from MCMOGATK

Art on the Net 1999
Festival of the "Internet Art"
Autumn,1999
http://art.by.arena.ne.jp/
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Call for Entries
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The Machida City Art of Graphic Arts, Tokyo (MCMOGATK) is 
now welcoming entries for its art project "Art on the Net 
1999" under the theme "The Work of Art in the Age of 
Mechanical Reproduction."

As an attempt to define the relationship between technology 
and art, MCMOGATK has been sponsoring the Internet art 
project featuring VRML, streaming media and various other 
technologies. This year, under the theme "The Work of Art 
in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," we are welcoming 
all types of artworks that use technologies applicable to 
the Internet.

Currently, the Internet art is a hot item at various art 
festivals. As its popularity keeps rising, we have to 
redefine how the Internet as media is related to the concept 
of art. "Can many of the artworks on the Internet really be 
considered art?" "If so, in what context?" These are the 
questions we have been posing to understand the status of art 
and the Internet.

In fall 1999, MCMOGATK is hosting an on-line exhibition for 
artworks that respond to these questions raised. If you are
interested, please read the application procedures and 
contact us at mcm...@po.sphere.ne.jp.

Announcements regarding the 1999 exhibition, evaluation and 
exhibition of works will be done on the Internet as has been 
for the past several years. The deadline for entries is 30 
August 1999. The winners of various prizes are scheduled to 
be announced in October 1999.

We await for your innovative works.

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Jurors for the exhibition (tentative):

Shiroyasu Suzuki/Japan
	Professor at Tama Art University, poet and visual 
	artist.
Bernie Roehl/Canada
	Senior Software Developer at the Department of 
	Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of 
	Waterloo. VRML expert.
Ingo Gunther/USA
	Artist working in multi-fields, including video art 
	and installation. Known also for hosting the 
	"refugee net" (http://refugee.net/) on the Internet.
Olga Shishko/Russia
	Critic and curator of media art.
Tetsuo Kogawa/Japan
	Guest curator for the Art on the Net; media critic; 
	Professor of Communications at Tokyo Keizai University.