[spectre] PRESS RELEASE

[JavaMuseum]

'Perspectives'03' -
competition and showcase
deadline 1 September 2003

organised by

JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org

in co-operation with
Computer Space Festival Sofia/Bulgaria
www.computerspace.org
and
Goethe Institut - Internationes Sofia/Bulgaria
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91 artists from 18 countries will enter the selection process with 173
works.

The finalists will be notified by 21 September 2003.

"Perspective'03" - the show will be launched on 13 October and will be
presented in physical space as part of Computer Space Festival Sofia from 16
until 18 October 2003.

The Goethe Institut -Internationes Sofia will present in co-operation with
JavaMuseum during the festival  as an accompanying program the featured
show:
"Netart from German speaking countries"
curated by Agricola de Cologne,
including following artists
Reiner Strasser, Nadja Kutz und Tim Nikolai Hoffmann
Jens Sundheim, Sascha Büttner, Bernhard Reuss,
Martin Mittelmeier, kyon, Per Pegelow, Jürgen Trautwein
Franz Alken, Ralf Hellmann, Joern Ebner, Thomas Tirel
Roman Minaev, Stephan Harger, Malte Steiner, AmbientTV, Johannes Auer,
Isabel Saij, Marcello Mercado and Agricola de Cologne.

"Netart from German speaking countries" belongs to the "3rd of Java series"
and will remain online for permanent as an ongoing project.New artists and
new net based art works are welcome at any time.

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Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org
info at javamuseum.org

is part of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
 - the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne/Germany.