[spectre] switch media conference & art festival,
Chiang Mai/Thailand
Andreas Broeckmann
abroeck at transmediale.de
Thu May 6 17:55:54 CEST 2004
switch media chiang mai invites
For opening of the international conference
"Impact of digital media in Southeast Asia"
23rd-25th April 2004 @ switch media offices
CMU Art Museum, 239 Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
as part of
switch media_ art festival pathiharn electron [supernatural]
6th-30th April 2004
main exhibition @ CMU Art Museum & satellite venues in Chiang Mai & Bangkok
an opening reception
Friday, 23rd April, 7pm
@ CMU Art Museum
pathiharn electron [supernatural] exhibition space, 2nd floor
& CMU Art Museum facilities.
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The conference, as part of the festival pathiharn electron
[supernatural], brings together artists, activists & academics from
the overall southeast-asian & asian-pacific region to discuss the
opportunites & difficulties of creative usage of digital media. Is
there an unique asian approach to "new media art"? Specific artistic
ways of cultural expression? & what's the position of "digital
media" in contemporary southeast-asian cultures?
Participants of the conference include Dr. Kamon Jirapong, Director,
Center of Advance Research in Architecture, Sri Patum University,
Bangkok [topic: "development of a media art center at Sri Patum
University"]; Kim Machan, Director, Multimedia Art Asia Pacific
(MAAP), Brisbane, Australia [topic: "media art in asia pacific"];
Andrew H.K. Lam, Curator of Hong Kong Museum of Site, Hong Kong
[topic: "media art in asia"]; Dr. Irina Aristarkhova, Professor,
National University of Singapore, Singapore [topic: "cultural
difference & technology"]; Gunalan Nadarajan, Dean, Office of
Research & Creative Industries, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts,
Singapore & others.
The conference as part of the festival pathiharn electron
[supernatural] includes two public screenings:
- Friday, 23rd April, 5pm-7pm, thai experimental video; with an
introduction by Komsan Nookeo, lecturer at King Monkut Institute of
Technology, Bangkok @ CMU Art Museum Auditorium
- Saturday, 24th April, 5pm-7pm, pathiharn electron [supernatural]
selected digital works: animation & digital video; with an
introduction by Rudolf Stoert, switch media chiang mai @ CMU Art
Museum Auditorium
The exhibition pathiharn electron [supernatural] is open 6th-30th
April, 11am-5pm (closed on Mondays). CMU Art Museum, 239 Nimanhemin
Road, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
For further information on the conference, the festival or special
events in Chiang Mai public space please get in touch with:
Ratchanok Ketboonruang, mobile: 01-7062305, mailto:mangnok at yahoo.com
Yuwadi Chuaykit, mobile: 06-6716943, mailto:asylum81 at yahoo.com
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pathiharn electron [supernatural], switch media art festival,
6th-30th April 2004, Chiang Mai - Schedule
Tuesday, 6th April:
Opening of exhibition (6th-30th April 2004) followed by special
events. 6.30pm-2am @ CMU Art Museum facilities (exhibition space,
courtyard, rooftop)
6.30pm : pathiharn electron [supernatural] opening @ CMU art museum,
2nd floor space
7pm: "How long do you intend to stay?" Live Video performance by
Raketa, Sweden, courtyard (incl. live-concert of virtual band "The
Gates")
8pm: "Break on through", Live video installation by Jim Prevett, UK, rooftop
9pm : Live Video/Music Mix: Party by Wit Pimkarnchanapong and team,
Thailand, rooftop
10pm: Music & projections with artists mentioned above + DJ's Marko
Iaigo, Finland; James Barow, Scotland; Sven Roehrig, Germany
Wednesday, 7th April:
Raketa, Sweden & Nongkran Jompo Panmongkol & thai collaborators, "How
to be a star" - Karaoke Installation & Karaoke-Singers, live. 7pm @
Khan-asa
Thursday, 8th April:
Raketa, Sweden; "Sphere of questions" - round table discussion. 2pm @
switch media offices.
Thursday, 8th April:
Khun Akrapol Wongpanich, IMAGIMAX, Bangkok, "Behind the scenes of
visual effects & composite editing in Khun-Suek" - Introduction to
animation. 6pm-7.30pm @ CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Friday, 9th April:
Video Screening: "Codec/x - New British Video & Sound Art". 5pm-7pm @
CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Saturday, 10th April:
Artist talk: Jim Prevett, UK. 2pm @ CMU Art Museum exhibition space.
Saturday, 10th April:
Video Screening: "Utama - Every Name in History is I" by Ho Tzu Nyen,
Singapore. 5pm-7pm @ CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Sunday, 11th-Thursday, 15th April / Songkhran: Rearrangement
exhibition; introducing Malte Steiner's (Germany) "Gespenster", an
interactive video installation.
Friday, 16th April:
Artists talk: Tim Plaisted, Australia. 2pm @ switch media offices.
Friday, 16th April:
Video Screening: Eastern-European Video & Animation Art with an
introduction by switch media Gridhtiya Gaweewong. 5pm-7pm @ CMU Art
Museum Auditorium.
Saturday, 17th April:
Video Screening: Experimental German Video Art with an introduction
by Dr. Wilfried Eckstein, Director Goethe Institute Bangkok. 5pm-7pm
@ CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Tuesday, 20th April:
Experimental Sound: An evening with electro-acoustic installations by
Stelios Giannoklakis, Greece and Malte Steiner, Germany. 7pm-9pm @
CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Tuesday, 20th April:
Video Installation, Sound Installation, Media Art Projections, DJ's &
Live Music. 7pm-??? @ About Café, Bangkok. A cooperation between
switch media chiang mai & About Art Releated Activities (AARA) as
part of pathiharn electron [supernatural]
Wednesday, 21st April:
Selected Works from pathiharn electron [supernatural] with an
introduction by switch media Rudolf Stoert. 7pm @ Goethe Institute
Bangkok
Thursday, 22nd April:
Special Event in Public Space: Chris Caines "Placemakers",
video-projection. 7pm @ Wat Chediluang.
Friday, 23rd April - Sunday, 25th April:
International Conference: "Impact of digital media in Southeast Asia"
with artists, activists, academics from Thailand, Singapore,
Australia, UK, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hong Kong. 10.30am-4pm @
switch media offices.
Friday, 23rd April:
Video Screening: Experimental Thai Video Art with an introduction by
Komsan Nookeo, lecturer King Mongkut Institute of Technology,
Bangkok. 5pm-7pm @ CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Friday, 23rd April:
Reception for opening of Conference. 7pm-??? @ CMU Art Museum facilities.
Saturday, 24th April:
Day 2 International Conference: "Impact of digital media in Southeast
Asia" with artists, activists, academics from Thailand, Singapore,
Australia, UK, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hong Kong. 10.30am-4pm @
switch media offices.
Saturday, 24th April:
Screening: Selected Works pathiharn electron [supernatural] - Videos
& Animations. With an introduction by Rudolf Stoert, switch media
chiang mai. 5pm-7pm @ CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Sunday, 25th April:
Day 3 International Conference: "Impact of digital media in Southeast
Asia" with artists, activists, academics from Thailand, Singapore,
Australia, UK, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hong Kong. 10.30am-4pm @
switch media offices.
Tuesday, 27th April:
Special Event in Public Space: SisterO, Australia, "Online Ouija
Board Session" - an online divination/fortune-telling session. (Place
& Time to be confirmed)
Friday, 30th April:
Video Screening: International Media Art with an introduction by
switch media staff. 5pm-7pm @ CMU Art Museum Auditorium.
Friday, 30th April:
pathiharn electron [supernatural] closing party 7pm-??? @ CMU Art
Museum facilities. Announcement of winner of competition "Generation
Animation".
For further & detailed information on events & venues pls feel free
to get in touch with:
Nok (thai): 01-7062305 email: mangnok at yahoo.com
Nui (thai/engl.): 06-6716943 email: asylum81 at yahoo.com
Please also notice special projects going on in Chiang Mai public space @
Wat Umong
Wat Chedi Luang
Food Factory @ Kad Suan Kew
Power Buy @ Kad Suan Kaew
Siam TV Electronic Plaza @ Central Airport Plaza
& others
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Switch media_ art festival pathiharn electron [supernatural] is supported by:
Chiang Mai University Art Museum http://www.cmu-museum.org
Media Art & Design Center Chiang Mai http://www.mediaartdesign.org
Multimedia Art Asia-Pacific (MAAP) http://www.maap.org.au
aboutTV, Bangkok http://www.superchannel.org (aboutTV)
Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) http://www.asef.org
College for Arts, Media & Technology, CMU
Imagimax, Bangkok http://www.imagimaxstudio.com
TOT Corporation Public Company Limited, Thailand
Electronic Plaza SIAM T.V., Chiang Mai
NECTEC, Thailand / NSTDA, Chiang Mai
Jim Thompson Foundation, Bangkok
AARA, About Art Related Activities, Bangkok
Goethe Institut Bangkok http://www.goethe.de/so/ban
digitallabs, Bangkok
Khun Eric Booth
Khun Marsha & Dr. Anan Sitapan
Khun Jean Michel Beurdeley
Kulturserver, Germany http://www.kulturserver.de
culturebase, Germany http://www.culturebase.org
tsunamii.net, Singapore http://www.tsunamiii.net/makanarttalk-net
Project 304, Thailand http://www.project304.net
RamaIX, Thailand http://www.rama9art.org
bavf-NAF, Indonesia http://all.at/jejaring
art4d, Bangkok http://www.art4d.com
The Nation, Bangkok http://www.nationgroup.com
rhizome.org, USA http://www.rhizome.org
Satellite Venues:
Wat Umong, Chiang Mai
Wat Jediluang, Chiang Mai
Kad Suan Kaew, Chiang Mai
Club G, Chiang Mai
Power Buy Dept. Store, Chiang Mai
Goethe Institute Bangkok, Bangkok
About Cafe, Bangkok
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