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October1,1997CanonARTLABARTLABho ldsARTLAB7thOriginalExhibition"I
0_DENCIES--questioningurbanity"( artist:KnowboticResearch)bylinki
ngtheInternetwithlocalurbanmovem entsINVITATIONFORPARTICIPATION<I
nternetstartsOct.3>http://www.ca non.co.jp/cast/<exhibition>Oct.4
-12atHillsidePlaza,Tokyo<artistl ecture>Oct.9atCanonARTLAB,TokyoA
RTLABco-producedARTLAB7"IO_DENCI ES--questioningurbanity"withKnow
boticResearch(KR+cF),anartgroupb asedinCologne,Germany.InARTLAB7"
IO_DENCIES---questioningurbanity ,"thevisionofanewdialoguewiththe
cityisquestionedfromaviewpointof informaticsbasedonthedigitalnetw
ork.Thegroupapproachestheworkwit haninquiryabouthowtoactandinterv
eneintheinvisibleandlatentpotent ialofthecontemporarycity.Thetitl
e"I0_DENCIES"ismadeupofthewords" density"and"tendency."Itsignifie
sthetendenciesoftheuseractivitie sindealingwiththedifferentdensit
ieswhicharecurrentinthedynamicpr ocessesandrelationsofinformation
flows.Inthecontemporarymegacitie s,complexinformationnetworksarem
ulti-layeredandinterconnectedwit hthephysicalspaces.Urbanflowsare
formulatedbygraspingtheoverallim ageofsuchcitiesasabodyofinformat
ionmovements,ratherthanacollecti veofbuildings.FortheIO-DENCIESpr
oject,Tokyo'sShimbashiareawassel ectedasamodel-siteforreadingthes
pecificurbandynamicsofalocalpart ofacity.Tokyoasaninformationcity
withglobalqualitieswillbecreated inrealtimebymodifyingdata-flowsb
yunspecifiedbutengagingindividua ls.KnowboticResearchhavedevelope
daconnectiveonlineenvironmenttha tcanbeexperiencedandmanipulatedb
yparticipantsinsegments.Eachuser intheexhibitionorintheInternetwi
llsimultaneouslyaffecttheactivit iesoftheotherusersandwillalsodyn
amicallytransformtheinformatione nvironment.TheIO_dencies-environ
mentislocatedintheInternetaswell asinaninstallationsite.Theexhibi
tionspacewhichisformedby3Dsounde ventsandstroboscopiclighteventsw
illbeactivatedfromthevisualizedn etworkedspace.Distributedsensorf
ieldswillrecordtherelationaldyna micsoftheexhibitionvisitorsandse
ndthemintothenetworkspace.Therew illariseacomplex,unsurveyablesys
tembetweenindividualandurbanacti vities,betweendataspaceandrealsp
ace,betweenurbanrealityandurbanc oncepts.IO-denciesisanexperiment
whichoffersatooltonegotiatebothi nsidehybridsystemsandinapublicfi
eld.BeginninginTokyo,thisproject willbelaterdevelopedfurtherinBer
linandSaoPaulo.Thisexhibitionisc onductedincooperationwiththeMini
stryofResearchandHigherEducation ofNorthRhineWestfalia,Germany,an
dtheAcademyofMediaArts,Cologne,G ermany.<KnowboticResearch(KR+cF)
>KR+cFconsistsofChristianHuebler ,YvonneWilhelmandAlexanderTuchac
ek,allgraduatesofAcademyofMediaA rts,Cologne.Theartgroupregularly
invitespeoplefromotherfieldstopa rticipateintheirprojects,suchass
cientists,philosophersandenginee rs,dependingontheconceptofeachpr
oject.Thegroupintendstoconstruct anddevelopanew,flexibleinformati
onenvironmentdistributedinelectr onicnetworks,throughconductingre
searchand(artistic)practice.Besi desexhibitingandlecturingatthein
vitationofmanymuseumsandartcente rsinEuropeandbeyond,KnowboticRes
earchhasbeenawardedanumberofmedi aartprizes.InpartnershipwiththeA
cademyofMediaArtsCologne,KR+cFha sfoundedMem_brane,alaboratoryfor
mediastrategies,in1995.<projectd ata>Title:ARTLAB7"IO_DENCIES--qu
estioningurbanity"Artist:Knowbot icResearch(KR+cF)Realistion:KR+c
FDetlevSchwabe(AcademyofMediaArt sCologne)ARTLABCityResearchColla
borator:SotaIchikawa(Architect)< exhibition>Duration:October4(sat
)through12(sun),199711:00-20:00V enue:HillsidePlaza29-10,Sarugaku
-cho,Shibuya-ku,Tokyo(BFofthepar kinglotoftheHillsideTerrace,3min
.fromDaikanyamastn.ofTokyuToyoko line)*admissionfree<Internet>URL
:http://www.canon.co.jp/cast/<ar tistlecture>Title:"Non-locatedEv
ents:interventionsbetweenthecity andelectronicenvironments"Date:O
ctober9,7-9pmLocation:CanonARTLA B(DKBldg.5F,7-18-23Roppongi,Mina
to-ku,Tokyo)*admissionfree/Engli shwithJapanesetranslation/limite
d70people(reservationrequiredbyp hone)*Therecordofthelecture(Engl
ish/Japanese)willbeshowninCASTho mepageseveraldaysafterthelecture
.<fordetailedinformation>pleasea ccessCASThomepage:http://www.can
on.co.jp/cast/-CanonARTLABartlab @crpg.canon.co.jpTel:+81-3-5410-
3611Fax:-3615................... .............................PbN
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