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Start Of The CompArt Database On Digital Art

· Jan Wieferich · in Announcements & Events Art Culture Design Uncategorized
compArt Next thursday, december 10th Frieder Nake and his fellows will start the compArt database on digital art. Due to that reason they invite to a social event, 18:00 the same day, within the third floor, OAS Linzer Str. 9a.
Liebe Kollegen und Kolleginnen, Freunde und Freundinnen, dear colleages and friends, I am proud to announce to you the start of the compArt database on digital art. The database schema which we have worked on for a long time, is gradually filling up with data. We now believe time has come to make it available on the internet even though we are far from our goal of 98+. 98+ stands for "98% correct with an increasing tendency". We know this cannot be verified. But it's fun to put a quality in the form of a quantity. These are times of social networks. Therefore we will use them. compArt has from its start aimed at contributions from artists, critics, curators, researchers, or gallerists. We are now beginning to actively ask for inputs, corrections, improvements. We are optimistic to gain such. The database is only one component of the compArt medium on digital art. We build various systems on top of the collected data. These systems will establish various interfaces to the data. They are virtual and actual, in cyberspace and in the Aesthetic Laboratory. On Thursday, December 10, 2009, we will start the server between 6 and 7 p.m. We invite our local friends to come and chat with us over a drink (see attached). We invite all friends in the world to take a look at the current state and send us your critical remarks. Be advised that we currently restrict our subject area to the time up to 1979. We wish to live in a more peaceful world. Frieder Nake for the team of compArt: Hermann Cordes, Susan Grabowski, Jörn Ketelsen, Stefan Kreitmayer, Jens-Holger Streck
via the StugA Digital Media mailing list.

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