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9/3/2005

DiVA

Embassy Suites Hotel, New York

Digital and Video Art Fair

DiVA is the first art fair dedicated to Video and Digital Art in the United States. Since the invention of photography, nothing has had a greater impact on artistic practice than the emergence of the personal video camera, and later, digital technology. Now, cameras and video cameras, digital or not, with the aid of computers, have become the ultimate tool in creating a dynamic arena for art making, regardless of the end product. The use of video and/or computers no longer restricts the artists to their immediate technical parameters.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

The committee includes curators specialized in the field of new media and video as well art dealers.

1. Elga Wimmer – Elga Wimmer PCC, New York
2. Gwenolée Zürcher– Galerie Zürcher, Paris
3. Christiane Paul – Curator New Media, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
4. Isabelle Arvers – Curator New Media, Paris
5. Paul Judelson – I-20, New York (TO BE CONFIRMED)
6. Sueo Mizuma–Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
7. Virgil de Voldère– SlingShot Project , New York

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Lectures program

Friday March 11 1:00pm

Moderator
Elga Wimmer

Panelists
Florence Lynch,
Jean-Michel Ribettes
Carolee Schneemann

Sat. March 12 1:30pm

Moderator
Elga Wimmer

Panelists
Carl Goodman
Christiane Paul
Michael Rush
Berta Sichel

Elga Wimmer
Director and owner of Elga Wimmer PCC.
Focus on art dealership and International large
scale exhibitions

Carl Goodman
Deputy Director
The American Museum of the Moving Images
Astoria, New York 11106

Michael Rush
Writer and curator
His latest book is Video Art.
Published by at Thames & Hudson
New York, NY 10019

Berta Sichel
Film and Video Department, Chief Curator
Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia
Madrid, Spain

Florence Lynch
Director of 'Rewind'
& Florence Lynch Gallery
'Rewind' is a gallery dedicated to video
and films.
New York, NY

Steve Sacks
Director of Bitforms Gallery
Bitforms Gallery focuses on digital art.
New York

Christiane Paul
Writer and curator New Media
Adjunct curator for New Media at The Whitney
Museum of American Art
New York, NY

Carolee Schneemann
Artist pioneer in the field of Video Art
and performance
Presented by Elga Wimmer at DiVA

Carl Goodman
Deputy Director
The America Museum of the Moving Images
35 Avenue at 36 Street
Astoria, New York 11106

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Tribute to Bruce Nauman

DiVA is pleased to dedicate the premiere edition of the digital and video art fair to one of video art grand pioneers.
A Tribute to Bruce Nauman will feature continuous screenings of the artist's early work presented in the beautiful atrium of the Embassy Suites Hotel. In addition, a discussion panel with leading practitioners and theorists in the field will investigate Nauman's significant impact on contemporary video art.

Bruce Nauman
Born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bruce Nauman studied mathematics and physics at the University of Wisconsin before receiving an MFA from the University of California at Davis in 1966. By the late 60s Nauman had earned a reputation as a conceptual pioneer in the field of sculpture and his works were included in the groundbreaking exhibitions, Nine at Castelli (1968) and Anti-Illusion (1969). He began working in film with Robert Nelson and William Allen while teaching at the San Francisco Art Institute. He produced his first videotapes in 1968, describing the transition from film to video thus: "With the films I would work over an idea until there was something that I wanted to do, and then I would rent the equipment for a day or two. So I was more likely to have a specific idea of what I wanted to do. With the videotapes, I had the equipment in the studio for almost a year; I could make test tapes and look at them, watch myself on the monitor or have somebody else there to help. Lots of times I would do a whole performance or tape a whole hour and then change it. I don't think I would ever edit but I would redo the whole thing if I didn't like it." Using his body to explore the limits of everday situations, Nauman explored video as a theatrical stage and a surveillance device within an installation context, influenced by the experimental work of Merce Cunningham, Meredith Monk, La Monte Young, Steve Reich, and Phillip Glass.

Taken form http://www.vdb.org/ (Video Data Bank website, Chicago)

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DATES:
Press Preview
Thursday March 10th, from 4pm

Opening Night Party
Thursday, March 10th, from 7pm (private reception)
Please see details under Admission and Tickets .

General Public
· Friday, March 11th, Noon to 8pm
· Saturday, March 12th, Noon to 8pm
· Sunday, March 13th, Noon to 6pm Embassy Suites Hotel

102 North End Avenue
New York, NY 10281
Overlooking the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty
Please see details under Directions

ADMISSION & TICKETS

Opening Night
US$45.00 (Admits Two + 1 Catalogue)
March 11-13
US$7.00 (Admits One)
US$20.00 (Admits Two + 1 Catalogue)
Catalogues
US$10.00

CATALOGUES

Frère Independent is dedicated to the arts, so we design our catalogues as art books. We allocate a large portion of the catalogue to the works of art and art criticism and still include all the information for each exhibitor. Catalogues are $10.00 and can be purchased at the fair or ordered by email or by mail.

Embassy Suites Hotel
102 North End Avenue
New York

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