UM: International Festival for Experimental and Mixed Media
Posted in Art, Interactive, Portugal by Armando Alves on June 16, 2008New media festivals are usually promising, with lots of great performances and exhibitions, and yet, they do a lousy job of promoting themselves on the web. That’s what probably happened to UM, the International Festival for Experimental and Mixed Media, taking place in Lisbon, that has almost no reference in Google. Come on, is it that hard to announce the event on Upcoming.org or Rhizome ?
Of course i’m not happy about as the even occurs while i’m out. AdobeAS3Tour with Colin Moock is taking place next Monday, and no way i’ll miss a weekend break in Milan for a badly announced event. For those interested, here’s a small selection:
2008 Programme
Lisbon, 19 - 22 June 2008
Exhibition
Performances
Workshops
Enjoy.
P.S.:
Any reader suggestions for this weekend in Milan are welcome.
Tive oportunidade de ir lá ontem dar um saltinho. Devo dizer que fiquei espantado com as “Exhibitions” que lá estavam, é a primeira vez que começo a ver realmente a verdadeira conjugação entre tecnologia e arte. No entanto vê-se que são coisas simples e que podiam estar muito melhor desenvolvidas e completas, oius ainda se tão a começar a dar os primeiros passos nesta área. Obrigado pelo teu post acerca deste evento senão de nenhuma maneira nunca o ia ver.
Pity this is happening now already as I would have liked to have spoken at the event (am planning on being in PT later this year).
You’re right though; conference organisers often put up events with little knowledge in the preparation thereof, far beyond offline activation. And, more often than not, they have the wrong people attending them too!