Alex Adriaansens on Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:03:52 +0200 |
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September 3, 1997 Canon Inc. ARTLAB holds its 7th Original Exhibition, "I0_DENCIES--questioning urbanity" Canon's ARTLAB *1) will hold the ARTLAB7 exhibition, "I0_DENCIES---questioning urbanity" *2) at Hillside Plaza in Daikanyama, Tokyo, October 4 through 12, 1997. The work created in collaboration with Knowbotic Research (KR+cF), an art group based in Cologne, Germany, will be presented. KR+cF always draw attention in the international media art scene for their innovative concepts. This is the first time for KR+cF to release new work in Japan. In ARTLAB7 "IO_DENCIES---questioning urbanity," the vision of a new dialogue with the city is questioned from a viewpoint of informatics based on the digital network. The group approaches the work with an inquiry about how to act and intervene in the invisible and latent potential of the contemporary city. In the contemporary mega cities, complex information networks are multi- layered and interconnected with the physical spaces. Urban flows are formulated by grasping the overall image of such cities as a body of information movements, rather than a collective of buildings. For the IO-DENCIES project, Tokyo's Shimbashi area was selected as a model-site for reading the specific urban dynamics of a local part of a city. Tokyo as an information city with global qualities will be created in realtime by modifying data-flows by unspecified but engaging individuals. Knowbotic Research have developed a connective online environment that can be experienced and manipulated by participants in segments. Each user in the exhibition or in the Internet will simultaneously affect the activities of the other users and will also dynamically transform the information environment. The IO_dencies-environment is located in the Internet as well as in an installation site. The exhibition space which is formed by 3D sound events and stroboscopic light events will be activated from the visualized networked space. Distributed sensor fields will record the relational dynamics of the exhibition visitors and send them into the network space. There will arise a complex, unsurveyable system between individual and urban activities, between dataspace and realspace, between urban reality and urban concepts. IO-dencies is an experiment which offers a tool to negotiate both inside hybrid systems and in a public field. Beginning in Tokyo, this project will be later developed further in Berlin and Sao Paulo. This exhibition is conducted in cooperation with the Ministry of Research and Higher Education of North Rhine Westfalia, Germany, and the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany. This is an innovative way of international cooperation through cultural activities. *1 ARTLAB was conceived by Canon Inc. for its non-profit, cultural support activities. ARTLAB is an experimental laboratory applying, to art, digital technology promoted by Canon, and it strives to create a new horizon of art through integration of science and art. ARTLAB's original exhibition invites media artists at the forefront of international media art scene. Media artworks are created through collaborations between the artists and the ARTLAB's engineers. *2 The title "I0_DENCIES" is made up of the words "density" and "tendency." It signifies the tendencies of the user activities in dealing with the different densities which are current in the dynamic processes and relations of information flows. <Knowbotic Research (KR+cF)> KR+cF consists of Christian Huebler, Yvonne Wilhelm and Alexander Tuchacek, all graduates of Academy of Media Arts, Cologne. The art group regularly invites people from other fields to participate in their projects, such as scientists, philosophers and engineers, depending on the concept of each project. Their original term "knowbot" is based on cognitive engineering(made up of words: knowledge and robot) and it means "information agent." The group intends to construct and develop a new, flexible information environment distributed in electronic networks, through conducting research and (artistic) practice. Besides exhibiting and lecturing at the invitation of many museums and art centers in Europe and beyond, Knowbotic Research has been awarded a number of media art prizes. In partnership with the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, KR+cF has founded Mem_brane, a laboratory for media strategies, in 1995. <exhibition data> Title: ARTLAB7 "IO_DENCIES--questioning urbanity" Artist: Knowbotic Research (KR+cF) Realistion: KR+cF Detlev Schwabe (Academy of Media Arts Cologne), ARTLAB Factory City Research Collaborator: Sota Ichikawa(Architect) * * * Duration: October 4(sat) through 12(sun), 1997 11:00-20:00 Venue: Hillside Plaza Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, 29-10, Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo(3 min. from Daikanyama station of Tokyu Toyoko line) *admission free URL: http://www.canon.co.jp/cast/ (information available now; the Internet project starts at the end of September). Organized by Canon ARTLAB, Tokyo Supported by: Ministry for Research and Higher Education of North Rhine Westfalia, Germany Special cooperation: Academy of Media Arts, Cologne Cooperation: Goethe-Institut Tokyo Hillside Plaza Sponsored by: Nihon SiliconGraphics-Cray K.K. harman international Fast Net Inc. * * * -For general inquiry, please contact; ARTLAB, Canon Inc. DK Bldg. 5F, 7-18-23 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Tel: +81-3-5410-3611 Fax: 5410-3615 email: artlab@crpg.canon.co.jp -To request a press interview: Public Relations Division Canon Inc. 3-30-2 Shimo-maruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo 146 Tel: +81-3-3758-2111(key number) Fax: 5482-5130 Yukiko Shikata@Canon ARTLAB DK Bldg.5F, 7-18-23 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo 106 Japan Tel: +81-3-5410-3611 Fax: 3615 <NEW "CAST" URL checkit! http://www.canon.co.jp/cast/ <ARTLAB7 "IO_DENCIES"(Knowbotic Research) starting soon! 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