MAAP Online Projects

re:CORD (Company of Recorded Delivery) 2001
A collaborative audio/visual/web/cdrom project by Battery Operated/KIT collective. This project will culminate in a double CD package with booklet and a presence/show at MAAP 2001/2002. A "black box" travels to 10 artists working in sound/video between the UK and Australia (including Canada, USA, Thailand, Japan, New Zealand, Korea, China) collecting responsive conspiracy theories. This project, commissioned by MAAP and funded by the Australia Council, launched at MAAP'01.

Networks 2000
MAAP 1999-2000 online residency for Artists from Asia Pacific/Australia. Artists Feng Mengbo, Beijing; Young-Hae Chang,Seoul; Rick Vermey, Perth; Tina Gonsalves, Melbourne. Artists were invited to Brisbane to be armed with web training and online space.

Missile Web Launch 1999-01
Since 1999 MAAP has included a daily "launch" of an art project in the lead up to the festvial highlighting a selection of artist and related online projects curated by Kim Machan. Some links in the earlier launches have unfortunately "died". Short descriptions of the pieces stand to document the surveys.
1999 includes 30 online web art works and projects
2000 includes 17 online web art works and projects
2001 includes 14 online web art works and projects

Art Asia Pacific 2000
In partnership with MAAP the special New Media edition of Aret Asia Pacific was reproduced online. The interface was designed by QUT Communication Design students. The site includes numerous articles surveying new media practice in China, Korea, Japan, Australia and other burning issues.

PreFab 1999
(link currently suspended) PreFab explores the pleasures and potentialities of the 'digital suburbs' burgeoning in the photon-stream. PreFab invites you to explore the heterogeneous VRML homes of artists, architects and multimedia designers. PreFab will continue to grow. VRML artists and architects are invited to join this online exhibition. Curated by Shiralee Saul and Helen Stuckey for MAAP99

Shoreline 1999
An online virtual art exhibition exploring the shifting boundaries between medium and message, technology and community. Eight online artworks commissioned especially by MAAP. Historically, this project is regarded as a milestone in curatorial development of web art being an early example of commissioned work for a specific curatorial theme. Curated by Beth Jackson for MAAP99