XX in 1997, and evolving [...]
My trip to Mutek and Artengine residency in June, Part 2 – Ross Birdwise
August 6th, 2010Part 2: Artengine Residency, family and friends, Infinite Nothing at Bird Island, if then do live @ Club Saw… My last post on this blog discussed my trip to Montreal to play the Mutek festival with my electronic music group if then do, with Ryan Stec (Artengine’s artistic director) doing visuals. This trip to Mutek [...]
Pitch a tent in Meaford this long weekend
July 27th, 2010This is the Meaford I know. Nestled quaintly on the Southern shore of Georgian Bay, Meaford for me means farming, it means my grandparents homestead, rolling hillsides, markets and lazy summer afternoons. It hadn’t (until recently) meant anything related to new media or electronic arts. That is, however, until I discovered Electric Eclectics ; festival of [...]
Fogo Island Arts Corporation Residency Program 2011 – Call for Applications
July 27th, 2010Originally posted on Vague Terrain, on Fri, 07/23/2010 – 19:56 The Fogo Island Arts Corporation is a new contemporary art venue on the east coast of Canada. The Arts Corporation runs two distinct yet complementary programs, the Residency program and the Production program. Both programs encourage dialogue between visiting artists and local people to share experiences [...]
If you’re in Germany this summer…
July 27th, 2010…Museum Folkwang, Essen, is presenting Hacking the City – Interventions in public and communicative spaces. 16 July to 26 September 2010 www.hackingthecity.org “Hacking the City” is an innovative project reacting to changing structures in the public, mobility and communication in the city. The project is mainly focussed on Essen, Cultural Capital Ruhr.2010. Participants are artists, nerds, [...]