Interactive Screen 0.7: user-friendly is not enough

I’ve been asked to give a keynote address on the first day of the Banff New Media Institute’s annual workshop “Interactive Screen“. The theme this year is “user-friendly is not enough!” and looks at web 2.0 and artist-run initiatives in creating interactive rich media content and platforms. I will be talking about My Own Private Reality and outlining some of the history of artists (unpopular professionals?) situating their work in relation to (amateur?) popular culture online. Check back for documentation! (Sarah Cook)

links / press reviews

There are some press reviews of the exhibition available online, I’ll try and post about them as we go. Here are some links to some German sites

“die tageszeitung” (TAZ) newspaper review: http://www.taz.de/dx/2007/05/12/a0311.1/textdruck

http://www1.ndr.de/kultur/ausstellungen/niedersachsen/reality2.html

We’re also on television here (realplayer file):

http://www.radiobremen.de/tv/buten-un-binnen/index.php3?d=12&m=05&j=07

and on some blogs and listings here:

http://www.kreativwirtschafterin.de/2007/05/11/einfach-kreativ-my-own-private-reality/

http://www.eculturefactory.de/CMS/index.php?id=635

http://events.golem.de/0705/2308.html