UNITend

[abroeck@v2.nl (Andreas Broeckmann)]

HILUS Vienna send sad news:


                                  PRESS  INFORMATION


HILUS Intermedia Project Research finishes its activities on December 31,
1996

 The media art organization HILUS Intermedia Project Research, founded in
1992 by Reinhard Braun, Max Kossatz,
Christine Meierhofer, Christoph Nebel und Herwig Turk, was the first
integrated reference system for media art, video, new media and art in
Austria.  At the end of the year, we will finish all activities and the
office in the Kleine Neugasse, that has been accessible to the public since
1995, will be closed. The WWW server will also close, information about HILUS
projects  and history will stay online at The Thing web server
(www.thing.at/thing).  Our last projects were the E-FAHRSCHULE (Internet
training),  the program series INFO-COCKTAIL, participation in the exhibition
"Junge Szene 96" in the Secession Vienna, the running of the Open Circuit
Database in the WWW and the building up and operation of the
INFORMATIONSSYSTEM KUNST+NT.
 The personal engagement of the members has made possible the continuation of
the publicly accessible infrastructure.
But, because of  other activities and offers to the members, and due to the
missing essential financial support for the basic infrastructure, it was
decided that it is no longer possible to continue the work as volunteers.
The Informati-onSsystem Kunst+NT, the largest media art archive in Austria,
(which mainly consists of Kathy Rae Huffman´s private archive) will be on
loan to C3 Center for Culture & Communication in Budapest.  C3, a publicly
accessable research institution, offers resources in the field of
contemporary culture, computer technology and internet to the Hungarian
public.  Through the international interests and orientation of C3 and the
Soros Foundation Hungary, widespread use of the HILUS resources will be
achieved.

On January 17, 1997 the HILUS final party UNITend will take place in
Vienna.The location will be announced publically.

HILUS members sincerely thank all our sponsors, and all those who have
supported our programs:
at-net / Beko / BmWVK / Bundeskuratorin Stella Rollig / Bundeskurator Markus
Brüderlin / Compaq / Hewlett Packard / Meda TM / N� Landesregierung /
Microsoft / Polaroid / Radio Austria AG / Stadt Wien / ...

Thomas Brandstetter (tbrandstetter@t0.or.at)
Gabi Gerbasits (gerbasits@thing.at)
Kathy Rae Huffman (kathy@thing.at)
Max Kossatz (kossatz@thing.at)
Christine Meierhofer (chrissie@thing.net)
Gebhard Sengmüller (gebseng@thing.at)
Herwig Turk (turk@thing.at)