ARTECH 2008

Proceedings of the 4th international conference on digital arts

Artech 2008 is the fourth international workshop held in Portugal and Galicia on the topic of Digital Arts. It aims to promote contacts between Iberian and International contributors concerned with the conception, production and dissemination of Digital and Electronic Art. Artech 2008 brings the scientific, technological and artistic community together, promoting the interest in the digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, a common space for discussion, an exchange of experiences, a forum for emerging digital artists and a way of understanding and appreciating new forms of cultural expression.

Article by Tiago Martins, Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignonneau, Nuno Correia
„Noon – A Secret Told by Objects“
We present an interactive installation wherre common objects are repurposed as interfaces in the telling of a tale. In Noon the player takes an the task of unveiling the origins of a tragic fire that long ago claimed the lives of the Novak family. All that remains from the tragedy are some objects miraculously salvaged from the family´s manor and these hold the key to the mystery, in the form of memories. ...

Article by  Ricardo de Oliveira Nascimento
„Authorithy“

We human beings have developed numerous ways od communication to know one other. Although new technologies change our life, it goes without saying that voice is one of the most intuitive and natural forms of communication. Authorithy is  an interactive video installation that expresses voice as tool fort he rearrangement of traditional power hierachies. ...

Book: 316 pages, with pictures
Published: 2008
Language: English, Spanish
ISBN: 978-989-95776-3-3