Syndicate: ars electronica 2001 - TAKEOVER theme

[Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@transmediale.de>]

Ars Electronica 2001
1. - 6. September

TAKEOVER - Who's doing the art of tomorrow?

http://www.aec.at/takeover

Which conditions are defining the art of tomorrow, where will it happen,
who is  doing it and with whom?

It is evident that a creativity burst unique in scope and diversity has
taken place in the wake of the Digital Revolution, but this has gone
largely unnoticed and unacknowledged by the conventional art world.

             The inertia of traditional art institutions and the increasing
privatization of the funding process of art are reinforcing the trend among
a young generation of artists to establish their own platforms,
collaborative undertakings, and business models, whereby the ongoing brain
drain into the media and advertising industries threatens to soon leave the
art world behind like a ghost town. The avant-gardiste principle of art
striving to be a driving force and to impart momentum to the development of
society as a whole has undergone a shift -science, pop culture and
subcultural niches, business & entertainment, software engineering, etc.
are the epicenters of the exciting current developments.

             Ars Electronica 2001 is focussing on the protagonists of this
development, those displaying strong commitment and facing considerable
risk in opening up new territories in which their role and their scope of
action have not yet been defined. Whether on the scientific front such as
in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering, in highly explosive
sociopolitical settings, or in new economic alliances, their modi operandi,
motivations, strategies and aims define them as artists, and the
progressive effects of their work make what they do art.

             Let's take a look at the thing formerly known as art!

             Gerfried Stocker




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