Search Link >> ------------------------------------ Global Digital Art Festival Taiwan Digital Media Art Centers Taiwanese Artists Cultural Organization Museum The Academic Community Links Weblog Temporary space Foreign related websites Related Industries Others ------------------------------------ Global Digital Art Festival 2:13 Festival 404 International Festival of Electronic Art Ars Electronica Annually since 1979, the Festival, founded by Ars Electronica Center in Linz, has featured a lineup of symposia, exhibitions, performances and events designed to further an artistic and scientific confrontation with the social and cultural phenomena that are the consequences of technological change. The 2007 Ars Electronica Festival will delve into what the public and private spheres have come to mean and the interrelationship that now exists between them. ArtMedia Artmedia, the international conference founded by University of Salerno in 1985, has devoted to the research projects of the latest development of techonology and arts, finding the theoretical definition and executive system of new media aesthetics. Artmedia; VI Festival of Digital Art, Audiovisual Communication & Interactive Media Hosted by the School for Multimedia Communication of the Maimonides University, Italy, the annual festival since 2000 is a platform of exchange between arts, design and multi-media creation. Activities include conferences, seminars, workshops, courses and exhibition. Asia Digital Art Awards Asia Digital Art Awards is based in Fukuoka, Japan.It aims to distribute and develop digital art and design and disperse that knowledge from asia to the rest of the world. It has presented the arts that integrate human logical abilities with a rich aesthetic harmony, based on media technology. AV Festival, UK The UK's largest festival of digital art, music and moving image.The first AV Festival ran between 8 - 22 November 2003, with over one hundred events across three towns in two weeks. Over 35 new works were commissioned, including new pieces by Richard Fenwick and The Light Surgeons.The second AV Festival – LifeLike took place over ten days between 2-12 March 2006, again held in the three major urban centres of the North East: NewcastleGateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough. The next AV Festiva Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival The eighth edition of the Avanto Festival will be held on 16-18 November 2007 and focus on film under the title International Free Cinema. The programme features an extraordinary line-up of moving images that question traditional ways of making and watching films. As a complement to the festival weekend’s boundary-pushing cinematic experiences, the Avanto clubs will offer a wide scope of free music from Finland and abroad. Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition & Symposium Bradford Animation Festival The biggest and most vital animation festival in the UK is the Bradford Animation Festival presented by the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. The Bradford Animation Festival is host to screentalks, workshops and special events led by some of the industry’s top names. The Festival’s high point is the annual BAF Awards, which celebrate the very best in new animation from around the world. Conflux Festival Conflux is the annual New York festival for contemporary psychogeography, the investigation of everyday urban life through emerging artistic, technological and social practice. At Conflux, visual and sound artists, writers, urban adventurers and the public gather for four days to explore their urban environment... Cybersonica Originated in the activity held by ICA in 2001, Cybersonica is London’s annual festival of electronic music, sonic art and audiovisual fusion, which invites musicians, DJs, VJs, digital artists, audiovisualisers and creative software developers to present the latest creations in their fields.Cybersonica is run by Cybersalon founding artists-in-residence at The Science Museum's Dana Centre. Digital Art Festival Taipei 2009 The Taipei Digital Art Festival has always brought about different digital art experiences for the citizens of Taipei. Digital Playground (Uijeongbu International Digital Art Festival) Uijeongbu is the ancient Korean administrative official. In the end of 2005, the emerging curator Nathalie Boseul SHIN organized the international art festival "Digital Playground", featuring interactive artworks from Japan, Korea, America and European countries. It presented a different scene from the high-tech of Japanese media art. It is worth reading for those who'd like to know the contemporary scene of digital arts in South Korean. DiVA (Digital and Video Art Fair) DiVA is the first art fair dedicated to Video and Digital Art produced by Frere Independent. DiVA first edition was titled "Moving Images" a one night exhibition on November 15th 2003 at the Windsor Hotel in New York. In 2005, DiVA premiered in New York, Brussels, Cologne, and Paris. In 2006, DiVA premiered in Miami Beach. Taiwan artists joined DiVA in 2006, which is the first time domestic galleries and digital artists participated in the art market and presented digital artworks of great amoun Dutch Electronic Art Festival, DEAF The Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) is an international and interdisciplinary biennial that focuses on art, technology and society and is organized by V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, in Rotterdam. DEAF presents a wide range of programme segments, including, of course, a large exhibition of interactive artworks and installations. There will also be concerts, performances, seminars, workshops and an academic symposium. Emergences; new artistic forms and new media festival Emergences, the new artistic forms and new media festival in France, was organized by Dedale. Started in 2005, it aims at inviting both domestic and international digital artists from different fields. Experimenta Experimenta is Australia's leading contemporary arts organisation dedicated to commissioning, exhibiting and promoting media art. For the past twenty years, Experimenta has promoted exchange between Australia and overseas artists by organizing Biennial of Media Art, international touring, etc. The forthcoming Biennial of Media art will be held on Aug 24 to Sep 23, 2007 in Melbourne, featured "Experimenta Playground" . Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletronica (FILE) Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletronica (FILE), the biggest Art&Technology festival in Brazil, for eight years has been involving the country in the world's new media context, gathering electronic and digital artistic production. FILE Rio 2007 is held for the first time in the city, Hipersonica, a free festival of electronic music is being released on the 23rd of March at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, presenting major names of the newest inovations of the genre. Futuresonic; UK International Festival of Electronic Music and Media Arts Futuresonic is an annual 3-day festival of electronic music and media arts that is urban, cutting edge, international, inclusive, and in Manchester. It's found in 1996, and has been a platform for new-media artists. Incheon International Digital Art Festival Incheon International Digital Art Festival started in 2009 with inauguration of the Songdo, the first international city in Korea. Nested in the city of innovation and sustainable design, INDAF aims to become a platform for new creativities at the nexus of art, technology and society. Japan Media Arts Festival Japan Media Arts Festival is one of the International media festivals supporting creative activities and development of media arts. From arts, comics, animations to games, Japan media arts has received attention from worldwide. Japan Media Arts Festival hopes to establish a new value of creation which is not limited by traditional framework. It introduces both Japanese and overseas artists from the world of media arts. Lovebytes International Festival of Digital Art Lovebytes is an annual international festival of digital art(since 1994) in Sheffield UK, bringing together a vast array of creative work from the frontiers of music, film, art and design. Lovebytes explores the creative and cultural potential of digital technologies. M?KSLA+KOMUNIK?CIJAS | ART+COMMUNICATION Since 1998, the international festival for new media culture has been organzied by RIXC. The themes of the festival included "Trans Cultural Mapping", "Waves", and "Spectral Ecology" etc. medi@terra - International Art and Technology Festival medi@terra is an International Art and Technology Festival which is organized by Fournos Centre for the Digital Culture with the support of the Greek Ministry of Culture. It is a creative encounter between organizations and individuals from all over the world. It is a long-term project for research and recording in the areas of art and technology and of cultural centres worldwide. Microwave International Media Art Festival Microwave is the converging point of the new media arts community in Hong Kong.It has officially become an independent organization since August of 2007. The themes of festival include "Culture as Play", "Animatronica", etc. MUSICA VIVA / ENTR'ARTES Festival The Musica Viva Festival has achieved recognition both nationally and internationally as a vast breathing space for exchanging and discussing ideas and aesthetics; it is a renowned meeting point for music and technology, instrumental - analogical and virtual – electronic realms. The 13th edition of the Musica Viva Festival, in 2007, will be extended to Lisbon and Porto. It will present the most prominent youngest composers and performers in 23 concerts, 5 installations and 4 conferences. onedotzero - adventures in moving image Onedotzero was conceived at the start of the desktop digital revolution in the mid-1990s out of a desire to explore moving image across single screen, interactive and live audio-visual work. Onedotzero has become a global phenomenon, its network of events annually reaching over 60 cities worldwide and thousands of people. It has been the largest dedicated digital film festival in the world since 1999. Pixelache Festival Originated in the activity held by ICA in 2001, Cybersonica is London’s annual festival of electronic music, sonic art and audiovisual fusion, which invites musicians, DJs, VJs, digital artists, audiovisualisers and creative software developers to present the latest creations in their fields.Cybersonica is run by Cybersalon founding artists-in-residence at The Science Museum's Dana Centre. PIXSEL Festival Pocket Film Festival Pocket Film Festival was organized by Forum des images, France. The 3rd Pocket Film Festival will be held at Pompidou Contemorary Art Center on June 8-10, 2007, which may be held at the same venue for the last chance. Forum des images is a public institute for film preservation and promotion. Pocket Film Festival is the result of official support and promotion of new media and digital arts. Radiator Festival Readme festival Readme festival in the year 2005 aims at supporting the production of software art projects and texts critically engaging with software art. The completed or close to completion works and texts will be presented at the off-line event scheduled for November 4-5, 2005 in the State and City Library of Dortmund, Germany. Completed works will be honorably published at Runme.org repository. Readme festival has started in Moscow(2002) and travelled in Helsinki(2003) and Aarhus(2004). SICAF; Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival Seoul International Cartoon & Animation is the biggest event of Cartoon and Animation industry in Korea. Since 1995, SICAF has become one of the important international animation events in Asia, such as International Animation Festival HIROSHIMA and Tokyo International Anime Fair. SICAF holds the Digital Cartoon Competition, Exhibition, Animated Film Festival and SPP, for developing the creation of cartoon and animation and content industry. Thailand New Media Art Festival Thailand New Media Art Festival has started since 2003, organized by ICECA (Initiative for Cultural Exchange and Computer Arts). The chief founder of ICECA was media artist Francis Wittenberger. This is Not Art This Is Not Art is Australia’s premier independent arts and new media festival held in Newcastle each year over the October long weekend. People come to see emerging electronic arts and music craziness (Electrofringe); explore The Word via comics, hip-hop, comedy, storytelling, journalism, spoken word, blogging & other emerging forms (National Young Writers Festival); skillshare with independent music label provocateurs (Sound Summit), etc. transmediale Transmediale in Berlin plays the role of a platform of contemporary digital arts performance/reviews.The forum in the annual festival provides artists, media and professionals from different fields an exciting space for dialogue and presenting new plans. The festival include the theme activity and biennial exhibition. The competition organized by CTM(club transmediale) focuses on electronic music and related visual arts. Traversing Fantasy: International New Media Arts Festival 2007 In 2006, the representatives of the Ministry of Education of Taiwan and Australia held the "2006 Taiwan-Australia New Media Arts Symposium". Three Taiwan art universities and several private colleges enlarged the scale of "Taiwan-Australia New Media Arts Symposium" and renamed it as "Traversing Fantasy: International New Media Arts Festival 2007". The activites included: exhibition, workshop, symposium and forum. URBAN SCREENS; Discovering the potential of outdoor screens for urban society URBAN SCREENS is a concept developed by Mirjam Struppek. It investigates how the currently commercial use of outdoor screens can be broadened with cultural content, and organizes events including conferences, exhibitions, outdoor screenings and international joint broadcasting and an online information platform for networking. It addresses cultural fields as digital media culture, urbanism, architecture and art. Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival In 1983, Associacao Cultural Videobrasil organized the first edition of what would later become the International Electronic Art Festival. Every two years, the Festival brings groundbreaking work by cream-of-the-crop artists from all over the world to Sao Paulo. In keeping with the constant transformations in media and support, the curatorship has added installations, performances, VJs, CD-ROM art, and internet art to the programme. WRO International Media Art Biennale WRO INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ART BIENNALE is the first in Poland, and the largest and oldest according to the Central-East Europe survey of media art, taking up issues of contemporary art in the perspective of culture and communication. It takes place in Wroclaw and presents directions of development and changes in contemporary art created with the use of contemporary communication tools, including video art, computer animation, interactive art, art CD-ROMs, performances, net art,etc.