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[art.image]
Hallerschlossstrasse 21
A-8010
Graz
tel. +43-316-356 155
fax +43-316-356 156
http://www.artimage.at/
artimage@artimage.at
Founded in 1992, [art.image]
concentrates on various key issues in order to explore the complex
relations of, and between, architecture, urbanity, art, and moving
images. In these broadly defined, yet specifically formulated and
designed contexts, the projects of [art.image] are intended
as fora - or “Dialogue Spaces“ - for both the artistic
and theoretic thematisation of material and immaterial spaces within
the framework of general developments in culture, thereby
constituting a contribution to contemporal theories on architecture,
media and culture.
From this starting-point result a number
of interrelated fields of activity, crossing the contexts of
architecture, urbanity, art, and moving images:
- Visual
reflections of architectural and urban structures are interpreted as
forms of “urban practices“, which are then placed in
relation to current urbanistic models. From this perspective, city
spaces and image spaces appear structurally related to each other,
new “aesthetics of behaviour“ and new kinds of social
formations manifest themselves as subjects of analyses and
hypotheses. |
-These
discourses on spaces are crossed over with current artistic
strategies and processes in order to introduce another perspective
of reflecting the relations between spaces, images and spectators.
What this is about is the exceeding of art-inherent concepts and the
thematisation of art's experimental potential as concepts of social,
communicative, i.e. collective formings and formations.
At
the centre of the activities organised by [art.image] is the
graz biennial on media and architecture (established in 1993)
as an exemplary forum for the discussion of architecture and moving
images. An essential focus of the biennial festival is the
International Competition, awarding prizes that amount to a total of
ATS 250,000.-- art.image presents key programmes of the biennial
festival in Europe, the USA and Canada and curates topic-specific
contributions in cooperation with international museums,
architectural institutes and festivals.
Publications are
produced in connection with the projects that are carried out,
documenting not only the specific programmes but also offering a
platform for internationally renowned artists and theorists to
thematise and develop specific key issues.
[art.image]
is a founding member of the European
Coordination of Film Festivals (Brussels) and represents Austria
in the board of directors. [art.image] is a founding member
of the European Digital Media Network and the European Media Art
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