 uring the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the National Art Museum of China will present “SYNTHETIC TIMES – Media Art China 2008” in its current location at the center of Beijing. NAMOC is the only national art museum in China that is dedicated to research, presentation and promotion of modern and contemporary arts. “SYNTHETIC TIMES – Media Art China 2008”, scheduled from June 10th to July 3rd, will be one of the most important cultural events leading up to the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Synthetic Times – Media Art China 2008 will showcase both established and emerging artists from approximately thirty countries, and over fifty media art installation works will be on view along with performances, workshops, presentations and discussion panels. To complement the theme exhibitions, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will contribute a special screening program consisting of seminal video art works. Ars Electronica is set to present the award winning Animation Festival while European Media Art Festival will bring in an edition of International Emerging Video Art. The Exhibition is envisaged as a landmark event in the history of contemporary Chinese art dedicated to embracing the most innovative artistic production and theorization to date, and aspiring to foster and advance new modes of thinking and novel ways of artistic engagement in an increasingly technologically immersed society and global cultural landscape, resonating with the leitmotifs of “Cultural Olympics” and “Hi-Tech Olympics” put forward by the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Tetoy，MISSION ETERNITY SARCOPHAGUS，2006-ongoing，standard 20ft shipping container, human mortal remains, concrete, led matrix, linux software
Edwin Van der Heide，Pneumatic Sound Field，2006，Sound Installation
Transmute，Intimate Transaction，2005，Interactive Telematic Installation
Chico MacMurtrie 、Amorphic Robot Works，2006，Robotic Installation
Exonemo，Object B，2007，Robotic Gaming
Christoph Hildebrand，Vortex，2005，Networked
Xu Bing，Book From the Ground，2007-2008，Computer, software, two desks, and Plexiglas panel with text on Mylar
Kurt Hentschlager，Karma，2006，Procedural Installation
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