Exhibition: Body-Bytes
From Dresden to Coventry in real-time
The Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau e.V. is pleased to
announce that on Friday, May 26, 8.30 pm (German time) we
will start the linkage phase of the media art
project \"Virtual squares of World Culture\". After months of
testing and preparation, this is our contribution for
Dresden\'s 800th anniversary. In Dresden, the \"Interactive Pavilion\"
has become an inherent part of the Pleasure Garden next to
the Old Marketplace in the city centre. Now, it will be
linked with a similar interactive installation in Dresden\'s
sister city Coventry. Thus, a unique virtual audio-visual
environment is created. Here, citizens and visitors of both
cities can communicate, play, and dance with each other.
The technological and artistic preconditions for this
telematic project were created by Frieder Weiß (Nürnberg/Berlin)
and by the Dresden-based media artists DS-X.org and
Holger G. Herrmann. For this stage of the project, the TMA
cooperates with Coventry University, School of Art and
Design. Both partners aim at a long-term linkage of the two cities within this transnational platform of interaction.
In the course of this year, more sister cities will be
included in the network. Klaus Nicolai, director of TMA and
initiator of the \"Virtual Squares\", sees a long-term and
permanent network growing in the future - between different
continents even. This telematic form of art in global
public sphere would not have been possible without the
support of The City of Dresden and T-Systems Multimedia
Solutions Dresden. If you would like to support the
project, too, get in touch.
We are looking forward to seeing you on either side of the
channel on Friday, May 26, 8.30 pm Dresden time!
Opening of the interactive Installation Dresden Coventry:
Friday, May 26
8.30 pm (Dresden!), Interactive Pavilion, Old Marketplace/Pleasure Garden
7.30 pm (Coventry!), University Square opposite Coventry Cathedral
The installation is available for use:
Friday, May 26: 8.30-11 pm, Sat + Sun, May 27+28, noon-11 pm Dresden time take one hour off to find out Coventry times.
Project Partners and Sponsors
- City of Dresden Coordination Office City Anniversary 2006
- City Management Dresden e.V.,
- T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH,
- DREWAG,
Neumann&Müller GmbH Veranstaltungstechnik, Sächsisches Fortbildungs- und Umschulungswerk, Elbe Park Dresden, LionsClub Dresden, Fenster & Türen Service Vetter GmbH, Wegas Werbung, esb mediencollege, m&m-bauprojekt, Architektursommer DD
Veranstalter:
Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau e.V. und Coventry University, School of Art and Design
Festspielhaus Hellerau
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 56
D-01109 Dresden, GERMANY
Tel. +49-351-889 6665
Fax +49-351-889-6667
Email presse@body-bytes.de
www.t-m-a.de
PR: Susanne Bochmann
The Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau e.V. is pleased to
announce that on Friday, May 26, 8.30 pm (German time) we
will start the linkage phase of the media art
project \"Virtual squares of World Culture\". After months of
testing and preparation, this is our contribution for
Dresden\'s 800th anniversary. In Dresden, the \"Interactive Pavilion\"
has become an inherent part of the Pleasure Garden next to
the Old Marketplace in the city centre. Now, it will be
linked with a similar interactive installation in Dresden\'s
sister city Coventry. Thus, a unique virtual audio-visual
environment is created. Here, citizens and visitors of both
cities can communicate, play, and dance with each other.
The technological and artistic preconditions for this
telematic project were created by Frieder Weiß (Nürnberg/Berlin)
and by the Dresden-based media artists DS-X.org and
Holger G. Herrmann. For this stage of the project, the TMA
cooperates with Coventry University, School of Art and
Design. Both partners aim at a long-term linkage of the two cities within this transnational platform of interaction.
In the course of this year, more sister cities will be
included in the network. Klaus Nicolai, director of TMA and
initiator of the \"Virtual Squares\", sees a long-term and
permanent network growing in the future - between different
continents even. This telematic form of art in global
public sphere would not have been possible without the
support of The City of Dresden and T-Systems Multimedia
Solutions Dresden. If you would like to support the
project, too, get in touch.
We are looking forward to seeing you on either side of the
channel on Friday, May 26, 8.30 pm Dresden time!
Opening of the interactive Installation Dresden Coventry:
Friday, May 26
8.30 pm (Dresden!), Interactive Pavilion, Old Marketplace/Pleasure Garden
7.30 pm (Coventry!), University Square opposite Coventry Cathedral
The installation is available for use:
Friday, May 26: 8.30-11 pm, Sat + Sun, May 27+28, noon-11 pm Dresden time take one hour off to find out Coventry times.
Project Partners and Sponsors
- City of Dresden Coordination Office City Anniversary 2006
- City Management Dresden e.V.,
- T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH,
- DREWAG,
Neumann&Müller GmbH Veranstaltungstechnik, Sächsisches Fortbildungs- und Umschulungswerk, Elbe Park Dresden, LionsClub Dresden, Fenster & Türen Service Vetter GmbH, Wegas Werbung, esb mediencollege, m&m-bauprojekt, Architektursommer DD
Veranstalter:
Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau e.V. und Coventry University, School of Art and Design
Festspielhaus Hellerau
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 56
D-01109 Dresden, GERMANY
Tel. +49-351-889 6665
Fax +49-351-889-6667
Email presse@body-bytes.de
www.t-m-a.de
PR: Susanne Bochmann