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Aktionsart is proud to announce BLACK BOX 2.0, the second edition of the first international art, film and technology festival in Seattle. The festival takes place May 6 - June 7, 2015, during the Seattle International Film Festival. It is organized independently by Aktionsart, a new art and technology nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest. Programming is nomadic and antidisciplinary, presenting contemporary artists who expand the language of cinema. The festival is focused on experimental film, video, new media art and moving-image-based work.

BLACK BOX 2.0 is designed to map the landscape of Seattle, a city shaped by the technology and maritime industries. The festival delivers art across multiple platforms - movie theaters, art galleries, museums and public spaces. An online program presents new work to audiences in Seattle and beyond. For the first time this year, the festival will incorporate art installations in shipping containers distributed in diverse locations throughout the urban core.

BLACK BOX 2.0 includes renowned artists who have not yet been exhibited in the region. It is also an essential platform for emerging talent at the forefront of the avant-garde who work with mobile apps, interactive media, robotics, data visualization, virtual reality, social media, generative software, surveillance and more.

Challenging our ideas about what art is and what art can be, BLACK BOX transmits energetic ideas across industries - cultivating an engaged community that thinks creatively and critically about emerging technologies and digital culture. 

BLACK BOX 2.0 is curated by Julia Fryett (Founder/ Director of Aktionsart) and Anne Couillaud (Independent Curator). The festival is organized in partnership with Seattle Art Museum, Seattle International Film Festival, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media at the University of Washington, Cornish College of the Arts and Institute of Emergent Technology + Intermedia. 

Full program will be announced April 22 on www.aktionsart.org

ABOUT AKTIONSART

BLACK BOX was founded by Julia Fryett in 2014 and is a core program of Aktionsart - currently the only art and technology nonprofit in Seattle. Aktionsart engages technology, design and contemporary culture to produce ambitious art projects in public and private space. The organization is dedicated to supporting artists who use technology for positive cultural impact. Aktionsart's vision is to create a world-class arts laboratory that actively researches and experiments with new systems of curation, production, exhibition and distribution.