[Nettime-nl] okno public01 festival

[annemie <annemie@so-on.be>]

okno public01 festival :::  24 > 26 may 2006 ::: Brussels - Belgium
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OKNO PUBLIC01 ONSITE

okno is interested in the creative and unpredictable innovations that 
stem from unruly combinations of scientific, mediatic and technologic 
artefacts: seeds to grow new forms of expression where old structures 
are crumbling...
We offer a virtual and physical public forum for reflection on 
technologically-inspired media arts. We tend to be a physical and 
online meeting place for artists, and want to facilitate a dialogue on 
current forms of artistic practice with a creatively engaged audience.
We want a form of media art that is digital, collaborative and 
networked, interactive and realtime, performative and shared, 
indivisible in its audio-data-visual output.
The cultural and aesthetic influences of media technologies will be 
critically discussed in the context of an alternative festival setup. 
The processes and results of artistic research will be presented in a 
program of round table discussions, performances, experimental 
concerts, interactive installations and workshops.

/// round table discussions & presentations ///
http://okno.be/?id=764 and http://okno.be/?id=763 and 
http://okno.be/?id=767

+++ wednesday may 24th +++ a focus on media art in Belgium :
Beauty in the age of digital art. Transdisciplinary practices.
moderated by Maja Kuzmanovic, Michaël Samyn, Elke Van Campenhout.
+++ thursday may 25th +++ a focus on media art in Eastern and Central 
Europe :
History and specific complexities of media art in the region, recounted 
through the personal narratives of the presenters.
moderated by Nina Czegledy.
+++ friday may 27th +++  a look into the future of networks :
The working of cultural communities, onsite and online.
moderated by Nat Muller.

/// performances, projects, installations and workshops ///
http://okno.be/?id=765 and http://okno.be/?id=692

Quix (three monochromes RGB), FoAM (Inflatable Meeting Room), .x-med-a. 
magazine (launch), Das Netz / the Net (film by Lutz Dammbeck), Peter 
Beyls (virtual robotics), Andrey Smirnov (laser bugging & windowpane 
theremin installation), Code31 (SE30-live), GND (machine.dream), 
society of algorithm (networked Bejing/Tokyo/Brussels), mxHz (TICS),  
transmutation (collaborative physical&virtual project), Résau Citoyen 
(citynetwork), M+M+ (nomadic multimedia platform), Dusan Barok & Magde 
Kobzova (save before it’s gone!)


OKNO PUBLIC01 ONLINE

An important part of our activities are situated in an independent 
server structure and in networks of invisible relations between people 
and information. okno wants to share ideas and develop discourses 
through different but parallel platforms. We like to play with degrees 
of visibility, of both people and data. We want to fascilitate 
participation simultaneously onsite and online. Audiovisual streaming 
and IRC-chat moderation of the okno public week discussions and 
performances will encompass the mixtures found in our digitally 
connected existence. We would like to incorporate online participation 
of people working in distinct fields such as netart, social work, media 
art and activist practice.


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okno public01 onsite
24 > 26 may 2006, daily from 3pm > 01am

@ matrix art project – koolmijnenkaai 30/34 – 1080 Brussels – Belgium
metro Graaf van Vlaanderen / Comte de Flandres ::: tram 18

okno public01 online
@ http://okno.be
audiovisual streaming & IRC chats,  daily from 3pm > 01pm
check site for links and updates
info@okno.be

okno is supported by the Flemisch authorities, the VAF (Flemisch 
Audiovisual Fund) and the VGC (Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie)


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