Arena Talks 2 [secret location] (London) 31 Aug 2016
King’s College (London) 25 June 2016
FHNW-IXDM [keynote] (Basel) 3 March 2016
NES (Skagaströnd) 18 Feb 2016
Freud Museum (London) 23 July 2015
MUMA (Melbourne) 6 June 2015
Gertrude Contemporary (Melbourne) 3 June 2015
University of Leeds, 22 Oct 2014
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, 8 April 2014
Royal College of Art (London) 7 March 2014
Argos (Brussels) 13 Feb 2014
Edinburgh College of Art [keynote] 28 Nov 2013
ERTZ-Arteleku (San Sebastian) 10 Sept 2013
St. Patrick’s Irish Club (Leamington) 15 July 2013
British Library (London) 28 June 2013
City University (London) 10 May 2013
Labour Club (Northampton) 5 March 2013
Royal College of Art (London) 12 Dec 2012
Science Museum Dana Centre (London) 16 Nov 2012
Apiary Studios (London) 31 Oct 2012
Liverpool Biennial, 6 Oct 2012
Institute of Contemporary Arts (London) 15 Sept 2012
University of Westminster (London) 7 Dec 2011
Vitamin S (Auckland) 13 April 2011
University of Westminster (London) 9 March 2011
Space Studios (London) 11 Sept 2010
Central School of Speech & Drama (London) 23 April 2009
Goldsmiths College (London) 3 March 2009
Goldsmiths College (London) 26 Nov 2008
Goldsmiths College (London) 12 Nov 2008
Anomalous Psychology Research Unit (London) 26 Feb 2008
Thursday Club (London) 31 Jan 2008
Goldsmiths College (London) 24 Jan 2008
Goldsmiths College (London) 31 Oct 2007
Dorkbot, State 51 (London) 21 June 2007
Broadway Cinema (Nottingham) 11 May 2007
Kinetica Museum (London) 7 Feb 2007
London College of Communication, 25 Jan 2007
Latvian National Museum of Art (Riga) 26 Aug 2006
UKISC conference (London) 12 Feb 2006
FACT Beta (Liverpool) 5 Nov 2005
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 14 April 2005
Subliminal Festival (Brussels) 19 Jan 2005
Q Arts / Quad (Derby) 30 June 2004
Hull Time Based Arts, 2 Feb 2004
MUU (Helsinki) 10 March 2002
Cinémathèque (Brighton) 13 Dec 2001
UKISC conference (Dartington) 17 Feb 2001
Royal Society of Sculptors (London) 29 May 2000
NB: more to follow…
The lectures at Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Saint Patrick’s Irish Club were organised by Café Scientifique, while the Anomalous Psychology Research Unit, Thursday Club and UKISC 2006 lectures all took place at Goldsmiths College. Apologies to anyone who attended for the talks in Riga and Helsinki, which were cancelled owing to serious unforeseen problems (the MUU talk was, I believe, presented to attendees as a printed script).
Thanks to everyone who attended, and to talk organisers and hosts – Eve Anderson, Newton Armstrong, Colette Bailey, Steven Barfield, Tim Blackwell, Zeynep Bulut, Xavier Cejudo, Steve Cleary, Louise Clements, Andrew Clifford, Nic Collins, David Crowley, David Cunningham, Peter Cusack, Ross Dalziel, Martin Dodds, Xabier Erkizia, Jose-Luis Espejo, Andrew Fenchel, Gregg Fisher, Rob Flint, Chris French, Olga Gorionova, Anna Gritz, Barry Hale, Ceri Hann, Dianne Harris, Graham Harwood, Susanna Hertrich, Peter van Hoesen, Rebecca Horrox, Aernoudt Jacobs, Janis Jefferies, Nathan Jones, Marcelo Liberato, Sam Lindley, Rita Leppiniemi, Hans de Man, Stefan Marianski, Ray McFee, Alex McLean, Drew McMillan, Kerryn McMurdo, Armin Medosch, Matthew Miller, Shintaro Miyazaki, Marianne Mulvey, Mikel Nieto, Francis Parker, Martin Parker, Rachel Quarrell, Peter Ride, Rasa Smite, Marq Smith, Raitis Smits, Claire Staunton, Joel Stern, Ive Stevenheydens, Mike Stubbs, Nick Thurston, Ivan Ward, Alexandra Warwick, Liz Whitehead, James Wilkes and Jon Wozencoft (with apologies for any omissions).
Plus Electrification! “National Grid”… as imagined circa 1932…
With apologies for not posting this earlier, many thanks to film-maker William English and to sound artist Ilia Rogatchevski, for featuring Disinformation tracks and audio interviews on their radio programmes on Resonance FM. William English featured Disinformation on two of his “Wavelength” shows, broadcast 14 Oct and 4 Nov 2016, and Ilia Rogatchevski featured Disinformation on the “Make Art not Warhol” show, broadcast 30 Nov 2016, also publishing text interviews on his own website and on the Ear Room website (which also features artists such as Jez Riley French, Cathy Lane, Ray Lee, Francisco Lopez, Aura Satz, Dawn Scarfe and Janek Schafer, etc). There’s been more activity on Resonance FM since, details to follow soon. In the meantime, here are William and Ilia’s links…
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/wavelength-4th-november-2016/
https://earroom.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/joe-banks-disinformation/
Full page advertisement for the “Noise” exhibition at Kettle’s Yard gallery, Cambridge, 22 January to 26 March 2000. “Noise” was curated by (the artist and conservator) Adam Lowe and by (the historian of science) Professor Simon Schaffer, and featured the “National Grid” electrical sound installation by Disinformation, in the 13th century chapel adjacent to Kettle’s Yard, plus “The Analysis of Beauty” by Disinformation, in Kettle’s Yard itself. “The Analysis of Beauty” was exhibited adjacent to a video by the artist Marc Quinn, and directly opposite one of Francis Crick and James Watson’s original working models of DNA. “The Analysis of Beauty” exhibit was described as “visually sophisticated” and “distinctive and intelligent” by Laura Moffat, writing in Art Monthly magazine, and as “particularly sensuous” by Rob Young, writing in The Wire. A short video about (a later version of) “The Analysis of Beauty”, as exhibited at Talbot Rice, Edinburgh, in November 2014, can be viewed here…
https://www.flickr.com/disinfo/47923588897/
“Noise” featured exhibits by Tabatha Andrews, Art & Language, Charles Babbage, Stephen Baker, Joe Banks (Disinformation), Richard Barbrook and HRC, William Bateson, Evgen Bavcar, Patrick Blackett, Jerry Brotton, Soraya de Chadarevian, Adrian Cussins, John Dee, Umberto Eco, Manuel Franquelo, Peter Galison, Joy Garnett, Merrill Garnett, Joseph Grigley, Roger Guillemin, Sebastian Guillié, Mercurius van Helmont, Lynn Hershmann, Jeff Hughes, Margaret Watts Hughes, Lisa Jardine, Bill Jones, Athanasius Kircher, Bruno Latour, Malcolm Longair, Mike Lynch, Paul Miller (DJ Spooky), Gracie Ngale Morton, Iwan Morus, Sven Nebel, Joseph Nechvatal, Ben Neill, Roy Porter, Marc Quinn, Jonathan Ree, Michael Rees, Giles Revell, Kathleen Rogers, Romandson (Antirom), Brian Rotman, Tom van Sant, Lillian Schwartz, Nicola Schwartz, Robert Shannon, Ludwig van Siegen, Julian Simmonds, Paddy Japaljarri Sims, Bessie Nakamarra Sims, Brian Cantwell Smith, Luc Steels, Bruce Sterling, Josue Tanaka, John Tchalenko, Dave Tovee, John Tresch, Burhan Tufail, Stan Vanderbeek, Catherine Wagner, Piers Wardle, Peter Weibel (ZKM), CTR Wilson and John Wilkins.
“Noise” exhibitions ran simultaneously at 4 different venues – at Kettle’s Yard, at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, and at the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, all in Cambridge, and at the Wellcome Trust gallery in London. The “Noise” exhibition was supported by the Wellcome Trust, by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, by the Henry Moore Foundation and by the University of Cambridge. The advertisement was designed by Joe Banks, featuring a montage that also appears on the cover artwork for the Disinformation “Sense Data & Perception” CD and on the “Rorschach Audio” book jacket. The advertisement appears on page 7 of Mute magazine, issue 15, January 2000 (alongside features by Hari Kunzru and Tom McCarthy). Thanks to Colin Banks, Georgina Brett and Simon Worthington. Umberto Eco, Paddy and Bessie Sims, Piers Wardle and Michael Harrison RIP.
For a high resolution scan of the image, follow this link and click on the image –
https://www.flickr.com/disinfo/32159928382/
Check back soon for more information on the “Noise” exhibition.
Disinformation + Rorschach Audio 