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Xing presents NETMAGE 07 creative and innovative images on art, media, communication international festival - 7th edition Bologna 25>27 January 2007 + Ferrara 2 February 2007 Italy |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| From the 25th to the 27th January 2007 the city of Bologna, and on 2nd Febrary the city of Ferrara, will host the seventh edition of Netmage, an international festival aimed to explore media innovation within the context of electronic arts. Netmage 07, focusing on multi-media design, live media acts (sound and images played live) and cutting-edge styling, will work as a meeting point for video-makers, multi-media and visual artists, musicians, performers from Europe, South and North America, Australia, Japan. The festival, centered in Bologna in the old castle of Palazzo Re Enzo, in Piazza Nettuno, will include an International Live-Media Floor, installations, performances, environments and a series of events featuring international guests performing live electronic music along with an innovative use of images. Following its ongoing investigation, Netmage 07 will present some of the latest trends in live media. Together with research on essential aspects of perception and the intersection of visual and acoustic phenomena, the festival will introduce a very wide range of approaches, from hybridization of acoustic and electro-acoustic, to pop style and twisted synchretism. Featuring: David Lynch (USA), Kjersti Sundland/Anne Bang Steinsvik (N), Aki Onda/Oren Ambarchi/Alan Licht (USA/Australia/Jap), Charles Atlas/Chris Peck (USA), Studio Brutus/Citrullo Int./Taxonomy (I), Armin Linke/Carl Michael von Hausswolff (I/Sw), Carlos Casas/Sebastian Escofet (E/Arg), Opificio Ciclope/Egle Sommacal (I), Moira Ricci/Invernomuto (I), John Duncan/Leif Elggren (USA/Sw), Roberto Mendoza (Mex), Kinkaleri (I), Emiliano Montanari/Enrico Ghezzi (I) with cinematic short-circuits by Paul Virilio, Shuji Ishikawa, Slavoj Zizek, Peter Sloterdijk, Asja Bettin, Kojin Karatani and others. Netmage festival was conceived and created by Xing, a cultural network based in Bologna and Milan operating in Italy and abroad, with the purpose of planning, supporting and promoting products and events characterized by an interdisciplinary approach toward the issues of contemporary culture. Netmage 07 is supported by: Regione Emilia-Romagna, Comune di Bologna, Comune di Ferrara, Comune di Ferrara-Unità Organizzativa Manifestazioni Culturali, Gallerie d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Ferrara. In occasion of: ArteFiera. In collaboration with: Circolo Arcigay Il Cassero, DF. Media partners: tema celeste, Edizioni Zero, Mousse, Alias, Il Manifesto, Nero magazine, Blow Up. Equipment e styling: H-amb, Eurovideo. Netmage 07 venues: Palazzo Re Enzo - Piazza Nettuno - Bologna Porta degli Angeli - Rampari di Belfiore - Ferrara (to be confirmed) office + info: Xing Via Ca' Selvatica 4/d - Bologna tel ++39.051.331099 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netmage.it www.xing.it ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
