VANCOUVER, Wash. - The Digital Technology and Culture Program at Washington State University Vancouver and North Bank Artists Gallery are co-sponsoring "mediartZ: Art as Experiential, Art as Participatory, Art as Electronic." The show is a celebration of media art and is aimed at raising awareness of new art forms emerging from innovative technologies and creative media. mediartZ will be on display October 2 - 31 at the North Bank Artists Gallery in Vancouver.
mediartZ will feature Second Life performance, video and sound installations, animation, interactive art and a Halloween-morning cartoon fest. The exhibit showcases internationally renowned artists such as Mark Amerika, Brian Evans, Jim Bizzochi, Doug Jarvis, Will Luers, Doug Gast, and Reza Safavi. Local artists, Hoolinganship and Jeannette Altman, are also featured. All events are free and open to the public.
A kick-off party will be held on Friday, October 2 featuring the Willamette Radio Project, which re-examines live radio as an art-form and looks at how we experience live music today. The kick-off will also celebrate the launch of a special issue of "Hyperrhiz." Co-founded at 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø, "Hyperrhiz" is a journal featuring new media art and theory.
North Bank Artists Gallery is located at 1005 Main Street. For more information contact Dene Grigar, Curator of "mediartZ" and director of the Digital Technology and Culture Program at 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø, at 360-546-9487 or grigar@vancouver,wsu.edu.
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