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Na sequência deste vírus orientado para o desporto e para o querido Bill, a partir do próximo dia 10 de Junho (Oh Portugal !) recebo com muito gosto um grande amigo (e artista) vindo do México, quem sabe com a Gripe A - Mexicana ou Suína para os mais puristas. Assim, convido/anuncio que o potencial vírus vai andar à solta por Lisboa e arredores e é bem provável que se passeie pelo "Santo António" (eu é que sou o Santo!) até altas horas, a espalhar o seu perfume a cerveja, pois não vai poder espalhar outro. Depois não digam que não os avisei, preparem os vossos <b>A</b><b>ntibothis </b>- alguém se lembra de ter ouvido falar deles?<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 3, 2009, at 9:58 PM, João Fonte wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Fantástico, Mike!<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 6/3/09, Luis Silva <i><<a href="mailto:silva.luis@netcabo.pt">silva.luis@netcabo.pt</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Luis Silva <<a href="mailto:silva.luis@netcabo.pt">silva.luis@netcabo.pt</a>><br>Subject: [ARENA] Kurator and LX 2.0 INFECTED commission - vir.us.exe by carlos katastrofsky<br>To: "arte ‹ teoria ‹ prática" <<a href="mailto:arena@lists.virose.pt">arena@lists.virose.pt</a>><br>Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 11:37 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1737618124"><div class="gmail_quote">KURATOR and LX 2.0 are pleased to announce the first of two<br> commissions selected from an open call to infect the 2012 Olympics, as<br> part of the Anti-Bodies contemporary art programme.<br> <br> <br> vir.us.exe, carlos katastrofsky<br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.anti-bodies.net/vir.us.exe">http://www.anti-bodies.net/vir.us.exe</a><br> <br> vir.us.exe is a windows program, communicated and spread by e-mail<br> announcements, mailing lists and other networked (viral) press<br> activities.<br> katastrofsky explains that a virus lives upon the reproduction of<br> itself with the aim to survive as long as possible. However, the most<br> dangerous parts of such an infection are not always the harmful cells<br> a virus is based upon; it is the psychological concept of fear acting<br> invisibly in the background. The project thus strips down the<br> mechanisms of a viral infection and transfers its core principles into<br> the digital realm. By avoiding everything a virus should do, only the<br> virus itself will be left. This way it will become a meta-virus<br> spreading not because it is an actual virus but because it is<br> perceived as such.<br> <br> vir.us.exe is commissioned by KURATOR and LX 2.0, as part of the<br> Anti-Bodies programme co-ordinated by Relational with support from<br> Arts Council England, granted the London 2012 Inspire mark as part of<br> the Cultural Olympiad.<br> <br> KURATOR<br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kurator.org">http://www.kurator.org</a><br> <br> LX 2.0 / Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporanea<br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20/">http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20/</a><br> <br> Relational<br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.relational.org.uk">http://www.relational.org.uk</a><br> <br> Anti-Bodies<br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.anti-bodies.net">http://www.anti-bodies.net</a><br> <br> <br> carlos katastrofsky is a Vienna-based artist working primarily in the<br> field of new media art. His work examines the politics of<br> Internet-based art production, distribution and consumption, and how<br> dominant practices of the artistic modus vivendi - curating, dealing,<br> showing, and reviewing- function in the virtual realm, where the<br> immaterial has replaced the object. His works explore characteristic<br> features of the Internet such as software, interfaces, language, and<br> discussion forums - to question the current development of the Web. He<br> is co-founder of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://CONT3XT.NET">CONT3XT.NET</a> (2006) – a collaborative platform for the<br> dicussion and presentation of issues related to Media Art.<br> <br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/">http://katastrofsky.cont3xt.net/</a><br> </div><br> </div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>ARENA mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:ARENA@lists.virose.pt" href="/mc/compose?to=ARENA@lists.virose.pt">ARENA@lists.virose.pt</a><br><a href="http://lists.virose.pt/mailman/listinfo/arena_lists.virose.pt" target="_blank">http://lists.virose.pt/mailman/listinfo/arena_lists.virose.pt</a><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ARENA mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:ARENA@lists.virose.pt">ARENA@lists.virose.pt</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.virose.pt/mailman/listinfo/arena_lists.virose.pt">http://lists.virose.pt/mailman/listinfo/arena_lists.virose.pt</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>