[rohrpost] First Call for Submissions switch media_ art festival pathiharn electron [supernatural] - Chiang Mai, Thailand - 6th-30th April 2004

[Rudolf Stoert]

First Call for Submissions switch media_ art festival pathiharn electron
[supernatural] - Chiang Mai, Thailand - 6th-30th April 2004

Please forward to interested parties.

switch media chiang mai is an independent, non-profit artists
organization run by an international team with different backgrounds and
skills in art, new media and project-management. switch media is guided
friendly by an international advisory board. In cooperation with
different partners switch media organizes a media art festival in Chiang
Mai, Thailand with the title PATHIHARN ELECTRON [supernatural] from
6th-30th April 2004. The title developed from discussions regarding the
approach to the use of new media (art) - as being different from a
western one. pathiharn electron [supernatural] will evaluate this topic
by asking questions: What is the difference between the visual-graphical
languages of east/west in expressing "supernatural" as in movies,
videos, animations, computer games? What is the difference between
eastern/western cultures of spirituality/supernatural, its
socio-cultural relevance and its expression in new media art? What is
the difference of the socio-cultural impact of digital media (art)
between east/west - is there a ghost in the machine?

The festival will consist of lectures, workshops, video-/digital
art-screenings and exhibitions. It will be mainly focused at the Chiang
Mai University Art Museum but it will also be spread throughout the city
- Chiang Mai "social space", internet cafes, night markets, night
foodstalls, bars, shopping malls, rice fields. An international
conference will close the festival.

We hereby invite interested artists and theorists, organizations and
institutions to participate in pathiharn electron [supernatural]. We
especially invite the neighbouring region.

switch media accepts any form of digital media art - which includes
digital video, sound & music, computer based/generated works,
online-experiments, software, games, asf. As the festival will happen
throughout Chiang Mai we especially look for submissions which can be
used in installations. Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2004. A
team of curators will select the works. Selection results will be sent
out by mail or email in February 2004. switch media will produce a
documentation.

All submissions should be send to:
switch media chiang mai, c/o Chiang Mai University Art Museum,
Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

Submissions should include:

1)	ID (name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone, fax) and
short CV (max 300 words).
2)	CD, VCD, DVD or video-tape of the actual work.
3)	Technical requirements & data-format-specifications.
4)	If the proposed piece is conceptual, please send a short
description (max 500words).
5)	If the proposed piece is an installation, please include a short
description (max 300 words) & an illustration/sketch. 
6)	If the proposed piece is netbased, please send the URL.

Please, don't send any material by email!

Additional information about the festival pathiharn electron
[supernatural] and the conference will be sent out later. For other
information requests on switch media chiang mai or the unique
opportunities pathiharn electron [supernatural] offers for partners,
supporters, donators please contact switch media chiang mai by email
switchmedia at inter.net, phone +66-53-944846 or +66-53-226461 or fax
+66-53-226461.

Enjoy!
Ratchanok "Nok" Kateboonruang, management assistant, magnok at yahoo.com

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r_stoert at gmx.net
switch media chiang mai
Office: +66-53-944846, +66-53-226461
Fax: +66-53-226461
Mobile: +66-7-1810367

switch media_ pathiharn electron [supernatural] -- media art festival
chiang mai -- april 6th-30th 2004