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EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL<br />
Since its foundation in 1988, the European Media Art Festival (<strong>EMAF</strong>) has enjoyed great international renown,<br />
acceptance and resonance in Osnabrück. The festival is one of the most ambitious German cultural events in the<br />
field of media. We at nordmedia, the media society of the states of Lower Saxony and Bremen, are proud that this<br />
innovative media art festival originated in Lower Saxony and - with the help of continuous funding - has developed<br />
into what it is today: an important forum for presentation and communication among international artists<br />
which, year on year, manages to unite relevant and fresh positions of contemporary media art into a festival.<br />
The spectrum of the festival's contributions is manifold and multifarious. Every year an international selection<br />
of film and video productions are screened, many of which are shown for the first time in Germany. A new element<br />
this year is the series of children's films ›European Shorties‹ with shorts and animation films for children<br />
from the age of three, and the film programme ›Media Art for Beginners‹, aimed at those who are prepared to let<br />
themselves in for films that go a step beyond where the Cinema Arthouse generally ends.<br />
The exhibition in the Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche always forms the heart of the festival. In 2006 such outstanding<br />
media artists as Bjørn Melhus, Matthias Müller, Corinna Schnitt and Pipilotti Rist will be presenting<br />
their new works. Under this year's <strong>EMAF</strong> motto ›Smart Art‹ visitors will see kinetic objects, robots, installations<br />
and performances that, in a playful or provocative manner, question social conventions by removing established<br />
elements from their familiar context and thus track down everyday curiosities.<br />
A major component of the <strong>EMAF</strong> is its annual congress that highlights current trends in media art. This year<br />
international experts will discuss the history and future of media art under the title ›From Paik to iPod‹. One of<br />
the participants is Prof. Dr. Wulf Herzogenrath, Director of the Kunsthalle Bremen and initiator of the exhibition<br />
project ›40jahrevideokunst.de‹, currently on show in Bremen, Düsseldorf, Munich, Leipzig and Karlsruhe. A lecture<br />
by Christian Hieber from Stuttgart is dedicated to the current phenomenon of the iPod and podcasting, and<br />
Prof. Zhang Ga from Beijing/New York will report on the state of video and media art in China.<br />
Last but not least, the StudentForum, an important forum for young creative artists, is a small festival within<br />
the large <strong>EMAF</strong>. This year's co-operation partner of the StudentForum, which is always organised by students, is<br />
the Merz-Akademie Stuttgart.<br />
A funding partnership between the nordmedia and the <strong>EMAF</strong> has existed for many years now. We are delighted<br />
about this and are pleased to be able to provide major support to this unique cultural event in 2006.<br />
We wish the organisers success with the 19th realisation of their festival, we hope the <strong>EMAF</strong> runs smoothly<br />
and that its many guests and visitors enjoy an edifying and informative festival in Osnabrück.<br />
Thomas Schäffer<br />
Director of nordmedia<br />
Jochen Coldewey<br />
Head of Funding of nordmedia<br />
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