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Juried Competition Winners Juror's Statement from Howard N. Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Digital technology was initially invented for computing and data storage; later it was developed for use in audio and video equipment; and after that was adapted to all manner of communication and imaging, from cell phones to body scans. But all such applications are rooted in the apprehension, storage, transmission, and display of information - that is, of facts, of data, of any useful worldly intelligence - in the form of binary code. At least until the artists got to it. It is hardly surprising, given the roots of modern art in notions of a revolutionary avant-garde, that progressive artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries devoured new materials, new technologies, and new art forms with a prodigious and omnivorous appetite. Digital technologies are no exception, and whether artists today use digital tools to aid in generating traditional art forms (for example by making virtual sketches toward paintings or sculpture) or as the basis of experimental new art forms that are generated by and/or displayed via binary code, many artists around the world have indeed gone digital. In selecting the works for DigitalArt.LA, no aesthetic parameters or requirements were set. Artists were free to submit work of any artistic persuasion - and they did, with copious entries that ranged from moving images to interactive installations to still images. Yet it seems that certain aesthetic predilections may have been at work. The works that asserted themselves most strongly tended to be those that integrally and overtly engage digital technology in the final form of the work. Thus, while some very compelling "straight" photography made with digital cameras and print methods is deservedly represented, the preponderance of works here tend to manipulate the factuality of the real world or to invent worlds that exist only in a realm of digital generation and display. The exhibition is characterized less by faithful reportage than by invention, transfiguration, and wonderment. So while the "ancient" history of digital technology may have its DNA in strictly practical, informational tasking, the interests and imaginations of the artists who have appropriated those technologies in recent years have evolved them into agents of human psyche that, like much art throughout human history, has only a passing focus on things as they are and much more engagement with our dreams, our fears, our desires. Howard N. Fox Juror, DigitalArt.LA The Selected Artists: R. Luke DuBois Lian Sifuentes Nicky Enright Robert Mack Daniel DeLuna Vonda Yarberry Will Duke Martin Sundvall Yuko Kabayashi Chirstinn Whyte Jake Messenger Jonathan Hounshell Melanie Manos Sarah Buckius C.K. Reynolds Michael Shaw Michael Wright Stephen Axelrad Dimitri Darras Gary Raymond Damon Sauer Julie Anand Campbell Laird Bill Jackson Steen Doessing Lizabeth Eva Rossof Luke Matjas Guenther Stoeger Russ Quackenbush Yoshiaki Murakami Elisabeth Eberle Benjamin Cadena Thomas Briggs Kireilyn Barber Baiju Parthan Ansen Seale Cheman Zo Belinda Haikes Ethan Turpin Ellen Scott Adrienne Outlaw Christopher Ault David Clark Joseph Farbrook Jared Lamenzo Galina Manikova Beat Suter Alan Bigelow Nanette Wylde Barbara Strasen   Artists Featured as DigitalArt.LA Internet Artists: Christopher Ault http://www.talespin.com/smog/ David Clark http://www.88constellations.net Joseph Farbrook http://farbrook.net/website/cell.html Jared Lamenzo http://www.mediatedspaces.com/thesoundscaper/ Galina Manikova http://www.wailingwall.no Beat Suter http://www.and-or.ch/searchsongs/ Alan Bigelow http://www.AmericanGhosts.org Nanette Wylde http://www.qiproject.net/   LACDA Artists exhibited at various spaces and galleries: Anneliese Varaldiev Mark Mothersbaugh Michael Salerno Tiffany Trenda Charli Siebert Rex Bruce Rachel Bruya Walker Benedikt Gross Steve Luke Hanson Melissa Ann Lambert Linda Levinson Marianne Magne Paho Mann Hector Mata David Powell Devon Paulson   Artists Selected by Luca Curci "Its Liquid Project" Nadia Perrotta Niri Nishri Gregory Steel Lorenzo Fumagalli Francesca Penzani Marta Alvim Marinho Ane Fabricius Christiansen Lucia Flego Silvana Sferza Elsa Aleluia Thorunn Ingal Gisladottir Luca Curci Michal Blumenfeld Daan Roosegaarde Arndis Gisldottir Andrew Duggan Rebecca Digne Pila Rusjan Enrico Gaido & Alessandra Lappano Alberto Nacci Sarah Duyshart Ayse Gullulu Stefano Fanara Jill Turner Richard O'Sullivan Joas Sebastian Nebe Saverio Luzzo Igor Imhoff Marc Carniel Alessandra Abruzzese Amy Cohen Banker Mauricio Mayorga Luca Curci is an Italian curator and organizer of international stature within the "art and technology" scene. His events and exhibits have appeared in major museums and galleries worldwide. The video presented at Spring Arts Collective are selections made especially for exhibit at the DigitalArt.LA Expo.   Artists selected by Michal Brzezinski, video curator for Center for Contemporary Art, Danzig (Poland): Vaclav Pelousek Thorsten Fleisch Andre Silva Miroslaw Rajkowski Michal Brzezinski Sachiko Hayashi Yael Shulman 'Video Identity' is the title of a program compiled by Michal Brzezinski. He asked me to participate with two of my films to which I gladly agreed. His compilation gives a very diverse and interesting view on contemporary video and film art, the subject being the artist's look at himself and the world through reflexive use of technology. The artists involved in the program each have their own unique vision. Andre Silva uses an icon of modern technology namely Google Image Search and mixes it with spam letters, the bastard child of the internet. The clash of heaven versus hell makes for good video entertainment. In another video piece by Michal Brzezinski called 'passion' Google Image Search is used for a quest for spiritual output of search algorithms. The result is a torrent of images that invokes thoughts about Christianity, progress and how religion might be transformed in the future with all the new technologies now at our disposal. The video poem 'Zen for a Butterfly' by Miroslaw Rajkowski shows how a possible new 'video religion' might work. The cameraplay with a butterfly slowly draws the viewer into an abyss of sweet droning full of colors and abstractions. All in all the program manages to capture one's attention with such ease that is a real pleasure to watch and reflect. Thorsten Fleisch, February 2007, Berlin   Artists selected by Forum des Images (Paris): Selections from Festival Pocket Films a festival of mobile video hosted by Centre Pompidou, Paris Reverse Love by Morgan Földi-Möhand, France, 2007, 3min. Luv by Grégory Joncret, Belgique, 2007, 6min. Tic Tac Toe by Matthew Swanson, Canada, 2006, 1min. Pulsion scopique by Romuald Beugnon, France, 2006, 6min. Perle by Marguerite Lantz, France, 2006, 4min. An autumn curve by Andriy Toloshnyy, Ukraine, 2006, 3min. Like Antennas to Heaven by Mathieu Saura, France, 2006, 3min. Le cahier froid by Jean-Claude Taki, France, 2006, 24min. Composition des trains by Bruno Elisabeth, France, 2006, 4min. Freerun by Henry Reichhold, Royaume-Uni, 2005, 1min. Auto chronographe by Torsten Bruch, France, 2006 , 4min.   Participating Photographers in California Musem of Photography's '24 hrs @ 24 fps over Joshua Tree' organized by Reggie Wollery: Ami Flori Carlos Puma MiKenzie Denholtz Maxene Denholtz Mike Denholtz Brenda Denholtz Darrin Dikes Myles Denholtz Jose Beruvides Laura Araujo-Salinas Paul Gachot Alma Lopez Reggie Woolery Rex Bruce Douglas Buckley Julia Buckley Carlos Garcia Corinne Cardenas Sergio Pina Melanie Berry Elda Carraco C.R. Steyck III Ralph Carraco Yareli Figueroa Andy Chi Brian Leatart Jim Belsley Leticia Gabbard Grace Bagwell Geoff Shaw Vicki Williams Joanne Lehmer Jacalyn Lopez Garcia Geno Lopez Garcia Pat May Rita Medina Breeane Diaz Barbara May Eva Soltes Brad Shyba Jason Marquez Breeane Diaz Barbara May Eva Soltes Brad Shyba Jason Marquez A team of professional and amateur photographers set out for a day to document 24 hours in Joshua Tree National Park located in Twenty Nine Palms, California. This beautiful and meditative piece contains selections from the 6-hour animated work.

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