F2F: New Media Art from Finland exhibition in NYC

NEW MEDIA ARTISTS FROM FINLAND EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK CITY

LOCATION
Parsons Exhibitions
The Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, 66 Fifth Avenue
and Gallery at 2 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011

DATES
October 2 - November 15, 2002

HOURS
Monday - Friday 9 am - 9 pm
Saturday - Sunday 10 am - 6 pm

F2F: New Media Art from Finland invites you on a tour of the unexplored worlds of digital art. The nine artists in the exhibition present future scenarios, question our consumption habits, and raise thoughts on our role in the social context of the contemporary information society.

The interactive installations of F2F take you face to face with the possibilities of the human - machine dialogue. Using cutting edge solutions of the new technologies, such as custom made computer software and movement sensors, the works represent modern Finland, a pioneer country of wired and wireless communications.

The featured artists and their works are HAME by Laura Beloff and Maex Decker; The Battle over Indifferent Minds by Hanna Haaslahti; mirror++ by Juha Huuskonen; SOB by Marita Liulia; Aquarium by Teijo Pellinen; hit2Morrow by Kristian Simolin; Need by Tuomo Tammenpaa; and Mother, Child by Heidi Tikka.


SPECIAL EVENTS


OPENING
Wednesday, October 2 at 6 pm


LECTURE EVENT
Saturday, October 5

4 pm Artists Talk
Led by Marko Tandefelt, Curator of the exhibition,
F2F artists will give a short presentation of their
works in the gallery.

5 pm Panel Discussion:
Giving Shape to New Media Art.

Timothy Druckrey
Media Art Curator, Editor and Critic.
Contributor to the F2F catalogue

Erkki Huhtamo
Media Researcher, Curator, Writer and Professor at
UCLA. Contributor to the F2F catalogue

Heidi Tikka
Media artist, Researcher

Ilkka Suppanen
Designer, Exhibition Architect of the F2F exhibition

Moderator:
Juulia Kauste
F2F Catalogue Editor and Exhibition Producer

For more information, please contact Clinton Kuopus, Director of Exhibitions at Parsons School of Design at (212) 229 8987 or Juulia Kauste, Executive Director, Finnish Foundation for the Visual Arts at (212) 674 5570, or visit the exhibition web-site at http://www.f2fmedia.net

SUBWAYS:
L, N, R, Q, W, 4, 5, 6 to 14th St-Union Square.