data / reference / art
| By jerome @ 08:09 | [ Exhibitions/Events/Conferences ] |
today: opening of the exhibition <<data/reference/art>> curated by: no-org.net
Databases, encyclopedias, indexes, dictionaries, and directories are not merely the devices of data organizing, but also mediums for building hierarchical systems. Not only they convey topic specific information but also propagate political and aesthetic ideologies, reflecting background and interests of their producers. "The correct", "the necessary", "the important" or "the secondary" for a user to know, to study, to invest - all those messages embedded into systems of knowledge and sorted according to hierarchy established by their editors. Methods of distribution, managing of contents, the structure, lay a distinct track to control and design of common knowledge, shaping thinking patterns.
see the curated show
data/reference/art project
and my contribution to the exhibition is here.
there's an interesting initiative i haven't noticed before: the open archive which contains all the submitted projects.
Databases, encyclopedias, indexes, dictionaries, and directories are not merely the devices of data organizing, but also mediums for building hierarchical systems. Not only they convey topic specific information but also propagate political and aesthetic ideologies, reflecting background and interests of their producers. "The correct", "the necessary", "the important" or "the secondary" for a user to know, to study, to invest - all those messages embedded into systems of knowledge and sorted according to hierarchy established by their editors. Methods of distribution, managing of contents, the structure, lay a distinct track to control and design of common knowledge, shaping thinking patterns.
see the curated show
data/reference/art project
and my contribution to the exhibition is here.
there's an interesting initiative i haven't noticed before: the open archive which contains all the submitted projects.
Comments
jerome
2004-10-03 13:20:01
[update] there have been some curratorial impovements/modifications/mutations ;) the open archive is part of the content now, as an art piece, it's now exhibited.
2004-10-03 13:20:01
[update] there have been some curratorial impovements/modifications/mutations ;) the open archive is part of the content now, as an art piece, it's now exhibited.
