Ars Electronica 2002 - 7th Announcement

[anna balint]

From: Ars Electronica Center <announce at aec.at>


UNPLUGGED
Art as the Scene of Global Conflicts
Ars Electronica 2002
September 7 - 12
Linz, Austria
www.aec.at/unplugged/
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Ars Electronica 2002 - 7th Announcement
CONTENTS
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1. electrolobby - TransIT Room
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2. SEARCH
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3. KOP <Kingdom of Piracy>
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4. Mulonga - The Loop: tonga.online
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5. Ars Electronica 2002 - Program online
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You are reading the seventh issue of the Ars Electronica 2002 newsletter,  focusing on electrolobby - TransIT Room.
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1. electrolobby - TransIT Room
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Ars Electronica has been conducting open X and electrolobby in conjunction with  the festival since 1996 as an 
experimental series dedicated to net.working in  which exemplary models designed to facilitate the encounter with the  
(artistic) practice of new cultural techniques are given a test run.
electrolobby-TransIT Room is the continuation of this series in conjunction  with UNPLUGGED. The aim is to collaborate 
with other initiatives to not only  create presentations for the festival in Linz but also to establish structures  that operate 
simultaneously at other locations and continue beyond the  timeframe of the festival.
(September 8-12, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Brucknerhaus)
Participating initiatives
SEARCH: The Trinity Session, _sanman, The | PREMISES
KOP <Kingdom of Piracy>
Mulonga - The Loop: tonga.online
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2. SEARCH
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SEARCH is portraying protagonists of the emerging digital urban culture in  Johannesburg and Capetown. Digital culture in 
South Africa is developing at a  rapid rate with digital activities responding to the international corporate  counterparts that 
have been taking ownership of spaces such as the web. The  concept of SEARCH is a workshopping, discussion and 
collaborative production  platform that first starts in South Africa extends to Linz and returns as a  network of relationships 
and collaborations to South Africa.
SEARCH is developed by The Trinity Session (Stephen Hobbs, Kathryn Smith,  Marcus Neustetter) from Johannesburg 
and will be realized in conjunction with  _sanman (Southern African New Media Art Network) and The | PREMISES.
http://www.onair.co.za/thetrinitysession
http://www.onair.co.za/thepremises
http://www.onair.co.za/sanman
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3. KOP <Kingdom of Piracy>
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KOP is an online open workspace that explores piracy as the net's ultimate art  form. The project includes links, objects, 
ideas, software, commissioned  artists' projects, critical writing and online streaming media events. It is  intended as an 
open-ended online exhibition; artists and authors will remain  sole copyright owners of their works.
Co-Curators: Shu Lea Cheang, Armin Medosch, Yukiko Shikata
Project producer: Ray Wang; Project coordinator: Mia Chen
www.aec.at/kop
http://211.73.224.150
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4. Mulonga - The Loop: tonga.online
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Archived for 45 years, historical recordings of Tonga Ngoma Buntibe music are  returning - via streaming from 
Grahamstown/ZA to Linz/A  and via shortwave  radio broadcasting from London/UK - to the  territory of Zambezi River 
Valley.  These historical files, mediated through technology and commented on via  telephone are recirculated and 
reframed in contemporary Tonga culture. As both  a broadcast event and website, the Loop is based on the interplay of 
seemingly  obsolete and hightech media and underlines that global communication has to be  considered as a process of 
uneven development.
www.mulonga.net
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5. Ars Electronica 2002 - Program online
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The detailed Ars Electronica 2002 festival program you can find under:
www.aec.at/unplugged/
Ars Electronica is providing online updates on an almost daily basis beginning  immediately and continuing until the festival 
in September: topical ideas,  theme-related essays, background information, relevant links as well as  portraits of artists 
and symposium speakers.
www.aec.at/unplugged/ functions as a forum and invites participants to submit  comments and feedback.
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Ars Electronica 2002 Organization:
Ars Electronica Center Linz and ORF - Austrian Broadcasting
Corporation, Upper Austrian Regional Studio
Co-organizers: Brucknerhaus Linz, O.K - Center for Contemporary Art
Concept & Artistic Direction:	Gerfried Stocker, Christine Schoepf Curatorial  Team: Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber, Andreas 
Hirsch, Davis O. Nejo, Jay Rutledge
Contact:
Ars Electronica Center
Hauptstrasse 2
A-4040 Linz, Austria
info at aec.at
www.aec.at/unplugged/
Sponsors of Ars Electronica 2002:
SAP AG, Gericom, Telekom Austria
Bank Austria Creditanstalt, Quelle AG, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft,  Oesterreichische Brauunion,
Sony DADC, Siemens AG, Voest MCE, Linz AG
Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Spring, Opel Guenther
Sponsors of Prix Ars Electronica 2002:
The Prix Ars Electronica 2002 is sponsored by Telekom Austria.
Supported by Telekom Austria, voestalpine, P.S.K. (Austrian Postal
Banking), Sony DADC, the City of Linz, the Province of Upper Austria
Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Casinos Austria, City-Hotel Linz, Courtyard by  Marriott, Poestlingberg Schloessl, 
Oesterreichischer Kulturservice
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