During five days in December MASS´98 - Media Art Symposium Stockholm - took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was arranged by Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe 1998 in collaboration with Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. Art Orbit is happy to present a selection of speeches and presentations in sound files. Just click and listen to approaches, opinions, arguments, initiatives and theories brought about by the phenomena which somewhat simplified is called media art.

OPENING SPEECHES (8 min, RealAudio 28.8) Carin Fischer: Secretary General, Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe 1998 Måns Wrange: University College of Arts, Crafts & Design, Stockholm Marita Ulvskog: Minister of Culture, Sweden LECTURES Perry Hoberman - Interactive Art (38 min, RealAudio 28.8) Perry Hoberman is an installation and performance artist whose work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and Europe. www.hoberman.com.perry Timothy Druckrey - Challenges and Developments (1 h 5 min, RealAudio 28.8) Timothy Druckrey is an independent critic, curator and writer. He lectures internationally on the social impact of electronic media, the transformation of representation and communication in interactive and networked enviroments. Erkki Huhtamo - Curating (49 min, RealAudio 28.8) Erkki Huhtamo is an unaffliated media scholar, writer and curator. He has published numerous studies about media history and media art in ten languages. He has also curated several international exhibitions of media art. Martin Jay - Vision and History (42 min, RealAudio 28.8) Martin Jay is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkely, where he specialises in European Intellectual History; Visual Culture and Critical Theory. Neil Spiller - Soft Objects - Architecture and Advanced Technology (42 min, RealAudio 28.8) Neil Spiller is a practising architect. He is Diploma/Master of Architecture course director at Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London. Jennifer Terry - Gender/Technology (34 min, RealAudio 28.8) Jennifer Terry is associate professor of comparative studies at Ohio State University. Her concentrations are history and cultural studies of science and technology; gender, race, and sexuality; feminist theory; social theory. PRESENTATIONS Roy Ascott - CAIIA (50 min, RealAudio 28.8) (Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts), Wales. Hans Peter Schwartz - ZKM (50 min, RealAudio 28.8) (Zentrum für Kunst und Medietechnologie), Karlsruhe Gerfried Stocker - ARS Electronica (1 h 1 min, RealAudio 28.8), Linz