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Nabi Digital Storytelling Competition
INTANGIBLE HERITAGE
Introduction
"While ensuring the free flow of ideas by word and image, care should be
exercised that all cultures can express themselves and make themselves
known. Freedom of expression, media pluralism, multilingualism, equal
access to art and to scientific and technological knowledge, including
in digital form, and the possibility for all cultures to have access to
the means of expression and dissemination are the guarantees of cultural
diversity." (UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, Article
6 - Towards access for all to cultural diversity, 2 November 2001)
How can digital technology enrich the presence of intangible heritage?
Not only in safeguarding and sustaining it, but in reinterpreting it and
thus making it relevant for our times? Can it help reflect our living
cultural heritage of rituals, performing arts, languages, etc. in all
its rich cultural diversity and pluralism? Can it foster true
intercultural dialogue among people from different cultures? How would
the younger generation react, interact, or even create new forms to
express their intangible heritage?
These are the fundamental questions we are asking you to address through
the "Nabi Digital Storytelling Competition of Intangible Heritage".
Objectives
The objective of this competition is to promote creative interpretations
of intangible heritage through the use of interactive multimedia tools
and digital storytelling technologies, in result giving new life and new
forms of visibility to living communities.
Not only would such virtual artistic expressions demonstrate innovative
ways of expressing intangible heritage, they would also bring about
interactive platforms for a better mutual understanding of each other's
heritage.
Within this context, the competition especially seeks to encourage young
practitioners in various fields of creativity related to digital
technology, to reflect on the theme of intangible heritage and to send
project proposals for a multimedia production, including online websites.
The competition is organized in line with ICOM 2004 / 21st General
Assembly (2-8 October 2004, Seoul, Republic of Korea), coordinated by
Art Center Nabi with the support of ICOM, AVICOM, the Korean National
Commission for UNESCO (KNCU), and UNESCO, especially within the
framework of the UNESCO DigiArts Portal.
Art Center Nabi
Art Center Nabi was founded in December 2000 as a non-profit centre for
new media art in Seoul, Korea. It aims to nurture creativity through
intercommunication between various fields of research and experiments,
such as humanities, social sciences, pure and applied sciences,
technology and art.
Nabi is engaged in research, education, production and exhibition of new
work, with special emphasis on the quality of communication.
Human-centred and sensitive to cultural differences, Nabi seeks a higher
level of communication that existing market mechanisms cannot offer.