The following message is in English and Thai, originally recorded at the CMU Art Museum for Internet broadcast. 

Dear Listeners -- you are listening to a historic recording - Today is the 16th of April 2003 

This digital message is the concluding statement of the first new media art Festival held in Thailand 28 March to 15th April.

The Festival was opened at, and on the occasion of, the establishment of CEMS - the 'Collaborative Electronic Media Space' at Chiangmai University, Faculty of Architecture. 

The Festival was opened by Mr. Tanun Anumanrajadhon, the Vice President for International Relations and Foreign Affairs of Chiang Mai University, and Mr. Peerapong Duangrat - speaker for international affairs at CMU Faculty of Architecture, and a speech by Mr. Uthit Atimana, Asscociate Dean for the CMU Art Museum and Mr. Francis Wittenberger of ICECA Thailand -Director of Thailand's first Media Art Festival. The speeches were made to localy while being broadcast  live  over the  internet with audio streaming and  received live greetings from Czech republic, Germany, Italy and Texas.

This international event was an opening point for 13 days of daily media art lectures, workshops and video art presentations at CMU Art Museum's Theater, with 12 guest artists from Germany, Australia, Austria, Sweden, Holland and Israel, supported by various art institutions.

A simultaneous exhibition was opened at the CMU Art Museum on the ocassion of the Thai New year - "Songkran Festival" with the aim of bringing new media art closer to Thai audiences. This exbibition was opened on the 4th of April 2003 with a speech by Mr. Pisit Ketphasook, the Governor of Chiang Mai, and Prof. Vitti Panitpan - the Asscociate Dean for Foreign Relations of the CMU Faculty of Fine Arts.

This exhibition had the notable success of having a large number of daily visitors among which were several hundred young boys and girls - the future of new media art in Thailand.

The organizers of this Festival look forward to maintaining their commitment for further non-profit new media art activities, lectures and presentations with visiting artists from around the globe throughout the following year. We also hope to hold an annual New Media Art Festival.

We would like to thank the many visitors,  visiting artists, our kind sponsors and you - for sharing this moment in time with us.

 - End of recording - 16 April 2003