Monitor: Upcoming Events

Future Cinema
November 16, 2002 -- March 23, 2003
ZKM, Karlsruhe
Curated by Jeffrey Shaw and Peter Weibel, ZKM's extensive "Future Cinema" show promises to spark new ideas about the future of cinema, thanks to its focus on immersive installations. Look for work by innovators such as Toni Dove, Blast Theory and Eija-Liisa Ahtila, as well as a brand new film and DVD by the LA-based avant-garde icon Pat O'Neill, and innovative projects by Zoe Beloff, Norman Klein and Janet Cardiff.
www.zkm.de

Ars Electronica
September 7 -- 12, 2002
Linz, Austria
The annual Ars Electronica event is the place for finding cutting edge new media art, along with smart talk about the state of all things digital. The theme this year is "Unplugged: Art as the Scene of Global Conflicts," and begins with the premise that globalization, and all that it connotes, is the driving force behind most media art.
www.aec.at/unplugged

Views From the Avant-Garde
October 12 and 13, 2002
New York City
The annual orgy of avant-garde films, held in conjunction with the New York Film Festival and curated by Gavin Smith and Mark McElhatten, is always lively and entertaining, and makes it seem like there's still a vibrant experimental filmmaking community in the US. That alone is worth the price of admission!
www.filmlinc.com/nyff/aboutavantgarde.htm

Villette Numerique
September 20 -- 29, 2002
Paris, France
Dedicated to digital art, this new festival highlights game, Web and graphic design, as well as digital shorts culled from RESFEST, Oberhausen, Rotterdam and other new media fests around the world.
www.villette-numerique.com