<videovortex> Paul Virilio in Stefaan Decostere's art blog/installation

[Geert Lovink]

Why is no crime. If there is anything that we all share, it must be the  
air, and the clouds in it. Why & 'warum' questions to images and media,  
and much more, you can find on the new blog  
http://cargoweb.wordpress.com/.

WARUM 2.0
STEFAAN DECOSTERE (BE)

In 1985, together with Paul Virilio, Klaus vom Bruch, Jack Goldstein  
and Chris Dercon, Stefaan Decostere made Warum wir Männer die Technik  
so Lieben. The video shows how war, speed and technology organise and  
reorganise reality, until only filtered reality remains. This video is  
the analogue original of WARUM 2.0, a blog and installation that  
premiers during the Artefact festival in Leuven, Belgium (February  
12-17, 2008)

The changed attitude towards documentary images is the main theme of  
WARUM 2.0. A 360° panorama amidst transparent screens and multiple  
interactive access points turn the installation into an arena where  
visitors can interfere with and add value to the images.

Late 2007 a new conversation was recorded with Paul Virilio. Both at  
the installation and online, new tools by Christian Decker, Edwin  
Uytenbroek, Chris Devriese, Jonas Hielscher and Sander Korebrits are  
available. The footage used is shot in Haiti, Iraq, Gaza, Darfur,  
Kosovo and Afghanistan by freelance cameraman Daniel Demoustier.

Please visit the WARUM 2.0 blog: http://cargoweb.wordpress.com/ where  
you can find the recent interview with Paul Virilio and much more  
material.

Warum 2.0 in Second Life:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Agapema/175/236/70/?img=http:// 
pixelsix.org/tmp/SL_screen.gif&title=CARGO%20SL%20SPACE

Warum 2.0 site in site:
http://warum.cargovzw.be/sis.php

The Artefact exhibtion:  
http://www.artefact-festival.be/2008/08_expo_en.php?id=19

Please also visit CARGO: http://www.cargoweb.org/.

Note that more material and features will be added in the days to come.

TU 12 > SU 17 FEB - STUK STUDIO
(tu-th 17h00-23h00 / fr-su 14h00-23h00)

Warum 2.0 is a project by CARGO and Artefact, supported by Vlaams  
Audiovisueel Fonds and Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap.