[spectre] Fwd: okno public01 festival

[nat muller]

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> okno public01 festival :::  24 > 26 may 2006 ::: Brussels - Belgium
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> OKNO PUBLIC01 ONSITE
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> okno is interested in the creative and unpredictable innovations that 
> stem from unruly combinations of scientific, mediatic and technologic 
> artefacts: seeds to grow new forms of expression where old structures 
> are crumbling...
> We offer a virtual and physical public forum for reflection on 
> technologically-inspired media arts. We tend to be a physical and 
> online meeting place for artists, and want to facilitate a dialogue on 
> current forms of artistic practice with a creatively engaged audience.
> We want a form of media art that is digital, collaborative and 
> networked, interactive and realtime, performative and shared, 
> indivisible in its audio-data-visual output.
> The cultural and aesthetic influences of media technologies will be 
> critically discussed in the context of an alternative festival setup. 
> The processes and results of artistic research will be presented in a 
> program of round table discussions, performances, experimental 
> concerts, interactive installations and workshops.
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> /// round table discussions & presentations ///
> http://okno.be/?id=764 and http://okno.be/?id=763 and 
> http://okno.be/?id=767
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> +++ wednesday may 24th +++ a focus on media art in Belgium :
> Beauty in the age of digital art. Transdisciplinary practices.
> moderated by Maja Kuzmanovic, Michaël Samyn, Elke Van Campenhout.
> +++ thursday may 25th +++ a focus on media art in Eastern and Central 
> Europe :
> History and specific complexities of media art in the region, 
> recounted through the personal narratives of the presenters.
> moderated by Nina Czegledy.
> +++ friday may 27th +++  a look into the future of networks :
> The working of cultural communities, onsite and online.
> moderated by Nat Muller.
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> /// performances, projects, installations and workshops ///
> http://okno.be/?id=765 and http://okno.be/?id=692
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> Quix (three monochromes RGB), FoAM (Inflatable Meeting Room), 
> .x-med-a. magazine (launch), Das Netz / the Net (film by Lutz 
> Dammbeck), Peter Beyls (virtual robotics), Andrey Smirnov (laser 
> bugging & windowpane theremin installation), Code31 (SE30-live), GND 
> (machine.dream), society of algorithm (networked 
> Bejing/Tokyo/Brussels), mxHz (TICS),  transmutation (collaborative 
> physical&virtual project), Résau Citoyen (citynetwork), M+M+ (nomadic 
> multimedia platform), Dusan Barok & Magde Kobzova (save before it’s 
> gone!)
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> OKNO PUBLIC01 ONLINE
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> An important part of our activities are situated in an independent 
> server structure and in networks of invisible relations between people 
> and information. okno wants to share ideas and develop discourses 
> through different but parallel platforms. We like to play with degrees 
> of visibility, of both people and data. We want to fascilitate 
> participation simultaneously onsite and online. Audiovisual streaming 
> and IRC-chat moderation of the okno public week discussions and 
> performances will encompass the mixtures found in our digitally 
> connected existence. We would like to incorporate online participation 
> of people working in distinct fields such as netart, social work, 
> media art and activist practice.
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> okno public01 onsite
> 24 > 26 may 2006, daily from 3pm > 01am
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> @ matrix art project – koolmijnenkaai 30/34 – 1080 Brussels – Belgium
> metro Graaf van Vlaanderen / Comte de Flandres ::: tram 18
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> okno public01 online
> @ http://okno.be
> audiovisual streaming & IRC chats,  daily from 3pm > 01pm
> check site for links and updates
> info at okno.be
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> okno is supported by the Flemisch authorities, the VAF (Flemisch 
> Audiovisual Fund) and the VGC (Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie)
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