Electric City: A Month of Electronic Music and Media Events

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For Immediate Release

The Belkin Satellite is pleased to participate in the programming for
Electric City: A Month of Electronic Music and Media Events in
Vancouver. As part of this interdisciplinary festival the gallery has
invited Dutch artist Peter Luining to make a public presentation at
UBC Robson Square on Tuesday, October 21st at 7:30 pm.

Peter Luining studied contemporary philosophy in the mid 1980's and
subsequently became active in Amsterdam's vj scene. In 1996, he began
making autonomous works on the Internet. His presentation of the work
clickclub at the 1997 Transmediale Festival in Berlin, earned him
international recognition and the unofficial title of "next-generation
Superbad." Since then, Luining has continued to develop innovative works
for the Internet, the gallery, and site-specific works that use Internet
technology. Notable amongst these is an interactive network for the
staff of the Bruggebouw Oost Building in The Hague, which houses the
Dutch Department of Justice. He has been invited to exhibit in such
prestigious venues as the ICA (London), De Appel (Amsterdam), and Sonar
2001 (Barcelona). In the spring of 2000, Luining curated an
international survey of net art entitled NeT affEcTs.

Peter Luining's work is unique within the relatively new field of
net art because of its visual and sonic minimalism. His manipulation of
Internet tools often involves demonstrating the underlying abstract form
of computer code - a way that frustrates accepted use of the net and
opens up possibilities of deconstruction and creative play in equal
measure. This is evident in Luining's recently released ZNC browser,
which converts urls to ascii numbers and, from there, to animated sound
and visuals. His presentation in Vancouver will explore the potential of
sound engines - small pieces of software that allow users to make sound
and audiovisual compositions. This will involve a demonstration of the
ZNC browser and a historical discussion of net art in relation to the
concerns of abstract painting, particularly the work of Piet Mondriaan,
Peter Halley and Sarah Morris.

Luining's work is exemplary in bridging contemporary developments in
sonic culture and net culture with the history of visual art. His
presentation promises to offer a unique platform for dialogue amongst
Vancouver's various artistic, media and scientific communities. This
presentation has been made possible with the generous support of the
Canada Council for the Arts and the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam.


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