New Media New Mexico Brings 21st Century Art to Albuquerque and Santa Fe
Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) April 17, 2014 -- Explore the spectacular landscape of New Mexico and the exciting world of 21st century art at the same time. Known for both its exceptional environmental beauty and its work in scientific innovation, New Mexico has historically been a mecca for the arts and technology. In recent years, New Mexico has become a gathering place for new media artists and enthusiasts from around the world who converge here to focus on the expanding intersection of art and technology.
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Parallel Studios in Santa Fe and 516 ARTS in Albuquerque announce the launch of New Media New Mexico, an ongoing effort to highlight media arts in our state each summer. In June, 2014, the annual New Media New Mexico begins with CURRENTS 2014 in Santa Fe presented by Parallel Studios and Digital Latin America, an Albuquerque collaboration led by 516 ARTS.
CURRENTS New Media Festival has grown from its local roots in 2002 into an annual, international, citywide event in Santa Fe. Albuquerque became an international hub of activity for new media art during ISEA2012, the 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art, a massive collaboration led by 516 ARTS that helped put Albuquerque on the map in international art circles. Now, that spirit of collaboration continues with the launch of New Media New Mexico, which is planned to become an annual series of events celebrating new media arts around the state.
The 2014 collaboration kicks off with the Digital Latin America Opening Weekend symposium and events in Albuquerque June 6-8, with programs to continue through the summer. The three-week CURRENTS festival opens the following week, June 13. The lead venues in each city, 516 ARTS in Albuquerque and El Museo Cultural in Santa Fe, are connected by the Rail Runner train. It is a short walk to 516 ARTS from the station in Downtown Albuquerque, and the train arrives at the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza, the home of El Museo Cultural.
Come to both events to experience cutting edge, experimental, innovative, playful and poetic new work from around the globe, including interactive and fine art video installations, single channel videos, multimedia performances and web-based art forms to name a few, along with panels, workshops and presentations by world-renowned artists.
Learn more about the events and artists here.
Suzanne Sbarge, Digital Latin America, http://www.visitalbuquerque.org/abq365/events/detail/Exhibition-Digital-Latin-America/19554/#.U07yU1, +1 505-242-1445, [email protected]
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