Festival for Media, Art, and Socio-Culture
Cleotronica 08
is the inaugural version of Cleotronica a festival for media, art, and socio-culture organized by Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF). Cleotronica 08 is a monthly series of public art projects, workshops, lectures, performances, and exhibitions that started in January 2008 gradually build up to an international symposium in May. The festival presented a diverse set of projects, mediums, and issues, ranging from net art to tactical media and from public intervention to design. Apart from being an international festival, Cleotronica is critically involved with and conditioned to its locality, striving to make a distinct contribution to it by extensively interacting with university students and recent art graduates in its projects. While showcasing a broad range of media related art, the festival is particularly reflective of practices that stimulate media, technology, art, and public socio-cultural activity to come together.