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In a time characterised by the loss of utopia and by major social and political change, creativity was called for – this was where artistic and philosophical concepts became increasingly important for creating new perspectives. Not the answer, but

By 1994, EMAF had already evolved into one of the largest annual events for innovative experimental works in the areas of film, video and interactive projects. Compared to the created reality of television and the colourful media design of digital

"Art and Body" was the general topic of EMAF 1995. Many artists had chosen the human body to be the focal point of their projects, and they also brought up the question of the influence the expansion of interactive media has on the individual. The

In 1996, the festival was still held in September, unlike later, when it was traditionally held in spring. This year, the film programme was put together in cooperation with the Swiss Film, Video and Multimedia Festival VIPER. It presented

...For the 10th anniversary, almost 1000 entries were submitted to the organising...

EMAF 1998 addressed the structures of a mediatised society shaped by the simultaneousness of different systems. In everyday life, too, we are surrounded by perception situations taking place in parallel, explained the American Pat O’Neill, to whom

...r, EMAF’s congress – under the motto "European Digital Visions" – focused on the...

EMAF 2001 offered an examination of the present, increasingly dominated by information and media technologies that varied between play and reflexion. During the festival both the virtually endless possibilities of new aesthetic styles of composition

Virtual actor or: how real is reality? The congress at EMAF 2002 explored films in which avatars (characters created on the computer) or "human" actors rather than real human beings act in virtual environments. This topic was reflected also in some

The guiding theme of EMAF 2004 triggered numerous associations: transmitters, emitters, carriers or x-mitters – visualised by all kinds of dove species depicted on the festival’s posters, billboards and catalogues this year. In line with this