txt: FUTURO PRESENTE – Art and new technologies
Art and creativity in relationship to the new technologies is the theme of the IV edition of Futuro Presente, the festival that transforms Rovereto and Trentino into a privileged stage from which to view the people and realities of special significance for contemporary culture. The last three years have brought us into closer contact with the works of great artist like Merce Cunningham, Philip Glass and Bernardo Bertolucci , all masters at merging within their own very personal area of research, the languages of music, dance, theatre, the visual arts, cinema, architecture and design.
This 2008 edition of the Festival will look instead at the links between art and new technologies and will host exceptional artists like William Forsythe, Ryoji Ikeda, Klaus Obermaier and Joshua Davis as well as making incursions into the newest creative forms and the most innovative tendencies in music, cinema and even virtual worlds and interactivity.
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To complete the Festival there will be meetings and talks with Derrick de Kerckhove, Peppino Ortoleva, Domenica Quaranta, Maria Grazia Mattei, Lelio Camilleri, Bruno Fornara, Matteo Bittanti, Studio Azzurro, Giuseppe Baresi, N!03, Stalker Video, Umberto Fiori, Tommaso Leddi and the projection of particularly significant films.
link: www.myspace.com/futuropresentefestival
video: Gideon Talks: Joshua Davis – on blip.tv
