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Dear all Matchmaking participants!<br>
Here is the e-mail invitation for the festival. Please distribute
through your own networks if you can (just delete the pic if it´s too
much).<br>
Really looking forward!<br>
All the best,<br>
Espen<br>
:-)<br>
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TEKS - Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre presents:<br>
<b>HYBRIDS </b>- <b>TRONDHEIM MATCHMAKING</b> <b>2008</b> -
Festival for art and technology
- <b>October 17 and 18.</b><br>
<b><span class="moz-txt-link-freetext"><a
href="http://www.matchmaking.no">www.matchmaking.no</a>.<br>
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>From medieval mythologies we are familiar with hybrid creatures like
the Centaur and the Griffon.<br>
The creation of these fantasy beings denies in itself the very
existence of species as we define <br>
the term today.<br>
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This year´s conference looks closer on how knowledge from new
research radically can happen to <br>
change human biology and self understanding, and how art
practice both becomes influenced by <br>
this development, as well as being able to influence it.<br>
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The conference keynote speaker is researcher and artist<b> Roy Ascott</b>
(UK), pioneer within <i><br>
interactive computer art</i> in the 60´s and later <i>telematic art</i>.
Ascott is founder of the <i>Planetary
Collegium</i>, <br>
he is a professor at <i>Technoetic Arts </i>at
the University of Plymouth in addition to several other positions <br>
and appointments. <br>
Ascott is today one of our most innovative theorists regarding our
virtual present and future.<br>
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Further at the festival you will among others be able to experience
speakers and
exhibitors as <b><br>
</b>moderator<b> Laura Beloff </b>(FIN),<b> Natasha
Vita-More </b>(US), <b>Margarete
Jahrmann</b> (AUS), <b>Eva Sutton</b> (US),<b> <br>
Victoria Vesna</b> (US),<b>
Marta De Menezes</b>
(P),<b> Eric Singer</b>
(US),<b> Amy Youngs</b> (US), <br>
<b>Peter Flemming</b> (CAN) and <b>George Gessert</b>
(US).<br>
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This year´s festival concerts includes names as <b>ALEPH</b> (N), <b>BOL
</b>(N), <b>LEMUR
& ADAM MATTA</b> (US), <b><br>
PIERRE BASTIEN</b> (NL),<b> INCITE/</b> (D) and <b>XPLODING PLASTIX </b>(N)<b>!<br>
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</b>The exhibition <b>HYBRIDS</b> opens Friday the 17th of Oct. at
Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art.<b><br>
</b><br>
<b>All about the festival on <span class="moz-txt-link-freetext"><a
href="http://www.matchmaking.no">www.matchmaking.no</a>:</span></b><br>
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- Detailed backround material and presentations.<br>
- Reserve tickets online (free conference entrance for students and
senior citizens).<br>
- Reserve room at the festival hotel at a discount rate for festival
visitors.<br>
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<b>WARMLY WELCOMED!<br>
</b><br>
Trondheim Matchmaking is supported by the City of Trondheim and the
Arts Council Norway.<br>
Trondheim Matchmaking was founded in 2002.<br>
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