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Pau Waelder
pau {at} pauwaelder.com

Graduate in Art History at the University of Barcelona, has a Masters Diploma in Advanced Studies in History Science and Art Theory at the University of the Balearic Islands and is currently writing his PhD thesis in the field of art, science and technology. He has participated in international simposia such as the I International Conference on Arthur Danto and the End of Art, (CENDEAC, Murcia, 2003) and Gaming Realities, (Fournos, Atenas, 2006). He has written chapters for the books Gaming Realities. A challenge for digital culture (Athens: Fournos, 2006) and Extending Experiences. Structure, Analysis and Design of Game Player Experience (Rovaniemi: Lapland University Press, 2008), as well as the text Games of Pain: Pain as Haptic Stimulation in Computer-Game–Based Media Art, published in Leonardo Vol. 40, Issue 3 (MIT Press, 2007).

He has recently curated the exhibitions Metapaisatges (Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca/ Deichtorcenter Hamburg) and FLOW (CCA Andratx), and coordinated the conferences Cultura Digital and En_lloc for the Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation. He has also participated as lecturer and tutor in several courses on art and new media at UOC (Open University of Catalonia) and LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (Spain).

He has worked as site editor at Rhizome and Artnodes, and has written reviews on contemporary and media art for several magazines and online resources such as Furtherfield, Magazine du CIAC, ETC Magazine, ASPECT and a::minima, as well as texts for exhibition catalogues and monograph publications. He has also produced videos for Artnodes and Vernissage TV. Currently he is the editor of the media art section in art.es contemporary art magazine.

 

Current projects

Latest projects

  • May, 2010. Symposium digest: 1st International Symposium: Media Libraries and Archives for the 21st Century. LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain.
  • March 2010. Consulting lecturer. Aesthetics and Art Theory. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, virtual campus.
  • March 2010. Lecturer. Course: Cultura y Entretenimiento Digital. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, virtual campus.
  • February 2010. Guest lecturer. Course: Innovación en Arte y Cultura Digital. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, virtual campus.
  • November 2009. Lecturer. Course: Cultura y Entretenimiento Digital. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, virtual campus.
  • November 2009. Coordination. "Art and Electronic Media", presentation by Edward A. Shanken. Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani, Palma, Mallorca.
  • November 2009. Member of the Jury. Premi Ciutat de Palma 2010. Fundació Espais d'Art, Ajuntament de Palma, Mallorca.
  • September 2009. Member of the Jury. Premi Pilar Juncosa i Sotheby's 2009. Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca.
  • October, 2009. Lecturer. Course: Arte, Redes y Ecosistemas 2.0. Arteleku, Gipuzkoa, virtual campus.
  • July, 2009. Lecturer. Course: Innovación en Arte y Cultura Digital. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, virtual campus.
  • June 2009. Conception and coordination. Conference: En_lloc. Diàlegs entre art, territori i tecnologia. Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca.
  • March - June, 2008. Curator. FLOW. CCA Andratx, Mallorca.
  • April - May, 2008. Curator. Metapaisatges. El paisatge a través de l'art digital. Deichtorcenter Hamburg, Germany.
  • October 2007 - January 2008. Curator. Metapaisatges. El paisatge a través de l'art digital. Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca.
  • November, 2008. Lecturer. Course: Arte, tecnología y nuevas prácticas artísticas. LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Asturias.

 

Selected writing

Books

“Stream of Consciousness”, in Capture: Grégory Chatonsky. Paris: HYX éditions, 2009
“An Enhanced Duelling Artefact: PainStation and the Role of Competition in Videogames”, in Extending Experiences. Structure, Analysis and Design of Game Player Experience. Rovaniemi: Lapland University Press, 2008
“Bruised and Happy: the Addicted PainStation Players”, in Gaming Realities. A challenge for digital culture. (Ed. Manthos Santorineos). Athens: Fournos.2006

Print magazines and catalogues

Advocating the Future: Media Art at the Festivals, ETC. Révue de l'art actuel, Vol. 90. Montréal: ETC Inc.
Media Art and the Art Market (part 1), art.es. Media Art Section, Vol. 38. Madrid: Salamir.
Art and Electronic Media: Firing a Canon at the History of Art, ETC. Révue de l'art actuel, Vol. 89. Montréal: ETC Inc.
To users, with Love and Respect, art.es. Media Art Section, Vol. 36-37. Madrid: Salamir.
Observing Complexity, art.es, Vol. 36-37. Madrid: Salamir.
UBERMORGEN.COM, art.es, Vol. 36-37. Madrid: Salamir.
Data Soliloquies, Furtherfield.
We the Users, Furtherfield.
La ineluctable modalidad de lo visible, Premis Ciutat de Palma 2009. Ajuntament de Palma. 2009
Towards a History of Electronic Art, 2 part article, art.es. Section Media Art, Vol. 33 and 34. Madrid: Salamir. 2009
Ai Weiwei, art.es., Vol. 34. Madrid: Salamir. 2009
Takashi Murakami, art.es, Vol. 32. Madrid: Salamir. 2009
Faites vos jeux, Cadàver Exquisit. Exhibition Catalogue. Palma: Projecte Llevant. 2009
Murakami Takashi: léase de atrás hacia adelante, Cultura Mallorca, Vol. 9. 2009
 The Aesthetics of Flow. art.es. Media Art section, Vol. 32. Madrid: Salamir. 2009
Don't say New Media, Call it Art (part 2). art.es. Media Art section, Vol. 30-31 (ARCO special issue). Madrid: Salamir. 2009
Don't say New Media, Call it Art (part 1). art.es. Media Art section, Vol. 29. Madrid: Salamir. 2008
Ars Electronica: a New Cultural Economy, art.es. Media Art section, Vol. 28. Madrid: Salamir. 2008
Kind of alive. Urban Living exhibtion catalogue. Pittsburg: Woodstreet Galleries. 2008
Games of Pain: Pain as Haptic Stimulation in Computer-Game–Based Media Art. Leonardo Vol. 40 num. 3. Massachussets: MIT Press. 2007
Digital Art in Korea: from Nam June Paik to chaebol, art.es., Vol. 21. Madrid: Salamir. 2007
Metalandscapes. Metalandscapes exhibition catalogue. Palma: Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca. 2007
Average Shoveler, by Carlo Zanni. A minima. Vol. 17. Barcelona: Espacio & Publicaciones. 2007
Vitalogy, art.es. Vol. 12-13. Madrid: Salamir. 2007
Fighting Massive Single-User Isolation, A minima. Vol. 13. Barcelona: Espacio & Publicaciones. 2006
Interview with Natalie Bookchin, A minima. Vol. 12. Barcelona: Espacio & Publicaciones. 2006
Interview with Conor Mc Garrigle, A minima. Vol. 11. Barcelona: Espacio & Publicaciones. 2006
Interview with Steve Sacks, A minima. Vol. 8. Barcelona: Espacio & Publicaciones. 2004
25 years of Ars Electronica, art.es. Vol. 5. Madrid: Salamir. 2004

Online magazines and journals

Submit to the gods, Magazine du CIAC, 31. 2008
Games of Pain, Artnodes. Node num.7. Jugabilitat: art, videojocs i cultura. 2008
Thorsten Knaub: Drawing in the Emptiness of Space, Magazine du CIAC, 29. 2007
Gazira Babeli: Day for Night, Magazine du CIAC, 28. 2007
Gregory Chatonsky: Contemplating the flow. Magazine du CIAC #27 (10th Anniversary Special). 2007
Words Made Flesh, Furtherfield. 2006
Work in Progress. Furtherfield. 2006
Ars Electronica: visions of the future. Artnodes. UOC. 2005
Someth;ng’s cooking. Furtherfield. 2004
The Furminator. Furtherfield. 2004
The Free, Visible Network. Furtherfield. 2004
Ars Electronica 2004: el mundo en 25 años. Sic Placitum. 2004.
Art Futura 2003. Sic Placitum. 2003
Ars Electronica 2003: Code. Sic Placitum. 2003
Art Futura 2002. Sic Placitum. 2002
Ars Electronica: Unplugged. Sic Placitum. 2002


Video

Metalandscapes (Mallorca). Vernissage TV. 2007
Et Voilà! Technology meets Magic at SONAR (Barcelona). Vernissage TV. 2007
Berlin at KIAF 2007 (3-part video, Seoul, South Korea). Vernissage TV. 2007
Interview with W. Bradford Paley (w. Pau Alsina) Artnodes. UOC. 2004
Interview with Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau (w. Pau Alsina) Artnodes. UOC. 2004
Interview with Gerfried Stocker, (w. Pau Alsina) Artnodes. UOC. 2004
Interview with Michael Naimark, (w. Pau Alsina) Artnodes. UOC. 2004
Interview with Marc Downie, Artnodes. UOC.2003
Access, by Marie Sester, Artnodes. UOC. 2003
Interview with Henry Newton Dunn i Ryota Kuwakubo, Artnodes. UOC. 2003
Interview with Scott Snibbe, Artnodes. UOC. 2003
Interview with Steve Sacks, Artnodes. UOC. 2003

 

 

Pau Waelder
pau {at} pauwaelder.com