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 20 September - 15 October 2006 www.art-outsiders.com @rt Outsiders is an annual festival devoted to the relationship between contemporary art and new technology. This year the theme is electromagnetic bodies. The project was initiated and developed by Nina Czegledy and Louise Provencher, and jointly curated by Jean-Luc Soret for this Paris edition. Its main aim is to take the human body as a source, an echo, a transmitter or a point of resistance to electromagnetic waves. Previously presented in Montreal, Karlsruhe, Madrid, Rotterdam and Budapest, Corps électromagnétiques was designed from the outset as a platform for new interpretations of its chosen themes. It is also an opportunity for guest artists to pay tribute to the pioneering work of Nikola Tesla. Though a key figure for scientists all over the world, Tesla (1856-1943) is hardly known to the general public. A visionary inventor, he contributed to the emergence of the industrial age via his many innovations, including the large-scale transmission and distribution of electricity, the development of wireless communication, and the emergence of robotics. Electromagnetism remains an enigma even though its effects are more and more visible in our daily lives. Like scientists, these artists adopt strategies in order to understand a phenomenon that has repercussions at both individual and collective level, presenting installations using both vision and sound. Installations on show : In/Fluencing, 2005 - interactive multimedia installation by ÆLAB. Sparks, 2005-1999 - experimental documentary video by ÆLAB. Spying the Electromagnetic Work Force, 2006 - audio installation by Jean-Pierre AUBÉ. Moon Bounce, 1987 - Hologram by Lowry BURGESS. Camera Exercises, 2001-2005 - video installation by Simone JONES. Bodies of Light, 2005 - installation by Marie-Jeanne MUSIOL. Homewrecker #1 & #2, 2005 - video installation and electromagnetic sculpture by Paulette PHILLIPS. Shroud / Chrysalis, 2000 - performative installation by Catherine RICHARDS. Saint-Georges et le dragon, 2004 - video installation by Jocelyn ROBERT. Recherches immunitaires, 2006 - installation by SPECTRAL INVESTIGATIONS COLLECTIVE. Matrix for yellow Light, 2004-2005 - PowerPoint installation by David TOMAS. Abacus, 1974 - electronic sculpture by Norman T. WHITE. The International @rt Outsiders Festival is sponsored by : Mairie de Paris, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Foreign Affairs Department of Canada, the Canadian Arts Council, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Critical Media, Occurrence, Space Art One, Arslonga, lacritique.org, and Art Actuel. 
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