16th International Symposium on Electronic Art

The world's most important international electronic arts festival ISEA will take place in Germany for the first time ever as part of RUHR.2010. Innovative works of art from around the globe will be on display in Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg in August 2010 as part of ISEA.

The ISEA Festival offers insights into the newest productions of contemporary media art and digital culture and the questions they pose.
Photo: Karsten Fähnrich

ISEA has been bringing together a diverse array of artists since 1988, giving them a platform to show the latest electronic productions and discuss the latest trends and developments in digital art. The programme includes exhibitions, performances, concerts and artistic displays. The symposium also invites participants to take a more in-depth look at the electronic arts scene through presentation on such topics as the role of art in today's high-tech society and art projects in public spaces. There’s also the "E-Culture Fair", a trade fair for the innovative cultural use of new technologies in cooperation with Dutch and Belgian partners.

The new Centre for the Arts and Creativity at Dortmund University will be formally inaugurated as part of ISEA2010 RUHR.

• August 20 - 22, 2010: ISEA 2010 performance programme, Essen

• August 23 - 27, 2010: ISEA 2010 conference and exhibitions, Dortmund

• August 28 - 29, 2010: ISEA 2010 programme "Art in Public Spacers", Duisburg

ISEA2010 RUHR is organized by Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund and commissioned by the Medienwerk NRW. Supporters include RUHR.2010 GmbH and the chancelleries of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the city of Dortmund. In cooperation with PACT Zollverein (Essen), ICEM / Folkwang Hochschule (Essen), Skulpturenmuseum Marl, Kunsthochschule für Medien in Köln, Kulturhauptstadtbüro Duisburg, FZW Dortmund, Konzerthaus Dortmund, the German Federal Centre for Political Education and the Goethe Institute.