Digital meets Culture

Deadline for submitting artworks is 28 February

ANIMA MUNDI, the 2019 edition of ITSLIQUID International Festival, is now open for applicants

The festival focuses on the concept of ANIMA MUNDI, that according to several historical cultures, religions and philosophical systems, is an intrinsic connection between all living entities on the planet, which relates to the world in a similar way as the human soul is connected to the human body.

Plato expressed his thought about the ANIMA MUNDI in the Timaeus, “this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence… a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related”.

ANIMA MUNDI is the invisible energy behind all the natural and the artificial elements that allows the planet to live. Thanks to the hidden connections of ANIMA MUNDI, all the ecosystems of the Earth, before and after the appearance of the mankind, found their equilibrium, their ways to live and to develop themselves, to transform and to evolve. All the beings of the planet, plants, minerals, animals are permeated by a secret force that has always stimulated the human thought and research.

The festival aims to discover these multiple forms of hidden connections between the soul and the body, the mankind and the natural elements, the natural spaces and the cities. We invite artists to show their reflections about the various ways in which the ANIMA MUNDI expresses the relationships among all the existing entities and the natural and cultural systems, and to represent by their artistic works the processes of the evolution of the world in which we all live. Artists, designers and architects are invited to talk about ANIMA MUNDI through photo reportage of cities, hidden places, photographic documentaries, personal experiences, presenting their works of photography, painting, sculpture/installation, design and architecture, video-art and live performance.

ANIMA MUNDI festival is organized and curated by Arch. Luca Curci (founder and director of THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, ITS LIQUID GROUP and LUCA CURCI ARCHITECTS), in collaboration with Venice Events at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, and organized and curated by Arch. Luca Curci in other prestigious venues and historical buildings.

Deadline for applications is February 28, 2019 (11.59 PM of your local time)

For more information about ANIMA MUNDI festival fill the form on ITSLIQUID website or send an e-mail: lucacurci@lucacurci.com

Vienna (Austria), 5 December 2018

EU-China: Silk Road Cultural Dialogues

The overall objective of this session, that is organized in the framework of ICT2018 research and innovation event of the Europeana Commission, intends to account for China’s “soft power” strategy and Europe’s multicultural identity and scope that puts the role of culture in the spotlight.

Culture is digitally preserved and exposed and disseminated through digital channels. Various Standards, Techniques and Solutions in the field of digital heritage and cultural expression are used in East and West. Know how transfer and adaptation of common means in this aspect are crucial as to make Sino-European Culture exchange possible and effective.

Research projects and exchange will be beneficial for both parts. China is investing in approaching the West. Additional relevant H2020 calls will pave the way to research cooperation and common development of interfaces, Techniques and Solutions.

Agenda

16:30 – Introduction, Professor Andreas Georgopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Laboratory of Photogrammetry, Greece

16:35 – Pitch on the European Status, Antonella Fresa, CEO Promoter S.r.l., Italy

16:40 – Chinese Status, Xiaoming Zhang, Deputy Director of the China National Center for Culture Studies (CASS)

16:45 – Sample Projects’ Proposals, Konstantinos Konstantinidis, CEO PostScriptum, Greece

16:50 – Wrap Up

Austria Center

1 Bruno-Kreisky-Platz Vienna

Room 2.31

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eu-china-silk-road-cultural-dialogues-tickets-52719559622?ref=enivtefor001

The digital edition is part of a new partnership between Musebooks and the Tate to make select publications available online

Tate’s Edward Burne-Jones exhibition catalogue now digitized on Musebooks

Edward Burne-Jones, the catalogue accompanying the current major exhibition at Tate Britain in London, has now been digitized with Musebooks. The digital edition appears as part of a new partnership between Musebooks and the Tate to make select publications available online in the innovative Musebooks format. The format allows readers to zoom in on images at high resolution and easily switch between 3 different reading modes: text view, image view, and page view.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition celebrating one of the most important and versatile artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Edward Burne-Jones covers the artist’s career from drawings and paintings to stained glass, tapestries, ceramic tiles and more.
Rejecting the modern world of the industrial of nineteenth-century England, Burne-Jones and fellow Pre-Raphaelites such as William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti instead looked back to medieval art and culture for inspiration.

More information: www.musebooks.world/eu/en/edward-burne-jones.html
Preview: www.musebooks.world/eu/en/reading/preview/434

Full Book: email sophia.rochmes @ musebooks.world for an access code to the full book

About Musebooks
The Musebooks format is the first digital reading experience specially designed for art books. This alternative to e-books, which are not suited for image-heavy books, offers 3 reading modes and image zoom and gallery functions. Musebooks are stored in the reader’s personal cloud library and are accessible on all devices via a web browser or the free Musebooks app. Other Musebooks partners include The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Thames & Hudson in London, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels and the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

all the activities, workshop, performances and laboratories will take place in Cagliari, Italy

Technological Artistic Residence “A.R.T.E”: 2018-2019 programme

TECHNOLOGICAL ARTISTIC RESIDENCE – “A.R.T.E” Augmented Reality Theatre Experience presents the following activities to take place in 2018-2019.

PROGRAMME:

NOVEMBER 30, h 10.30 am, SPAZIO OSC, via Newton 12 – Cagliari

OPEN TALK about “A.R.T.E”

Minwal Theater Company (Lebanon) and Kyber Theater (Italy) talk with the students of Cagliari High Schools, involved in this project.

NOVEMBER 30, DECEMBER 1st and 2nd, from 4 pm to 8 pm, SPAZIO OSC, via Newton 12

WORKSHOP: THEATRE DIRECTION AND NEW MEDIA

directed by the theatre director Jad Hakawati – Minwal Theater (Lebanon).

DECEMBER 14/15, h 9 pm, SPAZIO OSC Via Newton 12; DECEMBER 16, 6 pm – SPAZIO OSC, Via Newton 12.

THEATER AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES PERFORMANCE: “THE FEAR DIVORES THE SOUL”

V.E.I.A. association (France), Minwal Theater (Lebanon) Kyber Teatro (Italy), in collaboration with Theater en vol and Chajka (theatre companies) and with other Sardinian artists under 35, AM Artist and Simone Murtas, visual artist.

DECEMBER 17, from 4 pm to 8 pm, SPAZIO OSC via Newton 12,

WORKSHOP: “Visual Show with TouchDesigner”

by and with AM Artist, Andrea Montis and Simone Murtas, visual artists. In collaboration with M / Ind – Independent Minds Review of Club-Culture & Self-production, by BASSTATION

DECEMBER 18/19, from 4 pm to 8 pm, Spazio OSC , Via Newton 12,

WORKSHOP: “COMPUTER VISON & INTERACTION”

on max smp, open cv tracking object. by and with Matthieu Tercieux, V.E.I.A association (FRANCE) with M / Ind – Independent Minds Review of Club-Culture & Self-production, by BASSTATION.

DECEMBER the 21st, from 21.30 until late night – SPAZIO OSC, Via Newton 12,

DIGITAL PARTY: INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION “VOUS ETES ON A.R.T.E. – Augmented Reality Theater Experience
by Matthieu Tercieux and Edouard Souillot (V.E.I.A Company -France) Kyber Teatro (Italy), Simone Murtas AM Artist, local artists under 35, and local DJs: ALESSIO MEREU, FABRIZIO BARBERIS, ANDREA COSSU, b2b, WTTM , in collaboration with M / Ind – Independent Minds Review of Club-Culture & Self-production, by BASSTATION.

JANUARY the 10th, h 5.30 pm – “Capitini” Aula Magna, Faculty of Humanities – University of Cagliari, Via Is Mirrionis 1

CONFERENCE: “THE EYE OF THE MACHINE”

by Simone Arcagni
With University of Cagliari Partnership.

JANUARY – FEBRUARY – MARCH , SPAZIO OSC, Via Newton 12,

INTERCULTURAL THEATER WORKSHOP “To conquer the ubiquity”
by the cultural/educational mediator and actor Naoufel Soussi (Aman,company on social field) and the theater actress and cultural entertainer Paola Atzeni (Tana Teatro company), under the supervision of Claudia Pupillo (theatre director and playwright).

MARCH / SPAZIO OSC, Via Newton 12,

POETRY SLAM LABORATORY by the performer and slammer Sergio Garau; PERFORMANCE DIGITAL POETRY SLAM with Sergio Garau (performer and slammer) and Kyber Teatro.

For all the laboratories of the period February-March, it’s planned a collaboration with the Social Collaborative Enviroments group -CRS4 COMPANY- to create an interactive multimedia production of Poetry Slam with the national slammer Sergio Garau.
The production will be born from the artistic – digital experimentation between the digital creative team of Kyber Teatro, the poetry slamm scenic language, the Social Wall CRS4 and other immersive and interactive technologies and surfaces.

More information: http://www.kyberteatro.it/en/residenze-art-tech.asp

Museums Dahlem, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Takustraße 40, 14195 Berlin

Daring participation! The REACH project workshop on Institutional Heritage is just started!

Four international workshops on different aspects of participation will be held in the frame of REACH. The first one is being running right now in Berlin.
During the two days event around 20-25 experts will meet and discuss many aspects of all kinds of possibilities for participation in the institutional care for cultural heritage.

Mostly targeted to cultural institutions and public administrations, the workshop addresses the following themes:

Core functions and activities to be faced by cultural heritage institutions
Who can and should be involved in which area of work?
How can citizens get involved for mutual benefit?
What actions are necessary for lasting participation?
Best practice examples

Get more information here.

Taipei (Taiwan), 17 November 2018 to 10 March 2019

Taipei Biennial 2018: Post-Nature — A Museum as an Ecosystem

The Taipei Biennial is the most important exhibition for promoting contemporary art held by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. In 1998, after more than a decade of changes in the format, and in order to adapt to the ‘biennial’ trend, and to promote Taiwan’s contemporary art internationally, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum began to invite internationally-renowned curators to cooperate with curators from Taiwan. Since then, the Taipei Biennial has introduced new artistic ideas from around the world that act as a driver of dialogue between Taiwan and other cultures, becoming a primary symbol of Taiwan’s contemporary art development and international artistic exchange.

The 2018 edition is co-curated by Mali Wu and Francesco Manacorda, and focuses on the interconnectivity of ecosystemic structures formed between humans and nature and aims to serve as a platform for social experimentation, generating new interdisciplinary possibilities for long-lasting, community-driven, bottom-up synergies. This Biennial aims to investigate how museum as an institution exists as, and within, a social, cultural, economic and political ecosystem.

Taipei Biennal website: https://www.taipeibiennial.org/?lang=EN

Article appeared on Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/471444/taipei-biennial-2018-post-nature-museum-ecosystem-tfam/

Brussels (Belgium), 6th February 2019

Modernising Cultural and Creative Industries within the EU

Cultural and Creative sectors occupy a significant place in today’s European economy, by contributing to innovation, investment, digital modernisation and cultural tourism. The Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) generate indeed around €509 billion per year, representing 5.3% of the EU’s total GDP and employ 12 million full-time jobs, which constitutes 7.5% of the EU’s employment and the third largest employer sector in the EU (European Commission, 2018). More than the economic value added to the EU’s GDP, cultural and creative sectors promote the European culture within and beyond the EU’s borders. In a political context characterised by the questioning of the European project, cultural and creative sectors have the potential to strengthen the European identities, cultural diversity and values; favour the critical thinking and build bridge between art, culture, business and technology in order to bring the European citizens closer.

In the last years, the EU has developed various projects in the framework of the 2015-18 Work Plan for Culture and the 2020 Horizon programmes to finance and support Cultural and Creative Industries. However, market fragmentation, insufficient access to finance and uncertainties in salaries conditions continue to undermine the cultural participation and development. In response to the Council’s invitation to do more in the cultural sector, in May 2018 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a New European Agenda for Culture. The New Agenda aims to harness the power of culture and cultural diversity for social cohesion; bolster the common European identity; support jobs and growth in cultural and creative sectors and to strengthen international cultural relations.

With the evolution of globalisation and digitalisation in modern life, the New European Agenda for Culture embraces the innovation in cultural and creative sectors. This goes with the adaptation of education and training to address the technological and business skills deficit and bring about evolution in the cultural sector. Moreover, it is currently assessed that there is a need for continuous assessment to ensure that the regulatory framework complies with intellectual property rights, consumer protection, online distribution and the establishment and operation of business rules in a digital era.

This timely symposium will evaluate recent initiatives and policy developments in the field of Cultural and Creative Industries from the EU to tackle the emerging challenges to the sector. Participants will exchange views, perspectives and good practices on the possible strategies to tackle these challenges, and will debate the role of CCIs in national politics, education, international communication and social inclusion.

Delegates will:

Find out about the European initiatives to boost the CCIs sector, such as the New Agenda for Culture of 2018.
Discuss the CCIs’ role in creating social cohesion and mutual identity within the EU
Explore ways to adapt to the changes in the creative and cultural sectors in a global and digital era
Identify ways to get access to the European market for companies operating in the CCIs
Analyse methods to tackle current challenges in the cultural sectors such as artists’ mobility and contract stability
Learn from good practices of other members states aimed at supporting the creative and cultural sectors based on cultural exchanges

To view our brochure, including the full event programme, click here.

20% early registration discount off the standard delegate rates (subject to type of organisation and terms and conditions) for bookings received by the 28th December 2018

Website and registration: https://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/events/JB06-PPE2?ss=bk&tg=bp1

Bloomington (Indiana), 29-31 March 2019

Ancient Egypt and New Technology

The Egyptology program in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University –Bloomington and the Indiana University Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, invite Egyptologists and digital humanists with interest in Egyptology to a conference in Bloomington on 29-31 March, 2019. This will be the first conference of its type held in North America.

Ancient Egypt and New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality and other Digital Humanities in Egyptology

School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
700 N Woodlawn Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Keynote speakers: https://www.indiana.edu/~iucweb/egyptology/confirmed-workshop-participantskeynote-speakers/

Call for papers open until 31/12/2018: http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/ancient-egypt-and-new-technology/

Website: https://www.indiana.edu/~iucweb/egyptology/

call for papers is open in sight of the international conference in Bloomington

Ancient Egypt and New Technology

The Egyptology program in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University –Bloomington and the Indiana University Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, invite Egyptologists and digital humanists with interest in Egyptology to a conference in Bloomington on 29-30 March, 2019. This will be the first conference of its type held in North America. Proposals for twenty minute presentations and posters are welcome from both professional scholars and advanced graduate students.

Deadline for abstracts: December 31, 2018

For more details:
https://www.indiana.edu/~iucweb/egyptology/call-for-papers/

Ancient Egypt and New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality and other Digital Humanities in Egyptology

An international conference to be held 29-30 March 2019 at Indiana University –Bloomington

To take stock of most recent developments in Egyptology and the digital humanities, and to consider future directions for the application of new technologies in Egyptology, the Egyptology program in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University –Bloomington and the Indiana University Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, invite Egyptologists and digital humanists with interest in Egyptology to submit proposals for presentantions which deal with current or projected work in such areas as:

3D modeling
Field applications
Virtual and enhanced reality
Game technology
New technology, pedagogy and public outreach
Problems of documentation, and organization and preservation of metadata and paradata
Database projects
Lexicographic and other reference projects
Computational and corpus linguistics
E-publication
Sustainability

Participants in this conference will also be invited to submit their papers for inclusion in a peer-reviewed volume, which is currently planned to appear in the series Harvard Egyptological Studies.

a short survey to prioritize what would shape the ideal Europe we all want

Public consultation on the #FutureofEurope

EU leaders are committed to a Europe that brings real results in issues that matter most to people. See how you can get involved in helping to shape the future of the European Union.

Ahead of a dedicated EU Summit in Sibiu, Romania, and the European elections in 2019, national leaders agreed on a Leaders’ Agenda on pressing issues and challenges where solutions are needed.

You can contribute to the online consultation drafted by citizens themselves, read and react to the White Paper on the Future of Europe, attend Citizens’ Dialogues organised by the European Commission or participate in other debates organised in your country.