Project Features

"Project Features"
http://features.nmartproject.net
is happy to present during July/August 2005 its 6th feature:

Marc Lee (Switzerland)
and his interactive netart piece, entitled:
"Loogie.net News"

Project statement

"We Report – You Decide." «Loogie.net News» is a personalized real-time online news magazine. It presents the results of individual queries as if they were ongoing and up-to-date news messages. With Loogie.net an article can be arranged to your own discretion and you can infiltrate it with your own input. Thus words can be replaced in articles: Whether you let the pope beatify your favorite pop star instead of mother Theresa or you offering yourself to work as a negotiator for Palestine, it is open to you. The text will not only be read out and sent away – it will also remain stored and be indexed by Google e.g. and in such a way it will misinform and confuse other users.

«Loogie.net News» is highly unusual in that it offers news messages compiled solely by computer algorithms without human intervention.

About the artist

Marc Lee *1969, in Zurich

Exhibitions (Selection):
2004
– Algorithmic Revolution, ZKM Medeinmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
– Tainment, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin, Germany
– Switch Award 2004, Museum for Communication, Bern, Switzerland
– "News, i’m Lovin it", Foyer of the TV Productioncenter (TPC), Zürich, Switzerland
– Garage 2004 Festival, Stralsund, Germany
– Wozownia Art Gallery, Presented from the Transmediale Festival, Torun, Poland
– Virtually Swiss, Presentiert von [plug_in] Forum für neue Medien Basel für Jiff Mind, Jeonju, Korea
– Transmediale.04 Festival "Fly Utopia!", Berlin, Germany
– Loogie.net TV,6 days and each day 2 hours Live on TV, OKB Chanel,
Berlin, Germany

2003
– Art Bit Collection, ICC, Tokyo, Japan
– loogie.net, [plug_in] Forum for new Media, Basel, Switzerland
– Ars Electronica, CODE Campus, Linz, Austria
– Metaworx in Basel, Geneva and Zürich, Switzerland
– Viper 03 Art Festival, Basel, Switzerland

2002
– Open_Source_Art_Hack, Zenith Media Lounge, New Museum, New York, USA
– digital-is-not-analog 2002, Campobasso, Italy
– Transmediale.02 Festival "Go Public!", Berlin, Germany
– Read_Me Festival 1.2 Macros-Center, Moscow, Russia
– Kontrollfelder, hartware Dortmund, Germany
– Art Bit Collection, ICC, Tokyo, Japan

Awards (Selection):

2003
– Foerderpreis 2003, Award of University of Art and Design, HGK Zurich, Switzerland
– Honorary Mentions, media art festival Ars Electronica Prices, Linz

2002
– Transmediale Award 2002 in the category "Software", Berlin
– Transmediale Public Vote Award 2002 in the categories "Interaction" and "Software", Berlin
– Read_Me Festival 2002, "Honorary Mention", Moscow
– Viper Swiss Award 2002 "for Newcomers", Basel

"Project Features"
http://features.nmartproject.net
which will feature during 2005 each month another exciting art project using net based media for artistic expression.

The 1st issue was featuring in January 2005 –>
Doron Golan (USA) and his streaming video "Tale of Crow" (2004)

The 2nd issue was featuring in February 2005—>
Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson (UK) and their interactive piece, entitled: "Ardnamurchan Zillij" (2004)

The 3rd issue was featuring in March 2005—>
Mary Flanagan (USA) and her interactive net piece, entitled: "[six.circles]" (2004)

The 4th issue was featuring in April/May 2005—>
Emily Hermant (CA) and her interactive net piece, entitled: "The Lies Project" (2004)

The 5th issue was featuring in June 2005—>
Geert Dekkers (the Netherlands) and his interactive weblog, entitled: "a drawing a day on nznl.com" (ongoing)

all projects and more details on http://features.nmartproject.net

This release can be found also on NetEx – networked experience
http://weblog.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=1&cat=56

"Project Features"
http://features.nmartproject.net
is curated by Agricola de Cologne

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www.nmartproject.net
experimental platform for Art and New Media
operating from Cologne/Germany

contacts and artists proposals:

http://features.nmartproject.net
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