tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252487852011-04-21T17:28:41.486-07:00Urtica, an art and media research group (1999); an independent, non-profit artists organization, specializing in the development of the multidisciplinary projects that merge art, science and social engagement. Members: Violeta Vojvodić, Eduard Balaž and Daniel Stevanović. They live in Novi Sad / Belgrade, Serbia.Inquiry into Reality: The Disappearance of Public Spacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129828236759739089noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25248785.post-1144004858962900492006-04-02T11:55:00.000-07:002006-11-12T03:10:37.775-08:00<a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.urtica.org/socialengine">SOCIAL ENGINE</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/1600/SosEng_oglasDanas%20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/320/SosEng_oglasDanas%20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Urtica, art and media research group<br />Social Engine, 2004-2006</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.urtica-org.blogspot.com">srpski</a><br />The project <span style="font-style: italic;">Social Engine</span> explores how the cultural patterns spread. It is produced as an online database of memes, units of cultural behaviourally transmissible information, which are passed on to other people by imitation (Richard Dawkins). Since memes are not coded as universal codes, they are subjected to constant variations, i.e. modalities of expression of different users. In this case, meme vehicles are textual and visual entities that possess strong emotional charge and high inter-subjective value (e.g. catch-phrases and flags)°...<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.urtica.org/projects/projects.html#socialengine">more</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">On the occasion of the project <span style="font-style: italic;">Inquiry into Reality: Disappearance of Public Space</span> realisation, a newspaper article and ad have been published in <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.danas.co.yu">Danas</a>, Belgrade, April 5th, 2006. </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/1600/urtica.1s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/320/urtica.1s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >Social Engine, 2004-2006</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >Installation view</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >The Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, April 2006</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/1600/urtica.6s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/320/urtica.6s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >Social Engine, 2004-2006</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Installation view</span><br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/1600/urtica.4s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/320/urtica.4s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">S</span><span style="font-size:85%;">ocial Engine, 2004-2006</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Installation view<br /></span><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/1600/urtica.3s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5079/2628/320/urtica.3s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >Social Engine, 2004-2006</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Installation view</span><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >°text is pasted from the web-site <a href="http://www.urtica.org"><span style="font-style: italic;">www.urtica.org</span></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25248785-114400485896290049?l=urtica-group.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Inquiry into Reality: The Disappearance of Public Spacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129828236759739089noreply@blogger.com0