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IBEAM The Dancers Edition, CD

New typeface designed by Blast Theory and other invited artists.
Blast Theory have been commissioned to create their own typeface for the latest CD edition of IBEAM - a project that exploits contemporary typography software to construct typefaces developed by different creative groups. With 26 letters and 10 numbers at their disposal, 'Blast Theory's microdot inspired letters reveal hidden messages that hint toward a political rhetoric'. Other contributors include Attik Dance, Lone Twin, Siobhan Davies and Rosemary Lee.
IBEAM The Dancers Edition is launched on 11 June 2004 and published by Plymouth Arts Centre and the Institute of Digital Art and Technology.
Web: www.i-dat.org/projects/ibeam/

Awards

Uncle Roy All Around You was nominated for a Net Art Award at the 8th Annual Webby Awards in May 2004. For further information, visit www.webbyawards.com/...
Can You See Me Now? won the 2003 Golden Nica for Interactive Arts at the Prix Ars Electronica. The project was originally commissioned for Shooting Live Artists in 2001 and has been presented at the b.tv festival, Sheffield, the Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, Rotterdam and the Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg. A collaboration with the Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham, it was nominated for an Interactive Arts BAFTA award in 2002.
An archive of Can You See Me Now? Rotterdam is online at: www.canyouseemenow.v2.nl

Blast Theory Internship Scheme

Since 2003, Blast Theory has established an internship scheme to offer under/post graduates valuable experience of working within the contemporary arts arena. More...

New York Visit

Matt Adams and Nick Tandavanitj have just returned from New York as guests of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. They gave presentations at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Pace University and Brooklyn Polytechnic as part of their preparations for a new work in Manhattan in the summer of 2005.
Date: 25th November 2004
Web: www.lmcc.net

Commission for the Science Museum

Blast Theory have been commissioned by the Science Museum to create a permanent interactive exhibit for its new Energy gallery which opens on 23 July 2004. Energy - fuelling the future is a collaboration between the Science Museum and invited media artists and designers to find ways to prompt visitors to consider for themselves the issues around energy in stimulating and interactive ways.

For further information about Energy, visit
Web: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

TRUCOLD and Other Works - Geneva

Blast Theory will be presenting video and interactive works in the Centre for Contemporary Images in Geneva as part of the city's digital biennial VERSION. The works include TRUCOLD, Single Storey Building and interactive replays and projections of Can You See Me Now? and Uncle Roy All Around You.

Date: 12 November - 19 December 2004
Web: www.version.ch
Location: VERSION 2004 SIMulation CITY, Geneva