Debates & Credits Book and DVD
Media / Art / Public Domain
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As part of the final phase of the Dutch Russian art and media project <I><B>Debates & Credits</i></b> a book and DVD, documenting and commenting the project, have recently been published. Written in both English and Russian.
The book provides a full documentation of the art and media projects executed in the frame of <I><B>Debates & Credits</i></b> in the fall of 2002 in the urban public spaces of Amsterdam, Moscow & Ekaterinburg. The book includes a full colour print-section, as well as video documentations on the accompanying DVD.<BR><BR>
After the execution of the actions of Debates & Credits we asked a number of distinguished colleagues to reflect critically on the outcomes and the issues raised by the project. This has resulted in a number of challenging essays, as well as an artist contribution by <B>Rafael Lozano-Hemmer</b>, who had been working in the same period on highly similar projects engaging the interface of media and urban space. His work is gracefully introduced in the book by art and media theorist <B>Timothy Druckrey</b>.<BR><BR>
Invited essays were contributed by:<BR><BR>
- <B>Viktor Voronkov</b>, sociologist, director of the Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg<BR>
-<B> Oliver Marchart</b>, political and cultural theorist, works at the Media Studies Department, University of Basel<BR>
- <B>Max Bruinsma</b>, freelance critic, lecturer, curator, and independent consultant editorial design, Amsterdam<BR><BR>
and by the curators of Debates & Credits:<BR><BR>
- <B>Tatiana Goryucheva</b>, art theorist, historian of media art and curator, Moscow<BR>
-<B> Eric Kluitenberg</b>, media theorist, writer and organiser on culture and technology, Amsterdam<BR><BR>
Overview of Content:<BR><BR>
<B>Essay No.1</b>: Eric Kluitenberg, <I>"Virtualité, adieu mon amour. What happens when 'our' media encounter the 'real' world?"</i><BR>
<B>Essay No.2</b>: Tatiana Goryucheva,<I> "Minima Sententia. Instrumentalisation of the Image and Simulation of Public Communication"</i><BR>
<B>Photo Essay</b>:<I> "Moscow Brands: Who speaks for the Public?"</i><BR>
<B>Reports</b> about the art projects of Debates & Credits (word and image)<BR>
<B>Commentary</b>: Timothy Druckrey, <I>"Relational Architecture: the work of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer"</i><BR>
<I>"Legal / Illegal"</i> - Declaration and Report from the Moscow Open Net Parliament<BR>
<B>Essay No.3</b>: Oliver Marchart, <I>"Media Darkness. Reflections on Public Space, Light and Conflict"</i><BR>
<B>Essay No.4</b>: Viktor Voronkov, <I>"Life and Death of the Public Sphere in the Soviet Union"</i><BR>
<B>Essay No.5</b>: Max Bruinsma,<I> "Just Use It!"</i><BR>
Frequently Asked Questions about the Public Domain<BR>
Biographies<BR><BR>
“Debates & Credits - Media / Art / Public Domain”<BR>
Tatiana Goryucheva & Eric Kluitenberg (ed.) <BR>
Publisher: Uitgeverij De Balie, Amsterdam<BR>
Year of publication: 2003<BR>
pp. 144<BR>
Includes DVD<BR>
ISBN: 90-6617-298-3<BR><BR>
