The Art Gallery of Ontario, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre,
and the Design Exchange are proud to present F2F: New Media Art from Finland as part of Tranz<--->Tech Media Biennial in Toronto 2001
 

As the datasphere becomes increasingly dense, many fear the loss of face-to-face communication and, along with it, much of what we think of as distinctively human. The exhibition F2F: New Media Art from Finland includes nine wired, participatory installations that explore the insistence of the human within the realm of the machine and the influence of the human-machine interface on our social selves.

The participating works and artists are: Aquarium by Teijo Pellinen, Battle over Indifferent Minds by Hanna Haaslahti, Hame by Laura Beloff & Maex Decker, hit2Morrow by Kristian Simolin, IceBorg by Andy Best & Merja Puustinen, mirror++ by Juha Huuskonen, Need by Tuomo Tammenpää, Mother, Child by Heidi Tikka , SOB by Marita Liulia.

 

Art Gallery of Ontario

317 Dundas Street West
October 10-November 4
Tue, Thu, Fri 11am - 6pm
Wed 11am - 8:30pm
Sat - Sun 10am - 5:30 pm
 

InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre

401 Richmond Street West, Suite 444
October 10 - November 3
Tue - Sat 12 pm - 6 pm
 

Design Exchange

234 Bay Street
October 13-November 6
Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm
Sat - Sun 12pm - 5pm
 


F2F has been organized by the Finnish Foundation for the Visual Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. F2F was curated by Marko Tandefelt in collaboration with Bryn Jayes; the production was coordinated by Juulia Kauste. The exhibition has been presented in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The exhibition design is by Ilkka Suppanen (see: www.suppanen.com).

The Toronto exhibition has been realized in cooperation with the Embassy of Finland in Ottawa. It has been made possible by the generous support of Sonera, Unisys, and William and Gloria Jackson. Additional support has been provided by: the Ministry of Education in Finland, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland, The Arts Council of Finland, DPS Inc., and Apple Finland.

www.interaccess.org/f2f

www.f2fmedia.net
 
For further information please contact:

InterAccess Electronic Media Art Centre Kathleen Pirrie Adams
kpa@interaccess.org
416-599-7206

Finnish Foundation for the Visual Arts
Juulia Kauste
FFVANYC@aol.com
212-674-5570