EMAF 2009

27. November 2008 by admin.

The EMAF is one of the most influential forums of international Media
Art. As an international meeting point for artists, curators, lenders,
gallery owners and an audience of specialists, the festival has had a
profound impact on the topic and aesthetics of Media Art for more than
two decades. The festival offers its visitors a current overview of
new experimental films, installations, performances, digital formats
and hybrid forms, ranging from personal and political subjects to
formal experiments and
provocative statements. In 2009, the festival will explore the areas
of long-term archival storage and the public options for use of Media
Art. The exhibition entitled Image Battles refers to the connection
between technological progress and the transformation of the images of
war using current Media Art and historical exhibits.

Cinema
We include experimental short and feature films, music videos, new
forms of narration and documentation as well as specials and
retrospectives. At the festival an international jury will present the
»EMAF Award« for trend-setting work in Media Art and the »Dialog
Award« of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the promotion of
intercultural exchange. Furthermore, the jury of the German Federal
Association of Film Journalists will award the prize for the best
German experimental film.

Exhibition
In collaboration with the Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche (Art
Hall/Dominican Church), the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Centre and the
Museum Industriekultur (Museum for Industrial Heritage), the EMAF will
present the exhibition »Image Battles ? 2000 years of news from the
war« from 22 April to 4 October 2009. You are warmly invited to submit
installations or media-sculptural works related to the theme of the
exhibition.

Expanded Media
Artistic projects of digital media, performances, music and sound
projects, as well as the latest concepts from expanded media.

International Student Forum
This forum acts as a meeting point and market where trends and
training concepts from the media universities, academies of art and
design colleges of Europe are presented.

Congress
The pilot project mediaartbase.de, funded by the German Federal
Cultura Foundation and Cultural Foundation of the German States, is in
the process of developing a digital platform which can be used by
institutions, universities and schools for research purposes. The
project focuses on the question: »What is the significance of media
archives for the public (art) sphere, in particular against the
backdrop of the new digital distribution channels?« Furthermore,
artistic positions from the various fields of
the festival will be discussed.

Concept and directors board: Hermann Noering, Alfred Rotert, Ralf Sausmikat

// SPONSORS
nordmedia - Die Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH Stadt
Osnabrueck Auswaertiges Amt, Berlin Bundesministerium für Bildung und
Forschung, Berlin EU Commission - MEDIA Programme as well as donations
from further sponsors.

Contact/Address/Postal:

European Media Art Festival
Lohstrasse 45 a,
D-49074 Osnabrueck

phone +49 (0) 5 41 - 2 16 58
fax   +49 (0) 5 41 - 2 83 27
mail: info(at)emaf.de
www.emaf.de

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