<nettime-ann> okno public01 festival

[Alessandro Ludovico <a.ludovico@neural.it>]

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okno public01 festival :::  24 > 26 may 2006 ::: Brussels - Belgium
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OKNO PUBLIC01 ONSITE

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.

/// round table discussions & presentations ///
http://okno.be/?id=764 and http://okno.be/?id=763 and http://okno.be/?id=767

+++ wednesday may 24th +++ a focus on media art in Belgium :
Beauty in the age of digital art - moderated by Maja Kuzmanovic, Michaël Samyn.
With: Guy van Belle (Society of Algorithm, mxhz), 
Auriea Harvey (Tale of Tales), Dirk Paesmans 
(jodi), Lawrence Malstaf and Bartaku.
Transdisciplinary practices - moderated by Elke Van Campenhout.
With: Patricia Portela, Christophe De Boeck 
(audiostore), Eric Georges (Réseau Citoyen), 
Femke Snelting (Constant).

+++ 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.
With: Richard Kluszczynski (Professor of Cultural 
and Media Studies at Lodz University, Poland), 
Erika Pasztor (architect and media art artist, 
Hungary), Andreï Smirnov (Theremin Center for 
Electroacoustic Music and Multimedia, Russia), 
Darko Fritz (media artist and curator, Croatia), 
Peter Beyls (composer, educator and digital 
artist, Belgium), Dusan Barok (information 
technology artist and educator, Slovakia/Czech 
Republic).

+++ friday may 27th +++  a look into the future of networks :
The working of cultural communities, onsite and online.
moderated by Nat Muller.
with: Alessandro Ludovico (neural magazine, 
italy) Paul Keller (de Waag-Sarai Exchange 
Programme, Nl) Nina Czegledy (Hu/Ca), Guy Van 
Belle (okno, mxhz, society of algorithm)

/// performances, projects, installations and workshops ///
http://okno.be/?id=765 and http://okno.be/?id=692

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!)


OKNO PUBLIC01 ONLINE

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

@ matrix art project - koolmijnenkaai 30/34 - 1080 Brussels - Belgium
metro Graaf van Vlaanderen / Comte de Flandres ::: tram 18

okno public01 online
@ http://okno.be
audiovisual streaming & IRC chats,  daily from 3pm > 01pm
check site for links and updates
info@okno.be

okno is supported by the Flemisch authorities, 
the VAF (Flemisch Audiovisual Fund) and the VGC 
(Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie)
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Alessandro Ludovico
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