MEDIA FACADES FESTIVAL EUROPE 2010 agosto 26, 2010

MEDIA FACADES FESTIVAL EUROPE 2010

BERLIN * BRUSSELS * BUDAPEST * HELSINKI * LINZ * LIVERPOOL* MADRID

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CONNECTED CITIES

* Special opening ceremonies: Helsinki 27 August / Berlin 28 Aug. / Madrid 11 Sept.
* Joint Broadcasting Events: 27 August – 2 October 2010
* Media Facades Panel at Ars Electronica Festival: 6 September 2010
* International Video Screening Conference: 7–8 September 2010
* Videoprogram in Berlin: on Sundays and 30 Aug.– 2 September / 7–9 September
* Finissage in Brussels with live stram: 2 October

A project by Public Art Lab / Berlin In cooperation with Ars Electronica Futurelab / Linz, FACT / Liverpool, iMAL / Brussels, Kitchen Budapest,Medialab-Prado / Madrid, m-cult / Helsinki

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The Networked Possibilities of Urban Screens and Media Facades

MEDIA FACADES FESTIVAL EUROPE 2010 (MFF2010) is an urban media pilot project that interconnects seven European cities through the existing infrastructure of urban screens and media facades sited in public spaces.

Artists and media designers will show especially developed art projects Europe wide, through screenings and Joint Broadcasting Events, for the circulation of cultural exchange. Media facades will be transformed into local stages, connecting public audiences virtually with participating places and opening a global window to create dialogue, to share dreams and exchange ideas.

MMF2010 is based on the success of the MEDIA FACADES FESTIVAL BERLIN 2008, both initiated by Susa Pop / Public Art Lab and Mirjam Struppek / Interactionfield.

Curatorial Programme

The following main curatorial topics have been developed out of the collaboratively selected screening projects. From 27 August to 2 October 2010each festival day has a special focus on one of the following themes.

*   Connected Cities: Joint Broadcasting projects that happen simultaneously and interactively across the borders

*   Urban Activism: Reclaim the Screens! An activist approach to opening screens for the urban community

*   Human Screens: Human processes are visualised on media facades

*   Organic Cities: Public Data projects use information resources from the environments and develop a real-time software programme for live streaming

*   Public Playing: Games designed as an interaction catalyst for the public audience

*   European Dialogue: Projects that especially support intercultural exchange and connect the local scenes through the media facades infrastructure of the participating cities

*   Citizens Journalism: Research and participatory projects of local scenes

*   Recontextualise: A shared video platform on a central server to create local screening programmes

ARTISTS

Shervin Afshar (IR/AT) * Ulu Braun (DE) * Johanna Bruckner (AT/DE) * Mattia Casalegno (IT/BE) * Sini Haapalinna (FI) * Hanna Haaslahti, Pia Lindy, Markku Nousiainen (FI) * Lummo: Mar Canet, Carles Gutiérrez, Javier Lloret, Jordi Puig (ES) * OiOi: Sami Kamppi, Antti Onttonen, Antti Kaukinen, Tuomas Arokanto (FI) * Julian Oliver (NZ/DE) & Danja Vasiliev (RU/DE) * Ann Oren (IL), Zevan Rosser (US) * Yuka Oyama (JP/DE), Becky Lee (US) * Chris O’Shea (GB) * Gábor Papp, Agoston Nagy (HU) * Julius Popp (DE/US) * Nika Radic (HR/DE) * Evan Roth (US/FR) * Antoine Schmitt (FR) * Katrin Schoof (DE) * Heidi Tikka (FI) * Toxic Lesbian (ES) * Emily C. Voelker, Alexandre R. Decoupigny  (DE) * VR/URBAN: Christian Zoellner, Patrick Tobias Fischer  (DE) * Dan Wilcox (US) * Clemens Wilhelm (DE)

Videos by:  Johanna Reich * Dima Stefanova * Julien Collieux * Susanne Schuricht * Alexandro Ladaga & Silvia Manteiga * Kit Wise * Danielle Oke * Tamsin Sharp * Jeremy Bailey * Ryan Trecartin * Harold Offeh * Takeshi Murata * Peggy Ahwesh * Max Hattler * Craig Mulholland * Jeremy Bailey * Lionel Scoccimaro * Nicole Tran Ba Vang * Aïcha Hamu * Mike Kostner * Tim Skinner * Opie Boero Imwinkelried * Eva Lunde * Michael Pinsky * Anne Wilson * Boris Eldagsen * Stefan Riebel * and others

SCREEN SITES / MEDIA FACADES

BERLIN: Centrum Hungaricum, U6 Friedrichstrasse, Nightscreen Gasometer

BRUSSELS: Flagey Screen, iMAL Facade

BUDAPEST: Palace of Arts, KIBU Figs Facade, Lánchíd 19 Design Hotel

HELSINKI: City Wall / Lasipalatsi Square, Gallery Alkovi, City Tourist Office

LINZ: Ars Electronica Center, Tabakfabrik

LIVERPOOL: FACT Facades, BBC Big Screen

MADRID: Medialab-Prado Facade

SUPPORT

MFF2010 is supported by the European Commission / Culture Programme 2007-13, DKLB-Stiftung, Senate Department for Economy, Technologies and Women / Project Future Berlin

CONTACT

PUBLIC ART LAB
Artistic Director: Susa Pop, susapop@publicartlab.com
Research: Mirjam Struppek, struppek@interactionfield.de
Public Relations: Eva Woldrich, eva.woldrich@publicartlab.org
p: 0049 (0)30 896 318 12

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