Category Archives: Exhibitions

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3rd Near-Field Communication Digital Art Biennale

November 12, 2018Events, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

On 4th and 5th November 2018 – thanks to Bjørn Magnhildøen – travelled to the MUVIM Park in Valencia, Spain.

Near Enough?

August 1, 2018Events, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

A shout out to all who participated in the 3rd NFCDAB in the Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam: Alan Sondheim, Alex Zakkas, Alexander Christiaan Jacob, Alex Ness, Amelia Marzec, Annie Abrahams, Anita Lugomer, Andrzej Kołomański, Anon, Anthony Stephenson, Artem Gavrilyuk-Bozhko, Ayshe Kizilçay, Ben Grosser, Bjørn Magnhildøen, Bob BrueckL, Bransha Gautier, Chih Yang Chen, Cyborg Art Collective (CHARLES M. ALAN), Daniel Temkin, David Quiles Guillo, Diana Galimzyanova, Domenico Dom Barra, Dominik Podsiadły, Diego Bernaschina, Diego Faskner Silveira, Diego Fernando Ospina Melo, Egbert de Boer, Emilie Gervais, exonemo, FACEGRUBER, Filipe Matos, Florian Kuhlmann, Frère Reinert, Guido Segni, HYENAZ, – Hyeseon Jeong, Kihuun Park, Jiha Jeon, UBERMORGEN -, Iza Koczanowska, iXtupor, Jacob Kok, Jagoda Dmochowska, Jan Robert Leegte, Janusz Brudniewicz, Jarkko Räsänen, Jarosław Potoczny, Joana Chicau, Joonas Westerlund, Joubin Zargarbashi, Juan Manuel Morales, Julie Libersat & Adam Love, Kappala Kumar, Karina Mitchell, Karina Palosi, Karl Heinz Jeron, Konstantina Mavridou, Kyriaki Goni, Lanny Quarles, Leroy Brothers, Maarten Schuurman, Marcus Guttenplan, Mario Santamaria, Martine Folkersma, Mike Wessling, Mira Boczniowicz, Morten Skogly, Nancy Mauro Flude, Nick Mattan, Nikos Voiatzis, Olga Guse, Paweł Marcinek, Paweł Mikułowski, predictiveartbot.com, Rad0van Misovic, Robert Lisek, Sander Veenhof, Sarawut Chutiwongpeti, Silvia Gatti, Tibor Horvath, Ynfab Bruno, Zsolt Mesterhazy & many more!

Great big thanks to the many staycationers who visited the show!

Omnigaze is the annual activity during which people around the world share the action of looking at the same point in the sky at the same time. To find this shared point, attendees use the omnigaze device which is made out of printed and cut-out paper and works based on the position of the sun and the attendee’s location. This year the 8th omnigaze coinsided with and was the opening event of the ‘Near enough?’. Using the omnigaze devices, some of which were provided and some build and brought by the visitors, we joined with others around the world in omnigaze from the tolhuistuin garden. Omnigaze is an on-going project initiated and run by Joubin Zargarbashi.

wifi networks Near Enough and Russian Roullete

by browserbased for more: https://github.com/awk0324/wifi-russian-roulette

During the exhibition Marta Colpani made live drawings of the visitors’ hands while they were holding their phones. The drawings were piled up on the tables and benches in the garden.

“The hands are the instrument of human intelligence.” Internet-connected devices supposedly extend these possibilities with available knowledge and networks. However, our hands constantly holding a phone are precluded from being able to learn and make contact with the environment where we find ourselves. Observing this phenomenon, Marta Colpani wonders in what ways this habit changes what we think we can do, what we think is in our power to do in our close vicinity.

Closing: Sunday 12.08.2018, in the afternoon you can attach some virtual fabrics to your body with the latest augmented reality fashion experiment by Sander Veenhof and Jacob Kok!

Some visitors just scanned the codes thus making a kind of catalogue in the History list of their bar code scanners.

For last but not least many thanks to the Tolhuistuin for hosting Near Enough?!

3rd Near-Field Communication Digital Art Biennale

July 1, 2018Events, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

This is the first show of the 3rd edition of the “legendary” digital biennale of digital art in your city. In 2018, apart from Wawa, this independent idea generated in Wrocław, conquers other European cities like Gol in Norway, Amsterdam, Valencia … we also have plans for Berlin and Athens.
You cant miss it!
Grab your smartphone or tablet and prepare yourself for the stream of works made by dozens of Polish and foreign artists operating in the field of digital art based on web browsers.
This Saturday go outside ! You can watch #nfcdab shows individually as well as
with a group of friends. The Warsaw edition is hosted by V9 and ADA. But we go many steps further – during the festival the gallery will also outdoor. The map will lead you to art pieces.

YOUR PHONE IS A FRAME FOR PRESENTED WORKS !!!

We will provide you with the most amazing and unconventional examples sent to our biennials from the endless areas of the Internet. You will see net-art, post-conceptual digital art, glitch art, pseudo “viral” applications, independent music, strange and rare video clips, etc.

All works will be available using mobile devices through QR codes, WiFi routers or RIFID / NFC chips.

Before starting the artistic trip, approach ADY (Puławska 37 and V9 Gallery), where you will get a map with all useful information. The exhibition will take the form of a quasi urban game. You will win when you find works in the original circumstances of nature around.
IMPORTANT!
Prepare your mobile device in advance:
1. Check if you have the best QR code reading app suitable for your phone type.
2. Enter the communication settings and check if you have access to read NFC / RIFID tags and enable them.
3. In the exhibition area you can also connect to our special WiFi routers, thanks to which you will be able to download works prepared by artists for the shows.
4. Search for places with the Biennale logo attached – ART is waiting for you there. A map will lead you to them.
5. Check if you can install applications from unknown sources.

*) In case of any doubts and questions please go to Dominik Podsiadły, originator of # nfcdab, and to a team of co-organizers with V9 and ADA. Dominik will help you to grasp technical and other issues.
If you want to talk or share your impressions – Dominik is happy to talk with you.

WE INVITE YOU ON SATURDAY 23/06/2018 TO ADA AND V9 AT UL.PUŁAWSKA 37 AND TO THE PARK near around

Participating:

Alex Zakkas, Alexander Christiaan Jacob, Amelia Marzec, Anon, Anthony Stephenson, Ayshe Kizilçay, Ben Grosser, Bjørn Magnhildøen, Bob BrueckL, Bransha Gautier, Chih Yang Chen, Cyborg Art Collective (CHARLES M. ALAN), Diana Galimzyanova, Artem Gavrilyuk-Bozhko, Diego Bernaschina, Diego Faskner Silveira, Diego Fernando Ospina Melo, Emilie Gervais, Frère Reinert, HYENAZ, Hyeseon Jeong, Kihuun Park, Jiha Jeon, UBERMORGEN, iXtupor, Jan Robert Leegte, Joana Chicau, Joubin Zargarbashi, Julie Libersat & Adam Love, Kappala Kumar, Karina Palosi, Karl Heinz Jeron, Konstantina Mavridou, Kyriaki Goni, Lanny Quarles, Maarten Schuurman, Marcus Guttenplan, Mario Santamaria, Mike Wessling, Morten Skogly, Nick Mattan, Olga Guse, Robert Lisek, Sarawut Chutiwongpeti, Silvia Gatti, Jagoda Dmochowska, Tibor Horvath, Ynfab Bruno, Zsolt Mesterhazy

Iza Koczanowska:
Artyści: COROZIA / Wrocław, DESPER / Lublin, KRYST / Warszawa, KRZESKI / Lublin, MEKUSO / Warszawa, PANDY WARHOU / Augustów, SZYMON KARPIERZ, VERBALIZER / 3MIASTO

Alan Sondheim, Alex Ness, Andrzej Kołomański, Anita Lugomer, Domenico Dom Barra, Dominik Podsiadły, FACEGRUBER, Florian Kuhlmann, Filipe Matos, Iza Koczanowska, Jarkko Räsänen, Jarosław Potoczny, Juan Manuel Morales, Leroy Brothers, Mira Boczniowicz, Paweł Marcinek, Paweł Mikułowski

3rd Near-Field Communication Digital Art Biennale

May 20, 2018Events, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

Roaming activity: idea for a knitted QR code cap and photoshop by Bjørn Magnhildøen.

On 04.05.18, the opening of the 3rd nfcdab took place in Gol, Norway with participating artists: Anon, Diego Bernaschina, Bob BrueckL, Ynfab Bruno, Chih Yang Chen, Joana Chicau, Sarawut Chutiwongpeti, Cyborg Art Collective, Jagoda Dmochowska, Diana Galimzyanova, Artem Gavri, lyuk-Bozhko, Silvia Gatti, Bransha Gautier, Emilie Gervais, Kyriaki Goni, Ben Grosser, Olga Guse, Marcus Guttenplan, Alexander Christiaan Jacob, Karl Heinz Jeron, Tibor Horvath, HYENAZ, iXtupor, Hyeseon Jeong, Kihuun Park, Jiha Jeon, UBERMORGEN, Ayshe Kizilçay, Florian Kuhlman, Kappala Kumar, Jan Robert Leegte, Julie Libersat & Adam Love, Robert Lisek, Bjørn Magnhildøen, Amelia Marzec, Nick Mattan, Konstantina Mavridou, Zsolt Mesterhazy, Diego Fernando Ospina Melo, Karina Palosi, Lanny Quarles, Frère Reinert, Mario Santamaria, Maarten Schuurman, Diego Faskner Silveira, Morten Skogly, Anthony Stephenson, Mike Wessling, Alex Zakkas, Joubin Zargarbashi.

For extended documentation and catalogue of the event http://noemata.net/nfcdab3/

Dates and deadlines as the biennale travels on in 2018:
Gol, 4.-6. May 2018 (deadline 25. April), organized by noemata.
Warszaw, 23. June 2018 (deadline 10. June), organized by nfcwproject/dominik podsiadly. Submit your work https://nfcwproject.tumblr.com/submit!
Wroclaw, to be announnced, organized by nfcwproject/dominik podsiadly.
Amsterdam, 5.-12. August 2018 (deadline end of July), organized by browserbased.
Valencia, to be announced, organized by noemata.

60-60.network at de(-)tour organized by Paleis van Mieris

November 27, 2017Events, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

It was our pleasure to bring the 60-60.network router and offer our umbrellas for the outdoors part of the show on the rainy days of 23, 24, 25 November, 2017! Many thanks, good people of Paleis van Mieris!

Photos: Alex Zakkas and Zsolt Mesterhazy.

60-60.network at Piksel17

November 8, 2017Events, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

60-60.network, a collaboration between 60Seconds Short Film Festival and Leap Second Festival, presents 10x 1-minute movies and 75x 1-second ones for the Piksel Savers section of Piksel 17 in Bergen, Norway on November 16, 2017.

60Seconds Short Film Festival: Jens Axel Beck, Rasmus Riemann, Evalajka Pervin, Maria Gondek, Oana Constantineanu, María José Alós, Roland Wegerer, Alexandra Mocan & Nicolae Romanitan, Verika Kovacevska, Fernando Baena.

Leap Second Festival: Agam Andreas, Alan Sondheim, Alexandra Andries, Amelia Johannes, Ana Buigues, Anne Niemetz, Ayshe Kizilcay, Bence Rohanszky, Bjørn Magnhildøen, Bruno Melo, Chris Funkhouser, Christian Boen, Cleber Gazana, David Whitcraft, Dennis De Bel, Dom Barra, Domenico Barra, Dominik Podsiadly, Edoardo
Gaudieri (det0une), Eleonora Roaro, Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum, Frere Reinert, Hande Zerkin, Heidi Horsturz, Igor and Ivan Buharov, INTERLICHTSPIELHAUS, Irena Kalodera, Jules Varnedoe, Jurgen Trautwein, Justyna Kabala, Karina Mitchell, Kyriaki Goni, Lau Ching Wa Jess, Leap Second Festival, Lorna Mills, Martin Howse, Matt Vogel, Matthias Hauan Arbo, Mauricio Sanhueza, Miriam Poletti, Nenad Nedeljkov, Nick Mattan, Nico Vassilakis, Nigel Roberts, Pasha Radetzki, Patrick Lichty, Paul Wiegerinck, Pawel Wocial and Kamila Tuszynska, Ria Puskas, Sarawut Chutiwongpeti, Sherwin Altarez Mapanoo, Simon Coates, Simon Perathoner, Sissel Berntsen, Theodora Prassa, William Wolfgang Wunderbar with Sacha Toncovich.

http://17.piksel.no/?paged=2&cat=5

Piksel17 Festival unboxing 60-60.network.

A Selection 4 Dufus Tidious

July 22, 2017ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

On 15 July 2017, a speedshow titled “Dufus Tidious” took place as the last one on location at the Paleis van Mieris.

Thanks for the works to: Bjørn Magnhildøen, Maarten Schuurman, Dominik Podsiadly, Florian Kuhlmann, Philipp Teister, Tibor Horvath, Karina Palosi, Guido Segni, Rad0van Misovic!

click_assiSt for Shift Operations at Paleis van Mieris

December 30, 2016ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

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Lawn Enforcement

June 15, 2016Events, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

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Lawn Enforcement is a section of the #nfcdab proposed and organized by BrowserBased to cheer on and partake in Dominik Podsiadly’s 2nd iteration of #nfcdab, a DIY biennale. Dominik P. is an active presence on the scene and has been a member of BrowserBased on Facebook. But cooperations with Mr. P. also go way further than Facebook and take place IRL, too. (See: NFC biennales, Wroclaw; ADAF 2015, Athens; Yami-Ichi, Amsterdam and Bring Your Own B*, Amsterdam).

At the core of the DIY biennales are NFC and QR techs that provide and establish, as a figure of speech, access points in versatile contexts of urban settings such as vacant plots, forking paths in parks and commuter trams. The temporary as well as independent character of these biennales preserve and fertilize much valued informal channels for participating artists and audiences.

The planter signs we chose because they are just as easy to place as to take away and re-enforce an important aspect, in the #nfcdabs, of whimsy!

Participating:
Cem Berendsen, Dave Hagen, Domenico Dom Barra, Dominik Podsiadly, Eltons Küns, Emilie Gervais, Florian Kuhlmann, Guido Segni, Jan Robert Leegte, Jeannot GrandLapin, Jonaas Westerlund, Joubin Zargarbashi, Julianne Aguilar, Karina Palosi, Laurus Edelbacher, Maaike Stutterheim, Maarten Schuurman, Philipp Teister, Rad0van Misovic, Tibor Horvath, Tobias Rothe, Wouter Smit, Zsolt Mesterhazy.

Opening: 5 – 7pm, 17.06.2016, Wyspa Słodowa, Wroclaw.
https://www.google.pl/maps/@51.116161,17.0380665,18z

More:
http://nfcwproject.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1nfcdabiennale/

Lawn Enforcement – Location: HQ, Wroclaw – Day -2:

Lawn Enforcement – Location: Wyspa Słodowa, Wroclaw – Day 1:

Lawn Enforcement – Location: Uniwersytecka, Wrocław – Day 2 & + +:

Lawn Enforcement – Uniwersytecka Wrocław

69.numbers.suck

May 20, 2016Articles, ExhibitionsZsolt Mesterhazy

Athens, Greece. Ever since the crisis set in, an exploding body of graffiti, marker writings, flyers and stickers has been crawling allover the city’s surfaces. One of the highly frequented places, as we found, is the eye-catching number of pay-phone booths left standing regardless of being defunct or vandalized. As telephony hops onto private mobile networks we observe how the booths recycled by the use of scratch, paste and pen. Parts of the withering public phone infrastructure become quizzical nodes of these new anarchic networks.

In their freshly assigned role, the phone−booths re−enter the city’s communication channels. They quote, from URLs of conspiracy theory videos to tags by local hooligans, all mingling with signs indecipherable (for most readers), with scrawls and smudges, and private messages, from romantic confessions to sexual services offered with names and mobile phone numbers. 69 is the prefix for commercial mobile networks in Greece which all work with real name bound accounts.

To get a closer look at these flows of messages, we documented phone−booths in various parts of the city. The result is a series of over 800 photographs, which, by their sheer number, asked for some structure to be accessible. Using keywords, we arranged them by categories, into galleries at geolocations on openstreetmaps. We have come to regard most of the ones of sexual nature as advertisements for the simple reason of the frequency of their re−occurrence and frequency of updates allover the city. A frequency that even a most frantic wrath would fall short of to write, if the motivation was of a personal nature

Let’s pause for the dilemma of motivations here: Are they indeed advertisements or are they meant to be outing people with their names and numbers, in a form of hate speech?

Since the numbers are mostly coupled to male names, we looked at legal aspects of male prostitution. There are contradictions concerning male sexwork in Greek law which make the legality of male sexwork unclear. This may very well contribute to the reasons for this thread of handwritten phenomena, next to the difficult to imagine levels of poverty and exposedness. http://www2.keelpno.gr/blog/?p=4934&lang=en

69.numbers.suck presents the documentation and our findings as offline maps. To protect the writers and their characters as best as we could we do not expose it online as a Google map gallery and we took the following steps.

Step one:
We present the 69 database only offline to lessen exposure to data mining or the scope of doxing. We serve 69.numbers.suck, locally, from an encrypted and modified wifi router that is toned down in range to limit wifi reception to the exhibition area.

Step two:
To have a recourse to the rule of law, even if weak, we copyrighted the database and the images to discourage unwanted reuse. The landing page also asks all visitors to observe the issue.

The request reads: “69.numbers.suck” is presented as an offline collection to keep a measure of protection from data crunchers. BrowserBased Group kindly requests you to refrain from reproducing and putting online any of this material! Further, the image files, the database and the resulting tracks are there for the sole purpose of consideration. Any data extraction, disclosure, dissemination or copying of content is prohibited without the authors’ prior consent!

69.numbers.suck is a subjective overview and in no way is it all encompassing.