fineArt forum October 2003 fineArt forum = art + technology netnews http://www.fineartforum.org -or- http://www.cdes.qut.edu.au/Fineart_Online This month's issue: :: Made Men, Richard Bell in cyberTribe :: MelbourneDAC in fAf :: In focus: The Year of Living Digitally, Singapore; GENEVA-03, WSIS; NICA, Yangon; The Radii Ezine, Australia :: fAf_15: 15th anniversary cdrom :: Made Men, new work by Richard Bell in cyberTribe Curator, Jenny Fraser presents a new cyberTribe exhibition of work by Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award winner, Richard Bell whose recent works were presented at Metro Arts in Brisbane. Bell won the award with his painting titled, 'Aboriginal Art - it's a White Thing.' The accompanying essay for Made Men, states: "We could note the patently incendiary - yet also cryptic and sometimes literally encrypted - phrases like 'Kill Mabo' and 'Hide Ya Kidz' that Bell comes up with in some of his paintings. Or, in a rather different vein, we could think of one part of the four-part work called Worth Exploring? (2002): a blown-up version of a carefully composed statutory declaration in which Bell points out the illegality of the white occupation of Australia, taking this illegality as the premise for the claim that everything subsequent to this occupation is ultra vires (illegal, outside the law), and drawing the consequence that all non-Aboriginal Australians must be counted as criminals and all Aboriginal people recognised as the victims of crime. We could also think of a new series of paintings, where Bell quotes from the comic-strip-style paintings of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein to comment on attitudes to black-white sexual relationships, broaching what is a taboo or no-go area even now." http://www.fineartforum.org/Gallery/cybertribe/bell/index.htm :: DAC in fAf The papers from MelbourneDAC continue in fAfTEXT until November with more than 60 papers from DAC (Digital Arts and Culture) Conference held in Melbourne in May. MelbourneDAC +streaming wor(l)ds+ was the first major academic conference on streaming media, computer games and game culture, hypertext and interactive film in Australia. It provided a platform for critical discussion on the implications technological and creative innovations are having on us as globally networked communities, MelbourneDAC brought together producers, theorists, critics, designers, new media artists, educators, filmmakers, curators, researchers and students who share a passionate interest in digital arts and culture. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n10/reviews/reviews_in... :: In focus Upfront: The Year of Living Digitally - Singapore's first new media and digital arts festival. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n10/upfront_index.html Events: GENEVA-03, WSIS - an open, loose and temporary association of groups and individuals who are currently preparing a series of events around the WSIS. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n10/events_index.html Opportunities: Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts, Yangon - a newly established art center aimed at contributing to development in the fields of culture and the arts. http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n10/opps_index.html Stuff: The Radii Ezine, Australia - new issue now online http://www.fineartforum.org/Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n10/stuff_index.html PLUS more news, announcements and calls ... :: fAf_15: 15th anniversary cdrom Don't forget that fAf_15, our commemorative 15th anniversary cdrom is still available and free. On fAf_15, we present the magazine's entire archive as well as specially commissioned and collated new material. fAf_15 is an invaluable resource for researchers, artists, writers and activists in the new media, science and technology fields. It will be particularly useful to those living and working in areas where internet access is difficult and unreliable. We are distributing the cdrom to screen resource centres, arts and artist groups, new media events and libraries worldwide to enhance access in those hard to reach areas. To obtain a copy, email fAf at l2.carroli@qut.edu.au with your name and postal address. http://www.fineartforum.org/aboutus/highlights_index.html . . . . .