DATE:
December 7th through December 12th , 2004
PLACE: Rosario, Argentina
VENUE: Juan B. Castagnino Museum of Fine Arts, Cultural Center PARQUE
DE ESPAÑA, Center of Contemporary Expressions and Museum
of Contemporary Art of Rosario.
ABOUT
THE FESTIVAL 404
By the end of 2003 "ASTAS ROMAS", a project created by Gina
Valenti and Mariano Guzman, proposes the organization of an international
electronic festival, which could enhance all the artistic disciplines.
As a consequence, the I International Festival of Electronic Art 404
was held in December, 2004 in Rosario, Argentina. www.404festival.com
As a multidisciplinary, independent and free event held every year,
its main objective is to gather and present electronic art productions
by authors from all over the world giving priority to the experimental
nature, the originality and the theoretical framework of the works
selected. As part of "ASTAS ROMAS" they can be browsed at
our website www.astasromas.org
For six days Rosario was the international venue for the Electronic
Art Festival , an unprecedented event in the city, which attracted
over eight thousand people.
Many authors from different cities of Argentina and from over twenty
five countries gathered in these four venues to exhibit their works,
participate in round tables, exchange projects and interact with the
public.
The Festival 404 is a creation of "ASTAS ROMAS" www.astasromas.org
OUTCOME
OF THE 2005 CALL
210 works were presented out of a total of 680 in the following
categories: net-art, website, still image,animation,video, electronic
music/sound, theory, installation and performance. 146 authors were selected out of a total of 350 registered authors.
Materials from 29 countries were received: Holland, Greece,
Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Serbia and Montenegro, Germany, USA, Canada,
Denmark, United Kingdom, Turkey, Sweden, Japan, Peru,
Lituania, France, Israel, China, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Chile, Slovenia,
Italy, New Zealand and Switzerland.
2004 EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
JUAN
B. CASTAGNINO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
December 7th through 12 th, 2004
On the first floor of the Castagnino Museum were works in the category
"still image" and "net-art" which the public
could browse in 30 computers.
Animations and videos were projected and also video-installations
were presented with the aid of 7 digital projectors.
Several talks were delivered and auditions of sound works were carried
out in the auditorium.
In that same room there were also performances by authors from Brazil,
USA, Puerto Rico, Italy and Canada.
The Castagnino Museum was the venue for the 404 during the 6 days
on which the festival took place with over 1,200 people at the opening
ceremony and hundreds of visitors attending the festival every day.
It is worth mentioning that the organizing team of the festival
provided the museum with Wi-fi technology during the whole week.
CULTURAL CENTER PARQUE DE ESPAÑA
Wednesday, December 8th and Thursday , December 9th, 2004
On December 8th and 9th , 2004 the Cultural Center PARQUE DE ESPAÑA
was venue for the different activities carried out in the fields
of video, electronic music, animation and performance.
On the first day videos and animations were projected in the Conference
Room and in tunnel 3, apart from live concerts. A round table was
also held where the guest authors expressed their views about electronic
art and made a brief outline of their works.
The PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS Theater staged performances, concerts and
projections and was well attended all day Thursday December 9th,2004.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF ROSARIO (MACRO) AND CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY
EXPRESSIONS (CEC)
December, Friday 10th and December, Sturday 11th , 2004
In
the evening of Friday 10th there was a presentation of audiovisual
sets, electronic music and video projection by the Paraná
river, and the following day at the Center of Contemporary Expressions
there were video presentations and live concerts of electronic music
by international and national artists.
2004 INSTITUTIONAL ENDORSEMENT This festival was officially endorsed by Rosario City Hall and
the Provincial Legislature of Santa Fe, Argentina.
Municipalidad
de Rosario
Museo de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario
Centro de Expresiones Contemporáneas
Centro Audiovisual Rosario
Centro Cultural Parque de España
Centro Metropolitano de Diseño
Fundación Ad Honorem
Consulado General de Italia
Consulado General de España
Alianza Francesa
Pro-Helvetia
Ministerio de Eslovenia
2004
PUBLICATIONS
2004 NEWSPAPERS ARTICLES AND BLOGS
BLOG
www.museocastagnino.org.ar
"Over one thousand two hundred people, most in their teens,
were present at the opening ceremony of 404. International and local
artists along with a large audience gathered at the museum, browsed
through the exhibits, and watched the performances and the electronic
music show in the terrace of the museum".
LA
CAPITAL newspaper "Electronic Art has settled in Rosario"
"The
International Festival of Electronic Art has settled in Rosario
and was warmly welcomed by both young people and adults who enjoy
the talks, works and performances by artists from 27 countries and
28 cities of Argentina. Certainly the cherry on the cake is the
music and dance that follow and lastuntil dawn every evening. The
festival started the night before last and will go on until this
Sunday, taking place simultaneously at Juan B. Castagnino Museum
of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MACRO), the Cultural
Center PARQUE DE ESPAÑA and the Center of Contemporary Expressions
CEC) with free admission.
Today from 4 p.m. there wil be auditions at the Castagnino Museum
with artists from Spain, Chile and USA. From 8 p.m. at PARQUE DE
ESPAÑA there will be videos, installations and performances
by different authors followed by performances by musicians from
Rosario, Buenos Aires and Eslovenia. Tomorrow the electronic music
show will take place on the banks of the Paraná River at
MACRO, where there will also be a great dance with live music by
artists from Rosario, Mendoza, Buenos Aires and from Canada, among
oher countries.
In addition, at 6 p.m. at the Castagnino Museum there will be talks
and two performances by American and Canadian artists. The day after
tomorrow, at the CEC (Sargento Cabral and the river) a huge farewel
party will be given as from 10:30 p.m.The organizers promise live
music, videos on large screens, and a big audiovisual set with almost
all new works by outstanding Sweden, Dutch and Argentine artists,
among others.
In fact, the festival of Electronic Art gathers hundreds of international
artists who work with different electronic tools and include still
images, websites, animation, videos, installations, performances,
net-art and music. The organizing team pointed out that Rosario
stages presentations of 146 authors selected out of 350 registered
ones representing 27 countries. Besides, 210 selected works out
of a total of 680 proposals are exhibited. This poses a challenge
for people who love an art that has started to have its followers".
Gustavo
Bracco, " NOTIEXPRESS". December 16th 2004, Rosario.
"404 is here to stay"
"I
404 is over. For six days Rosario became the international venue
for electronic art. The festival caught the attention of the people
of the artistic world interested in this new art-technology relationship,
the local government authorities interested in knowing what their
facilities were used for and the public in general interested in
learning what it was all about.
Nobody was used to coming across electronic culture, which had until
then belonged in alternative hang-outs, in traditional places such
as museums and cultural centers. This proves to be an advance in
this sort of game between new artistic trends and cultural policies,
a step forward for the people linked to electronic art and another
one for the local authorities making room for the the avant-guarde.
It was hard work before and during the festival and there were also
some real gems: "Coke is it" (robotic performances), "Body
degree zero" (interactive performance with Canada), "Continuityin
the parks" (installation), Videogames and Dj set at MACRO,
"A is for an apple" and "Huiwaikeung.org" (net
art) and the "San Telmo Lounge" from Rosario.
404 left a mark on the local culture, which shows that museums also
have spaces for the new proposals and that electronic culture is
not a question of techno music alone. The II Festival is coming
up next year,so see you then." Gustavo Bracco, Notiexpress.
December 16th, 2004.
