Chrystalleni Loizidou's observations on art, tech & their eco-politics.
Reported anonymous target the Central Bank of Cyprus website with DDoS attacks on 5/5/2016, resulting in 35 minutes of downtime (steps towards confirmation). There are reports that the event, (also) reportedly part of #opicarus, was easily recovered from, and targeted only the website rather than the Bank's systems. None of this has been reported on… Continue reading on the Cyprus side of #opicarus pt.1 / what is / is there an #opicarus?
This Saturday I respond to the most relevant local invitation for my academic work so far, and despite a little bit of pomp, I’m glad for it, especially at this moment in time, with the different kinds of extremism / danger solidifying around the place. It makes sense that these days there would be increased… Continue reading politics of memory in Cyprus / on talking about one’s work
Link to video piece やさしいにっぽん人 (Hatsune Kaidan, 2013) + Kaimakli glitch (nee, 2015) This fetisthistic imposition on Hatsune Kaidan's “やさしいにっぽん人” [Track 2, Vacant World (2013)], was made by nee for ne'e jouissance: a brief digital-art love affair in Kaimakli, Cyprus, in September 2015. It uses Hijokaidan’s experiment with the Hatsune Miku vocaloid to avatar-ize a… Continue reading Japanese noise pop in Kaimakli
epixeirimatologw oti i prwti grapti kodikopoiisi tis dialektou me maziki efarmogi, itan se ASCII. Oti itan apli xrisi enos standard, antimetopisi aplis anangis, alla esimenen & mian ekfrastikin anaviwsin pou epkiaen kyriws topon sto IRC (& prin pou touton sta early kinita, & fantazoumai & sta local newsgroups). & touton to idioman en zwntanos progonos… Continue reading techno-cypriotism
I gave in my resignation from the Board of Directors of Undo Point Contemporary Arts (Point Centre).
temporal algorithmic reversal with blockage
I have 12 hours to put some of this down, not enough to produce anything mature but it’s this or nothing. Here’s the shape of it: I came to Hong Kong for the Global Digital Cultures Conference, to give a presentation on the digital lives of images of resistance / art interventions on public art… Continue reading a Cypriot on the Hong Kong contemporary arts pt. 1: intro & notes on public art
[insert commentary about connection to own work here] http://www.velvetliga.com/
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