WCM Forum - CODED CULTURES: CALL FOR WORKS AND PAPERS (entries close April 30 2004)

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CODED CULTURES: CALL FOR WORKS AND PAPERS
* EXHIBITION * SYMPOSIUM * WORKSHOPS *
entries close April 30 2004
http://5uper.net/codedcultures/
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From May 16 until May 30 the Congress "CODED CULTURES" will take place in the
"Freiraum" of MuseumsQuartier Vienna in Austria. For two weeks the ways
of origination and reality design of various artists and art groups shall be
demonstrated on hand of workshops and an exhibition, whereas a new approach
towards digital art in the 21.century will be acquired beyond its technical
background.

5uper.net asks for submissions of artists and theoreticians which work in the
field of electronic, digital- as well as computer based arts.
Due to low budget we are only able to offer the artist and speakers
accomodation - sponsoring of any kind is very welcome.

Submissions and proposals for possible cooperations for the 3 below mentioned
fields should be sent via email to codedcultures-call@5uper.net or to our
postal adress

5uper.net
MuseumsQuartier Vienna
"coded cultures"
Quartier21/ Electric Avenue
Museumsplatz 1
1070 vienna
AUSTRIA

[1] *EXHIBITION*
Young medial art, media- art and conceptional art from eastern and western
Europe of the last 20 years will be shown in the "Freiraum" in
MuseumsQuartier Vienna, presented by the well known slovenian curator Dunja
Kukovec.

accepted works are
* interactive works
* installation
* web art
* CD/DVD
* Video
or any other kind of related digital works.

Artistic work selected for inclusion in the exhibition will be presented to
an international audience of peers, critics, producers, academics, local
industry partners and the broader public.

[2] *SYMPOSIUM*
Parallel to the exhibition there will be a complementary, theoretical as well
as interactive line-up. It should help to decode and reflect upon the ways of
origination and the perception of various artists and art groups, who either
are or have been active in the aforementioned fields.

Speeches, artists or artist-group presentations, presentations of
organizations or demonstrations of digital work will be accepted.

[3] *WORKSHOPS*
Several workshops will take place during Coded Cultures. These will picture
the tools and methods of digital art and progressvive projects.

Workshops in the field of digital art and tools for the production of
digital content, as well as the topic of distributing art will be accepted.

Artistic work is coded on behalf of different cultural backgrounds, cultural
connotations and (visual) symbolism. These codes will be pointed out and
compared. The aim is to make the "art of the new media" apprehend- and
experiencable. Apart from the technical approach, narrative elements,
interaction and transparency are of importace to the viewer.
The term of "digital art" will be discussed- the ways of creation,
perception, aesthetics and norms will be reflected upon and decoded.
Artists and the interested audience shall be brought together in the open
forum Coded Cutures: the contemporary situation of digital forms of
expression is to be illustrated, new ways and possibilities in these
disciplines to be found and the discussion about digital art shall be
stimulated.

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