Red Art: New Utopias in Data Capitalism, Volume 20 Issue 1. ISBN: 978-1-906897-20-8. ISSN: 1071-4391. Date of Publication: January 15, 2014. Number of Pages: 250. Book Editors: Lanfranco Aceti, Bill Balaskas, Susanne Jaschko and Julian Stallabrass. The print issue of the LEA Book Red Art: New Utopias in Data Capitalism, Volume 20 Issue 1, is available on Amazon. The Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) is proud
Beware of Cutting Down Trees: Contemporary Politics and Aesthetics between Ideal Matriarchal Democracy and Real Patriarchal Dictatorships is the title of the lecture I will be presenting for the Master Lecture Series at the Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR), Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. The Director of CFAR, Professor Johnny Golding, will chair the event. The lecture will analyze the mythological role of
This is the title of a talk at Art-Athina on Sunday, May 18, 2014, from 15:30 to 16:00. The talk is chaired by Artemis Potamianou, Director of Platform Project @ Art-Athina, and will focus on the aesthetic representation of anger as an 'uncouth,' disruptive and rebellious act that infringes and impinges upon the codified rules of good behavior and civilized life. The talk will question
This was my keynote for the conference Real Time Visuals organized by Steve Gibson. It was a great event over two full days, filled with activities, lectures, performances, music and, of course, live visuals. Great people from all areas that converged for a two days series of exchanges and future projects. My keynote was a comparative analysis between historical 'transdisciplinary' architectonical practices and contemporary live
I was at the Kunst Hal Aarhus where I had the pleasure of attending the opening of Systemics #3, curated by Joasia Krysia the director of Kunst Hal Aarhus, and participated with a talk that focused on art, money and the aesthetic representation of illusory and utopian worlds. The exhibition was great and I had an interesting evening talking with the artists Song Dong, Fran
This catalog is a project I have worked on with Omar Kholeif and with the support of FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). It follows the first major retrospective on Nam June Paik in the UK with an exhibition and conference organized by Tate Liverpool and FACT. The exhibition Nam June Paik, December 17, 2010 to March 13, 2011, was curated by Sook-Kyung Lee
Journal of Visual Culture, in collaboration with the International Association for Visual Culture, Operational and Curatorial Research, the Museum of Contemporary Cuts and Kasa Gallery, is pleased to announce a new refereed issue titled Visions of Contemporary Cuts. The issue is guest edited by Lanfranco Aceti, Sabanci University, Istanbul; and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Visions of Contemporary Cuts is a special call for a
This essay was started during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul in June 2013 and has been presented as a Master Lecture at the Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR) at Birmingham City University. The talk was chaired by Professor Johnny Golding, director of CFAR, and provided me with the opportunity to order and formalize some of my thinking on the relationship between contemporary politics
Not Here Not There, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 19 Issue 2. ISBN: 978-1-906897-20-8. ISSN: 1071-4391. Date of Publication: April 15, 2013. Number of Pages: 221. Volume Editors: Lanfranco Aceti and Richard Rinehart Editors: Ozden Sahin, Jonathan Munro and Catherine M. Weir. The print issue of LEA Volume 19 Issue 2 Not Here Not There is available on Amazon. This LEA publication has a simple goal:
This is an essay on public space and art/political interventions. This version online is partial and fragmented because it was an experiment that I started attempting to write academic articles directly online. The article is being completed off-line and will be presented and become public soon. In the meantime it is available online in order to offer an idea of the problems and social complexities
