Telecommunications Art and Play: Intercities São Paulo/Pittsburgh

Intercities São Paulo/Pittsburgh was a telecommunications event linking Brazilian art researchers in São Paulo with American colleagues in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event consisted of lectures by Brazilian and American participants and interactive pieces created by artists from the two cities. Intercities explored new forms of exchanging information through slow-scan television and examined the issue of telecommunications as an art medium. The event provided both participants and audience with a sense of personal interaction with people geographically and culturally distant and demonstrated the beneficial aspects of widespread telecommunications.