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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:17:00 -0500
From:         Montage 93 Project <MONTAGE@BROCK1P.BITNET>
Subject:      conference info

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Lisa Farrell, Communications Coordinator
(716) 442-8897
montage93@brock1p.bitnet

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL TO EXPLORE
IMAGE-MAKING AND FUSION OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY

ROCHESTER, N.Y., December 8, 1992 -- Art and technology will converge
next year during a festival exploring the present and future of image
making as well as the fusion of art and technology. *Montage 93:
International Festival of the Image*  will feature the latest advances
in imaging technology as well as an exciting series of events and
activities designed for imaging professionals, educators, students,
scientists, artists, and the general public. Montage 93 is
scheduled from July 11 to August 7, 1993 in Rochester, New York.

The centerpiece of Montage 93 will be exhibitions featuring work
created by artists using advanced technologies that shape the way we
look at the world. Highlights of Montage 93 include:

- Eighteen exhibitions, including 13 premiering at the festival, and
the works of more than 300 international artists using photography,
computer graphics, holography, video, electrostatic imaging, electronic
transmission, and other advanced imaging techniques will be on display
throughout the museum district and other downtown sites.

-  An Arts & Technology Exposition at the Rochester Riverside Convention
Center will offer demonstrations of the latest technologies for the
general public. Presentations by artists and tool developers will include
still, moving, interactive, and three-dimensional imaging technologies.

- The Montage 93 Trade Show at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center
will showcase leading imaging companies and state-of-the-art professional
and consumer imaging technologies as well as the full scope of high
technology services available for imaging professionals. The trade
show will also offer interactive exhibits and demonstrations for the
general public.

- A week-long International Student Festival at the State University of
New York College at Brockport, will feature symposia, lectures, hands-on
demonstrations, and portfolio reviews for undergraduate and graduate
students from around the world.

- Pre-K-12 educational program will bring together educators, students,
and artists for a series of workshops, lectures, and symposia. The program
will focus on innovative media education programs throughout the world.

- International Film and Video Festivals of new films and videos created
by independent producers from around the world will appear in theaters
and auditoriums throughout Rochester.

- Ten lectures and 10 symposia for the general public and imaging
professionals will address topics such as the social, ethical, educational,
and aesthetic impacts of new imaging systems on daily life.

- Artist Book Residencies, conducted at Visual Studies Workshop during
winter and spring of 1993, will produce three artists' books commissioned
for presentation and distribution during the festival. The three chosen
projects were selected from 74 proposals submitted by artists from the
U.S. and a dozen other countries.

- Performing arts events will include internationally acclaimed Garth
Fagan Dance, a production at the GeVa Theatre, and an exciting array
of multi-arts activity featuring local art galleries as well as
music, theater, and dance.

- International Student Media Arts Exhibition will feature the best film,
video,computer graphics, and animation from K-12, undergraduate, and
graduate students from around the world.

In addition, several professional associations will hold annual meetings
of members or board members in conjunction with Montage 93. They include
the International Visual Sociology Association, Fast Rewind, Media Arts
Teachers Association, Oracle, and High-tech Global New York.

Montage 93's participating institutions are Damon City Center of
Monroe Community College, the International Museum of Photography at
George Eastman House, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Museum and
Science Center, Rochester Riverside Convention Center, State University
of New York College at Brockport, The Strong Museum, and Visual Studies
Workshop.

Major Festival Sponsors of Montage 93  are the City of Rochester, Consumer
Imaging and Professional Imaging of Eastman Kodak Company, Monroe County,
and Xerox Corporation.  Festival Program Sponsors are Bausch & Lomb,
Chase Lincoln First Bank, N.A., Fleet Bank of New York, Greater Rochester
Cablevision, M&T Bank, Polaroid, Rochester Telephone Corporation
and Wilmorite, Inc. USAir is the Official Festival Airline. Festival
Supporters include Alling & Cory, Farash Corporation, Gleason Memorial Fund,
Marine Midland Bank, N.A., and New York State Council on the Arts.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Lisa Farrell, Communications Coordinator
(716) 442-8897
montage93@brock1p.bitnet