press release transmediale 02

[Claudia Westermann]

PRESS RELEASE
transmediale.02
[go public!]
5 -10 February 2002
Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Dear Madam, dear Sir,
dear colleagues,

the international media art festival transmediale, a project by Berliner
Kulturveranstaltungs-GmbH, is proud to announce its co-operation with the
Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)
is a highly recognized major venue. Set within the political centre of
Germany, the Reichstags-area in Berlin, the stylish HKW building will host
the transmediale international media art festival (5 - 10 February 2002)
and the international media art exhibition (5 - 24 February 2002) in
February 2002.
The transmediale international media art exhibition will be Berlin's first
extensive media art exhibition and is an important addition to the
transmediale programme. The transmediale exhibition will present internet-,
video- and sound-installations, highlighting new aesthetic concepts using
digital technologies.
The up-coming festival transmediale.02 will feature conferences,
workshops, presentations, a 'hands-on' media lounge and the presentation of
the transmediale awards. Running through the festival programme as a
thematic guide line, next year's festival motto is: 'Go public!' Citing a
phrase predominantly associated with the stock market, 'Go public!' is an
appeal to artists and audience alike to [re-]appropriate public space via
the aesthetic transformation of New Media.
The festival will provide a focus highlighting the autonomous use of
digital technologies as a means of expression, exhibition and publication
by individuals or individual groups. What are the new spaces offered by New
Media? Are there new forms of participation? Within the global society, is
there a public sphere to "go public" to?
The festival programme and further information about transmediale.02 as
well as accreditation forms will be available by December 2001. We would
welcome your participation and are looking forward to seeing you during
next year's transmediale!
With best regards,
Annette Schaefer
presse at transmediale.de
Tel: +49 (0)30 24 72 1907
Anna Jacobi
Press Officer Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Tel. +49 (0)30 39787153
transmediale.02
[ go public! ]
5 - 10 february 2002
international media art festival berlin
klosterstr. 68-70
10179 berlin
germany
fon +49 30 2472 1907
fax +49 30 2472 1909
http://www.transmediale.de
...........................................................................
.................................
Member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals E.E.I.G.
...........................................................................
..................................