In conjunction with the EU project 'Realtime & Presence – Composition of Virtual Environments', a series of workshops and presentations has been held since March 2002 in which artists, technicians, and scientists collaboratively develop concepts, strategies and prototypes of virtual environments or electronic stage sets for interactive performances. Selected works resulting from this program are being presented at Ars Electronica 2002.

'Realtime & Presence' was initiated by the Cultural Bureau of the City of Dresden in cooperation with Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau.
Co-organizers: Ars Electronica Center Linz, V2_Organisation Rotterdam
Made possible by the support of the Culture 2000 program of the European Union Patrons: Province of Saxony Ministry of Arts and Sciences, Culture Foundation of the Province of Saxony.

Composition of Virtual Environments
14.30 – 15.30
With Bertrand Merlier/F, Jean-Marc Duchenne/F, Frieder Weiß/D, Dominik Rinnhofer/D, blueLAB/D / Moderation: Vera Kockot, Klaus Nicolai

Interactive Virtual Environment
15.30 – 18.00
Sound Installation: Frieder Weiß/D – Simultan Presence02: Dominik Rinnhofer/D
Position: Jo Siamon Salich/D, Hartmut Dorschner/D, blueLAB

PLUGGED
Udo Zickwolf/D, blueLAB/D
4Hands Bertrand Merlier/F, Jean-Marc Duchenne/F
18.00
PLUGGED is a dance performace in an interactive visual-aural environment; 4 Hands is an interactive audio and video performance.