Today, on 5 January 2009, VideoChannel released the first part of the online show “Found Footage” focussed on a specific category of digital video using found footage for the creation of moving images. Found footage is following the principle of the “collage”, like the German artist “Kurt Schwitters” was using…
Today 4 January 2001, Wilfried released his latest Flash video, entitled: “Identity of Colour – Divisionistic Approach”. After Wilfried had lost his memory due to the many months lasting coma 1998/99, it was a phenomenon that the basic structures of his personality were not affected. Already as a child he…
early talents 1933 When in a family an artistic talent becomes visible, it is always the question, it is just by coincidence, a kind of genetic mutation, or is this probably rooted in the ancestors already. Wilfried did not ask this question, because it was obvious his mother already was…
birthday Actually, Wilfried’s birth was scheduled for 3 or 4 January 1950, but he had always his own will and decided to enter the icy physical world of the very hard winter in the Black Forest already on 2 January. His father had to escape recently from the 1949 founded…
rebirth 2020 – 20 Years Agricola de Cologne On the beginning of the new Millenium, Agricola de Cologne manifested himself on 1 January 2000 as a virtual instance in a symbolical act on the net – combining in one single instance the new identity of an new media artist, curator,…
As an essential part of NewMediaFest2020 the 365 days diary will post during 2020 each day an article related to “the making of” of The New Museum of Networked – founded in 1 January 2000 and the artistic and partially private life of its creator – Wilfried Agricola de Cologne,…
The World of Agricola de Cologne WOW retro is the online//offline retrospective of Agricola de Cologne and his networked art creations 2000-2020. It is a big “Thanks” to all networked instances during the past 20 years – in shape of the participating artists, curators, venues, festivals and cultural institutions who…
