From: Jonah Bossewitch <jonah@ccnmtl.columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:44:17 -0500

class trip?

http://www.newmuseum.org/now_upcoming.php

TRANSMISSION II: AIRBORNE
April 9 - June 4, 2005
New Museum of Contemporary Art / Chelsea

Media Lounge
The wireless spectrum is being used (and regulated) today for rapidly 
expanding applications. As the commercial uses for wireless 
technologies multiply, there is a parallel momentum of artists 
considering the same media for creative expression. Airborne, the 
second in the museum's Transmission series, profiles exciting new 
projects by New York-based artists who investigate the aesthetic, 
sonic, and socio-political aspects of the wireless spectrum.

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Also, if anyone will be in washington next week, fose is back in town - 
http://fose.com/

/jsb

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MEDIA CONTACT
For more info contact:
Chelsea Scott, PR Officer
212.219.1222 ext. 217
cscott@newmuseum.org

MEDIA PREVIEW
Friday, April 8, 2005
3:30-5PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TRANSMISSION II: AIRBORNE
New Media Artists Experiment With the Wireless Spectrum
April 9 - June 4, 2005
New York, New York (March 18, 2004) - On April 9, 2005, the New Museum 
of Contemporary Art will present Airborne, the second exhibition in the 
museum's ongoing Transmission series, which profiles artists and 
scholars working with the concept of "transmission" in the areas of new 
media, radio, sound, generative audio, and a vast array of broadcast 
media. Transmission II: Airborne is part of the New Museum's Media 
Lounge program, dedicated to the exhibition and exploration of new 
media projects.
Transmission II: Airborne exposes the otherwise fleeting and invisible 
transmissions that are constantly occurring around us through 
conceptual projects, networked installations, live streams and 
audio-visual works. Airborne profiles new projects by New York-based 
artists investigating the aesthetic, sonic and socio-political aspects 
of the wireless spectrum. The nine participating artists chosen from an 
open call are 31 Down, Paul Davies, Melissa Dubbin + Aaron S. Davidson, 
Tarikh Korula, LoVid, neuroTransmitter, and Mendi + Keith Obadike. 
Transmission II: Airborne is organized by Anne Barlow and Defne Ayas, 
in collaboration with www.free103point9.org, a non-profit media 
organization.


Transmission II: Airborne Project Descriptions:
31 Down, Wanderlost: In Wanderlost, the Brooklyn-based theater group 31 
Down tackles personal privacy issues and the paranoia surrounding new 
technologies by eavesdropping on live police scans to search for clues 
in the world of the dispatcher, creating tension between fact and 
fiction by employing the same techniques as popular crime radio shows 
from the 1940s.

Paul Davies, Prayer Antenna: Canadian artist Paul Davies presents an 
ornate helmet covered in antennae and fitted with surveillance 
technology to receive signals from the gods. Visitors are encouraged to 
wear the helmet to receive special transmissions.

Melissa Dubbin + Aaron S. Davidson, Last & Lost Transmissions: 
Collaborating artists Dubbin and Davidson focus on lost and found 
messages. In Last Transmissions, the artists rebroadcast an amalgam of 
final messages made by individuals, such as a disc jockey signing off 
for the last time or a lost sailor's plea. In Lost Transmissions, the 
artists collect and rebroadcast radio messages lost during the process 
of transmission, giving them a new chance to be heard.

Tarikh Korula, Chop 10: Chop 10 remixes an assemblage of commercial 
radio streams as a commentary on the current state of regulated radio. 
As Chop 10 moves from one Arbitron-rated Top Ten radio station in New 
York City to the next, the rapidity of the station surfing makes it 
impossible to discern individual broadcasts, resulting in a jumpy, 
never-ending parody of commercial radio.

LoVid (Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus), Ether Ferry: Ether Ferry features 
a live video feed generated by an electrical signal simultaneously 
broadcast between multiple video transmitters and receivers, resulting 
in a dynamic visual spectacle that establishes a tactile relationship 
between signal breakdowns and technology.
neuroTransmitter, 12 Miles Out: The collaborative group 
neuroTransmitter makes creative use of low-power radio broadcasts. 12 
Miles Out explores offshore pirate radio, such as the notorious Radio
Caroline, which transmitted off the European coast from 1964-1990 in 
defiance of international broadcasting regulations. Visual references 
to this ship are combined with ambient audio recordings of an ocean 
voyage, archival material from Radio Caroline broadcasts, and audio 
that references the shift in oceanic territorial boundaries as related 
to sovereign and global economic interests.

Mendi + Keith Obadike, 4-1-9 or You Can't Watch A Masquerade by 
Standing in One Place: 4-1-9 references the widely received e-mail 
based money transfer scam, commonly believed to originate in Nigeria. 
Drawn to the structurally identical narratives of these unsolicited 
e-mails, which convey various African tragedies in less than five 
hundred words, conceptual artists Mendi + Keith Obadike present a work 
that incorporates text-generated sound, a video game, and net.art. 
Displayed in the form of an ATM machine, the work explores the 
structure of tragedy, archetypal African identities on the web, and the 
notion of scams. Visitors can interact with the project by selecting 
from a menu of transactions, including "statement," "withdrawal," 
"deposit", and "balance," and generate their own 4-1-9 letters.
Funding
Media Lounge exhibitions and public programs are supported by the 
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Jerome Foundation in celebration of the 
Jerome Hill Centennial, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
The New Museum of Contemporary Art receives general operating support 
from the Carnegie Corporation, the New York State Council on the Arts, 
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, JPMorgan Chase, and 
members of the New Museum.
Public Programs
AIRBORNE LIVE
Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 6:30-8:30 PM
Damian Catera, Joshua Fried, and Gregory Whitehead present performances 
that mix, manipulate and respond to conventional content broadcast on 
the radio. These performances will be broadcast live on free103point9 
Online Radio at www.free103point9.org, a non-profit media arts 
organization focused on establishing and cultivating the genre 
Transmission Arts by promoting artists who explore ideas around 
transmission as a medium for creative expression.
About the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977, is the only museum 
in New York City dedicated exclusively to contemporary art and shows 
the best art from around the world. Over the last five years, the 
Museum has exhibited artists from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, 
Cameroon, China, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Germany, Poland, Spain, South 
Africa, Turkey, and the United Kingdom among others. The Museum has 
also mounted ambitious surveys of important but under-recognized 
artists such as Ana Mendieta, William Kentridge, David Wojnorowicz, and 
Paul McCarthy. The Museum's Media Lounge, launched in November 2000, is 
the only museum space in New York City devoted to presenting new media 
art.
In 2005, the New Museum will begin construction on a new home at 235 
Bowery at Prince Street. This 60,000 square foot facility, designed by 
the Tokyo-based firm Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA, will greatly expand the 
Museum's exhibitions and programs, and will be the first art museum 
constructed in Downtown New York's modern history. During the 
transition period, exhibitions and programs are held at the New Museum 
of Contemporary Art / Chelsea, at 556 West 22nd Street. For the most up 
to date information, visit www.newmuseum.org
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