TIMETABLE - CONGRESS MEDIA MINDS Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche THU FRI SAT
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	THURSDAY - MAY, 6th	TOP
	14:00 Opening Welcome and statements by the representatives of the EU Commission, the Federal Ministry for Culture of Germany and the Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony.
	15:00 Culture 2000 The new cultural programme of the European Union 2000-2004, presented by Sabine Bornemann, Cultural Contact Point, Germany.
	16:00 New Perspectives European Cultural Networks The European Cultural Backbone a network of european media institutions presents the concept of a decentralized structure for arts and culture. The European Digital network informs about the aims of the working group of european media festivals. Monika Fleischmann (D) and Wolfgang Strauss (D) will present the CAT study for an Competence Center for arts, culture and new media. Moderation: Heiko Idensen
	18:00 War in Kosovo: Reality and its Media Representation Mediaanalysis, cultural and historic backgrounds. With Boijana Pejic (Berlin), Evgenija Dimitrievska (Skopje) und Rüdiger Rossig (Berlin)
	FRIDAY - MAY, 7th	TOP
	11:00 Reality - Realität Virtual Reality and the reality in a mediated society are the themes of this extraordinary cultural-philosophical forum. Lectures by the theorists Peter Weibel, Gerhard Johann Lischka, Otto E. Rössler, Rudolf zur Lippe, Siegfried J. Schmidt, Joseph Mitterer. Moderation: G. J. Lischka
	13:30 Reality - Realität Podium and public discussion Moderation: G. J. Lischka
	15:00 The Media Lab New Visions: The TX film technique will be presented by Martin Reinhard (A) and Virgil Widrich (A) as well as 3D and holographic film applications by Michael Bleyenberg (D).
	16:00 New Broadcast Systems Ponton Media Lab presents the Public Access Online Channel, Barundeb Dutta from the IMEC Research Center in Belgium presents his recent research results in the fields of realtime transmission of film and video. New Archives: the Open Video Archive promotes the idea of web based archives.
	18:00 Here I am Performance-Lecture by Douglas Davis (NY) Mastermind of the international media art scene.
	19:30 Special:Trash & Clash Presentation of the cult CD's by the Cyberpunks NEA (Necro Enema Amalgamated), which have produced their work in cooperation with the enfant terrible of the NY underground Richard Kern.
	SATURDAY - MAY, 8th	TOP
	11:00 DVD - The Medium of the Future (EDN - Open Workshop) Presentation of new DVD technologies and artistic applications by Heizo Schulze (Berlin) in cooperation with Syrinx musik and media GmbH (Hamburg).
	12:00 The Future of Filmmaking Jon Jost presents examples of his recent digital films, integrated in a lecture about the future of film.
	14:00 The Art of Promoting Art The provocative art activists RTMark (L.A.) reflect upon art and media marketing strategies.
	16:00 Neue Räume für die Kunst/New Rooms for the Arts VRML-Art presents virtual 3-D-worlds, -objects, avatars, collected by Kathy Ray Huffman (USA), Karel Dudesek (D) und Zvonomir Bakotin (CRO).
	18:00 Media Minds Conclusion and discussion of the results of the congress. Partcipants: artists and lecturers of the congress. Moderation: Tilman Baumgärtel
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	Special: Friday und Saturday 11:00-19:00 The Open Virtual Museum Presentation of the new internet project of the Felix Nussbaum Haus (architect: Daniel Libeskind) of internationally linked spaces.
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