Rosa Menkman
| Rosa Menkman | |
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Rosa Menkman, December 2012 | |
| Born |
Maria-Rosa Menkman April 3, 1983 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Known for | Media art |
| Movement | Glitch art |
| Website | |
| http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.nl/ | |
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Rosa Menkman (born Arnhem, 3 April 1983) is a Dutch art theorist, curator and visual artist specialising in glitch art and resolution theory.
Education
Menkman graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a Master of Arts (New Media, 2006) and a Research Master of Arts (Media Studies, 2009). During her studies, she became acquainted with the work of Jodi, a Belgian-Dutch artist duo whose art projects exploit the weaknesses of digital technology. Menkman wrote a Master's thesis about Jodi's work UNTITLED GAME, an artistic mod of the computer game Quake.[1]
Menkman is currently a Ph.D candiate at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, London under the supervision of Matthew Fuller and Geert Lovink.[2]
Glitch art
After she finished her Master's thesis, Menkman decided to research artists who use instabilities and errors in software as the basis for visual work. Music based upon software errors was already described as glitch music by, among others, Kim Cascone. Menkman broadened the artistic concept of glitch by also applying the term to the visual arts.
In her writings, Menkman has described the historical roots of glitch in art. According to her, the glitch 'method' already occurred on celluloid in the work of filmmaker Len Lye, in the video art of Nam June Paik and in the digital art of Cory Arcangel. Also, Menkman describes the various software bugs that are used for glitch art and outlines the work of contemporary glitch artists. Menkman herself is mentioned as glitch theorist in several academic publications.[3][4]
Work (selection)
The Glitch Moment(um) and the Glitch Studies Manifesto
In 2011, Menkman's research about this emerging art genre was published as the book The Glitch Moment(um)[1] at the University of Amsterdam, by the Institute of Network Cultures. She also wrote the Glitch Studies Manifesto[5] in the same year. This manifesto was awarded 'best practice' by Virtueel Platform, then sector institute for e-culture in the Netherlands.[6]
GLI.TC/H festival
The publication of The Glitch Moment(um) coincided with the GLI.TC/H festival, organized by Menkman in collaboration with American artists Nick Briz and Jon Satrom. The first GLI.TC/H festival in 2010 (Chicago) was followed by a second and third edition in 2011 (Chicago, Amsterdam, Birmingham) and 2012 (Chicago).[7]
Artwork (selection)
- Radio Dada (2008),[8] a video created through a feedback loop. Collaboration with musician Extraboy. Radio Dada is part of Menkmans ongoing work Videoscapes (2008-2014).[9]
- The Collapse of PAL (2010),[10] video performance, a homage to Phase Alternating Line or PAL, a disappearing standard for analog TV broadcasting.
- A Vernacular of File Formats (2011). A thesaurus for file formats and image resolutions.[11]
- Lunar Storm (2013) 4’’ on 35 mm celluloid. As part of Vertical Cinema, a series of ten commissioned large-scale, site-specific works presented on 35 mm celluloid and projected vertically with a custom-built projector in vertical cinemascope.[12]
- Xilitla (2014) An audiovisual environment, video interface and performance tool for alternative story telling and poetic video synthesis. [13]
Exhibitions and presentations (selection)
Menkman has curated several international exhibitions of other artists' work.[14] Furthermore, she regularly moderates symposia and performs with her audiovisual work at festivals.
Her own work has been shown, among others, in:
- New York, 2015, solo Beyond Resolution at Transfer Gallery.
- Utrecht, 2011, solo A Vernacular of File Formats during the Nederlands Film Festival.
- Vienna, 2011, solo Collapse of PAL, Quartier 21.
- Brescia, 2011, solo Order and Progress, Gallery Fabio Paris.
- Lodz, 2010, solo The Tipping Point of Failure, Galeria NT.
Curated exhibitions and festivals
- In collaboration with Nick Briz: Portici, Italy, 2014 – Tactical ᴳ̇litches, SUDlab.
- London, England, 2013 – Glitch Moment/ums, Furtherfield Gallery.
- Berlin, Germany, 2013 – (ᴳ̇litch) Art Genealogies, LEAP.
- Berlin, Germany, 2012 – In/Comaptible Aesthetics panels at Transmediale.
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2011 - Filtering Failure, Planetart.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Menkman, Rosa (2011). The Glitch Moment(um). Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. ISBN 9789081602167.
- ↑ "NMM.Visual.Interview Rosa Menkman". Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ Parikka, Jussi (2012). What is Media Archaeology?. Cambridge: Polity. ISBN 0745650260.
- ↑ Czarniawska, Barbara (2013). Coping with Excess. How Organizations, Communities and Individuals Manage Overflows. Cheltenham, Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781782548577.
- ↑ Menkman, Rosa (2011). "Glitch Studies Manifesto". Video Vortex Reader II: moving images beyond YouTube. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. pp. 336–347. ISBN 9789078146124.
- ↑ Hamers, Eveleen. "Best Practice / Glitch Studies Manifesto". Virtueel Platform. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ "GLI.TC/H festival". Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ Menkman, Rosa (2010). "Radio Dada". Rhizome Artbase. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ Beyond Resolution (2014). "Videoscapes". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Rosa Menkman (2010). "The Collapse of PAL". Rhizome Artbase. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ Kirn, Peter and Create Digital Motion (2011). "Vernacular of File Formats review, Create digital Motion, 2011". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Vertical Cinema (2014). "Lunar Storm". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Beyond Resolution (2014). "Xilitla". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Menkman, Rosa and Furtherfield (2013). "Glitch Moment/ums, Furtherfield, 8 June - 28 July 2013". Retrieved 1 June 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Jason Huff, Artist Profile: Rosa Menkman, rhizome.org
- Rosa Menkman, artsy.net
- Rosa Menkman's video work on vimeo.com
- Presentation by Rosa Menkman during TEDx Utrecht
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