Institutes of Contemporary Art Beyond the White Cube Building Shared Spaces for Art in Romania

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Institutes of Contemporary Art Beyond the White
Cube - Building Shared Spaces for Art in Romania
INSPIREDDEVELOPMENT
a presentation by Gabriella Kardos (Kardos
Creative Ltd.) for Intercultural Dialogue and
Digital Culture, International Round Table,
Zagreb, 20-21 November 2008
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Main points to be covered
This presentation is about the proposed creation
of three institutes of contemporary art to be
built in Romania over the next few years under
the umbrella of one organization and how it is
envisioned they will turn their geographical
positioning into a strategic advantage for
sharing experiences

• 1. Communication infrastructure - network
• 2. Trans-border centres
• 3. Local context
• 4. The network and programming of events

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3ICA Baia Mare, Iasi and Constanta
ICA Baia Mare
ICA Iasi
ICA Constanta
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View of the 3 Developments
Iasi Business and Technology Campus
RADIUS Shopping and Business and Arts Baia Mare
WTC Constanta
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Baia Mare
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ICA Baia Mare
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ICA Baia Mare
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Conceptual identity

• All 3 centres will promote research,
  experimentation, interdisciplinarity and
  connectivity
• The Baia Mare ICA will also have a green theme
  promoting an ecological approach to the
  environment
• Due to its positioning within Iasi Business
  Campus, which aims to attract tenants such as new
  technology companies, this centre will have a
  special focus on new media art and related
  activities.
• Trans-border centres aiming to bring the people
  of this region together to share in their
  cultural production and work on common interests.

We are now working towards creating a foundation
that aims to unite these centres and give them a
stronger context from which to operate
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Regional and Trans-Border Connectivity
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3ICA Communication infrastructure

• A communication infrastructure is being designed
  to make virtual environments a fundamental part
  of the day-to-day business, exhibitions and
  performances.
• The infrastructure will support
• Streaming (e.g. NY Metropolitan Opera HD)
• Educational/learning projects (interactive
  lectures, etc)
• Day to day communication between centres
  (administration, planning meetings, etc.)
• Telematic café (connection always on)
• Creative tools

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3ICA Types of Collaborative Projects

• work is installed in 3 locations simultaneously
• install viewing portals of events in the other
  centres
• invited artists/lecturers where performers act in
  one centre and performance is streamed to the
  other centres turning each centre into a
  broadcasting network
• create a programme of visiting artists, writers,
  educators, etc. who will come to the ICAs to
  create projects.
• entering into larger networks, such as MARCEL

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Tim Jackson, Synthops Research Group
An example of collaboration that transcends
language, distance and cultural barriers, being
based on emotion, immediacy and not precluding a
knowledge of 'art
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NETWORK TOUCH

• Place your hand in front of a video camera.
  The image of your hand is seen on a screen, along
  with another hand that is being broadcast from
  another installation. When your hands touch each
  othera sound is emitted.

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TECHNOLOGY

• MAX audio
• Graphical environment for music, audio, and
  multimedia
• Create your own software using a visual toolkit
  of objects, and connect them together with
  patch cords
• Basic environment that includes MIDI, control,
  user interface, and timing objects
• SoftVNS2 video
• High quality video streams
• David Rokeby, SoftVNS Very Nervous System
  Software
• Links to Max and triggers video, or video
  triggers sound in this case

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Network Touch Installation, Jepson Center for the
Arts Savannah, Georgia, USA - February 2008
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