EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL OSNABRUECK 2011 - Emaf

The Media Campus sees itself as a forum for young, budding student art.
On this year's journey through the landscape of current Media Art, we will stop off in 15 different nations.
The student selection committee has put together a diverse range of film programmes from the entries submitted
by numerous young artists from international higher education institutions. A low-level flight from Mexico
to Israel awaits you. ›100 years of Hollywood and the succession‹ is devoted to the dream factory, and holds
a mirror in front of it. The new wild ones present films between homage and modernisation. For the programme
entitled ›Hitch-Hiking to Media Art‹, we recommend you fasten your seatbelts, because a wild combination of
films that do not fit under any label awaits you. Reality blends with fiction, abstraction and illusion. Confused?
Too right! A real feast for the eyes. Things slow down a bit in ›Prepilogue‹. As time goes by: here, memories of
life, the finite nature of being and the legacy of the dead are the central issues. What happens when we cross
the borderline? In ›Over the Edge‹, an ecstatic journey through anger and fear, perfection and power provides
open answers to the question of the destination.
Next stop: exhibition! A really special exhibition, the ›Transit – European Young Talents Forum‹ project, is presented
this year. Hop on and enjoy the view of 16 works from ten European countries, which emerged from the
collaboration between the EMAF, the festival VIDEOFORMES (Clermont-Ferrand) and the art centre FLACC
workspace (Genk)! In the general exhibition ›Planet M‹, contributions from Clermont Ferrand (F), Ghent (B), Enschede
(NL), Brussels (B), Karlsruhe (D), Kiel (D), Tallinn (EST), Tourcoing (F) and Poznan (PL) will be shown here
in Osnabrück. In addition to exciting installations, a range of performances will also be presented.
And on Thursday, we’ll take the Haus der Jugend by storm on University Day. At an Academy Slam, participants
and those responsible for the ›Transit‹ project will describe the special features and advantages of their higher
education institutions in a short, concise presentation. You’ll get a glimpse of what’s best about the European
academies.
What’s more, you’re invited to try out your own artistic talents in two workshops: In his workshop ›Urban
Nights‹, Philipp Czogalla goes in search of the sources of darkness within the urban spaces of Osnabrück. The
visible and the invisible are explored here. ›That’s been done before – come up with something new …‹- As if!
Alongside Sebastian Neubauer, in the workshop ›New from old‹, we’ll experiment with existing video sequences
from film, TV and other media, creating new works.
We look forward to an exciting journey and an entertaining programme.
The Media Campus Team
�Fotos: Victoria Gentsch
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