The Millennium Dialogue

Beijing World Art Museum, China
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21 JUNE – 11 JULY 2005
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THE 2nd Beijing Media Arts Biennale, New Media Arts Exhibition & Symposium curated by a group of distinguished international curators. Presents ground-breaking works in telematic art, virtual reality, robotic, interactive moving images and art-science collaborations. The mega event explores the complexity of the current historic challenge in China as it moves into a 21st century urban economy, which has been at once disruptive and uplifting.
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Daniel Crooks, 'On perspective and motion' video installation (2004)

​Chinese modernisation is by large a process of urbanisation. Rapid developments in urban areas mark a significant transformation creating fundamental reconfigurations of ethnic demography, city topography, and social practices.

At the heart of this transformation lie excitement, anxiety, aspiration, perplexity, hope and desire. Artists within China and internationally are exploring this new public domain extensively. Through sophisticated artistic strategies they exploit the specific qualities and potentials of new technologies to track the current changes.
THE MILLENNIUM DIALOGUE

​Executive Curators
Alex Adriaansens (Netherlands)
Sara Diamond (Canada)
Antoanetta (Annie) Ivanova (Australia)
Yukiko Shikata (Japan)
Peter Weibel (Germany)
Ga, Zhang  (China) 
Presented by
Tsinghua University (China)
ZKM (Germany)
​V2_ Institute For Unstable Media (Netherlands)
In collaboration with
Millennium Museum (China)
Ars Electronica Center (Austria)
Novamedia (Australia)
NTT InterCommunication Center (Japan)
BANFF Centre (Canada)
Medi@austria (Austria)
NY Institute of Technology (USA)
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