dmf digital media festival 2001 program
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University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts-sponsored and hosted the Digital Media Fest of 2001, a curated festival of digital art and artists around the globe.TRANSCRIPT
dmfdIgItalmedIafestIval2001universityofthephiIippinescoIIegeoffineartsDctober 1 - 14, 2001http:lldigitaImedia.upd.edu.phlhcrvn delc Cruz Amcr 8crcDctober8DctoberScreenIngof ArtIsts'C0FD|s1 honday2 Tuesday4 Thursday5 Fridayhondaytrip0ixonPIxelScapesTomChambersFapId FIre Andrea PoIIicomp5 ComputerFine Artshez reezeCaIin hanPalm Poetry|ovIng PIctureCollectIon AgricoIa de CoIogneAIeksandraCIobokarAna haria UribeCeocentrIcIty fineArt Forum CaIIery space_medIa_labs Kevin H. JonesTheConquest of the East cIment ThomasFobert KendaIIget.real TiiaJohannsonTakahiko IimuraDpening Ceremonies: 11:00AhThe Corredor CaIIeryJuvenate hicheIIe CIaser nterpoesIa PhiIadeIpho henezes EWiIton AzevedoThe 8lack and theWhIte Fegina CIia PintoCyberPoetryUnderground Komninos ZervosThe7Irtual |Ine JoeI Weishaus1:00 Ph 0igitaI Imaging husic Sessionat The Corredor CaIIery. Topics: 0IgItalArt AI hanrique, 0IgItal Photography JimAyson en Fazon, 0IgIAnalog CollageCIennautista,sponsoredbyFuji-YKLPhiIippines.LiveEIectronichusicwithLioneI Zivan VaIdeIIon Tuesday10 Wednesday11 ThursdayArtists'VideoScreeningat:00AhfAf15thAnnIversaryTravellIngScreenIngProgrammeLecture/Forum: Nisar Keshvani1:00PhCanous0emo:Non-IinearEditingasicsndependentExposure Cook East Cook West hargaret Foberts8asIc Flash Workshop Fonnie hiIIevo DpportunItIes In Flash by FIashpro.orgHung KeungJoesr AIvarezJodyZeIIenJean-PhiIippe HaIgand CImokud The |eltIng SoulHoydigiteer.org and webArtery.com14 SundayLIVE Forum Netcasting with huItimediaArt Asia Pacific, 2:30 - 5:00 Ph EST20018rycnthcmcucyhcrvn delc Cruzh t t : / / w w w. h o y d y t e e r. o r y / a l m r e a d n y /No,t'snotjorPalmPlot.FortheraziIianInterpoetryExhibition,studentsof0igitaIhediaArtandHypermediafromthetheUniversityofthePhiIippinesCoIIegeofFineArts,transformtheirpaImsintopoetryforyourdivination.SomethIrtystudentsfromthetwocomputerelectIveclassesexploredthequestIon"whatIsmyrealname:"andexpressedtheanswersaswords,symbols,drawIngs,scrIbblIngs,andavarIetyofmarkIngsonthepalmoftheIrhands.The"handIworks" are then scanned through a flatbed scanner and dIgItallymanIpulated.The"palmpoetrIes"brIngforthyouthfulexpressIonsoflove,angst,song,dreams,memorIes,selfdestructIonandhumor.FeadIngthepalms,onegaInsanInsIghtIntotheartIst'stemperament, as In the IngredIents for InspIratIon InJohnFaphaeILopez's"Feflect"andthemultIplepersonalItIesofryanthamauagIn"5of|e."8ryantdecIdestofocusonhIsbrokenfIngeranddelIvers:l dcn't kncw whct's wrcny wth meScmehcw l'm dvny ntc nscnty,l brcke my ]nyer tc see hcw pcn]ul t wll be. 0crn t hurts.Fve ]cces c] me, whc wll l be?AnInterestInglookIntothemeanIngofnamesappearInthepalmsof0axXenosTeeandSheehan0emetiIIo. 0ax makes cryptIc symbols for hIs nameXenos whIch means "stranger even to hImself" andfor Sheehan, whose name means "The LIttle Peaceful Dne" Is a smIlIng mascot and an enumeratIon oftraIts:mayabang(prcud),turoturo(pcntny),greenmInded,madatung:(rch?),andTH!(trynyhcrd).EdwardTanalsolooksIntothemeanIngofhIs name and peruses "happy" on beIng "the happyprotector",butwIthaposItIvedIvInatIonofthefuture.SomeworkscontemplateplacesandjourneysInlIfe.CertrudisCrisostomo'spalmIstryIsawordmapofquestIonsanddIrectIons.ChanihadueocelebrateshIs"separaterealIty"fromtherestoftheworldInhIs"FestraIned."0aIntIlypaIntedjourneysdepIctloveandfrIendshIpforWryanFIores, whIle Jennifer SoIa's palm reads her most valued roles InlIfe: mcm, w]e, dcuyhter, crtst. For hichaeI Foxas, the preferreddIrectIon: CD EAST wIth the advIce wrItten on hIs palm: "Juan,huwag pakanluran."StatementspresentedalsoIncludethedocumentatIonofhandtrauma,asIn8ryant'sbrokenfIngerIn"5of|e",andFrancesTampinco's lavIshly decorated hand whIch documents a cut on theIndexfIngersayIng:"accIdentallycutmyselfwIthaKNFEtheother day. 'm always clumsy lIke that." WhIle stronger statementsare delIvered by Jacyn CoIobong's "Womyn":6!kL meets 6!kL. 6!kL lcses 6!kL. 6!kL yets 6!kL bcck. ONELO\E.NO k0LES. FkEE XONE.ThePalmPoetryIsaccompanIedbysoundpoetryperformedbyndustrIal0esIgnstudentsJoseAn-tonioPapaandPeterPasia.Thetwostudentsextemporaneously composed and recIted verses In FIlIpIno to go wIth the selfreflectIve palm poems: SInoako:Whccml?8akItakonarIrIto:Whycmlhere?Saanakoparoroon:Wherecmlycny?WIth a hIghpItched chorus: SIno kamI: Whc cre we?Andalsotoexpresstheangstofyouth:8akItanglIwanag ay tIla kadIlIman: Why dces the lyht seemlkedcrkness?AndtheanswertothequestIon"whoam:"pokeshumor: Ako,akoangmaglulutongayon!l,lwlldcthecccknytcdcy!Ceo/centr/e//cty: The Earth as Centerby Fatima LasayntheexhIbItIon,sevenFIlIpInodIgItalartIstspresentthIrteenvIsIonsofearthphenomenaandthelocalmythologIesthatmakeorderofthIs"mIddleworld's"unpredIctableanddynamIcsystem. AphysIcalmeetIngwIthscIentIstsatthePhiIippineInstituteofVoIcanoIogyandSeismoIogy(PhivoIcs)twomonthsbeforetheexhIbItIonprovIdedbothartandscIencepractItIonersacrossexamInatIonofthevarIous dIscIplInes that would be engaged InthecompletIonoftheproject.(DnlInethruhtt://www.jneartjorum.ory/Callery/2001/yeocentrcty/AIhanrique,AiIeenFamiIara,Ferdinand0octoIero,JoeyDng,JohnFIores,Archie0egamoandFatimaLasay.)L00PP0E5lA:The oetcs oj redundancybyWiIton AzevedoThefIrstIdeaforthe0adamovement,thatonewewouldknowlaterastheTheoryofnformatIonwastoquestIonthepoetIcsystems by the level of noIse that It could possIblygenerate.Thus,ItwasdetermInedthattheartIstIcmanIfestatIonhadstartedanewhybrIdcontentstage;verb,vIsualandsonorous,whereItwas doubted the frequency of a redundantor orIgInallanguage,thatIs,poetIcsthroughthesamenessandnoIse.(htt://dytalmeda.ud.edu.h/loooesa.html)5omethny more than rhymesand/n oemsby Jorge Luiz AntonioTranslated by 5andra CuerreroThrough a 14 pages long manIfesto, IncludIng the cover,theexperImentalPortuguesepoet,E.|.de|eloeCastro launched AlgorrItmos , the result of a long process of experIment and research In the areaof vIsual poetry, area In whIch the author Isone of the pIoneers and one of the most representatIvefIgures.(htt://d y t a l m e d a . u d . e d u . h /alyorrtmos.html)The Crytc Eyeby E.h. de heIo E CastroThe cryptIc eye Is an approach to Infopoetry.nfopoetry Is made wIth the use of the computerthusaddIngthevIrtualrealItyofthepoetIc Images to the vIrtual, dematerIalIzedsubstance of the synthetIc Imagery and wrItIngproducedbythecomputer.nfopoetryIsmetavIrtual,brIngIngwIth It the dIffIcult readIngofthenonobvIous.8ut, In a socIety of lIteratessuchasours,canwesayweseetheletters:(htt://dytalmeda.ud.edu.h/melo_e_castro.html)Palm Readnyby Fatima LasayVC36Hyermedaclcss(le]Kare,0axXenonTee,JohnCarlCarca,lecturerFats tcm)MchaelRoxas,Chan (tcprcw)VnceVllarta,MElaneruny,CanCanan5ola,(bcttcm)5heehan0eYuzon,FrancesTamncoc0cxXencsTeeParticipating ArtistsAndrea PoIIi Is a dIgItal medIa InstallatIon and performance artIstlIvIngInChIcago,llInoIs;shehasa|asterofFIne ArtsdegreeInTImeArtsfromtheSchooloftheArtnstItuteofChIcagoandIscurrentlyamemberofthefacultyofColumbIaCollegeChIcagoand an adjunct faculty member of the School of the Art nstItuteof ChIcago. She has exhIbIted and lectured natIonally and InternatIonally. http://www.cndrecpcll.ccm/Tom F. Chambers Is a 0ocumentary Photographer/7Isual ArtIst. HeIs currently workIng wIth dIgItal manIpulatIon/generatIon as an artformand'PIxelscapes'underthenamesakeof'New0IrectIons'.HeIsontheFacultyforWebPhotoSchool.comandPhotoSemInars.com.HIsdocumentaryportraIturelessonIsfeaturedattheseaforementIonedsItesandalsoatthe7Isual ArtsCenterofNorthwestFlorIda,NADFA(August2000),t'sArt,8aby!Art!andProfotos. As he becomes more and more Involved wIth dIgItal manIpulatIon/generatIon as an art form and the nternet, he contInues to pIck up hIs wellworn NIkon FE2s to generate conventIonaldocumentaryprojects.http://tcmchcmbers.0cctch.ccm/TakahikoIimurahasbeenapIoneerartIstofJapaneseexperImentalfIlmandvIdeo,workIng In fIlm sInce l960 and wIth vIdeo sInce 1970.HeIsalsoawIdelyestablIshedInternatIonalartIst,havIngnumerousexhIbItIonsInJapan,the USA, and In Europe. Dne of hIs early fIlms,"Dnan",wasawardedSpecIalPrIzeatthelegendary8russelsnternatIonalExperImentalFestIval,l964.FecentlyhehasbeenInvolved In usIng the computer, publIshIng a multImedIa C0FD| ofhIsfIlm,vIdeo,graphIcs,text,andphotographIcworks.http://www2.ycl.ccm/users/murc/Frcnt.htmlIvor 0iosi Is a dIgItal artIst specIalIzIng In artIfIcal lIfe wIth software development,desIgnandInteractIveInstallatIonworkspresentedInternatIonally and onlIne. He was born In CzechoslovakIa and has degrees InnformatIon SecurIty, PhIlosophy, and FIlm. emaIl: [email protected] AIvarez ([email protected])IsmedIaartIstand poet born In FIo de JaneIro, 8razIl. CarIos horeira Is poet andcomposer born In Joo Pessoa, 8razIl. CIucio Ciordanni Is musIcIanandcomposer,bornInCuajar|IrIm,8razIl.ThethreeartIsts are part of the cultural movementhadeirista InsIde the 8razIlIan AmazonIa. http://www.enternet.wth.br/lneclvcrez/PauI WiIIiams a.k.a. Trip 0ixon, based In |ontreal, Canada, Is choreographer of dIgItal sound and Image. http://www.mpJ.ccm/trpdxcnFobert KendaII Is the author of a booklength hypertext poem, AL]e Set ]cr Twc (Eastgate Systems, 1996). A Wcnderny Cty (ClevelandStateUnIversItyPoetryCenter,1992),hIsprIntedbookofpoems,wontheCSUPoetryCenterPrIze.Kendalllecturesfrequently about InteractIve lIterature and electronIc publIshIng. 8ornandraIsedInCanada,heearnedan|AdegreefromNewYorkUnIversIty,sojournedInNewJerseyfortenyears,andcurrentlylIvesIn|enloPark,CalIfornIa,wIthhIswIfeandtwodaughters.http://wcrdcrcuts.ccm/kendcll/AIeksandra CIobokar Is an archItect based In Ljubljana, SlovenIa.She works on new archItectural theory, dealIng mostly wIth 7F|Llandscapes and InvestIgatIng the archItecture In vIrtual space. http://www.crchtectvclc.cry/ndex_1.htmlCaIin han has a 8A In lIterature and Is chIef edItor of ntermedIa |agazIne, member of the KInema kon group and Is based In Arad, FomanIa.HIs latest net.art project Is Esoth ErIc http://www.v2.nl/esctherchargaretFobertsIs a Sydneybased artIst, workIng wIth InstallatIon sInce 1990, usIng varIous means to explore orIentatIon In space,theeffectofpeople'spresenceontheIrInterpretatIonofwhattheysee,theconnectIonsbetweenabstractIonandthepartIcu]t)ctthe0nverstyc]thePhlppnesCclleyec]FneArts:(Tcprcw)JulusnRahaelLoez,(mddle)Maelleza,Ranelle0al,CracePelayo,MayLasay,WryanFlores,ryantMamauay,5ohyunAhn,RaymundTan,(bctMaduenocndAldrnMenardo.FA1000ytalMedaArtclcss(tcpphctc):lton5ardena,MarvndelaCruz,EdwardTan,(mddle)MonseeClaravall,n,FatsLasay,Amorara,CrstneVllamel,obbyCrsostomo,Jennjeremetllo,CarmelaMaraancndJohanndeVeneca.Nctnphctc:HectorcndJacynColobony.Feview: 0 branco e o neyroby Jorge Luiz AntonioA cdrom (compact dIsk readonly memory), contaIns data that can be readbutthatcannotbealtered.WIthItthereadIngchanges.ThereaderoperatortakesthesquareplastIcbox,opensIt,takesthedIskoutandputs It In the computer's C0 drIver. The openIng and closIng pages of bookbecomes some clIcks by a mouse.FromthIsacton,tworeadIngsstart:thecomputer'sreadIngInordertounderstandthesoftwarebywhIchthecdromwascomposed,andthereader who operates the computer wIth the aIm of makIng a readIng out ofthe prInted book: "a reader who surfs on a screen, programmIng readIngs,InanevanescentunIverseofsIgns,buteternallyavaIlable,oncondItIonthathecan'tloosetheroutetogetthem"(Santaella1997).8ythIswayItIspossIbletoaccessObrcnccecneyrcccmJulenScrel,nclundcOJcycdcNeblnc,acdrombyFegInaClIaPInto.ThatIs:Obrcnccecneyrc:re]lexesscbrecneblnc ,accordIngtothesubtItleofthework,whIchIspartofprojectcalled8blcteccdcshcrcvlhcs.(htt://dytalmeda.ud.edu.h/branco_neyro.html)0ytal lmayny and Musc 5essonsMonday 0ctober 8, 2001 1:00 PM0IgItalArtFetrospectIvebyAIhanrique0IgIAnalogCollagebyCIennautista0IgItalPhotographybyJimAysonandenFazonElectronIc|usIc0emobyLioneIZivanVaIdeIIon0MF2001 s suorted by:UniversityofthePhiIippinesCoIIegeofFine Arts(UPCFA)DfficeoftheChanceIIor,UP-0iIimanDfficeonInitiativesforCuItureandtheArts(DICA)UPComputerCenterand0iINetFuji-YKLandFUJIFILhPhiIippinesCamputer0evicesCorporationandCanopusfineArtforumhtt://www.jneartjorum.ory/huItimediaArtAsiaPacific,Inc.htt://www.maa.ory.au/HoydigiteerArt|TechnoIogy|CuIturehtt://hoydyteer.ory/Fhizomehtt://www.rhzome.ory/Creative0isturbance,Inc.htt://www.creatvedsturbance.com/ibIioTech,Inc.0igitaIPubIishingWorkshopSTI-hakati,PhiIippinesFIashproEePremyohtt://www.jlashro.ory/htt://eremyo.com/0MF2001 Partner Events:2ndInterpoetryExhibition:TheHypermediaPoeticsDctober811,2001UnIversIdadePresbIterIana|ackenzIe,InSoPaulo,8razIl;huItimedia Art AsiaPacificFestivaI2001EXCESSVideoScreeningProgramme(China,Korea,AustraIia)hAAPLiveForumNetcastingDctober14,2001atthe8rIsbanePowerhouseCentrefortheLIveArts;fineArtForum15thAnniversaryTraveI-IingScreeningProgramme(2001-02)haniIaco-LaunchTuesdayDctober9,2001attheUPCollegeofFneArtsCorredorCallerylarItyoflocatIon,etc.ShehasbeenworkIngwIthvIdeosInce1999, showIng vIdeo InstallatIons In Sydney, Drange and CoulburnInAustralIa,andIn7IennaandHamburgInEurope.SheIscurrently teachIng In the Sculpture Performance and nstallatIon StudIoatSydneyCollegeofthe Arts.http://www.hcresbrecth.ccm/rcberts emaIl:[email protected]. John Antoine Labadie Is CoordInator of Art 0epartment 0IgItal StudIos and 0Irector of the |edIa ntegratIon Project,UnIversIty of NorthCarolIna at Pembroke. http://www.uncp.edu/medc_nteyrctcn/cImentThomasandJean-PhiIippeHaIgandareexecutIvesofpavu.com based In ParIs, France, The EngArde style Foute Pool InthedomaInsofPlInIngTechnologIes,specIalIzedIn0efault7aluenformatIve Arts PFDductIons and on lIne TerrItorIalIsatIon. emaIl:[email protected][|aryAnne8reeze]IsaprofessIonalnet.wurkerwho[sInce1995] has exhIbIted xtensIvely In a ][Inter][networked sphere. |ezIsafreelancejournalIst,the2001FesIdent ArtIstattheWCC,IscurrentlyworkIngonher"FantazeeCenderator"project[vIathe7F Award]fortheFU@HumboldtUInIversItatIn8erlIn,andhasbeenshortlIstedfortheprestIgIous2001ElectronIcLIteratureDrganIsatIon's FIctIon prIze. http://www.hctkey.net.cu/-netwurker/JoeI S. achar founded 8lackchaIr ProductIons In Seattle In 1992.SInce1996,8lackchaIrProductIonshascuratedandpromotedlndependent Expcsure, a monthly |IcrocInema screenIng whIch hasprogrammed over 600 works by Independent vIdeo, fIlm, and dIgItal artIsts from hundreds of cItIes In 20 countrIes. 8achar formed|IcrocInema,nc.InJanuaryof2000,promotIng,exhIbItInganddIstrIbutIngIndependentfIlmandvIdeovIathelnternctcnclhcrccnemcNetwcrk.http://www.mcrccnemc.ccm/JodyZeIIenlIvesInLosAngeles,CalIfornIa.SheworksInmanymedIasImultaneouslymakIngphotographs,InstallatIons,netart,publIc art, as well as artIsts' book. The subject of her work Is thecItyandhowonecansImulatetheexperIenceofbeIngInanurbanenvIronment.HerworkhasbeenexhIbItednatIonallyandInternatIonallyIncludIngsoloexhIbItIonsrecentlyatTheFobert7. Fullerton Art |useum In San 8ernardIno, CA (2001); |ontgomeryCallery(PomonaCollege,Claremont,CA2000).HerwebsIte\suclchccs.crywasIncludedInSIggraph2001;CHDSTCTY(www.yhcstcty.ccm) was Included Artfuture2000 In TaIpeI; SEA2000;thenternatIonal8IennIalof ArchItectureInFlorence(2000);selected for the E|AF festIval In Dsenbruch, Cermany (2000); as wellas In the exhIbItIon "|Irades mpudIques" organIzed and shown atthe FundacIIo "La CaIxa" In 8arcelona.LisaCianciIsamultImedIaartIstbasedIn|elbourne,AustralIaCombInIng the fIelds of art, desIgn, InformatIon management andtechnologyhasprovIdedLIsawIthavastarrayofskIllsIntheseareas,mostnotablyIntheareasofcomputergeneratedartanddesIgn,webauthorIng,userInterfacedesIgn,databasemanagement,developmentandmanIpulatIon,troubleshootIngandproblem solvIng In these areas. http://www.mmcrphe.ccm/TiiaJohannsonIsamedIaartIst,educatorandresearcherbasedInTallInn, EstonIa. Her background Is In fIne arts and movIng Image, sInce1995shehasmostlybeenworkIngonnumerousNetandvIdeoartprojectson multImedIa and nformatIon SocIety technologIes. She Is a Ph0 studentInUnIversItyofLaplandInthedepartmentof AudIovIsual|edIaCulture majorIng on |edIa StudIes. http://Art0n.ee/-tcKevin H. Jones Is AssIstant Professor of 0IgItal 0esIgn at the UnIversItyofNorthCarolInaatCreensboroandrunsSpace|edIaLabswhIchlooksbeyondmorphologytotheforcesandsystemsthatdefInenature.WIththeuseofchemIstry,bIology,physIcsandscIence,Space|edIaLabsseektofusetheobservatIonsofthenaturalworldwIthtoday'semergIngtechnologIes.http://www.spccemedclcbs.ccm/heIanitis Yiannis Is Ph0 Fellow of Athens School of FIne Arts andhIsworksIncludeInteractIvewebperformancesandbIorobotIcsymbIosIsInstallatIons.http://dytclcrt.cs]c.yr/students/melcnts/JuvenateIsanInteractIvenarratIvereleasedonC0FD|byhicheIIe CIaser, Andrew Hutchison and harie-Louise Xavier. PastcollaboratIonsbetweenxavIerandClaserIncludetetragenIa,anet based artwork exhIbIted In the 1999 FestIval of Perth. HutchisonIsamultImedIadesgIneranddevelopernowsenIorlecturerIn|ultImedIaatCurtInUnIversItyoftechnology.AndrewhasrecentlycompletedhIs|AondesIgnandapplIcatIonofvarIousparadIgms of InteractIon In new medIa productIon.harie-LouiseXavierIsanewmedIaartIstanddesIgnerwIthexperIenceIndevelopIng a wIde range of multImedIa products, now workIng asInterface desIgner of C0FD| and webdelIvered educatIonal gamesforchIldren.http://www.mcyc.ccm.cu/]uvencte/CarIaCannisIsaperformanceandnewmedIaartIstbasedIn8rooklyn,NewYork.HervIdeo2,chronIclesSIsterCemInI,herdIgItalalterego,InherlIvewebtransmIssIonsandfancIfulwebhackIng.ThedIgItalvIdeowasproducedwIthAndresSanchez,James WoIcott and Edison Woods. emaIl: [email protected]|usIc Technology,|edIaandCommunIcatIonsandEnglIsh.HehasworkedasporterInCalway,assemblylIneworkerandcleanerInanaeronautIcsplantIn|unIch,constructIonworker In London, maIl sorter In Fotterdam, bulb packer In The Netherlands,stockkeeperandkItchenworkerInLImerIck,haIrmodelfor7IdalSassonInSanFrancIsco,andEnglIshteacher.HeusesC++programmIngIn the areas of |0 and 0SP. CavIn Is based In 0ublIn, reland.http://hcmepcye.erccm.net/-ycvnprcr/ComputerFineArtsIsbasedInNewYorkandonlInehttp://www.ccmputer]necrts.ccmKomninosZervos,performancepoet,hasbeenpoetIngsInce1985professIonally,takInghIspoetrytoschools,communItygroups,hotels,musIcvenues,prIsons,coffeeloungesandunIversItIes,radIoandtelevIsIonandnowtheInternet.He completed a |asters of Arts In CreatIve WrItIng at the UnIversIty of Queensland, he authoredaC0FD|ofcyberpoetryforhIsdIssertatIon.HeIspresently a Ph0 candIdate. n 1998 KomnInos travelled to London to beWrIterInFesIdenceat ArtecamultImedIatraInIngandresourcecentreInslIngtonwhereheauthoredaC0FD|,'cyberpoetyunderground'.HeconvenesandlecturesIntheCyberStudIes|ajor,SchoolofArts,CrIffIthUnIversIty,ColdCoast,Queensland.http://www.expermedc.vc.ycv.cu/cyberpcet/zne/zervcs/WiIfried AgricoIadeCoIognewasbornIn8lackForest (Southern Cermany) lIvIng and workIng asa free lance artIst sInce 1984 In Cologne. He hasdegreesInCraphIcsandPhotography,HIstoryofArt,JournalIsmand0ramatIc Arts,andPaIntIng.http://www.lemuseedvscnste.cryemaIl:[email protected] Keung Is a multImedIa artIst based In Hong Kong. He Is lecturerattheSchoolof0esIgn,HongKongPolytechnIcUnIversIty.HungKeungIscurrentlydoInghIsresearchthru0AA0InCermany.http://www.hunykeuny.ccm/FostopascaIsanewlyborngroupofyoungFomanIanartIsts:FIoe,NicoIae, Pentac, hona, uga, ontas, and Corzo. Fostopasca buIlt upa program whIch keeps the balance between healIng and poIsonIng asthecuratIveplant,whosenametheybeardoes.Fostopasca(HerbaChelIdonII) Is a kInd of tradItIonal panaceum wIth strong curatIve propertIes but also toxIc If taken In overdose. Fostopasca's contemplatIon/The"FostemplatIon"(as8arbara8arschonceputIt,InCerman-"FostemplazIonen") Is a dynamIc, tensIoned (even If there Is a contradIctIonInterms)"contemplatIon"overtheactualworld.theFostopasca spIrIt / the Fostopasca atmosphere / the Fostopasca attItude Is jocund, sensIble, wIth an unconfoundable softly cynIcal touch.(Fuxandra 8alacI) emaIl: [email protected],earnedateachIngcertIfIcateIn0rawIngand ArtattheEscolade8elas ArtesoftheUnIversIdadeFederaldoFIodeJaneIro,19741977,anda|aster'sdegreeIn ArtHIstory,specIalIzIngInthe Anthropologyof ArtShehaswrItten a varIety of academIc works, IncludIng two publIshed scIentIfIcessays "CeleIda de 8arro", n Arte E EnsaIos, FevIsta do |estrado emHIstrIa da Arte, E8A, UFFJ, vol. , no. 2, 1995 and "magens do FIo:dIrIo minImo sobre duas rodas" (mages of FIo: mInImal dIary on twowheels), In Cadernos de PsCraduao J, E8A / UFFJ, 1996. Fecently,she has been devotIng herself to fIndIng a specIfIc artIstIc language forcomputers and holdIng onewoman and joInt exhIbItIons that ally thereal and the vIrtual. SInce 2000, she has publIshed, wIth |arcelo Frazoand Paulo 7Illela, the eletronIc emagazIne "Arte on LIne" (Art on LIne),http://www.crtecnlne.crq.brPhiIadeIphohenezesandWiItonAzevedo,lnterpcesc:pceschpermdc nterctvc (C0FD|). So Paulo, 8razIl, edIted by PresbyterIan UnIversIty |ackenzIe, ExperImental Poetry StudIo of PontIfIcal CatholIcUnIversItyofSoPaulo,andFAPESP(TheStateofSoPauloFesearchFoundatIon):1997/1998.PoemsbyPhIladelpho|enezesandWIlton Azevedo; Art dIrectIon by WIlton Azevedo. TranslatIon Into EnglIshby0avIdScott.PoembyPhIladelpho|enezesbymeansof AnaAly'sfInalart.SoundedItIonby Alessandra7IlelaandSrgIo8aIron.ProgrammIng/anImatIon by Alessandra 7Ilela. Produced In ndustrIal Poleof |anaus by SonopressFImo da AmaznIa nd. Com. FonogrfIca Ltda.Compact 0Isc 065.462. From the revIew by Jorge Luiz Antonio (http://www.ctcl.umd.edu/-rccs/bccks/menezes.html):".. It Is necessary to emphasIze that PhIladelpho |enezes and WIltonAzevedohavecreatedanewtermandconceptforaspecIaltypeofdIgItalpoetry:nterpcetry,orntercctvehypermedcpcetry,whIchthey descrIbe as "poems In whIch sounds, Images and words coalesce,InacomplexIntersemIotIcprocess,InatechnologIcalenvIronmentwhIch precIsely facIlItated the sImultaneous presence of verbal, vIsualand acoustIc sIgns: hypermedIa programs"; that Is, "an IntersIgn exercIsewhIchmakesclearthesIgnIfIcanceofthesIgntraffIcofdIgItalmedIa,brIngIngaboutwhatcouldbecalledaneweraofreadIng"(AzevedoIn|enezesand Azevedo,1997/1998).ThepoetIcsynthesIsproposedbytheauthorsIntendstobrIngtogethertheverbal,sound,andvIsualpoetryInacontextInwhIchtheInteractIvItyoverreachesthe concept of IntertextualIty, once the dIalogue wIth other works ofartandauthorsrealIzedIntheelectronIcanddIgItalenvIronment,totally suItable to It, neIther transposed, nor adapted. t Is a work ofdIgItal Interpoetry that makes a dIalogue wIth other types of texts, forthe"fusIonofgenreIs,furthermore,naturaltoInterpoetry:vIsualpoetry,soundpoetry,theoretIcaltext,encyclopedIcInformatIon,fIctIon, lIes, games, all are possIble paths wIthIn the Interpoem, IncludIngthe possIbIlIty of enterIng Into commerce (or dIalogue) wIth nontechnologIcal medIa" (|enezes In Azevedo and |enezes, 1997/1998)""ThegroupofartIstspartIcIpatIngIntheprojectdeservesaspecIalreference. They represent some of the best professors from topranked8razIlIanunIversItIesand,also,areartIstsrecognIzedbyspecIalIzedcrItIcs: PhIladelpho |enezes Neto (19602000), who dIed recently In acar accIdent, was professor of Post CraduatIon Program In CommunIcatIon and SemIotIcs at the PontIfIcal CatholIc UnIversIty of So Paulo, averybrIllIantanddedIcatedsearcher,soundpoet,andcoordInatorofthe StudIo of ExperImental Poetry; WIlton Luis de Azevedo, professor ofthe Postgraduate Program In EducatIon, Arts and Culture HIstory at the|ackenzIePresbyterIanUnIversIty,IsadesIgnerandapaInter;0avIdScottIsprofessorandchIefoftheFrench0epartmentatTrInItyCollege,In0ublIn,reland,andpresIdentofnternatIonal AssocIatIonofthe StudIes on Word and mage (ASW); and SrgIo 8aIron, also professoratPontIfIcalCatholIcUnIversItyand|ackenzIePresbyterIanUnIversIty,IsanexpertontheIntersectIonsbetweeneducatIonaltools,cultural materIal, and hypermedIa.JorgeLuizAntonioIsfrom8razIl.HeIsapoet,wrIter, Portuguese LIterature professor, and Is currently studyIng dIgItal poetry for hIs Ph0 degree InCommunIcatIon and SemIotIcs Program at the PontIfIcalCatholIcUnIversItyofSoPaulo,8razIl.Hewrote "AlmeIda JunIor atravs dos tempos" (AlmeIdaJunIorthroughoutthetIme)(198J),and"Cores,forma, luz, movImento: a poesIa de CesrIo 7erde"(Colours,form,lIght,movement:CesrIo7erde'spoetry)(tobepublIshedthIsyear).http://www.vspc.ccm/msc/8rczlcn0ytclPcetry.htmE.h. de heIo e Castro was born In CovIlh, Portugal, In 19J2, E. |.de|eloeCastroIsapractItIonerandtheorIstofthePortugueseExperImentalPoetryInthesIxtIesInPortugal,IntroducIngConcretePoetry,heIsregardedasapIoneerInvIdeopoetryaswell.He Is a retIred TextIle EngIneer, author of books In thIs area, textIledesIgner, professor of thIs area as well as poet and essayIst.JoeI Weishaus Is a veteran of the late 1960s, when he was the LIteraryEdItorofU.C.8erkeley'sstudentnewspaper.nthe1980s,WeIshauswas a sculptor, art crItIc, and Adjunct Curator at The UnIversIty of New|exIco's FIne Arts |useum. The next decade found hIm as a WrIterInFesIdence at UN|'s Center for Southwest Fesearch, where hIs archIveresIdes. The onlIne versIon of thIs archIve Is at http://www.unm.edu/-reclty.WeIshauspresentlyresIdesInPortlandDregon,wrItIngbookrevIews for the daIly newspaper, and IntroducIng the concepts of webspecIfIc wrItIng to varIous lIterary organIzatIons. HIs work, keclty 0recmsIsanautobIographyconsIstIngofnIneteenscrolls,journalsInterstIcedwIthremInIscences,poems,dreams,phIlosophy,crItIque, and orIgInal tropes such as InvagInatIon (fragments of nestedquotatIons). t has over 1000 lInks to paratexts that contaIn cItatIonsandotherInformatIon.TherearealsotwodozenlInkstoImages. http://www.unm.edu/-reclty/ccntr.htmCimokud The heIting SouI Is a HoydIgIteer.org InItIatIve wIth supportfrom members of Webartery.com. The CImokud Project Is a vIsualIzatIon of an ancIent PhIlIppIne myth depIctIng the Interrupted exIstenceofthesoul(orgImokud).PartIcIpantsInthesoulprojectwererequested to upload theIr souls (an Image of themselves) and an objectthat they would brIng wIth them If they were to travel as a gImokud.The recIpIents of theIr Images, 0IgItal |edIa students at the UPCFA andselected dIgItal artIsts, would then create the leaf vessel upon whIchtheIrgImokudwouldresIde.TheonlIneexhIbItIonpresentsfIftytwodIgItal works by thIrtytwo artIsts vIsualIzIng the souls of twentythreepartIcIpants from AustralIa, 8razIl, Canada, Cuba, EstonIa, France, Creece,SlovenIa, UK, and USA. http://www.hcydyteer.cry/ymckud.htmlAnahariaUribelIvesandworksIn8uenosAIres,ArgentIna.nthelate1960sshebeganworkIngonvIsualpoetryandIn1997started takIng her work on the web. Her C0FD| Escalerasy DtrosAnIpoemas (Ladders and Dther AnIpoems) Is a selectIon of workspublIshedonlIneIncludIngherfIrstTypoemsortypographIcpoetry and her AnIpoems (19972001) or anImated vIsual poetry, amongthemTheCIrcus.http://cmurbe.trpcd.ccm/CustavoKortsarzIsanewmedIaartIstbasedInFranceHIs"7anarsky/ToporgraphIe" vIdeo usIng dIgItal ImagIng and photographytomodelrealIstIcportraItsInthreedImensIons.emaIl:[email protected] artists featured:Stanza http://www.cmcrphcsccpes.ccm,AiIeen FamiIara http://www.yecctes.ccm/sulct_mulct/,TheVirtuaIhinehttp://www.thevrtuclmne.net, SarawutChutiwongpeti http://www.hcydyteer.cry/FOC0S.01/, Patriciahontes-Estopace,Christianhttp://mpJ.ccm/sckmcnc]csc,VisuaI hath: FractaIs, TiIings and TesseIations, PoIyhedraPrintsbyFA100studentshttp://dytclmedc.upd.edu.ph/0hF2001Websitehtt://dytalmeda.ud.edu.h/0hF2Ascrchvedcthttp://dytclmedc.upd.edu.ph/dm]2k0hF2001 is curated by Fatima LasayFatima Lasay Is an ndustrIal 0esIgn graduate of the UnIversItyof the PhIlIppInes; she Is also a practIcIng artIst, wrIter andresearcher. FatIma Is lecturer of dIgItal medIa art also at theUnIversItyofthePhIlIppInesandIscurrentlyworkIngonher|FAthesIsonrelIgIousImagery,symmetryandvIsualrecurrenceanalysIs. FatIma runs and maIntaIns HoydIgIteer.org, a dIgItal artInItIatIvefocusIngonnetworkedprojects,workshopsandexhIbItIon. http://www.hcydyteer.cry/ emcl:][email protected] TcnCan Canan0hF2001IsmadepossIblethroughthegeneroussupportof the Dffice of the ChanceIIor, University of the PhiIip-pines-0iIiman, the Dffice of Initiatives on CuIture and theArts, and the UP CoIIege of Fine Arts. TechnIcal support IsprovIded by the UP Computer Center and 0iINet.LioneIZivanVaIdeIIonIstheartIstbehInd AcId42,"a psychIc gestalt In 128 kbps sampled format." HeIsfounderandkeyboardIst/programmerofCLDNE,en experImental emusIc trIo. LIonel Is based In|akatI,PhIlIppInesandIsDnlIneContentEdItorof0oubleslashmedIa.comhttp://ccd42.trpcd.ccmemcl:[email protected] studIed AdvertIsIngattheUnIversItyofthePhIlIppInes,PaIntIngatthe8rooksnstItuteof Art(Santa8arbara ArtnstItute),USA,andLIthographyInKunstakademIe,0uesseldorf,Cermany.NowbasedInmus,CavIte,ClenncontInueshIsartpractIcesharInghIsartwIthIndIgentchIldrenInhIscommunIty.http://www.cccesswcy.ph/-ylenlcrn/AIhanriquehasoverJ0yearsofactIveandcrossdIscIplInaryInvolvementInthefIeldsofart,educatIon,archItecture,systemsdesIgnandadmInIstratIon, and busIness management. Al |anrIque's artIstIc experIence Includes prIntmakIng, photography, paIntIng, and dIgItal art. He Iscurrently0Irectorof8IblIotech,nc.http://welccme.tc/clmcnrque/Jim AysonIsadIgItalmusIcandImagIngenthusIast,apIoneerInthefIeldofPhIlIppIneelectronIcmusIcandforerunnerofPhIlmusIc.com, one of the country's fIrst to delIver local pop musIconlIne.0IgItalphotographyIsoneofhIslongtImepassIons.http://www.phlmusc.ccm/en Fazon [email protected] Is a seasonedlocatIonandnewsphotographerrecentlyengagedInprofessIonaldIgItalphotography.jAj15th AnnversaryTravellny5creennyProyrammeTuesday 0ctober , 2001 :00 AM1-hour dytal vdeo royramme by ylobal artstsLecture/Forum - How a News 5ervcecanAd the Cause oj the ArtstsTuesday 0ctober , 2001 10:00 AMSIngaporeanNisarKeshvaniIsafreelancenternetjournalIst,webdeveloper,educatorandnewmedIaspecIalIst.HehasworkedforvarIous foreIgn magazInes and newspapers sInce 199J. A dIgItal medIalecturer at Ngee Ann PolytechnIc, NIsar Is also edItorInchIef of fIneArtforum, a 14yearold art E technology news servIce. He has lecturedIn onlIne journalIsm at AustralIa's Queensland UnIversIty of Technology, and researched the nternet's Impact on journalIsts, new medIatechnologIes,medIaconvergence,andWWWcontentmanagement.http://www.keshvcn.ccm emaIl:[email protected] lmayny and Lve Musc 5essonsMonday 0ctober 8, 2001 1:00 PM0ytclccmercscndprntsccurtesyc]FlashWorkshoandForumWednesday 0ctober 10, 2001 :00 AMUPCFA Comuter RoomFonnie hiIIevo Is a multImedIa specIalIst and a fIneartspractItIoner.HeconductslecturesIndIgItalImagIng, web desIgn, audIovIdeo edItIng, desktoppublIshIng,20anImatIonandC0FD|InteractIve authorIng. http://mllevcr.trpcd.ccm/hcccndwebccmccurtesyc] \decSystemccurtesyc]