Interview with Kontejner, part 3: Art can be a field of risk!

May 1, 2011

This is the third part of the interview with Kontejner. Read the second part here: Technology and conceptualism walking along…

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Poster for Extravagant Bodies by Dejan Dragosavac Ruta (c)
Photo taken from Kontejner

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Interview with Kontejner, part 2: Technology and conceptualism walking along…

This is a continuation of the interview with Kontejner. Read the first part here: Body norms in art and science

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DB Indos – House of Extreme Music Theater: Doors (c)
Photo taken from Kontejner

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Interview with Kontejner, part 1: Body norms in art and science

Kontejner | bureau of contemporary art praxis is certainly responsible for placing Zagreb on the international map of new media art, performance art related disciplines, cybernetics, curatorial practices, nanotechnology, device art, biotechnology, science, robotics…

Kontejner was founded by Olga Majcen Linn and Suncica Ostoic almost ten years ago in Zagreb (Croatia). Till now they have organized more then fifty internationally referred and recognized events that include exhibitions, festivals, symposiums; with special accent on fostering regional networking, promotions and collaborations. We can say that Touch Me Festival, Extravagant Bodies Festival and Device_art present Kontejner’s body of work.

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Kontejner members – first 10 years (from left to right): Tomislav Pokrajcic,
Tereza Teklic, Olga Majcen Linn, Ena Hodzic, Ivana Bago, Suncica Ostoic
Photos: Kontejner (c)

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Interview with Johannes Birringer, part 2: Connecting analogue and digital technology

February 2, 2011

This is the second part of the interview with Johannes Birringer. Read the first part here: Interview with Johannes Birringer, part 1 – New media, interactivity and performative arts

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Photo above: Johannes Birringer by Glenio Campregher (c), 2008
Photo bellow:  scene from Ukiyo by DAP-Lab (c)
Taken from Dance-Tech

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