Art on the Edge - Tromsø, Norway January 26th-27th, 2002

[Claudia Westermann]

http://www.arcart.no/

Art on the Edge
Reflections upon Extreme (Media) Art Practices
Tromsø, Norway January 26th-27th, 2002

How far can art go? What conceptual and ethical boundaries of art can be 
found in virtual space and electronic media? Can this arena be fully free? 
Which invisible determinants and unknown powers work upon art built by 
information and communication technologies? How is it possible for the 
audience to process art that transgresses ethical borders? Which art 
practices — if any — can be called extreme? How do extreme art practices 
differ from other art practices which also go beyond the ‘normal’? Can 
extreme artistic expressions contribute to ethical discourse? As the 
digital media arts have become established, and therefore rendered 
powerless, what post-digital distortions can we expect? Is there something 
beyond art, a jenseits, a trans-art? Is it possible to find strategies to 
detect, analyze and verbalize these areas which transgress visual 
communication?

The seminar will present examples of extreme media art and discuss views on 
art practice on the edge of conventional borders.

ArcArt 02’s focus is on emerging, experimental (media) art and its 
influence on expressions in contemporary art.

The symposium aims to expand the limits of the art world as we know it today.