[spectre] Microwave Festival 2004 - PROXY, Hong Kong

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 07:38:35 -0700
From: "Fion Ng" <ngyc666 at yahoo.com>

http://www.microwavefest.net

Hong Kong, 5 October, 2004 ’Äì Struggle, wonder, surprise. These 
truthful moments define the essence of the Microwave International 
Media Art Festival (MIMAF) 2004 ’Äì Proxy, a burgeoning annual media 
art event that is opening at 5:00pm on Saturday October 30th at 
Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong City Hall, Low Block (5, Edinburgh Place, 
Central, Hong Kong).

Living in the globalize information age, the new technology of 
telecommunication like cell phone and global positioning system brace 
for the new order of the world. On one hand, these technologies cause 
convenience to our communication and worldwide access of information. 
But on the other hand, they are used for surveillance and even terror 
attack. ’ÄúProxy’Äù is created to explore the telematic culture. From 
31 October to 16 November, over 28 artists from around the world will 
exhibit 21 installation and net art works at Exhibition Hall, Hong 
Kong City Hall with 2-day seminars on 30 October and 1 November 
designed to stimulate discussion and provide a platform for the 
expression of new media art.

The Festival will also feature the immense talent of local young 
artists and teenagers in HIGHBAND exhibition at Hong Kong Film 
Archive Exhibition Hall, during the installation and net art 
exhibition.

In addition to the exhibitions, we are proud to invite Christopher P. 
Csikszentmihalyi and Jeremi Sudol, Computing Culture Group, MIT and 
Casey Reas, co-founder of ’ÄòProcessing’Äô freeware, to hold 2 
artist-in-residence workshops on 28-29 October and 2 November.

Dazzling in style and content, the works showcased in our Video 
Screening programmes: ’ÄúFascinated and Touched’Äù, ’ÄúWave After 
Wave of New Japanese Animators’Äù, ’ÄúChinese Video Feast’Äù, 
’ÄúUrban Architextures’Äù and ’ÄúVideo Is Interesting, but Dead’Äù 
are an eclectic collection of renowned artists’Äô video works 
including the Chinese artists in this year Shanghai Biennale. Guest 
curators Hanspeter Ammann (Switzerland) and Thomas Munz of 
Transmediale, Berlin (Germany) will meet the audience in the 
after-screening discussion. Other curators include Taruto Fuyama 
(Japan), Wu Meichun (China) and Videotage (HK). The Screenings will 
run on 3, 19-20 November at Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive.

On 20 November we will present a music and video performance 
"Electron" at Habitus as our closing event. Featuring artists 
include: Pixel Toy; ST Demos; SYMPOSIUM 4H; Teoh + Jean Sebastien 
Lallemand + Wilson Cheung; Vibration + Emergency LAB; Kar-Fai Samson 
Young + Carlyshemoss + Remus Ng Siufat.

Featuring artists:
Masaki Fujihata (Japan), ’ÄúField-Work @ Alsace’Äù (2002);
Computing Culture Group, Media Lab, MIT (US), ’ÄúComputing Culture 
Group’Äù (2004);
Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau (Austria/France), ’ÄúMobile 
Feelings’Äù (2002-2003);
Casey Reas (US), ’ÄúSeoul A & B’Äù (2004);
Bundith Phunsombatlert (Thailand), ’ÄúPath of Illusion’Äù (2002-2004);
Golan Levins (US), "Dialtones (A Telesymphony)" (DVD) (2002);
Marko Peljhan(Republic of Slovenia), "Makrolab-UNTP with TRUST-SYSTEM 
77" (1994-2004);
Bryan Chung (Hong Kong), ’ÄúBe a Hong Kong Patriot, part 2: The Fuzzy 
Wanker’Äù (2004);
Christopher Lau & Kar Fai Samson Young (Hong Kong), ’ÄúRitual 
Machine’Äù (2004);
Net art curated by Casey Reas:
Ben Rubin, Mark Hansen (US), Listening Post. 2002-2004;
Peter Cho (US), Money Plus;
Schoenerwissen/OfCD (DE),Minitasking. 2002-2004;
Josh On (NZ, US), They Rule. 2001-2004;
Cory Arcangel (US), Data Diaries. 2002;
Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Mike Bennett (US,IR), BumpList;
Nicolas Clauss, Jean-Jacques Birgˆ©, Didier Silhol (FR), Somnambules. 2003;
Lia (AT), Re-Move. 1999-2004;
James Patterson (CA), Presstube. 2004;
David Crawford (US, SE), Stop Motion Studies. 2002-2004;
Susan Collins (UK), Fenlandia. 2004;
NullPointer aka Tom Betts, Joe Gilmore (UK), rand()%. 2004;
HIGHBAND exhibition:
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Theatre Lighting & Sound 
Department, ’ÄúThe Discovery of Light and Sound’Äù (2004);
Derick Hui,’ÄúWhat You See Is Not There’Äù (2004);
Ko Kam Hon, Yu Kai Wood, Yu Wing Yi, ’ÄúCuteBoy Gadget’Äù (2004);
Ben Leung, Ken Liu, Moon Wang, Edward Tse, ’ÄúWilson’Äù (2004); and 
’ÄúSelections of Robot Design (Primary and Secondary School)’Äù by 
Hong Kong Robotic Olympic Association.

Videotage provides free guided tours and talks for a full 
introduction of the works featured at the MIMAF exhibition at 
Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong City Hall target for students and 
teachers. The tour will be conducted in Cantonese and lasts for about 
an hour.

Apart from the workshops, video screenings and ’ÄúElectron’Äù, all 
events are free admission.

MIMAF2004 is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services 
Department. Co-organised by Microwave Co Ltd and Videotage. Supported 
by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, sponsored by School of 
Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, German Projectors 
Group, All Nippon Airways, Austrian Consulate General, Hong Kong, 
CREAM Magazine, Consulate General of Switzerland, Goethe-Institut 
Hong Kong, Habitus, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Pro Helvita, Arts Council 
of Switzerland.

Founded by Videotage in 1996, MIMAF is dedicated to the development 
of artists of independent vision and the exhibition of their new 
work. Since its inception, the Festival has grown into an 
internationally recognized resource for media and other artists. The 
Festival is held annually and is considered the premier showcase for 
Hong Kong and international media art works.

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Official website: http://www.microwavefest.net / www.lcsd.gov.hk/fp