[syndicate] 12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07

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12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07

http://wrocenter.pl

Wroclaw, Poland
16 - 20 May 2007   competition, special events, symposium;
16 May - 17 June 2007   exhibition
WRO Art Center, National Museum in Wroclaw, Entropia gallery, Teatr 
Lalek, Mleczarnia (festival club).

The preselection process for the 12th International Media Art Biennale 
WRO 07 has been completed. Our website http://wrocenter.pl presents the 
list of works and projects to be shown during the WRO 07 competition 
(16-20 May 2007). They have been qualified by the WRO Art Centre 
Preselection Jury out of the 1,500 entries from over 60 countries.

The final of the Biennale WRO 07 presentations will be held on 20 May 
in Wrocław. The First Prize is 5,000 euros (total prize value - 8,000 
euros) and the jurors are: Hanna Wroblewska (curator, Zacheta, Warsaw), 
John Thomson (curator, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York), Jan 
Schujiren (independent curator, The Netherlands), Elias Levin (curator, 
Transitio mx 02, Mexico).

The prize-winning and participating in the competition works and 
projects will be presented until 17 June 2007 at a Biennale exhibition 
in the National Museum, Wrocław, and in the WRO Art Centre.

The 81 works that have been qualified for the competition include:

	• 	51 screenings
	• 	11 installations and objects,
	• 	6 performances,
	• 	11 websites and interactive applications,
	• 	2 self - generated software/hardware works.

The works originate from: UK (11), USA (11), Germany (8), France (7), 
Poland (7), Austria (5), Japan (4), China (3), Spain (3), The 
Netherlands (2), Canada (2), South Korea (2), Chile (1), Estonia (1), 
Colombia (1), Luxembourg (1), Norway (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), 
Slovakia (1), Switzerland (1), Uruguay (1) and Italy (1). Some of the 
works are international collaborations.

Because of the high value of the Polish entries, the WRO 07 Programming 
Committee: Piotr Krajewski (Biennale WRO art director), Paweł Janicki 
(curator and Biennale WRO competition secretary), Viola Krajewska (WRO 
Art Centre Programming Director) have also decided to show 23 works 
selected from the 300 Polish entries, including: 16 screenings, 3 
installation projects, 4 interactive works, in a special Polish 
presentation outside the competition. The presentation, as well as the 
WRO in Tour shows following the Biennale, will be addressed to Polish 
and international audience, and are meant to be a review of recent 
works intended to promote new, innovative developments in contemporary 
art.
   
www.wroclaw.pl
co-sponsored by the Wroclaw Municipal Authorities.



WRO WRO Center for Media Art
ul. Kuznicza 29a; 54-137 Wroclaw 16; P.O. Box 1385 Poland;
tel.: + 48 71 344 83 69, tel./fax: + 48 71 342 26 91;
http://wrocenter.pl, info at wrocenter.pl


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