Ars Electronica 2002

Tonga.Online project has been recognised with a "honorary mention" in the Net Excellence category and is invited to take part at the Ars Electronica Festival from 7-12 September 2002 in Linz. This will provide for a platform of reflection and interactive communication for the project and will contribute to raise attention and support for the Tonga community.

Tonga.Online@ars.electronica

in the electrolobby - TransIT Room

During the month of September, the Tonga.Online project reaches a peak both at the Ars Electronica festival in Linz and during the tour of the Austrian music group, Windhund, to the Binga area in Zimbabwe.

TRANSMITTING
In 1957, the ethnomusicologist, Hugh Tracey made over 80 recordings of Tonga music in the Zambezi Valley shortly before the area was flooded to make way for the building of Kariba dam. As part of the Tonga.Online project at Ars Electronica, these recordings return to the valley through a rather complicated series of connections. Read more about the old and new technologies needed to realise this return through THE LOOP.

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tonga@ars - "honorary mention" in Net Excellence

Tonga.Online project has been recognised with a "honorary mention" in the Net Excellence category and is invited to take part at the Ars Electronica Festival from 7-12 September in Linz. This will provide for a platform of reflection and interactive communication for the project and will contribute to raise attention and support for the Tonga community.

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"UN/PLUGGED - Art as the Scene of Global Conflict"

The Tonga.Online project is prepared to participate at the forthcoming international "ars electronica festival" under the theme "UN/PLUGGED - Art as the Scene of Global Conflict", scheduled for 7th - 12th September in Linz / Austria. The participation should reflect the project in the art context and raise further attention and support for the Tonga community.

-> see and read more: www.aec.at/festival2002