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Front MatterSource: Leonardo, Vol. 33, No. 4 (2000), pp. 248-320Published by: The MIT PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1576893 .
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Fifth Space Arts Workshop (Rencontres du 13 avril) "Outer Space-Cyber Space"
25 March 2001, Paris
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space activities.
In 2001, the fifth "Rencontres du 13 avril" will be on the theme "Outer Space-Cyber Space." Participants will explore ways that artists and scientists are using the Internet not only to extend human presence in outer space, but also to bring access to the results of space exploration to earth.
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Database Of Virtual Art at the Department of Art History
Humboldt-University, Berlin
Interactive media art, telematic art and especially virtual art create entirely new forms of perception and aesthetics that enjoy a considerable response from audiences at festivals and exhibitions world wide. Nevertheless, museums failed to collect and document art of this kind systematically. Because of an informational deficit among museum
professionals, curatorial and conservational attempts are only partially supported. Consequently, long-term con-
cepts for gathering virtual art, especially in cooperation with computer centers, do not exist at this point.
Specific to the nature of digital art works is that their electronic, physical carriers become anachronistic with the
quick progression of technological innovation. It is not an exaggeration to say that a full decade of international me- dia art is in danger of being lost. The growing gaps in collecting media art can only be filled with immense effort.
The Project The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) supports an initiative of the art history department of the Humboldt-
University in Berlin to build up an international archive of virtual art. A high-capacity Internet database able to ac- commodate large numbers of users is being developed in cooperation with the university's computer center and multimedia service. The project is officially cooperating with international institutions like CAiiA (U.K.), Banff Cen- tre (Canada), IAMAS (Japan), Paris 8 (France), ZKM (Germany), GMD (Germany) and Rhizome (world).
The goal of the project is to provide an overview and to document the development of media art scientifically in sup- port of an ouevre created by artists who are themselves actively engaged in complex international research networks.
Materials that are needed for realization of the database: ? video documents * concepts (sketch and text) * hardware and software configurations
installation structures * lists of exhibitions (places, dates, names of works) ? interviews and sound documents ? biographies ? bibliographies ? articles from journals and newspapers-literature about work.
Our technical basis consists of a SUN-Server and an Oracle database.
Project Coordinators
Oliver Grau, Ana Ofak, Anja Schmalfuss, Maren Ziese and Christian Berdt
We would like to thank interested artists for future cooperation and are happy to receive any suggestions or com- ments. Please send correspondence to:
