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MAAP01 Festival of EXCESS - 12-14 October 2001 - www.maap.org.au

EXCESSive CONGRATULATIONS… EXCESSive SCREENINGS… EXCESSive WEBSITE!

CONGRATULATIONS to…
Young-hae Chang (www.yhchang.com) who recently won the SFMOMA Webby Awards for Art! Young-hae Chang was an artist in MAAP’s 1999 festival, where she participated in net:works/ as artist in residence. Her website “Heavy Industries” will form part of MAAP’s Missile Web Launch for MAAP01 – www.maap.org.au.
Also… to Mary Anne Breeze (Mez) who has been announced as one of three net artists to win at the Java Artist of the Year awards! Java Museum honours new media artists who combine artistic expression and statements with substantial power, technological activity, and excellence in sustained work. Mez’s award winning work can be viewed at www.javamuseum.org.

Just some of the artists involved in MAAP01 Festival of EXCESS include:
Installations - Gongxin Wang, Candy Factory, Oh Sang Gil, Melinda Rackham, Ruark Lewis, Tim Plaisted - Audio works - FM3, Wang Wei, Feng Jiangzhou - Video - Qiu Zhijie,Liu Wei, Wu Ershan, Zhao Liang, Yang Fudong, Zhang Peili, Emil Goh - Web - Toy Satellite/Kit, 8gg , Wang Peng, doll yoko, sfod, Jeremy Yuille, Jo Law, Mary-anne Breeze [MEZ] - Live performances - Toy Satellite, 2LOOPS and Eyedrink Collective: Andrew Garton, Kim Bounds, John Power, Jimi Chen, Vince Chung , and Analogic!

EXCESSive screening program - Saturday 13 October 9 – 6pm & Sunday 14 October 11.30 – 6pm
Rooftop Terrace, Brisbane Powerhouse FREE ADMISSION

HIGHlights from the EXCESSive screening program include:
Post Sensibility:SPREE includes documentation of a wild underground multimedia event held in Beijing that includes leading Chinese contemporary artists. Qiu Zhijie edits the event for amazing glimpse at extreme expressions that provide a glimpse into the radical Beijing art scene.
21 works around the idea of EXCESS, including 18 single monitor video works and 3 documentaries have been curated by Wu Meichun from China. They a mix of video installation, sound installation and performance art.

On the local front… we are excited to screen d’Lux Media Arts annual compile of selected digital video and film, and ‘Digital Degrees’ a compilation of student works from leading RMIT, Nee Ann Polytechnic Singapore, Griffith University, and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) students.

NEW SCHMICK WEBSITE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK!!!
Don’t forget to log onto www.maap.org.au for all the latest information about who’s there, what’s happening, where to go and how to get there!!
MAAP MAIL CODE: If you are collecting the MAAP mail codes to go into the draw to win Macromedia software then hit the website to find this weeks code!

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Major Sponsors: Platinum - Macromedia, Gold - CITEC, Silver - Apple Computers
Government Sponsors: Australia Council, Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council, Brisbane Powerhouse Centre for the Live Arts, Cinemedia, Australian Film Commission
supported by: QUT-Communication Design, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, IdN Magazine, Malaysian Video Awards Festival - Kualar Lumper, Artworkers Alliance - Brisbane, Videotage - Hong Kong, Art Center Nabi - Seoul, The Loft New Media Art Space - Beijing, Digital Media Festival - Manilla, Experimenta - Melbourne, dLux - Sydney , Inst. of Modern Art - Brisbane, Art Space - Sydney, Metro Arts - Brisbane, Griffith University,- Brisbane, fineArtforum - ezine.