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!Mediengruppe Bitnik (CH), Heath Bunting (UK), CADA (PT), Christian Croft/Andrew Schneider (USA), Fabio Gramazio/Martin Kubli/Daniel Udatny/Michel Zai (CH), Graham Harwood/Richard Wright/Matsuko Yokokoji (UK), Crispin Jones/IDEO (UK), Christian Marclay (USA), Lisa Parks (USA), Unsworn Industries (SE)

The exhibition will examine the social impact of the telephone in its culture-conditioned alteration, with notable attention on the participative and interventive aspects of this medium, which are consistently considered in political contextualisations. The exhibition does not want to affirm technology for it’s own sake but instead shows the eminent complexity of its cultural, political, economic, and technological aspects. In this way, also a reflection on the ideological implications of the medium of the telephone is made.

The exhibition is part of the cooperation project /dis/connecting/media/ about the medium telephone. It was initiated in the context of the interdisciplinary postgraduate program "Intermediale Ästhetik. Spiel – Ritual – Performanz" at the Universities of Basel and Bern.
Along with the exhibition, it includes an international conference (October 1-3, at baselcitystudios, Basel) and a film programme (October 1-31, Stadtkino Basel).
For further information see:
www.disconnectingmedia.ch

Curated by Andreas Blättler and Raffael Dörig.

Pronto! was made possible by the Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture / Sitemapping

See also:

Artist talks with Heath Bunting and Christian Croft

Pronto! Guided tour through the exhibition

Pronto! Guided tour through the exhibition

Pronto! On Telephony