Muntadas : Between the Frames : The Forum

Balken's analysis contextualizes the interview footage in Muntadas' multi-media commentary on the power structures of the art world in the 1980s, while Harrison critiques the installation. The artist extrapolates on three projects similarly concerned with art's relationship to society. Includes production notes by Borelli. Biographical notes. 11 bibl. ref

Magnetic North : Canadian Experimental Video

A major anthology published on the occasion of the video programme “Magnetic North” (2000), a cross-border collaboration curated by Lion for the Walker Art Centre (Minneapolis) and Video Pool Inc. (Winnipeg). The video programme included 40 tapes (produced between 1971 and 2000) by 47 artists, which were presented in a series of screenings that addressed the following themes: the body inscribed by time, disease or experience; the possibilities of the medium; the performance of self/identity; the spectacularity/banality of everyday life; conflict expressed in the flesh; explorations of self-disclosure, voyeurism and surveillance. The anthology contains an introductory text by Lion, critical essays by four authors, an historical essay by P. Gale, 14 short texts (by artists and writers from Canada and the U.S.) and two transcribed dialogues. The following issues and concerns are considered in response to the production and dissemination of experimental video in Canada: the role of artist-run centres; videos’ relation to the museum; issues of body, voice and narrative; relationships between fiction/reality and language/the body; food and the everyday; First Nations experimental film/video; the indigenous aesthetics; and video production in Quebec. Includes programme listing. Listing of Canadian artist-run centres and distributors that focus on video. Biographical notes on artists and authors. Circa 110 bibl. ref

Cibermedios y web 2.0: modelo de análisis y resultados de aplicación

Se propone un modelo/nde análisis para cibermedios/n(periodismo digital) con el/nfin de determinar su calidad en/nrelación con un conjunto de parámetros/ngenerales y, en especial,/nrespecto a la adopción de/nla web 2.0. Este modelo se ha/ntestado con el análisis de ocho/ndiarios digitales cuyos resultados/nse presentan también. Presenta/nun carácter modular que/npermite por un lado su extensión,/ny por otro, su aplicación/ntotal o parcial en contextos de/nanálisis diferentes.A model is proposed for analyzing online journalism from the perspective of suitability for certain quality parameters and, especially, in relation to certain indicators on the adoption of the characteristic features of web 2.0. This model has been tested with the analysis of eight online newspapers and the results are presented. The model has a modular nature, which permits its application, in whole or in part, to other research projects

Australian Law Dictionary

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