[mtp-program] Boston Cyberarts Festival

[Viera Levitt]

      ahojte, posielam info o inom festivale, tentoraz v bostone, na
inspiraciu vsetkym unavenym organizatorom... mozno raz aj multiplace bude
mat temu... zaujimava je aj strategia propagacie festivalu, zamerana na
financie:  Independent studies conducted after both the 2003 and 2005 events
demonstrated that the Festival, with a budget of less than $200,000, had a
total economic impact of over $2 million on the regional economy.
      tolko spravy z usa...
      zdravi
      viera





Boston Cyberarts Festival


      Drift Wall video installation by Brian Knep at the 2007 Boston
Cyberarts Festival. Photo by Michelle Higa


      Music, Dance, Interactive Art are Major Themes of the Fifth Boston
Cyberarts Festival


      A complete listing and description of Festival events is on the
website at http://www.bostoncyberarts.org

      For more information, call 617.524.8495 or email
info at bostoncyberarts.org



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The creative connection between two of Boston's most vital forces - the arts
community and the high-tech industry - is once again in the spotlight at the
fifth Boston Cyberarts Festival, with more than 60 exhibitions and events in
and around Boston and Cambridge from April 20 through May 6.

The biennial Boston Cyberarts Festival has become an eagerly-anticipated
part of the Boston-area arts and technology scene since the first event took
place in 1999. It is the largest collaboration of arts organizations in New
England and the only Festival in the world that encompasses all art forms,
including both visual and performing arts, film, video, electronic
literature, and public art. Among this year's highlights are:

. Ideas in Motion: The Body's Limit - An international roster of dance
professionals and engineers are featured at this conference and performance
series that explore the use of new technologies in dance.

. Music Performances - This year's Festival includes fourteen concerts,
including the world premiere of the multimedia operatic work The Puzzle
Master, an all-day Visual Music Marathon, and Freex to Geex II at Berklee
College of Music.

. Interactive Exhibitions - Interactivity is a focus of a number of
exhibitions this year, including those at the Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Mass
College of Art, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the Art Interactive
gallery in Cambridge.

. Cyberarts for Youth - Activities for young people, families, and teachers
take place at Cloud Place, the Museum of Science, and the Cambridge Science
Festival.

A complete listing and description of Festival events is on the website at
http://www.bostoncyberarts.org .

George Fifield, Founder and Director of Boston Cyberarts, noted: "The
Festival celebrates the rich history of art and technology in New England,
while providing a forum for the international cyberart community to come
together and glimpse the future." He added, "We are also gratified that the
Festival has proven to be such a significant force in the creative economy
of our region." Independent studies conducted after both the 2003 and 2005
events demonstrated that the Festival, with a budget of less than $200,000,
had a total economic impact of over $2 million on the regional economy.

Cyberart encompasses any artistic endeavor in which computer technology is
used to expand artistic possibilities - that is, where the computer's unique
capabilities are integral elements of the creative process in the same way
that paint, photographic film, musical instru-ments, and other materials
have always been used to express an artist's vision. The Greater Boston area
has long had an international reputation as a center of cyberart, dating
back to pioneering work done by such world-class institutions as WGBH and
MIT.

Festival-goers can obtain information, chat with Festival staffers, obtain a
CyberPass discount card, and purchase Festival merchandise at
CyberArtCentral, located at Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive,
Cambridge, open daily from noon to 6:00 pm. Festival-goers can also obtain a
listing of all the exhibi-tions and events in the April 20 issue of The
Phoenix and at participating venues.

The Hotel @ MIT, a major sponsor of Boston Cyberarts and official hotel of
the Festival, is the site of the 2007 Cyberarts Gala and Awards
Presentation, taking place on Friday, May 4 at 6:30 pm. The party gives
artists, spon-sors, and patrons of the arts an opportunity to meet, mingle,
and view the works of some of the Festival artists. Also at the Gala, the
IBM Innovation Awards will be presented to the top events and exhibitions of
the 2007 Festival.

The Festival's website at http://www.bostoncyberarts.org contains a complete
database of Festival events, which can be searched by date, venue, location,
and art form. The website also contains an Artist Blog, featuring commentary
by many Festival artists, plus an online gallery and a database and registry
for artists' proposals.

For more information, call 617.524.8495 or email info at bostoncyberarts.org.
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