New Forms: History, Vision and Mandate

New Forms Media Society is a non-profit society and media arts organization founded in 2000 that nurtures and connects local and international arts, science and grassroots communities through the annual New Forms Festival.

By promoting Canadian Artists in collaboration with the international arts and technology world, the NFF facilitates multimodal art works and engages in discussion on their role in our cultural environment. Since its inception, an integral element of the NFF is the recognition of independent and groundbreaking artists; the NFF aims to showcase and increase awareness of these artists and their work within our community and beyond by promoting them within a larger milieu.

The NFF is part of a larger, international, multi-media festival movement, which explores the ever changing and evolving world of art and creates a platform for artistic growth. The society wishes to make new media art, music, film, technology based installation and performance accessible to a wider audience.

2012 marks the twelfth year of New Forms Festival. From Sept 13-16, NFF12 will be taking over the Masters of Digital Media building at the Centre for Digital Media campus on 577 Great Northern Way, as well as the Waldorf Hotel and New Brighton Special at New Brighton Park. This year, as part of the International Cities of Advanced Sound (ICAS) initiative, exhibition artists will address the theme of ‘Living Labs’.

Members:

Director: Malcolm Levy
malcolm@newformsfestival.com

Director’s Assistant: Sarah Cole-Burnett
sarah@newformsfestival.com

Production Manager Michelle O’Brien
michelle@newformsfestival.com

Volunteer Coordinator: Sarena Strong
sarena@newformsfestival.com

Music Curators:
Cedric Meister
Scott Woodworth
Michael Red
Chris Wang

Communications: Alan Ranta
alan@newformsfestival.com

Sound & Technical:
Matt Smith (Technical Direction)
Atef Abdelkefi (Technical)
Drew Bennett (Sound/Technical)

Board Members:
Sarah Kim (Chair)
James Daniels (Treasurer)
John Bromley
Robert Willis
Tara Bailey
Aren Altman