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The Exhibitions
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| The New Media Art Exhibition
at CMU Art Museum Hall 'B'', one of three self-contained sections of the
New Media Art Festival on the CMU Campus. Selected works were presented
in the fields of video art, interactive and computer installations. These
new media works were juxtaposed with traditional abstract paintings
and sculpture. |
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| First New Media Art Festival
brought to Chiangmai interactive digital works and a daily program
of video art screenings. Many people made the Festival a part of their
Songran celebratikon. |
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| 12 April 03 - Songkran celebration
and New Media Festival - traditional, contemporary and modern meet at CMU
Art Museum during the Thai new year. Over 300 visitors daily at the festival
- the children often stayed for many hours |
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| 18 PCs, 2 MACs, 3 data projectors,
4 21" screens and 2 laser color printers were installed at the exhibitions
at CMU Art Museum. |
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| One corner in the exhibition
space was used for systems administration and network maintenance. |
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| The PC's and dynamic videos
contrast with the solidity of Alun's clay and wood sculptures "Forgotten
Values" |
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| Digital color prints, interactive
DVD, clay and wood together at the New Media Art Festival. On the screen:
"Her Time" a DVD by Srisook Porrachat (Thailand-Germany) on the right:
"Forgotten Values" by Alun (Thailand) |
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| Goran Micevski's video art
installation "I will Survive" at CMU Art Museum |
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| A video installation "street
dancer" by Alfred Banze (Germany). The work contains a VHS player, a MAC
laptop and a small video projector projecting through a mosquito net making
the 2D imageo ccupy volume |
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| Abstract paintings next
to video art. 4 large paintings 'untitled 1-4' by Thai artist Miaw.
(graduate from CMU faculty of Fine Arts) |
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| Thai kids explore new media
art projects at CMU Art Museum's exhibition hall. On the large screen,
video art by Sylvia Winkler and Stephan Koeperl - "When Midnight Comes
Around" |
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| A student watching video
art and escaping the outdoors heat (over 32 deg. C) |
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| About 100 selected images
from the various works were printed and placed in a collage on the walls
to be easily accesible to many visitors |
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| Mother and son exploring
media art |
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| Thai kids are not so interested
in linear works (projected in the background). They are definitely after
interactive works |
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| On the screen Ex-Zero ["Nszra"
, "xsz" , "snsz"], by Jacques Perconte, Bordeaux -France. Also "tempo e
pause, ordinary madness" (Internet) |
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| Foreign visitor (rear) and
visiting artist Jesper Norda (Sweden) exploring media works |
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| The exhibition at CMU faculty
of Architecture featured large scale print works and very large projections |
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| small talk and video art
on the late opening night 28 March |
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| the exhibitions were open
till 10 p.m. and the interested visitors were there untill the last minutes |
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| general test - students
from faculty of architecture verifying the installed works in the 3 days
before opening. 18 machines installed with all possible browser plugins
to allow playing content of over 100 online and off-line works |
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| the students also used the
opportunity to watch the works while testing those for full functionality |
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| The visitors were drawn
into their various private audio experiences. |
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| some artists used the exhibition
to present their work to each other |
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| exploring an online sound
bank and an online ambient sound mixing desk |
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| 10000 Lux of Thai sunlight
will not stop an interested viewer from watching a flickering monitor |
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| some online works pop up
hundred of windows - for some visitors it is a new experience -- learning
to control an out of control website |
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| taking time to read? |
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| the low desks were specially
made for the Thai traditional sitting position |
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| students and teachers -
media art excites almost everyone |
OPENING AT CMU ART MUSEUM
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4 April 2003
Vice Governor of Chiangmai
City presides over the opening of the First New Media Art Festival at CMU
Art Museum |
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| Adjarn Viti, Assoc. Dean
for International Relations giving an opening speech |
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| Artist Francis Wittenberger,
founder and organizer of the festival, talks about cultural exchange and
invites Thai artists to become active and take their position in the field
of new media art |
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| 4 April 2003 - audience
of the opening speech at CMU Art Museum |
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4 April 2003
In the photo: (from left
to right) Adjarn Viti, Assoc. Dean for International Relations, CMU Faculty
of Fine Arts, Vice Governor of Chiangmai City and artist/curator Francis
Wittenberger at the opening ceremony of the Thailand First New Media
Art Festival at CMU Art Museum |
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| "The Gallery" a Chiangmai
based gourmet restaurant sponsored the festival with a donation of French
food, Italian coffee, wine and much(!) more |
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| Artist/curator Francis Wittenberger
introducing one of the large screen video art installations at CMU Art
Museum |
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| visitors watch video art
on large projection (on back screen a work by Michael Brynntrup) |
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| Art porjected on 2 lage
screens: front right screen, a frame from "Silent Movie for Deaf People"
by Michael Brynntrup.. Rear center, a compilation sent by Experimenta festival
(Australia) |
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| Main entrance to the exhibition
hall - CMU Art Museum |
OPENING AT CMU FACULTY OF
ARCHITECTURE
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28 March 2003 CMU Faculty
of Architecture
CMU Vice President for International
Relations Prof. Tanun Anumanrajadhon presides over the opening of "Thailand
first new media art festival" at the opening of the exhibition and workshops
at Faculty of Architecture |
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| (from left to right) CMU
vice president for international relations Prof. Tanun Anumanrajadhon,
Adjarn Peerapong Duangrat Associate Dean for information Technology and
Head of CIRFA and ICECA founder artist Francis Wittenberger |
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| (from left to right) Adjarn
Uthit Atimana Assoc. Dean for CMU Art Museum, Adjarn Peerapong Duangrat
Associate Dean for Information Technology and Head of CIRFA and CMU vice
president for international relations Prof. Tanun Anumanrajadhon |
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| 28 March 2003 - the opening
of Thailand first new media art festival with a live audio bridge. CMU
vice president for international relations Prof. Tanun Anumanrajadhon listening
to live broadcast from the new media art department at Academy of fine
arts in Prague, Czech republic. On the other end of the computer line:
Prof. Michael Bielicky |
VISITING ARTISTS - EVENTS
AND WORKSHOPS
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| students using digital video
editing software in field conditions. A workshop with Alfred Banze |
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| Media artist Alfred Banze
and students: going out to the nearest market to experiment with digital
recording |
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| Thai and foreign artists
formed pairs to shoot footage for later editing.Here, the Thai member of
a pair photographs his foreign counterpart. |
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| and here a visiting artist
does the same with his Thai partner. |
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| Back at the 'collaborative
media space', at the workshop on importing the sound and images from recent
recordings, imported materials are prepared for use with web applications |
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| Introduction to 'Flash'
software - how to animate an digital image |
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| Curators meet - Mr. Wittenberger
(right) welcomes the curator of 'Recent German Art Films' Mr. Brynntrup
(left) on his first presentation at CMU Theater. |
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| Artist and curator Michael
Brynntrup introduces the first part of his program - "Recent German Art
Films" |
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| audience at the CMU theater |
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| a frame from Michael Brynntrup's
own work |
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| Clea T. Waite (Germany|USA)
video and media artist introduces her work |
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| A frame from Clea T. Waite's
work "Nothing broke but the Heart" |
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Setup of the large ink-jet
print work "+ - " by Artists Martin Schmid (Germany).
In the picture: Left half
of the work being installed with the help of both University and high school
volunteers |
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| Large ink jet print "+ -
" in full extent |
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| 'Audio visions programme'
- tendencies in Austria - 2 day visual presentation by Juergen Moritz about
the history of new media and recent activity in Austria and Europe. |
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| Listening to the sound of
"50 Years in the Space of 12 Days" by Jasper Nord (Sweeden). |
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| Lecture as an art form,
by Martin Schimd. (Artist in the center is giving the electure) |
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| Lecture as an art form,
by Martin Schimd. (Translator in the center is part of the performance) |
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"Loss series" (Video art)
by Tina Gonsalves (Australia)
A lecture and visual presentation
at ICECA's Collaborative Media Space at CMU Faculty of Architecture |
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| Lars Akerlund (Sweden) rear
wearing hat, introducing his sound performance. |
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| Couryard of CMU Faculty
of Architecture. Lars Akerlund (Sweden) in rear center giving his performance |
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| Lars Akerlund giving a workshop
on electronic music |
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| Students attending both
workshops and the exhibition at the Collaborative Media Space had access
to a large database of new media artworks and powerful PCs installed with
various sound and image design software tools. |
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The exhibition at the 'Collaborative
Media Space' included 18 networked PC stations (P4/512 Mb), fast internet
access,
3 hi-end video projectors
and two 3x4m large projection screens and a lounge area with 4 video screens
& players. |
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| This sign describes some
of the activities during the festival |
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| Among other unusual activities
iat the Festival, five Punk bands and VJ performances using materials
from submitted video artwork were part of the festival opening. |
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| After the opening party. |
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| Thais and foreigners watching
punk performances - for Thais this is very amusing. |
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| And some Thais take the
music seriously. |
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| ICECA and volunteer CMU
students on one of pre production meetings preparing resources and locations
for the Festival. |
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| The "production wall" at
ICECA office. Dates, to-do lists, arriving artists, equipment booking,
translations and installation logistics, and film screening
schedules.. |
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| Pim Laongchai at ICECA office:
over 500 applications were reviewed |
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| Pim Laongchai (Thailand)
reviews CD-ROM applications |
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| Michael Denny (USA) sorting
incoming applications |
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| Installing the satellite
dish on the museum's roof for high speed Internet connectivity at the festival |
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| Installing the exhibition
at the CMU Art Museum |
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| Preparations completed! |
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