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Direct from Canada, the Brisbane Powerhouse, ANAT, (Australian Network for Art & Technology) and MAAP, (Multimedia Art Asia Pacific) are proud to present an evening with Nina Czegledy, Chair of ISEA – The Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts. Thursday 21 February 2002. More info...

Battery Operated/KIT re:CORD web project is well on its journey. A mysterious red rectangular box, complete with combination lock, has been couriered to eight of the ten artists in the project. Reports are that it is now in New Zealand collecting yet another conspiracy. The box accumulates each artists conspiracy contribution on data files, digital video and audio formats. Finally this will be remixed by the Battery Operated/KIT consortium and also with the intention to show the complete evidence of this. There have been some interesting stories relating to Customs difficulties encountered and explanations to accompany this simple red box containing extraordinary content. The box has still to make it's journey to Korea and China... this project, commissioned by MAAP and funded by the Australia Council, was launched at MAAP'01.

The Korea Web Art Festival take a trip to the too hip to be believed trailer by YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES.

Have you joined in ourdesktop.org? Chinese artist Wang Peng has created a chance for you to contribute your "self portrait" by uploading your desk top into this global art work.

MAAP '01 Excess There is a good deal of video footage to be streamed, vox pops and installation shots to spy in on. The festival was a wild weekend of excess in many forms. There is so much to go up on the site and we are all so exhausted! So hang in there while the written reviews, photo's, audio and video are prepared for upload.

Macromedia Competition Thank you to all that registered their entry ... and the winners are .... Freya Pinney (Brisbane) has won Dreamweaver 4 and .... Marta Kawka (Gold Coast) has won Flash 5. Congratulations and thanks for the software Macromedia!

The festival saw over 5,000 people pass through the exhibition and we are pleased with feedback flowing in - positive, passionate and also some constructive points to develop.

We welcome feedback on your "festival experience" whether that was online, in Brisbane, Beijing, Manila or Seoul . You can also go to our Bulletin Board in the "community" menu and leave remarks and reviews.

The MAAP catalogue/ CDROM will be sent to all artists and supporters and can be ordered. The interface was designed by "sfod" who also has a work in the missile web launch project go there and includes the AO:Audio Only,Sound Gallery (curated by Andrew Kettle).

Special thanks to our visiting artists Gong Xin Wang, Melinda Rackham, Andrew Garton, Kim Bounds,John Power, Jimi Chen, DJ Ty and to all our participating artists including our fabulous MC , Di Ball - to see what was served check the program

Di Ball and Gong Xin Wang

Opening night - Toy Satellite, 2 Loops, Eyedrink Collective "undercurrents"

And special thanks to our sponsors - Macromedia, CITEC, Infinite Systems, Australia Council, Brisbane City Council, Arts Queensland, Australian Film Commission, Cinemedia, Brisbane Powerhouse, QUT Communication Design Creative Industries, Experimenta Media Arts, dLux Media Arts, Institute of Modern Art, Artspace, Procam, Arterial, Metro Arts, Artworkers, fineArtforum, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, The Loft New Media Art Space Beijing , The Digital Media Festival Manila, Videotage Hong Kong, QPIX, Screen Offset Printing and to our volunteers - you all were truly appreciated and excelled with your contribution to the festival !