Clips from various movies focusing on the human endeavor layered together to create something puzzling yet eye catching.

Visual artist ACLM (Alexander Meyer) sculpts eye candy for people to enjoy and debate, pulling random images from multiple resources to tease the mind. Trained as a photographer, Alex has progressed from projecting pre-rendered pop-culture footage to animated photographs, to creating live beat match video. His visuals borrow the look of one's memories both good and bad, yet lingering on what most refer to as an "acid trip nightmare". In just two years, his uncanny ability to texture various me... More >>

...Once we were born as human beings, but then we started to “breed” a new “clone” of our existence: Western Society. This new creature has separated itself from nature more and more and found its own definitions about different things in life... Differences and cultural identities between people; focussing on modern movements inspired by nature and urban settings the experimental film is about how people interact with nature and the modern world, composed of three film-lines. Three parts represent a whole story about changing the view on things in society, nature and life in general. It focuses on slow and fast movements by replacing points of view and by separating nature from the human being. The human individual in short cuts and profiles of facing the beauty temples of Western Society like TV’s soap operas, shopping centres and mass events, is basic starting point.

Bello Benischauer was born in Austria; living in Fremantle, Australia, cross form artist; production of many experimental videos and installations in combination to other art forms like paintings and sculpture; He was taking part in the Cyber Arts 2000/ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL Austria; many experimental videos and exhibitions since 1999. Digital performances in Austria and Australia; in his work he always tries to create a positive aspect about using digital technology; main thing is always a... More >>

Dylan Reece is a young designer originally from Dallas, TX. Now living in Austin, Dylan studies design and studio art at the University of Texas at Austin. Dylan also spends time making electronic music, appearing as Dillitex at a previous digital showcase and numerous other electronic events in Austin. Dylan is available for contract design work and is currently working on a new album.

For this piece, Erik drove the loop he used to cruise when he was in high school. On the radio was Metallica's And Justice For All. His video piece goes on for the length of one song from the album. The text is a mixture of the lyrics and thoughts that come up while driving.

Born in August Maine, and raised in Madawaska Maine (along the New Brunswick border). Studied illustration at Mass Art for a year and a half and then transferred to Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to study Fine Art. Started as a printmaker and ended as a multimedia artist. After school moved to New York City. Lived there and worked for a while. Currently studying at UT Austin to get his Master's degree.

In his other life, Fit to Fill Prod. is a filmmaker and artist living in Austin. He's known for his elaborate installations and performances involving the projection, layering, and manipulation of film loops. He has been involved in a huge number of projects over the years, including an installation at Arthouse, Contemporary Art Museum in Huston, Cinematexas, and a recent installation at the Fluent~Collaborative space in Austin.

These two pieces were created together in the Spring of 2004. Using subject matter from two very different sources, they both explore themes of meditation, travel, and communication. The footage for "The Fisherman" was shot in Chicago in the early Spring of 2004, and the footage for "Radio Astronomy" was shot at the Very Large Array (www.vla.nrao.edu) in New Mexico. The original clips were processed in Isadora and composited in Final Cut Pro. The music was created using analog and digital synthesizers with looping and processing plugins developed by the artist.

James Coker is a software developer and electronic artist living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Through his software company Five12 Inc., he has developed a modular music sequencing program called Numerology, used worldwide by creative musicians for composition and performance.

"The Sound of the Sun" is a part of an ongoing series of image and sound creations that explore my family's fifty year relationship to the world's first atomic reactor. The piece was shot on location at the Hanford Engineer Works in Washington State. The abstract landscapes and ambient sountrack describe the desolation and danger of the world's largest Superfund site.

Jay Needham is a sound and video artist who often combines elements of narrative and documentary in his work. Themes that recombine in many of his pieces relate to oral and natural history, environmental issues and Border conflicts. He teaches in the program in audio at Southern Illinois University.

Keepadding are an artist collective based in New Mexico. Their work includes digital prints, analog prints, graffiti art, collage, and site-specific works. They often incorporate themes of surgery, architecture, wreckage, and the organic into their works.

Keepadding recently collaborated with Funkstorung on a series of designs to accompany their latest record release. They also recently curated an exhibition at the Santa Fe Art Institute featuring artists such as Scott Pagano, Ph... More >>

For the past couple of years Mike has spent some nights loitering alongside and underneath freeway interchanges in Texas and California. Though the resulting photographs depict these spaces with a high degree of clarity and precision, his use of the photographic process also produces certain ambiguities he hopes you will find interesting.

Mike is about to begin his second year in the MFA program at the University of Texas at Austin. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, he received his undergraduate degree in English from Stanford University.

Beginning is about our experience of journeys-about the beginning of unknown paths when the passageways and doorways we cross unleash our imaginations. Whether physical, emotional or spiritual, the journeys we experience intertwine and form interconnections that are little trips in themselves.

Miriana Ilieva grew up in Bulgaria and Zimbabwe and came to the US in 1997 to specialize in computers and art. After four years of studies at the all-women Smith College, Miriana joined the Texas A&M University Masters program and wrote a thesis on Christian iconography, homosexuality and feminism. Her work attempts to create new experiences by uniting juxtaposing concepts and is delivered in the form of installation, performance and video. It has been shown in Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Texas A&M Univ... More >>

Electric Sheep is a distributed screen-saver that harnesses idle computers into a render farm with the purpose of animating and evolving artificial life-forms. Each clip of animation has a genetic code, and the collective voting of users determines its fitness. The "Best of 2002" video consists of the pick of the flock synchronized with sound effects.

Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot is a visualist and programmer residing in San Francisco. He is the creator of the Fractal Flame algorithm, the Bomb visual-musical instrument, and the Electric Sheep distributed screen-saver. All of Draves' software artworks are released as open source and distributed for free on the internet. His award-winning work has appeared in Wired Magazine, the Prix Ars Electronica, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and at the Sonar festival in Barcelona. In 1997 Sp... More >>

10'x20' Installation made of images, light, and gauze

Trina Cooper is an artist whose work is guided by ideas, but is process orieted. She works with media which best convey the ideas intergral to the pieces she makes. She grew up on the west coast in the 60stys and 70sty in a highly creative environment and as a result has a rather idiosyncratic world view. She spends hours sitting around with her cat musing about existence. Trina recieved her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, she just missed attending school with the B-52's as they graduat... More >>

Kimiaki Takeuchi is a graphic designer living in Tokyo, Japan. You can see more of his work at "ner online," http://www013.upp.so-net.ne.jp/ner.