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February 20th, 2003

An all new version of the installation "Welcome to the World of VinylVideo™" in a solo exhibition for the opening of the FACT Center, Liverpool.
We are very proud to announce the premiere of two new VinylVideo™ Picture Disks by Perry Hoberman (vv rec.no. 24) and Julia Scher (vv rec.no. 25). The production of these exciting new records has been made possible through the kind support of the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology.
Even more good news: the VinylVideo™ Infomercial with be on sale as a Limited Edition Picture Disk, and there is also a new line of VinylVideo™ T-Shirts in two exciting new colors.
Special thanks to: Cecilia Andersson, Eddie Berg, Danny Sheehan, Nick Lawrenson, Michael Connor, Jo McGonigal, Hillary Thorn, Alex Gibson, Chris Miller

Location: FACT - Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, 88 Wood Street, L14DQ Liverpool, UK, tel ++44/151/707444-0

Opening: Thursday, February 20th, 20:00

Run: February 20th to April 27th

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November 21st, 2002

"Welcome to the World of VinylVideo™" in a solo exhibition at the ICA, London (Upper Gallery).
Special thanks to: Lina D. Russell, Andrew Chetty

Location: ICA - Institute for Contemporary Arts, The Mall, SW1Y5AH London, UK, tel ++44/20/79303647

Opening: Thursday, November21st, 20:00

Artists Talk: November 27tht, 19:30

Run: November 21st, 2002 to January 12th, 2003

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Upcoming VinylVideo™ Events, Fall 2002:

2002-09-29: "Njumedija Conference", Cinema Rex, Belgrade, Serbia
2002-10-02: Kuda.org, Novi Sad, Serbia
2002-11-21: opening: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
2002-11-27: artists talk: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

Special thanks to: Svetlana Jovicic, Irena Lukic, Nikola Tosic, Zoran Pantelic and everybody at kuda.org, Lina D. Russell

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Upcoming VinylVideo™ Events, Spring 2002:

2002-04-04: "Club 3 Revised Edition", Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
2002-04-13: Images Festival, S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002-04-14: "Flow: Negotiating Data Movement", Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
2001-05-18: "Read_Me 1.2", Macros Center, Moscow, Russia

Special thanks to: Reinhard Braun, Scott Berry, Deirdre Logue, Karyn Sandlos, Kelly Langgard, Rachelle Viader Knowles, Nina Czegledy, S.P.I.N. Gallery, Alexei Shulgin, Olga Goriunova, Austrian Cultural Forum

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Upcoming VinylVideo™ Events, Fall 2001:

2001-10-16: "MAK NITE", Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2001-10-18: "Interface Explorer", Public Netbase, Vienna, Austria
2001-10-30: Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA
2001-11-01: Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
2001-11-02: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
2001-11-10: Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
2001-11-12: "Bits&Pieces", University of Hartford, CT, USA

Special thanks to: Matthias Hammer, IG Bildende Kunst, Andreas Kristof, Herwig Turk, Bruno Klomfar, Johannes Grenzfurter, Gee Skogerson, Rachel Stevens, Julie Zando, Timothy Druckrey, Zina Davis, Robyn Kelsey

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Upcoming VinylVideo™ Events, Spring 2001:

2001-06-08: "Netart per me", Slovenian Pavillion of the 49. Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2001-06-02: "Batofar seeking Vienna", Paris, France

Special thanks to: Vuk Cosic, Georg Sengmüller, Julie Demuer

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April 28th, 2001

"Welcome to the World of VinylVideo™" in the opening show of Tel Aviv's Digital Art Lab, Israel's first center for digital art. A new Picture disk by Elke Krystufek (vv rec. no. 23) will be presented at this occasion.
Special thanks to: Galit Eilat, Simon Wachsmuth, Austrian Embassy Tel Aviv

Location: Digital Art Lab, 16 Yirmiyahu St., Holon 58373, Israel, tel ++972/3/5568729

Opening: Saturday, April 28th, 20:00

Run: April 28th to May 27th

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March 15th, 2001

Press representatives watch out! An all new version of the VinylVideo™ brochure, a 30-page booklet containing all relevant information about VinylVideo™ theory, technology, records, products and presentations, can be downloaded from:
/press/02_text/06_vv_catalog.pdf
(Adobe acrobat pdf format)

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January 8th, 2001

A rare presentation of the VinylVideo™ Lounge at the 26th International Youth Salon in Zagreb.
Special thanks to: Olga Majcen, Suncica Ostoic, Jurij Krpan

Location: Zagreb Fair Building (5th pavilion), Avenija Dubrovnik 15, 10020 Zagreb, Croatia

Opening: Thursday, December 14th, 18:00

Run: January 8th to 28th, 2001

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December 14th, 2000

"Welcome to the World of VinylVideo™" at the Interferences Festival, Belfort (festival organised by CICV Pierre Schaeffer, Hérimoncourt).

Location: L'Atrie, Belfort, France, tel ++33/381/309030

Opening: Thursday, December 14th, 18:00

Run: December 14th to 20th

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December 8th, 2000

Karajan Center Vienna presents its new "star_project" media art award. For this evening presentation, VinylVideo™ invites Norbert Pfaffenbichler and Dariusz Krzeczek of Vidok and John Norman of Radian to perform a one hour Deejay-Veejay set, including all 21 VinylVideo™ Picture Disks.
Special thanks to: Arye Wachsmuth, Götz Bury, IG Bildende Kunst Wien.

press release (in German)

Location: Karajan Center, Kärntner Ring 4, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, tel ++43/1/50600100

Date/Time: Friday, December 8th, 17:00

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October 27th, 2000

VinylVideo™ is part of the inaugural exhibit "Scenes of Sounds" at the Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Special thanks to: Charles Stainback, Gayle King, Barbara Rhoades.

Location: Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, NY-12866 Saratoga Springs, New York, tel ++1/518/580 5000

Opening: Friday, October 27th, 18:00

Run: October 28th to January 28th, Tuesday to Sunday 11:00 to 17:00

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September 30th, 2000

The European premiere of the new Installation "Welcome to the World of VinylVideo™" in a solo exhibition at Shift e.V., Berlin.
Special thanks to: Christine Meierhofer.

Location: Shift e.V., Friedrichstr. 122/123, D-10117 Berlin-Mitte, tel ++49/30/28598631

Opening: Saturday, September 30th, 17:00 to 21:00

Run: October 4th to November 10th, Wednesday to Friday 15:00 to 19:00

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VinylVideo™ Reviews, January to June 2000

2000-06: Wired Magazine
2000-04: Village Voice (New York)
2000-03: New York Times Online Edition
2000-02: Res Magazine
2000-04: Net-Business (Hamburg)
2000-04: Springerin (Vienna)
2000-02: Liberation (Paris)
2000-02: Les Inrockuptibles (Paris)
2000-02: Pariscope (Paris)

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June 8th - September 15th, 2000

The Munich Kunstraum continues Zürich Shedhalle's "Lowtech" exhibition, including the VinylVideo™ Lounge.

Location: Kunstraum München, Goethestraße 34, D-80336 München, Germany

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May 5th, 2000

D-Vision Festival, Vienna: VinylVideo™'s Rike Frank and Martin Diamant participate in the "Schleudertrauma" panel discussion and give a live demonstration of the VinylVideo™ Home Kit.

Location: Schikaneder Cinema, Margaretenstr. 12, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Date/Time: Friday, May 5th, 18:30

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April 1st, 2000

VinylVideo™ premieres the new Installation "Welcome to the World of VinylVideo™" in a show at Postmasters Gallery, New York City. The architectural design by Antje Lehn (London/Vienna) creates an ambience in which the visitor can experience all the different levels of vinyl-based video technology. Many new items will be on show and, of course, for sale.
With the support of the Austrian Cultural Institute New York.
Special thanks to: Timothy Druckrey.

Location: Postmasters Gallery, 549 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, tel ++1/212/7273323

Opening: Saturday, April 1st, 18:00 to 20:00

Run: Friday, March 31st to Saturday, April 22nd, 10:00 to 18:00 (except mondays)

Click here to see pictures of the installation
Click here for pictures of the VinylVideo™ Home Kit and other merchandising products

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February 10th, 2000

In its "musique electronique et images" series, forum des images presents an all new VinylVideo™ Live Show, starring Paul Jakob.
Special thanks to: Cecile Babiole, Fred Bigot, Astrid Lemonnier, Laetitia Rouiller, Isabelle Vanini.

Location: forum des images - auditorium, Porte Saint-Eustache, Forum des Halles, 75001 Paris, Tel ++33-1-44766200

Date/Time: Thursday, February 10th, 21:00

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January 28th, 2000

Shedhalle Zurich opens its "Lowtech" exhibition, curated by Justin Hoffmann. VinylVideo™ is featured with a lounge installation plus a new Picture Disk (vv rec. no. 21) by Kristin Lucas (New York).

Venue: Shedhalle, Rote Fabrik, Seestrasse 395, CH 8038 Zurich, Switzerland, Tel ++41-1-4815950

Opening and record presentation: Friday, January 28th, 19:00

Opening hours Shedhalle: Tuesday to Friday 14:00 to 18:00, Saturday and Sunday 14:00 to 20:00

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January 11th, 2000

VinylVideo™ is participating in Merz Academy's "Remediation" lecture series.
Special thanks to Olia Lialina.

Location: Merz Akademie, Teckstr. 58, D-70190 Stuttgart, Germany, Tel: ++49-711-268660

Date/Time: Tuesday, January 11th, 19:00

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January 1st, 2000

Starting now, the VinylVideo™ system, including a complete set of available records, is on view at Postmasters Gallery, New York.
A show is scheduled for spring 2000. For further information please contact:
Postmasters Gallery
549 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
tel ++1/212/7273323
fax ++1/212/2292829
e-mail postmasters@thing.net

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December 13th, 1999

The VinylVideo™ team is happy to contribute an item to thing.net's Y2K benefit auction.
Supporters of thing.net have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to vote for art by bidding on a Special 10" Edition of vv rec.no.09 by Vuk Cosic/Alexej Shulgin.

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December 2nd - March 12th, 1999

The VinylVideo™ Lounge is part of the "Lost in Sound" exhibition at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea in Santiago de Compostela.
Cecile Babiole (Paris) contributes a new Picture Disk (vv rec. no. 22), which will be presented in a VinylVideo™ Show on February 3rd.
Special thanks to Manuel Olveira, Johan Grimonprez, Mabel Ramon.

Location: Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia/Spain, Tel: ++34-981-546619

VinylVideo™ Show and record presentation: Thursday, February 3rd 2000, 21:00 PM

Museum opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 20:00



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November 25th, 1999

Gebhard Sengmüller gives a live demonstration of the VinylVideo™ system at the Media Non Grata Festival, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.
Special thanks to Raivo Kelomees.

read the festival program

Location: Estonian Academy of Arts, Tartu Str. 1, Tallinn, Estonia, Tel: ++372-6-267336

Date/Time: Thursday, November 25th, 15:30

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October 21st-24th, 1999

Hull Time Based Arts presents VinylVideo™ in its 1999 Toot festival.

Venue: EICH Gallery, George Street, Kingston upon Hull, England/UK

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October 14th-24th, 1999

The 28th International Festival of New Cinema and New Media in Montreal/Canada (FCMM) features a brand new VinylVideo™ Lounge installation.

Venue: Media Lounge, Musee Juste pour rire, 2111 boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Canada

Opening night on October 15th - Doors open at 20:00
Access from October 16th to 22th (from noon until 11PM)
Closing night on October 23th - Doors open at 20:00

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October 14th - November 30th, 1999

Lisboa, Portugal: VinylVideo™ is presented at the Cyber '99 Festival.
A new Picture Disk (vv rec. no. 20) by Nuno Tudela/Mute Life Department is released.

Venue: Centro Cultural Belém, Praça do Império, Lisboa, Portugal, Tel: ++351-19-3612400

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October 7th, 1999

Rike Frank and Gebhard Sengmüller give a live demonstration of the VinylVideo™ system at thing.net, New York.
Special thanks to Wolfgang Staehle and Gisela Ehrenfried.

Location: thing.net Office, 601 W 26th street, New York NY 10001, Tel: ++1-212-3669738

Date/Time: Thursday, October 7th, 19:00 to 22:00

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September 30th - October 1st, 1999

The Digitale_99, organized by the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, presents the VinylVideo™ Show by Best Before and the VinylVideo™ Lounge .

Venue: Cinemathek Koeln/Museum Ludwig, Bischofsgartenstrasse 1, 50677 Cologne, Germany

VinylVideo™ Show: Saturday, October 2nd, 1999, 16:15

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September 20th, 1999

We proudly present the first working prototype of the VinylVideo™ Home Kit.
The VinylVideo™ Home Kit is a top-quality product engineered by Martin Diamant, solidly crafted of the finest materials and with a handsome exterior created by star designer Leo Schatzl.
Please check out our website for further details on availability in the next months.

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September 1st, 1999

The current issue of Austrian EIKON magazine features an essay on VinylVideo™ by NY curator and writer Timothy Druckrey plus a four page advertisement.
(click here for german version)

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June 28th, 1999

In his ASCII show at the Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana, high-ranking Slovenian net artist Vuk Cosic presents his 1998 VinylVideo™ Picture Disk (vv rec.no. 09), a seamless ascii-to-vinyl transfer made possible only by VinylVideo™'s revolutionary Trashpeg™ technology.

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ISEA Newsletter #72, June-July 1999

The June/July issue of the ISEA Newsletter features an essay about VinylVideo™ by Best Before plus a review by Michael Boyce of VinylVideo™'s appearance at the EMAF Festival Osnabrueck.

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Frieze Magazine #46, May 1999

Grooverider, VinylVideo - yesterday's technology today (read the review)

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May 5th, 1999

VinylVideo™ is presented at the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrueck.
A new Picture Disk by net artist Olia Lialina (RUS) will be released for this occasion.
Her disk (vv rec. no. 19) is a collaborative work with the staff of www.teleportacia.org. It contains video reports of five passengers (Sofia Aleinikova, Axel Schafmeister, Celso Reeks, Roza El-Hassan, Raitis Smits), who had been unsuccessfully teleported in february '99. Olia Lialina chose this system for the long durability of the Vinyl, which makes it an ideal storage medium.

Venue: EMAF - Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrueck, Germany

Opening: May 5th, 1999, 20:00

Run: May 5th to May 30th

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April 27th, 1999

VinylVideo™'s Vienna premiere as part of phonoTAKTIK, featuring the release of new Picture Disks by JODI (The Netherlands) (vv rec. no. 17) and Lampalzer-Oppermann (Austria) (vv rec. no. 18). DJ/VJ set by Kovacic/Stotz.
The event is being staged in cooperation with Medienwerkstatt Wien.
Following this evening, VinylVideo™ will be available for public viewing for two weeks at Rhiz.

Venue: Rhiz - bar modern, Gürtelbogen 37+38, 1160 Vienna, Austria, Tel: ++43-1-409-2505

VinylVideo™ Show: Tuesday, April 27, 1999, 20:00 PM

Opening Hours of Rhiz: 11:00 to 15:00 Daily

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April 20th, 1999

Students from the HGB Leipzig exhibit five new VinylVideo™ Picture Disks at the Dogenhaus Galerie.
Contributors: Britta Frahm, Bernhard Moosbauer, Olaf Unverzart, Peter Eichler, Swen Hellmich, Franz Altken, Sylvia Bernhardt, Anne Vogel, Dominik Beck, Diana Wesser

Venue: Dogenhaus Galerie, Beethovenstrasse 1, 04275 Leipzig, Germany, Tel: ++49-341-960-0054

Record Release Party: Tuesday, April 20th, 1999, 20:00

Run: Wednesday, April 21st to Friday, April 30th, 1999

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 16:00 to 21:00

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March 31st, 1999

Launch of the website www.vinylvideo.com, designed by Rachel Stevens,
with creative input from Georg Sengmüller,
hosted by The Thing Vienna and Onlineloop.

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