posted on 2024-07-13, 07:41authored byRowan Wilken
They say everybody wants to be 21. Any younger and you thirst for freedom from your world. Any older and you wish you could have it over again. Experimenta's awkward phase is now officially over; with two confident and popular exhibitions in House of Tomorrow (2003) and Vanishing Point (2005), the arrival of this year's Experimenta Playground represents the big push for the organisation. Big enough, in fact, to nominate itself as the International Biennale of Media Arts. The result was a confident and articulate experience that surveyed some of the most interesting works of recent years, while providing a map for those new to media art.