Cynetart

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CYNETART 09: Presentation of the preliminary rehearsals for one of the most important projects of CYNETART 2009, the European Tele-Plateau, which connects dancers in several European countries through a platform. Project name: "ETP_body-spaces09 - Exploration of Nearness & Distance", actress: Simone Model. The movements and outlines are transmitted via the Internet to the other European stations of the project and mapped using graphics and sound. This means that you can dance, interact and get to know each other together.

Cynetart is a festival that has existed in Dresden since 1997 . Along with Ars Electronica in Linz, the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM) and transmediale Berlin, it is one of the most important institutions for contemporary media art in German-speaking countries. The festival is based on a special orientation in the area of ​​movement through dance and performances as well as the connection with new media , whereby the concept of new media is becoming increasingly blurred as it has established itself in everyday life. In the self-description of the festival, one speaks of "cultural reflection through computer-aided art". CYNETART is also the most important German festival for computer-aided performances as well as interactive installations and environments . The festival is organized by the Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (TMA) and is currently directed by Thomas Dumke. Until 2005 the festival was directed by Klaus Nicolai, who is currently the director of the TMA.

specialization

In order to emphasize the main theme of the festival, the physical aspect in connection with information technology, in the self-description one speaks of a disembodiment of experience triggered by current civilization processes as well as of the "dealing with a new sensitivity for the physical sensation and with the body self- image ". The main theme of the festival is the "change in body perception " through the new information technologies and above all its "cultural mediation potential" in the form of connections between existential human issues, a sensual examination of scientific research methods and the connections between the arts.

Festival type

Every two years the festival alternates between a program festival and a competition festival, which means that every two years winners are selected in certain categories from hundreds of submitted media art works. The previous winners include a. Works by the artists Holger Lippmann , Jan-Peter ER Sonntag , Wolfgang Bosse, Kerstin Ergenzinger and Charlotte Sommer-Landgraf can be found. In addition to the CYNETART prizes in various categories and the sponsorship award from the Saxon Art Minister, an artist-in-residence grant is also awarded by the Art Minister. The art minister's sponsorship award is a German specialty and is funded by the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art in the amount of 10,000 euros. The same ministry, in cooperation with the state capital Dresden, is also funding the artist-in-residence program with an amount of 8,400 euros.

Name and spelling

The current name and the currently valid spelling of the festival are CYNETART. In its early years from 1997 to 1999, the festival was called COMTECart, based on an associated technology fair. Different spellings have been established over the years, including CYNETart or cynetART.

Topics or mottos

  • COMTECart 1997 - Digital Arts
  • COMTECart 1998 - Media Art - Linking the Senses
  • COMTECart 1999 - Neural Networks, Global Networks - the end of the hierarchy
  • CYNETart 2000 - Art and New Media Technology
  • CYNETart 2001 - Interfaces
  • CYNETart_02realtime
  • CYNETart_03transit
  • CYNETart_04areale
  • CYNETart_05fragile
  • CYNETart_06humane
  • CYNETart_07encounter
  • CYNETart_08
  • CYNETART 2009
  • CYNETART 2010
  • CYNETART 2011
  • CYNETART 2012 - Invasion
  • CYNETART 2013 - METABODY

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b CYNETART: about , accessed December 2009

literature

  • Nicolai, Klaus (2000): "Outlines of an integral consciousness and media research", in: CYNETart 2000 catalog, Dresden, pp. 185–191.
  • Nicolai, Klaus (2003): »CYNETart_03transit. > From the spirit of music <«, in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (ed.): CYNETart_03transit, catalog, Dresden.
  • Nicolai, Klaus (2005): "On the Resurrection of the Body - Body Perception in Virtual Environments", in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (ed.): Global Medialization and Integrale Kultur, Dresden, pp. 60–71.
  • Nicolai, Klaus (2006): "10 Years Festival for Computer-Aided Art CYNETart", in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (ed.): CYNETart_06, catalog, Dresden, pp. 142–151.
  • Nicolai, Klaus (2007): Tele-Plateaus - performative installation, unpublished concept, TMA Hellerau / Dresden.
  • Klose, Siiri / Dumke, Thomas: On the industrialization of thought - Interview with Harun Farocki , published in the art magazine of the Dresden University of Fine Arts , 2002.
  • Dumke, Thomas: »The reason for the work approach of the Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau from the spirit of rhythm. A reflection on cultural techniques in the context of rhythm and new media technologies « , written examination paper to determine the technical requirements for admission to the course in Culture & Management, TU Dresden, Institute for Sociology, Chair for Sociological Theory, Theory History and Cultural Sociology, Dresden 2004.
  • Dumke, Thomas: »Imaged controlled sound nanospheres. Viewing and manipulating the atomic world - exploring the nano-world " , concept description for the self-generating audio-visual installation" Image controlled sound nanospheres "by the artist group DS-X.org, Dresden 2004.
  • Dumke, Thomas: "microscope session" in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (ed.): Microscope session DVD 2.0 :: new co-operations in sound and visuals, DVD + Bootleg, Dresden 2005.
  • Dumke, Thomas: "On the aesthetic self-enjoyment of self-organization in the mode of virtuality" , in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (ed.): Global medialization and integral culture, Dresden 2005, pp. 72–79.
  • Dumke, Thomas / Nicolai, Klaus: "In the medium of techno" , in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (ed.): Globale Medialisierung und Integrale Kultur, Dresden 2005, pp. 144–149.

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