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Ars Electronica in New York<br>
Celebrating 25 years of Ars Electronica<br>
May 21 - July 18, 2004<br>
<a href="http://www.aec.at/nyc" eudora="autourl">www.aec.at/nyc</a><br><br>
Exhibition Opening: May 20 - May 23, 2004<br><br>
DIGITAL AVANT-GARDE<br>
An exhibition at Eyebeam and The American Museum of the Moving
Image<br><br>
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.<br><br>
Prix Selection at Eyebeam<br>
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<br><br>
Interactions/Art and Technology at the American Museum of the Moving
Image<br>
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.<br><br>
Animation Theater Screenings at the American Museum of the Moving Image
and Eyebeam <br>
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.<br><br>
Positions and Perspectives Symposium at the Austrian Cultural Forum<br>
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.<br><br>
Find more detailed information on the schedule of the opening and on the
exhibition at:
<a href="http://www.aec.at/nyc" eudora="autourl">www.aec.at/nyc</a><br><br>
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Award Ceremony of the Prix Ars Electronica's new category "Digital
Communities"<br><br>
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.<br><br>
Find more detailed information on the winning projects at:
<a href="http://www.aec.at/" eudora="autourl">www.aec.at</a><br><br>
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<dd><font face="Viner Hand ITC" size=4 color="#000080">Natasha
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times">President, Extropy
Institute
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<dd>Founder, Transhumanist Arts & Culture
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