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“Worldbuilding: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age” Catalog

#skip to english The Julia Stoschek Foundation presents: Die Ausstellung “Worldbuilding: Videospiele und Kunst im digitalen Zeitalter” untersucht die Beziehung zwischen Gaming und zeitbasierter Medienkunst. Es ist die erste generationenübergreifende Ausstellung dieser Größenordnung, die einen Überblick vermittelt, wie sich zeitgenössische Künstler*innen weltweit Ästhetiken und Technologien aus…

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Ben Vickers

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Ian Cheng demonstrating BOB, an artificial life form programmed with 25 different parameters for learning, memory, and emotional capacity. Born 6 March as a live simulation at the Serpentine Gallery

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Bad Corgi: Interview with Ben Vickers and Ian Cheng

this is tomorrow - Contemporary Art Magazine: Taking you to some of the most significant art exhibitions around the world.

I spoke with Ben Vickers - Curator of Digital at Serpentine Galleries, and New York-based artist Ian Cheng about ‘Bad Corgi’, Cheng’s newly released app artwork and the second Serpentine Digital Commission.

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The Swiss Art Magazine Kunstbulletin and HeK (House of Electronic Arts Basel) are pleased to announce the establishment of a new prize, ‹net based›, for net-based art, with prize money amounting to CHF 10,000. Based on the model of large international prizes for digital art, such as  ‹The Lumen Prize› or the ‹Prix Net Art›, this new Swiss prize aims to draw attention to the Internet as a platform for artistic activities and to make innovative web-based projects accessible to a broader public; at the same time, it aims to raise the visibility of the Swiss scene in this genre, and promote international exchange.

A young generation of artists has grown up with the Internet and in a digital culture; they use these tools quite naturally in their work, as sources of inspiration and material, and as a venue for art. It is to the Internet as the site for art production and as a medium for distribution that the new prize, ‹net based›, is dedicated.

The prize will be advertised internationally and focuses on current artistic works on the Internet. One can submit projects completed within the last two years.

Submissions will be reviewed by an international jury: Karen Archey, free curator and art critic, Berlin/New York Ben Vickers, curator of digital, Serpentine Galleries, London Raffael Dörig, director Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal Sabine Himmelsbach, director HeK, Basel Roger Schoenberger, Symphasis, Zürich

The deadline for submissions is January 8, 2016.

The shortlist of submitted works will be presented during the award ceremony at the HeK, on March 12, 2016. The ceremony will be accompanied by an extensive program of events with panels and workshops, contributing to an active exchange between creators of Internet art, curators and other interested parties.

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Ben Vickers Live @ The Gardeners Arms Droitwich 13/11/14

We originally set out to the Gardeners expecting to see the compelling and unique singer-songwriter Rod Branigan but due to unforseen circumstances (or something that effect) Rod was unable to make it down to Droitwich but luckily regular Gardeners Arms open mic head honcho Ben Vickers was not only in attendance but also happened to have all is gear with and heroically stepped into the breach, making a number of friends along the way. Prior to watching Ben take to the boards I had done a little research to discover that the singer-songwriter performed in a number of different bands including Nestah, who won a competition by ice cream supremos Ben And Jerry's with a compelling and contagious Bob Marley cover. So with that in mind it wasn't too unexpccted when Ben opened his set with a brilliant Three Little Birds followed shortly by a cover of I Shot The Sheriff, both showcased Ben's effortless ability to strum and pick his guitar with the best of them, whilst vocally, Ben's soulful croon instantly seduced those that were listening with intent. Ben continued his set with a mixture of further Marley covers (Redemption Song, One Love, etc), a ska/reggae inspired take on The Beatles and nice homage of Sweet Home Chicargo before delivering the only original of his two sets, a catchy ode to Black Cherry (Strip club in Lowesmoor) entitled Sixty Bucks, which sat proudly alongside the covers without sounding out of place, as well as proving that Ben is more than capable of penning a cotagious melody or two of his own. After a well deserved break Ben returned to the stage area to send us off into the night with a glorious interruptation of disco classic, Staying Alive, a funk fuelled Supersitious and a song lifted apparently from both Matilda and Ice Age, leaving the assembled more than content with their fun night out. We may have originally come to see a guy play two guitars at the same time, but we left with a smile and a song in our hearts, whilst vowing to catch Ben again real soon. Rhythm & Booze Rating 8  

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Ben Vickers Live @ The Gardeners Arms Droitwich 13/11/14

We originally set out to the Gardeners expecting to see the compelling and unique singer-songwriter Rod Branigan but due to unforseen circumstances (or something that effect) Rod was unable to make it down to Droitwich but luckily regular Gardeners Arms open mic head honcho Ben Vickers was not only in attendance but also happened to have all is gear with and heroically stepped into the breach, making a number of friends along the way. Prior to watching Ben take to the boards I had done a little research to discover that the singer-songwriter performed in a number of different bands including Nestah, who won a competition by ice cream supremos Ben And Jerry's with a compelling and contagious Bob Marley cover. So with that in mind it wasn't too unexpccted when Ben opened his set with a brilliant Three Little Birds followed shortly by a cover of I Shot The Sheriff, both showcased Ben's effortless ability to strum and pick his guitar with the best of them, whilst vocally, Ben's soulful croon instantly seduced those that were listening with intent. Ben continued his set with a mixture of further Marley covers (Redemption Song, One Love, etc), a ska/reggae inspired take on The Beatles and nice homage of Sweet Home Chicargo before delivering the only original of his two sets, a catchy ode to Black Cherry (Strip club in Lowesmoor) entitled Sixty Bucks, which sat proudly alongside the covers without sounding out of place, as well as proving that Ben is more than capable of penning a cotagious melody or two of his own. After a well deserved break Ben returned to the stage area to send us off into the night with a glorious interruptation of disco classic, Staying Alive, a funk fuelled Supersitious and a song lifted apparently from both Matilda and Ice Age, leaving the assembled more than content with their fun night out. We may have originally come to see a guy play two guitars at the same time, but we left with a smile and a song in our hearts, whilst vowing to catch Ben again real soon. Rhythm & Booze Rating 8  

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Who doesn't like this song? Start your ‪#‎MusicMonday‬ off by getting a little funky with Ben Vickers and his cover of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' song Uptown Funk!