Electrofringe 2004

Electrofringe is a new media art festival focused on emerging artists, forms and techniques. In 2004 we invite you to explore 3 tactics for evolution.

REPLICATE, AUTOMATE, INFILTRATE

Taking place in Newcastle, 2.5hours north of Sydney from 30 September - 4 October 2004, Electrofringe offers over 95 workshops, panel discussions, masterclasses, showcases, exhibitions, screenings and performances investigating the latest approaches to sound art, audiovisual fusions, screen-based explorations, new media performance and interactive installations.

Electrofringe 2004 will present over 80 national and international artists including
Eric Singer - League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots [USA]
HC Gilje - 242.pilots [NORWAY]
Laura Kavanaugh & Ian Birse - Instant Places [CANADA]
Robert Praxmarer - (t)error [AUSTRIA]
nMn - Dorkbot-Ghent [BELGIUM]
Aki Onda - Cassette Memories [JAPAN]

Plus: Adrian Bertram, Amanda Cuyler, Anna Helme, Ben. Harper, Boo Chapple, Brendan Slaven, Chris McCormick, Corin Edwards, Dan( ) MacKinlay, David Wolf, MEKanarky, Dusan Bojic, Fiona Malone, George Khut, Jasper Streit, Jenny Fraser, Jesse Sullivan, Joel Stern, Kate Donovan, Lonnie Hutchinson, Louise Terry, Malcolm Smith, Mel Donat, Miles van Dorssen, Nick Wishart, Paul Mosig, Peter Blamey, Rebecca Cannon, Rene Wooller, Richard Allen, Richard Byers, Robin Fox, Roly Skender, Ross Manning, Sarah-Mace Dennis & Svenja Kratz, Shannon O’Neill, Soda\_Jerk aka Dom and Dan Angeloro, Tara Pattenden, Tarquin Manek, Thea Baumann, Tim Webster, Vikki Wilson, William Noble,

With spa[v]ce showcases by Dave Noyze & Luke Harrald, Project 1 - Michael Yuen, Mimic Mass & Rosie Dennis, Nicholas Mariette, Patrick King, Sam Smith & Sumugan Sivanesan, Scot.d Cotterell. Plus Uni\_lateral - day-long ermerging artist showcase drawing on talent from some of Australia’s leading media arts courses.

Hands on highlights include a workshop with Eric Singer on how to make your own Sensor Based & Robotic Art; the three day process-based Instant Places Project with Laura Kavanaugh, Ian Birse, Anthony Magen & Joel Stern exploring the audiovisual secrets of Newcastle; and the PatchLab - a dedicated space for visual programming explorations presented in collaboration with Electronic Arts, School of Contemporary Arts, University of Western Sydney.

There will be 3 exhibitions: Unfiction curated by Rebecca Cannon & Ashley Whamond in collaboration with Rocketart, Matt Gardiner's breathtaking Oribotics at Newcastle Region Art Gallery, a concurrent exhibition at Canberra Contemporary Artspace and installations, a net.art gallery and screen lounge in ProjectSpace.

The screening program, a huge hit of the 2003 festival, returns with another ElectroProjections series of experimental screen works from a global call for submissions, as well as the international showcase from Transmediale04 and German Video Art 2000-2002 courtesy of the Goethe-Institute, Machinista's Full Screen Robovision, Reelife, Neopoetry, Resolutionary TV and the Australian premier of US filmmaker Mark Boswell's The Subversion Agency.

Also back again is Quantacrib workshop/performance space for improvised, collaborative mayhem. Throw in some mutant industrial robots and the program is looking wild, loud so bring your tools, toys, techniques and talk to be part of the [r]evolution!

FOR FULLPROGRAM DETAILS GO TO www.electrofringe.org

For more details contact Electrofringe Directors
Gail Priest 0413 18 33 70
Wade Maryknowsky 0422 537 292
Emma Stewart0405 422 492
[email protected]

Electrofringe is part of the This Is Not Art Festival www.thisisnotart.org