Johannes thank you for the exciting questions and the interest that you show for the TRANSDANCE lab. Scott has already made a great efford to answer to your questions, therefore I will not try to overlap. Regarding your question if the event was publicized within the Festival of Film and New Media on Art "e-phos'', or separately, this is what we did: Given our little budget, we posted a series of announcements in the net, either through our list or the major lists such as RHIZOME, SYNDICATE, DANCETECHNOLOGY etc. The TRANSDANCE lab was not the core event of the festival but rather one of the activities in the broader context on BODY-KINESIS, BODY-ANAMORPHOSIS, which was the theme of the "e-phos 2001''. The lab was mentioned in the main poster of the festival and was advertised in all the dance schools and groups of Athens and Thessalonica. Also, a big efford was made to announce the lab in the universities. Finally, the lab was initially announced a year ago, in July 2000, at the Kalamata Dance Festival. There, we organized a series of lectures on dance and digital technology. That was strictly done to sensitize first the professional dancers and students that flock in the Kalamta Festival. We also published articles in greek magazines on dance, and we circulated pamphlets in the only dance perfomance that was related to technology throughout the year, in Athens. I have come to the conclusion that labs such as TRANSDANCE should have become an autonomous activity with the size and character of a festival, rather than an activity within a festival. This is where we are heading to with the next "e-phos'', due in Autumn 2002. We will launch a forum/lab, this time on the Live Electronic Spectacle, where artists will be invited to create work and present it the same time. Accompanied by conceptual and theoretical seminars, they will form the festival. Sincerely, Yainnis Skourogiannis Artistic Director "e-phos'' http://www.filmart.gr
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