ArtFutura, the web as canvas.

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31.10.02 ArtFutura, the web as canvas.
Si'inaugura October 31 at the CCCB of Barcelona the thirteenth edition of ArtFutura , a four-day festival on the social impact of new cultural and artistic media. This year's theme is 'Stretched Paint # 1: The Web as Canvas', and as always were many areas where the festival is curated exhibitions and presentations intervened. First the computer animation with the use of 3D software, the selection of which developing alongside large companies of effects such as PDI / Dreaby One Plus One / Supinfomworks, Framestore and Mikros Image, independent artists like Plastige Image able to create ' Best Animation Short 'last Siggraph, ie' The Cathedral 'a disturbing trailer made exclusively with 3D Studio Max To further enrich the offer a selection of American festival Resfest, while another section is dedicated to video games, including' Eighttimeseight 'an exhibition of digital artists including Hi-Res, Eric Zimmerman and Retroyou, an award dedicated to video game design, and the evening session at the Teatro Mercat de les Flors with dj outbuildings. Another area in the spotlight, that of web art, which inspired the theme. To cure the selection of the ten works navigated the Roberta Bosco and Stefano Caldana with an eye to important national projects, such as' World Wall Painters', a client developed by Carnivore Area3 and the historic Communimage, and international weight, such as screen savers' Electric Sheep '( see ), the Eden Garden 1.1 of entropy8zuper, the 'Feed' by Mark Napier and abstractions Austrian Lia and Dextro and their project Turux. In the same area are the fascinating light sculptures (computer controlled) by Paul Friedlander, while considerable foresight, finally, is demonstrated in the production of BCN Party, an event that sees you gathered the talents and the collective Demoscene Spanish.