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'''UbuWeb''' is the most significant and largest online archive of avant-garde art; it was initiated and is led by conceptual artist [[Kenneth Goldsmith]]. UbuWeb has grown into a relevant and recognized critical institution of contemporary art. Artists want to see their work in its catalog and thus agree to a relationship with UbuWeb that has no formal contractual obligations. | '''UbuWeb''' is the most significant and largest online archive of avant-garde art; it was initiated and is led by conceptual artist [[Kenneth Goldsmith]]. UbuWeb has grown into a relevant and recognized critical institution of contemporary art. Artists want to see their work in its catalog and thus agree to a relationship with UbuWeb that has no formal contractual obligations. | ||
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+ | As of 2024, UbuWeb is no longer updated, but remains available on its website and mirrors. | ||
==Essays, statements, interviews== | ==Essays, statements, interviews== | ||
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+ | * Kenneth Goldsmith, [http://web.archive.org/web/20060912121512/wings.buffalo.edu/epc/authors/goldsmith/ubuweb.html "Ubuweb wants to be Free"], 2001. Open letter. | ||
* John Jourden, [https://archinect.com/features/article/59857 "UbuWeb Vu: Kenneth Goldsmith"], ''Archinect'', 26 Jun 2007. Interview. | * John Jourden, [https://archinect.com/features/article/59857 "UbuWeb Vu: Kenneth Goldsmith"], ''Archinect'', 26 Jun 2007. Interview. | ||
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* Damon Krukowski, [https://www.artforum.com/columns/kenneth-goldsmith-and-ubuweb-187588/ "Free Verses: Kenneth Goldsmith and UbuWeb"], ''Artforum'' 46:7, Mar 2008, p 129. [https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/goldsmith/artforum.html] | * Damon Krukowski, [https://www.artforum.com/columns/kenneth-goldsmith-and-ubuweb-187588/ "Free Verses: Kenneth Goldsmith and UbuWeb"], ''Artforum'' 46:7, Mar 2008, p 129. [https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/goldsmith/artforum.html] | ||
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+ | * [http://www.hi-beam.net/fw/fw37/index.html#593 Discussion about UbuWeb on the Frameworks list], 9-20 Jun 2008. | ||
* Lindesay Irvine, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/oct/29/site-of-the-week-ubuweb "Site of the week: UbuWeb"], ''The Guardian'', 29 Oct 2008. | * Lindesay Irvine, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/oct/29/site-of-the-week-ubuweb "Site of the week: UbuWeb"], ''The Guardian'', 29 Oct 2008. | ||
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* Jean-Jacques Larrochelle, [https://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2012/07/18/ubu-roi-des-sons_1735250_3238.html "Ubu, roi des sons"], ''Le Monde'', 18 Jul 2012. {{fr}} | * Jean-Jacques Larrochelle, [https://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2012/07/18/ubu-roi-des-sons_1735250_3238.html "Ubu, roi des sons"], ''Le Monde'', 18 Jul 2012. {{fr}} | ||
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+ | * [[Sean Dockray]], [[Media:Dockray Sean 2012 UbuWeb.pdf|"Kenneth Goldsmith, et al., UbuWeb"]], ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'' 71:3, Sep 2012, pp 429-430. | ||
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+ | * Agnès Peller, "Ubuweb de Kenneth Goldsmith : un geste artistique dans les humanités numériques", Paris: Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2013. Master's thesis. | ||
+ | ** ''[[Media:Peller_Agnes_Kenneth_Goldsmiths_UbuWeb.pdf|Kenneth Goldsmith's UbuWeb. An Artist's Contribution to the Digital Humanities]]'', trans. Francesca Simkin, Paris: University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2015, 108 pp. Revised version. | ||
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+ | * Rodrigo José Brasil Silva, [https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2014v10n2p3 "A experiência UbuWeb: arte e arquivo na internet"], ''Texto Digital'' 10:2, Dec 2014. {{br-pt}} | ||
* Blake Butler, [https://www.vice.com/en/article/av4xka/ubu-publishes-the-unpublishable-872 "Ubu Publishes the Unpublishable"], ''VICE'', 26 Feb 2015. | * Blake Butler, [https://www.vice.com/en/article/av4xka/ubu-publishes-the-unpublishable-872 "Ubu Publishes the Unpublishable"], ''VICE'', 26 Feb 2015. | ||
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* [[Nick Collins]], [https://sci-hub.st/10.1017/S1355771814000533 "The UbuWeb Electronic Music Corpus: An MIR investigation of a historical database"], ''Organised Sound'' 20:1, Apr 2015, pp 122-134. [https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771814000533] | * [[Nick Collins]], [https://sci-hub.st/10.1017/S1355771814000533 "The UbuWeb Electronic Music Corpus: An MIR investigation of a historical database"], ''Organised Sound'' 20:1, Apr 2015, pp 122-134. [https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771814000533] | ||
− | * Agnès Peller, | + | * Agnès Peller, [https://synoptiqueblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/8-agnecc80s-peller-ubuweb-de-kenneth-goldsmith-une-archive-issue-du-web-de-documents.pdf "UbuWeb de Kenneth Goldsmith : une archive issue du web de documents"], ''Synoptique'' 4:1, Summer 2015, pp 151-164. [https://www.synoptique.ca/issue-4-1] {{fr}} |
* [[Daniel Snelson]], [https://monoskop.org/images/8/8c/Snelson_Daniel_Variable_Format_Media_Poetics_and_the_Little_Database_2015.pdf#page=139 "'Ever the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde till Heaven and After': UbuWeb from Film to Database"], ch 4 in Snelson, ''Variable Format: Media Poetics and the Little Database'', University of Pennsylvania, 2015, pp 133-179. PhD thesis. [https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3722240/] | * [[Daniel Snelson]], [https://monoskop.org/images/8/8c/Snelson_Daniel_Variable_Format_Media_Poetics_and_the_Little_Database_2015.pdf#page=139 "'Ever the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde till Heaven and After': UbuWeb from Film to Database"], ch 4 in Snelson, ''Variable Format: Media Poetics and the Little Database'', University of Pennsylvania, 2015, pp 133-179. PhD thesis. [https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3722240/] | ||
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* [[Cornelia Sollfrank]], [http://www.ocopy.net/essays/cornelia-sollfrank/ "The Surplus of Copying: How Shadow Libraries and Pirate Archives Contribute to the Creation of Cultural Memory and the Commons"], ''originalcopy'', Nov 2018. [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/?p=581] | * [[Cornelia Sollfrank]], [http://www.ocopy.net/essays/cornelia-sollfrank/ "The Surplus of Copying: How Shadow Libraries and Pirate Archives Contribute to the Creation of Cultural Memory and the Commons"], ''originalcopy'', Nov 2018. [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/?p=581] | ||
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+ | ''See also'' reviews of Goldsmith's ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=22330 Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of UbuWeb]''. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== |
Revision as of 11:41, 10 March 2024
UbuWeb is the most significant and largest online archive of avant-garde art; it was initiated and is led by conceptual artist Kenneth Goldsmith. UbuWeb has grown into a relevant and recognized critical institution of contemporary art. Artists want to see their work in its catalog and thus agree to a relationship with UbuWeb that has no formal contractual obligations.
As of 2024, UbuWeb is no longer updated, but remains available on its website and mirrors.
Essays, statements, interviews
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "Ubuweb wants to be Free", 2001. Open letter.
- John Jourden, "UbuWeb Vu: Kenneth Goldsmith", Archinect, 26 Jun 2007. Interview.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "If We Had to Ask Permission, We Wouldn't Exist: A Brief Account of UbuWeb", Parkett 82, 2008, pp 6-10. [1]
- "Müssten wir um Erlaubnis bitten, gäbe es uns nicht mehr UbuWeb - eine kurze Darstellung", trans. Wolfgang Himmelberg, Parkett 82, 2008, pp 11-15. (German)
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "If We Had To Ask for Permission, We Wouldn't Exist: An Open Letter to the Frameworks Community", 18 Oct 2010.
- "Son(i)a #116: Kenneth Goldsmith", Radio Web MACBA, 16 Dec 2010, 18 min. Audio.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "About UbuWeb", UbuWeb, 2011.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "UbuWeb at 15 Years: An Overview", Poetry Foundation, 26 Apr 2011; version on UbuWeb, 2011.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "Paradise Now: UbuWeb's World Without Copyright", 17 Mar 2012. Keynote speech given at Matadero Madrid. (English), (Spanish)
- "Memorabilia. Collecting Sounds with.. Kenneth Goldsmith", MACBA, 20 Apr 2012. Audio recording of the lecture.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "Copyright Is Over – If You Want It (Guest Post)", Billboard, 15 Jul 2014.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "UbuWeb", Prague: Artyčok/Academy of Fine Arts, 28 Jan 2019, 56 min. Video. Audio. Talk on UbuWeb and Custodians Online. Part of TBA21's Class of Interpretation.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, "UbuWeb: An Accidental Archive", OnCurating 44: "Curating Contemporary Music", Jan 2020.
- Kenneth Goldsmith, Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of UbuWeb, New York: Columbia University Press, Jul 2020, x+318 pp. [2]
- "Le manifeste polémique d’UbuWeb", Multitudes 76, trans. Cristiano de Sá Fagundes, 2019, pp 155-167. Trans. of first chapter. [3] (French)
On UbuWeb
- Thomas Bécard, "Des pièces rares du cinéma contestataire mondial accessibles à tous", Télérama 2960, 7 Oct 2006. (French)
- David Klimeš, "Kolekce umělecké avantgardy", Respekt, 25 Mar 2007. (Czech)
- June Torbati, "UbuWeb offers uber obscure", Yale Daily News, 13 Apr 2007.
- Jean-Marc Manach, "Au royaume d’UbuWeb, trésors sonores et visuels d’avant-garde", Le Monde, 18 Oct 2007. (French)
- Damon Krukowski, "Free Verses: Kenneth Goldsmith and UbuWeb", Artforum 46:7, Mar 2008, p 129. [4]
- Discussion about UbuWeb on the Frameworks list, 9-20 Jun 2008.
- Lindesay Irvine, "Site of the week: UbuWeb", The Guardian, 29 Oct 2008.
- "Kenneth Goldsmith's UbuWeb", KQED, 20 Mar 2009.
- Danny Birchall, "The Avant-Garde Archive Online", Film Quarterly 63:1, Autumn 2009.
- Miloš Vojtěchovský, "Jánošík online archivů. UbuWeb – autorské právo a poetická (an)architektura", A2 12, Prague, Jun 2010. [5] (Czech)
- Jean-Jacques Larrochelle, "Ubu, roi des sons", Le Monde, 18 Jul 2012. (French)
- Sean Dockray, "Kenneth Goldsmith, et al., UbuWeb", Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 71:3, Sep 2012, pp 429-430.
- Agnès Peller, "Ubuweb de Kenneth Goldsmith : un geste artistique dans les humanités numériques", Paris: Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2013. Master's thesis.
- Kenneth Goldsmith's UbuWeb. An Artist's Contribution to the Digital Humanities, trans. Francesca Simkin, Paris: University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2015, 108 pp. Revised version.
- Rodrigo José Brasil Silva, "A experiência UbuWeb: arte e arquivo na internet", Texto Digital 10:2, Dec 2014. (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Blake Butler, "Ubu Publishes the Unpublishable", VICE, 26 Feb 2015.
- Nick Collins, "The UbuWeb Electronic Music Corpus: An MIR investigation of a historical database", Organised Sound 20:1, Apr 2015, pp 122-134. [6]
- Agnès Peller, "UbuWeb de Kenneth Goldsmith : une archive issue du web de documents", Synoptique 4:1, Summer 2015, pp 151-164. [7] (French)
- Daniel Snelson, "'Ever the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde till Heaven and After': UbuWeb from Film to Database", ch 4 in Snelson, Variable Format: Media Poetics and the Little Database, University of Pennsylvania, 2015, pp 133-179. PhD thesis. [8]
- Cornelia Sollfrank, "Nothing New Needs to be Created: Kenneth Goldsmith’s Claim to Uncreativity". in No Internet – No Art. A Lunch Byte Anthology, ed. Melanie Bühler, Eindhoven: Onomatopee, 2015.
- Nick Thurston, "Happy Birthday Ubu. Twenty years of sharing", Frieze, 26 Oct 2016.
- "Happy birthday, Ubu.com!", Custodians.online, 30 Nov 2016.
- Jacob Brogan, "The Website That Collects the Forgotten and the Unfamiliar", Slate, 23 Dec 2016.
- Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, "UbuWeb", in Thylstrup, The Politics of Mass Digitization, MIT Press, 2018, pp 94-97, n162, HTML.
- Cornelia Sollfrank, "The Surplus of Copying: How Shadow Libraries and Pirate Archives Contribute to the Creation of Cultural Memory and the Commons", originalcopy, Nov 2018. [9]
See also reviews of Goldsmith's Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of UbuWeb.
Links
- Website
- Avant-Garde All The Time, podcast series, 16 eps, Poetry Foundation, Dec 2007-Jan 2011.
- Mirrors: ubu.memoryoftheworld.org, ubu-mirror.ch
- UbuWeb web archive, Library of Congress
- Wikipedia