Delicious Contemporary Semantics
A show in the Arti en Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Opening on the 13th of February till the 15th of March 2009, opening with a big party, and closing with an evening where the artists talk about the work, play a song, or show other work dealing with the show etc etc..
please see http://www.delicious.com/network/constantje/arti
Why not make an exhibition?
Lets do a show in which, like is possible on del.icio.us, the inspiration that leads up to an art work is visable, but now physical, not only existing as a jpeg or url (it can be a poster reproduction of a Malevich, a remake of a sculpture, a print out etc etc). And show this together with the final work that this inspiration led to. A show in which it is clear that del.icio.us influences the participating artists by sharing their references, thereby aiding their research. A show that discusses the development of contemperary semantics in net-art 2 point oooh, by showing different aproaches of artists dealing with the vast information flow of the internet, its dialectics and developing anthropological values. The fact that these mostly young artists are dealing with an abundance of visual representations of previous non net art, and the flirtation with kitch, trash and popculture which dominates the internets will play a big part in the show.
As an example here is a collection made by Ola Vasiljeva and Frank Koolen, in which 3 pop stars are shown holding geometrical shapes. This collection will lead to a work made with these geometrical shapes.
boygeorgemichaeljackson by Ola Vasiljeva and Frank Koolen
Another example is the "overexposed series" by Jan Robert Leegte, which he tries to bring to a sculpture. As an inspiration he remade this sculpture by Bruce Nauman.
Please feel free to react to this initial draft of the text by email to arti/at/constantdullaart/dot/com
or tag something with 'arti' if your in my network, (i will add everyone thats reading my bookmarks the coming days)
http://delicious.com/network/constantje
perhaps tag an inspiration that could be represented in the show (on a print, a slide, a monitor, or as a poster or remake, etc etc etc).
Please take into account that the show will not have a big budget, but all idea's are welcome.
till now the following artists have confirmed to participate (the amsterdam scene)
Jan Robert Leegte, Harm van den Dorpel, Constant Dullaart, Ola Vasiljeva, Frank Koolen, Pascual Sisto, Martijn Hendriks, and maybe you.