[spectre] digital culture networking event in Cluj/Romania

[rarita at altart.org]

Dear friends,

We invite you to join us for "Mind the Gap", a european digital culture
networking event that will take place in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) in
16-18 June 2006.

Culture flows. And it seems that Bernoulli’s principle laid out in the
late 1700’s applies well to this kind of fluid too: you just connect two
or more – cultural - recipients and transfer begins. But what is
transferred and when? And what is the direction of transfer? In digital
culture technology penetration lag or maturization cycles are just two of
the parameters affecting all actors on the cultural scene. How do
differences or similarities between connected cultures influence transfer?
Either cultural producers or audiences, understanding the phenomena of
cultural transfer is to our best interest. It helps us fit in the flow.

The meeting aims to contribute to the networking of artists and
organisations working in the field of digital culture across Europe and to
foster the debate on the trends and developments in media arts in
different parts of the continent and the connections and transfers that
occur among the producers of digital content.On the same occasion AltArt
will officially launch the BINAR Centre for Digital Culture, the first
initiative of its kind in the country.

Mind the Gap intends to continue the media picnic series initiated by kuda
and V2 in 2004 (Trans-European Picnic, Novi Sad) and continued by
SCCA/pro.ba (_Sarajevo Picnic_2005, Lost In Transition) in 2005 in
Sarajevo.

We warmly invite you to join us. And also to contribute to the refining
and the selection of the topics to be discussed. For more details about
the event and to view and comment on the proposed topics please visit our
forum at www.altart.org/mindthegap.

Partner: Transmediale/Berlin
With financial support from: Romania National Cultural Fund, Goethe
Institute, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Cultural Programme in Romania, SC Fornetti
SRLFor more information please contact us at the details provided bellow.

Hoping to meet you soon,

Rarita Szakats

AltArt Foundation
Tel +40 723 263072
Fax +40 264 587467
office at altart.org
www.altart.org
www.altart.org/mindthegap