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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

...This year, EMAF’s congress – under the motto "European Digital Visions" – focused on the cultural self-image of our mediatised society including...

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

Under the motto "Document", the 18th EMAF highlighted various media artistic approaches to documentary forms. Playing with media structures, analysing the power of the media, reflecting one’s own media production and examining the conditions of

To mark its 20th anniversary, the congress part of EMAF called "D-Fluxx" presented not only a kind of inventory entitled "Media Art History", but also a definition of the current position of Media Art. The film programme focused on the Cuban

In 2008, the 21st EMAF explored personal identity in a globalised world. How will the advance of digital technologies change all areas of private and public life? Identity is always a contemporary issue, concerning all areas of society. In

In 2009, the EMAF portrayed over 2000 years of media history with its large exhibition entitled “Image Battles” in cooperation with the Museum of Industrial Culture Osnabrück, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche and Erich Maria Remarque Peace Centre. In a

The range of images, films, music and texts on the internet is growing rapidly. All digitally available elements can be used as material to make new collages. For this reason, many artists scour the internet’s servers for raw material to integrate