Cellsbutton #3 - International Media Art Festival, Yogyakarta (Indonesia)

Between 1st and 8th August 2009 the third international media art festival Cellsbutton #3 took place in Yogyakarta (Indonesia). The festival was attended by Peter Tomaž Dobila.

The objective of Cellsbutton#3 is multifaceted, we aim to work on several social issues such as exchange and collaboration amongst young people; national and international communities; professionals from the creative industries; and the promotion of creative urban youth culture. We plan to make connections with innovative meetings, concepts and technology relating to public space in conjunction with the issues of poverty, globalization, disease, violence and social chaos in our destitute country.

The activities are built around series of creative technology, workshops, discussions, debates and public events which deal with Education Focus Program (EFP), which is concentrates on working in New Media art.

Education Focus Program (EFP), is a project conceived of in terms of a developing country. The main goal of the project is to build a modern conception of a future between technology and people. It thus includes activities and research focusing on people, technology, communities and beyond.

In order to be really useful we must concentrate our efforts on the understanding of the diversity of communities which are implicated in the relationship between art and technology. This will rely on the effort not only of artists, but also on members of the community. This mutual understanding will in future encourage a positive effect for the outlook of the community, in general, but particularly concerning new technologies among young people and public in general.

Participants: Astrid Almkhlaafy (US - UK), Darina Alster (Czech Rep), Marko Batista (Slovenia), AndreJ Boleslavsky (Slovakia), Mar Canet (Austria), Peter Tomaž Dobrila (Slovenia), Tengal Drilon (Philippines), Marc Dusseiller (Switzerland), Varvara Guljajeva (Estonia-Austria), Dan Gregor (Czech Rep), Deanna Herst (Netherland), René T.A. Lysloff (US), Michal Mariánek (Czech Rep), Alex Schaub (Switzerland - Netherland), Ondřej Skala (Czech Rep), Kanno So (Japan), Vladimir Todorović (Serbia).

International media art festival Cellsbutton #3 is organized by HONF - The House of natural fiber.

More info about schedule and participants on festivals website.

You can read the article about festival in The Manila Times on: http://manilatimes.net/national/2009/aug/11/yehey/life/20090811lif5.html