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CCA present the best of Scottish Contemporary Art to the Scottish Executive in Brussels 'Agile Process: A New Economy for Digital Arts in Scotland' UNTIL APRIL 2004 Rond Point Schuman 6, 1040 Brussels - 8th floor Glasgow's CCA have joined up with the Scottish Executive, Scotland Europa and Blue Toucan to deliver a unique and innovative digital art concept. The exhibition is housed in the main public areas of the Scottish Executive EU Office and Scotland Europa in Scotland House. It runs from the end of November 2003 to April 2004. The main idea of the exhibition is to introduce Scotland's leading contemporary digital artists and their work to high profile businesses, with a view to explaining to them of the benefit of contemporary digital art to the general economy. Building such strong relationships should ultimately result in the creative industries working both collaboratively and productively with private businesses in the future. Francis McKee, the curator of the exhibition, is convinced that digital art and internet-based work is definitely the way ahead for Scottish artists, he explains: "For artists and entrepreneurs, the internet and digital technology offers challenges that will best be met by a flexible approach to audiences and customers. Agile Process in Brussels presents a series of artworks and texts that collectively offer an entry point to these issues. The artists exhibiting as part of this exhibition reflect the breadth and diversity of artists living in Scotland today, who embrace the net and digital technologies." Artists exhibiting will display some of their new work. They include: David Connearn, Katy Dove, Chad McCail, Dan Norton, Jon Thompson, Alison Craighead and Simon Yuill. ENDS NOTES TO EDITORS * Scotland Europa, with offices in Glasgow and Brussels, provides intelligence, policy analysis and strategic funding information about the European Union and its relevance to your organisation. For more details see the Scottish Executive website: www.scotlandeuropa.com. * Francis McKee has worked previously as an historian of medicine for the Wellcome Trust and as Head of Programme at CCA. Now a research fellow at Glasgow School of Art and Head of Digital Arts and New Media at CCA, he combines these jobs with freelance writing for artists such as Christine Borland, Douglas Gordon, Joao Penalva, Kathy Prendergast and Catherine Yass. His essays and online projects can be found online at: <www.francismckee.com>. * Blue Toucan is an enterprise that has been synonymous with innovation, quality, style and success since its inception in 2001. They specialise in project management with a flair for the different, and the cutting edge of the company's founder, Alison McRae, initials each venture taken. More information can be found online at: www.bluetoucan.com <http://www.bluetoucan.com>. Glasgow's thriving Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is the leading contemporary arts venue in central Scotland. Six flexible arts spaces presenting the very best in contemporary visual art, performance, film, music, club nights and more, bringing national and international talent to the city of Glasgow. Entrance to the galleries if free of charge. For full events listings see: www.cca-glasgow.com. ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
