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This, our sixth year, has been a transition year for Subtle Technologies. We finally made the leap to officially becoming a non-profit organization. This allows us access to funding which we previously were not eligible to receive. Although we still remain grass-roots in our outlook it has given us incentive to organize ourselves in such a way that we can grow so as to improve and expand our programming. We have also changed the name of the event from the Subtle Technologies Conference to the Subtle Technologies Festival. This better reflects what we have become,which is far more than just a conference. Since we now present the symposium, performances, and installations off site we thought the term festival was more appropriate.

The weekend features 18 diverse and fascinating presentations by speakers spanning topics from biology to dance to astrophysics. This year's speakers are made up of artists, scientists and those who's work is a hybrid of science and art. We hope you can come to the entire symposium as there are always hidden connections that emerge among topics. It is witnessing the emergence of these "subtle" connections that make the symposium much more than the sum of its presentations.

As well as the symposium, along with partners InterAccess, Year Zero One and Deconism Gallery, we are presenting Signal, installations of telematic art. The German inter-media dance troupe Palindrome will also be performing. Our programme kicks off this year on Thursday May 22nd with a panel dicussion, Cyborg DECONtact, at Deconism Gallery.

Don't miss our official festival party on Saturday May 24th featuring sound by SHED and visuals by Mix Motion.We are looking forward to seeing you at the festival.

Festival Directors
Tania Thompson
Jim Ruxton