September 5th, 6h and 7th, 2003, Luisen Park, Mannheim, Germany
Nine arts collectives, representing Nine countries will invent a unique and dynamic experience bringing together a new world of visions in a diverse cultural landscape of artists, scholars and educators, for a three day interactive exhibition of pure, 100% Artricultcure in Mannheim, Germany.

Entitled: in Whatisart - Whatissound, Art for the senses, explore and experience, a visitor can expect to engage and explore a changed and changing world of artful discovery, floating on a gondola down a river of sound, all on a journey of emerging visual art from Bosnia to New York City, a multi - disciplined event with artists actively working with Virgin Records, Mtv and published in American magazines such as Juxtapose. Artists who are known for creating "organic orchestration" (aka the human beat box orchestra), creating audience participated 'interactive sound sculptures" with PS1 (NYC MOMA), curating experimental environmental hip hop events at the famed Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC & DJ/workshops at SF MOMA/"ZEUM" Childrens Art & Technology Museum, and emerging musicians from nine countries Whatisart-Whatissound explores the relationship between Technology and Tradition, in the context of a new kind of globalism.

For those who can not attend, this exhibition will be web cast the three days of the event. No passports needed, Your journey of the senses will be coming soon to a terminal near you!

Whatisart? and it's subsidiaries have included information regarding the non-profit international arts organization
www.what-is-art.cc
www.what-is-art.de
A sponsored 501 c(3) organization under Allied Arts Foundation of Seattle, Washington.


absurde team for what is art ?

video animations


>alexandre / absurde video team / strasbourg
>docteur b / absurde video team / strasbourg
electronic music



music / live :
- the nut runner / global tunes / frankfurt
- caterva / absurde / strasbourg

music / dj :
- cess / cocoon / globaltunes / frankfurt
- llia / absurde / strasbourg / dj experimental-ambient /
- stoy / future diffusion / strasbourg
- lee'kid / break fist / strasbourg
- miss torn / atomicx / strasbourg
- quesako / index rec. / strasbourg
- slimer / mangacore / strasbourg

space designer

>claire schirck / absurde / strasbourg
Project powered by :

Gerhard Widder, OB der Stadt Mannheim, (Mayor of Mannheim)
Greg Nicols, Bürgermeister der Stadt Seattle, Washington, (Mayor of Seattle, Washington)
Neven Tomic, OB der Stadt Mostar (Bosnien, Mayor of Mostar, Bosnia)
Lothar Mark, MdB, Cultural Affairs, (Mayor of Mannheim)
Kulturamt Mannheim, Cultural Affairs office of Mannheim, Germany
Stadtmarketing GmbH, Mannheim, State Marketing, Badwurtenberg, Germany
Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, Cultural Affairs office, Berlin, Germany
EMP (Experience Music Project) Seattle, Washington (Whatissound?) project-past Whatissound? international expo.
Real Networks, Seattle, Washington
organi.net, Mannheim (Event Business)
doobie.de, Mannheim (Datenbankdesign), international artists database design and creation
Lxis Networks, Seattle (Web Design Team)
Raum Mannheim (Marketing, Design)
Absurde, Strasbourg
Street Attack, Alternative Marketing, NY, New York