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Australia's young and talented multimedia artists will be offered the unique and eXciting opportunity to showcase their work in an International arena, alongside some of the Asia-Pacific's hottest new digital artists, with the launch of the Multimedia Art Asia Pacific (MAAP) Student X Competition.

Based on the theme X, the competition encourages students from across Australia to 'eXperiment, eXplore, eXtend' with art and new technology, and invites budding artists to submit artworks in an online/web format.

MAAP Festival Director, Ms Kim Machan recognises that there are exceptional young electronic artists coming out of the Australian universities, however there are often limited opportunities for these young artists. The MAAP Festival has consistently featured work by young and emerging local artists and has adopted a strong commitment to providing students with priceless opportunities to get their art seen by other people.

"The Student X Competition aims to provide a platform for student artists to showcase their art and technology in creative, visual and non-commercial way in an International arena amongst peers and digital media critics," Ms Machan said.

The launch of the inaugural competition follows MAAP's exciting and unprecedented announcement to hold this year's annual digital arts Festival at an international venue."The Festival is moving to an international venue for the first time. It is an exciting step in committing to the region and building relationships with the international art community.

All the more reason for art enthusiasts to enter. Submission deadline for entires is July 31st 2002 with the winner announced on August 15th 2002. Art enthusiasts interested in entering competition X are encouraged to view the complete Student X Competition details on the website at www.maap.org.au

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