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Dear list. As a start for the new year I might be able to provide a tip, related both to work and pleasure, that might be a good combo for the subscribers to this list. Take some time, maybe a weekend or a few days off, and go to Malmo and visit the current Electrohype exhibition in Malmo Konsthall. First I have to say that I am of course not the right person to give this recommendation since I both organized it and curated it together with my colleague Anna Kindvall. On the other hand, after having read the list for a couple of years, I think this exhibition could be interesting for many of you to see. The exhibition is a concrete example of presentation of new media/electronic/ computer based art (or what you would like to call it) in a very established art institution. The exhibition presents artworks of 25 artists and artists groups, ranging from newbies to famous people. The exhibition is presented in the main space of Malmo Konsthall, a surface of 1500 square meters. The works included in the exhibition are created from 1960 to the present. In my opinion, if you have a real interest in new media art, the best way to promote it and give this genre more focus and hopefully more resources is to bring it out "in the open". For Electrohypes part we managed to move the biennial from a warehouse in the harbor to one of the most established art institutions in Scandinavia within less than five years. One thing that has been useful in this process is to focus outward, toward the general art audience. The first large exhibition we organized in October 2000 had 1200 visitors during five days, a number that made us really happy back then. When I was stopping by at Malmo Konsthall last Monday we the numbers read 17450 for one month. I have no intention about bragging with these numbers I just would like to point out the importance of presenting new media art in a context were it gets the audience it deserves. Ironically the process of moving this art genre from the warehouse to the salon will not benefit us as an organization, due to narrow minded politicians, but hopefully it will benefit the genre and give it the place it deserves, side by side with other art forms. So if any of you are stopping by Malmo, before January the 23rd (last day of the exhibition) please feel free to contact us for meeting, guided tour, or just an informal talk. There are lots of things to be said about the process or realizing the biennial, but instead of bombarding you with text we encourage people to ask specific questions. We are in Malmo most of the time apart from the period jan. 12th -16th (putting up another exhibition). Travelling from England and the continent to Malmo is both easy and inexpensive. Just look for flights to Copenhagen (ranging from 50 -150 euro) and then go by train from Copenhagen airport to Malmo, it less than 30 minutes. Links: http://www.electrohype.org/ http://www.konsthall.malmo.se/ Best regards. Lars Midboe -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you encounter problems with this mail address please notify me at [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lars Gustav Midboe <[log in to unmask]> www.electrohype.org -----int----------------------------------------------------------- Electrohype office +46 40 780 20 mobil/tel:+ 46 705 198817 ------swe---------------------------------------------------------- Electrohypes kansli 040 - 78020 mobil/tel:+ 0705 198817 --------------------------------------------------------------------