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This year, EMAF took a look beneath the "surface" and shed light on the handling of media from a variety of perspectives. No- und low-budget productions from the independent scene met films and videos produced with commercial cinema and

In contrast to the tendency perceived in previous years, an increase in film entries and the trend towards longer, more complex contributions in the film area became noticeable in 1992. In addition to presenting the Russian filmmaker Vladimir Kobrin

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 team for the various sections of the festival. In addition to Great Britain and the USA, numerous contributions were sent from New Zealand, Japan, Romania and Brazil.

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