ARS ELECTRONICA 2005 / Linz
HYBRID—living in paradox, the theme of Ars Electronica 2005, examines the implosive tendencies that digital technologies impose on the world, bringing cultures on top of each other and flouting boundaries: national, material, technological and psychological. Hybrid creations and creatures, identities and cultures emerge from recombinations of our three basic codes: numeric, genetic and atomic.
Digital media art itself is a hybrid born from the connection of art and technology, accumulating diverse modes of expression and demanding a unique crossover of expertise and knowledge...

Gerfried Stocker, Christine Schöpf (Directors Ars Electronica)

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Image from "Origin" 1999 was presented by Ars Electronica 2005 as the subject of the year.
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The sequence of "Origin" 300x3300 cm installation at Linz Train Station in Austria.

A billboard before the Lentos Art Museum in Linz.

The "Origin" animation installed at Ars Electronica Center, in an elevator with a glass wall on one side, where the animation plays either in forward/or backward while the elevator moves up/or down...

Daniel Lee in front of Museum of the Future (Ars Electronica Center) in Linz. Photo by Margaret Lee.

Recent Article in HYBRID:
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Daniel Lee" by Helen Ferry
Daniel Lee, represented by O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York. 212 431 3600 • Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo. 3 5501-3203 • East Gallery, Taipei. (02) 2711 9502

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