New Media Art in Pilsen!!

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(A) MEXICAN r4WB1t5 macro.Fest!
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THURSDAY 2006.04.06 - SUNDAY 2006.04.09
THROUGHOUT CHICAGO IL .US
FREE and OPEN!

12 artists and curators from Mexico City, Mexico (physically) travel to Chicago to participate in the upcoming (A) r4wb1t5 macro.Fest of digital arts, New Media projects and realtime audio video performances!

Chicago’s fourth instance of the decentralized and distributed (A) r4wb1t5 macro.Fest consists of a string of New Media art events occurring each day from April 5th through April 9th. Various alternative art spaces in Chicago will function as hosts for these individually curated and connected r4wb1t5 micro.Fests. Each micro.Fest is organized by individual curators based in Mexico City and facilitated in Chicago by Amanda Gutierrez, jon.satrom and jonCates. This r4wb1t5 macro.Fest is a macro-expansion/explosion of previous smaller r4wb1t5 micro.Fest activities.

This r4wb1t5 macro.Fest initiates a cultural exchange wherein Chicago-based curators, organizers and artists will soon travel to Mexico City to develop a sister r4wb1t5 festival. Artists, curators, organizers, facilitators and participants gather for these free and open events comprised of live audio and video, media art screenings, installations, and network based art in the discursive context of r4WB1t5. Join the conversational hyperthreads of these dynamic exchanges between Chicago and Mexico City!

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DAYLY SCHEDULE
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DAY ONE
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THURSDAY 2006.04.06
7 PM
CHI-TOWN ARENA
2255 S. Throop CHICAGO IL .US 60608
(PARKING AVAILABLE)

Arcangel Constantinni (Curator, Organizer and live Net Art programming)
Infomera VS Chicago (web-based New Media)
dønut VS PIRANACON.EXE (realtime audio performance)
(A) MEXICAN r4wb1t5 macro.Fest begins in Chicago as Arcangel Constantinni curates a live Net Art wrestling match. Extreme programming, Web Art coding and Mexican wrestling collide in Pilsen's CHI-TOWN ARENA when Arcangel Constantinni brings his Infomera VS Chicago project to the stage. During the match the Mexico City based dønut project will go head to head against PIRANACON.EXE in an experimental electronic music battle.

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DAY TWO
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FRIDAY 2006.04.07
8 PM
BUSKER
1087 North Hermitage #1F CHICAGO IL .US 60622
http://buskerchicago.com

Eusebio Bañuelos (Curator, Organizer and realtime audio video performance)
Juan Jose Rivas (realtime audio video performer)
Paola de Anda (video installation)
Carolina Esparragoza (interactive installation)
MU Collective (video installation)
techmex - http://www.tech-mex.org (web-based New Media)
fllanos - http://www.fllanos.com (web-based New Media)
Eusebio Bañuelos curates a night of Video Art, realtime audio video performances and installations from Mexico City. Video screenings, performances, installations and web-based New Media by Eusebio Bañuelos, Juan Jose Rivas, Paola de Anda, Carolina Esparragoza, MU Collective, techmex and fllanos present a view into the diverse fields of Mexican media art.

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DAY THREE
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SATURDAY 2006.04.08
8 PM
EN3MY
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl CHICAGO IL .US 60622
http://cranksatori.net/enemy

Rogelio Sosa (Sound art curator)
MU Collective: Eduardo Melendez and Ernesto Romero (realtime audio video performance)
Mario de Vega (realtime audio video performance)
Rogelio Sosa curates a program of realtime audio video performance and Sound Art featuring MU Collective (, Eduardo Meléndez, Ernesto Romero) and Mario de Vega. This program features multi-channel experimental electronic music and audio work from these individual and collaborative projects.

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DAY FOUR
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SUNDAY 2006.04.09
3 PM
POLVO
1458 W. 18th ST. 1R CHICAGO IL .US 60608
http://www.polvo.org

Artists' talk and panel discussion (in Spanish)
Changorama: David Somellera and Abelardo Martín (realtime audio video performance)
MU Collective: Eduardo Melendez and Ernesto Romero (FLOR installation)
r4WB1t5 macro.Fest participants will discuss New Media art in Mexico City during a panel discussion to be held in Spanish. After the artists' talk and panel discussion. MU Collective (Eduardo Melendez and Ernesto Romero) share an interactive installation. Changorama (David Somellera and Abelardo Martín) performs realtime audio video. As a expansive close to the r4WB1t5 marco.Fest, this evening will spread outside of Polvo into the streets of Pilsen distributing our shared efforts and dispersing raw bits as seeds for future exchanges.

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ONGOING
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This r4WB1t5 macro.Fest will include experimental Radio Art projects, reports broadcast from the festival and interviews with the participants. These radio programs will be available online through the festival website as well as on air from stations such as Free Radio SAIC and Radio Arte. Listen on WEDNESDAY 2006.04.05 through MONDAY 2006.04.10 to the following programs:

THURSDAY 2006.04.06 - SUNDAY 2006.04.09
PERFORMANCES STREAMING ONLINE:
http://r4wb1t5.org

David Somellera (Curator and Organizer)
Triscerable (Radio Art)
Zaratustra Gabriel Vázquez Ruíz (Radio Art)

REPORTS AND INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS:

WEDNESDAY 2006.04.05 - FRIDAY 2006.04.07

Free Radio SAIC (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
http://freeradiosaic.org

MONDAY 2006.04.10

Radio Arte
http://www.wrte.org

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LINKS
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Links to more information on individual artists and art spaces follows below...

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CURATORS
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in alphabetical order
Eusebio Bañuelos - http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cmm
Arcángel Constantini - http://www.museotamayo.org/inmerso
David Somellera
Rogelio Sosa - http://www.caustica.net
Mario de Vega - http://www.f4rm.org

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ARTISTS
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in order of appearance
Arcangel Constantinni - http://www.unosunosyunosceros.com
Infomera VS Chicago - http://www.infomera.net
Eusebio Bañuelos - http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cmm
Juan Jose Rivas - http://www.replica21.com/archivo/q_r/04_rivas_rivas.html
Paola de Anda - http://www.art-idea.com/_mexico/manotemblorosa/manotemb.html
MU Collective (Eduardo Melendez and Ernesto Romero)
Rogelio Sosa - http://www.caustica.net
techmex - http://www.tech-mex.org
fllanos - http://www.fllanos.com
Eduardo Meléndez - http://www.sergioluque.com
Ernesto Romero
Mario de Vega - http://www.f4rm.org
Carolina Esparragoza - http://www.ilustracionmexico.org/carolina.html
Changorama: David Somellera and Abelardo Martín
Triscerable - http://www.ibero909radio.com/programas/triscerable.htm
Zaratustra Gabriel Vázquez Ruíz - http://www.ibero909radio.com/programas/triscerable.htm

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HOSTS
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in chronological order
CHI-TOWN ARENA
EN3MY - http://cranksatori.net/enemy
BUSKER - http://buskerchicago.com
POLVO - http://www.polvo.org

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SPONSORS
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Secretaria de Relacione Exteriores / SRE - http://www.sre.gob.mx
Fondo Nacional para La Cultura y las Artes / FONCA - http://fonca.conaculta.gob.mx
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y Las Artes/ CONACULTA - http://www.cnca.gob.mx
Centro Multimedia / CMM - http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cmm
Consulado de México en Chicago - http://www.mfacmchicago.org
Mexicana - http://www.mexicana.com
Radio Ibero - http://www.uia.mx/ibero909
Radio Arte - http://www.wrte.org

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FACILITATORS
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Amanda Gutierrez, jon.satrom and jonCates - http://r4wb1t5.org