Featured artist Tamiko Thiel will present her work from ISEA 2006
and will be joined by other members presenting highlights from ISEA 2006 in San Jose

911 Media Arts Center Theatre Space
Thursday August 17 at 7pm
Winebar at 911 after event

Tamiko Thiel will talk about her new interactive 3D installation "The Travels of Mariko Horo" which premieres at the ISEA media art conference. A reversal of the Marco Polo syndrome, "Mariko Horo" was inspired by Japanese artists who imagined the exotic and mysterious West during the 200 years when Japan was closed to the outside world.

Tamiko Thiel is developing the dramatic and narrative capabilities of interactive 3D virtual reality as a medium for addressing social and cultural issues. Past works include the virtual reality installation Beyond Manzanar, dealing with media scapegoating of minorities in times of crisis, and Starbright World, an online virtual playspace for seriously ill children designed with Steven Spielberg. In 2004 she was a Fellow at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies to produce "The Travels of Mariko Horo."