STREAMING MUSEUM

New York, NY - Streaming Museum, the first museum of cyberspace and public space on seven continents simultaneously, will celebrate its launch on January 29, 2008 at Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia. The Museum’s exhibitions will be seen on ww.streamingmuseum.org and in public spaces in Antarctica, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.

The opening exhibition is a 38-minute video work, Good Morning Mr. Orwell, by pioneer video artist Nam June Paik. This entertaining transcontinental musical extravaganza was broadcast by satellite on January 1 of the Orwellian year 1984. It interweaves fine art and pop culture icons including Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Merce Cunningham,Salvador Dali, Philip Glass, John Cage, pop singers Sapho and The Thompson Twins,and many others. Paik's ideas in the 1970s about the "information superhighway” and global connectivity forecast the Internet.

Cultural organizations on seven continents that are networked for the launch are: Johannesburg Civic Theater, Johannesburg, South Africa; Jubany base, Antarctica; Nabi Art Center, Seoul, Korea; Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia; Birkbeck Universityof London, London, England; Victory Park, Dallas, Texas, USA, Centro Municipal de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Founder/Creative Director: Nina Colosi

Opening: 29.01.08 > 10:00 pm

Check screen guide @ www.fedsquare.com

http://www.streamingmuseum.org

GLOBAL MEETUP

Visitors at each location can send their pictures via cell phone or email to the website which displays pictures sent from participating locations. The website is also on view on monitors at each location.

A SOURCE OF FREE CULTURAL CONTENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGING

Streaming Museum is a source of FREE cultural content and public service messaging on the environment, education and health for handheld devices and public spaces where commercial advertising is displayed.

SPONSORS

Streaming Museum is sponsored in part by NRDC and FJC - a Foundation ofPhilanthropic Funds. Video courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, and Paik Studios, New York.

STREAMING MUSEUM CREATIVE TEAM

Nina Colosi is Founder/Creative Director of Streaming Museum and TheProjectRoom.org, an international arts and education program at Chelsea Art Museum, NYC.

Streaming Museum will present an ongoing program of exhibitions in all art forms in collaboration with international curators and cultural institutions. Public messages on the environment, education or health will accompany each exhibition. Streaming Museum is a member of International Urban Screens Association – a network of international collaborators.

As Part of the Program

For information contact: Nina Colosi, Founder / Creative Director

(info@StreamingMuseum.org)

646-425-0981