Zeljko Blace (b.1976 Capljina, Bosnia & Herzegovina) curator, researcher and artist.
As of 1995 until 2005 works professionally in Zagreb, Croatia where he was a
co-founder of Multimedia Institute (1999.), later working as coordinator of
public
programs in net.culture club MaMa and coordinator of international projects
for Multimedia Institute (executive board member for 3 years). As a
professional in media culture and digital arts contributed to cultural
programs of the national radio and TV programs, wrote for ICT magazines as
well as cultural bi-weekly newspaper Zarez. Published internationally in
publications: UMELEC (Czech Republic), SPRINGERIN (Austria), RAM4 reader
(Finland) & NICE newspaper (Latvia).
Exhibited as visual/media artist and performed as VJ with
electro-acoustic-glitch duo from Zagreb - Jeanne Fremaux. Participated as
speaker/presenter at international media art events including: Ars
Electronica Festival, Net Congestion, Next 5 Minutes 4, Transmediale, Ping
In Progress, Money Nations II, ncc48, NEURO...
Organized large scale international events in Croatia: media.art.theory week
(Labin, Sept2000), Art ServersUnlimited 2 (Labin, Sept2001), new.media.culture.week "Critical Upgrade!" (Zagreb, May2002) and Next 5
Minutes - tactical media events (Dubrovnik and Vis, 2003). Was a member of
international editorial board for Next 5 Minutes 4, festival of tactical
media in 2003 Amsterdam.
Curated GenArt exhibition (May 2002) for program of new.media.culture.week.
Co-curated ehibition runtimeART with Andreas Broeckmann in Zagreb (June
2004) and Split (September 2004). Curated and produce Silent*Observers
Exhibition on streaming media and observation practices in Museum of Modern
and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Croatia (September 2005).
Currently researching hybridisation of net & broadcast media, net streaming,
participatory media and phenomena of clustered creativity.
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Mark Amerika |
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Susan Hasen |
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Agnese Trocchi |
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Marco Deseriis |
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Zeljko Blace |
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