a three-day interdisciplinary
event by media artist Raul Marroquin.
This project is the last of a trilogy that the artist has been working on
in the last years:
1) 
Chapter I Armed Confrontations"
Gallery Aschenbach 1996,
2) © i ® TM Symbols of the Past or the rules of the Future at Open Space
in Amsterdam and now
One of Marroquin's personal goals with the final episode of this trilogy
is to discuss how financially prepared the world is to deal with the
economical challenges of the next millennium, in the reclusive, relaxed and
unconventional settings of an art gallery. With projects like this, he also
aims to contribute to (what he believes is one of the most important
questions in his profession) the redefinition of the role of the artist in
today's postindustrial society.
Throughout the last years, it has become clear that this sort of informal
events encourage different approaches to the discussion of such important
issues such: as the prohibition of the use of chemical weapons in the case
of "Chapter I Armed
Confrontations" first in 1996 and ? in the
Internet during the exhibition in Open Space in 1997.
combines interviews
, debates, round tables, discussions and
presentations that address a wide variety of issues: globalization, open
markets, single regional and universal currencies, the economical gaps
between East and West, North and South (and all of the detailed intricacies
of geoeconomics) the influence of new information and communications
technologies in the financial world, and many other the questions put by
today's rapid changes in economics.
In order to achieve the best results within this particular framework, a
selected group of experts in many of these different areas have been
invited to participate and contribute via the different options available
at Aschenbach Gallery during these three days of
investors,
politicians and civil servants, financial analysts, academics, journalists,
bankers, financiers and other representatives of the many different
disciplines that are part of today's financial world. Because of the same
reason, the content of this project has been delegated to a small group of
experts that have developed and implemented the basic ideas behind
Many of the participants and contributors have already worked in some of
the artist's previous projects as well as 
Live! Television
-Marroquin's own six year old, 12 hour long live, political and financial
program for Amsterdam cable television- as well as his weekly radio show
and Net
page in the WWW. These individuals and organizations
used to Marroquin's ad hoc approach to these sort of events and users
communication technology.
A great deal of the input also comes from "newcomers" especially invited for
the event that can take part by been present at the gallery or via
telephone, fax, e-mail moderated news groups, IRC, ICQ and video
conferencing.
Some general subjects have been introduced among participants under titles
such as: "Free Markets ... Who's Freedom?" "Euro vs. $, The Match of the
Century." "Financial Indicators," "The Emerging Markets," "Real Serious
Money for the Next Millennium," "Tiger Economies = Paper Tigers, " and
other themes that indicate the way in which world finances will be heading
at the turn of the century as well as those that will be included in the
debate throughout the weekend.
Flexibility and improvisation are both integral components of .
features as "Latest Financial News" and "Breaking News" are also a part of
the options available during
User Communications, Community Services and Public Access are an integral
part of the event in other to assure a maximum of participation of those
that cannot be present at the gallery on those particular dates.
IRC, ICQ, Moderated News Groups, and Point - Point & Multipoint
videconferencing are permanently available in order to make sure that the
participation from groups and individuals outside the perimeter of
Amsterdam can participate.
On-Line Dispatches are been regularly transmitted from areas as close as
Amsterdam and as far as New York and Hong Kong on a regular basis
All events are webcasted live and developments are documented and reviewed
in " On-Line" a
publication that covers events on an hourly basis
URL: http://www.Desk.nl./~hksteen
On-Line also offer links to all
mayor financial on-line services. A hard copy version of this publication
is also available upon request with the latest news throughout the entire
72 hours.
A final CD-ROM will be featured at the end of the event featuring the high
lines, transcripts of discussions and conclusions reached at the end of it.
Most events are cablecasted live via Salto (Amsterdam cable operator)
for the city's metropolitan area and those that are not possible because of
the Station's regular programming will be cablecasted later.
In-house audio and video channels keep both participants and visitors alike
updated on events taking place at the gallery, the latest financial
developments as well as events that might influence world markets.
also includes an
exhibition of works by the artist namely: objects,
wall works, displays, installations, projections, single channel audio and
video works, prints, multiples, ready-mades and limited editions.
Raul Marroquin was born in Bogota, Colombia, in 1948 and has lived in the
Netherlands since 1971. He has worked with film, video and photography as
well as installations. He is considered one of the pioneers of video art in
the Netherlands. In the early 70s while been a student at the Jan van Eyck
Academie in Maastricht he published Fandangos, one of the first artists
magazines in the world that included many of the Fluxus and conceptual
artist of that period.
In 1980 he produced a The Link his first, live, satellite, interactive
project connecting Manhattan Cable and Amsterdam cable television.
Since 1991 he has produced
Live! (radio and television). He
lectures in universities and art academies in several European countries,
North and South America and contributes with articles and essays in
several special interest magazines both hard copy and on-line.
His work form part of public and private collections all over the world.
The gallery is open to the public from 10.00. to 22.00. on Saturday and
Sunday and by appointment.
Opening: Friday September 25. 20.00. hours.
For more information please contact:
Gallery Aschenbach
Bilderdijkstraat 165c.
1053KP Amsterdam
The Netherlands.
Tel: + 31 20 6853580 Fax: + 31 20 6890009
Hksteen@Desk.nl
Radio
and 
Television , 
Satellites & 
The Net ...(Civic Communications)
. 
. 
. 
The Markets
Reactions
- Views and different Opinions
"Go
Cyclical" a word of advise from Martin Bosma
Interview
with Sass Sassen by Geert Lovink. (reprint from Nettime).
and much more
The Visitors
