[extropy-chat] Ars Electronica - NYC - 5/20 - 5/23

[Natasha Vita-More]

Ars Electronica in New York
Celebrating 25 years of Ars Electronica
May 21 - July 18, 2004
www.aec.at/nyc

Exhibition Opening: May 20 - May 23, 2004

DIGITAL AVANT-GARDE
An exhibition at Eyebeam and The American Museum of the Moving Image

On the occasion of Ars Electronica's 25th anniversary, a series of 
exhibitions, screenings, and lectures will take place in New York City from 
May 21 to July 18. Generously supported by SAP and hosted by the American 
Museum of the Moving Image, Eyebeam, and the Austrian Cultural Forum New 
York, these events will feature outstanding media art projects from the 
past twenty-five years as well as inspiring new developments from the Ars 
Electronica Futurelab and its artist-in-residence program. Additional 
symposia, artist talks, screenings, and workshops will provide not just 
interesting historical information but also comprehensive insight into new 
directions in digital art.

Prix Selection at Eyebeam
This exhibition will focus on a selection of award-winning works from the 
Prix Ars Electronica's Interactive Art category. These varied projects 
offer unprecedented insight into the development of interactive art as one 
of contemporary culture's central new forms. In addition, a comprehensive 
collection of archival material (videos, catalogs, CD-Roms, etc.) will be 
put on display, thus featuring milestones and masterpieces of digital art 
from the last 25 years

Interactions/Art and Technology at the American Museum of the Moving Image
An exhibition of interactive digital media installations drawn from 
artist-in-residence and research projects at the Ars Electronica Futurelab. 
Featured will be virtual reality environments, unique approaches to 
human-computer interaction and new artistic tools. The collaborative 
artistic and technical process by which the Futurelab operates will also be 
shown.

Animation Theater Screenings at the American Museum of the Moving Image and 
Eyebeam
One of the main categories of the Prix Ars Electronica is Computer 
Animation. These screenings of prize-winning animations since 1987 will 
show the evolution of the medium from its early experimental stages to its 
current position as a ubiquitous creative form.

Positions and Perspectives Symposium at the Austrian Cultural Forum
Having developed out of a small and often marginalized segment of 
contemporary art into a wide-ranging category of its own, digital art plays 
an important role in major museums and cultural events around the world. In 
this symposium, artists, curators, and media theorists will reflect on the 
development of the digital media arts and what the future may hold for this 
pioneering field.

Find more detailed information on the schedule of the opening and on the 
exhibition at: www.aec.at/nyc


Award Ceremony of the Prix Ars Electronica's new category "Digital Communities"

The Prix Ars Electronica's new Digital Communities category has come about 
as a result of Ars Electronica's collaboration with SAP. Digital 
Communities honors projects that are utilizing modern technologies to 
implement a vision of open, democratic structures. The awards ceremony will 
be held in conjunction with the United Nations' Global Compact Summit on 
June 23, 2004 in New York. Documentation of the prizewinning projects will 
be on exhibit from June 23 to July 18 in the lobby of the UN's New York 
headquarters.

Find more detailed information on the winning projects at: www.aec.at


Natasha Vita-More
http://www.natasha.cc
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President, Extropy Institute  http://www.extropy.org
Founder, Transhumanist Arts & Culture  http://www.transhumanist.biz
http://www.transhuman.org
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