Peter Chanthanakone, LAOS - CANADA
Christoph Frei, BOLIVIA - JAPAN
Myriam Thyes, EU 2020 ?
Amir Scheulen + Frank Köhnen, HISTORY OF THE GERMAN FLAG
Jorge Lara Gongora + Israel Reyna Tello, AFGHANISTAN - MEXICO
Photos: Courtesy of Rachel Leo + Brad Picken, Fedsquare Melbourne.
Beginning with the launch of Streaming Museum, the first international moving image gallery to be broadcast both in cyberspace and public space over seven continents simultaneously, Our Friends Are Electric celebrates how today’s cities are becoming connected through a network of urban screens. In a showcase of international urban screen initiatives beginning in January 2008, Our Friends Are Electric introduces the concept of urban screens to the Melbourne audience in the lead up to the 2008 Urban Screens Conference, 3-8 October. The series will include a range of international video art programs produced for outdoor screens around the world in addition to individual artist initiatives created from collective, worldwide contributions.
This project is presented by Federation Square and the International Urban Screens Association – a network of international collaborators.
Curated by Kerrie-Dee Johns and Mirjam Struppek.