Internationally the dialogue between art and technology is growing, with
artists now working in collaboration with technical experts and new media
professionals, creating multi-media and interactive exhibits. Curated by
Rory Doepel and Marcus Neustetter, The MTN Digital and Electronic Art
Exhibition promotes the blurring of these boundaries by presenting works of
this nature and taking a major step in educating around art and technology
in the form of an exhibition in South Africa.
Viewers are encouraged to
interact and add to the experience of the exhibition through the process of
participation. Supported by the MTN Art Institute, this exhibition also
features educational workshops and walk-abouts, in addition to promotion
and online education.
CD ROM AND NET ART, Featuring over 60 local and international interactive
CD ROM art works, this component of the exhibition profiles the radical
shift from static art object to participatory exploration, renegotiating
the roles of viewer and artist. (GPG)
ANIMATION, featuring works by a selection of South African and
international animators. (JCG) and a selection of stop-frame animation art
works by students of the Wits Fine Art Department's animation course in
collaboration with the Video Lab (GPG)
VIDEO ART including Jo Ractliffe's Love, Death, Sacrifice and so forth
(1999) (GPG) and contemporary South African Video Art selected by Brad
Hammond: This selection features recent work by prominent South African
artists, including Clive van den Berg, Jose Ferreira, and Leora Farber.
International Video Art selected by Bart Rutten (Nederlands Institut Voor
Mediakunst, Montevideo/Time Based Arts) including Interior Landscape by
Alicia Framis (1998), Invisible by Borris Gerrits (1997) Solitario by
Carlos Amorales (1998) and Video Violence by Peter Bogers (GPG)
INSTALLATIONS including Yield, an installation by Johan van der Schijff
(JCG), I Have a Drum (GPG), and MetaCITY/DATATOWN, based on an
extrapolation of Dutch statistics. MetaCITY/DATATOWN is based on the video
installation of the same title produced by MVRDV for the Stroom, Centre for
the Visual Arts, The Hague(GPG).
Sounds of the Conference: Created by Dutch artist Danielle van Zuijlen,
this sound installation will map the audio terrain of the conference,
tapping into what people have to say about Johannesburg during the week of
July 10 to 14. (GPG) and sounds alive or deadNULL This work by Wayne Barker is
about loss and the presence of the artist in the city trying to find peace
or harmony. (GPG)
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