Mark Amerika Exhibiting with Amazing Local Artists in Dubai

We came across this radio interview with artists participating in the Contemporary Crosscurrents: Portraits and Electronic Arts exhibition Dubai. The show is curated by the ever-popular Streaming Museum directed by Nina Colosi and comes on the heels of another Streaming Museum event featuring Mark Amerika's work on stage at Juilliard at Lincoln Center in the new Willson Theater.

According to the PR, Contemporary Crosscurrents is the first-ever exhibition of electronic art in the Middle East. Perhaps what's most wild is that the work is appearing as a public art exhibition in one of those post-pomo designed shopping malls Dubai is noted for.

According to Nasser Rafi, Chief Executive Officer of Emaar Malls Group:

The digital art show is a unique exhibition that highlights the creative flourish of local and international artists, integrating the elements of modern technology. Bringing such innovative attractions to the Dubai Marina Mall underscores our commitment to provide new experiences for our visitors – something the residents of the Marina appreciate.

Mark Amerika's Immobilité remixes are part of the show along with work by Eduardo Kac, Sarah Lahti, John Simon, Janet Bellotto, and many others.

We only wish there was a web cam that would enable us to see it!

Keywords: Mark Amerika, Dubai, electronic art

Mark Amerika Back at the Denver Art Museum for Blink!

We saw Mark Amerika at the opening of the Blink! show at the Denver Art Museum. Amerika's CODEWORK from 2003 is exhibited in the main gallery on the first floor of the museum along with work from Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, Stacey Steers, Bjorn Melhus, and Christian Marclay.

The Colorado Daily has an article on the show where they reveal that there's a work by one of Amerika's former Grad students as well. In the article, Amerika says

CODEWORK is in the tradition of experimental filmmakers interested in how the medium relates to flicker, hypnotism and trance.

Keywords: Mark Amerika, CODEWORK, Denver Art Museum, Blink!

Mark Amerika Developing New Co-Commissioned Art Work in UK

In early February, Mark Amerika visited the Northwest of the United Kingdom as part of a research trip connected to the development a new work of art co-commissioned by Abandon Normal Devices and the Storey Gallery. The new artwork, part of Amerika's series of experimental mobile cinema works, will manifest itself in the region in 2011 and 2012 in conjunction with the London 2012 Olympics.

While in the UK, Amerika visited Cornerhouse in Manchester, FACT Liverpool and Tate Liverpool. Accordig to Mark, he attended the Nam June Paik retrospective and wrote about it in his Professor VJ blog. Entitled "My Video Relations," the blog playfully connects the work of Nam June Paik to Amerika's forthcoming book on how artists are using digital media to develop a new theoretical approaches to what he terms remixology.

Metadata: Mark Amerika, Abandon Normal Devices, Storey Gallery, mobile cinema, Nam June Paik