ART SERVERS UNLIMITED examines some of the most innovative nodes of cultural activity on the net, which are based in Europe. Part of the Festival of Central European Culture, ART SERVERS UNLIMITED addresses issues such as:

Who are the real creative forces on the internet?
Will the increasing presence of e-commerce and info-shops threaten the existence of independent arts ventures?
What can be done to support and sustain independent, noncommercial, artistic or experimental projects on the internet?

WHAT ARE ART SERVERS?
Art servers are servers on the internet hosting a wide variety of cultural expression, from curated art-sites to freewheeling net.art, e-mail discussion forums to invaluable text archives, independent artists' net.radios to forms of interactive tv and 3D worlds.
Art Servers are not an artistic genre like theatre or TV. Rather, they are constantly shifting and evolving transitional mediums pointing the way to new and diverse modes of expression. Art Servers are shaped by the engaged individuals behind them, and vary wildly in structure and approach. Art Servers are sites of collective shared expertise where new internet ideas are born and nurtured.

PANELS:
0. Keynote speech by Janos Sugar.
1. Institutions working the net: commissioning works / curated spaces. 2. Net.casting: Radio and TV on the net.
3. Grow your own: Start and sustain an art server.
4. Experimental technology / Beyond net.art

The transcription of the whole conference is available online and as booklet.