Ars Electronica 2001
TAKEOVER - who's doing the art of tomorrow
September 1 - 6, 2001
Linz, Austria
www.aec.at/takeover
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Ars Electronica 2001 - 9th Announcement
CONTENTS

1. Ars Electronica 2001 - Conferences
September 2 - 6, 2001

1.1. TAKEOVER Symposium

1.2. Creativity versus Marketing: Oliviero Toscani

1.3. Conference - Engineers of Experience

1.4. Conference - From Document to Event

1.5. Conference - The Undertakings of Art

1.6. Pixel Spaces

1.7. Prix Ars Electronica Forum

2. Tickets & Information

You are reading the 9th issue of the Ars Electronica newsletter, focusing on
the participants of Ars Electronica's conferences and symposium 2001.
You will find a German version of this announcement and the detailed
festival program at www.aec.at/takeover

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1. Ars Electronica 2001 - Conferences
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Which constellations, what factors are determining the art of tomorrow,
where it will happen, who will be doing it and with whom? These questions
are at the focal point of Ars Electronica 2001: Let's take a look at the
thing formerly known as art!
The theoretical encounter with the Festival theme will be presented in a new
format this year: A symposium, conferences, panels on virtual reality and
the Prix Ars Electronica Forum make up a full calendar of events, an
overarching theory-network spanning the entire festival week.

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1.1. TAKEOVER Symposium
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The aim of the theoretical reflections undertaken in conjunction with
TAKEOVER is to sound the depths of the constellations and framework
conditions of the art of tomorrow and to initiate and further an open
discourse.
TAKEOVER Symposium part I
September 2, 10.30-13.30, Brucknerhaus
About the paradigm shift, new role definitions, working models and the
creativity burst.
With:
Jon Ippolito/USA, Dietmar Bruckmayr/A, Ahmad Rafi Mohamed Eshaq/MAL,
Wolfgang Maass/A, Tobias O. Meissner/D, Gerfried Stocker/A

TAKEOVER Symposium part II
September 2, 15.00-17.30, Brucknerhaus
Digital culture & lifestyle in action
Feat: Kerb, Moccu, Sulake Labs, Team cHmAn, Everything, and all the other
electrolobby residents
Moderation: TNC Network's Sabine Wahrmann/D, Sound: DJ Swo
Concept/Line-up: Tina Cassani, Bruno Beusch/F (TNC Network)

TAKEOVER Symposium part III
September 3, 10.30-13.30, Brucknerhaus
Content development and skin design for the broadband future. New
technologies, new tools, new concepts.
With:
Ruedi Bauer/F/CH, Tanja Diezmann/D, Tatsuya Matsui/J, Ole Luetjens, Nico
Palermo/D/USA, Nora Barry/USA, Jerome Rota/F/USA, Stuart Maschwitz/USA

TAKEOVER Symposium part IV
September 3, 15.00-18.00, Brucknerhaus
Creators of Life: The methods and processes of biotechnology and
bio-informatics as artistic tools.
With:
Eduardo Kac/USA, SymbioticA Research Group/AUS, Stuart Bunt/AUS, Natalie
Jeremijenko/USA, Hiroaki Kitano/J, Joe Davies/USA

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1.2. Creativity versus Marketing: Oliviero Toscani
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TAKEOVER Symposium Lecture
September 4, 18.30 - 20.00, Kunstuniversitaet Linz
Oliviero Toscani
Creativity versus Marketing
Oliviero Toscani/I
photographer, artist, studied photography at the Kunstgewerbeschule
Zuerich.
Since his collaboration with Benetton in 1982, a series of path-breaking
public awareness ads won him several prestigious accolades, including the
Grand Prix d'Affichage, the Unesco Grand Prix and Art Director's Club of New
York's Award for Excellence; Currently art director for the US based
magazine "talk".

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1.3. Conference - Engineers of Experience
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September 4, 10.30-14.00, Brucknerhaus
The discussion will focus on new strategies to integrate interactive media
into exhibitions and museums, as well as new concepts for their design,
staging and architecture in light of the ongoing boom in edutainment and
infotainment.
With:
Michael Shamiyeh/A, Peter Higgins/UK, Hiroshi Ishii/USA, Rafael
Lozano-Hemmer/MEX/CDN, Gustav Pomberger/A, Horst Hoertner/A, Joachim
Sauter/D,
Joe Paradiso/USA

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1.4. Conference - From Document to Event
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September 5, 10.30-12.30, Brucknerhaus
Whether-and how-digital art can be preserved for the future is not only a
question of the technical competence of museums and archives, but is also
inherent in a fundamentally new conception of self emerging among artists.
With:
Benjamin Weil/USA, Masaki Fujihata/J, Johannes Deutsch/A, Elmar
Schmidinger/A,
Alain Depocas/CDN

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1.5. Conference - The Undertakings of Art
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September 6, 10.30-12.30, Brucknerhaus
Representatives of a variety of institutions confront the question of how
they have prepared for the future, for the globalization of the art market,
for the new digital forms of distribution, and, above all, for the demands
of artists.
With:
Andreas Hirsch/A, Birgit Richard/D, Peter Noever/A, Ruediger Wischenbart/A,
Karel Dudesek/A

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1.6. Pixel Spaces
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Is a takeover underway in the virtual reality scene too? Pixelspaces
discusses and presents new ideas and potential application to save
conventional VR systems from the fate of the dinosaurs. How does the future
of VR look as far as its use in exhibitions and museums is concerned? How
and in what form are the game industry's VR systems becoming available for
application development?
Science from the Garage
September 2, 18.00-20.30, Ars Electronica Center
With: David Nahon/F, Paul Rajlich/USA, Dietmar Offenhuber/A, Dan Sandin/USA
Behind the Scenes
September 3, 18.00-20.30, Ars Electronica Center
With: Dan Sandin/USA, Maurice Benayoun/F, Michyael Shamiyeh/A
Open Lab - FutureLab Production Space
September 5, 18.00-20.30, Ars Electronica FutureLab
Ars Electronica FutureLab showcases recent years' works using a PC-based
CAVE variant.

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1.7. Prix Ars Electronica Forum
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Speeches, presentations, and discussions by and with Prix Ars Electronica
2001 prize winners and jurors. Highly concentrated information and direct
access to the projects and the artists, to the ideas of this year's Prix Ars
Electronica prizewinners and the ways in which they go about their work. A
unique chance to get a glimpse behind the scenes of digital art today.
Running Pixels & Computer Animation/Visual Effects 2001
September 4, 14.30 - 18.15
ORF Landesstudio Oberoesterreich
Digital Musics, Interactive Art 2001
September 5, 14.30 - 18.30
ORF Landesstudio Oberoesterreich
Net Vision/Net Excellence 2001 & electrolobby Wrap-up
September 6, 14.30 - 18.30
ORF Landesstudio Oberoesterreich

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2. Tickets & Information
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At our online service page, you'll find answers to your questions
concerning:
ticket prices and booking information,
hotel reservation service (including moderately-priced youth
hostel accommodations), and
* contact addresses.
Go to www.aec.at/takeover

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Ars Electronica 2001
Organization:
Ars Electronica Center Linz and ORF, Upper Austria Regional Studio
Co-organizers:
Brucknerhaus Linz, O.K Centre for Contemporary Art, Universitaet fuer
kuenstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz