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MACHINISTA 2004 FESTIVAL
- artificial intelligence in the Arts -

EVENT DESCRIPTION
The Machinista festival celebrates artificial intelligence in Art, presenting an international selection of works where the machine plays an essential role in the creative process.

MACHINISTA 2003
In its first edition over 120 artists uploaded their work (artistic software, video documentation, website/link, showreel) on the online gallery which was then compiled onto a CD-ROM acting as a directory for an emerging network for digital artists within this field.
Organised in Russia (Perm-Ural region and Moscow) by media artist/ curator Sergei Teterin, the small Machinista team has used a web-based curatorial strategy to attract worldwide interest on a small budget.
In 2003, there were 3 categories:
- the machine as the artist
- the machine as the co-author
- human VJs versus visualiser software.
A category supervisor committee selected the best entries who received prizes and extended reviews on the festival’s CD-ROM. The final events took place in Perm and Moscow where screenings, installations, presentations and club events were organised and attracted enthusiastic audiences and international press.
MACHINISTA 2004
Building up on its success and its versatile online nature, Machinista is gearing up to become a migrating festival, organised as a collaboration between the Russian online team and offline hosts in a new country each year.
Theme:The Human and the Machine: new variations of future art
Categories:
1."Art from the Machine: gleams of the inhuman".
Works created completely or mostly by a machine.
2."Artists against machinic standards". Breaking, destroying, hacking, unexpected (non-utilitarian?) usage of customary programs as an art experiment.
3."Full-Screen Robomania". Moving image works illustrating the life of machines, whether as cyborgs, robots, computers or self-organising abstract graphics.- - - single screen videos, film, animations, VJ mixes and visual software with or without sound, up to 10 min.

The Machinista 2004 offline event is currently being developed by David Bernard (Pointless Creations) and Robb Mitchell (Free Gallery, The Chateau) within the newly formed Machinsta Glasgow 2004 not for profit organisation.
The 2004 offline event is planned to take place over the 7-9th of may 2004 weekend and will include:
- opening/ talk/ screening event (CCA)
- 3 performance/ installation clubnights
- exhibitions
- Machinista DVD production.
The event will involve 3 commissioned artists from the Machinista selection, 4 organisers from the Russian
team, 4 UK based event curators selections of festival entries and 3 category supervisors.

LINKS:

http://www.machinista.ru/en (machinista 2003 site)

http://www.machinista.org.uk (call for uk category supervisors)