Syndicate: Competition EXTENSION

[Hamburger Kunsthalle <kh@kulturbehoerde.hamburg.de>]

Dear Sir or Madam,

some time ago, we informed you about our competition in the Internet,
EXTENSION, sent you the announcement and invited you to participate.
As the deadline will be on June 30th, we would be glad if you could send us
a short message whether you are going to participate on the competition.
Thanks.
Sincerely yours

Doerte Zbikowski
Hamburger Kunsthalle



HAMBURG KUNSTHALLE
GALERIE DER GEGENWART - EXTENSION
The Internet as Material and Object

Invitation for Entries


Material and object are familiar terms used in the plastic arts. The
current competition sets out to transfer these concepts to the Internet.
What meaning can the Internet have for the museum? Collecting, preserving,
educating and researching have been traditionally the guiding principles of
museum work. In order to put these principles to the test on the new
medium, a number of art projects taking up Internet as a theme are now
being placed in the context of "museum". The competition is a joint project
of SPIEGEL Online, SPIEGEL special, Philips and the Hamburg Kunsthalle, who
are pursuing common goals in sponsoring/creating EXTENSION. Each of the
partners will contribute his specific competence in the fields of Internet,
media and technology to the project.

Underlying idea of the competition: The Galerie der Gegenwart is the
extension building of the Hamburg Kunsthalle and was officially opened on
February 23rd. Now the extension is continuing into cyberspace: EXTENSION
is the space where the Galerie der Gegenwart can be visited in the
Internet, and the competition is designed to generate projects for display
in EXTENSION which perceive the Internet as object and material of artistic
expression. The competition is regarded as an experiment: What can this
extension mean to the traditional museum, and what can the museum
contribute? What
relationship can evolve between Internet and museum?

Form of submission: The physical location of the competition will be the
SPIEGEL Online server (e-mail: extension@spiegel.de). Entries should be
viewable using standard browsers (Netscape 3.0/Explorer 3.0) and freely
available plug-ins (Technical requirements and procedure see
http://www.spiegel.de/extension).

Jury
Prof. Dr. Uwe M.  Schneede for the Kunsthalle, Rainer Woertmann for Spiegel
special,
Dellbruegge & de Moll and Prof. Valie Export as artists, Prof. Dr.
Dieter Daniels as expert for media.

The following terms have been agreed for the selection of entries and the
presentation of the EXTENSION competition. The jury will select entries
based on the intensity of dealing with the subject. The Internet must be
the object as well as the place of all entries. Size and degree of
elaboration will not be a criterion; what matters instead is the degree in
which the Internet is made the specific object of an entry. Three entries
will be awarded a prize, and the winners will receive DM 10,000, DM 5,000
and DM 3,000, respectively. In addition, a "Philips Internet/TV set" will
be awarded by Philips as a special prize.

Entries will be available for viewing in the Internet EXTENSION of the
Galerie der Gegenwart. In parallel with cyberspace happenings, the
Kunsthalle will stage a series of events in autumn '97 on the subject of
"Internet", which is where prizes will be awarded by the Jury.

Associated institutions and persons:
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart (Kh@Kulturbehoerde.hamburg.de)
Spiegel online, Spiegel special (spiegel_online@spiegel.de)
Philips GmbH (gerd.goetz@hbg.pde.philips.com)
Dellbruegge & de Moll (eccentrica.com/virtualvilla)
Valie Export
Dieter Daniels

Entry Conditions: Anyone who perceives the Internet as object and material
of artistic expression is welcome to take part in the competition. Project
groups are also eligible. Employees of the institutions and persons
organizing or sponsoring the competition as well as members of their
families are excluded from participating. Entries must be free of rights of
third parties, especially copyrights. By taking part in the competition,
participants explicitly declare themselves to be the originator of their
respective entries, and the right to use such works shall be transferred to
the Kunsthalle without geographic restriction. No claims may be made
against the organizer resulting from participation in the competition.
Legal action shall not be admissible. Participants uploading their entries
to SPIEGEL Online shall be deemed explicitly to acknowledge these entry
conditions.

Beginning and deadline: The competition started with the opening of the
Gallery of the Present on February 23rd 1997. Closing day will be June 30th
1997.

You also find the informations in the internet:
http://www.spiegel.de/extension.

If you have any questions please send an e-mail:
Kh@Kulturbehoerde.hamburg.de

or contact us by phone
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Doerte Zbikowski
Tel. (+49) (40)-2486-3211







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