Conceptual Description

Divine Comedy Digital is a new version of Dantes' Divine Comedy . A version that reflects our profane digital era. We are examining the values of our time and people. We are also studying the changes of meaning of words and concepts.What is ment by sin now, or punishment.

Divine Comedy Digital is done by two Finnish artists: Aarre Kärkkäinen & Hilkka Okkonen.

We have done already before several art cd-roms that are noticed in Finland and also in some international media festivals. Divine Comedy Digital was chosen for Transmediale 99, that is part of International Film Festivals in Berlin. It is the first Finnish Art cd-rom accepted to Transmediale ever. Our earlier cd-oms were chosen forAnnual Exhibitions of The Finnish Artists Association 98 and 97. The names of the other cd-roms are: First Finnish Underground Art, Love Is A ManySplendoured Thing, Flux Aura, Psyche and Spoon River Virtual.

Biographies

Aarre Kärkkäinen, born 25.10.1943 in Puumala, Finland;
Address: Aallonhuippu 5 b 33, 02320 Espoo; Finland
Phone: +358-9-8526220Fax: +358-9-840515
E-mail: aarre@karkka.pp.fi
http://www.personal.eunet.fi/pp/karkka/

StudiesMaster of Science (Mathematics) in University Of Helsinki 1972

Works in Electronic and Other Arts
Contact Zones: the art of cd-rom@cornell university, New Work, Ithaca March 9- April 16, 1999 Curated by Timothy Murray 70 cd-roms from 17 countriescd-rom: Divine Comedy Digital

Transmediale, International Festival on Electronic Arts in Berlin 12.02-21.02.99cd-rom Divine Comedy Digital ( http://www.transmediale.de/) Offline@Online: French- Baltic-Nordic Video and New Media Festival, Tallinn 98 (http://www.artun.ee/festival/), cd-rom Spoon River Virtual

The Finnish Artists Association Annual Exhibition 97 and 98 with cdroms "Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing" and "Spoon River Virtual"

"Electric Flesh"-Interactive Computer Installation For Video Cameras, Monitors And Computers In MUU Gallery June 94 (Together with Hilkka Okkonen and Heikki Salo)

Participated in several National Art Exhibitions with interactive computer multi media together with Hilkka Okkonen

Participated in ISEA95 Media Lounge in Montreal, Canada with First finnish Underground Art cd-rom

Member of MUU since 89, organisation of Media Art and Electronic Art in Helsinki, FinlandMember of ESPOON KUVATAITEILIJAT, Artist organisation in Espoo, Finland, since 95Member of Isea, since 97

Hilkka Okkonen, born 07.03.1946 in Vaasa, Finland;
Address: Merivirta 7 a 4, 02320 Espoo, Finland;
Phone: +358-0-8021183
E-mail: hilkka.okkonen@qnwmail.com
http://www.personal.eunet.fi/pp/karkka/

Works in Electronic and Other Arts
Contact Zones: the art of cd-rom@cornell university, New Work, Ithaca March 9- April 16, 1999 Curated by Timothy Murray 70 cd-roms from 17 countriescd-rom: Divine Comedy Digital

Transmediale, International Festival on Electronic Arts in Berlin 12.02-21.02.99cd-rom Divine Comedy Digital ( http://www.transmediale.de/) Offline@Online: French- Baltic-Nordic Video and New Media Festival, Tallinn 98 (http://www.artun.ee/festival/), cd-rom Spoon River Virtual

The Finnish Artists Association Annual Exhibition 97 and 98 with cdroms "Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing" and "Spoon River Virtual"

"Electric Flesh"-Interactive Computer Installation For Video Cameras, Monitors And Computers In MUU Gallery June 94 (Together with Aarre Kärkkäinen and Heikki Salo)

Participated in several National Art Exhibitions with interactive computer multi media together with Aarre Kärkkäinen

Participated in ISEA95 Media Lounge in Montreal, Canada with First finnish Underground Art cd-rom

Several painting exhibitions in Finland within 90-99.

Member of ESPOON KUVATAITEILIJAT, Artist organisation in Espoo, Finland, since 95