organized by:

National Association -
Student Computer Art Society (SCAS)

BalkanMedia Association, Bulgaria


with the support of:

European Cultural Foundation


in cooperation with:

Ministry of Education and Science -
National Student House - Sofia
National Student Information Center
Information Publishing Center
Computer Art Center
and more than 10 cultural
centers and organisations in Europe

 

 

STUDENT COMPUTER ART SOCIETY

Student Computer Art Society /SCAS/ has been established in 1991, officially registered 1992 in Bulgaria as youth NGO and involves students and young experts working in the field of youth information processing, computer arts and new technologies, etc. SCAS is a national association and has divisions in 7 towns in Bulgaria and in 9 universities. We are member and co-founder of the National Youth Council of Bulgaria and we are partners of all the state institutions working on youth and cultural problems. SCAS is also member of International youth organisation “Forum of Associations for International Relations” (FAIR) and associate member of “International Society for Electronic Arts” (ISEA).

Since its founding in 1992, the association has organized more than 95 activities in the field of youth information and modern media arts.

Traditional event in the field of computer arts is the International computer art forum “Computer space”.
Every year since 1989, artists and companies from all over the world show their best achievements and discuss the future of computer and electronic arts. “Computer space” is the biggest and the most popular modern media art event in Bulgaria and South-Eastern Europe.

SCAS has two main divisions:

COMPUTER ART CENTER. Main aim of the Center is to support creation of modern media art works of youth artists trough finances, technical equipment and consultations.

NATIONAL STUDENT INFORMATION CENTER.
The center manage a network of youth information centers in National Students House - Sofia and biggest University towns in Bulgaria and provides different youth oriented information.

The Chairman of SCAS is
Dr. Rosen Petkov

 

Student Computer Art Society (SCAS)
WWW.SCAS.ACAD.BG, info@scas.acad.bg
10, Narodno sabranie sq,
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
fax: +359 2 987 7477
tel: +359 2 987 0293

BALKANMEDIA


BALKANMEDIA Association is an international, independent, non-governmental, non-profit-making organization (established 1990 in Sofia), which has now a 10 year experience in the development of cross-border, multicultural cooperation in South East Europe. Balkanmedia Association has members and infrastructure in all 12 Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, FR Yugoslavia, Moldova, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey) as well as associate members in Austria, Germany, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, USA. Balkanmedia Association members are media researchers, media scientists, journalists, editors, publishers, media managers and media experts.

BALKANMEDIA works on different scientific and research projects together with different international institutions, such as UNESCO (Paris), Commission of the EC (Brussels), The Council of Europe (Strasbourg), The European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam), Association Kulturkontakt (Vienna), Hans-Bredow-Institute (Hamburg), the European Audiovisual Observatory (Strasbourg), etc.

BALKANMEDIA Association publishes a quarterly magazine BALKANMEDIA. BALKANMEDIA magazine is distributed not only in the Balkan region but to institutions and private subscribers in Western Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia.

BALKANMEDIA organizes regularly international conferences, symposiums and seminars, such as The Economic Conditions of Broadcasting in Democratic Societies together with the EIM in 1992; The Problems of Audiovisual Piracy in Eastern Europe in 1993; The Balkans, the Mediterranean and European Cultural Cooperation in 1994; Since 1995 together with Kulturkontakt holds Intensive Courses in Media Management; in 1998 organized The New Balkan Film Festival; etc. From 1999 the preparation of the BALKAN MEDIA ACADEMY has started in the framework of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.

The Chairman of BalkanMedia is
Dr. Rossen Milev

 

 

BalkanMedia Association
http://www.balkanmediaacademy.bg
72, Ciril i Metodi Str,
1202 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel/Fax: +359 2/ 9831970
Tel: +359 2/ 835191